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5/15/2016

We recently received this report on one of our Feather/Styxx puppies:
I'm not sure what you gave us, but we couldn't be more impressed. She's mastered stairs, hasn't peed or pooped in the house and runs to the door when she needs to go. After sleeping with us by our heads, she's drifting down to our feet and now looks at her bed like it's the best place to be. Her independence is inspiring, yet she is a cuddle monster. I love letting her outside where she hunts worms, chews on Mullein and loves breaking off icicles. It's hard to get her cold, as that little furnace is on overtime as she tunnels through the snow. This breed is outstanding - she can nearly out-sprint me at just 8 weeks. I feel like I'm going to have to step up my game sooner than anticipated. We couldn't be happier! We had to go to town yesterday, and instead of pining when we left her alone, she curled up in her blanket and napped till we returned - then she greeted us with excited jumps and a waggly tail.
You have some seriously wonderful genetics in your clan, and we're so happy to have her. Thank you again . . .

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Agility Winner!

3/8/2016

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We are proud of Bo (out of Nellie and Cinch) and her owners for their success in agility!

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Boomer

2/19/2016

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It took me a year of puppy hunting before I found Garcin Stock Dogs and puppy Boomer. I wanted just the right puppy for my competitive activities of Competition Obedience, K9 Nose Work, and at the time, I wanted to do competition tracking. Teri matched me with a perfect puppy, Boomer. I took Boomer home and we hit the ground running.
Now Boomer is 1.5 years old, he’s 22 inches at the shoulder, and he weighs about 42 pounds. He’s incredibly athletic, light on his feet, and he’s tireless.
Boomer now trains and has started competing in K9 Nose Work and Competition Obedience. The tracking didn’t happen yet, because when he was three months old, I thought just for giggles, I’d take him for a herding instinct test on sheep.
Was he keen on herding? Oh my goodness, was he ever keen. Our first herding lessons mostly consisted of Boomer running in large circles around the sheep and pinning them and me in the middle. My instructor, Joyce Shepherd, would be yelling at me “MOVE! Ann MOVE!” Other commentary from Joyce were things like, “This is ridiculous”, and, “Well Boomer is great - and you’ll eventually get the hang of it too Ann”. Yep, we had some wild times…
Boomer developed a nickname while herding, “Root’n Toot’n Boomer”. But, with patience and a sense of humor, Joyce has brought us along and now Boomer only gets Root’n Toot’n with the sheep when he needs to. We can herd up to 10 sheep, and do things like pen them, move them through a chute, bring them out of pens with control, move through panels, and Boomer can fetch the sheep and bring them to me. Pretty darn good for a 1.5 year pup and his clueless novice handler!
Boomer really likes to use his nose. Even as a young puppy, a favorite house game was for me to hide his toys so he could find them. He is good at K9 nose work . He’s already passed his Odor Recognition Testing so that he can start competing in K9 Nose Work trials.
Boomer gets totally jazzed at the competition obedience trials, at classes, and show-preps. His drive and work ethic make him ideal for this activity. He’s coming along nicely and he'll be a great competitor when he's mature enough to go full steam ahead in this high-intensity sport.
Other than that, we are out on the trails daily for our morning workouts which keep him fit and happy. At home, he enjoys life as a pampered suburban house dog. He and my other dog play every day racing and wrestling around out on the back deck and lawn.
Thanks Teri and Justy for this wonderful pup!

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Stirling Takes On Duties Like A Champ!

10/16/2015

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When I first reached out to you about a puppy (from the Nellie and Cinch litter) last year I told you about my old male Mcnab, now almost 11, with a previous back injury. Well, about 3 months ago he had a very serious relapse and was completely paralyzed for over a month. We had some very tough decisions to make between surgery, alternative therapies, and even considered putting him down - but ultimately at this time he is very close to being able to walk unaided again without surgery.
I only share this because at the time you recommended Rapid Response to us and I just really wanted to thank you. I think it has really helped aid his healing process in a variety of ways, as well as our 13 year old border collie X and some of her old lady stiffness.

With my old dog completely out of commission and on 100% crate rest, Stirling has had to pick up more responsibility around here - and he certainly isn't letting me down! He's completely excelled at everything I've asked him to do to help us move our sheep and cattle around our property, which is amazing considering his age, and how little "formal" training I've put into him.
As goofy and joyful he is in the home, he's all business when we're out there with stock - so solid and responsive and level-headed. My old dog was a handful, so hard to control on stock at Stirling's age, and didn't really mature until well after 18 months old. But Stirling is just such a natural talent - runs so much on instinct, and most of the time he's right - bold when appropriate but most of the time, pretty quiet and steady.
He's just a joy to work with. He pretty much learns a new trick every week (he could probably learn one every night if I had the time.) He has appointed himself the gate supervisor at our horse shows, been out on several long distance endurance rides and hasn't missed a step or faltered. He has all but mastered almost every agility obstacle and is now working on chaining them all together, and has started to do some basic tracking training.
And even after a long day of all that, still brings us the stuffed squeaky chicken and drops it in our laps and looks like, "What, you don't want to play anymore?" We continue to be impressed and pleased with him in every way. Thanks again, Teri.
Ashley

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I'm Teri Garcin and I breed McNab collies. I want to share my love and knowledge of the breed and help promote to the world what great dogs they are. Please share your own knowledge here as we come together to support this awesome breed, the McNab!

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