UPDATES:

2021 - At the ripe old age of 13, Zar competed and finished his novice containers scent work title. He still likes to do things and scent work is the perfect sport for a senior.

2020 - Zar and I finished his Rally Master title which gave him 58 points to his Versatility Grand Championship - an SVCA award. He is the first to achieve this level. So proud of my first home bred champion and extremely versatile working dog. He is a joy to train and we have tried many things over the years. He turned 12 in May of this year and has earned his retirement. We still play around with scent work and rally as he still loves to do stuff with me.

2019 has been a bit quieter for my 11 year old, but this fall we started working on his Rally Master title. To date we have 9 of the 10 required legs and should finish up in early 2020.

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Zar finished 2018 by completing the requirements for an AKC Herding Championship. He is the first Swedish Vallhund to complete the HC and is now a triple herding champion and an AKC Dual Champion.

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Zar has had a great 2018 - to date he has achieved 13 points towards his herding championship, including a 4 point major!

He had a wonderful National Specialty - best veteran in the Sweepstakes, an award of merit in the regular competition, high combined in preferred agility, high combined in rally, and to top it off - won the Most Versatile Vallhund competition!!

So proud of this very special boy!

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Zar was from my 3rd litter. He was out of Darby (Cialmaen Swanhilda) and Tempest (Mystarz Bailey’s Blazer).  Zar has accomplished so many firsts in this breed and we are not quite done yet.

He became the first Versatility champion in the breed at 5 years old. His accomplishments include:

--- The first Swedish Vallhund to achieve a herding championship in any organization and is the first to achieve triple herding championships - AKC’s Herding Championship (HC), ASCA's Working Trial Championship (WTCH) and AHBA's Herding Trial Championship (HTCH).  His herding accomplishments include being the first to qualify on AKC's course B and to compete and qualify at the AKC advanced level. He has 3 High in Trial awards in herding and one Reserve High in Trial.

--- The first Vallhund to accomplish the AKC advanced title on any stock.  He finished his HXAd in May of 2017 and his HXAs in the fall.

--- Zar has over 20 group placements in the AKC breed ring and has been in the top 5 multiple times.  In 2016 he was number one in all breed points and was the number one male in the breed (number 2 overall).

--- One of the first silver grand champions in the breed.

--- Recently he competed for the first time in an IABCA conformation show weekend and received 2 Best In Show Veterans awards, 2 Reserve Best in Show Veteran awards and one Reserve Best in Show.  Not bad at 9 years old.

--- This boy just loves to do whatever I want to do and is a joy to have around.

Hips: OFA Fair, PennHip 0.40 and 0.56

CERF 08, 10, 11, 12, 14 

Cardiac Normal