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HR 11066 HO DOB 27/04/1998 Died 28/06/2012 HD A Pedigree Pictures

Int. & Hr. Ch.
Croatian Agility Ch.
DRAVA CERTISA - CITA

Cita was given to me as a present from Marko Zeravica - one of my farmer friends. Cita's mother, Gara (Dona), was an authentic farm dog who earned her keep on a sheep farm near the town of Velika Gorica, near Zagreb. Gara was an excellent sheepdog and in the beginning she was a kind of tutor to Puppy in herding. I have always believed in Croatian Sheepdogs' great potential for agility, and so I took one of Gara's undocked pups in order to prove the point.

Firstly, Cita is a great agility dog. She began agility training at one year of age. She learned very quickly and in a short time she was ready for her first competitions. What amazes all spectators at agility competitions is the speed that this small dog can achieve. Cita is often the fastest dog in agility competitions and she leaves Border Collies, Belgian Shepherds, etc. in her wake! She turns extremely fast and has nice fast "zones" and these characteristics, in addition to her energetic running, are her secret weapons.
Cita has been a Croatian agility team member since she was two years old. At only 2.5 years of age she was 3rd in the team jumping run and 10th in the individual jumping run at the Agility World Championships in Helsinki, Finland, in 2000. At the World Championship in Valladolid 2005, Cita was 2nd in the team agility run and 3rd in the team jumping run. At the age of almost 10, she won the Croatian agility Championship for the first time and became Croatian Champion in Large for 2007. Then, she won Croatian Championship in Large in 2008 and also in 2009.

I use every possible opportunity to work with sheep with Cita. She has a good herding instinct and she is keen to work. Being a hard and loose-eyed breed, Cita needs much more time (training) than my Border Collies, but with each herding session she becomes better at conducting the flock.

Cita also looks very nice - after about 10 shows she closed her International and Croatian Show Championship and she was the World Winner in 2002. One of my main reasons for showing her was to promote our autochthonous breed in this way.

Cita also enjoys flyball.

To talk about Cita and not to mention her barking would be impossible. Well, whoever knows Cita also knows that her barking is an essential part of her, the same as her ears, tail or nose.

Cita's death came suddenly and quickly... I think, with Cita, it couldn't go any other way.

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