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Bilbo

Breed:		Standard Schnauzer
Sire:		Schnaubern Night of the Road
Dam:		Rillaton Premonition von Daserbe
DoB:		9 January 2002
Colour:		Black

2011: Due to his age, Bilbo is now retired from agility competitions.

Bilbo is an incredibly clever dog — the sort of dog who, when you switch on the hose for his favourite game of getting drenched in the garden, first checks that he really couldn't switch the tap on himself next time! His intelligence means that he learns new things very fast. Of course, he also does tend to get bored with them fairly quickly — he was doing very reliable "B" scent within a couple of weeks, but another month later he became more interested in the smells on the ground...

Being a Schnauzer means that he needs a firm hand, but it also means that he absolutely loves showing off! He loved his time in the breed ring, although due to his unexpected castration in 2006, he has now retired from the show rings. We are focusing on his agility at the moment — he is really enjoying himself, his contacts are often his downfall, but if he makes them, he frequently gets a place in agility. He is surprisingly fast for a non collie, and boy is it different running a Schnauzer to a Border Collie! He is loving the lower jump height in the US, I've never seen him run this fast, and every run is a bit of a surprise for me as I don't know how far I'll manage to get anymore! We started entering Standard with Bilbo — he's had two years of getting every single contact (as we only did them in training and he never competed in Standard), so we were keeping our fingers crossed that that will transfer. And it did! He Q'd in his first three Standard runs for his NA title (his fourth run, he decided that it was time to demonstrate that he can really do those contacts and he did all four sets ... on a course that was only supposed to have three sets of them!).

Given his age, Bilbo is now competing mainly in obedience with his best friend Bri. Best friend or not, Bilbo still has a few surprises up his sleeve (or beard in his case)...