Crockett

Date of Birth:  12/12/1996
ABC# 96839

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Crockett is our black/white Border Collie who came to live with us in May, 2002.  He was a referral rescue who needed a new home, and with his high hunt and retrieve drive I figured we could find something for him to do.  Being used to having only Australian Shepherds, having a Border Collie around the house with all their quirky habits and obsessions was something interesting to say the least!  

But he's such a smart and unique dog that every day with Crockett is always something new :-)  

We started off training him for search & rescue, which he did fairly good at, however due to the distance we had to go to train and my work schedule, this just wasn't something we could continue to pursue.  He's always loved playing frisbee though, so after last year's UFO competition (11/02), Brian decided to join the local team (Houston Frisbee Dogs) and see what he and Crockett could do.  Then in January '03, we had Crockett's hips x-rayed and they unfortunately discovered he was very dysplastic.  Undaunted though, he and Brian continued to practice a frisbee routine that was within Crockett's comfort zone, which definately means no flips, vaults, jumps, etc.  Not the flashiest routine but they both have fun anyway!

~ NEWS FLASH  ~

At the end of the 2003 UFO (United Frisbee Organization) season (11/03), Crockett and Brian are now ranked #49 in the world!!

After the 2003 frisbee season, Crockett's hips really started causing him a lot of pain while playing frisbee, so we retired him and he is happily living the good life of of a house dog and playing a little frisbee for fun every once in awhile.