Left - Friday score 95 and first place. . . Right - Saturday score 95 and first place. 
 Above - Sunday score 99 and second place. . . NEW TITLE !!! February 25, 2011 - February 27, 2011 - International Kennel Club - Chicago, IL Tory earned her RN (Rally Novice) title today. These were Tory's first rally obedience trials! On Friday she took first place - score 95; Saturday another first place in a class of 17 (after a three-way tie) - score 95; Sunday second place in a class of 12 (after a two-way tie) - score 99. . .all from the Novice A class! It was a very busy show and Tory stayed pretty focused in such a crazy environment. 
Tory and her friends Norman and Luther at "Meet The Breed" in Chicago.  March 26 - March 27, 2011 - WI-IL Agility Club of Spring Grove, Illinois - Libertyville, IL Tory earns her first two legs in Novice A JWW . . . Saturday - Novice A JWW - FIRST PLACE - score 98 - 38.35 seconds on 36 second course . . . 1st Novice JWW leg. Sunday - Novice A JWW - FIRST PLACE - score 100 - 28.75 seconds on 33 second course . . . 2nd Novice JWW leg. April 22, 2011 - American Belgian Malinois Club - Agility Trial - Merrillville, IN Tory earns her NAJ title and her first leg in Novice Standard. . . Friday - Novice A STD - FIRST PLACE - score 100 - 61.21 seconds on 74 second course . . . 1st Novice STD leg. Friday - Novice A JWW - FIRST PLACE - socre 100 - 31.32 seconds on 35 second course . . . 3rd Novice JWW leg. 
April 24, 2011 - Happy Easter from Tory (2.75 years) and Bella (13.5 years) May 14, 2011 - Tory did her part to improve the Standard Schnauzer Temperament Test passing rate today at a test sponsored by the Northeastern Illinois Bouvier de Flandres Club. The grass was long and wet (gorgeous weather in Chicago all week, but of course the temperature drops almost 40 degrees and it starts raining in time for the weekend), which produced some interesting movement. At one point I heard one of the judges exclaim "she looks like a little deer" as Tor was gleefully bounding through the mounds of grass between testing stations. Conditions aside, she tested well, leading them to comment that she was "steady and solid." Click here for more information about the American Temperment Test Society, Inc. 
June 12, 2011 - Tory tries out the new hammock with Will and Alexis. 
 
Tory and Alexis in the agility ring. 
November 27, 2011 - Illiana Collie Fanciers - Merrillville, Indiana Open STD - FIRST PLACE - score 95 - 50.85 seconds on 63 second course. . . 1st leg 
 December 9 - 11, 2010 - Skokie Valley Kennel Club - Rosemont, Illinois Friday - Excellent A - FIRST PLACE - score 89. Saturday - Excellent A - FIRST PLACE - score 92. Sunday - Excellent A - THIRD PLACE - score 96. Tory and Alexis earned their Rally Excellent (RE) title in 3 straight shows!! NEW TITLE !!! 
 Christmas. . .Tory and her friend Fossie guarding the tree. . . on squirrel patrol.  Tory (3 years) and her bouv friend Bella (14 years). |