Mishap's Second Edition, CD, RE

Newsflash: Shelby earns her Rally Excellent Title in three straight shows, moving straight up from Advanced to finish!!  She earned all three titles in 4 weekends of showing with back-to-back legs from start to finish with no non-qualifying runs and most legs with placements, perfect or near-perfect scores.  We're very proud of her!

A little dog with a personality that can't be beaten, outgoing (almost to a fault), with exceptional talent in performance events and as a pet therapy dog-- that's my Shelby Sheltie! All of my puppies go to their homes with the agreement that should the owner be unable to keep them, they will be returned to me, and Shelby was no exception. Sure enough, a year later, Shelby came back to me and her "dynamite in a small package" attitude stole my heart right away-- I knew I could never let her go again.

Shelby is following in her parent's paw prints (Carson's Little Mishap, CDX, CGC, O-VCCX and Bronwynn's Chosen By Chance, CD, CGC, VCC)  by earning her CD in grand style: back-to-back legs with no non-qualifying scores and at least one placement.  Shelby also earned one leg toward her CDX before taking a semi-retirement with me as I became pregnant with first our daughter and then our son.  She has come back out of retirement in the same style, earning her Rally Novice, Advanced and Excellent titles with multiple perfect scores and placements!  What a heart this little dog has.   

Now nearly 11 yrs of age, she is probably permanently retired unless she just asks to come back out locally for that CDX.  Sometimes life gets in they way of things and before you know it, the time for something else has passed.  I'm certain that she would have done wonderfully but she lacks the same spark she once had for the stresses of temperature changes, long travel, hotel room stays, upset schedules and early-morning performances.  Though I love to compete with the dogs, it has never been my interest to force them to do things they aren't enjoying doing.  For now, she's thoroughly enamored with following my young children around, hoping they drop cookie crumbs.