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"KOUKLA"
(1998-2011)
A
Tribute to Koukla's life
"TEQUILA"
(2005-2011)
Spirit Ridge K9 Training & Rescue
“from simple beginnings come great dogs”.
'Jesse' (Rescued July 21, 2006; Adopted by Spirit Ridge August 21, 2006)
Jesse was rescued from the Uxbridge/Scugog SPCA on July 21, 2006. She had been found and turned in as a stray. At the time, Jesse was estimated to be roughly one year of age.
Right from the start, we knew there was something special about this girl. When we brought her back to Spirit Ridge, she took a couple of days to get her bearings .... and then she latched on to one of our other 'rescues' - Tequila. She and Tequila became the very best of buds to the point that we could not bear to separate them. She helped Tequila get over many of his own fears and, through their play, helped him gain a great deal of confidence.
During her rehabilitation, Jesse showed an uncharacteristic handler sensitivity and a 'softness' that Malinois are generally not known for. Her desire to please and her 'drive' was phenomenal - especially during her obedience. Then one day, when we were least expecting it, she took a 'run' at one of our agility jumps and cleared it with such ease that we were shocked. We immediately tested her again with a command to jump thrown in for good measure and she did it again .... and thus, an agility star was born!
We could not bear to part with her and, a month after we rescued her, we decided to adopt her.
Jesse now helps us with our agility classes and is wonderful with all our clients and guests. She frequently accompanies me in situations where dog-on-dog aggression is involved and I need a reliable dog to test the nature and level of aggression in clients' dogs.
We continue to shake our heads and wonder what possessed her previous 'family' to abandon her. This 'diamond in the rough' has begun to shine ...
2010 Update
Since rescuing and deciding to keep Jesse in 2006,
we have trained with her and eventually started competing with her in
2008. This girl has done very well - earning her Rally Novice title under
the Canadian Association of Rally Obedience (CARO) (2008), her starter Standard
Agility title (under the Agility Association of Canada -AAC, 2009) and her
starter agility games title under the AAC in 2010). Jesse continues to
live the ideal doggy life flipping between training and trialing and being our
beautiful pet and companion. Jesse continues to practice and will start
entering the Advanced agility trials in 2010. All her hard work has earned
her the right to have several 'letters' following her name. As of January
2010, she is Spirit Ridge's 'Jesse', RN (MCL) CARO, ADC (AAC),
SGDC (AAC)!
Spirit Ridge's "Jesse" earns her Starter Agility
Games
Spirit Ridge's Agility Instructor, Suzanne Adams, giving
title (SGDC) - in picture (from L to R) Anic Vermette
(judge), lots
of love to happy "Jesse" after she earns her first AAC
Suzanne Adams (handler & Spirit Ridge's Agility
Instructor) Agility
title (Starter Standard Agility - ADC) -Sept 13, 2009
& Kathie Grant (judge) - January 2, 2010
