Cayenne (Pikkinokka ChiliChili BangBang AG.MX, AG.IJ, MADC, EAC, TG-E, ECC, OJC, TN-O, WV-O, CGN, CGC, TT, 2/3 AD, 2/3 TN-E, 1/10 MSCDC, 5 Ch points) is my second Toller, brought home in the spring of 2000. She is my wild child, my demon puppy...a lively bundle of energy and determination...and I love it!

Cayenne is reserved with strangers, but is exceptionally loving and affectionate with family and friends she knows. She's very alert and an excellent watch dog, she is my doorbell!. Like many Tollers, she is tennis ball and frisbee obsessed, she will retrieve for hours and even sleeps with a ball in her mouth! She is a very steady and reliable dog to work with, she is a perfectionist, hates to make mistakes and always gives 100%.

We have worked quite a bit on field training, where she is a natural! She is a retrieving fanatic, is a good swimmer with fantastic water entry, is very birdy, an excellent marker and persistent even in heavy cover. We hope to get her out soon for upland hunting. She has completed a beginners obedience class, where she was the star pupil! She passed her CGC (Canine Good Citizen) test with flying colors at only 13 months old. Recently she has also passed both her CGN (Canine Good Neighbor) and TT (Temperament Test) We did a bit of training towards competitive obedience, then put it aside to focus on agility. She has also done a bit of tracking, and one day we will find the time to do some more! We will be starting some Rally training this fall.

Agility is where Cayenne truly shines, she currently has 24 agility titles, and is very close to finishing several more titles over the next few months! She earned her first title, ADC (Agility Dog of Canada) with AAC in her first weekend of trialing (May 4/5 2002), earning a qualifying score in 6/8 runs, and was in the ribbons for 7/8 runs!

In CKC agility, she now has her AG.N (Agility Novice), AG.NJ (Novice Jumpers With Weaves), AG.I (Agility Intermediate), AG.IJ (Intermediate Jumpers With Weaves), AG.X (Agility Excellent) and AG.MX (Master Agility Excellent) titles.

Cayenne has her ADC (Agility Dog of Canada), AADC (Advanced Agility Dog of Canada) & MADC (Master Agility Dog of Canada) titles with AAC, and is working on her ATChC  (Agility Trial Champion of Canada) & master games titles. She also has 2 legs towards her AD (Agility Dog) title with USDAA, after a single weekend of trialing - unfortunately there is very few USDAA trials in this part of the world so we may not get a chance to finish that title.

In July/05 at her very first NADAC trial, she got 5 out of 6 possible Q's earning her a NGC (Novice Gamblers Certificate). She has since attended several more trials and now has earned her NAC (Novice Agility Certificate), OAC (Open Agility Certificate), EAC (Elite Agility Certificate), NGC (Novice Gamblers Certificate), OCC (Open Chances Certificate), ECC (Elite Chances Certificate), TG-N (Novice Touch N Go), TG-O (Open Touch N Go), TG-E (Elite Touch N Go), TN-N (Novice Tunnelers), TN-O (Open Tunnelers), NJC (Novice Jumpers Certificate), OJC (Open Jumpers Certificate), WV-N (Novice Weavers), and WV-O (Open Weavers) with 2 legs towards her TN-E (Elite Tunnelers). She has earned a NADAC Novice Versatility award, and a NADAC Open Versatility award....now we are working towards her Elite Versatility award (only 7 Q's to go!).

Cayenne has spent very limited time in the conformation ring, as it is NOT her favorite place to be (she finds it degrading to be groped by strangers - I find it hard to disagree with her!)...but in the very limited showing she has had, she's done well. In May 2002 despite being very out of coat, Cayenne took Reserve Winners Bitch the first day, and on the second day she took Best Of Breed in an entry of 6 for her first 3 points! In Aug 2002, she took Reserve Winners at the BC Toller Booster. Her next trip into the show ring, despite being 6 weeks pregnant, she took Winners Bitch 2/3 days, bring her total point count to 5... she's halfway to her Championship now! She made an appearance at the 2007 Canadian National Specialty, where she placed 3rd in Veterans Sweepstakes. She may make another trip into the show ring this fall.

Cayenne has a dark pink nose, amber eyes, white chest, white feet, a small white tail tip and a smudge of white just above her nose. She is quite small for a female at exactly 16" and 28 lbs. She has a shorter but thick and somewhat wavy coat in a copper color, with a beautiful bushy tail! Cayenne is CERF examined (normal), PRA Optigen B (Carrier), CEA Optigen Clear, hips OFA Good, heart OFA Normal. An updated CERF and OFA Thyroid panel will be done shortly.

Cayenne's first litter was born Nov 20, 2002, the sire was BIS/BPIS/BISS Am/Cdn Ch. Ruaview's Cape Breton Schooner CGC. This has turned out to be an exceptional litter, with 4/5 pups in the litter in show homes, Rascal has his Can Championship, PCD, CGN, CGC & TT titles.... Pyro won a BPIG, BPIS, Can Championship, an AKC Ch with 4 majors & 3 BOB, and recently won an AKC Group 4th.... Shooter has his CD, RA and has 9 points toward an Am Ch....  and finally Blaze has her Can & Am Championships, is a CKC Best In Show winner, has placed in the top #10 Tollers in Canada every year she has been shown (#9 in 2003, #4 in 2004 and #1 for 2005) and also has her CGC, CGN & PCD titles as well as 1 CD leg. What a litter!

Cayenne was most recently bred to Tango (Am/Can Ch Tollwest Dances With Waves CD, RNCL, AG.N, NJC, TG-N, TN-N, CGN) and the litter was born February 11/2006. This is a very similar breeding to the litter that produced BIS winner Blaze. We have kept 2 puppies on co-ownerships, and look forward to seeing them in the show and performance rings! This was Cayenne's last litter, so we can focus more on her agility career.

Cayenne was the "Flower Dog" at our wedding July 8/06, and she was such a wonderful addition to both the ceremony and the reception. She took her role very seriously and seemed to enjoy herself immensely, despite the tremendously hot day.