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FAMOUS AUSSIES
Australian Shepherd “Holster” Won 2016 Masters
Agility Championship contest at the Westminster
Kennel Club dog show. Handler Wendy Cerilli
and her agility champion Holster won overall
champion at their home in Greenwich, N.Y.
Australian Shepherds “Deuce” and “Lili Ann”
are extraordinary achievers. The former won the
Herding Group at the 2008 Westminster Kennel
Club Dog Show, the only Aussie winner in history
(we wrote about it in Issue 1), and the latter was
the 20-Inch Division winner at the 2020 Masters
Agility Championship at Westminster. This mother-
daughter duo stands out because they both made
the Finals at Westminster in their respective sports.
Lili Ann was 15 months old when she really started award for agility in 2020 and 2021. Agility is great
training agility. Going into the 2020 Masters Agility for confidence & trust building, exercise, mental
Championship at Westminster, Lili Ann (MACH4 stimulation, and is very enjoyable for the dogs. It
Collinswood Lili Of The Valley MXB2 PAD MJS2 is the perfect sport for aussies”.
PJD MFX TQX T2B5) had proved to be a top
competitor. Lili Ann had two clean runs with fast Kristina Cetrulo has known Crufts Best in Show
scores, making her the top Aussie and qualifying winner “Chance” since he was a little fluff-ball,
her for the Finals TOP 10. Later her score was the dragging his mother Nancy around the ranch where
highest in the 20-Inch Division! they would meet to take lessons on working stock.
From the beginning Chance showed incredible
Aussie boy “Rigby” with owner Danielle Mathias enthusiasm for anything he was asked him to do
are doing many activities. Rigby´s full name with including agility. What a great example for our
titles is amazing – BISS AKC GCH/CKC GCH breed – AKC & ASCA champion, multi BIS winner,
RGCH/BIS MBVIS UKC GRCH/PCH Novacoast dog who won twice a breed at Westminster show
Believe In Magic VG TDGCH RAE6 RMX5 SX5 and so good agility runner. Kristina said about him:
JTX2 ETD-M AGI AGIJ CD NP CA SDIN CGN “He is a blast to run - very fast with tremendous
TD-ROM FDC TKP CGCA ACT2 ACT2J FITB weaves and eager to play with me. He always tries
VSWB VHMA RATI URO1 CRNMCL ADC SGDC his hardest and is a very honest dog on course. I
TDI HIC TT RIT CCF3 2K9 T3 SOR SSH PKD-T feel fortunate that Chance and Nancy are in my life
NOHS Bronze. Danielle told us about him: “I'm and can hardly wait to get to the line (again) with
so grateful to have Rigby as my first performance Chance-man!”
& show dog. No matter what we are doing, he
always gives 110%. Rigby has excelled at several Do you know agility? Or what kind of sport
different sports and exemplifies the versatility of do you do with your Aussie? Send us short
the Australian shepherd. We didn't start training info and high-quality photo to email
for agility until he was a veteran, and he has martina.svecova87@gmail.com and the
earned his CKC Agility Intermediate standard & most interesting we will print in the next
jumpers titles in the regular division and needs issue.
one more Q for Excellent. He has earned a top dog
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