The
first puppy born in Bounce's first
litter, Kaos was the puppy that my husband Ken announced would be "his
dog"!
Kaos has a beautiful blend of both his parents
attributes. He has an outstanding head, a thick golden-red coat with lots
of white in all the right places, solid bone with deep angles and a strong
topline. He is just over 20" tall and 44 lbs. He is from a slow-maturing line, and
I don't expect him to be fully matured and filled out until he is at least
4.
He is a real sweetie, very affectionate. He is
quite laid back with a very good "off switch" and he
loves to cuddle and hang out with Ken while watching wrestling or hockey.
He is a bit reserved with strangers at first but soon
comes around and then he will be in your lap!
Kaos is very bright and has taken to training very
well, he also has lots of enthusiasm for toys, birds, swimming and
retrieving. We have worked him at home with wings, which he loves very
much! When he got a chance to "try out" a freshly killed partridge, he
showed absolutely no hesitation to picking it up and
retrieving....he just wanted MORE! He had the same reaction to his first
duck - nothing but absolute enthusiasm! Hopefully soon we will find the time to
get serious about his field training.
We are training actively in obedience and rally, and he really enjoying his training sessions! Like his daddy
Tango, he is a very willing and enthusiastic worker that always tries his
hardest to be right. He is also very toy motivated, although we train
primarily with praise and play as a reward. He works with lovely style and
attention and a big grin on his face! He passed his CGN (Canine
Good Neighbor) test with flying colors in Aug/07. In early Feb/08 he made his
obedience and rally debut, picking up 2 PCD legs & 1 Rally Novice leg! His
next trial on Feb 29, he finished his PCD title! He will be back in the
obedience & rally rings in April. We have
plans to take him through at least a UD down the road.
Kaos had his conformation debut at the
beginning of February/06. Although he didn't pick up any points that weekend, he showed
very nicely and brought home a Reserve Winners ribbon each day! One of Kaos'
siblings "Mallory" did pick up her first 2 point win that same weekend,
she has since finished her Canadian Championship, her PCD and also has 1 point towards
her US Championship, another sister "C'ozzie" has 9 points in Canada,
and 8 points & 1 major in the USA. A brother "Maverick"
finished his Championship before the age of 10 months, with several Best of
Breed wins over a top-winning special, and also won a Group 1st the day he
finished his Championship!
Kaos made a
return to the ring in July/06, where at the age of 11 months he won a 2 pt
Winners Dog the first day, a 4 pt Best Of Breed (over 3 specials) the
second day, and a 2 pt Winners Dog the third day, he also won best
Puppy in Breed all 3 days, and won Best Brace In Show (partnered with his
half-sister Curry).
Unfortunately, Kaos was involved in a serious
accident in December/06 - he got away from the dog walker while at the
off-leash park, and ended up on a road, where he was hit by a truck. He
was badly injured, with a dislocated hip and broken pelvis. Thankfully, a
team of specialists were able to put him back together, but he had a long
slow recovery ahead of him.
