Ted was proudly owned, trained and loved by Cathy Jean Jones, Ft Collins, Colorado.  When Ted came on the scene a dark solid red dog was a rarity.  Ted had been chasing the neighbor's cows and Cathy, recognizing what a powerful dog he was, decided he must be trained.  And trained he was!  She trained him on ducks because that was all she had and then trialed him on all three classes of stock.  He soon became known as "the aggressive low heeler" but his keen fetching style and eye on sheep and ducks showed there was more to this dog than just a heeling dog.  His love of Cathy and protective nature caused numerous problems when he growled at judges in conformation and during the stand for examination in obedience.  Still he earned his Championship and CDX with some bumps along the way.  His aggression caused some people to shy away from him (literally and in breeding!) but we did not have a problem with his offspring and he was an important sire of the seventies.  Cathy and her Ted were part of the seventies and Cathy served the breed in another way as an ASCA President.