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![]() Photo: Salme Mujunen FIN CH BH b. 29.4.2004, nbt Breeder: Monica Barger, Roanoak Australian Shepherds ![]() Photo: Mataleena Pesonen 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 ![]() Photo: Mataleena Pesonen ![]() Photo: Hanna-Mari Laitala
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