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These are excerpts from Ella's Notes. Perhaps we can all learn
something very valuable from her.
Compete against your own limitations instead of worrying about what imperfections you can find in the accomplishments of others.
Make others like themselves a little better and they'll like you very much.
People rarely succeed at anything unless they have fun doing it.
No one will every be a great leader who does not take the genuine joy in the success of those who follow him.
There is a great difference in teaching submission and teaching cooperation.
Submission is temporary....the only dependable state is cooperation.
I don't have time for a hobby, I have a dog.
Advice is like cooking...you should try it just before feeding it to others.
Letters from some of Ella's Friends
Thank you putting up the page remembering Ella. Ella was the
original inspiration for me to give agility a try with my 16 week old rescue
Sheltie. It was a great pleasure for us to see Ella and Patty win the GP in 98
on TV and then actually meet her in-person at a Santa Barbara trial the week
after going to Denver to watch the AKC Nationals in Denver (Robbie and I were
still in Novice). Bob and Ella have been friends ever since that time and we
miss seeing her around at our California trials.
What seemed like a small thing at the time, the sport of Agility has become a
major change in our life and Ella without question was our original inspiration.
David and MACH Robbie ADCH
Ella's friends are so lucky to have known her. I never met her, but watched her
in many agility trials. The first time I saw her, I was sitting on a hill in
Placerville during a trial (that was during the time I was laughing at all those
people walking in circles with their arms out talking to themselves!!!). She was
such a graceful handler and there was little doubt that she was having a blast
with her dog!!!
Perhaps the excerpts from her notes will constantly remind all of us what is
important and what is not.
Nadine
