TDK's Master of the Summit MX,MXJ,XF,RN,NAP,PJ1,PG1,CL3-R,CL-3
(CL3-S,CL3-F,CL3-H),NGC,JJ,FDX
"Caper"
Owned by Dee Crofton
I have had Labrador Retrievers for over 20 years.
I began showing in competitive obedience and 10 years ago discovered
dog agility and was immediately hooked. Most of my Labs have been
bench bred and have been reasonably successful, however, when
I decided on a new Lab, I knew I wanted a field bred Lab. I contacted
Paul Young and Deb Joseph of Limecreek Kennels. They told me they
had just recently bred their male, Joey, (Joey also runs agility)
to a wonderful Lab named Birdie. After lots of research and discussions
with LeRoy, I decided I had to have a puppy from this breeding.
I felt honored that LeRoy was willing to let one of his puppies
go to primarily an agility home.
Caper has been everything I wanted and more. First
and foremost, he has a wonderful temperament. He lives in the
house, plays nicely with my other dogs, and loves to swim and
retrieve. His athleticism and drive is amazing. He loves to train
and has been getting better and better all the time. Agility is
a sport where they are directed around an obstacle course, the
course consisting of jumps, tunnels, weave poles, and the contact
obstacles, A-frame, see-saw and dogwalk. They have to complete
the course correctly and under time. Caper is focused, driven,
and fast on course, and a very fast learner. He is all business
on course, but you can tell he loves the sport.
He is also beginning to compete in obedience,
dock diving and is in training for tracking. He recently completed
his middle level titles in AKC, and will begin in the excellent
level in the spring and hopefully some day complete his agility
championship. He has the talent to do it. What a wonderful boy
he has become.
Dee Crofton
TDK's Master of the Summit OA, OAJ, NAP, NGC
RECENT UPDATE:
LeRoy, I thought maybe you might like to hear a total accounting about Caper’s year (2007). He has really come together the past few months. Mostly these are AKC titles, I’ll just mention the others briefly, all agility. Again I want you to know how much I treasure him, he is still a wild and crazy guy, who lives to retrieve, so we use that a lot in our training. I cannot believe he is 4 already.
Dee
He earned his:
AX-excellent standard
NF-Novice FAST
OF-Open FAST
MXJ-Master Agility Jumpers (10 legs at the excellent level)
2 legs on his XF-excellent FAST
6 legs on his MX-Master agility standard(10 legs needed)
I double Q towards his MACH, needs 20 and 190 MACH points, needs 750
With all this he placed 1st 9 times, 2nd 4 times, 3rd twice and 4th twice.
--He also earned 2 tiles in USDAA
P1-G (gamblers- a distance game)
P1-J (jumpers)
2 legs each in standard and snooker (another game)
--In CPE (Canine Performance events)
He earned 3 titles
CL3-R (std)
Cl3-S (strategy games)
CL3-F (speed games)
He also earned some more points towards a flyball title.
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