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O-NATCH OAJ OA TN-E TG-E WV-E Jynx was invited to run with the CKC 2003
World Team in France. Agility Association of Canada
Rankings Agility Association Canada #2 of the "Top Dogs In Canada All
Time" Jynx was a flashy split-faced tri colored lass. She was a drivey little thing, measuring 19" at the shoulder, weighing in at 32 lbs. Jynx was the gal I used as the foundation for Standsure Border Collies. She's was my "Spiorad Cairdeach" (kindred spirit), always giving me 200%!! She had a wonderful temperament and great personality. She was a serious little worker who does it all, and had a highly competitive nature. She played to do well and win. She was outgoing with others . . . as long as there wasn't agility/flyball/sheep etc on the go. From puppy hood, her and I bonded very deeply and developed a close working relationship with a mutual respect for each other. Trialling her in any venue is a real high! I would come out of a ring and it would take a few moments to come down from the heights she made me reach. She was everything I ever wanted in a single package and was my dream dog. She was easy to train, and was always game to go . . . as long as it was something she enjoys. She far preferred the speed and movement in things like agility and flyball over the methodical precision work of the obedience ring. She generally scored in the low to mid 190's in obedience, preferring the Utility ring over all. She loved all the exercises except the heeling, which she tolerated as a means to the "fun" end of Utility. She had placed High In Class several times. She was shown in obedience very limited as her mom's first love is Agility!!! And .............. in Agility she EXCELLED!! She had won the Top Open Height Division, Top (insert level here) Dog and Top Dog Overall honors in many a trial, in NADAC, USDAA and AAC venues. She made me look like I knew what I was doing, even when things were going desperately wrong! Her ability to "do what I meant, not what I was saying or what my body happens to be telling you" was incredible. How the heck she knew the course went that way, when I didn't . . . I'll never know!! Her true love, though, was Herding. She was a great little sheepdog, powerful in eye and presence, yet not sticky on her stock. She worked with a smooth gait, responding well to verbal commands. When she made a decision against a command I have given, rest assured it was the correct move!! She was a good driver and loved the shed. Give her the "shed this one" command, and she would honed in on that particular sheep, removing it from the herd, generally, with little help from me. She was also strong on the penning. Overall, she was a dog who made her handler look very talented ...... and I love her for that! At the 2005 AAC Nationals, it was clear that the arthritis in Jynx's one paw was bothering her, so I made the heartbreaking decision to retire her from competitive agility. We still played FEO in Starters classes, right up until a month before she passed away. Jynx was my kindred spirit, my heart and my soul, she was one of the great loves of my life, and I miss her every day.
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IN LOVING MEMORY OF Whistlejack's Jynx On
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will never forget them, nor the last time
we saw them, as they -
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