Keira - CH Varazs Nekah's Gold Edition CDX AGN NA NAJ TT

Sire: BISS Am CH Emerald Legacy's Prime Time SH JAM (OFA Good); Mickey's pedigree
Dam: Am/Can CH Maritza of Kezdet Nekah CD CGC (OFA Good) (Nekah's pedigree)
Whelped June 5, 1997
Sex: Female
CKC Reg# GL433611
AKC Reg# SN696796/01
CERF Eyes: VZ-260/2003-69 (Eyes clear)
OFA Hips - VZ6568G30F-T; "Good"
OFA Thyroid Registry VZ-TH16/25F-T
CHIC#: 35192 (Canine Health Information Center)
Vizsla DNA Registry: V99002
Height: 21"
Weight: 41 pounds
Colour & markings: Golden rust; tiny white star on chest
CKC pedigree (.pdf format)
AKC pedigree
Breeder/Owner: Sylvia Dorosh (Varazs Perm. Reg'd)

Titles

Novice Agility Jumpers with Weaves (NAJ - AKC), Sept. 23, 2004
AKC Novice Agility Standard (NA), July 17, 2004
CKC Agility Novice (AGN), May 22, 2004
AKC Companion Dog Excellent (CDX) February 24, 2002
CKC Companion Dog Excellent (CDX) November 25, 2000
CKC Champion (CH) October 11, 1998
AKC Companion Dog (CD) February 25, 2000
CKC Companion Dog (CD) November 13, 1999
Temperament Tested (TT) Oct. 23, 1999

Achievements

Sept. 23, 2004 - Romulus, NY - Keira earned the final leg of her Novice Agility Jumpers with Weaves (NAJ) title with a score of 95 & a 3rd place finish!
July 18, 2004 -Albion, NY - Keira moved up to the AKC Open agility class & earned her first leg with a score of 95 and a first place finish! Way to go, Keira!
July 17, 2004 - Keira finished her AKC Novice Agility (NA) title at Albion, NY with a clean run (score of 100) AND 1st place!
May 22/04 Keira earned her final leg for her Cdn novice Agility title (AGN) at the Kitchener/Waterloo Kennel Club with a clear run & score of 100! Later in the afternoon, she got an extra leg (score of 100).
May 1-2, 2004. At Hamburg, NY, Keira earned 3 qualifying scores for agility - her first 2 Standard Novice A legs and 1 more Novice A Jumpers with Weaves. She had a 4th & 3rd places in Novice Standard & a 1st place in Jumpers in the 20" division.
Nov. 15, 2003 - Keira earned her 2nd CKC Agility leg in Novice A with a clean run, score of 100 and FIRST place at the Golden Retriever Club of Ontario's agility trial, Royal Winter Fair in front of a crowd of at least 1,500 spectators!
Nov. 6, 2003 - Keira earned her first leg in AKC Novice A, Jumpers with Weaves at the Vizsla Club of America's National Specialty Show Agility Trial with a clean run, score of 100 & 2nd place!
Oct. 12, 2003 - Keira earned her first CKC Agility leg in Novice A with a clean run & score of 100!
February 22/23, 2002 - Keira earned her 2nd & 3rd legs of her Am. CDX title at the Rainbow Cluster, Niagara Falls, NY with 2nd & 1st place finishes. This is Keira's second obedience title that she finished in three straight trials and all three scores were first or second place finishes! Way to go Keira!
Oct. 18/01 - Keira earned her first Amer. CDX leg at the VCA National Show with a score of 190.5 and placed 2nd in Open A.
November 25 & 26/00, Earned two more CDX legs with scores of 188 & 195 to finish her Companion Dog Excellent title
May 28, 2000 - Earned two legs for her Cdn CDX (Open B) with scores of 193 & 191.5
Feb. 25 & 26/00, Keira earned her Am CD with a score of 194.5 & 4th place under judge Barb Scott & the following day places 3rd with a score of 194.5.
Jan. 15, & 16, 2000, Keira earned two legs of her American CD in one weekend with a 4th place finish under Judge Linda MacDonald & a score of 194.5 on Sat. Jan. 15 and 1st place with 196 on Sun. Jan 16 under Judge Patricia Kasten.
Nov. 27/99, Keira took 1st place in Nov. B under judge Barb Saunders, with a score of 195 and also earned High Scoring Vizsla trophy at the Vizsla Society of Ontario Specialty Show.
Nov. 13/99. Finished her Cdn CD at the Georgina Kennel & Obedience Club with a score of 195 & a 1st place finish (Nov. B) under Judge Paul Townsend.
Oct. 23/99, Keira passed a Temperament Test.
Oct. 16 & 17, 1999 - Earned 2 legs of her Companion Dog title (Nov. B) in two trials at the London Canine Association Obedience Trials with scores of 193.5 and 193, and places 1st in her second trial.
1998 - 1st in the 12-18 month class, Vizsla Canada National Specialty Show (1998) under Sporting Breeder/Judge Wm. (Sandy Gunn); multiple Best of Breed winner
1997 - Best of Winners, Best of Opposite over Specials (including the #1 Vizsla from 1996) for 4 points, and Best Puppy in Breed on Keira's second weekend in the show ring at 6 months & 1 week of age under Finnish judge, Hans Lehtinen

Keira has lovely movement (fabulous reach and drive and moves straight), gorgeous colour, dark eyes, and a very pretty head with a lively personality. She is a natural backer in the field and is turning out to be a fabulous working dog in obedience and agility, exhibiting a tremendous desire to please just like her mom, Nekah, a Vizsla I just adored. Plus, she's an incredibly happy dog with her tail wagging all the time!

Keira's got tremendous attitude and personality oozing out of her pores. In fact, we say "she's more Nekah than Nekah!". Her attitude is very fun loving and highly energized. She wags her entire backside rather than just her tail. When she was little, I noticed that she and her sister wagged with their tails pointing down. They did this because they were wagging their tails so fast! To have their tails up and wagging would have resulted in far fewer wags per minute. Because of her waggy bum, we nicknamed her "waggy-bumski". Now, she's affectionately called "Keira Bumski".

Keira loves to greet me with something in her mouth. With her mouth full, she can't kiss me so instead, she and I rub noses! When I say, "nose" now, she'll rub my nose.

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Keira is my first fully-trained "clicker" dog. Clicker training is fun, very easy to learn and results in a "thinking" dog. I started off by clicking and giving her a treat every time she licked my face instead of biting it when she was an 8-week old puppy. This quickly lessened her tendency to bite which all puppies do. Then, I started reinforcing her stretch when she came out of her crate. After adding a signal, this has turned into a "bow" command which Keira just loves to do. After receiving a ribbon in the obedience ring, Keira bows to the crowd and judge which always gets smiles from the crowds.

Keira is training and competing in agility now as well as obedience. She has become my first agility titled dog. She is so much better at it than I am but I am learning too. A Utility title is her (my) goal for 2004 as well as to complete 3 agility titles and now (May 2004), she has accomplished one of those goals - her first agility title - Agility Novice (CKC)..