News

November 2025

New Agility Grand Champion!

Massive congratulations to AGILITY GRAND CHAMPION Apex Buzz To Infinity And Beyond! Sharon and Buzz (Swift x Shimmee) completed the incredible accomplishment of 450 Qs across a variety of classes to earn this incredible title. We are so proud of them, their teamwork, and all they have accomplished! Well done to a very deserving team!

October 2025

New Rally Champion!

Huge congratulations to Shannon & Sequel (Streak x Sass) who earned thier RACH (rally championship) last weekend! We are beyond proud and excited for this incredible achievement!!

October 2025

AKC Agility ISC Championships

A great weekend for Apex Shelties at the AKC Agility ISC Championships held in Franklin, TN! Saturday included a team event followed by individual finals on Sunday afternoon. Apex was well represented with finalists and podiums both days! So proud of all these teams and the breeding program we’ve developed.

Team Event:
🥇 “The Eras Tour” - Bee, Swinger, Strive, and Obi (all Swift x Shimmee offspring)
🥉 “Life of a Showgirl” - Kiwi, Swindle, Superstar, and Vice Versa (Swift daughter bred by Brittany Schaezler)

12” Finalists
- Superstar - 4th place finish
- Kiwi
- Swindle

16” Finalists
🥈 Kudos - 2nd place finish
- Strive - 4th place finish
- Bee
- Obi

July 2025

2025 European Open

Three Apex puppies ventured to Portugual for the European Open and had incredible performances there!

Gracie and Kudos had a wonderful clean Individual Agility run earning 27th out of 172 dogs! It was Kudos' first trip to Europe and she showed off just how amazing she is!

Abbey and Swindle had four incredible runs, putting scores on the board for all of them and earning their team a spot in Medium Team Finals!

Abbey and SuperStar had their first European trip together and Star, at only 2 years old, was just as her name describes, a star! They had four amazing runs, with a clean run in small individual agility, earning themselves a spot in Individual Finals. We can't wait to see what this little superstar does in the years to come!

VIDEOS:

Abbey and SuperStar

Abbey and Swindle

Abbey and Swindle

July 2025

2025 AWC Tryouts

The qualifying period hads ended and the results are in - TWO Apex Shelties have earned a spot in the Top 5 qualifying them for the 2025 AKC Agility Invitational!!

  ★  Abbey Beasley and Superstar (Swift x Shimmee)
  ★  Jean, Jennifer, and Bee (Swift x Shimmee)

Congratulations to all the Shelties! What an incredible lineup that will be representing our breed so well! See you in Orlando!

June 2025

2025 Incredible Dog Challenge

Huge congratulations to Bee who brought home two 1sts with both Jenn and Ethan at the Purina Incredible Dog Challenge in Huntington Beach, CA.

Bee was her usual incredible self, winning the Incredible Dog Challenge Medium Agility Regional Champion with Jenn, and then going on to win the Incredible Weaves Regional Champion with Ethan! We are so proud of Bee and her ability to shine with both Jenn and Jean, and now Ethan, as her handler!

April 2025

2025 AWC Tryouts

HUGE congratulations to Abbey, Jenn, and Viveka for their success at AWC tryouts. Abbey and SuperStar won their way onto the small dog team with multiple podiums and a blazing fast win in round 2. At just two years old we are so proud of this pair for their success and can't wait to see them in Europe!

Abbey also won her way onto the medium team with Swindle, making this her fifth year in a row winning onto this team! Joining them on the medium team is Jenn and Bee, who won two of the four rounds at tryouts!

Viveka and Monty rocked tryouts with a win in round 1 and a 3rd in round 2, earning them a spot on the intermediate team.

We are so excited for these four Apex/Trinity puppies and can't wait to see them shine at AWC!

April 2025

MACH SuperStar!

Now presenting 🌟Masters Agility Champion🌟 Superstar!! Going 4/4 at Zanesville, Abbey and Star finished their last QQ to earn thier MACH. CONGRATULATIONS!!

MACH Apex Dream Impossible Things MX MXJ MJB

April 2025

2025 ASSA National Specialty

Congratulations to Katy & Ares (Swift x Rio) a wonderul showing at the ASSA National Speciality in Colorado. In conformation Katy and Ares took 2nd in the Am Bred Dog and in herding they won High In Trial Ducks! What an amazing team who has worked so hard and deserves every bit of success! Katy also won High Combined (herding) with her Ares son, Mason. Huge congratulations!

March 2025

2025 UKI 1-TDC Invitational

We had many Apex dogs travel to the UKI 1-TDC invitational in Chicago and all were amazing!

