"Jake" earned the first RATCHX in the history of the Barn Hunt on July 27, 2014, at Waukesha, WI. Rat Champion Excellent requires that a dog earn 25 Master legs total, including the 5 earned in the RATM and the 10 earned in the RATCH! He subsequently earned another 10 legs to earn his RATCHX2 (CLICK HERE to see the facts of this journey) in October 2014 and his RATCHX3 in July 2015! In 2015, our focus turned to Dock Jumping and he is competing in the venues of Dock Dogs, NADD and Pier Pups where he has a personal best of 16'6" in Big Air (earning a Junior title and an invitation to Worlds) and 9.330 seconds in Speed Retrieve! In 2016 Jake earned his RATCHX4 in Barn Hunt, a Speed Retrieve title from Dock Dogs and is now a Nosework junkie where he has earned in 2 years his UKC Elite title!
Sunday, January 17, 2010
Meet Jake….
Mike Williams (Brita’s breeder) called me to see if I was ready for a male... ...nnnooo ...not in the plan...... so little time... not enough money... Brita’s mom and Crack the dog he took to nationals who has many of the same dogs as Ari had in his pedigree... oohh... last one in the litter.. a little smaller than the others.... "I'll send you a video" he said...
Went there on Saturday... brought him home today(Sunday)... Drove most of the way home from Iowa in 30 degree fog and mist with the ice trucks out. Made a stop in Edgerton for training and to meet the group. He walked into training like he owned the place!
Brita LOVES him and runs circles around him to play. Kobie is fine with him and mostly ignores him but that will change…it’s her way. Olivia has had the conversation with him that goes something like this.. "you leave me alone and I'll spare your life.." lol He understood...