ABQ…
19 May 2012 Leave a Comment
What a crazy few weeks it’s been…
Puzzle broke a toe playing in the yard right before I left for Nationals…
Juno got a hematoma in her ear the week before I left for Nationals…
We picked up kennel cough while at Nationals and it’s been working it’s way through the young dogs. I look at KC like the chicken pox – once they’ve had it, they generally don’t get it again. The only dogs that got sick this time were the ones who weren’t here two years ago when we had KC going through the house (the puppies – Dom and Puzzle – and the two visitor puppies)
To top it all off, Juno came in season the day I got home from Nationals, so the boys have been making life pretty miserable the past week!
So, last Friday, I took two dogs (Dom and Juno) and drove to Albuquerque for 4 days of shows. I had no dogs entered myself since Domi is out maturing, and Puzzle was broke when entries closed (fine now, of course!!)
I picked up Rango Friday night, and met Penni who has Chase and Nola at the show on Saturday morning.
To keep this from becoming a novel – here are the short version results:
Sat: Rango RWD; Nola 1st in AmBred; Chase BOB (5 PT GCh major)
Sun: Rango 1st in 9-12; Nola 1st in AmBred; Chase SD (1 PT)
Mon: Rango WD/BOW/BP (4 PT major); Nola 1st in AmBred; Chase BOB (5 PT GCh major)
Tues: Chase SD (1 PT)
Rango had a bad day on Tuesday. Decided he was done playing show dog for the weekend. Sometimes 4 days is just too much for the babies.
Penni and I decided to skip the Durango shows since it was only a single point and just Nola entered, wasn’t worth the time or money for either of us.
Next show is Flatirons in Longmont…will be Puzzles first show, and Pointers show outdoors so should be an interesting experience for her!! No points, but good practice regardless.
Nationals….
03 May 2012 Leave a Comment
Oh boy oh boy oh boy.
I’m gonna keep a LONG week (and story!) short….it was a FANTASTIC national. I had a great time, met a lot of great people, got to see people I rarely get to see. Had a fantastic time with friends, saw some great and not-so-great Cardigans. And hey, we even came home with (pieces of) a Ribbon and a beautiful pottery bowl!
Domino was his usual rock star self. I love my blue puppy beyond words. When the maturity fairy visits, we will have a LOT of fun! He placed third in his regular class….here is the unofficial win pic:
Nothing like a gorgeous blue boy (and yes, I am highly biased – but I’ve been told the same thing by a number of unbiased people, so I really do believe its true beyond my own eyes….) that can MOVE like the wind as well (and correctly to boot!)
There were some wonderful candid photographers ringside, and I’ve been hunting down candids, since my camera never left its bag the whole week! LOL.
As I receive them…I hope to be able to post some of them here 
Almost 5 months old…
12 Apr 2012 Leave a Comment
in Puzzle
Our little baby girl is not so little anymore…in fact, shes nearly the same size as the adult girls…shes growing up so fast!!
Puzzle is 5 months old today, although this photo was taken last week…
10 days….
11 Apr 2012 Leave a Comment
in Shows
10 days until we leave for Cardigan Nationals…final preps are under way…
Can’t wait to go spend a week in Ohio with friends and short legged fuzzy dogs!!!
Happy Birthday!!
30 Mar 2012 Leave a Comment
in Domino
Happy First Birthday to our little blue puppy, Domino!! We are so happy he joined our lives, and love every second we have our silly little blue land shark with us.
DSE – New Site Is Live
24 Mar 2012 Leave a Comment
Our new site for Dog Show Equipment is now live – please point your browser to www.showdogequipment.com to check it out and order
Poor Lorne…
23 Mar 2012 Leave a Comment
in Lorne, Photo Shoots
Seems that every time we decide to do photos, Lorne is either a muddy mess (dont let her sweet face fool you, she is a tomboy who loves to roll in the dirt!!) or is in season and we have boys to photograph and need their focus. So, since she is *just* coming out of season, we decided to bring her along and see what we can get out of her.
Mainly, I wanted new stacked photos to compare with photos from previous years to see how she is maturing …I think we accomplished at least that much. Some of her best “candid” shots were not in focus (grrrrrrr) but thats ok….another day. Maybe.
Puzzle Is Growing Up…
23 Mar 2012 Leave a Comment
in Photo Shoots, Puzzle
Our little girl is growing up and is 4 months old now…since today was a GORGEOUS day…what better to do than go out and find a new spot to take photos??
We had tried to do photos earlier in the week, but the rate the wind was picking up and the temperature was dropping, we really didnt get much…
A New Site….
22 Mar 2012 Leave a Comment
After a lot of time messing around with trying to get the DSE (Dog Show Equipment) page on this site set up so it could accept payments online and it wouldnt be such a mess trying to get orders processed without sending multuple emails back and forth, we went ahead and just got DSE its own site and a different host.
www.showdogequipment.com
…will be the new home of DSE. From there, you can find out all about our products, our new products, and the best part? You will be able to order directly from the site. Wonderful
The site is not yet live, but will be in the next 24 hours – so start pointing your browsers in that direction, and thank you all for your support and interest
A Good Day…
12 Mar 2012 Leave a Comment
Good days at the dog show are subjective – sometimes a good day is just having fun with friends or not falling on your face going around the ring. Some days its finishing a dog, winning a major, or placing in the group. And some days, its walking away with the whole kit n kaboodle.
We went to the UKC show on Friday with Puzzle and Maui (I wish I could have gone for the whole weekend, but had other obligations…)
Maui turned in her usual “absolutely love to show more than anything else in the world” performance, and managed to charm the judges into giving her both Best Veteran in Show as well as AL Best in Show, making her a 5 time BIS winner in UKC. Love my old girl, and love that she has aged like a very fine wine as well and is still able to hold her own with the much younger dogs even at 9 years old +…
Little baby Puzzle had a blast at the show (the world revolves around her, after all) and decided that the show dog thing was not so hard after all, and walked away with Best Novice Puppy in Show…the Judge handed her the ribbon, and she carried it out the ring and all the way to Brian who was sitting ringside with Maui. Such a cute little baby she is
Friday was, for sure, a good day at the dog show…
