Luca

In 2002 we added a second malinois to our “kennel”. Luca is from Kanduit malinois, located in Plant City Florida. Luca is from mostly full working lines, with ¼ of his pedigree from US show/ working lines. He is a small-medium sized dog, but don’t let his size fool you! Luca has turned out to be the most awesome Luca in profile

dog. He is a joy to live with (most of the time) and a blast to train. He is a “once in a lifetime” dog. Luca is very willing to please, social, extremely athletic dog and is a thinker. He recovers quickly from corrections. He is a happy, confident, bold, stable, lively dog and has tons of character and prey drive. He excels in obedience and protection. In obedience he is precise, drivey, and quick to learn with very fast retrieves. In tracking which has been our biggest challenge, he is precise and obedient to the track. In protection, Luca’s favorite phase, he is clear headed, balanced in drives and very intense. Always with a calm, full bite, Luca works excellent under pressure and will go through anything to get the bite. Has an on/off switch if kenneled (though not at training), he doesn’t have one in the house and will drive you nuts retrieving everything! He is protective in the house and wherever we go. Future plans are to compete at a National level with Luca and to train in Mondio/French ringsport, CKC obedience (Open and Utility), CKC tracking, and perhaps agility.

Vital Statistics: Luca head study

Sire: Django ot Vitosha SchH3, IPO3, FH
Dam: Kanduit’s Dinah-Might AD
DOB: April 27, 2002
CHIC# 21134
OFA Hips: BM-1398G24M-PI
OFA Elbows: BM-EL503M24-PI
CERF: BM-629 (tested April 2007)
Luca’s OFA Link: http://www.offa.org/display.html?appnum=1113211#animal
Height: Weight: 55 lbs

Accomplishments:

June 2003: attempted the HIC test on sheep, but Luca appeared to be hunting not herding
October 2003: Passed BH test under SV Judge Dirk Stocks
May 2005: SchH1 94-88-96 (278) under SV/Cndn Judge Frank Mensing
– High in Trial
– High Protection score (pronounced)
August 2005: Passed CKC’s Canine Good Neighbor Test
Oct 2005: SchH2 92-88-90 (270) (pronounced) under SV/Cndn Judge Frank Mensing
– 2nd Place in Trial, 1st place SchH2
2006: 2nd highest SchH3 score in Canada with a 291
May 2006: SchH3 96-98-97 (291) under SV Judges Raino Fluegge & Helmut Koenig
– This was our first attempt at SchH3 and was also the Eastern Canadian Regionals. We were the new SchH3 Eastern regional Champions!! We believe this is the first time a malinois has won!
– High Tracking score
– High Obedience score
– High Protection score (pronounced)
July 2006: CD in three straight trials. This was our first time in the CKC ring except for one fun match when Luca was less than a year old.
– Our scores were: Trial one: 190 (third place) Trial two: 197.5 (first place) Trial three: 190 (fourth place) Trial four: 194.5 (second place)
Oct 2006: Luca passed the AD (endurance test) under SV Judge Jens-Peter Fluegge
June 2007: Passed the CKC Tracking Dog Test (TD) under judge Jane Book
July 2007: IPO3 under SV judge Rudy Mietzner with scores of 88-90-97 (pronounced)
– High in Protection and 2nd Place in the trial
July 2008: SchH3 at the PEI Lobsterfest Trial under Japanese Judge Haruo Masuda
– Scores were 92-90-90 (pronounced)
– High Scoring SchH3 Dog in trial
August 2008: Canadian Schutzhund Nationals in Quebec
– Scores were 84-72-88 (pronounced) under Judges Lance Collins and Dirk Stocks