Agilitynat: Introducing Reno

Kiros is my first competing Agility dog.

He was born in a foster home for the Animal Accident Rescue Unit in 2000. His Mum was picked up by them heavily pregnant when her current owner threatened to drown her!

I re homed him when he was 4 months as his previous home wasn't right for him. How lucky was I? He is a real Agility star taking us from Elementary to Grade 6 with an Agility win in Grade 6 as well. We have also qualified for the ABC semi-final four times and qualified for the final at Olympia in 2008. It was an awesome experience! My boy ran a lovely round at Olympia and finished in 4th place.

In November 2010 I noticed that Kiros wasn't jumping as easily as he used to so I made the hard decision to put him into Veterans. I have to say I have no regrets as he still really enjoys what he is doing and, hopefully, will be able to enjoy it for years to come:-)

Kiros is a pure mongrel. His Mum was definitely a GSD cross but I have no idea what his Dad was? Probably a BSD as Kiros looks and acts so much like a Malinois?

Reno is my baby, born on 24th October 2008.

I fell in love with BSD Malinois from the moment I first saw them. Mainly because of their similarity to Kiros in looks, nature and working ability.

Reno's Dad is Ronny (Bonvivant Kronik) a Malinois that I have admired for some time. When I heard he was fathering a litter of puppies I just had to have one! I'm so glad that I did as Reno is such a sweet little boy. Bags of personality, full of mischief and very loving.

He started his Agility training when he was a year old. I really wanted to use "shaping" to train Reno as he is quite sensitive and I don't think he would react well to being told to do something. Shaping does require quite a lot of time and patience but I am confident I will see the benefits in the long run.

He started competing at KC shows in 2011 (we dabbled a little the year before but I've realised it was too soon) and are just at the stage where everything is beginning to come together. Reno has recently won Grade 3 Agility taking him to KC Grade 4.

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Introducing Reno

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