From Supermarket Stray to PDCH
Bekkah has earned multiple championships in multiple sports.
This article was originally published in the June 2026 OVERview digital magazine.
“Bekkah became part of our pack in July 2018,” said Chris Meyers. “A neighbor of one of my agility friends found her in mid-July as a stray in the local H-E-B parking lot. No chip, no collar, not spayed.
“There were no local posts about a lost dog,” Chris continued. “I suspect that she ran away due to Fourth of July fireworks, which she does not like to this day. You can add thunderstorms and gunshots to that as well.”
Chris’ agility friend initially sought to adopt the rescued stray, but she ultimately decided that three agility dogs was a bit too much for her budget and asked to rehome Bekkah with Chris. Said Chris, “I was looking for a new dog for agility and agreed to take Bekkah if she got along with my boys. It was a great meeting for all, and she became ours.”
Seven years later, Bekkah has earned multiple championships in multiple dog sports: USDAA, AKC and UKI agility; Barn Hunt; and FastCAT — so far. When not busy with those canine disciplines, Bekkah and Chris dabble (but don’t compete) in dock diving.
Most recently, Bekkah achieved a USDAA title trifecta, earning her Snooker Master Bronze; Bronze ADCH; and Bronze Lifetime Achievement Award at Travis Agility Group’s October 2025 USDAA trial in Leander, Texas.
But success did not come overnight for Bekkah and Chris. “The greatest challenge with Bekkah was knowing that I couldn’t run as fast as her when we did agility,” said Chris, who got her start in the sport when she and her husband decided to move from obedience to agility with their first two rescues, a pair of Shelties adopted from the Humane Society in San Antonio.
Her next agility dog was Joe Joe, a rescued Pittie mix who ran agility “mostly to keep me happy,” she said. By then Chris was figuring out what kind of dog she needed for the sport. Her third dog was a mixed-breed rescue named Larry, whom she found through the Animal Defense League.
“Larry was a character!” Chris said. “He taught me lots about training and was not afraid to push my buttons. His DNA came back as a mix of Staffie, Rottie and Chow! My trainer suggested that a Border Collie should be my next dog, and the rest is history.”
Once Chris brought Bekkah home to stay on July 30, 2018 — Bekkah’s Gotcha Day — the duo started agility training right away. She said, “I decided that in addition to giving her lots of words to define her path when we ran a course, we really needed to have Bekkah work at a fair distance from me.
“It took us time to get our teamwork together,” she continued. “But she has become one amazing dog in agility. Bekkah may not be the speediest, but she is accurate most of the time.”
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n November 2018, just for fun, Chris entered her new protégée in a local USDAA trial, “just to see how she handled the environment,” she said, adding, “She Q’d in Jumpers, and it’s pretty much been lots of fun since then.”
Thanks to USDAA@HomeSM, Bekkah and Chris earned her first ADCH in May 2021. “We have fun with what I call ‘Silly Games I Play with My Dog,’” said Chris of her training methods. “After watching the skills that some of the top competitors use at top events, I try to see if we can do them.
“Bekkah has amazing weave skills,” she continued. “I can stand at pole #12 and send her out to pole #1 from either side as well as turn my back on her and know she will finish those weaves without my being there. My biggest accomplishment was learning not to stress and just have fun!”
As a seasoned handler, Chris was thrilled to have Bekkah earn her October 2025 hat trick of USDAA titles by scoring one final Snooker Q under Judge Tim Laubach.
“Tim is a member of BRAT — Bexar Regional Agility Team, the club where Bekkah got her first Q — and she’s the third or fourth dog he has seen me trial with in USDAA,” said Chris. “I have built courses with him many times, so he is a good friend, and it was special for me to earn these titles with him judging.”
What does the future hold for this winning team? “As for our next endeavors,” said Chris, “we will be working on getting certified in HRD — human remains detection.”
HRD won’t be as much fun as agility, but Bekkah and Chris will no doubt prove to likewise be champions at providing this worthy service.