Am./Can. CH. Marionhill Chairman Ofthe Bd UD, RAE, MX, MXJ, AXP, MJP, CGC, TDI, Can. CD

Frankie

March 2005

Owner: Irwin Linker, Stewartsville, NJ & Mike & Maggie Marion, Milford, NJ

Breeder: Mike & Maggie Marion (Marionhill Siberians, Milford, NJ)

Handled By Irwin Linker 

Call Name:  Frankie 

Born:  April 25, 1998           Sex:  Male

OFA# SH-13605E25M-T  (Excellent)                             CERF# SH-6815/2000-21  (Clear; retested 2003 Clear)

• 2007

  • December 1........................MJP

  • April 1...............................AXP

  • April 1...............................AJP

• 2006

  • November 12.......................OAP (AKC title # 20)

  • October 29..........................OJP

  • July 2.................................MXJ

  • May 21...............................RAE

• 2005

  • June 25...............................Canadian Championship

  • June 4................................RE

  • May 28.............................. RA

  • May 1................................RN

  • April 23..............................MX

• 2004

  • June 27...............................NAP

  • June 26...............................NJP

• 2003

  • September 14.......................AXJ

  • June 29...............................Canadian CD

  • March 23............................UD

• 2002

  • November 9.........................AX

  • June 1................................OAJ

  • April 21..............................OA

• 2001

  • November 18....................... CDX

  • October 17.......................... NAJ

  • October 16.......................... NA

• 2000

  • August 6.............................CD

  • June 25...............................CGC

  • June 25...............................TDI

• 1999

  • December 19....................... AKC Championship

In addition to all the great things Frankie has accomplished in the various competition rings, he has some other credits to be proud of.

• 2007

  • Featured in a Macy's Christmas catalog

  • Subject of an article in the Spring & Summer 2007 SHCA Newsletter

  • Featured, along with Travis and Webster, in Macy's Christmas supplement.

  • Featured, along with Lucy and Travis, in the 2007 Kohler product magazine.
• 2006
  • #1 Siberian Husky in Rally Advanced Excellent (SHCA ranking).
  • #1 Siberian Husky in Master Agility Excellent (SHCA ranking).
  • 2nd Siberian Husky to earn the RAE title.
  • 20th MX, MXJ Siberian Husky &  the 1st CH, UD, MX, MXJ Siberian Husky.
  • #9 ranked Obedience Siberian Husky by Front & Finish (First & Foremost System).
  • #21 ranked Agility Siberian Husky by Front & Finish (First & Foremost System).
  • 1st Siberian Husky to earn 20 American Kennel Club titles (November).
• 2005
  • #6 Siberian Husky in Obedience for 2005 by Front & Finish (First & Foremost System).
  • In June becomes the 1st Siberian Husky to earn 20 titles overall.
  • Qualified for Placement as one of the highest scoring dogs in Obedience, all breeds, for 2005 by Front & Finish (Delaney system).
  • Appeared in the October 2005 issue of Allure magazine.
• 2004
  • Named one of the highest scoring dogs in Obedience, all breeds, by Front & Finish (Delaney system).
  • As a registered Therapy Dog, Frankie has made over 300 visits to hospitals, nursing homes and assisted care centers since 2000.
• 2003
  • Finished as the #21 ranked Siberian Husky in Conformation.
  • #1 Siberian Husky in Excellent A/B Jumpers With Weaves combined (SHCA ranking).
  • #1 Siberian Husky in Utility A/B combined  (SHCA ranking).
  • #9 Working Group in Utility A  (Front and Finish ranking; Delaney system).
  • #1 Siberian Husky in Utility A and Utility A/B combined  (Front and Finish ranking; Delaney system).
  • 4th Siberian Husky from New Jersey to earn a UD title (March).
  • Cover boy for the Neiman-Marcus Christmas catalog.
  • Featured in several newspapers doing stories about the All Star Performance Dog Association tournament.
• 2002
  • #1 Siberian Husky in Excellent A Standard (Front and Finish ranking; Delaney system).
• 1998
  • Featured in a front page story of the Easton Express-Times about the December shows at Lehigh University.

1st Award of Merit; 2001 SHCA National Specialty

Frankie came out of retirement from the breed ring to win Best Veteran In Sweepstakes at the May 2006 Garden State Siberian Husky Club Spring Specialty the same day his son JR went Best Puppy In Sweepstakes!  In November 2006 he was Best Veteran In Sweeps, Best Veteran and 1st Award of Merit at the SHC of the Delaware Valley Specialty and Best Veteran and 1st Award of Merit at the Garden State Siberian Husky Club Specialty. A month later he followed those wins by going BOB at the Richland County KC show at the Crown Classic Cluster in Cleveland in December 2006.  From mid 2006 to March 2007 Frankie had a streak of BV, 1st AOM in 6 consecutive specialties which was snapped when he went BV, BOS.  In 2007 he continues to be competitive in his occasional foray sin this ring by winning BOB or BOS in specialties and all breed shows.

