Well, almost. He passed his TDI exam today. Since he's due for his
annual shots in May, I'm waiting until Friday (after we go to the
vet's) to send in his paperwork. My one concern (and the evaluator
said not to worry, since I have documentation as to what happened) is
that I did have to answer "yes" to the question "has the dog ever been
in a dog fight?" He WAS attacked by a loose dog while he was on a
leash and we were waiting to go into the ring at a show last October.
A hearing was held on the spot and he wasn't found at fault. The
evaluator said not to worry, TDI should send him through since HE
wasn't the one showing aggression.

So, assuming everything goes okay, Beau will be "BIMBS CH Cat's
Cradle's Beaufort, CGC, TDI" I'm about 40 miles away from his Dog
Scouts Pack Dog title... and I'm working him up to the weight required
for the Alaskan Malemute Help League titles. I'm not sure if I'll ever
actually get him there, though.

I thought about putting the TDI on Lucy, but at 13, she's getting
somewhat cranky, and I figured it wasn't that big of a deal to title
her just so I could say she had some more letters.

-Amanda
BIMBS CH Cat's Cradle's Beaufort, CGC
Lucy Anna Skye, MB-CD, CGC
http://www.uberpest.com

BWEEEEEEAAAHAHAHHAAA!!!!

The cgc and tdi are SHEER IDIOCY.

Amanda,
Congrats!

Amanda Tikkanen wrote:

Well, almost. He passed his TDI exam today. Since he's due for his
annual shots in May, I'm waiting until Friday (after we go to the
vet's) to send in his paperwork. My one concern (and the evaluator
said not to worry, since I have documentation as to what happened) is
that I did have to answer "yes" to the question "has the dog ever been
in a dog fight?" He WAS attacked by a loose dog while he was on a
leash and we were waiting to go into the ring at a show last October.
A hearing was held on the spot and he wasn't found at fault. The
evaluator said not to worry, TDI should send him through since HE
wasn't the one showing aggression.

So, assuming everything goes okay, Beau will be "BIMBS CH Cat's
Cradle's Beaufort, CGC, TDI" I'm about 40 miles away from his Dog
Scouts Pack Dog title... and I'm working him up to the weight required
for the Alaskan Malemute Help League titles. I'm not sure if I'll ever
actually get him there, though.

I thought about putting the TDI on Lucy, but at 13, she's getting
somewhat cranky, and I figured it wasn't that big of a deal to title
her just so I could say she had some more letters.

-Amanda
BIMBS CH Cat's Cradle's Beaufort, CGC
Lucy Anna Skye, MB-CD, CGC
http://www.uberpest.com