Murphy came home to us in February 1992, as Fred's dog.  Right - that ended in about a week's time and Murphy became my next challenge.  His breeder (Patricia White) thought he had the drive and attitude to do many many things, and boy was she right.  (Thank you so much Pat, for giving us the chance to have this wonderful dog.)

Learning to train a terrier was a feat that I was not really prepared for, not to mention the first of his breed trained in the sports field, but Murphy certainly made me look good and excelled at every sport.  Murphy became the first Toy Manchester Terrier to obtain an Obedience Trial Championship, Flyball Master Excellent (final points 12,169), (AAC) Agility Trial of Canada Championship, plus many other achievements.  No doubt Murphy's sport of choice was agility.  He ran his last agility course in February 2006, earning a Q in Master Standard.  Even with Murphy being 100% deaf, we still managed to get around the course, but the greatest pleasure was still being able to be out there together and we both enjoyed every second of it, whether a clean run or not.

Things in the house will certainly be different for some time.  Murphy has been a part of our family for over 14 years.  Though a small dog, a big hole will be left.  I am sure that he is now running is own agility course, which he did many, many times in life.

Thank you Murph, for all that you gave us - your heart, drive, zest for life and loyalty certainly made you "One in a Million"

Clara's other flyball dogs:
Badger - Active
Jiffy - Active
T-Rex - Learning