Not just a pretty face, these Sonbar dogs are working dogs that are also competitive and love their work!
I'm sad to report that Pat Wand lost Leo in 07, RIP Leo. Below are agility pictures of Pat Wand's boy, Leo. He had more agility titles then I even knew existed! Leo and Copy (scoll down for pictures of Copy) won the two High in Trial (Agility) awards that were offered at 2004 nationals.
AJX-Agility Jumpers Excellent, 3 qualifying scores
MX-Masters Agility Excellent, 10 qualifying scores
MXJ with weaves-Master Agility Excellent with weaves-10 quailfying scores
OA-P=Open Agility, perferred
OJ-P+Open Jumpers Perferred
AX-P=Agility Excellent Perferred
Pat writes, "You don't want to ever add up how much it costs to get a basenji to MX & MXP. It took over 4 years to get those titles, then, since Feb 04 to Aug 04, Leo moved completely through Novice, Open and Excellent."
Next are the speed (racing) kids. They are owned by David and Sue Yard. Tommy is the tri male, Rocki the red female. They compete in lure, straight line and oval track races. These two love to run!
This is Ch. Sonbar's Customized Color, FC, LCM, JOR, GRC, SGRC. To see what all those stand for, scroll down.
This is Sonbar's Xmas Colorado, JC, FC, GRC. To see what all those titles mean, scroll down to under Tommy's picture.
Rocki:
JC = American Kennel Club, Junior Courser
RC = American Sighthound Field Association, FIeld Champion
LRC = Large Gasehound Racing Association, Gasehound Racing CHampion
Tommy:
CH = American Kennel Club show champion
FC = American Sighthound Field Association (AFSA) Field Champion
GRC = Large Gazehound Racing Association, Gazehound Racing Champion
JOC = National Oval Track Racing Association, Junior Oval Racer
SGRC = Superior Gasehound Racing Champion.
(Tommy is the second basenji, first male basenji, to hold this title)
LCM = ASFA Lure Courser of Merit
Next comes the amazing one, Sparkie UDX 2, Therapy Dog 3. She was HIGH IN TRIAL AT 06 NATIONALS!!!!! 195 IN OPEN B.
AKA Aljor's Back to Sonbar UDX 2 TD3. This girl is not a typical basenji. She got her utility dog degree in just 5 trials, it takes 3 qualifying scores to earn that degee. The typical dog (not basenji) takes about 20 trials. Then she's managed to quailfy, her first try, in both open b and utility b, at the same show. That earned her 1 of 10 legs needed for her UDX, a degree that had only been earned by one basenji before Sparkie. For each additional 10 double qualifiers, a dog gets to add a number behind their UDX title. Sparkie is the only basenji in history to have a UDX 2. Sparkie also has 2 more qualifiers, so is working on that UDX 3! Sparkie is owned, and loved by Mary and Gary Langula, trained exclusively by Mary. Following are a couple pictures of Sparkie.
This picture compliments of the
St. Paul Pioneer Press
it appeared in an article about sparkie.
Above is Sparkie working her magic with a little baby at Regions Hospital, in St. Paul, MN. Sparkie has over 200 hours of therapy dog work in at Regions. She's one of just a small number that are allowed into the baby ward to visit the sick kids.
Below are pictures of Sonbar dogs doing agility, racing, obedience and therapy work.
Copy is another Sonbar old timer that crossed that rainbow bridge. Laurie helped Copy out of her failing old body 1 week after her 15th birthday. RIP Copy. She was another Sonbar dog that excelled in preformance events "Copy", was owned and trained by Laurie Erickson. Her official name is: U-CDX Ch Sonbar's Brite Image, Am/Can CD, OA, OAJ, NJP, OAC, NGC, EJC, TN-N, JC, RN, CGC.
Abocve is a picture of Laurie and Copy winning a bunch of "loot" at the 2004 nationals. What Copy didn't win Leo did!
Above and below are pictures of Sparkie at Childrens hospital, doing what Mary says she loves best, helping sick people get some love! Above picture also has Mary in it.
Below is a picture of Mary and Sparkie, along with the judge, from 2006 nationals. They won High in Trial! Yea!
