Whirling Dervishes !!!
Tuesday, September 11, 2012
Monday, September 10, 2012
New Post ... Finally ... Yaaaah
Ok.. Ok.. I know, I have been lax about posting anything new. Trouble is we didn't have anything to announce. We've been going to shows lately and only showing the boy's (Kix and Duke) but other than Duke's win a couple months ago, its been quite a dry spell. So there really hasn't been a lot of stuff happening to blog about.
We did let the dogs out about a month ago and at one point they seemed to be raising more ruckus than normal, so I went outside to see what all the fuss was about and discovered a small Copperhead snake INSIDE the fenced in dog yard. I managed to get all the dogs inside and went back out and "dispatched" the intruder. However, Mimi our newly crowned "Grand Champion" had let her curiosity get the best of her and she had decided to see what a copperhead smelled like and had got bitten. Great, ... so me and Laura rush her to the vet and got shots and antibiotics for her. Her face was very swolen and she looked like a Japanese Chin for most of the day. I stayed home with her and watched her all day. Anyway, she was feeling better by that afternoon and she's absolutely fine now.
Ok on to more cheery subjects. Here's pictures of the newest puppies. We haven't posted pictures of them lately either. They've blown their puppy coats and have hit that growing spurt that all Papillons have early on and are in that long lanky stage we all call the UGLIES. But anyway, here's pictures of our skinny teenagers.
We did let the dogs out about a month ago and at one point they seemed to be raising more ruckus than normal, so I went outside to see what all the fuss was about and discovered a small Copperhead snake INSIDE the fenced in dog yard. I managed to get all the dogs inside and went back out and "dispatched" the intruder. However, Mimi our newly crowned "Grand Champion" had let her curiosity get the best of her and she had decided to see what a copperhead smelled like and had got bitten. Great, ... so me and Laura rush her to the vet and got shots and antibiotics for her. Her face was very swolen and she looked like a Japanese Chin for most of the day. I stayed home with her and watched her all day. Anyway, she was feeling better by that afternoon and she's absolutely fine now.
Ok on to more cheery subjects. Here's pictures of the newest puppies. We haven't posted pictures of them lately either. They've blown their puppy coats and have hit that growing spurt that all Papillons have early on and are in that long lanky stage we all call the UGLIES. But anyway, here's pictures of our skinny teenagers.
Rowdy and Faith
Rowdy
Faith
Tuesday, June 19, 2012
Monday, June 11, 2012
Paducah KY dog show 2012
We traveled a little over two hours this weekend to this year's Paducah Kennel Club's annual dog show. It's held in the middle of nowhere, in the middle of an old corn field with absolutely no shade. It's always in June and it mostly alway's hotter'n (well you know). This year however is was relatively plesant with a nice breeze even thrown in. We camped in the Papillon Motel (our luxurious pop up camper) next to several of our very good dog show friends. We had a short but very enjoyable trip !!!
Since Mimi finished her Grand Championship last month, she got to stay home with the pet sitter this weekend. I don't think she understood why she had to stay home. She's been going to the shows for three years now. I don't know if she's gonna like retirement... lol.
Anyway, we just took Kix and Duke to the show this weekend. It felt funny just showing boys and not having any girls to show. Both Kix and Duke won second place in their respective classes on Saturday. Duke won "best papillon puppy" in the B match Saturday afternoon, got a group 1 in the Toy Group and got to go back in for Best in Show. We just wanted to enter him in the match to try to improve his table work and he ended up trying to show out. On Sunday Kix got third place in his class. Duke was entered in the 6 - 9 puppy class on Saturday and due to the way his birthday fell we had to bump him up to the 9 - 12 class on Sunday. Duke was the only entry in the 9 - 12 puppy class on Sunday. Duke showed very well and to our suprise managed to get the nod from the judge for Winners Dog for his very first points ( and a THREE POINT MAJOR to boot).
I'll try to take a more recent photo of him and get it onto the Blog. He's changed a bunch since the pictures here.
More later ... Yall stay tuned.
Since Mimi finished her Grand Championship last month, she got to stay home with the pet sitter this weekend. I don't think she understood why she had to stay home. She's been going to the shows for three years now. I don't know if she's gonna like retirement... lol.