Bee came home with 3rd place in the 16" Blue Ribbon Finals and the 16" overall winner for both Games Challenge and Pentathlon!

Swindle won 2nd in the 12" overall Games Challenge!

March 2025

2025 National Agility Champions!

We’ve always known our Apex dogs are champions but now it’s official for Swindle and Bee! Abbey and Swindle won the 12” AKC National Agility Championship and Jenn and Bee won the 16” AKC National Agility Championship in Tulsa, OK.

Along with these wins we also had Monty and Viveka placing 2nd in the 16" class in finals, Mary and Kiwi placing 3rd in the 12" class, and Abbey and SuperStar placing 4th in the 12" class. Jean and Ladybug also had an amazing run in challengers!

Congratulations to these incredible dogs and their handlers for their outstanding accomplishments at Nationals!

March 2025

Jenn and Bee - World Agility Open Wildcard

Another Apex puppy heads to Europe! Jenn and Bee were selected as a Wildcard for the 2025 FitPaws World Agility Open! Bee and Jenn will be headed back to the Netherlands in May to compete with some of the best in our sport!

March 2025

AKC European Open Team

A HUGE congratulations to Abbey and Gracie and the Apex offspring named to the 2025 AKC European Open Team! Shout out to Superstar, Swindle, Kudos, and Strive! Very proud of each of these teams and their amazing adventures! We can't wait to watch them in Portugal this summer!

February 2025

Abbey and Swindle - 2025 Westminster Champions

Westminster 2025 was a great success with Abbey and Swindle winning the 12" Masters Agility Championship for a second time!

February 2025

AKC National Qualifiers

Congratulations to the Apex teams who qualified for 2025 AKC National Agility Championship!

  ★ Susan Crank with Streak, Shine, Sting, & Swinger
  ★ Karissa Solberg & Obi
  ★ Mary Schaff & Kiwi
  ★ Abbey Beasley with Star, Strive, & Swindle
  ★ Jean Lavalley with Ladybug & Bee
  ★ Val Dietz & Blazyn
  ★ Elizabeth Blanchard & Deuce
  ★ Sharon Kondracki & Buzz
  ★ Daneka Hedges & Brite
  ★ Teri Kocher & Rio

January 2025

MACH +!

A great start to 2025 for a couple of the Apex girls! Congratulations to Rio for earning MACH 3 and Bee for earning MACH 10 at their recent agility trials!

December 2024

High in Trial

Congratulations to Sharon & Buzz and Abbey & Star on earning High Scoring Preferred and High Scoring Regular sheltie at the Miami Valley sheltie Club trial! Great runs by these two Apex teams!!

December 2024

MACH Sting!

Introducing MACH Apex Sting Some Stuff MX MXG MXJ MJS MFB T2B2 BCAT CGC TKN

Congratulations Susan & Sting (Swift x Shimmee) on this phenomenal accomplishment!!

November 2024

UKI US Open

Congratulations to Daneka & Brite (Swift x Rio) on taking bronze in the 12” Speedstakes finals at the UKI US Open!

Congratulations on the 2nd place finishes in the Masters Final at the UKI US Open for these three Apex teams! Way to go, ladies!!
  ★ Mary & Kiwi (Swift x Shimmee ) 8” reserve champion
  ★ Abbey & Swindle (Swift x Cinci) 12” reserve champion
  ★ Abbey & Strive (Swift x Shimmee) 16” reserve champion

Way to go Mary & Kiwi (Swift x Shimmee) for their bronze medal finish in the 8” Games Challenge at the UKI US Open in Jacksonville, FL.

October 2024

New Title!

Congratulations to Jean and Mookie (Swift x Rio) on earning their Elite 1 Nosework title!

September 2024

New Herding Champion!

It is with great excitement and joy we present… HERDING CHAMPION MACH Apex Wildest Dreams CD RE HSAds HSBd HIAd HIBd HXBd HXADM MXS PAD MJS XF T2B BCAT CGC TKN

Katy Mallory & Ares (Swift x Rio) earned their herding championship this weekend at the Buckeye All Breed Herding Association (BAHA) trial at Rosehaeven Farm. I cannot even begin to describe the training, time, and dedication that has gone into this title and to say we are proud of all that Katy & Ares has done would be an understatement. Let’s not forget he has his agility championship too! Please help me in congratulating this AMAZING team!!

June 2024

Vento x Allie

We are excited to welcome a new Apex litter! Allie (Streak x Hook) welcomed three beautiful puppies with a quick and easy delivery. Can’t wait to watch these pups grow up!

