This is our friend Foster, an Australian Cattle Dog. He was rescued by the good folks at DAWG from a shelter in Santa Maria. They said he had containment issues and if you could see him jump you would know why they said that. They initially steered us away from him because of his issues, but fate intervened and he and Riley ran into each other as we were leaving, and Foster was returning from his bath. Watching those tails wag we knew we had a new friend. Fate interceded again when one afternoon we met Anne out on the Ellwood bluffs. She saw Foster leaping over a grassy hummock and instantly spotted him as agility material and encouraged us to come check out the GVDC on Saturdays. We did and we have been hooked on Mia and Anne’s agility classes ever since. Here are some pictures of Foster demonstrating a few of his “escape” moves at an AKC agility trial in Ventura.

Video of Foster in our ASCA trial, 12/17/06