Zola

Breed: Border Collie

Sex: Bitch

Coat: Black/white, rough

Date of Birth: 28.09.2018

Height: 47,5 cm

Weight: 13,5 kg

ZB-Nr.: VDH-ZBrH BOC 22645

Show: "Very good", license for breeding

Zola is a daughter of Tequila out of our A-litter. 

HD: A

ED: 0

OCD: free

CEA, TNS, NCL, MDR1, IGS, GG and EAOD genetically free

Free of hereditary eye diseases 11/2018

Sister "Devi"

Kind, funny and crazy: Those are the words that best describe Zola. I had always wanted a copy of Kili and got a completely different, but also great dog.

In everyday life Zola is just fun. She is always friendly to people and dogs and she can express her opinion, if she does not like something or if pushy males annoy her. However, she does not exaggerate and only shows her limits. Just like normal, social dog behavior :)

Strangers are okay for Zola. She likes to be cuddled, is always friendly and has no fear of contact, but she does not have to run to all foreign people to greet them like a Labrador. For me that is the most pleasant behavior. People she already knows she loves more than anything else and can freak out completely.

What makes living together with Zola so enjoyable is her extremely funny nature. I think we could fill books with stories of her. It just makes us laugh, if not by her funny actions, then by jumping on your lap, getting herself caressed and making a funny face again. And this is Zola's desire no. 1: Cuddling. She loves to be cuddled and petted in every imaginable situation. As soon as you sit down somewhere, you can assume that Zola is standing in front of you at least five seconds later, grinning over both ears and desperately wanting to jump on your lap, just to cuddle or hanging with her head upside down and sleep. Sometimes I have the feeling that I accidentally crossed in a Chihuahua. But it's soooo cute :)

She has no fear at all of unknown everyday situations or loud noises. Also on shots, loud trucks that drive right next to her, or even airplanes she does not respond at all. On New Year's Eve she was also completely relaxed and I was able to play with her in the garden without any problems (we live a bit outside, so it was not that loud). Also on the ferry, on the stand up paddle board or for example in loud halls she is not afraid at all. She just finds everything that you do with her, totally exciting and cool.

Zola has no problem staying alone. In younger age she only destroyed a houseplant and a shoe. In the first few months she had problems with nausea when driving in a car and salivated her whole box. She probably inherited that from her mother. Now she doesn't have this problem anymore, likes to get into the car and doesn't salivate at all.

Zola loves to swim. She does not need any toys for that, but simply swims with us for minutes through the lake or beside the standup paddle board.

When playing, Zola is more the Mali type. With a single hand movement she starts from 0 to 100. She loves to tug and completely freak out, physically and vocally :D That gave me the idea to test her in IGP. Unfortunately we couldn't do this yet because of Corona, but I think it will be a lot of fun with her! But this winter we have discovered the dogscooter for us and as expected, this is also a totally easy thing with her - my best all-rounder :)

In Agility Zola is completely different from Tequila, so I have to get used to it a bit. She is very extroverted and loud, which means that she sometimes does not hear any cues from me, especially in halls with high noise levels. She is very strong and crazy, always gives her everything and is very easy going. She has an incredibly good body feeling and tight turns are the easiest exercise for her, which strongly reminds me of Tequila's style. Also in the course I do not have to block her or slow her down, she has a very good line of her own and almost always gets it. Also Running contacts are just as easily as tight turns. She has made this part of her education, that I had the greatest respect for, as easy as I never imagined. It is just super fun to run through the course with her! Our first competition season was unfortunately very influenced by Corona, because exactly one week before our first start the first lockdown was initiated. So unfortunately we could only run a few competitions in the summer until the second lockdown started again in November. Zola and I still have to find our way in competitions, because the competition feeling is very different from the training feeling with her. Nevertheless, we had some really great runs in between and I'm really looking forward to the coming years with her and I'm curious to see where the journey will take us :) Currently we are running in A2 and need two more qualis for A3. When the lockdown hopefully comes to an end in the summer, that's on our plan for 2021.