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Why I Created This Site
Over the years I have been posting videos of our runs from trials on Facebook and have had quite a few people comment they enjoy watching them. The problem with Facebook is they can get lost after awhile. I decided to create this site so they would be easy to locate. It will also provide some information on the team as well as some information on the sport with links to sites that may be useful to you.
Some Information on how the team started
Caryl and I have had quite a few dogs over the fifty plus years we have been married. In 2011 we lost our lab Kaos and then eight days later we lost our collie Dakota. We decided we would wait till we both retired before we would get another dog. Well in 2013 I had an opportunity to retire and decided it was time to get another dog. At first, Caryl resisted but finally gave in. We started our search and found Ziva who was a bit timid so Caryl decided to try agility with her.
As the time went by we talked about it and decided to get another puppy. We went back to the same breeder and after looking at several pups we decided Ace was going to be the new member of the family. When Ace became old enough we decided to put him in agility classes as well. Caryl originally trained both dogs in class but as the time went by I was talked into working with Ziva. Well next thing you know I entered our first trial and I was hooked.
Well that turned out to be the start of Team Collies. Most of the team is named from a TV series. Can you guess the name of the series?
Hopefully you will enjoy the site as much as we enjoy competing with the team.
Butch, Caryl, and the Team Collies
News
Our Latest News
We attended the Collie Club of Maine's annual 3 day trial at the beautiful Pineland Farms in New Gloucester Maine, June 14-16th. The weather was perfect to run in. Unfortunately Gibbs showed a limp on Wednesday that appears to be Anaplasmosis. We started him on Doxy right away with the hope to catch it early. He seemed fine Friday so we tried to run. The limp re-appeared during his second run so I scratched him for the rest of the day. We decided to rest him on Saturday which was a good move. He looked great on Sunday so I decided to try and run him.He ran great but had an issue with the teeter. His standard run was great but did refuse the teeter. I did fix and go and once over the teeter he ran great. I decided to not run Jumpers and leave early since we had a six hour drive home. Ellie ran Fast on Friday and Time to beat on Sunday. She is still doing really great in the ring and showing us a lot of encouragement that she may be able to compete again.
The weekend of June 1st and 2nd we trialed at Dream Dogs training center with the Hudson Valley Agility Club of New York. Caryl ran Gibbs again in Fast earning a 1st place Q. I ran Ellie FEO in Fast. Once again Ellie ran great showing us a lot of good stuff. In Standard Gibbs refused the teeter and I was going to do fix and go but the judge whistled me off once I touched him. The judge later apologized since he was not sure of the rule. Gibbs was clean in JWW but overtime.
Sunday was time to beat. Again Caryl ran Gibbs earning another Q. I ran Ellie FEO running the entire course with her. She ran the course in qualifying time. Gibbs earned a 3rd place Q in JWW and would have Q'd in standard but we ended up with a table fault. We were really pleased with how both dogs ran showing us a lot of good stuff.
We started off our Memorial Day weekend going to Freehold NJ to let Ellie and Deeks run in Fast Cat, Thursday and Friday. This would be Deeks first time running. Once Ellie knew where she was, she went bezerk, howling, barking, and pulling trying to get in the ring. Deek's not knowing what he was in for got excited just because Ellie did. Well Ellie ran and made a new personal best. Deek's saw her and decided he liked it. They both ran great, Qualifying all runs and Ellie earning her BCAT title. Ellie's best time was 22.04 MPH.
After their runs on Friday we headed north to Skylines Agility Trial for Saturday and Sunday. Ellie ran in FAST both days for Exhibition Only. Well she did great following me with no issues in a trial environment. Hopefully she is on a path to having fun during trials again.
Gibbs ran great missing a triple Q on Saturday due to my blocking him on a jump. On Sunday we made up for it with a triple Q. He did great all weekend and showed no sign of any lameness. He was having fun and left the ring happy. Hoping this is a sign of what is to come.
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