This brag is WAY WAY WAY overdue.  Boomerang (Anutta Go Out-N-Come Back) attained his Masters Agility Championship in AKC while we were moving this summer.  Elizabeth reminded me I had not shown him off on the blog.  I’m a BAD breeder!!  He is a special boy in so many ways, I really am sorry this wasn’t posted sooner.

Boomer suffers from Addisons and IBD.  He is a ambassador for both the Standard Poodle breed and dogs with health issues.  He has shown with proper veterinary support any dog with a disease can go on to do great things.  We are proud of Boomer and even more proud of his mom, Elizabeth, for not letting his health problems stop them from achieving great things.

On a health related note, a few weeks ago Boomer became lethargic, not his normal perky self.  Elizabeth took him in to see her vet and after a few test they found a mass on his liver.  Surgery was preformed, the mass was taken out, and sent off for testing.  It was indeed cancer, but there is high hopes they were able to remove it all at the time of surgery.  It is a type of cancer that is localized and there is an excellent chance that he will have no more problems.  Time will tell, but Elizabeth says she is already having a hard time keeping his activity level low.

Here is her update and information about his title:

Here is the MACH 1 photo – yes, we plan to get 2 and maybe 3 as well!  Kind of depends on how we do in USDAA over the next year, I would REALLY like to put an ADCH on him in addition to the C-ATCH and the MACH.  And then maybe even an ATCH (ASCA CH title).  We can already claim to be multi-CH titled in agility, but a USDAA CH title is a personal goal for me.  Super Qs are hard to come by when you compete against World Team dogs on a regular basisJ.  And we are qualified for Reno!!  I wasn’t going to go since it’s so far, but after the surgery, well, life is short!!

Boomerang is doing very well, full of energy and annoyance!!  He is pretty restricted for the next month or so, no running and no jumping.  This is hard on both of us, but thank DOG I have a treadmill.  The two of us have never been great at walking on a leash together, so this works very well.  We are doing lots of core work (diagonal leg lifts), and will eventually graduate back to standing on the big peanut ball.  Then we can start some sprinting and then low jump chutes, quickly moving up to normal height once the rehab vet gives the go ahead (once he is fully healed internally). I am now targeting a show Sept 27 weekend.  That will be 8 ½ weeks post-surgery so it’s ambitious, but if I am really diligent about his exercises, I think it is doable.  ~ Elizabeth

Boomerang’s MACH was earned at the North Star Herding Group AKC Trial on Saturday June 28th, 2014 at Soccer Blast in Burnsville, MN.

~Becky