April 2024

AKC Agility World Team - AWC Bound!

After an incredible weekend competing at the AKC World Team Tryouts, we’d like to congratulate Vision (Vento x Sass) & Lynsey along with Swindle (Swift x Cinco) & Abbey on their wins onto the 2024 AKC Agility World Team headed to the Agility World Championship in Europe this fall! Congratulations on an incredible weekend! We are so proud!

April 2024

2024 ASSA National Specialty

We are so proud of Katy and Ares (Swift x Rio) for being awarded Runner-Up for Best All Around Sheltie after a marathon of competing in agility, obedience, rally, herding, and conformation among a field of exceptional dogs at this years national specialty.

MACH Apex Wildest Dreams CD RE HSAd HIAd HXAdM HSAs HSBd HIBd HXBd MXS MJS PAD XF T2B BCAT CGC TKN

April 2024

2024 ASSA National

It was a fantastic day of agility at the ASSA National! An entire day dedicated to Shelties doing agility with so many Apex Shelties in attendance…What could be better?!

For the 4th consecutive year, Apex is bringing home the award for High In Trial Masters! In addition, Shannon & Sequel won High In Trial Excellent and Abbey & Superstar won High In Trial Novice. We are proud of all the Apex teams in attendance this week and will be rooting on everyone as the national specialty continues this week with other disciplines.
  • HIGH IN TRIAL NOVICE - Apex Dream Impossible Things NA OAJ
  • HIGH IN TRIAL EXCELLENT - Apex Troubadour RM RAE OA NAJ ACT2 ACT2J
  • HIGH IN TRIAL COMBINED MASTERS - MACH7 Apex Meant To Bee RN MXG2 PAD MJG2 PJD MFS TQX T2B3 BCAT CGC TKN

Photo: Aaron Gold Photo

March 2024

Jasi and Giuliana - 2024 Team USA

We are excited to announce that Jasi (SwiftxShimmee) & Giuliana Lund have been named to Team USA for the inaugural Senior Open Agility World Championship in Belgium this July!

“I am sure it will be a fabulous event I am thrilled and honored that we were selected amongst so many stellar teams. Belgium, here we come!!!” -Giuliana

February 2024

New MACH Vento!

Huge congratulations to Jason & Vento on finishing their Masters Agility Championship today! 20 double Qs and 750 points to officially become MACH Ori’s Back Exciting Throw Caution To The Wind!

February 2024

2024 IFCS Team

Congratulations to the Giuliana Lund and Jasiri who have been chosen to represent the U.S. at the International Federation of Cynological Sports (IFCS) World Agility Championship in Bourgbarré, France, April 30 to May 5. For more information about the team, check out https://www.usdaa.com/news/ifcs-team-usa-2024-announced.cfm

December 2023

2024 EO Team Announced

Obi and Swindle are headed to England! After fantastic performances at EOTT, Karissa & Obi (Swift x Shimmee) along with Abbey & Swindle (Swift x Cinco) have been named to the 2024 European Open Team to represent the USA in England next summer! What an achievement for these two amazing teams!!

November 2023

Vision - 2024 World Agility Open

Huge congratulations to Lynsey & Vision (Vento x Sass) for being selected as part of the WAO Team USA headed to The Netherlands in 2024!! We are so proud of the team these two are becoming and all the hard work they have put in thus far. Such a deserving accomplishment!

October 2023

Congratulations to the Apex teams making the finals at the 2023 Cynosport World Games!! So proud of all the Apex teams competing here at nationals!

Steeplechase Finalists:
  •  Elizabeth & Deuce (Swift x Shimmee)
  •  Giuliana & Jasiri (Swift x Shimmee)
  •  Jenn & Bee (Swift x Shimmee)

Grand Priz Finalists
  •  Elizabeth & Deuce (Swift x Shimmee)
  •  Jennifer & Rio - 3rd place finish

Bee Wins 16" Steeplechase
  •  Special shout out to Bee for being crowned the new 16" Steeplechase National Champion! This win happening just 24 hours after being crowned the 16" Biathlon National Champion for the 2nd time.

July 2023

European Open Finalist

Jennifer and Bee secured their spot in the medium division finals at the European Open held in Denmark after WINNING the individual agility round. In addition, Bee earned a 2nd place round placement in Team Jumping. This was Bees 2nd time attending the EO and 2nd time earning her way into the finals!

