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A bit about Tale:
 Tale is one of the cuddliest dogs I have ever owned but is also an excellent watchdog. If
people she doesn't know come onto our property, they would never think she could be cuddly! She has a large
bark for a "short dog." If you are "chosen" to be in her group she squeals like a pig when you come
to see her! And of course you are coming to see her and not her mistress (we will let her think that).
She loves to do Agility; actually Agility is tough for her because she has to go so slowly!! She is a
very strong and athletic girl, and is also very bright to train. She has done very well in competitive Obedience; we
have earned her Companion Dog Excellent title, are trialing in Open and training in Utility. At
one of our obedience club trials, we won two trophies: Top Herding/Working Dog, and Highest Scoring Club
member. In 2005, Tale was the No. 1 Entle in CKC Obedience in
Canada. I am the Training Chair for
NEMDA and am
looking forward to sharing with everyone what great dogs Entles are!
Tale is wonderful with my son Cody. The two of them
play together and she is very tolerant of his ten year-old boy antics.
 She loves to play ball. Often we go into the field so I can hit a ball with a tennis racket, which
is much easier than throwing it. Even so, Tale will still want to retrieve long after I've decided we've
had enough. She seems to have two speeds: go really fast and stop! After a good run she climbs into
the trough to lie down and cool off!
 She loves to be near me and comes with me when I go out to do chores. Like a good herding dog she really
wants to get in and herd our cows, and will duck into their pasture for a moment before I order her back out.
In May 2004 we attended a herding clinic and Herding Instinct Test on Vancouver Island with Lynn Leach from Downriver Farm
in Laidlaw, B.C. Tale earned her HIC (Herding Instinct Certified) title and had a great weekend
working Lynn's sheep.
Tale earned her Canine Good Neighbour (CGN) certificate (Canada's version of the
Canine Good Citizen test) August 2005.
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 Tale
and I took some conformation handling classes and competed in our first Sanction
match in March 2004. Being the only Entlebucher she won Best of
Breed, but she went on to win Group 1 by beating all of the other Working
breeds! In May 2004 we competed in our first CKC conformation show in at Tyee in
Mill Bay. Three other Entlebuchers were there, including Riley (the sire of
Tale's 2004 litter), Bronte owned by Jan Vincent from the U.S. and
Sassy owned by Coral and David Dennis from Qualicum Beach. Although we didn't do as well as at the Sanction match, we did take
home some ribbons, but best of all got to share time with other Entle folks!
In May 2005 we competed again at the Tyee show and Tale brought home Best
of Breed wins. In 2005, Tale was the #2 Entle in Canada in conformation
according to the Dogs in Canada point system.
As we strongly believe in optimum health for our animals, Tale will have blood titres taken to measure her antibody
levels for diseases like Parvovirus and Distemper before she is vaccinated. We also feed a natural, raw food diet, but
she often likes to bury her chicken pieces in our yard before she eats them!
 Our dog boarding and daycare
business Pet Pampering is on the same
property as our farm. For a while we fostered a wonderful black Lab named Toby, and while Tale was
definitely the boss, she a great time playing with him. He too, was very fit, and the two of them
loved running in the fields. They also had fun in the snow when we had a brief snowfall.
Tale is everything I hoped for in a breeding dog - both in her great
temperament and conformation - so I was thrilled when her DNA test stated she is not a carrier of Progressive Retinal Atrophy (PRA). Breeding
structurally sound, healthy dogs is very important to me, so I am really looking forward to
watching her first litter grow up!
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