Pismo

Pismo is out of an extra special litter. We bred Kahlua to Ono’s frozen sperm for the first time since his death 7 years prior. Brianna and Heather co-own this girl and they made a pact when she was born that Heather would get to show her in conformation and Brianna would get to train and show her in agility. In her first show at exactly 6 months old, she took a reserve to a 5-point major! She took 2nd place in Futurity at the 2009 National Specialty and 3rd place in Bred By at the 2010 National Specialty. She finished her championship with two 5-point majors in very limited showing. She is now training for agility and made her agility debut at the 2011 National Specialty where she got a Double Q in her first trial! She also obtained her HIC Herding title at the same National. She placed #2 Brood Bitch and #2 Nov. Working Sweeps at the 2013 National Specialty. We are very pleased with this well rounded girl!  Pismo is a wonderful mother and has been bred 3 times with Champion get in the ring. She is an absolute sweetheart and loves to nurse on her stuffed animals. Eventually, she will also be trained to be a therapy dog. In the meantime, we are enjoying agility and still show in conformation here and there.

Feb.27,2017 my sweet Pismo was diagnosed with malignant mammary cancer. It has been removed for now but it will be back. We don’t know if she has 3 months or 3 years so we will enjoy every single moment we have together as we have always done. Time to check things off the Bucket List before it is too late! Thank you everyone for your continued support! October 2020 Pismo had another mammary scare and had another surgery to remove it. 2021 we are still going strong for this 3x cancer survivor! Update- Sadly the 4th bout of cancer took her quickly. On Monday 6/14 we found that she had a hemangiosarcoma mass on her spleen and sadly had to let her go on Wednesday. While we are all devastated losing her, we are so grateful for all of the amazing support we have received through the years from our friends. Hug your babies extra hard because you never know when you will have to say goodbye. We had a beautiful and blessed 13 years with our girl. Run free my beautiful, special, most perfect girl and the Queen of our pack, Pismo.