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An Easton woman and her dog are world champs when it comes to fancy footwork.

Rowan and Heather Witt-Sullivan are rising stars in the world of agility competition, recently winning a gold medal at the world championships in Holland.

The journey began when Rowan was a puppy, later working their way up the levels of contests.

Witt-Sullivan also has a professional dog training business.

News 12 Connecticut's Suzanne Goldklang has the story.

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And we're taking another look at the forecast. Morning, temperatures are going to be warm, but temps will fall throughout the day and there's still rain out there for that morning commute. So there could be a couple of issues on the roads plan accordingly. Travel could be a little disrupted by that rain. Now, there will be some snow falling mainly north, but that's going to be very brief and it doesn't look like we'll see much of an accumulation, but either way it's going to be damp out for the morning commute, the afternoon will be and colder. So make sure you have something waterproof for the morning, grab a rain jacket, don't wear the good shoes tomorrow, it's going to be very wet out, but later it up underneath because temperatures will be colder. S ra are still looking pretty messy across the area. And like I mentioned in terms of snow, there's not going to be very much but just parts of northern Litchfield County and as you go up in elevation, so this upcoming week as a whole is going to be a lot drier than what we're seeing right now. And those temperatures are in the forties.

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Easton woman and her dog win agility competition world championship in Holland

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I think your dog can do some cool tricks. Well, wait until you meet Rowan and her owner heather from Eastern, of course the pair are World chance. When it comes to some pretty fancy footwork are Suzanne Goldklang reports. She may not be the biggest dog, but when it comes to making moves like this, Rowan's a giant, we do it to have a connection with our dogs, something that we can work towards as a team, Rowan and heather with Sullivan are rising stars in the world of agility competition. Recently, winning a gold medal at World Championships in Holland. I started training my stuffed animals when I was in second grade. The journey began when rowan was a petite tuffy. I said I'm going to do agility with one and I struck gold later working their ways up the ladder of contests. Somebody who was the team coach for one of the world teams said you need to come to tryouts. Your dog is awesome, You're awesome! After waiting out the pandemic, they finally made the trip. So nice to be around all the other teams of all the other countries. Even under pressure, there are a lot of distractions that you need the dog to remain focused on you. Rowan had the right stuff. It was quite a rush. It was a lot of fun. Who knows if dogs understand metals, but one thing's clear this little Sheltie loves the roar of the crowd if you really want it badly enough and you work hard enough at it, you can get there in Eastern Suzanne Goldklang News 12 Connecticut heather also has a professional dog training business, very cool and congrats.

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