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Tracking<br />
2015<br />
Master<br />
Tracker<br />
ATCH X JOLÉ CAJUN CHAPS MT TD3 TDX2 CD RAX REX RM<br />
<strong>July</strong> 30, 2003 – April 16, 2016<br />
Chaps was a wonder dog. His main purpose in life was to do what I wanted. His primary<br />
sport was agility. But when we added tracking, he took to it like the champion he was.<br />
Chaps’ first ASCA TD was earned at Nationals in Colorado on September 26, 2009. Five<br />
and a half years later, on February 15, 2015, he passed his 2 nd TDX at a PASA test at Laguna<br />
Seca, CA, to become the 3 rd Master Tracking Dog in ASCA history.<br />
In between, Chaps passed a 2 nd TD on February 18, 2012 and his 1 st TDX two days later<br />
at Laguna Sega and TD-3 at Nationals in Bakersfield, on November 2, 2012. We then went<br />
through a two-year three-month period where Chaps failed four TDX tests, two beyond<br />
his control. He was getting older and I feared the title would never happen. But like a true<br />
champion, when Chaps perservered to find that last glove in Laguna Seca, he was really<br />
proud. Chaps was a Master Tracker.<br />
The Master Tracker was the beginning of Chaps’ last year of life. It was a good year. At<br />
Nationals in Tennessee he achieved a 5 th in Veteran agility finals, 10+ Agility Finals<br />
Champion, won HIT for 10+ Veteran in the Nationals Agility trial, and an ATCH X. He then<br />
added rally RAX, REX and RM to his list of ASCA titles.<br />
You were an amazing dog, Chaps. I will miss you forever.<br />
~ Jean Danver<br />
108 AUSSIE TIMES May-June <strong>2017</strong>
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