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WAO 2013- team Australia team Australia

Team Manager

Karen Phillips

Karen stared her agility carrer in 1998 with two border collies Lucratif Original Chill " Murphy " & " Lucratif Barbwire Babe " Soda " and already at the beginning she was very good, she won multiple State Titles, Royal Shows, Western Classics as well as making finals at every Nationals she attended. Both dogs winning onto the WA National Team, Soda in 2004
and both dogs in 2005. Now, she ' s currently competing with five year old border collie Sonic. In 2012 she made her World Agility Open debut running in the 300 class with Cody a gorgeous Jack Russell X, loaned to her by Laura Innes from Scotland. Although she didn ' t achieve any competition success. This year she ' s back at the WAO running in the 650 height with her dog Sonic.