June 2023

Bee is the Premier Cup Champion

At the 4th annual AKC Premier Cup held in Columbus, OH, Bee became the 16" Champion winning the final round after 2 clear preliminary rounds. This is Bee's second time to attend the event and Jennifer's 4th consecutive win of the 16" division.

May 2023

Bee Wins Westminster Again!

For the second consecutive year, Bee wins the 16” class at the Westminster Kennel Club Agility Championship held at the Arthur Ashe Tennis Stadium in New York City!

April 2023

Katy & Ares Reserve High In Trial!

An incredible performance on ducks at this years national specialty earned Katy & Ares (Swift x Rio) Reserve High In Trial! A well deserved accomplishment for this amazing team!

April 2023

Obi - HIT at the Shetland Sheepdog National Specialty

At just two years old, Obi (Swift x Shimmee) & Karissa won High Scoring Masters Dog at this years American Shetland Sheepdog Association National Specialty!

January 2023

MACH 4 Bee!

Congratulations to Apex Meant To Bee ("Bee") on earning her MACH4!

December 2022

Apex Shelties at the European Open Tryouts

The United States AKC team tryouts for the 2023 European Open were held in Latrobe, PA. Three Apex shelties attended this event to try out for a coveted spot on the team and ALL THREE were named to the 2023 team!! Congratulations to Daneka & Brite along with Bee and Sting on this incredible accomplishment. These teams will be headed to Denmark in the summer of 2023.

October 2022

Bee at the Purina Incredible Dog Challenge

This past weekend Bee & Jenn traveled to St Louis for the 2022 finals of the Purina Incredible Dog Challenge. Bee was the reigning champion in the medium height so was invited back for another year. After a spectacular round 1 run they finished 2nd alongside two great teams. Congratulations Bee on yet another great accomplishment!!

October 2022

New MACH (Masters Agility Champion)

Huge congratulations to Sharon & Buzz on achieving their AKC Masters Agility Championship (MACH) this past weekend at just three years old! What an incredible team they are and we are proud of all they have accomplished!
MACH Apex Buzz To Infinity And Beyond MX MXS MXJ MJB MFS T2B CGC TKA

September 2022

Rickey - 2022 NADAC Championship Pre-Elite Medium Champion!

Congratulations to Pamela & Apex Crush That Course (Streak x Sass) on their outstanding weekend in WY at the NADAC nationals. We are very proud of this young team and look forward to seeing more from them in the future!

August 2022

FCI European Open 2022

Bee and Jennifer traveled to Belgium where they were one of only two American teams to make both the team final and individual finals at the FCI European Open. Click HERE to watch their runs.

July 2022

New MACH (Masters Agility Champion)

Congratulations to Daneka and Brite (Swift x Rio) on earning their MACH title.

July 2022

Rio - 2022 AKC Premiere Cup - 2nd place

Congratulations to Rio (NAC MACH Scene Stealer Shak-A New World MXS MJS) and Jenn on their 2nd place finish at the 2022 AKC Premier Cup held in Columbus, OH. This invite only event took place at the Historic Crew Stadium where the top 20 dogs from each jump height were invited to compete at the ESPN televised event.

June 2022

Bee - 2022 Westminster Masters Agility Champion

Apex Meant To Bee (Swift x Shimmee) wins the 16" class at the 2022 Westminster Kennel Club 9th annual Masters Agility Championship with a time of 29.81 becoming the 1st shetland sheepdog in the history of the event to be awarded the title of Westminster Masters Agility Champion.

Read more about the win and watch Bee's winning run here: https://www.foxsports.com/stories/westminster-kennel-club/2022-westminster-dog-show-bee-crowned-masters-agility-champion

Watch videos of all of the Apex Shetland Sheepdogs at the 2022 Westminster Masters Agility: CLICK HERE

April 2022

Rio - 2022 AKC 12" National Agility Champion

After going 3/3 in the preliminary rounds, Rio ran the finals course in 35.7 seconds to be crowed the 2022 Nationals Champion!

Rio is the first sheltie to win the national title in 6 years.

March 2022

American Shetland Sheepdog Association National Specialty

Taylor, Rio, and Bee had a great day of agility at the 2022 Sheltie Nationals. The girls brought home 8 first place finishes and Rio earned the Agility Masters High Combines award for 2022 after going 4/4 with all first places in 12" standard, JWW, and both premier classes! Taylor also won both her classes and Bee won 16" standard and premier standard.

We are very proud of these girls and the incredible day they had!

CLICK HERE to watch videos of Apex dogs competing at the American Shetland Sheepdog Association National Specialty

December 2021

EO Tryouts

Huge congratulations to the Apex puppies that were named as part of Team USA traveling to Belgium for the European Open in 2022!! We are very proud of these teams along with all the Apex shelties who attended tryouts!

