This girl is on Fire!

Feia and her other-mother, Beth, are continuing to have such a BLAST in agility! She has several qualifying runs in different divisions and will likely be racking up the titles quickly in the next couple of months. At the last trial they attended, Feia earned her Excellent Agility Jumper title! We are so proud of your accomplishments – what a team!

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Feia and Beth have earned her Novice Agility Jumper, Open Agility Jumper and now her Excellent Agility Jumper titles, in addition to her Novice Fast title. Her grandfather is a great role model with MACH PACH MXB MJB MXP4 MXPB MJP5 MJPS PAX XFP CGC titles! Feia earned her UKC Championship and her AKC Canine Good Citizen titles with me before she was a year old and transitioned to living with Beth. We are thrilled that Beth has been pivotal in shaping her drive into such skill!!

Feia will hopefully be having an apricot litter in February, with her beau Blaze, and then return to her agility career as soon as she is released by the vet. We expect a nice range of puppies from high drive, like Feia, to cuddler extraordinaire, like Blaze. The early reservation list is full, but once the pups are born we will open up reservations for the remaining pups in the litter. Litter size is expected to be 7-9, but there are no guarantees so we wait until we know for sure how many pups are going to be available. If interested, click on the Apply Now tab or go to the SPFL Puppies tab for more information.

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