bRAGs
from
THE ADOPTED
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This page is dedicated to
Cardigans and their owners whom have shown outstanding achievements.
We invite all our adopted families to let us know so
that we may also honour your Cardigan awards.
2017
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Jake
and Anne Gunn
Jake is more
formally known as HTCh Welgem’s Black Opal
CGN, HRD III-S, RLF III-S, HTAD-S[1].
Jake is the
first Cardigan Welsh Corgi in Canada to
achieve an AHBA championship. AHBA is
focused on practical herding and its courses
typically include farm tasks such as loading
a trailer, pushing sheep through sort
chutes,
moving large flocks
25-50 sheep and any other farm tasks.
Jake is a serious, smart working dog with a
sense of humour and a real partner around a
farm. Here he is quietly pushing sheep down
a sort chute and driving a large flock
having picked them up in a 10 acre field. It
has not always been easy for Jake as a small
dog facing large sheep but we have built the
trust and confidence to work together – he
really is a wonderful dog and a true credit
to the Cardigan breed.
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[1]
(HTCh - American Herding Breed Association Herding
Trial Champion; CGN – Canadian Good Neighbour, HRD
III-S – American Herding Breed Association Herding
Ranch Dog Level III Sheep, RLF III-S – AHBA Ranch
Large Flock, HTAD-S)
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2011
Jake
and Anne Gunn
(Welgem’s Black Opal HS CGN HRD I-S RLF I-S)
(HS
– Herding Started,
CGN
– Canadian Good Neighbour,
HRD I-S
– American Herding Breed Association Herding Ranch
Dog Level I Sheep,
RLF I-S
–
AHBA Ranch Large Flock I)
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Every once in a while a star comes along.
Jake
is one.
His
owner, Anne Gunn, is experienced as a herding
handler, having successfully trained and herded with
her long standing partner –
Beka (who
is also a Cardigan Welsh Corgi).
Beka
herds for fun now, which has allowed
Jake to
come into his own.
He was born in September 2008.
Anne saw
potential in his abilities from the get-go.
At the tender age of 9 months she started
exposing
Jake
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In 2011,
Jake had
moments of brilliance during Arena Trials on sheep
at the Started level. This photo shows Jake keeping
sheep to Anne during his first CKC trial in May of
2011. The scores were enough that
Jake also
took the 2011 Pearl Trophy, which is the Canadian
Cardigan Corgi Club annual trophy for the herding
Cardigan with the highest average scores during the
year. The scores also gained him a place in the
National Herding Showcase when he showed more speed
than was useful in the indoor arena.
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Jake
with his 2011 Pearl Trophy
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