In search of a new breed, and one capable of “multi tasking” my first belgian arrived from California. He was a very self assured young man, who in the course of our life together, was going to teach me all there was to know about dominant behaviour, and how to manage it well.

Task lived up to his name. I picked this name before I got him - I wanted a dog that could do whatever was asked of him, and he did it all.

He achieved his Canadian Championship with multi group placings and excelled in obedience earning his Canadian Companion Dog title, qualifying in all 4 trials with scores of 196, 198+, 193 and 198 ½. He achieved both his Am./Can. Tracking Dog Excellent titles on his first try. He earned both his USDAA Starters and Advanced agility titles in 3 straight trials with many firsts in his class. Task was the first Belgian Tervuren in North America to earn an Advanced title in USDAA.

In 1994, he achieved his Canadian Utility Degree in one weekend with 3 first in class. He was trialed one other weekend, and qualified in all 4 trials and placed first in his class each time.

In 1996, we ventured down to Troy Michigan, for the American Belgian Tervuren Club National Specialty and entered in Agility, TDX, Veteran’s Obedience, and Veteran’s Sweepstakes. He placed first in Novice Agility 24", was the only TDX qualifier, and won a run-off for 4th place in obedience. It was a fine weekend.

Just when you think you’ve done it all, Task was able to do it again by earning a perfect 200 score in the veterans obedience class at the age of eleven. He had multi high in classes with scores over 195+.

Even in his 11th year, he ceased to tire. He would race through the bush on a rabbit trail, looking totally natural, as if he belonged in the wild. This would be cut short when in the fall he succumbed to hermangio sarcoma.