Penny Leigh (Town & Country instructor) has been involved in competition dog sports for 20 years. Her achievements include titling dogs in conformation, obedience, agility, rally, herding, flyball and retriever hunt tests. She currently competes with border collies and flat-coated retrievers. She is the former doggy daycare manager at Town & Country and currently works for the American Kennel Club operating headquarters in Raleigh.

Brett

Brett is a Border Collie owned by Penny Leigh.

Brett is a wonderful dog with abounding enthusiasm who has earned titles in five different sports with many honors including multiple High in Trials at herding trials.

Agility– AKC Open Agility (OA) and Open Jumpers with Weaves (OAJ); USDAA Agility Dog/P1 title, CPE Level 3 Agility

Flyball– Flyball Master Excellent (FMX – 10,000 points)

Herding– AKC Herding Started Course A-Sheep (HSAs) and the AKC Herding Started Course B-Sheep (HSBs)

Obedience– AKC Utility Dog (UD)

Rally– AKC Rally Advanced Excellent (RAE)

Updates on Brett:

(5/2010)

Brett finished his AKC Obedience title of Utility Dog on Saturday at the Greater Columbia (SC) Obedience Club trial. Brett took a second place with a score of 188. He and Penny will now be pursuing their UDX. In addition, Brett also finished his CPE Level 3 Agility title at a night trial at Paws4Ever in Mebane. He needed one last Snooker leg and he got it! A big day for Brett!

(3/2010) Penny Leigh's Border Collies, Brett and June, have had several achievements recently in Obedience, Agility and Flyball and more.

Brett earned his first leg in Utility A on the Greenville circuit with a score of 191 ½ and a first place out of five qualifiers.

At the same trials, Brett finished his Open Fast Preferred title - also with a first place and with 77 points - more points than anyone in the entire Open Fast division.

Brett and June also recently hit major milestones in Flyball. Brett earned the Onyx award for 20,000 points and June was awarded the Flyball Master Championship for 15,000 points.

(10/6/2009) We competed in the NAFA Flyball Championships in Indianapolis this past weekend with our team Fur Fun - and Brett's team won the Veterans division on Sunday!
In addition, June's team won the Division 1-D on Saturday and qualified for the Finals on Sunday by clocking a time of 16.24 seconds. The top 16 fastest times on Saturday qualified for the finals and we entered the championships on Sunday as the 11th seed. Although we got knocked out of the championship rounds by those 15.something second teams, we were very proud and excited to make it that far at our first trip to the nationals. June ran great as the anchor dog on her team and turned in some 3.8 and 3.9 second heats.

(4/2009) The Leigh border collies had a great weekend at the Charleston Dog Training Club AKC Agility Trial.
Brett finished his Novice Fast Preferred title and his Open Jumpers Preferred title with two first places.

Two photos below by Stewart Event Images

Banquo's Luke Skywalker NA OAJ PT FM NF HSAs HSBs -

"Luke" - is a Border Collie owned by Town & Country instructor Penny Leigh. Luke is a rescue dog who was found wandering along a road when he was a puppy. He was very ill with Parvo, but recovered and was adopted by Penny.
He is an extremely athletic, fast and talented dog who has made many strides at the age of just 2 1/2 years.
His titles include:
Agility - AKC Novice Standard title and Open Jumpers with Weaves; USDAA Starters Jumpers title; AKC Novice Fast title (NF).

Flyball - Flyball Master (FM) title from North American Flyball Association (Best time - 3.8 seconds)

Herding - AKC Pre-Trial Tested (PT). Luke earned both his AKC Herding Started A-course on sheep and his AKC Herding Started B-course on sheep titles. His honors included two High in Trials and one Reserve High in Trial.

Updates on Luke:

(4/2009) Charleston, SC, Luke earned an Open Standard leg and two Open Fast legs - all with first places.

