OVERVIEW
What she is
Mara is a fast, high-drive young female with an open, social temperament and strong engagement. She is environmentally confident, mentally available in motion, and quick to commit to work.
Mara was the female initially selected to be retained from our World of Warcraft (WoW) litter and held back within our program for continued evaluation. Her early development showed the balance of drive, environmental confidence, and handler engagement we look for when identifying future program contributors.
Her foundation work is already underway, and she is currently in training for IGP, with continued emphasis on engagement, environmental confidence, and working structure. She is also being trained for disc, as she is a natural visual tracker and is fearless with jumping, high vantage points, uneven surfaces, agility, speed, and body awareness.
Mara is a true utility dog. She can easily switch between venues and loves to work. Her drives are clear, and she can channel between them without conflict.
Mara is is no longer available for public offering. She is versatile and fun and has won a long-term place in our home.
WORKING TRAITS
- Drive: Very High
- Speed: Fast, athletic, highly agile, fearless
- Temperament: Social, stable, upbeat, always happy
- Environmental: Confident on slick and moving surfaces, loves high vantage points
- Handler focus: Strong engagement, extreme food motivation, and high toy desire and intensity.
- Nose: Introduced to scent detection and foundation tracking
- Grip: Can sometimes start as 3/4 initally but improves to 100% after first grip
- Grip Strenth: Hard and intense
- Catches: Center target with no inhabitions for her body. Safty must be controlled for both the dog and the helper
- Channel from live to dead prey: Excellent as long as active prey is accessible. Otherwise, she locks in posession.
- Working Fight: Intense
- Food Drive: Extreme
- Prey Drive: Extreme
- Retrieves: Naturally fast
- Agility: She's a speed demon mixed with a mountian goat. No fear. Just intensity.
- Enthusiam for work: Extreme
- General Disposition: ALWAYS HAPPY. Tail never stops wagging. Always a joy to be around.
- Structure: Compact, smaller-framed female with balanced proportions and athletic movement.
- Other: Introduced to dock diving, loves water, and amazing with flying discs.