April

Chester

Giovanni

Nevian

V'Nevian MacLeod Silvertip was born in France on 12. March 2004. Her father is double World Champion Loch MacLeod. I didn't like Border Collies very much until I met the dogs of Christine Charpentier. They were very calm in normal life, but very fast, agile and eager on the agility field. Because of Giovanni, I had to buy a female puppy. Nevian was the only one girl in the litter, with short hair. I prefer short hair Borders! She's the present of God, she's the perfect Border Collie for me! Nevian is the name of the village where she was born, I asked Christine to give her this name.

I began to play with her on the agility field when she was 9 or 10 weeks old. The bars laid on the ground, but we made difficult combinations very early. I think it helps the dog to make tight turns during his whole life. Agility is easy with a puppy: he does what you show and he's not faster than you!

Her first competition was in Slovenia in September 2005, because in this country one can start before the dog is 18 months old. (Nice clean run in jumping, contact fault in agility). Next year, we were World Team member and my fantastic Nevian got in Basel (Switzerland) on her first World Championship the silver medal, the first agility medal for Hungary! It was my fault that she didn't win. She's the youngest large dog ever stepped to the podium of the World Championship and first from Eastern Europe. Next year in Hamar (Norway), we just got the 25. place in jumping, but finally arrived to the 5. place in combination.

My trainer, Ildikó introduced the slalom to Nevian. (I had a little bit phobia of the slalom entry. Giovanni run in A3, but he never learnt to enter the slalom without help.) We didn't use V-slalom nor wires. We used the 12-slalom from the first and Ildikó was showing the poles with her hand. I took the dog, she showed the correct entry and we made it from different angles right away.