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Sadly Squiggles left this world on December 3rd, 2007 at the age of 16 1/2 years.
Marietta writes ....
I acquired SQUIGGLES from
Jeanette Horn when she was 2 years old, after earning her
breed championship. Jeanette wanted me to train, show,
and earn agility titles with her, and to have a least one
litter. It started out as just a "fluke" for me. After
competing with my labs for many years, I was looking for
a smaller dog to train & travel with. But after only 6
months, I realized just how special SQUIGGLES was!
She just loves to be in the spot light! She loves the
crowds of people and dogs! She is full of confidence and
is a well balanced dog! Their isn't anything that she
can't physically do -- as long as she believes it's
what she wants to do! It took me a while to learn
about how beagles learn, react and are motivated. But
after my experience with SQUIGGLES, I greatly admire the
breed!
At 15 years old, SQUIGGLES is
doing remarkably well. She is the oldest dog ever
competing in agility! While she is not running as fast
as the younger dogs, she still is accurate! It is almost
always my fault if we don't qualify! Every time
we run, there is at least one spectator who tells me how
happy she is competing!
In December 2005, when SQUIGGLES earned her 10th Master's Agility Championship Title (MACH) the photo above was taken In years past, she has won similar Masters titles in different agility organizations: NADAC, NCDA, UKC, and USDAA. She has also earned her 3rd level obedience title: UD (Utility Dog).
Currently, SQUIGGLES is on
the top 10 list of "all time high scoring" agility dogs
in the USA! Not just beagles! Also, I have found out
that the AKC will be hosting a special competition in
December 2006 in Long Beach, CA; it's the Agility
Invitational. The top 5 raking dogs in each breed for
the past year have been invited to compete. And
SQUIGGLES has earned a spot on the Beagle list! God
willing, if she is still with me and still enjoys
competing, I will be taking her to California in
December!
Below is a picture of Squiggles taken in Slovenia in 1998 when we competed at the World Agility competition. Our USA Mini team won 1st place and we took home the Gold Medal! That event was so exciting for us! The previous year we competed in Denmark.
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See Squiggles in action
