Expiali "Ali"
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Expiali is from my Mary Poppin's litter. This movie was a favourite of mind when I was young. She is the Expiali in the well known word from that movie - SuperCaliFragilisticExpialiDocious. This litter is my first line breeding on my Levi x Freya kids so Ali has big paws to live up to having BIS winners, Iditarod finishers, as well as agility and therapy dogs in her pedigree.
As a puppy she had her daddy, Pippin, and her grand mother, Jive, wrapped around her little paw. She even liked to be saucy to her great grand papa, Levi, by yakking at him while he is trying to sleep on the couch, although she would head for the hills if he got off the couch to put her in her place. Ali |
has many nicknames most connected with her mischievous nature of steeling things and taking them out to the back deck to chew on but her most common names are "Scallywag" or "Scally Ali". She sure was my little rascal, always getting into trouble but just too darn cute to ever get too mad at. This is a trait she has passed onto her daughters. ;)
In the Show Ring |
In the Show Ring As a puppy Ali was handled in the dog show ring and in junior handling by her junior handler best friend Sean Durnnian. At the time Sean was just starting to learn the ropes of handling so he ended up fussing with Ali a lot. This pairing turned out to be not such a good idea with Ali as she is softer in temperament then her father and ended up disliking the show ring, or at least hating to be stacked. Ali was just shown a few times as a young dog, picking up 4 points, and then we decided to let her mature bringing her back out in 2015 where she finished in just 3 shows with two Best of Breed wins over a Group placing special. She showed well at the Halifax shows but still doesn't like shows enough for me to consider specialing her. I also do not like keeping my dogs (especially the girls) intact once they are finished their breeding careers so Ali will be spayed and we will move onto obedience and therapy dog work. CKC SHOWS 2022 June 5th: South Shore Kennel Club - Best Veteran in Show under judge Mike Jackman 2015 March 14th: Halifax Kennel Club Show 2 - BB over Special - 2 pts., New Champion under judge Lee Steeves 2015 March 14th: Halifax Kennel Club Show 1 - BB over Special - 2 pts under judge Bill Brynes 2015 March 13th: Halifax Kennel Club - WB - 2 pts under judge Irene Latchford 2011 Sept 4th: Halifax Kennel Club - 2 pts Shirley Limoges 2010 Nov 12th: Moncton Kennel Club - 2 pts Thora Brown |
On The Trail |
On the Trail Ali is a very serious worker in harness, already completing 20 mile runs and runs any position including lead. Her drive is inconsistent as she goes into false pregnancies after coming out of season but I'm hoping that issue will be solved now that she is spayed. When she is not suffering this issue she is a very good worker, one of those dogs you do not really notice because she is just there doing her job. She is gaining more confidence in lead and does do a really good job at keeping the team going straight and over to the right side of the road. Ali did complete her Working Lead Dog title in 2011. UPDATE: Spaying Ali did really help her in harness and she ended up being my main leader along side her father for several years. |
Obedience |
Obedience Ali pasted her CGN test with flying colours in Sept, 2010. Ali does enjoy doing obedience and I hope to get her into the obedience ring in the future. Ali finished her Rally Novice title in three trials with scores of 86, 97 (3rd in class) and 95. 2017 April 15th: Rottweiler Club of Canada - score of 86 under judge Darwin Bowles 2017 Aug 5th: Cobequid Dog Club - score of 97 (3rd in Class) under judge Edward Leslie 2017 Aug 6th: Cobequid Dog Club - score of 95 under judge Edward Leslie |
Therapy Dog Work |
Therapy Dog Work Ali became a 5th generation Chimini Siberian Therapy Dog in 2013. She is a "softer" version of her father Pippin which makes her idea for working with the seniors. She loves being petted and the seniors love her gentle, kind, well behaved nature and her sweet face. I knew Ali would be a great therapy dog from a young age as she was always the first to get up on the couch to cuddle with visitors. I think it is likely this job that I will remember Ali the most for. It just warms my heart to see her bringing joy to the seniors. Ali got her CKC Therapy Dog Advance title for the number of hours she worked as a therapy dog when the CKC established these titles. |
Trick Dog |
At 12 years of age Ali and I started working on her Trick dog titles. I really didn't think she would get beyond the Intermediate level. However, in the end, we worked our way up to the Trick Dog Expert title and we had so much fun together doing this. I just love working with her. I've loss many of the edited videos of Ali doing her tricks when my external hard drive crashed (should say when Tiva sent it crashing). However, I'll upload a video someday when I get a chance to edited the longer versions. |
Whelping Box |
Ali was bred twice. The first time to Tanka, Chimini's Dances With Wolves, a NorthWapiti's Wolverine x Jive son. River came from this litter. Ali's second breeding was to Karen's NorthWapiti's Crunchie, a 4 time Iditarod finisher. This litter produced 4 girls including Skittles, and Strider's mom, Jubie. |