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Galadriel

13/06/2008: Gala gets another trophy at RVA with a 2nd in graded 3/4 agility!

Gala is maturing nicely, she is exactly what I wanted — thank you, Sue! She has a lovely temperament, friendly but not pushy (until you let her lick you that is ... once she discoveres that that is an option, there's no stopping her). She's confident when encountering new things, she's responding nicely to training and is absolutely gorgeous.

In 2006, we mainly focused on showing her, rather than overloading her with obedience and agility as well. In the breed ring, she qualified for Crufts many times as well as qualifying for Border Collie Puppy of the Year by winning Minor Puppy Bitch at her first big Champ show. Despite having dropped her coat by the time Puppy of the Year came around in November, she got through to the final in Minor Puppy Bitch. She has now achieved her Junior Warrant and so is qualified for Crufts for life.

Gala is now doing more serious training in both obedience and agility. She shows a lot of promise for agility — she got her first trophy place in June 2007 with a 3rd in Combined Grade 3 & 4 agility at RVA. My friend Amanda has videoed some of her runs (see below for links next to the results), you can see that she's fast and very easy to control! We have also done a training round at an obedience show, but as we expected Gala to come into season, we reduced competitions to just agility to give her a chance to settle in the discipline.

Selection of Gala's show results:

13 June 2008 RVA 2nd in Agility (Graded 3/4): Jenny Cowley 24 May 2008 Supadogs 3rd in Agility (Grades 3/4): Leslie Osborne 19 Apr 2008 Norfolk Easter Show 2nd in Jumping (Grade 3): Neal Lye 23 Mar 2008 Border Collie Club Of Great Britain 2nd in Graduate Bitch: Helen Broadhurst 8 Mar 2008 Crufts Dog Show Society 2nd in Undergraduate Bitch: Angela Gillespie 18 Nov 2007 West Of England Border Collie Club 1st in Working Bitch: Jeff Luscott 8 July 2007 Wellingborough 3rd in Agility (Grades 3-5): Gary Harrison (Gala's run) 17 June 2007 RVA 3rd in Agility (Grades 3/4): Lesley Jeavons (Gala's run) 19 May 2007 BATS 12th in Agility Olympia Qualifier (Grades 3/4/5): Jo Fraser 7 May 2007 East Anglian Border Collie Club 2nd in Yearling Bitch: Patricia Jones 25 Mar 2007 Great Yarmouth Gorleston & District Canine Society Best of Breed: Carol Turner 17 Mar 2007 West Torrington & District Best of Breed: Lisa Pettitt 8 Mar 2007 Crufts Dog Show Society 5th in Special Junior Bitch: Judith Gregory 25 Feb 2007 Hinckley & District Canine Society Reserve Best of Breed: Bridgette Bodle 18 Feb 2007 Gloucester & District Canine Society Reserve Best of Breed: Christina Dalby 30 Jun 2006 Windsor Dog Show Society 1st in Novice Bitch: Angela Gillespie 25 Mar 2007 West Of England Ladies Kennel Society 1st in Minor Puppy Bitch: Pam Etheredge 4 Oct 2005 Born in a litter of 5 puppies