Born in 1996, Tristan is Debbie's third Border Collie. He is the typical "wild thing", and Debbie has had to learn to work with a high-drive, fast, intense dog. Tristan is a USDAA Agility Dog Champion (ADCH), a NADAC Outstanding Agility Trial Champion ( O- NATCH), and he's currently working towards his AKC Master Agility Championship (MACH). Tristan is also a previous record holder of Clean Run Magazine's 60 Weave pole Chall e nge. He completed the feat in 12.77 seconds
See his record-breaking run here.

In February 2000, Debbie acquired Boomer, a 3 1/2-year-old Shetland Sheepdog. With no previous training whatsoever (either obedience or agility), Debbie immediately started her positive training methods with Boomer. He caught on more quickly than she expected, and within a few months, Boomer was entered in his first agility trial where he earned a qualifying score in NADAC Jumpers. Boomer has his USDAA Master Agility Dog (MAD) title, his NADAC Agility Trial Championship (NATCH), and is close to earning his AKC MACH.

Kallie, a Border Collie, was Debbie's first agility dog. Because little was known about how to teach agility in its early years, Debbie had to overcome significant training challenges with Kallie, who went on to obtain her USDAA Agility Dog (AD) and AKC Agility Excellent (AX) titles before retiring at age 11.

 

In 1995, Debbie acquired Catcher (also a Border Collie) from rescue at the age of 7, and he started his agility career shortly thereafter. Although Catcher loved agility, his personality was such that he required lots of praise and reward for a job well-done. Debbie had to make sure to keep Catcher's training motivational and fun. After earning 13 agility titles in three different organizations (USDAA, AKC, and NADAC), Catcher retired from agility at the age of 12 1/2.