Apache
TJ’s Little Apache Chief UD AAD AX
March 17, 1984–December 16, 1998
Cocker Spaniel
A great little dog who shared my journey. We competed in Obedience, earning his Companion Dog, Companion Dog Excellent and Utility Dog titles. We also competed in Scent Hurdles and participated in Flyball demonstrations.
Once Jack retired Tasha from Scent Hurdles, we felt it was time to find a new activity. That’s when we discovered Agility. By then I had Quest, so Jack trained and competed with Apache. Apache was 9 year old when we started, but he earned his Agility Dog and Advanced Agility Dog titles and was successfully competing at the Masters level before retiring. He competed at several USDAA National events.
I learned a lot about dog training from Apache. There are now much better methods, ones I wished I had known about when we started, but few people knew about them at that time. I attended the first Clicker seminar in Southern California with Apache—I just wish it had been when were were first staring.