Story Category: Featured Dogs

Tiki

Tiki is a dog owned by Geoff and Kassie Holmes.

Quick Facts

  • Birthday: 6/19/2020
  • Classes & Activities: Agility
  • Loves: All the fruits and vegetables
  • Quirk or Fear: Baths and getting wet AT ALL.
  • Favorite Toy: Frisbee for tug (what do you mean i need to catch it?)
  • Favorite Treat: Celery
  • Breed: Miniature Schnauzer
  • Dream Job: Produce quality assurance – always waiting for food scraps from the cutting board

Winifred

Winifred is a dog owned by Geoff and Kassie Holmes.

Quick Facts

  • Birthday: 11/10/2024
  • Classes & Activities: Obedience
  • Loves: Toys and being outside
  • Quirk or Fear: Eating her sibling's hair off the brush after brushing
  • Favorite Toy: A super loud blue squeaky ball
  • Favorite Treat: Banana
  • Breed: Miniature Schnauzer
  • Dream Job: Pitching coach for tossing toys for fetch!

Mayhem

Mayhem is a dog owned by Cathy Wright.

Quick Facts

  • Birthday: 12/27/23
  • Classes & Activities: Beginning WCRL Rally; going into another dog’s unoccupied crate
  • Loves: Food & pets
  • Quirk or Fear: Small children- he doesn’t realize they are people
  • Favorite Toy: His brother, Chaos- especially his legs
  • Favorite Treat: Most people food
  • Breed: Golden Retriever
  • Dream Job: Class clown
Ella

Ella

Ella is a dog owned by Susan Campbell.

Quick Facts

  • Birthday: November 15, 2021
  • Classes & Activities: Obedience. Rally, Barn hunts & Freestyle.
  • Loves: Smelling, exploring and her family
  • Quirk or Fear: I am so proud she has worked through so many fears but her strangest habit is cocking her leg up when sleeping, always.
  • Favorite Toy: All her squeeky toys are her favs
  • Favorite Treat: Ella loves treats, but freeze dried chicken or salmon will have her dancing!
  • Breed: Standard Poodle
  • Dream Job: FBI
Ace

Ace

Ace is a dog owned by Jennifer Stuckey.

Quick Facts

  • Birthday: 08/10/2019
  • Classes & Activities: Barnhunt
  • Loves: Snuggles
  • Quirk or Fear: He barks at thunder
  • Favorite Toy: Anything squeaky
  • Favorite Treat: Anything
  • Breed: Cairn Terrier
  • Dream Job: Border Control

Sasha

Sasha is a dog owned by Stephanie Hall.

Quick Facts

  • Birthday: 01/20/2024
  • Classes & Activities: She has loved all of her classes and teachers at Gem City!
  • Loves: Camping, golf cart rides, boat rides and playing with her big sister.
  • Quirk or Fear: Being left alone, but we’re working on it.
  • Favorite Toy: Tennis balls
  • Favorite Treat: Chicken jerky
  • Breed: German Shepherd
  • Dream Job: Comedian
Jessie

Jessie

Jessie is a dog owned by Anne Booten.

Quick Facts

  • Birthday: 5/6/24
  • Classes & Activities: Agility
  • Loves: Stealing anything small item for a “trade”
  • Quirk or Fear: Does not like water
  • Favorite Toy: Kong stuffie
  • Favorite Treat: Anything !
  • Breed: Australian Shepherd
  • Dream Job: Managing people

Vinny Cook

Vinny Cook is a dog owned by Stephanie Cook.

Quick Facts

  • Birthday: June 27, 2020
  • Classes & Activities: eating, playing with Evie, and taking walks
  • Loves: Food
  • Quirk or Fear: rolling on the ground after a bath
  • Favorite Toy: stuffed bear
  • Favorite Treat: cheese
  • Breed: Cavalier King Charles Spaniel
  • Dream Job: a landscaper

Evie Cook

Evie Cook is a dog owned by Stephanie Cook.

Quick Facts

  • Birthday: Aug 15, 2022
  • Classes & Activities: Agility, rally, and freestyle dancing
  • Loves: her best friend (our other Cavalier), Vinny
  • Quirk or Fear: Staring
  • Favorite Toy: A little rolled up sock
  • Favorite Treat: cheese
  • Breed: Cavalier King Charles Spaniel
  • Dream Job: Motivational speaker

BB

BB is a dog owned by Juliet Glaser.

Quick Facts

  • Birthday: May 24, 2017
  • Classes & Activities: Barn Hunt
  • Loves: Hunting
  • Quirk or Fear: Smoke detector beeping when low on batteries
  • Favorite Toy: Whatever her sister is playing with
  • Favorite Treat: Apple cores
  • Breed: Poodle
  • Dream Job: Judge

Enola

Enola is a dog owned by Juliet Glaser.

Quick Facts

  • Birthday: June 28, 2024
  • Classes & Activities: Rally, Barn Hunt
  • Loves: Treats, playing, trick training, balls
  • Quirk or Fear: Loves munching ice cubes
  • Favorite Toy: Her stuffie
  • Favorite Treat: Ice cubed
  • Breed: Standard Poodle
  • Dream Job: Exercise coach

Patches

Patches is a dog owned by Meghann.

Quick Facts

  • Birthday: Oct 1, 2011
  • Classes & Activities: obedience
  • Loves: Cuddles and attention
  • Quirk or Fear: Eating freshly poured food
  • Favorite Toy: Doesn't have one anymore
  • Favorite Treat: Anything I'm eating
  • Breed: Papillon spaniel mix
  • Dream Job: Public relations for a woman group (he's a charmer)

Tamera

Tamera is a dog owned by Emerson.

