Canen Storm
Canen Storm (aka Sol) is owned by Julie Adams. Sol has been DNA tested with a CEA status of 'normal' and has a hip score of 4·4.
Here's what Julie has to say about Sol:
"Sol is very smart and has learned everything I wanted to teach him very quickly, far quicker than my other two collies. His one aim in life seems to be to please me, nothing else matters to him. He is the easiest dog to live with and no matter how mad he is out and about he switches off at home.
He has a fantastic temperament which a lot of people have commented on. There is no sharpness at all. I would have a dozen like him, and my next dog will definitely be another Canen."
Canen Storm (Sol) posing while on holiday in the lakes (photos by Julie Adams)
"He is clicker trained for agility and he is incredibly clicker responsive - he will do ANYTHING to hear that click. It upsets him if he has to repeat something in training because he thinks I'll be disappointed or angry with him. If we go wrong I have to stop and pretend we are doing something new and start again. I think this is because he is so obsessed with pleasing me that he cannot bear the thought of getting it wrong. He is quite strong willed and very determined - not to do as he wants, but to do what he thinks I want, so that he can please me. He will often go and do contacts by himself to show me how good he is if he thinks he has been wrong somewhere else. I am trying to stop this habit and he is improving. I feel it is a black mark against me as a handler if my dog actually knows that something has gone wrong so the plan is never to let him in on that secret!"
Sol playing in the water (photo by Julie Adams)
"He is not a tall dog but he comes from small parents and I didn't want another large collie, I already have one of those! He is incredibly powerful for such a little chap and he has an enormous stride that you wouldn't expect from a dog of his size, due mostly to his long legs, a sign of a true working bred border collie. I wouldn't have anything else, you can keep your candy floss show dogs, give me something that can work that has all the attitude to go with it.
People are surprised when I tell them how far I travelled to get Sol (about 4 hours drive) I would go twice the distance for a dog like him. Everybody loves him and most are surprised to find that he is still entire and just as easy going as he has ever been.
He is an absolute star, I wouldn't change him for anything, he is perfect and just the dog I wanted. "
A portrait of Sol (photo by Julie Adams)
Sol in the snow (photo by Julie Adams)
Sol is coming (photo by Julie Adams)
