Pickle earned the CAX on April 15 at a test in Perry, GA, that was hosted by the Greyhound Club of North Georgia. He is owned and trained by Terry Lane of Peachtree City, GA.

Pickle was just a small puppy sitting in the middle of a road when Lane spotted him and, luckily, stopped and saved his life. "He was ugly and had adolescent mange. A friend of ours saw the puppy and said ‘Boy you are in a pickle.’ The name stuck," Lane said.

The name may have stuck, but not his appearance. Pickle grew into "a very handsome, smart and loving dog." His greatest love in life is coursing, Lane said.

Coursing Ability Tests are one of AKC’s newest sports and bring the fun of lure coursing, a sport for sight hounds, to all dogs. Dogs get to put their prey drive to the test by pursuing a lure – usually a white plastic bag – operated by a pulley around a field. They are judged on how well and enthusiastically that they pursue the lure.

More information on AKC Coursing Ability Tests.

Two dogs enrolled in the AKC Canine Partners program made it to the finals of the 2012 AKC National Agility Championship. MACH Honey Come Quick, also known as Tangle, and his owner Dana Pike of Wilmington, IL, made the finals of the 8-inch jump height division and placed fourth. MACH Roo! CD and her owner Stacey Campbell of San Francisco, CA, made the finals of the 24-inch jump height division and placed fifth. It was just the second year that mixed-breed dogs could compete in the AKC national event. Twenty-nine "All-Americans" qualified, and 11 competed at the event held March 31-April 1 in Reno, NV.

Tangle

Roo