Annie, named after Annie Oakley, was born to work. From the day she came to live with us at 10 weeks old, she kept herself busy. If we didn't create work for her, she found her own. Around the house, her main job was to protect her family. She would not eat until she made sure her cat, Count, was on the dryer eating his dinner. Nothing ever happened around this house without her knowing about it. I don't know when she ever slept. Annie grew up to become an extraordinary working girl in obedience, herding and agility. She earned her Companion Dog Excellent title in obedience, competed at the started level in herding, winning an AHBA trial dog High in Trial and an AKC Reserve High in Trial, and ultimately earned her Master Agility and Master Jumpers with Weaves when she was 10.5 years old.
She was a wonderful beardie ambassador to the world, loud whenever she could be and quiet when it was necessary. Everybody in our neighborhood knew her. A couple who lives nearby even named themselves her godparents. Women always marveled at her fawn coat, commenting that they had tried for years to get their hair her color.
Annie was my companion. I could always count on her to be there. One little whistle and she would come from wherever she was to see what I wanted and to give me a kiss. We grew to know each other very well, which showed in our agility runs. We could read each other's moves before they happened. She knew me inside out and taught me more about working with dogs (which translates into working with people) than anybody else has been able to. Through her, I met many of you.
Annie, we miss you terribly.
Love, Sharon and Joe
Annie is one of the first Beardies I ever met. I had never seen a fawn before Those eyes just leapt out at you. Another Beardie bud said she remembered a picture taken at an agility trial with Sharon crouching down beside Annie, arm around her neck, waiting at the start line. Perhaps it was taken in the late afternoon or early morning, but the sun was full on them making Sharon's red hair gleam and Annie's coat pick up the color and reflect physically what their longtime partnership really was. Both are looking forward, intent and focused. I think THAT is the way I will remember Annie. -- Honored friends of Sharon and Annie, Mary, Patsch & Harper
I'll always remember Annie & Spiff & Skye as agility pioneers. She was the Princess and they were the Knights. -- Iris and Spiff
Annie was invariably sweet and of a strong and willing disposition. She and Sharon were truly a team in every sense of the word! Annie will be greatly missed! -- Libby and Skye
Remembering a sweet Beardie -- Sarah Halsey
Few competitors have grace, great scores and goodness of heart. When a member of such a team leaves, she leaves the path for the rest of us and the will to follow her way. -- Christiana Taylor
5/4/96 Novice A 20" Leg 1 95 6/2/96 Novice A 20" Leg 2 95 6/29/96 Novice A 20" Leg 3 98 NA 10/5/96 Open 20" Leg 1 100 1st 60.78'/65' 10/6/96 Open 20" Leg 2 85 2nd 67.82'/67' 4/26/97 Open 20" Leg 3 85 4th/10 OA 7/13/97 Excellent 20" Leg 1 100 2nd/9 72.76'/76' 9/6/97 Excellent 20" Leg 2 100 1st/14 9/7/97 Excellent 20" Leg 3 100 4th/16 AX 10/18/97 Excellent B 20" Leg 1 100 2nd/6 58.51'/67' 4/26/98 Excellent B 20" Leg 2 85 6th/14 71.00'/66' 5/31/98 Excellent B 20" Leg 3 100 69.00'/71' 7/11/98 Excellent B 20" Leg 4 100 1st/10 