Who Is Tala?

ADCH MACH Blackwatch Hi C-Era Tala
11/1/00 -5/22/2012

Tala was a blue merle Border Collie who excelled at dog agility and who was mother and grandmother to many other dogs, many of whom also excel in agility and amazingly look a lot like her. Tala's beautiful heterochromia (eyes of different colors) gave her a distinctive appearance.

• Sire: Peachykeen Blue Phantom Jett
• Dam: Blackwatch Britt HASA
• Bred by Carla Popeney

Her owners/trainers/handlers are Greg Leal and Tammy Langer of Hi C-Era in Morgan Hill, California.

Tala earned agility championships in both USDAA and AKC and made appearances in several nationals finals. [when?]

NOTE: I've filled in information as it has trickled in; can't vouch for the accuracy. If you have more info or photos, I'd love to add them.

What Is Tala's History?

[How did she end up with Greg and Tammy?]

Goodbye: At the AKC nationals in April, 2012, Tala competed amazingly well, especially considering that she was 11 1/2 years old. Shortly thereafter, she was diagnosed with leukemia, and then she was gone. Tammy said, ""She was known around here for her ever vigilant squirrel patrol,  for always being willing to run for ANYBODY (she wasn't particular ), and probably her signature startline, the vulture, which she seems to have passed on to some of her offspring. :) It was such a quick aggressive cancer, R 30; but she did the things she loved up until the end; we will miss her so much."

• Tala's First Litter (with Sam)
  Next generation litters:
  • Smarty Joanz' First Litter (with Aiko)
  • Smarty Joanz' Second Litter (with Aiko's brother)
  • Smarty Joanz' Third Litter (with Panzer)
  • Smarty Joanz' Fourth Litter (with TNT's Ricky)
    Next generation litters:
    • Rex sired a litter.
  • Wyn's First Litter (with Spy)
  • Wyn's Second Litter (with Spinner)
• Tala's Second Litter (with Coty)
  Next generation litters:
  • Gina's First Litter (with Yankee)
  • Derby Sired Litter 1 (to Bet)
• Tala's Third Litter (with Quirk)
• Tala's Fourth Litter (with Coty)
  Next generation litters:
  • Tricki-Woo Sired Litter (to Bet)
  • Tricki-Woo Sired a 2nd Litter (to who?)
  • Archie sired a litter (with Blackwatch One in A Million)
  • Archie sired another litter (with Czechmate Hit the Trifecta)
• Coty more offspring (to Tala's mother)

Tala's First Litter

• Smarty Joanz (Blackwatch Smarty Joanz, HS, OF, NA, OAF): Blue merle female. Owner Carla Popeney, Fallon, NV; does agility. (Smarty had four litters.)
• Wyn: Black/white female. Also lives with Tammy and Greg and excels in dog agility. Oct 2006: Wyn had 2 (?) litters
• Kiwi: Black/white female. Owner Linda Greene in northern California. Excels in dog agility.
• Zag: Black/white female. Went to Tennessee to do agility.
• Corky: Black/white and the only male. A happy pet dog.

Smarty Joanz	Smarty Joanz (again)	Wyn	Kiwi	Zag	Corky

Tala's Second Litter

Coty, a black and white Border Collie also owned by Greg and Tammy, sired Tala's next litter.

• ADCH MACH Blackwatch Gamble on Coty, ABC registered
• Sire: Blackwatch Jack of Trades Dam: Emma Lil Mo Scmoe

Beck, Gina, Boost, and Bette, Feb 2008

The offspring, born January 31, 2005, are:

• Boost (Greenelda?) (Hi C-Era Interstellar Propulsion): Blue merle female with heterochromic eyes like her mom's. Owner Ellen Finch of northern California. Competes in USDAA and CPE agility. (USDAA MAD, Tournament Silver (one SQ short of ADCH); CPE C-ATCH; herding aptitude certificates). Died April 24, 2015, unidentified cancer. Visit Boost's page.
• Gina (Orangina?): Blue merle female. Owner Tim and Susan Humphries of southern California. Competes in agility and herding; in USDAA agility 22" top ten in some categories; competing at national level in USDAA and AKC. Gina had a litter.
• Bette: Blue merle female. Owner Mary Van Wormer, of California's Central Valley. Competes in USDAA agility. USDAA ADCH
• Tinker: Blue merle: Someone's pet.
• Beck: Black/white female. Owner Robert Greene of northern California (with her half-sister, Kiwi). USDAA ADCH--also MACH?
• Caena ("KAY-na"): Black/white female. Owner--northern California. Training for agility.
• Derby: Black/white and the only male. Stayed with Tammy (breeder) and competes in agility. Derby sired a litter.

Gina	Boost	Derby	Bette	Beck (darn it, put your ears up!)	Caena

Tala's Third Litter

Quirk, also owned by Tammy and Greg, sired Tala's third litter.

The offspring, born February 13, 2007, are:

• Quik: Black/white male. Owned by Carleen Chandler of the Central Valley. USDAA ADCH.
• Flex: Black/white male. [ owned by ??]
• Kai: Black/white male. Owned by Suzie Bluford of northern California. Training for agility. (?)
• Quas ("kass"): Blue merle female. Owned by Donna Sprouse in California's Central Valley. USDAA ADCH, CPE C-ATCH-2?
• Roulette: Blue merle female. Owned by Katy Robertson of northern California. Titled in agility. May '18: "going strong at 11"
• Rowdy: Blue merle male. Owned by Cheri van Bibber of central California. Titled in agility.

