Wally
Therapy
Why - My friend asked me to do the Reading With Rover program with her since Wally has such a calm demeanor and is really the best snuggler ever.
Requirements - Being calm, having basic obedience (which we desperately need to brush up on), being friendly (he's a love w.hore).
Fun Competitions
Why - He has a cute trick, singing on command, that seems to just tickle everyone so we compete in fun stuff whenever we can with that one.
Requirements - Just singing. Even if he's stressed out he'll still sing for me. It's the only command he will do 100% of the time. LOL!
Mike
Weight Pull
Why - He pulls like a freight train and loves it
Requirements - a love of pulling, which he has!
PP
Why - He is naturally protective so he needs to be able to be controlled in those situations
Requirements - obedience (which is why we haven't started competing yet), a solid temperment
Agility
Why - We started it for fun but he absolutely LOVES it. Not sure if we will pursue it, though.
Requirements - jumping, running, and having fun! Oh yeah and obedience . . . that one gets us everytime!
Athena
Weight Pull
Why - She's going to be a little beast and hopefully she'll love to pull. But she's still young so we'll see what the future holds.
Requirements - Pulling
Agility
Why - This dog is SMART and LOVES to jump and run. I think she's going to be just fantastic at agility. I can't wait to get her started!
Requirements - The dog be fast and agile, loving to run jump and just have fun. I think she's going to excel at this one.
Therapy
Why - She has such a sweet and loveable temperment, once she's out of the crazy psychotic puppy stage I think she'll be perfect for therapy work
Requirements - Obedience, a loving temperment, and the ability to calm the hell down for an hour or so (crossing my fingers for that last one,
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PP
Why - I originally got her to be my sport dog but it doesn't look like that is going to pan out. Her breed excels at bitework so I do want to keep her in there, but we'll probably just do low level PP work for fun and focus more on the agility. Like I said, though, she's still young so things will probably change.
Requirements - Solid temperment, excellent obedience
"All changes, even the most longed for, have their melancholy; for what we leave behind us is a part of ourselves; we must die to one life before we can enter another." -Anatole France