Bragging Rights

Another Milestone - April 18-19, 2009

From Jane's

Schemer got her Onyx (20,000 points) in flyball this past weekend in Virginia. The fun part was she was on a team that consisted of a Rhodesian, two shelties, backup BC and a mix. It is quite fun to think that she has gotten a good deal of her points running on a three height dog team. She is the only dog on our team to be appointed to do so. Quite a testament to her and her tenacity.

Flyball gets even more exciting

A fun update from Jane

I have some great news from Schemer. She attained her FMCH (15,000 points) at our tournament this past weekend. She is the #1 ranked Border Terrier for region 9 and the #5 ranked for regions 9 & 15 combined (Donna's Free is way ahead of us). At our recent tournament, we had a little earthdog excitement. Just as one of the race heats were about to start, a brave little mouse decided to run from one side of the room, through the racing lanes, to the other side, and back into the racing lanes, escaping lunging dogs, people, but not one PRT who thought the mouse would make a tidy morsel. The mouse was removed from the chewing PRT by its owner.

Flying Fast

In Jane's words

Just wanted to report that Schemer earned her Flyball Master title this past weekend (October 27-18, 2007). To me this is pretty surreal being that she only started racing in April and her first three tournaments were only as a part-time runner. She was also on an Open team this past weekend; this meant that she was passing a dog she never met before. You just got to love that wonderful temperment.

Standing on one leg!

While several JJ members were enroute home from the 2007 BTCA Specialty we received word that Schemer had earned the first leg towards her American CD.

In Jane's words

Just wanted to report that today [October 3, 2007], at the All Terrier Obedience Trial in PA, my Schemer, earned her first leg toward her CD. Our score was 177 1/2. Pretty good considering she is very green and had not one sit in both of her heeling patterns or figure eight. She did do a mighty pretty front and finish on her recall. Her stays were "almost" an adventure. First, being in a line of all terriers; and second, realizing that there were other rings of dogs behind her. We also got to meet Sophie.

Going for Gold!!

In Jane's words

At the flyball tournament this past weekend in MA, (September 01-02, 2007), Schemer earned her FDCH-Gold (Flyball Dog Champion-Gold) title. Her team finished in First Place. She even had to run a "little" extra to help out our other team when their height dog was under the weather on Saturday.

Silver lining.... and no clouds on the horizon!!

Schemer had another great weekend at flyball (July 21/22, 2007). She earned the next title, which is FDCH-S (Flyball Dog Champion Silver). She ran for the first time as a full time running dog and ran the anchor leg for her team. Her team ended up winning first place in their division. The team consisted of a NSDTR, Border Collie, and Belgian Malinois, and Schemer. Jane believes they came away with approx. 1100+ points out of a possible 1200.

Certainly not a fluke....

All in a days work fun....

"Today Schemer (Roger X Scrimmage) had her flyball debut, with her owner/handler Jane. She is the cutest little girl at 15 months. She looks much more like her cousin Sophie (PA) than her cousin Boomer. [that's the good news -- Pam] She is running on a team with all experienced solid dogs. She was supposed to take turns with a more experienced height dog (Louie, a Chinese Crested), but after Louie came down with Kennel Cough, Schemer was on her own.
Her first race looked pretty good with a couple of runs under 7 seconds and a couple slightly over. She now had her FD, and by the next race her FDX. Then there was a few bits of confusion with exactly what lane she was supposed to come back in and she chose to just come right down the middle between the two lanes, splitting the difference for a while. She managed to get her head in gear by the end of the day, and her club is still happy with her. This is the first time that Schemer has seen a second lane with dogs running in it, so the distraction and confusion wasn't a great surprise to the rest of the team."

Submitted by Donna (Gally, Harry, Free & Colin) on April 21, 2007

All in a days work (for a terrier that is)

Schemer mimicked several relatives when she earned the first leg of her AKC Junior Earthdog title and her AWTA Certificate of Gameness in one weekend.
Schemer's success came at the New Jersey Beanfield AKC and AWTA Earthdog tests in November 2006 (Judges Art Snellbaker and Pam Dyer respectively).