Canine Partners Blog

MACH2 PACH McKinney’s Dexter MXS MXPB MJP3 MJPB PAX MXF T2B owned by Colleen McKinney of Lexington, OH Colleen had never owned a dog before. But one day she saw an ad in the local newspaper about a Border Collie – Golden Retriever mix. “I thought that sounded like a good dog,” Colleen said. “I […]

Pogo was adopted by Wendy from an animal shelter on April 2, 2010, when he was 4 months of age, and they started agility training three months later. Wendy said she resisted any formal obedience training, thinking it was too strict and tedious, but after much encouragement from her trainer, she finally decided to try […]

Adriana adopted Finnick from the San Francisco SPCA in August 2014. “I was volunteering there at the time and was waiting for the right herding mix to show up, then there he was!,” Adriana said. “I wasn't interested in dog sports at first, but we took a rally class, which then led me to take […]

Jimenez’s Max CD RAE NAJ NAP NJP owned by Ana Jimenez of El Paso, TX  In 2009, Ana went to a local animal rescue to adopt a dog. When she saw a little 5 month old terrier mix, she knew he was the one. “Shortly after I decided to take a training class with Max on basic […]

Cellier’s Truffle TD owned by Margaret and Thierry Cellier of N. Vancouver, BC, Canada Truffle is a five and half year old Thai Ridgeback mix who was rescued in California with her siblings when she was still a puppy. She was fostered in Canada and became a member of the Cellier family a couple of […]

MACH Trots for Treats MXB MJB XF T2B owned by Kristin Dujardin of Fishkill, NY Kristin adopted Patches, a Shetland Sheepdog mix, in August 2009. “He was 5 months old and quickly settled into our home, showing us just how much drive and energy a herding dog can have,” she said. “Agility quickly became his […]

Jerry RAE BN GN owned by Emily Kocon of St. Paul, MN Jerry was adopted from a small shelter in Minnesota back in 2006. He is my first competitive performance dog and he has taught me patience, diligence and humility. I started taking him to obedience classes just to learn the basics. We both enjoyed […]

Photo by Clark Kranz  Kola is a rescue terrier mix whose favorite thing in life is lure coursing – a sport that allows dogs to release their prey drive. Dogs chase a lure – white trash bags – tied to a pulley system that moves it jerkily around a field. Most dogs love to chase […]

PACH Keno Ocb owned by Paula Maxwell of Harrisonburg, VA Paula was exiting her local shelter after an unsuccessful search for a new dog at the same time a man was entering with three puppies to surrender. She knew immediately that she wanted the smallest puppy that was “cuddly but fearful,” she said. “Right from […]

Barney THDD CGC owned by Leah Kochi of Orange, CA I adopted Barney from a local shelter in 2008 when he was about 1 year old. Barney completed basic and advanced obedience training in 2009 to earn his AKC Canine Good Citizen title. After becoming a registered pet therapy team in 2009, we started visiting […]