MACH5 Regen’s He’s on the Dance Floor UD RN MXC PAD MJB2 PJD MFS TQX T2B3 ACT1

Hogan (AKA Regen's He's On The Dance Floor) came to Steve & Brenda Basson in Connecticut on June 20th, 2015 as one of eight members of the "Dance Litter” pups.

Steve told Carol (breeder) from the start that he would constantly train Hogan, and he would always be a full member of the family. That means traveling with them, eating well, having birthday parties, getting a little spoiled, and unfortunately getting dressed up as something stupid on Halloween.

 

From a personality side Hogan is super friendly to people and dogs.  His favorite room in the house is the kitchen. Hogan always has the energy to play.  If he has a toy, he will tease them with it…constantly.  His is very food and toy motivated.

 

Physically Hogan is a specimen of 70 pounds of poured cement in a gray body and moves around the agility ring like a guided missile.  He knows his job when they enter the ring and performs it to perfection, any errors are typically handler driven.   Outside of the agility ring Hogan shows very controlled energy.  When he sees an agility ring, he undergoes a personality change, and his competitive and performance juices start flowing.

 

Hogan competes in obedience as well and has a totally different personality in obedience.  He will sit upon a "Halt", but it takes a second or two for his butt to hit the ground. They were practicing a retrieve over the high jump. Hogan picked up the dumbbell, and accidentally dropped it next to the jump.  He picked it up, and did a vertical 26" jump, one inch from the jump.  His athletic ability and speed are off the charts.

 

Hogan is starting to work in the Field as well.  He has no trouble finding birds, and is learning the trade very quickly.  It is their hope to pursue a JH in the spring. 

Whatever Hogan does, he does at 110%, and nothing less.  That includes sleeping.  When the lights are out, they are OUT.

 

Currently he has his UD in obedience and three UDX legs. In agility, Hogan has his MACH5, Premier, FAST and T2B Titles. Currently, Hogan is pursuing his Agility Grand Championship. 

 

His other agility achievements have been at Westminster Agility (3rd in 2021 and 2nd in 2022), 2nd at the 2022 AKC Agility Championship, and most recently he won the 24" class at the AKC Agility Invitational following in his father's pawsteps.  It should be noted that he finished 2nd  at Westminster and at the AKC Nationals to the same Border Collie.

 

Hogan still retrieves the newspaper daily, and is a great working dog.  Steve and Brenda feel they are blessed to have such a great companion in our family.

 

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