Quick Facts

  • Birthday: July 1, 2022
  • Classes & Activities: Freestyle
  • Loves: people and her family.
  • Quirk or Fear: She loves getting her nails painted.
  • Favorite Toy: squirrel
  • Favorite Treat: Greenies
  • Breed: Standard Poodle
  • Dream Job: Kindergarten Teacher

Nigel

Nigel is a dog owned by Jennifer Robinson.

Quick Facts

  • Birthday: 1/1/2017
  • Classes & Activities: Agility, Barn Hunt, Herding, Trieball
  • Loves: Anything edible! Total food hound
  • Quirk or Fear: Being the fun police
  • Favorite Toy: Stuffed platypus
  • Favorite Treat: All of them
  • Breed: Cardigan Welsh Corgi
  • Dream Job: Mall Security Guard

Rory

Rory is a dog owned by Jennifer Robinson.

Quick Facts

  • Birthday: 6/23/22
  • Classes & Activities: Barn Hunt, Fast CAT/CAT, Agility
  • Loves: Chasing trash bunnies!
  • Quirk or Fear: Hiding household items in the couch cushions
  • Favorite Toy: Lambchop
  • Favorite Treat: Venison jerky sticks
  • Breed: Standard Poodle
  • Dream Job: Influencer

Sequel

Sequel is a dog owned by Ronalee McKnight.

Quick Facts

  • Birthday: 9/26/17
  • Classes & Activities: agility/fast cat
  • Loves: fast cat, frisbee, dock diving, agility
  • Quirk or Fear: barks non stop in agility class
  • Favorite Toy: frisbee
  • Favorite Treat: Goldlfish
  • Breed: Black Field Labrador Retriever
  • Dream Job: sleeping

Storie

Storie is a dog owned by Ronalee McKnight.

Quick Facts

  • Birthday: 9/3/10
  • Classes & Activities: retired
  • Loves: dock diving and frisbee
  • Quirk or Fear: loud motorcycles scare her…..loves Goldfish
  • Favorite Toy: frisbee
  • Favorite Treat: steak or Goldfish
  • Breed: Black Field Labrador Retriever
  • Dream Job: fun—play yard supervisor

Zipper

Zipper is a dog owned by Stacie Parks.

Quick Facts

  • Birthday: 8/21/2019
  • Classes & Activities: Agility, Fast cat
  • Loves: Frisbee and running
  • Quirk or Fear: Fear of thunderstorms and fireworks
  • Favorite Toy: Frisbee
  • Favorite Treat: Everything
  • Breed: Whippet
  • Dream Job: Crash car dummy

Flair

Flair is a dog owned by Denise Doll-Kiefer.

Quick Facts

  • Birthday: 3/15/2022
  • Classes & Activities: Agility
  • Loves: To Hunt
  • Quirk or Fear: singing and waggling her tail in the morning
  • Favorite Toy: Raccoon hide
  • Favorite Treat: Anything
  • Breed: Wirehaired Vizsla
  • Dream Job: Ballerina

Henry

Henry is a dog owned by Denise Doll-Kiefer.

Quick Facts

  • Birthday: 6/6/2022
  • Classes & Activities: Agility, Barn Hunt, Field Trials
  • Loves: Rabbits
  • Quirk or Fear: Absolutely nothing, lol
  • Favorite Toy: Rabbit fur
  • Favorite Treat: Cod stick
  • Breed: mini wirehaired dachshund
  • Dream Job: Director of anything

Rusty

Rusty is a dog owned by Brittany Lash.

Quick Facts

  • Birthday: 07/18/2020
  • Classes & Activities: Rally, barn hunt, agility
  • Loves: To chase squirrels
  • Quirk or Fear: Rumble strips
  • Favorite Toy: It tends to rotate
  • Favorite Treat: Hot dog
  • Breed: Vizsla
  • Dream Job: Park ranger

Candy

Candy is a dog owned by Terri Roberts.

Quick Facts

  • Birthday: 24 June 2014
  • Classes & Activities: Candy enjoys barnhunt minus the tunnels and climbing. She only likes smelling for the rats
  • Loves: Walks !
  • Quirk or Fear: Candy hates LVP our flooring, so a patchwork of rugs is required
  • Favorite Toy: Stuffies
  • Favorite Treat: Peanut butter 🥜
  • Breed: NGA Greyhound, retired from racing in 2018
  • Dream Job: Hostess at an upscale restaurant … she loves greeting people and being around food

Boone

Boone is a dog owned by Terri Roberts.

Quick Facts

  • Birthday: 4-29-2023
  • Classes & Activities: WCRL Rally! Soon to try Barn Hunt also
  • Loves: BALL!!! He's obsessed with his Kong Jumbler ball
  • Quirk or Fear: Boone loves checking out storm drains for critters
  • Favorite Toy: BALL!!!
  • Favorite Treat: Freeze dried liver makes his world go around
  • Breed: A 5-breed mix: bully breeds with 12% Golden
  • Dream Job: Professional soccer player

Willow

Willow is a dog owned by Charlotte Wollum.

Quick Facts

  • Birthday: 12/29/2019
  • Classes & Activities: Freestyle
  • Loves: to prance and twirl and look at all her subjects
  • Quirk or Fear: She is afraid of every loud noise
  • Favorite Toy: Little Miss Diva would never stoop to play with toys toys.
  • Favorite Treat: HOT DOGS!!!!!
  • Breed: Chinese Crested
  • Dream Job: Queen of the World!