Roulette (2 pix)	Quik	Quas	Rowdy	Flex	Kai

Tala's Fourth Litter

With Coty again. August 15, 2008.

• TCam: blue merle female. owned by Silvina Bruera of northern california. USDAA ADCH, AKC MACH (named to AKC world team, May 2012)
• Tonic (Hi C-Era Gambler's Tonic): black and white male, owned by Jennifer Voelkel of northern california. Titled in dog agility--Lots of nationals and 2 EO teams.
• Tricki-Woo: black and white male, owned by Tammy Langer and Greg Leal. Tricki sired 2 litters.
• Kiley: color, owned by Roberta Troxell.
• dog5: blue merle male, owned by [out of state].

Tcam	Tonic	Tricki-woo	Kylie	dog #5

Smarty Joanz' First Litter

From Susan Cochran's Aiko, the next generation--Tala's grandchildren. The offspring, born xxx, are:

• Rider: Black and white male(?), owned by Susan Cochran in Northern California. Titled in agility
• Racer: blue merle male, owned by Cincy Norman of northern California. Competes in dog agility.
• Turi: blue merle female, owned by Georgia Demetre of northern california. Titled in dog agility. Died of T-cell carcinoma just after her 10th birthday. "No longer with us and sorely missed."
• Skip: Black/white male, owned by Sue Bailey of northern Calif. Titled in dog agility.
• Archie ( Blackwatch Sir Archie): Owned by Carla again. Archie sired 2 litter2 (with Blackwatch One in A Million)
  

Rider	Racer	Turi	Skip	Archie

Smarty Joanz' 2nd Litter

From Aiko's brother, the next generation--Tala's grandchildren. The offspring, born xxx, are:

• Pirate: blue merle female, owned by Deb Lage, northern california, competes in dog agility.
• dog2: others? color, owned by who.
• dog2: others? color, owned by who.

Smarty Joanz' 3rd Litter

From Panzer, the next generation--Tala's grandchildren. Two pups, born xxx, are:

• Ruthie: blue merle female, owned by Robert Greene in northern California.
• dog2: female color, owned by Greg's mom.

Ruthie	dog 2

Smarty Joanz' 4th Litter

From TNT's Ricky, the next generation--Tala's grandchildren. Two pups, born xxx, are:

• Rex (Blackwatch TNT Checkmate): Blue merle male, owned by Susan Cochran in Northern California. in dog agility. Rex sired a litter.
• Tweed (Blackwatch Winning Colors Encore): Blue merle male, Owned by Carla again.

Tweed	Rex

Wyn's First Litter

From Jim Basic's Spy, the next generation--Tala's grandchildren.

JB, Jarret, Sweep, Tip

Five offspring, born October 13, 2006, are:

• Jarrett: Black and white male, owned by Jim Westbrook in Northern California. Started competing in agility April 2008.
• Sweep: Black and white male, owned by Jim Basic of northern california. Titled in dog agility.
• JB: Black and white male owned by Kathleen Alles of northern California. Titled in dog agility.
• Tip: Owned by Belinda Head
• Finnegan (Finn): Owned by Karen Charles.

Jarrett	Sweep	JB	Tip	Finn

Wyn's 2nd Litter?

• Gifted: Black and white, owned by Rachel Sanders in central California. Titled in agility.

Gina's First Litter

• Shazam: Blue merle male, owned by Mary Lou Hanlon in xxx.
• 2Do: Blue merle male, owned by Jodi Altman in Toronto, Canada. Healthy and accomplished Canadian agility dog and now learning freestyle. (May '18)
• Merger: Blue merle male?, owned by Lisa Selthofer in xxx.
• Robbie: Blue merle male, owned by Ali Roukas.
• dog2: others? color, owned by who.

2Do (2 pix)	Shazam	Merger	Robbie	other pups

Derby Sired a Litter

• Dice: black/white male, owned by Lorie Abbott in northern California.
• Ajax: black/white male, owned by ?? in northern California.
• Allie: black/white female, owned by Barbara Sciaroni in northern California.

Tricki-Woo Sired a Litter

• Loki: black/white male, owned by Terry LeClair in northern California.
• Trixie: black/white female, owned by Lori Abbott in northern California.
• Penn: color/sex, owned by Jack Sciaroni in northern California.
• xxx: color/sex, owned by Karen Schimmels in xx.
• xxx: color/sex, owned by Mike Morrison (?maybe) in xx.
• xxx: color/sex, owned by xx in xx.

Tricki-Woo Sired a 2nd Litter

• Coal: black/white male, owned by Wendy Weiss Krehbiel, northern California
• Gooose: black/white , sex?, owned by Tammy Langer, northern California
• Pink: black/white , sex?, owned by Lisa Maynard, northern California
• ?: black/white female, owned by ??

Coal	Goose	Pink	other pup

Archie sired a litter

• Hopi (Blackwatch Dragon Slayer Hopi): black/white female, owned by Lauralyn Bateson Johnson located in where? Titles etc?

Hopi	other pups?

Archie sired another litter

• Kiowa : black/white female, owned by Lauralyn Bateson Johnson. Sadly died of a freak accident at 18 months.

Kiowa	other pups?

Rex sired a litter

• DIRTT (Hidden Valley Do It Right This Time): tala great granddaughter,living with Georgie Demetre in California (?). As of May 2018: " Alive and raising hell!"

DIRTT

Coty more offspring

• Maja: black/white female, owned by Silvina Bruera (also TCam's owner) in northern California; another agility stand-out.
• Panzer: black/white male, owned by Justo Hurtado in California

Maja dock diving	Panzer

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