Izit as a new champion at the Evelyn Kenny dog show, 1994

Photograph by Mikron Photography

Izit as Best Veteran in the Working-Herding Specialty Show, Red Deer AB, 2000

Thank you to judge Gerald Burke, and to Zerilda Boleska for handling him that day

Photograph by James Grant Photography

Izit had a great sense of humour, as do so many sammies, and he was dearly loved. His favorite leisure activity was to lie on top of his picnic table and watch the world go by while he contemplated the amazing hole he had just completed digging under it.

Izit playing up to the crowd in the Klondike Days Parade, Edmonton AB