Morgan Dondlinger
Morgan has a strong passion for dogs and their training. Professionally she has been caring for and training dogs since 2015, starting her career at Leashes and Leads, and then opening a business in a partnership. In 2021 she decided to start her own business, The Modern K9.
Her various roles have included daycare, boarding, training, and being entrusted by her clients to bring their dogs into her home for extended periods with the board and train program. Additionally, she competes in various sports with her dogs. Morgan's interest and love for dog sports began when she was 12 with the 4-H dog program she competed in with her dog Tucker. Tucker and Morgan received many honors in obedience, rally, and agility. During their 4-H journey, they had the opportunity to compete and win at the state level multiple times. After she began working at Leashes and Leads, Morgan started taking various classes with Chevy and began competing with him in obedience, rally, and agility, earning various titles and honors.
When not working with client dogs or competing with her dogs, you can often find Morgan out camping, hiking, or paddle-boarding. Morgan's dogs enjoy participating in these hobbies as well, whether it's paddle-boarding with her on a lazy summer day or car camping on a late fall night.
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Sona Kennels
Morgan breeds Border Collies and Golden Retrievers for sport and active companion homes.
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Chevy
RACH Revvin' To Go CD RM3 RAE2 NAP NJP DS DDB CGCA CGCU TKA
January 31st 2015 - May 7th 2024
Chevy is the Aussie that helped to develop Morgan's love and enthusiasm for dog training and sports. Chevy often works with Morgan as her model to help develop her photography skills. He is affectionately known as "Mr. Perfect" among his closest friends.
Chevy is a natural in all sports he competes in and has earned titles in agility, disc, dock diving, canine good citizen, and multiple trick titles. Chevy & Morgan recently finished their goal of becoming a rally champion.
Chevy loves all people, and Morgan tried to use this love of his and train him to be a therapy dog. Unfortunately, his love of belly rubs got in the way, making him inaccessible to many of those he would be seeing. When not hard at work seeking belly rubs or strutting around the ring, Chevy can often be found on the search for snacks. Chevy considers himself a snack connoisseur by constantly trying new snacks. Feel free to ask him for recommendations for you or your pup!
Additionally, Chevy loves to be active and explore new places. He frequently goes on expeditions to various state parks with his mom, where in addition to hiking and camping, he enjoys rolling around in the new environment to really get a feel for it.
Kimber
Rising Sun Rebel of the Royal Fortress RE OA OAJ DDUE BCAT CGCA CGCU TKA
Kimber is Morgan's "pandemic puppy" and queen of the house.
She is a phenomenal agility dog and continues to exceed Morgan's goals. Almost immediately after Morgan got Kimber, she developed a love for disc, a sport that she continues to excel at and this summer she will be getting her feet wet with dock diving!
Kimber's goals for 2024 include working towards her rally championship title, continue competing in agility and she will have her first litter in the fall!
Spire
Imp Newbold Spire RA ACT1J BCAT TKA CGCA CGCU
Spire was born on May 25, 2022 in the United Kingdom, and arrived in the United States on August 10, 2022. She is very bold and outgoing, and is already learning some basic obedience and agility foundations!
She comes from strong herding lines, and Morgan has plans to introduce her to it in the future.
Some of Spire's hobbies include attempting to help with household chores such as putting the sheets on the bed, and attempting to sort socks. She also loves to snuggle with her mom when she’s not throwing toys around.
Morgan's goals for Spire are to compete at high levels of agility and competitive obedience as well as play around with herding and dock diving.
Rory
Rare Riddle Loyal Gold RN TKA CGCA CGCU
Rory is from Loyal Gold in Poland, born on February 22nd 2024.
Morgan's goals with Rory are competition obedience, rally, dock diving nosework and possibly some search & rescue and/or therapy work.