A HUGE CONGRATULATIONS to Logan and Jett on Jett earning his CD title in Grove this past weekend!
Logan showed Jett in Novice A obedience on Saturday and guided him to a score of 177 and Jetts 3rd qualifying score to earn his AKC Companion Dog title! What an accomplishment for a 12 year old boy!
Way to go LOGAN!
Archive for April, 2009
Great Job Logan!
Wednesday, April 29th, 2009Frodo made a web newspaper video!
Tuesday, April 21st, 2009cwccavideo
Alright – lets see if this link works – the Topeka News had this video on the web. Frodo is doing his down and back and then you can see him going around the ring. I just wanted to share it with everyone – IF the video works that is! GRINS!
Laur’en did great at Nationals!
Saturday, April 18th, 2009
Laur’en Jordan bravely showed our 6 month old Buckaroo’s Lord of the Rainbow STAR (aka “Frodo”) in Junior Showmanship today at the 2009 CWCCA National. This team took 2nd place with the judge commenting that he knew she was working with a not so happy puppy today but that she did a great job with him. The young gentlemen who beat her went on to win Best Junior Handler for the National Specialty. Laur’en did an awesome job handling Frodo and we were all very proud of her.
Another Win from Nationals!
Saturday, April 18th, 2009
I feel so blessed right now. Today, our Miss Lila was awarded 2nd place in the 6-9 month puppy bitch class at the CWCCA Nationals. This means that all three of our show prospect babies earned placements at this years nationals. This is quite a feat. I am honored that Lilas mom and dad – Lori and Nathan Drozd allowed me to show Lila to this win and that they were there to see her win. I know how much it meant to them for her to win this award!
More Wins from Nationals!
Friday, April 17th, 2009
Oh My Gosh – what a wonderful second day at the 2009 CWCCA National Specialty. Rainbow’s MacWallace JW Red (aka Wally) won the Open Dog Class! Elizabeth, mom, and I are the breeders of Wally. Wally lives out in California with Joanne and Ron Pape, who own Wally’s Dad. Elizabeth handled Wally to this wonderful win!
Then, Buckaroo’s I’m Bona Fide (aka Bonner) was awarded 3rd place in the 6-9 puppy dog class. Lyn Buck owns Mr. Bonner and I handled him to this lovely win.
Finally Buckaroo’s Lord of Rainbow STAR (aka Frodo) made the cut in a very competitive Bred By Exhibitor Class. He was the youngest dog to make the cut and I was so thrilled to accomplish this feat.
WOW – is the only word I have for this wonderful National Specialty. Tomorrow the girls get to compete again!
Frodo brings home a placement from Nationals!
Thursday, April 16th, 2009
BIG WOW! Frodo aka Buckaroo’s Lord of the Rainbow STAR – brought home a 3rd place in 6-9 month puppy dog sweepstakes at the 2009 CWCCA National! The judge was Marla Gardner and there were 19 cute little Cardi boys in his class!!!!
Frodos brother and sister were also shown. They put on great performances but weren’t quite to the judges liking. I also showed Cedar aka Buckaroo’s Over the Moon and she made the cut in her nice 15-18 month puppy bitch sweepstakes class, no ribbon, but made the cut!
Ellie and Elizabeth Macnair had a good day. Their 3 siblings made the cut with Boomer bringing home a 4th place in the 9-12 month puppy dog sweepstakes class. Then Elizabeth handled BISS CH Shamrocks Faith Hill to Best Veteran in Sweepstakes. Faith Hill won the CWCCA National when she was 6 months old!
Thursday – the boys get to play in the real competiton and on Friday – the girls go again. Going to head to bed and try to get some sleep!
Spoiling a Puppy
Wednesday, April 15th, 2009
Sometimes it’s fun to spoil the kiddos. This is Mr. Frodo enjoying his ice cream on a warm fluffy bed, and yes, he will sleep in that bed all night! We are at Cardigan Nationals and I am trying to “bribe” Frodo for a good performance the next couple days! Let’s just see how that turns out!
Grove Weekend #1
Tuesday, April 14th, 2009
OH MY GOSH – what a wonderful weekend we have in Grove, OK!!!! The BIG WIN was the Group 2 with Siberian Husky – Rummer! This was Rummer’s and my first weekend back together for 2009 and what a way to start!! We had wins all over the place! Miss Spike, Akita, finished her Championship with a third major!! Dash, Siberian Husky, earned a 4 point major – his second major. Cedar, Cardigan Welsh Corgi, earned 2 more points towards her Championship as did Jasmine, Long Hair Dachshund! Scuba, Rhodesian Ridgeback, earned her first Championship point! Then Frodo, my Bred By Cardigan, earned his first Championship point! And, the weekend ended on a high note with Ayden, Chinese Crested, earning another point and he also went Best of Breed over a special! So, Jessica got to play in group for the first time and she and Ayden looked great!
I will be headed to Cardigan Nationals in less than 12 hours – so much to do – so going to stop this note fast!
Thanks to all my clients for letting me show their beautiful dogs!
Valley Center Dog Shows
Monday, April 6th, 2009
Congratulations to the Rainbow Gang for the successes at the Valley Center Shows!!!! Cedar, the Cardigan, led the pack earning her first 3 pt major!! Jasmine, Longhair Dachshund, earned 1pt and 2 reserves! Toby, Am Staff, earned 2 pts and a reserve. Ayden, our cute Chinese Crested, earned 2 major reserves!! Our Rhodesians all had fun and looked good in the ring. Stella did earn her second major – she is being guided by another handling team for a couple shows. Milo, the Viszla, earned one reserve. Lauren Moore, our JR Handler traveling with us, made the first cut in the special junior competition on Saturday. We are proud of her for that.
Outside of the show ring, the Rhodesians competed in Lure Coursing! Gotta back up a step and say CONGRATS to Doug for earning Astras second Lure Coursing major last weekend at shows and a 5 point major at that! They earned 2 of her senior coursing legs last weekend and were standing at 10 points of the 15 needed for her Field Championship title.
This weekend, the Cynara Ridgebacks ran Astra, Scuba, and Lucas. BIG CONGRATS TO DOUG AND ASTRA for earning the first SC title for the litter and 2 more points to Astras FC title. Lucas and Scuba both earned 2 SC legs, with each needing one more to complete their SC titles.
I would also like to send a CONGRATULATIONS to Helen, Tony, and Elizabeth down in Texas for finishing their Cardigan Rocky today! WOOHOO! This is Helens first champion that she bred!!!
The Valley Center show was not fun this weekend. OK, maybe not quite as bad as Claremore last weekend. It didn’t stay wet and muddy, but unloading with the icy pelts hurt. Of course it stopped by the evening. It warmed up on Friday and Saturday but was sooo windy. Sunday the cold weather just magically came back, with a little bit of snow to boot. Plus, it is sooooo hard on all exhibitors with more than one breed, having two buildings to run back and forth in. The rings in the big building were small and rectangular making it very tough to try to gate big dogs. They did have a lot of vendors and it’s always fun to watch agility.
I have 3 days at home and will be back out at the next shows – Grove! It will be Frodos first show!! Stay tuned for how funny that goes as we warm him up for Nationals which is in 8 days!
