FIN CH BH
Roanoaks Plain Courage "Riva"
australian shepherd male
FCI and ASCA registered

b. 29.4.2004, nbt
Red with white and tan, eyes amber
Scissors bite, one extra premolar
Height: about 57 cm
Weight: 24 kg
ASCA titles: STDs

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Breeder: Monica Barger, Roanoak Australian Shepherds
Owner: Mari Morko

Riva is an outgoing and fun young dog. He is open and friendly towards people and has very nice social skills with other dogs. He is an active dog but has a pretty good off switch and settles down to relax when nothing special is happening. He displays a moderate amount of the guarding behaviour typical to aussies. In general he is a pretty easy dog to live with.

I'm training obedience and search and rescue with him. He enjoys playing with toys and loves food, so he is easy to motivate in training. He has been a joy to train in obedience, he learns quickly and is willing to repeat things any time. I have not rushed him in search training because I want to build good basics and let him grow and gain confidence before putting him to more demanding tasks. He is not affraid of gunshots or fireworks.

He has been started on herding and shows some promise and plenty of drive. We have mostly worked on sheep, we attended a clinic with Maarten Walter last summer and I keep a few sheep at home in summer. He has also been exposed to ducks once and he worked them surprisingly calmly and nicely. Also some of his littermates have been started on herding and they all work too.

Physically Riva is athletic and has great coordination. He is not affraid of slippery or unsteady surfaces, we attended a starting rubble training course in fall 2005 and he was absolutely fearless when moving on the rubble. He can also easily jump flatfooted the 1 meter jump obstacle in obedience.

Riva is linebred on Crown Point, which makes up the paternal lines on both sides of his pedigree. The cross of Crown Point Kemo Sabe and Crown Point KK Khyan is the most significant influence on his lineage, it has produced the three well known WTCH brothers: CP Stonewall Jackson, CP Ace of Spades and CP Crimson Tide. All three appear in Riva's pedigree. The maternal lines go to two different show type lines.

His health checks were done in March 2006. Hips B/B, elbows 0/0 and eyes clear. Also his puppy eye exam was ok. Otherwise his health has been excellent so far, no reoccurring infections or digestive problems and no signs of allergies.

Riva's first litter was born December 5, 2006 out of Dancing Skies Kenai. Unfortunately there was only one puppy, a black bitch with copper and white and NBT. His second litter is planned for March 2007. He will not be available for more bitches untill I see how the first litters turn out



Pedigree of Roanoaks Plain Courage

Roanoaks N Cahoots Reinflame Red Merle C/W 6/6/2002	Crown Point Red Rodeo Ray CDX GS-O JS-O RS-O DNA-CP Red C/W 4/9/1996	WTCH Crown Point Ace of Spades RTDcs PATDcs DNA-CP	Crown Point Kemo Sabe	WTCH Ch The Hawk of Las Rocosa CD RDg
				CrownPoint Tarcoola Blue RD STDc OTDds
			Crown Point KK Khyan	WTCH LasRocosa KubliaKhan Crown Pt RDX
				CrownPoints Just-a-bear
		Crown Point Wild Flower E63395 DL50616902	WTCH Crown Point Crimson Tide PATDcs RTDcs DNA-CP	Crown Point Kemo Sabe
				Crown Point KK Khyan
			CrownPoint Brandy Lee	CrownPoint Keeper of the Flock STDc
				CrownPoint Mercedes OTDcds
	Charismas Rei of Son DNA-CP Red Merle C/W 12/28/1994	Charismas Show Stopper E64521 DL54375301	Ch Maatt Dillion of Starcross	Ch Jubilees Federal Agent
				National Velvet of Starcross
			Christmas Jewel of Starcross	Ch Rockin At Midnite of Starcross
				Enchantment of Starcross
		Charismas Red Hot	Ch Maatt Dillion of Starcross	Ch Jubilees Federal Agent
				National Velvet of Starcross
			Little Tuff Stuff of Starcross	Woodchips Rowdy Rascal
				Ch Little Ruff Stuff of Starcross
SVCH WTCH Ch Roanoaks Liquid Courage CD RTDc RS-E JS-E GS-O DNA-VP Red C/W 11/24/1998	WTCH Crown Point Stonewall Jackson DNA-CP Blue C/W 6/28/1995	Crown Point Kemo Sabe	WTCH Ch The Hawk of Las Rocosa CD RDg	Las Rocosa Lester CSD
				Ch Fancy Fan Fair of Las Rocosa STDc
			CrownPoint Tarcoola Blue RD STDc OTDds	Ch Las Rocosa Justin Jr of Mtgold
				Colorados Smooth Smoke
		Crown Point KK Khyan	WTCH LasRocosa KubliaKhan Crown Pt RDX	Las Rocosa Lester CSD
				Ch Las Rocosa Bengali Tigress STDds OTDc
			CrownPoints Just-a-bear	Ch Las Rocosa Justin Jr of Mtgold
				WTCH Mighty Fine Second Chance CD
	Ch Shercrest Zomething Different STDd DNA-CP Black C/W 5/2/1996	Castles Days of Thunder	Ch McMatts Where Theres Smoke	Ch Brigadoons California Dude CD STDs
				Ch Showtimes Midnight Serenade STDcds
			Ch McMatts Sarahs Crystle Castle	Ch Showtimes Sir Prize CD
				Ch Marquis Sun-Up Sarah McMatt
		Shercrest Lady	Ch Cobbercrests Shooting Star	Ch Starbuck of Shadowmere
				Sweet Havens Creative Concept
			Wilmeths Princess She Ra CD	Ch Wilmeths Arrogant Dandy CD
				Tres Rios Ivory Rose