NEWS
BAGELS FIRST OFFICIAL CAMP AT DSD
December 2022
First time on the astroturf of Dog Sports Derby, Bagel attended a young dog training weekend with two top trainers. Considering she hadn't done masses in terms of previous agility training, as we had been focusing on other aspects of her training, Bagel displayed some excellent skills.
THE GIRLS FIRST BRITISH AGILITY CHAMPS COMP.
November 2022
We thought it was time to put some training to the test and enter BAC for the first time, and what a fun time we had. Both Rita and Skye loved the experience, there were things we did particularly well and others highlighted to work on, but all in all it was a very beneficial competition that we gained lots of experience from.
'RED INDIAN CHIEF' LITTER TURN ONE!
June 2022
The Rita X Chief litter are a year old and it's been lovely to see updates from all the puppy owners. I hope they all have a day of treats and getting to do their favourite things. Bagels day will consist of lots of cuddles, some of her favourite agility foundation training, and taking a beach walk with her Hartson family.
COMPETING AT CRUFTS
March 2022
Olive Skye At Hartson competed at crufts in the ykc agility, she completed a lovely clear round. She took the busy, chaotic atmosphere of the show in her stride and particularly loved the freebies she won wondering around many of the Crufts stands!
SKYE IS RUNNER UP.
October 2021
Skye achieves Runner Up in the `Junior Masters Final at the UKA Agility Grand Finals.
PUPPIES HAVE ARRIVED!
1st JUNE 2021
At 12:23pm on Tuesday 1st June, Rita gave birth to her first puppy, a beautiful little black and white girl, shortly followed by puppy number 2, a blue merle girl. After a long labour, she resulted in having 5 little boys and 5 girls, 5 being blue merle and 5 black and white. We are all so excited to watch this big litter begin to grow.
EXPECTING PUPPIES...
MAY/JUNE 2021
Señorita Mischief At Hartson X Cories Chief Paleface At Starsofmars. The pregnancy has been confirmed and we cannot wait, the countdown now begins! More information can be found on the planned litters page.
RITA’S BVA HIP AND ELBOW SCORES FINALLY CAME!
MARCH 2021
After more than 4 months waiting for her x-ray scores to come back, they finally arrived and we are very pleased with them! She scored 4/5, totalling 9 on her hips, this is an excellent score being ideally below the breed average of 13. She also got her elbow scores back having scored 0/0, a perfect score.
RITA RECEIVED HER ANKC HIP SCORE RESULTS
JANUARY 2021
After weeks of awaiting Rita's x-ray results from the BVA, we decided we would send them off to the ANKC for a quicker turnaround time to avoid as much stress as it drew closer to her upcoming season. Â
These results came back super quick and we were very pleased to hear she had scored 4/2 on her hips with a total score of 6, matching the median and lower than the breed average of 7.85 for a border collie.
RITA GAINED HER NTD, ITD, ATD AND ETD TITLES
JANUARY 2021
Within the space of only a few weeks, Rita managed to gain all of her trick dog titles from Novice to Expert! This included tricks from limping and rolling herself up in a blanket to learning how to put rubbish into a pedal opening bin. Now the training for the Champion Trick Dog Title begins.
SKYE ATTENDED CRUFTS
MARCH 2020
After lots of stress as to whether Crufts would be going ahead due to COVID-19, Skye did result in attending for the second time. She competed in the ykc obedience, achieving a 6th place, as well as a 3rd place in the Kennel Club GCDS Obedience Finals.
COLLIE TRIP OUT COMPETING...
FEBRUARY 2020
Today was the first time Señorita Mischief competed at an agility show, though it was only a small independent show, she only went and won her class! In fact, all three collies wer amazing, bringing home two 1st's, one second and a winning cup between them.
DOGS WENT CANOEING...
AUGUST 2019
On our dog friendly holiday to Norfolk, we also found canoeing with dogs! This was a fun experience, really testing the dogs trust in us, they were all perfect companions- Rita and Bonnie fell asleep for most of the journey too!
SKYE ATTENDEDÂ CRUFTS FOR THE FIRST TIME!
MARCH 2019
Skye qualified for ykc obedience at Crufts 2019 for the first time. Not only was she amazing at the venue, taking in the busy atmosphere, she worked two extremely good rounds. Overall, she achieved a 6th place and a 1st!
RITA PASSEDÂ HER PUPPY FOUNDATIONÂ GCDS AWARD
DECEMBER 2018
At only 16 weeks old, Rita achieved her Puppy Foundation award. She's doing really well in her weekly training classes too.
BRINGING HOME SENORITA MISCHIEF (RITA)
OCTOBER 2018
A new puppy joined the Hartson Border Collie family today. Senorita Mischief is a smooth coated black and white collie, who will hopefully one day, enjoy a career of agility and obedience with me.
SKYE COMPETED IN THE SEMI-FINALSÂ GCDS OBEDIENCE IN SCOTLAND
NOVEMBER 2018
In the hope to getting to the finals which would take place at Crufts 2019, Olive Skye qualified to reaching the semi-final pre -beginner GCDS obedience competition in Peebles, Scotland. Skye did an amazing round, coming in 6th place by 1/4 of a point, out of a total of 30 dogs. However, only the top 5 places were sent to the finals in March. We are all very proud of her for getting this far, and although, she didn't quite qualify for this particular category, she did reach Crufts for another obedience category. Fingers crossed for us in Crufts 2019.