Chase had a rendezvous with Vivian Moran’s Ziva. Unfortunately, it was a day or so late in her season and the result was one dark brindle boy puppy. He has gone to live with Merinda Tiffany. He’s going to do it all — Merinda is a wonderful Cardi trainer in Agility and Obedience and Herding. Vivian will show the little guy in conformation. Merinda and her husband John mircobrew at home so the puppy is named “Stout”. Merinda has started a blog for Stout and his older Cardi brother Porter. I hope you’ll stop in to visit it.
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Have You Met Stout?
January 27, 2012
Category Blogging, Chase, Puppies, Ziva | 2 Comments
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Windy City Here He Comes
January 26, 2012
Our Holmes will be heading to Chicago on February 11th. He will have Anne, her firefighter husband, his very own boy AND his very own baby girl (just 5 months old). He will also have a Cardi sister named Zoe. Anne was a former Junior Handler who had Cardis. She’s excited about Specialing Holmes occasionally and training and trialing him in Obedience. I could not be happier with this placement. I know that our freckle-faced boy will have a wonderful life there. Anne promises photos and stories about the adventures of Holmes.
As an aside, I received my Thundershirt for Holmes. He wore it last night — didn’t bother him at all while he sprawled on the bed. The true test will come when I warm up that Dremel. I will let you all know how that goes.
Category Conformation, Cool Stuff, Dog Friends, grooming, Holmes, Obedience, Other Places | 6 Comments
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The Weather Dude Said Rain
January 24, 2012
Category Weather | 2 Comments
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Best Laid Plans – Holmes Needs A Home
January 24, 2012
Holmes is not going to California after all. Valerie’s mother fell and with the months of rehab, she doesn’t feel comfortable adding the boy to her household. In anticipation of Holmes being their pet (and being neutered), I have collected and frozen him. So he could be neutered if his new family felt that worked best for him. I would still like to see him in an Obedience or Agility home because he loves to work. What a bummer for everyone!
Ideas? He must be placed by the end of April.
Category Holmes | 4 Comments
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More Herding and Show Brags
January 22, 2012
Where to start? How about with youngest to oldest dog.
Little Riley who will be seven months old on January 24th went to the Rosenburg Texas shows this weekend. It’s her second time out. She earned her first two points. WAY TO GO BABY GIRL! Riley is a Chase/Ditto daughter. We’re told that Judge Paul Chen made baby talk and Riley turned into a wagging, kissing puppy. You know that’s what we loved about Riley, Killian (Tater), Rango, and Torch — as well as their less famous siblings. Congratulations little Riley. If you look in the catalog, you will find her as Snapdragon Something Unspoken.
Out in rainy Portland, the Smooch and DeAnn Nelson had three days of double Qs in Rally Novice B and in Beginner Novice B. Smooch ended the weekend with two titles. She is a Chase/Leidy puppy and Naughty Nola’s litter sister. For the time being, Smooch is Elyan The Evening Echo of C-Myste RN BN. Go, Smoochie and De!
Meanwhile, oblivious to all the cool stuff being done by his kids, Chase was herding with Susan. Yesterday a big mama with brand new babies slammed Chase to the ground. She really did not care for his efforts to make her move. He said, “Alrighty then.” and rounded up some less volatile sheep and lambs. Here are some photos from Cheryl taken today. They were herding in the mud, Susan fell length-wise. She’s none the worse for wear, but definitely resembles a brindled Tennessee gator.
I figured the baby lamb photos would make you all mushy inside.
Category Chase, Conformation, Ditto, Dog Friends, Dog Shows, Doing Good, Herding, Leidy, Obedience, Other Places, Puppies, Rally, Riley, Smooch | 3 Comments
