"Thorin" Owned by Alex Hart (Nicknames: Wittle Woodle, Mucka Mucka Woo Woo, the T-man, Mr Smarty Pants, Stinky Knickers, Mr Uncle Puppy, Goobins!, Smuice)
Where did Thorin's name come from? Thorin is named after a character in J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit. Thorin Oakenshield was the leader of the company of dwarves seeking to reclaim the Lonely Mountain from the dragon Smaug. The names of the dwarves in J.R.R. Tolkien's books, including Thorin, were taken from Old Icelandic texts such as the Prose Edda. Tolkien also took Thorin's epithet "Oakenshield" from the English translation of the Icelandic dwarf name "Eikinskjaldi" (pron. "Ike-in-skelt-ee").
~~2022~~ ~1st RR to be invited to the AKC Agility Premier Cup & won 4th place in 24" Finals ~1st Hound to earn AKC Rally Champion 3 (RACH3) title ~~2021~~ ~2021 AKC Agility Invitational - Top Scoring Rhodesian Ridgeback & 6th Place in 24" Finals ~1st Rhodesian Ridgeback to earn the AKC Agility Grand Champion (AGCH) title ~2nd consecutive year as #1 Ridgeback in both AKC Agility & AKC Rally ~#1 Hound AKC Rally rankings & 1st RR to earn AKC Rally Champion 2 (RACH2) title ~~2020~~ ~1st RR to earn #1 AKC ranking by breed in two different sports: #1 Agility & #1 Rally ~#14 All Breed, 24" Jump Height, AKC MACH Agility rankings ~~2019~~ ~2019 AKC Agility Invitational - Top Scoring Rhodesian Ridgeback & Finalist ~10th RR to earn the AKC Triple Champion prefix title & the 1st RR to earn 4 AKC Champion prefix titles in 4 different AKC events. ~The 1st Hound AKC Rally Champion & the 1st Hound with 3 AKC Performance Champion prefix titles in 3 different AKC events. ~~2018~~ ~The 2nd RR, and 1st male RR, to earn Top 10 RRCUS Obed, Top 10 RRCUS Agility, and Top 20 ASFA RR LC rankings in one year. ~10th Place, Excellent class, 2018 AKC Rally National Championship (RNC) - the 1st RR to earn a top 10 placement at the RNC. ~The 1st Hound to earn the AKC Trick Dog Performer Elite title (TKE). ~~2016~~ ~The youngest Triple Qualifier to date to win Best in Triathlon at the RRCUS National Specialty. ~#1 Hound and tied #10 All-Breed - Rally Advanced A Front&Finish Rankings.
Dam: GCH Luvakis Ekundu's Don't Call Me Shirley, CD, RE, SC, MX, MXB, MXJ, MJB, CGCA, CGCU, TKA, HIC, VC Click Here For Shirley's Pedigree
Show Photos Handled by Teresa, Thorin earned his Champion title from 10 BBE entries, taking Winners Dog x8, Best of Winners x7, and one Best of Breed and Hound Group 2 placement!
Obedience Photos
Rally Photos From leg #1 of Rally Novice A at 9 months old to the first RACH Hound at 4 years old! ..and then the first RACH3 Hound at 7 years old!
Agility Photos From Novice A to the first Ridgeback AKC Agility Grand Champion!
Lure Coursing Thorin finished his AKC Field Championship in 5 trials with RR competition, including 1st place in his Open stake at 2016 RRCUS National Specialty. Thorin finished his ASFA Field Championship and was the #15 ASFA Lure Coursing Ridgeback in 2018.