Agility photos by Stewart Imaging
Flyball photo by Swift-Bennett Photography

Contact Point's Ring of Fire NA OAJ FM RA NF PT("June")

June is the youngest member of Penny Leigh's border collies. She is the resident Valley Girl, hailing from the esteemed Contact Point kennels in California.
At age 2, June has earned her AKC Novice Agility title and several flyball titles from the North American Flyball Association.
She currently holds the Flyball Master title award. She has clocked 3.8s and 3.9s second heats in flyball racing.
June also is working on her obedience and herding skills and will be competing in Rally and Herding Trials this fall.

Updates on June:

(May 2010)
Penny Leigh and June’s flyball team set a new speed record on May 29 at a tournament in Manassas, Va. The four-dog team (Fur Fun’s Formula Fun) clocked a time of 15.7 seconds – this is a record for the Region and also ranks as the 8^th fastest time in NAFA history! The team’s previous fastest time was 16.14 seconds. The team is comprised of three border collies and one border-jack – and June runs in anchor for the team. They are looking forward to the NAFA championships in October.

(April 2010)
June finished her Agility Dog (AD) title in USDAA at the Blue Ridge Agility Club trials this past weekend. She now holds titles in three agility venues – AKC, USDAA and CPE. She had a spectacular Jumpers run at the Blue Ridge trial, winning first in the large 22-inch jump height division, with a time of 15 seconds!

(3/2010) Penny Leigh's Border Collies, Brett and June, have had several achievements recently in Obedience, Agility and Flyball and more.

Brett earned his first leg in Utility A on the Greenville circuit with a score of 191 ½ and a first place out of five qualifiers.

June finished her AKC Agility Open Standard title with a clean run and a first place at the recent Charlotte trials. The achievement resulted in June qualifying for the Border Collie Society of America's Versatility honor that honors dogs that have earned a certain level of titles in at least 3 sports (one of which must be herding).

Brett and June also recently hit major milestones in Flyball. Brett earned the Onyx award for 20,000 points and June was awarded the Flyball Master Championship for 15,000 points.

(11/2009): June earned her Open Jumpers title (not Open Standard title) by qualifying both days - with a first place and a second place - in a very large competitive 20-inch class. Please also add that June earned her RA in 3 straight trials this weekend - all with scores in the 90s.

(10/6/2009)We competed in the NAFA Flyball Championships in Indianapolis this past weekend with our team Fur Fun - and Brett's team won the Veterans division on Sunday!
In addition, June's team won the Division 1-D on Saturday and qualified for the Finals on Sunday by clocking a time of 16.24 seconds. The top 16 fastest times on Saturday qualified for the finals and we entered the championships on Sunday as the 11th seed. Although we got knocked out of the championship rounds by those 15.something second teams, we were very proud and excited to make it that far at our first trip to the nationals. June ran great as the anchor dog on her team and turned in some 3.8 and 3.9 second heats.

(April 2009) Charleston, SC- June finished her Novice Jumpers with Weaves title with a first place and earned another leg in Open Standard (second place) and her second leg in Open Fast (second place).

4/2009 June earns PT!!! See June herding below!!

Tarheel Circuit 3/2009- June finished her RN with not quite as stellar a performance as her first two legs - she had a 92, losing points by treating the first go at the pylons like they were weave poles! Once I caught her, she had a pretty good finish!! But still very proud of the June Bug.3/2009 -June went to her first rally trial in March 2009 at the Hilton Head Kennel Club dog shows. She did Penny proud by winning first place with a 99 in Rally Novice B on Sunday and taking third place with a 98 on Saturday. Penny was very proud as she stayed relatively calm and did not bark or jump on Penny a single time!!Random photos of June:

Cameo

Updates on Cameo

(4/2010)
Cameo, Penny’s mixed-breed dog Cameo just recently started her agility career and already has had several successes. At her first AKC trial in Beaufort, SC, this month, she q’ed and won first place in Novice Standard B both days and also in Novice FAST. At the Blue Ridge trials, she made her USDAA debut and q’ed and won first place in 16-inch Gamblers and q’ed and won second place in Jumpers.