66.21'/69' 7/26/98 Excellent B 20" Leg 5 100 4th/14 64.53'/71' 10/18/98 Excellent B 20" Leg 6 95 5th/18 64.96'/65' 10/31/98 Excellent B 20" Leg 7 87 4th/12 71.31'/67' 11/1/98 Excellent B 20" Leg 8 100 2nd/13 70.56'/72' 5/31/99 Excellent B 20" Leg 9 100 61.02'/62' 7/25/99 Excellent B 20" Leg 10 100 58.68'/65' MX 10/2/99 Excellent B 20" Leg 11 97 69.62'/68' 10/3/99 Excellent B 20" Leg 12 100 3rd/11 63.40'/68' 2Q 4/30/00 Excellent B 20" Leg 13 100 55.78'/61' 5/20/00 Excellent B 20" Leg 14 100 3rd/20 54.96'/63' 5/28/00 Excellent B 20" Leg 15 100 60.60'/67' 5/29/00 Excellent B 20" Leg 16 100 61.38'/68' 8/13/00 Excellent B 20" Leg 17 100 59.56'/66' 9/23/00 Excellent B 20" Leg 18 100 55.59'/68' 11/4/00 Excellent B 20" Leg 19 100 2nd/7 65.61'/68' 11/5/00 Excellent B 20" Leg 20 91 2nd/9 71.58'/68' 3/09/01 Excellent B 20" Leg 21 100 1st/8 62.76'/68'
4/26/98 Excellent A 20" Leg 1 88 48.00'/44' 6/6/98 Excellent A 20" Leg 2 97 1st/3 42.95'/41' 6/14/98 Excellent A 20" Leg 3 94 1st/3 39.19'/37' AXJ 7/31/99 Excellent B 20" Leg 1 100 40.84'/45' 9/04/99 Excellent B 20" Leg 2 100 3rd/3 45.42'/45' 10/3/99 Excellent B 20" Leg 3 100 37.70'/37' 2Q 4/08/00 Excellent B 20" Leg 4 100 41.45'/41' 5/26/00 Excellent B 20" Leg 5 100 41.96'/42' 6/04/00 Excellent B 20" Leg 6 100 4th/11 40.67'/40' 3/03/01 Excellent B 20" Leg 7 100 45.61'/46' 4/07/01 Excellent B 20" Leg 8 100 44.49'/47' 6/16/01 Excellent B 20" Leg 9 100 4th/13 39.49'/44' 7/01/01 Excellent B 20" Leg 10 100 42.75'/43' MXJ 7/25/99 CPs 6 7/31/99 CPs 4 10/3/99 CPs 4 2Q 4/30/00 CPs 5 5/20/00 CPs 8 5/28/00 CPs 6 5/29/00 CPs 6 8/13/00 CPs 6 9/23/00 CPs 12 11/4/00 CPs 3 3/09/01 CPs 10 4/07/01 CPs 2 6/16/01 CPs 4 7/01/01 CPs 76 2Qs-1
5/24/97 Novice Regular 24"-Leg 1 1st/ 5/26/97 Novice Regular 24"-Leg 2 3rd/ 6/21/97 Novice Regular 24"-Leg 3 NAC 11/8/97 Open Regular 24"-Leg 1-CR 11/8/97 Open Regular 24"-Leg 2-CR 11/9/97 Open Regular 24"-Leg 3-CR OAC 4/04/98 Elite Veteran Regular 24"-Leg 1-CR 2nd/2 55.83'/63.48' 4/04/98 Elite Veteran Regular 24"-Leg 2-CR 1st/1 56.27'/60.21' 4/05/98 Elite Veteran Regular 24"-Leg 3-5 2nd/2 59.31'/59.02' 5/02/98 Elite Veteran Regular 24"-Leg 4-CR 1st/2 56.20'/62.70' EAC 5/02/98 Elite Veteran Regular-NATCH-5 2nd/2 67.12'/64.40' 10/16/99 Elite Veteran Regular-NATCH-10 1st/ 57.58'/61.53' 3/29/97 Novice Jumpers 24"-Leg 1 5/24/97 Novice Jumpers 24"-Leg 2 NJC 5/25/97 Open Jumpers 24"-Leg 1 11/8/97 Open Jumpers 24"-Leg 2 OJC 10/16/99 Elite Veteran Jumpers 24"-leg 1 2nd/ 34.15'/34.16' 10/17/99 Elite Veteran Jumpers 24"-leg 2 3rd/ 35.05'/38.08' EJC 5/24/97 Novice Gamblers 24"-Leg 1 6/22/97 Novice Gamblers 24"-Leg 2 4th/ NGC Eighth-tied NAC 6/21/97 Ninth NJC 5/24/97 Fifth NGC 6/22/97 Seventh OAC 11/9/97 Fifth OJC 11/8/97 Second EAC 5/02/98 Third EJC 10/17/99
10/9/99 Novice 22"-Leg 1 Q 4th/5 10/10/99 Novice 22"-Leg 2 Q 2nd/7 3/18/00 Novice 22"-Leg 3 Q 2nd/3 50.68'/65' AD 3/19/00 Novice 22"-Leg 4 Q 2nd/3 57.06'/63' 5/06/00 Performance II-Leg 1 Q 1st/3 57.09'/61' 10/15/00 Performance II-Leg 2 Q 10/21/00 Performance II-Leg 3 Q 1st/3 62.16'/65' PDII
10/10/99 Novice/Starters Jumpers 22" x/8 10/9/99 Novice/Starters Gamblers 22" 1st/6 10/10/99 Novice/Starters Snooker-22" 2nd/7 3/19/00 Novice/Starters Snooker-22" 3rd/15 50 pts 10/9/99 Novice/Starters Pairs 22" 3rd/17 3/18/00 Novice/Starters Pairs 22" 1st/10 19th AD 3/18/00 2nd PDII 10/21/00 4/15/00 Grand Prix 22"-CR Q 50.63'/53'
