Kanzu, running with his handler Tracy Tennison, took first place 3 days in a row to earn his Novice Agility Jumpers (NAJ) title in one weekend at the Belgian Tervuren Club of Southern California Agility trial March 5-7, 2010. He also took first place and earned one of his 3 necessary qualifying runs on the standard course.

Kanzu’s breeders Lisa and Mike Patterson, started Kanzu and his littermates on “puppy” agility equipment at around 5 weeks of age. When he came to his new home at 9 weeks we continued with baby jumps and tunnels for play. When he finally started adult agility training with Tracy at Citrus Hill Canine Center it was clear he had definite motor memory from him puppy days. In fact, when he went back to the tunnels as an adult dog, he couldn’t quite understand the concept that he was “a lot bigger’ than when he was a puppy and first learned to ‘tunnel’. In his mind and body, he remembered how to go through tunnels when he was just a little guy and the tunnels were way bigger than he was. His motor-memory was clearly that of a small puppy. His charging the tunnels without ducking in those early days of training with Tracy gave us all many, many laughs but also showed us clearly that those early memories were working and gave him a great foundation and lots of confidence for his real agility training.
For videos of Kanzu’s performances:
Friday Jumpers Click Here:
Saturday Jumpers Click Here:
Sunday Jumpers Click Here:
Sunday Standard Click Here:

 
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