Moki Jo is a demur 9-year-old blue merle heeler mix whose favorite thing in life is to run free and explore the outermost boundaries of wherever she finds herself, although cream cheese frosting comes in at a close second. Her favorite apparel is Terry's Big Dog t-shirt that proclaims, "We don't need no stinkin' leashes". Moki was found running free and happy as a clam in a large field. She initially chased anything that moved, and provided Terry ample opportunity to use clicker training and behavior modification techniques to curb this oh-so-stimulating habit. Her targets included a skiploader (think heavy dirt-moving machinery), motorcycles, bicyclists, pedestrians, joggers, and... a helicopter. She now doesn't even glance at any of those pesky distractions. Moki has attained her USDAA Agility Dog Champion (ADCH) title and Elite titles in NADAC. She, too, participates in DogPACT's consultations, providing adolescent pet manners to a variety of dogs who need practice meeting and greeting other dogs. |