Ruby
FC Zanzibar's Aruba at Jaytea, CD, RN, LCX-2, FCh, MC, JOR, CGC
born 1/16/2002
(Ch Zanzibar's Dakota Sunrise, JC x Epic Amazon)
We've all heard of 'empty nest' syndrome.  I seem to suffer from 'empty crate'
syndrome.  Ruby came to fill that empty crate after Paulette died.  Ruby has
turned out to be more than I had any reasonable hope that she would be.  She
has over a dozen Best in Fields spread pretty evenly between AKC and ASFA,
finished her Field Champion titles easily.  She now has all her placements towards
her ASFA LCM, it's just hard to find competition to get the points and she has
points towards her LCX-3.  She's easy to live with (she thinks she's a Whippet)
and easy on the eyes.

Ruby graduated from her beginner obedience class on July 2, 2007 and we
started the Canine Good Citizen and a Rally obedience class in August.  
However, just three weeks into the classes she came in season.  In spite of the
limited training, I showed her in Rally Novice B at the GCA National on September
26, 2007 earning her first RN leg and getting second place in the class.  She
passed the Canine Good Citizen test at the Greyhound Reach the Beach event in
October 2007.  We got her second and third RN legs in November 2007 to finish
her RN title.  She completed a pre-novice obedience class in December 2007 and
 then took a break in training until October 2008 when she got back into class.  
We made enough progress to show her in Novice obedience at the GCA Eastern
Regional in September of 2009 and we even entered Rally Advanced there as
well, and would have qualified in both except for one little error in each
performance. Back to training classes and she finished her CD in a two month
span from June to August, 2010.  In the process she picked up her first Rally
Advanced leg as well and I hope to finish that title before the end of 2011.
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Photo by John Huff
Running at JRRWA - August 2007
Photo by John Huff
Ruby's picture was
selected for the cover
of the 2009 Pet Prints
Greyhound calendar!

and she got selected
for the 2010 Willow
Creek Greyhound
calendar as well
Ruby's first Rally Novice leg
Ruby's Rally Novice Ribbons
Ruby earned the first
two legs towards her CD
at the Toledo Kennel
Club trials on 6/6/2010 -
her first leg at the
morning trial and the
second leg at the
afternoon trial.  And with
placements both times,
what an added bonus!
Ruby earned
the first leg of
her Rally
Advanced title
on 7/23/2010
Ruby earned the 3rd
leg of her CD title on
8/7/10 and was awarded
a CD patch in addition
to her qualifying ribbon