Wiley

Wiley Coyote Dog was my very first agility dog and together we learned this wonderful sport. He loved to run and if physically able he would have still been competing up to the day he left me, running fast and often beating the Border Collies. When I think back on all the memories, good, bad, or indifferent, I still get teary eyed. Wiley was truly a one of a kind dog and I feel blessed that I was able to own and train him.

I had to say goodbye to Wiley way back in February 2011, but he died all on his own and in my arms so I didn't have to make the horrible decision we so often have to make with our pets.
Tigger
Wiley left some very big paw prints to fill, but my little girl Tigger did her darndest to fill them during her highly decorated career. Tigger was also a special dog and a blessing to own and train, and was quite a bit faster than her mentor Wiley. 

Together we won the ASCA National Finals in 2014 and then came in 2nd in 2018 when Tigger was 11 years old! Tigger had her first (and only) litter of 6 gorgeous pups on Christmas Day 2012 and I kept her one and only daughter, Gidget.

I had to say goodbye to Tigger in September 2019 and that was one of the hardest days in my life, ever.
Gidget


Tig's daughter Gidget was also a little rocket who routinely placed first in competitions.  She was even faster than her mom so it was a ton of fun while it lasted. 

In November 2018 Gidget had her only litter of one pup, a beautiful red-tri girl who I named Xena the Warrior Princess. I think we may have been a couple days late breeding her is why she only had one pup.

I had to say goodbye to Gidget in March 2025 after a long and highly decorated agility career.
Xena



Gidget's daughter Xena is just a big goofball.  I did all the foundation agility training with her but we never got to the competition level.  

I decided to just let her be a goofy, happy-go-lucky dog. She is very good at catching bunnies, squirrels, and chipmunks though!

Here she found a dead badger head somewhere on our 40 acres and she was very proud of her find.  She was not at all happy though when I took it away from her and put it in the trash!
Jitter

Jitter Bug came to me as an adoption at 19 months old when her owner died of cancer. 

She was returned to the breeder, who I am good friends with and who offered her to me because she knew that Jitter is the great-great-granddaughter of a dog I owned back in the 1990's! 

She is a tiny little thing at only 30 lbs and 17 1/2" tall, but her and Xena are true BFF's and when they are together the bunnies and chipmunks never have a chance!

I love to throw the dogs in the travel trailer and just take off to wherever.  Maybe to an agility trial somewhere across the US, or to a National Park or National Monument, or just somewhere to hike.

The dogs and I have visited many National Parks and Monuments across the US.

There are still many more places that we want to visit though, and the pups are always up to an adventure and very much love meeting new folks wherever we end up!
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