The next challenge was Obedience.  Frankie likes to be on the move, so he likes Obedience.  But, sits and downs were a problem (he wasn't moving...supposed to be moving) and required a lot of work.  We finally worked through it and he earned his CD in the Fall of 2000.  He capped off his "Novice" career with a score of 194 for High In Trial at the Garden State Siberian Husky Club Specialty in November 2000.  He is the third of my four Siberians to earn HIT at this show.

Frankie earned his first CDX leg in September 2001 (he went BOS the same day).  And he earned his CDX title with back-to-back qualifying scores of 185 and 185.5 in mid-November 2001.  For the 2nd year in a row he was High Scoring Siberian Husky infor the GSSHC Specialty.

We had been training for Utility and were almost ready for the ring at the 2002 SHCA National Specialty.  While he didn't qualify either day, he came within one exercise both days.  In early January 2003 Frankie earned legs one and two in the same weekend, including a 3rd place at the Saturday Obedience Trial.  That made it 2 UD legs in 6 trials.  Not bad!  Frankie had a bit of dry spell in the Futility ring (you know, the class where, if it can go wrong it will).  But, he returned to form and finished his UD after only13 trials, with a 5th place in a class of 26 in late March 2003.  What a very good boy he is!  We took time out from competing to fine tune his Open and Utility exercises and began going after that UDX in the Fall of 2003.  I haven't entered Frankie in many obedience trials but he does have 5 UDX legs and several near misses.  During this time he has added several High Scoring Siberian Husky In Trials.

We decided to try our hand at Rally Obedience.  Frankie quickly earned his Rally Novice (RN) title in 3 straight trials and will be going for his Rally Advanced (RA) title.  The RA and RE (Rally Excellent) titles were also earned in 3 straight trials each.  Frankie may have been the first Siberian Husky to earn the RE title.  All 3 Rally titles were earned in a 2 month time span during the Spring of 2005.  Frankie soon became the first Siberian Husky to earn an RAE leg when we resumed competition in September 2005.  In May 2006 Frankie became the 2nd Siberian Husky to earn the RAE title.

Agility

Frankie began competing in Agility in late September 2001.  He is very fast!  As is usually the case, the handler held the dog back until the handler caught up to the dog.  Even so, it was only a few shows before Frankie earned his NA and NAJ titles with 1st place wins in both classes at the 2001 Siberian Husky Club of America National Specialty.  He also earned his first Open Standard qualifying score with a first place win at the 2001 SHCA National Specialty.  Frankie earned his OA title in mid-April 2002 with a pair of 2nd place finishes in one weekend and followed that a week later with his 2nd Open Jumpers leg.  Frankie got his 3rd Open Jumpers leg to earn his OAJ in early June 2002.  During September 2002 Frankie got his first two Excellent A Jumpers with Weaves qualifying scores; the first one being a 4th place.  In October and early November 2002 Frankie got his three qualifying scores (two of them were good for 3rd place) for his Excellent A Standard (AX) title.

The Spring of 2003 saw Frankie begin his quest for that elusive 3rd Q and his AXJ title; and in September 2003 he got that AXJ with a 3rd place effort.  And, he has begun going for his MX with 5 Qs.  And he has begun the quest for his MXJ with 1 Q.  Now we need some double Qs and some points (744 to go) for his MACH (yeah, right!).  We decided to finish the 2003 Spring schedule by competing in Novice B Preferred.  It was in the MUD.  Frankie earned 1 Standard leg with a 2nd place and 2 JWW legs with a 1st and a 2nd place, respectively.  Well, we decided to finish the 2004 Spring season by running in the Preferred classes.  Frankie did it in style during the last weekend of June.  He was 1st in all 3 runs, earning his NAP and NJP titles.  His times were pretty incredible, as he was under course times for the two Standard runs by 29 and 25 seconds and under the JWW time by 13 seconds.  In a late December 2004 trial Frankie continued his quest for his MX and MXJ when he Q'd 3 out of 4 runs to earn his first QQ and an additional 28 MACH points, giving him 8 MX and 5 MXJ legs.  In April 2005 Frankie got that 10th Q to give him his MX title, and in July 2006 Frankie got that elusive 10th Q to give him his MXJ title.  Boy, are we glad that one is in the bag!

We went back to the Preferred classes in the Fall of 2006.  Frankie quickly earned his OJP, OAP, AXP and AJP titles.  Next we moved up to Excellent B Preferred.  Frankie promptly went out and earned his MJP title and has made good progress on his MXP and PAX

 "No, no.  You just let me run, jump and do the obstacles and we'll be fine.  You want to qualify?  Stay out of my way...like a few yards behind me."

"OK, Frankie.  Whatever you say."