On March 18, 2000,
my husband (Tom) and I drove to Buffalo, NY to pick up the newest
member of our family, a thirteen week-old blue merle male that we
named Parker. Parker joined our family at a time of great sadness.
Our eldest sheltie, Scooter, had gone to the Rainbow Bridge at the
end of February, and we were grieving terribly over his
loss.
Our youngest sheltie, Bentley, was just desolate
without his playmate and companion. Several weeks after Scooter
died, Parker’s breeder, Cathy Wojcik (Imperial
Shelties)
invited us to "just come and look" at her dogs and her remaining
puppies. How wise she was! The minute that we held Parker, the
huge hole in our hearts started to heal. This lively puppy's
antics were just what Tom, Bentley, and I needed!
Parker keeps the
whole family amused. He is very active and quite creative. One
never knows what he’s going to do next! Parker loves agility and
appears to have a natural aptitude for it.
Parker started
competing in agility in July, 2002, and he earned his first
agility title on August 24, 2002. Within a year, he earned six
additional performance titles! Parker is now officially
known as Balmoral's Blue Moon CD, AX, AXJ.
Parker is our first sheltie to earn an agility title,
and he is the first agility titlist for his breeders as well.
We want to say a special "thank you" to Candace Heller for
training Parker and for handling him to these exciting wins!
He couldn't have done it without her.
The show
photographers at the various agility trials have taken some
wonderful photos of Parker on the agility course. Click here
to see Parker in action!
Parker can best be
described as an imp. He is playful & lively and can normally
be found with a mischievous glint in his blue eye! He does things
he knows that he’s not supposed to and then gives us one of those
"how can you be mad at me" looks. Sometimes it
works!
He thinks he’s
Wonder Dog and frequently tries to fly off the bed, the couch,
etc. . ! I’ve never had a sheltie that loves to jump as much as he
does.
Parker is now owned and
loved by Mary Sue and John Puhatch.
