Cascade - Flibbety Gibbet

We got Cassie when she was 6 months old from a rescue centre September 2000. She is a blue merle working sheepdog (border collie without papers). She is possibly a double merle which should never be bred as they are more often than not deaf and have health problems. Cas was extremely underweight and nervous when we first had her. It has taken a lot of time and patience but it has paid off and she really is a different dog.

Her main discipline she works is agility, she has won me out of starters in 2002 in her first year of competing, only ever having done one show in 2001. She won me out at her 6th show. Winning me out of elementary at her 4th show and she has won me out of elementary about 5 times over. Saying that, this year we haven't done many shows concentrating on her canine freestyle and trick training. She won out of starters canine freestyle at her first show and has either won or been placed at subsequent shows. Having also done displays at Crufts, Discover Dogs and Pets N People.

She also does flyball.

• 8th place in starters agility show at her first and only show in 2001 - Dordale August.
• Qualified YKC flyball & biathlon at Crufts 2002.
• Won out of Elementary at Dordale Agility Show May 2002.
• Won out of Starters at Worcester Agility Show May 2002.
• Runner-Up Agility Club National Starters Challenge Final 2002.
• 2nd Agility Club Junior Of The Year Over 12 awards 2002.
• Won her first canine freestyle competition at PNM show December 2002.
• Qualified for YKC National Agility and YKC Flyball Crufts 2003.
• Runner-Up Improver Of The Year - National Rescue Awards 2003.
• Qualified for Grand National Agility Final at Packington in May 2003.
• Qualified for Adams Derby Agility Final at North Derbyshire in June 2003.
• 3rd in the Pup Idol Final at the Wag & Bone show August 2003.
• 3rd Agility Club Junior Of The Year Over 12 awards 2003.
• Highest agility placings being a 4th in open jumping, 10th in open agility along with 2nds and 3rds in novice and some intermediate placings.
• Qualified YKC Biathlon, YKC Triathlon, YKC National Agility, YKC Jumping, YKC Agility Dog Of The Year and YKC Flyball at Crufts 2004.
• Qualified for Nature's Menu Team Jumping Final with Agility Addicts 2004/2005.
• Highest placing of 2004 was 3rd in Open Circular Jumping.
• Won Over 18s Canine Freestyle at The Wag & Bone Show 2004, featured in Dogs Today.
• Won 'Best Companion Dog Bitch Performer' at Discover Dogs 2004.
• Won the public vote in UK's Coolest Canine 2005.
• Qualified for YKC Agility Dog Of The Year and YKC Flyball at Crufts 2005.
• Qualified for YKC Flyball at Crufts 2006.
• Won Pup Idol & Novice Heelwork To Music at Wag & Bone show 2005. Front cover of 'Dogs Today' October issue.
• Town & country Show - 4th & 2nd in Novice Freestyle. 2nd Novice Jumping.
• Wigan Agility Show - 4th Intermediate Jumping.
• Top Dog - Spent a day filming at Upton Cressett for Animal Planet. Came a close 2nd overall. Really proud of how she coped and the trick round was the best.