Sun Country Amore Mia CL1-F/S/R CL2-F OAP NJP RE CD CGC "Amy"

Born: June 9th, 1999

ACVO/CERF 02/09; Optigen A by parentage;

Thank you to Julie Brady of Sun Country Labradors for our little darling

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Much more than a pretty face, Amy is sweet and loves to tease. She is the master of tug-o-war and chase! Her self-appointed job in life is to amuse her humans and her sister Sierra, by bouncing around and enticing them to play. She has taught her sister many good tricks, including how to charm the humans into conceding most of the pillow space at night.

How Amy got started in Agility: I used physical therapy and low impact agility equipment that I have to train Sierra in order to re-hab Amy after a TPLO knee surgery.To my surprise Amy *loved* agility and learnt so fast that it was as if she was reading my mind..... Rehab after TPLO can take a long time but I was determined to get her knee back to 100% function, and therefore set the goal that we would compete in AKC agility in the Jumpers (JWW) competition, 1 year after her surgery .... The ortho vet gave her the all-clear, and she did indeed debut in AKC agility at the ripe old age of 7 years and 1 day, 11 months after surgery. The picture immediately below is so special to me and still makes me teary-eyed -- It's of Amy at that very first trial -- and just look at the delight on her face!

Amy also started to compete in Rally and Obedience in 2008 and is loving it ..... With very limited showing in 2009 and early 2010, she passed her Canine Good Citizen Test (CGC) with no practice and earned her Companion Dog (CD) Obedience and Rally Excellent (RE) titles. Amy is in her 3rd remission, recovering nicely from an autoimmune condition that she has had since she was 4 and is bouncing around like a pup as of late.

Amy's first agility trial. Photo: SilentEye Photography
Photo: DogHouseArts
	Amy's perfect 100 score in Rally. Photo: Cook

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