Diesel
Pet Name: Diesel
Registered Name: Bryning Dont Stop Me Now At Ruffs
Colour: Black and White
Date of Birth: 25th March 08
CEA/CH DNA status: genetically normal by parentage
TNS DNA status: Tested 'Carrier'
Hip Score: coming soon!
Crufts Qualified 2009 and 2010
Qualified BCCGB Pup of the year 2009
Diesel is a black and white border collie dog and was born on the 25th March 2008 (my birthday!). His dad is actually Incas brother, Rhett - Locheil Lickety Split, and his mum is Quinn - Dawn of Sun Loch Valley at Bryning IMP (Belgium) from Bryning Border Collies.
Diesel is very gung-ho about everything, except standing still (unlike his Auntie Stinky). Hes always on the go and can usually be found causing trouble with Pip. He can suffer from having a bit of a boy brain at times, but he'll always try to make up for it in his enthusiasm. He likes to try and be a smart arse and always trys to be one step ahead, which can get quite funny when he gets the totally wrong idea about what it is he is actually meant to be doing. On walks he is always on the run; with Pip or without Pip he can keep himself entertained all the same.
Showing:
Diesel made his showing debut aged 6 months at NWBCC Champ show. A few weeks later he qualified for Crufts (also qualiying for BCCGB pup of the year 2009) at Working & Pastoral Breeds Association of Scotland by coming 3rd in Minor Puppy (10, 0) and 2nd in Puppy.
Hes had a sucessful start to his showing career getting BPIB and Pastoral Puppy Group 3 at East Midlands Open show, BPIS at EABCC Open Show and then winning Minor Puppy (15, 3) at LKA the following weekend.
At the start of 2009 Diesel was sadly somewhat out of coat for Crufts. He qualified for Crufts 2010 at EABCC Champ show where he came 2nd in his Junior class. Not bad considering we'd only picked him up from kennels the day before.
Diesel will only be very lightly shown in 2010, and it will probably be his last year in the showring as I plan to concentrate on agility and obedience.
See Diesels showing results HERE
Agility:
KC: Large Grade 3
BAA: Maxi Primary
UKA: Maxi Novice Steeplechase & Performance
Diesel started pre-agility classes at 5 months at RacingRedd with Wendy Clay. He is certainly coming along nicely. Hes very responsive and works well provided his handler gets it right.
He started competing at UKA Nationals in July 09 when he was just 16 months and 3 days old. He got his first clear round in Nursery on his first day, and went on to get 4 more clears and a 3rd in Beginners Steeplechase Maxi that same week. He won into Novice Steeplechase at UKA Thatcham whilst still under 18 months. His first KC Open Show was Suffolk 5 Rivers when was just 18 months and 1 day old. He got 2 clears and showed lots of potential.
Since then hes come along in leaps and bounds. At Spalding in October 2009, just over 18 months old, he came 3rd in a C1-3 agility class out of 240 qualifying for the Alpha Agility Final 2010. His BAA debut has been fantastic with him winning into Primary in both agility and jumping in his first 3 competitions, obtaining four 1sts, four 2nds, a 4th and a 5th. Clever lad!
Check out the agility page for previous results.
Obedience Training :
Diesel passed his Bronze Good Citizen Test at the tender age of 16.5 weeks and passed Silver Test at 7 months. We will hope to do Gold with him in the near future but unfotunately test days always seem to conflict with agility shows.
I had planned to get him in the obedience ring in 2009 but somehow we never actually made it. I'm still having lots of fun training him and hope to do a few obedience shows with him in 2010.
Hes a video of him training at 6 months: