Joyful received a Health Award Certificate of Recognition from the German Shepherd Dog Club of America.
Joyful (Celhaus Ode to Joy) TDInc.
See my favorite photos of Joyful through the years
See my favorite agility competition photos of Joyful
Joyful received a Health Award
Certificate of Recognition from the German Shepherd Dog Club of America.
NADAC Agility titles:
EAC
(Elite Regular), OAC
(Open Regular), O-CC (Open
Chances),
HP-N (Open Hoopers), TG-O
(Open TouchNGo), TN-O
(Open Tunnelers),
S-NJC
(Superior
Novice Jumpers), S-HP-N (Superior Novice Hoopers),
S-NCC (Superior Novice Chances),
S-NAC (Superior Novice Regular),
S-TG-N
(Superior Novice TouchNGo,
S-TN-N
(Superior Novice Tunnelers), O-WV-N (Outstanding Novice Weavers).
whelped November 14, 2003 OFA good
hips: GS-73082G24F-PI OFA elbows:
GS-EL18500F24-PI OFA
cardiac GS-CA249/19F/P-PI OFA
thyroid: GS-TH236/90F-VPI CERF:
GS-1179/2011 OFA
Degenerative Myelopathy: GS-DM162/65F-VPI-CAR
TLI Test normal at 67 months (free of EPI -
Exocrine Pancreatic Insufficiency) von
Willebrand's & hemophilia free DNA Profile:
V500084
shown at 85 months, playing in a blizzard
at 82 months (nearly 7 years)
at 70 months
See 2010 agility training photos of Joyful
See 2009 agility competition photos of Joyful
See 2008 agility competition photos of Joyful
See 2007 agility competition photos of Joyful
Joyful is the mother of the W Litter (4/21/06), the BB Litter (11/28/08) and the DD litter (11/3/09).
Joyful began her agility competition in May 2007. She's not extremely fast but is exceptionally biddable and accurate. In limited showing, she has two legs toward her AKC Novice Standard Preferred title and two legs on Novice Jumpers Preferred title. In NADAC competition she has her Novice Regular title and needs only 10 points to get her Outstanding rating (100 points). She has her Novice Chances, Novice Jumpers, Novice TouchNGo titles and points towards her Outstanding rating. She has two legs towards her Novice Tunnelers title.
Joyful is an absolute joy to live with. She seems to be intent on living up to her name, because she's the most "up", cheerful, happy dog I have ever seen. She is doing extremely well in agility training. As I expected, she is quite an athlete like both parents. She is a totally honest dog, always trying to understand and do what I want. She's very social, tolerant of other dogs, and totally sound in nerve and body. She's a great Therapy Dog, too.
She is extremely nose-driven. She is a rabid retriever. She combines those two drives in an interesting way. Every time I throw the ball, she races for it, then on the way back she tracks everywhere it bounced. She is always tickled when it hits a tree or other obstacle. She'll raise her body up as high as possible, or climb the obstacle, so that she can follow the ball's path.
at 10 weeks, practicing the Irresistible Pose made famous by her grandmother, Glory
