Name: Experiment Six Two Six

Breed: 'Brussel' (Border Collie X Jack Russel)

Rescued From: Many Tears Animal Rescue in 2009

About Stitch:

Stitch is quite lucky to be considered an honorary member of the Purple Posse – He doesn’t even wear Purple! But because he is such a little star and as I will be pinching him for the odd show when Mum is unable to attend, he will still be considered a Posse member even though he dresses in Blue.

Stitch caught our eye on the Many Tears website at just 7 weeks old, but with Mum pending an operation, and Dad unlikely to let another dog in the house it just didn’t seem like the right time. Then he came up on the site again at 15 weeks old – his adopters had returned him for an ‘unprovoked attack’... from a puppy?...Mmm.... anyway, their loss was our gain - I encouraged Mum to pursue what she wanted, Dad was kind enough to agree, although he didn’t realise that it would entail me whisking Mum off to Wales the day after she was released from Hospital with the entire Skinner Pack in tow for our meet and greet. Stitch got on well with all of our dogs, Mum was smitten and he came home with us that day. It all happened so quickly.

At 16 weeks old I took him to Dashin’ Dogs to experience his first show – he was an absolute terror, screaming as soon as he saw agility –‘ I WANNA DO THAT!’, stealing food from the tent, destroying his crate, I was all too happy to give him back to Mum at the end of the week.

Stitch has the brains of a collie, but the attitude of a terrier which makes him an evil genius, but he is Mum’s ‘Little Angel’ and an absolute pleasure to train and work with.

Mum has put a lot of time and hard work into Stitch, getting used to running a medium dog and adapting her handling style and it really is paying off; at his first show, his first run, Stitch won the class by an impressive 15 seconds taking him up to Grade 4 – The only person who seemed surprised was Mum. At his second show he came 2nd in the combined 4-7 Jumping and then came the big winter freeze so we had to put him away for the year. We can’t wait to bring him out for the 2011 season, we have no idea whether he’s going to get more confident and speedy or overly confident and naughty, either way fun times are to be had.