Anyway, we just took Kix and Duke to the show this weekend. It felt funny just showing boys and not having any girls to show. Both Kix and Duke won second place in their respective classes on Saturday. Duke won "best papillon puppy" in the B match Saturday afternoon, got a group 1 in the Toy Group and got to go back in for Best in Show. We just wanted to enter him in the match to try to improve his table work and he ended up trying to show out. On Sunday Kix got third place in his class. Duke was entered in the 6 - 9 puppy class on Saturday and due to the way his birthday fell we had to bump him up to the 9 - 12 class on Sunday. Duke was the only entry in the 9 - 12 puppy class on Sunday. Duke showed very well and to our suprise managed to get the nod from the judge for Winners Dog for his very first points ( and a THREE POINT MAJOR to boot).
I'll try to take a more recent photo of him and get it onto the Blog. He's changed a bunch since the pictures here.
More later ... Yall stay tuned.
Thursday, May 31, 2012
Our Babies .....
The puppies got their first puppy shots last weekend, so it's reasonably safe to let them go outside for their first soiree out in the real world (an evening on the front deck). They were a little apprehensive but that will be short lived. It won't be long before the zooming begins.
Monday, May 21, 2012
JTDFA / CKC Dog Show Jackson TN 2012
The show held each year in Jackson TN is our home show, so we not only show the dogs (four of them entered all four days), but also work our tails off setting up everything and making sure all the t's are crossed and the i's are dotted. Let me tell you all of that makes for tons of work. We started the week on Monday with handling classes, then went up to the fairgrounds on Tuesday to mark off RV parking spots. We then carried the camper up Wednesday morning and stayed the rest of the week at the fairgrounds. I was in charge of Vendor Relations and Laura was in charge of RV parking and logistics as well as the B Match on Saturday night. Whew.... am I ever glad that's over. By the time we got finished on Sunday and helped tear everything down, get all of our stuff home and unloaded Laura and I are about as pooped as you can get.
Ok, on to the results. Mimi needed another major and one single point to finish her grand championship. She also needed to defeat at least one other champion to finish also. So... we broke our other finished AKC champion female Brooklyn out of retirement and entered her all four days also. Well, as our luck would have it Brooklyn won Select Bitch on Thursday for a 3 point Major towards her Grand Championship points total defeating Mimi. (but that's still good)
Mimi won Select Bitch on Friday for a 3 point Major / with defeated champions (that would be Brooklyn) and then only needed "one stinking point to finish)
Both Mimi and Brooklyn were defeated by handlers on Saturday.
On Sunday Mimi wins Best Opposite for another 3 point Major !!! That finished her Grand with four (4) Majors !!!
So... Mimi is now Grand Champion Lawood's Misty Christmas Memories and she can now join the newly Re-retired Brooklyn into permanent retirement. They both can just enter into the "Couch Potato Hall of Fame".
Next show is the second week in June at Paducah Ky. Now we're starting all over again and it's back to concentrating on showing the puppies and trying to get them finished. It's a never ending hobby, but it sure is lot's of fun.
Ok, on to the results. Mimi needed another major and one single point to finish her grand championship. She also needed to defeat at least one other champion to finish also. So... we broke our other finished AKC champion female Brooklyn out of retirement and entered her all four days also. Well, as our luck would have it Brooklyn won Select Bitch on Thursday for a 3 point Major towards her Grand Championship points total defeating Mimi. (but that's still good)
Mimi won Select Bitch on Friday for a 3 point Major / with defeated champions (that would be Brooklyn) and then only needed "one stinking point to finish)
Both Mimi and Brooklyn were defeated by handlers on Saturday.
On Sunday Mimi wins Best Opposite for another 3 point Major !!! That finished her Grand with four (4) Majors !!!
So... Mimi is now Grand Champion Lawood's Misty Christmas Memories and she can now join the newly Re-retired Brooklyn into permanent retirement. They both can just enter into the "Couch Potato Hall of Fame".
Next show is the second week in June at Paducah Ky. Now we're starting all over again and it's back to concentrating on showing the puppies and trying to get them finished. It's a never ending hobby, but it sure is lot's of fun.
Monday, May 14, 2012
Tha' Puppies
Rowdy
The girl has always been Faith. As a matter of fact she has even had her official "FAITH" crate tag since before she was even born. I guess you can tell we were kinda hoping for at least one girl.
Faith
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