iška is my soulmate. And that single sentence actually says it all:-). I got her as a gift from a breeder of Croatian Sheepdogs (Hrvatski Ovcar), who was interested in promoting this breed as an excellent agility dogs. I, of course, again chose the pup who grew up to be a strange looking member of it's breed (it seems that it's kind of a curse with me, as both Shesha and Error were not quite typical dogs too:-). She was born on 17th August of 1999 and her pedigree name is Miška Certisa. Miška was very active and determined puppy, eager to do anything for a bit of food or a play, and she learned very fast. At the age of only 3 months, she already participated in a demonstration at the dog show, and showed what pups can learn (she did heeling on the leash, sit stay, come, retrieving a ring of keys, giving a paw, barking at a command, etc). We started to train searching for missing people at that age too, building her motivation for searching through a "catch me if you can" sort of play with many strange people, so she would learn that every person she comes to is fun and ready to play.