★ Bee (Swift x Shimmee) & Jennifer Crank - Medium Team Member

★ Aero (Swift x Rio) & Lori Michaels - Medium Team Alternate

November 2021

National Champion BEE

Bee is a NATIONAL CHAMPION!! After a spectacular weekend at the UKI US Open, Jennifer and Bee (Swift x Shimmee) win the 16" UKI National Champion Final along with winning their way onto Team USA traveling to Netherlands for the World Agility Open.

October 2021

THREE Swift Daughters take SIX National Championships!

Many congratulations to the THREE Swift daughters who brought home a total SIX National Champion titles at the 2021 Cynosports World Games! I could not be more proud of these teams and all that Swift had passed down to the younger generation. To say I am proud is an understatement!

★ Swindle - 14" Biathlon Champion, 14" Grand Prix Champion, DAM Team Champion

★ Brite - 14" Steeplechase Champion

★ Bee - 16" Biathlon Champion

October 2021

National Champion BRITE

Brite is a NATIONAL CHAMPION!! HUGE congratulations to Daneka & Brite (Swift x Rio), the 2021 Steeplechase Nationals Champions! Brite won the 14" height of the steeplechase finals at the 2021 Cynosports World Games.

October 2021

Apex "J" Litter

On October 6th, a few days before her due date, Hook delievered 4 healthy puppies without a bit of problem. This litter will be named the Apex “J” litter and is a repeat breeding of Streak x Hook. The sable boy (Jackpot) and thee sable girls (Jalapeño, Jello, and Jammin’) are all doing great!

October 2021

New MACH (Masters Agility Champion)

Congratulations to Jean, Jenn and "Bee" (Swift x Shimmee) on earning their MACH title.

September 2021

First Annual Apex Reunion

The first ever Apex reunion is in the books and what a total blast it was! Thanks to all who helped put on a spectacular weekend of learning, hiking, agility, and all kinds of sheltie fun. I love the Apex family and the friendships that have formed through our common love of our Shelties.

August 2021

Apex "I" Litter

On August 18th, Sass welcomed three beautiful boys into the world! Two bi-blues (Icee and Infinite) and a bi-black (Icon) are now the Apex "I" litter. Fun fact: after 3 litters, Sass has only produced boys!

July 2021

New MACH (Masters Agility Champion)

Congratulations to Katy and Ares (Swift x Rio) on earning their MACH title.

June 2021

Apex "H" Litter

On June 24th, Shimmee delivered 3 happy and healthy puppies! This will be the Apex “H” litter with HipHip (tri male), Hooray (blue girl), and Holy Cow! (Blue boy). This is the 3rd breeding of Shimmee x Swift.

May 2021

Swift finishes his conformation championship!

Swift finished his conformation championship in Morgantown, WV, and is now known as "MACH2 CH Jandale Making Sparks Fly RN MXG MJS MXF T2B"

May 2021

Swift wins the 2021 AKC Premier Cup

Swift wins the 16 inch division of the 2021 AKC Premier Cup in Ocala, Florida

April 2021

Apex Wildest Dreams takes High in Trial at the ASSA National Specialty

Katy & Ares, Apex Wildest Dreams from our Swift x Rio breeding, won Agility High In Trial at the 2021 ASSA Sheltie National!! So proud of this team and all they have accomplished at just 2 years old.

April 2021

Happy 1st birthday to the Shimme x Swift litter!

Check out this awesome collaboration of their first year.

April 2021

We would like to welcome the "G" boys, Google and Garmin, to this crazy world!!

Rio x Kite are the parents of 2 beautiful sons; one tri and one bi-black. We are very excited about this litter as this is Kite's first litter here in the United States. This is also the first bi-black produced here at Apex Shelties.

March 2021

Swift wins the 2021 Incredible Dog Challenge Eastern Regional!

After a spectacular weekend in St. Petersburg, FL, Swift is now the 2021 Purina Pro Plan Incredible Dog Challenge Eastern Regional champion in Medium Agility. Wow, what an event!!! Swift proved yet again he never gives me less than 100% perfect!

March 2021

Congratulations to Katy & Ares and Daneka & Brite!

Congratulations to Katy & Ares and Daneka & Brite on an incredible showing at the 2021 AKC National Agility Championships! This was the first nationals for these teams and they proved they have an exciting journey ahead of them.

Watch Brite and Ares at the 2021 AKC National Agility Championship: