Wally tested for his Advanced Trick Dog title and passed but my computer ate the videos -- no clue what happened. I really wanted a record, especially since I have novice, intermediate and expert already finished and posted. During a 3 day get together over Memorial Day weekend 2010 with three friends where we trained from 8 AM until 4 PM every day Nita Gandara, Certified Trick Dog Instructor, ran us through the test just so I could get a video. Unfortunately Wally was rather brain dead and fried by the late afternoon when we did the test so he is not at his best. For more information on getting your dog a trick title see the wonderful book 101 Dog Tricks by Kyra Sundance and visit her website for details - http://www.domorewithyourdog.com/pages/trickdogtitle.html.\
Wally is just over 5 years old. He is an Australian Terrier who also does agility, obedience, rally and is training in flyball. For fun we play with freestyle and tried earthdog. He was a member of the Thundering Paws Bite Prevention demo team -- a group of us who went into schools to educated kids about preventing dog bites and demo all sorts of things that they could do with their dogs. He is one very special boy!!!!!
Thanks. I do think he's special. Always ready to try - even when he really would rather veg out - - - or chase a ball. I prayed for him and got more than I ever thought. OK, so some may not think he's a dream dog - - but they aren't me, and they don't own him - - and I do. He's such a great dog to live with 24/7 - - and so much fun (and challenge) to train.
RallyJudge 1 year ago