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(MORE ON ORION & VOLTAIRE BELOW- USE ABOVE LINK TO SEE PHOTOS AND FIND MORE LINKS
SIX DANES attended this year's AKC Invitational in Agility. Five are normally invited, but there was such good competition (astonishingly so) in this giant breed that there was a tie, so six got an invite and all six came. Below are a few of the photos of the competition. Bo again made the finals in the 24" class to showcast our breed, and Morgan had two placements in that same class. Fang & Quizzie had clean runs to boast of, and all of the Danes put on a very good show, with good sportsmanship & camaraderie shown by all. We salute them!
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Click on each photo for more on each dog--and scroll for more.
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ALL DANES AT THE NATIONAL SHOWN!
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THE
MANTLE MAFIA ROCKS!
FLASH-FLASH-FLASH-FLASH-FLASH-FLASH!-FLASH-FLASH!
VOLTAIRE: HAS A LEG TOWARDS BOTH HIS FAST AND STANDARD AKC NOVICE TITLES--DOUBLE Q ON 10-28-07!
VOLTAIRE: HAS TWO LEGS TOWARDS HIS AKC RALLY NOVICE TITLE, HAVING TAKEN BACK-2-BACK Q'S -20/21!
HE ALSO HAS 2Qs TOWARDS HIS JUMPERS TITLE! AND MORE RECENT NEWS AT HIS OWN PAGE
FLASH-FLASH-FLASH-FLASH-FLASH-FLASH!-FLASH-FLASH!
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Two of elite group of Danes invited to the 2007 were from ChromaDane. And 4 of the current Top 10 in agility are also from the ChromaCrew! We've dogs ranked in every sport, champions too! |
ORION GAINS HIS AXJ WITH ALL FIRST
PLACES! Finishing with a wicked fast time of 30 seconds (SCT 42), "The BIG O" is out for MACH points
now!
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CHROMADANE: AGILITY! |
Seems the CATASTICK had a good year with Susan Robinson DVM adding Masters legs to alll three of her crew and getting MACH points on all of them to boot! All are AX, AXJ dogs now; all are working towards their UDs as well as towards Masters level in agility. They all also have their Rally Excellent titles. Currently Shaymus has 14 MACH points & 3 MX & 2 MXJ legs, Joker has 11 MACH pts, two MX & one MXJ leg, and Quizzy has 26 pts & 5 MXJ legs with one QQ! All three also have RAE legs and are working towards UD Q's.
Quizzie has qualified for the AKC AGILITY INVITATIONAL!
Current titles:
Sr Chroma Druidess Joker CDX RE AX AXJ
Sr Chroma X-Quiz-It Druidess CDX RE AX AXJ
Sr Chroma Druid Shaymus CDX RE AX AXJ
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AXJ HIT SR CHROMA DRUIDESS JOKER CDX RE AX AXJ SR CHROMA X-QUIZ-IT DRUIDESS CDX RE AX AXJ Three littermates just turned five.....& they ROCK the DANE World....Ranked in AGILITY & OBEDIENCE! FOLLOW the CATASTICKS to their OWN PAGE........... |
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**Scroll to see See Baby Danes Behaving Bravely<G>!**
BABY FRENCH "FRIES" LEARN OBSTACLES:
Above is Amour leading the others<G>astray.
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See more of the 2005 "Fries" here.
Pirate aka OFA/CHF CHAMPION OF HEALTH, GDCA HALL OF FAME, GROUP Winning, Specialty BEST IN SHOW CHAMPION
+CHROMA Thief of Hearts+
CD-RA-OA-AXJ-OJC-NAC-CGC-TDIA-GDCA*VA
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PIRATE is the only Great Dane to date to be ranked in all sports (agility, obedience, rally and breed),
and the only BISS CH DANE male that has ever agility-titled. He is the sire of the first breeding of two agility
titled danes (CatxPirate) and he & his sister Picabo
(seen below) have offspring competing successfully in
all three rings. His 1/2 brother Guidon is our only current UDX male.
PIRATE (like his sister Picabo) has
multiple offspring ranked in multiple sports--nevermind conformation winners too. Click here for more on his "dual-ring" working offspring.
In Monroe LA the summer
of 2004, PIRATE Q's in 7 of 8 runs, with 3 Firsts & 4 Seconds, and picks up his OA, his AXJ & two legs
towards his AX. He was a consistent performer: clean in 7 of 8 runs (handler error cost him one refusal), and in
time 7 of 8 runs, despite his great size. Pirate
was the first Champion male Dane to achieve the Excellent level (& one of less than a dozen Danes total to
be eligible for Excellent B). Also a Group & SBIS winning dog & ranked in Obedience & Rally as well,
he is certainly not only well-rounded, but excelling in more than one venue & we are naturally proud of him
& happy to see his offspring carry on the tradition. Born in 1998, he's mostly retired these days. Pirate celebrated
his 9th birthday in OCT 2007.
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Pirate & his sister Picabo are the first littermates to get agility titles (and in both AKC & NADAC). Both were ranked every year they competed, and the same can be said of their offspring. They now are the only pair of littermates with offspring invited to the AKC National Agility Invitational. We are happy to know our dogs are always considered competitive & rank well despite our splitting our time between various endeavours such as conformation, obedience, therapy, agility, etc. |
Picabo aka O-NAC-NJC-CHROMA TROMPE L'OEIL-CD-OA-NAJ-NJP-CGC-TDIA
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PICABO (pronounced Peek-a-boo) is the first Great Dane with an O-NAC and one of first to title in NADAC, nevermind one of the first to also compete successfully in AKC agility. She was listed among the top ten in Danes in 2001. In 2002 she had a litter, so did not compete. In 2003 she began competing with her junior handler Joseph Whitehouse, and completed more titles in agility, as well as in Rally and obedience. Proud mother of pups & grandpups also out competing, she had one litter which has gone on to many breed firsts: Not only a Versatility winning CH/CD daughter (Frenchie), but a son shown above (Orion) with several breed firsts and a dog ranked in all sports for several years, then her National Specialty HIGH IN TRIAL daughter Rosie, and last, but certainly not least, her #1 Dock-Diving daughter (Charm). All this from her only litter --see their page & there links! Picabo was 9 years old in OCT 2007 & is still going strong.
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For more information on the sport of agility in general, see the DOGPATCH, & for further info on the various ways NADAC especially makes giant dogs welcome, as well as encourages agility to be a fun & safe sport, see the NADAC home site. To subscribe to the GIANT DOG PERFORMANCE LIST, go to YAHOO. To see some photos of various giants doing agility, click here. For the stats on agility danes, see Morgandane.com's "TopDanes" site.
See stats for Performance Danes
Our dogs are most certainly competitive, but we participate in agility less to achieve titles than as part of a "renaissance" approach to breeding a "working dane" that includes bench or breed conformation shows, therapy work, and competitive obedience & agility.
Click here to see more of Our Dogs
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CHROMADANE: WORKING! CLICK HERE to see more ABOUT OUR DOGS & their WORKING CAREERS. |
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