Corsini Quinzano FS I Ex, HTM N - YoYo is a Belgian Shepherd Dog (Tervueren) and the first dog I have done heelwork to music dog with. He is also my first for clicker training. He used to really enjoy HTM but dids tend to get over-excited and a bit stressed which led to a marked lack of concentration. He also used to enjoy agility and would rather do a course with no one telling him where to go next. However he is now retired and leading a life of leisure as he is well over 12 years old.
Quote
from an article by Richard Curtis in DOG WORLD 21 Aug 08 about the PnM
Cornwall Show where YoYo won Intermediate Freestyle.
'In the intermediate freestyle class a little piece of history was made when Margaret Booth and her Tervueren, Corsini Quinzano won the class which means that Yoyo is the first BSD ever to qualify for advanced freestyle. YoYo has not been an easy dog to train and can sometimes get a little excited about performing so it just shows that if you stick at it you can reap the rewards in the end.'
Deva Dawnswraig - Deva came to me from Belgian Shepherd Rescue having already been through a number of homes. She looks a bit like an overweight, black Malinois. She enjoys most things, as long as there is food in it for her. She could eat for England and is on a perpetual diet. Unlike YoYo, she is a bit of a plodder and it takes some doing to get her to run or jump. She enjoys the non-jumping parts of agility - tunnels are her favourite but like YoYo she is now really retired but she still occasionally helps me out as a stooge dog.
.Ceri Cariad - Ceri is my current competitive dog and I still think of her as my young dog even though she is now over 8 years old. She is a pure farm bred Border Collie that is registered as a WSD. She has an exuberant, friendly temperament and is starting to fulfill her earlier promise in HTM as she is now qualified to work in Intermediate Freestyle and Advanced Heelwork. She has the measure of the older dogs and responds completely differently to each of them - a great interpreter of body and vocal signals. She is very quick to learn and loves clicker training. Although she loves agility, and probably prefers it to HTM, she doesn't do very well since she goes so fast that she misses her contacts and knocks jumps over. She does have a hip problem now and attend regular hydrotherapy so she only jumps on medium height.
Tara is my
newest addition to the pack and she has settled in really well - seen
relaxing her with her KC Bronze Award. She is another Tervueren just like
YoYo except she is red rather than grey. She is learning the HTM ropes and
is starting to do rather well at agility having gained quite a few clear
round in 2011 - her first proper competing season.
- being inspected by the llamas - sorry but I sold them in 2011 if you are hoping to see them when you visit.
Ianto and Tegan - good Welsh names
- posing as a sheepdog
