Andy’s Kids

One proud papa!

Whiteoak Laurelen Incorrigible CD NF RAE

“Cory”

 

OFA Good, Elbows normal, CERF normal,  VWD clear by pedigree

Devoncroft Pocket Rocket CDX RN HT OA OAJ NF

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Whiteoak Laurelen Ante Up (pts)

           Cory is Andy’s firstborn son.  He is so like his dad in many ways, with the same infectious enthusiasm and speed.  He LOVES people, especially kids, and gets along well with other dogs.  I’m sure he would show the proper sheltie reserve with strangers if he ever met one!   He is a little bit more of a thinker than his dad, and worries a little bit more about pleasing me.  A bit bigger than Andy (he is approximately 15 inches tall and moderate boned), he has tons of coat but a little more shading instead of the pure red (although he likely is pure for sable).  He has passed his CERF, his hips are OFA Good and his elbows are normal.  He should be VWD normal by pedigree.

           Cory is currently training in multiple venues.  He knows most of the exercises through Utility, and earned his AKC CD with all class placements.  We are going to matches in Open to polish up his focus and hope to be ready to enter this summer.  He finished his RAE last year. 

           Cory LOVES agility and is very fast and has nice contacts and weaves, but we are still working on teamwork and he needs a lot of distance for me to be able to run him.  He just finished his Novice FAST title and we hope to add his other novice titles soon (he needs one leg each for his novice standard and jumpers titles).  He is currently showing in open obedience and has one leg (2nd place).  We’re about ready to start trying utility at matches as well.   Cory also did a lot of tracking in 2008 and was really ready to certify, but had to take a back seat so he didn’t compete with his dad for test spots.  In the spring of 2009 I had just lost Andy and didn’t have the heart to track much ,but we have been out a few times recently and as soon as we work through a few bugs we hope to be ready to certify.  Cory also got a chance to try herding on ducks when he was teenager, and did very well moving them through the whole course;  I would like to try for his HT when we have a little time (but I think my own sheep days are over!).  He shows in breed occasionally and we are hoping for that two point win towards a versatility certificate.   Thanks to Kathy Rhoades and Myra Flynn for letting me have my special boy.

 

           You can click HERE to see some youtube videos of Cory (and of Andy when he was younger).  One of his RN runs is posted and if I can get my camcorder working again I have some video of him doing novice and open at a show n go recently to post.   For more up to date info on Cory, see my blog at www.sheltiedoc.blogspot.com and click on “Cory” in the right hand menu. 

 

 

 

 

NEWSFLASH:  Cory is proud to announce an upcoming litter with “Brezee” Maranatha Summer Breeze (CH Road’s End Obvious Conclusion x O’Sure Grace Like Rain). Brezee is OFA Good, CERF normal, Thyroid normal, VWD normal by parentage. Brezee’s dam is “Zoe”, mother of Cory’s first litter (CH Belmar Joker’s Wild x O’Sure Educating Rita).    “Robbie” from this litter now lives with us and his sister “Saffron” with Pam Lukenbill finished her UKC-CH in two days at 8 mos of age, after a fun “puppy” career that included a UKC Best Puppy in Show and a Best Puppy in Match!  Saffron also just passed her tracking certification Click here to see more about Cory’s babies!

Thanks to Jessica Starbuck for header photo;  Cathi Winkles for weave shot on turf, Joann Jozwiak for top middle weave shot, VW Perry Photo and Natureworks Photo for all other agility shots;  Dick Clark Photo for obedience shots, Cheryl Erfelt for photos with apples and straw.  All other portrait/candids by Rebecca Golatzki DVM.