Breeder: Sheila Boneham, Perennial, and Dorothy Montano, Los Suenos
Travis grew up as an army brat with Nita and Joe Gandara, their 6 children, and his Perennial "brother," Harper. They spent a couple of years in Turkey, where Harper learned the ropes in obedience and agility. They got back to the States and Travis and Nita hit the AKC obedience ring in August 2004 at the Heart of America shows in Kansas, where they placed 4th on Friday with a 195.5. On Saturday they had another 195.5 and won a runoff for 3rd place, and on Sunday he placed 3rd with a 193 on Sunday. That's quite a debut for a young dog with virtually no experience working around other dogs, and he's never looked back. Way to go, Nita and Travis!
Travis plays hard, and rests hard, as you can see!
Travis started his obedience career with a bang at his first ASCA obedience trial, the Eastex ASC Sweetheart Show February 12 & 13 '05
where he earned his ASCA CD with the following OUTSTANDING results
from the Novice B class:
Trial 1: Score of 197.5,
1st Place,
High in Trial Aussie,
High in Trial
Trial 2: Score of 196.5,
1st place,
High in Trial Aussie,
run off for HIT (close!)
Trial 3: Score of 196,
1st place,
High in Trial Aussie,
High in Trial!a
On October 15, '05, he earned his first AKC Open obedience leg with first place and a score of 196.5. Then the next day, he got his second leg with another first place with a 192. Then he flew to Georgia for the ASCA Obedience Finals, and came in sixth! And then he flew back to Texas and finished his AKC CDX with a second place, and his RA!!! Woohoo!
On April 11, 2009, Travis finished his ASCA UD in Phoenix with a 191.5 ~ in the pouring rain!
Nita and Travis have had an outstanding career ~ thank you, Nita, & huge congratulations!
