Thor's Little Bit On The Internet

Thor is "Daddy's Lickle Man".

Despite his size now, this name started when he was much smaller and stuck.

Thor is a long coat red sable just in case you were wondering about that colour. Looking at his pictures, you can see how his colour has changed since he was a pup. This colour change may well continue until just after he is 2 years old.

Thor is a very laid back chap. When training him, it takes a lot to get him worked up and excited enough to produce his best work. Thor enjoys his time in the obedience ring, knows his stuff but he likes to do things at a slower pace than is sometimes required. Despite this, he has already produced some excellent results in the ring and at the last show we worked together he was running first in Pre Beginners right up to the last 3 dogs to work. He finished 4th overall which I am more than happy with as on that day he did not do his best heelwork.

 Retrieve is still a mystery to Thor. He does not seem to follow why I would want him to bring something back that I have just made him watch me throw away. This is going to be the challenge with him but we have made some progress. Thor is also quite soft mouthed and he does everything gently. This is brilliant until you want him to pick up a wooden dumbell.

Temperament wise, Thor is fantastic. Very little bothers him or gets him agitated. He is super with kids and has been with me on many behaviour visits as chief stooge. Even at his tender age he has helped me show quite a few dogs that being daft and thinking that the world is out to get you is not the way to be.

He has been a great help rehabilitating Tyr and you can read more of Tyr on his own page.

Thor passed his Kennel Club Good Citizen Silver Award!!!!!

In January 2008, Thor passed the GCDS Silver. He had waited quite a while for the chance to do this as he passed his Bronze way back when at the tender age of 6 months.

I would like him to achieve his Gold award when the opportunity arises and he can perform all of the exercises in the test and has been able to do so from six months old. Sadly with limited time on my hands and obedience being our main interest along with the limited number of people in our area, taking the God assessment, it may be a while yet.

So far this year (2008) Thor has won a couple of rosettes for Obedience but that elusive Red out of Pre Beginners is still not quite a reality just yet.