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Each time Elizabeth Fritz and her All-American Dog come to compete in a dog sport, all eyes are on them. It鈥檚 not just their skills that make this AKC Rally team from Wausau, Wisconsin, turn heads. 鈥淕oose鈥� Ltjg Nick Bradshaw RN BCAT TKI, is often the only dog competing with three legs.

A Desire to Compete in Dog Sports

Fritz and Goose, who is an estimated 4 years old, competed at the 11th Annual AKC Rally National Championship in Wilmington, Ohio, in the AKC Rally Novice division. It was their first time at the biggest AKC Rally stage, but Fritz鈥檚 love for the sport is nothing new.

Growing up, Fritz counted down the days when she鈥檇 be able to get her own dog to do dog sports with. A dog trainer that Fritz went to was very into AKC Rally, and this was her first introduction to the sport. It was around the time when the sport first started in 2005, and she was immediately hooked.

At the time, she had a Labrador Retriever, 鈥淗oney.鈥� 鈥淚 really started to love doing it and was having a lot of fun,鈥� Fritz recalls. 鈥淗oney was very excitable, so we didn鈥檛 do many dog sports with her.鈥�

Good Things Come Back Around

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Honey unfortunately passed away in 2020, which was very tough on Fritz. Still, she was open to getting another dog in time. 鈥淚 was more browsing and window shopping than looking,鈥� Fritz says. She saw a shelter listing for an All-American Dog, but had to pass it over because the apartment she was in at the time didn鈥檛 allow dogs. When she moved into a new pet-friendly apartment months later, she saw the same dog listed again.

鈥淗e was returned to the shelter because he had too much energy for his first owner. so I said 鈥榓bsolutely,'鈥� Fritz smiles.

Fritz knew that Goose had three legs when she got him. She was told that he was hit by a car as a puppy and had to have his back leg amputated. 鈥淪omebody brought him in, tick-infested, too. He had a rough go,鈥� Fritz says. 鈥淚 took a look at that face, and said, 鈥業 can鈥檛 say no.鈥� He鈥檚 just an awesome dog.鈥�

Nothing Holding Him Back

This endless energy that was too much for one person was exactly what Fritz was looking for. When she was messaging the shelter about getting him, she鈥檇 discussed the potential for doing dog sports and hikes with him. 鈥淔rom what they were seeing with him, they felt that he鈥檇 be up for it, both personality-wise and, clearly, he鈥檚 capable of anything.鈥�

She started competing with him in Fast CAT, where Goose excelled. He鈥檚 clearly not holding back: his fastest time so far is 24 mph. They quickly got involved with AKC Rally as well. Unfortunately, the ticks he鈥檇 had as a puppy wasn鈥檛 the only health complication along the way. Goose tested positive for heartworm, and had to take a year off of dog sports for treatment. But you鈥檇 never be able to tell watching him and Fritz in the ring.

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Always Exceeding Expectations

Fritz says that Goose is like any other dog, just with three legs instead of four.

鈥淭he only real thing that鈥檚 different is that when he has an itch on his left side, he can鈥檛 scratch it,鈥� Fritz says. 鈥淥ther than that, to be quite honest, if he had four legs, I鈥檇 have to take up marathon running,鈥� she laughs. 鈥淚 couldn鈥檛 keep up with him otherwise.鈥�

Goose never wants to do any less because of his leg, and Fritz never tampers her expectations of what he鈥檚 capable of. 鈥淵ou just have to figure out what they love to do, just like any other dog, and treat them like that,鈥� she says. 鈥淭he more you think they can鈥檛 do it, the more they鈥檙e going to prove you wrong.鈥�

Representation at Big Events

Even though Fritz has competed in AKC Rally before, it was her first time at the AKC Rally National Championship with any dog. 鈥淚t was completely worth the wait. He had a blast in the ring,鈥� she beams. 鈥淲e鈥檙e just having fun, no matter the score. That鈥檚 all that we came for.鈥�

Goose was the only dog with three legs at the AKC Rally National Championship, and attracted a lot of positive attention. People recognize them from all over, also from their social media accounts. 鈥淲hen you鈥檙e a 鈥渢ripod,鈥� people don鈥檛 take long to find you at shows,鈥� Fritz laughs.

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They don鈥檛 plan on slowing down in dog sport unless Goose wants to. And, judging by his gleeful trotting in the ring, that won鈥檛 be anytime soon. 鈥淲e鈥檒l just keep doing whatever he鈥檚 game to come along for, and see what we can conjure up.鈥�

Fritz says that people come up to her at events with stories of their own, dogs with recently amputated limbs, and find comfort in seeing her and Goose shine in the sport. 鈥淚t鈥檚 inspiring, I think, for people to see that he鈥檚 out here doing this and having so much fun. It鈥檚 important that people can see that any dog can do it.鈥