New Duke Pictures

Last update on Duke, I said that he was 8 oz. During the last weekend when we were at the Tupelo dog show Abby and Duke got to stay at Grandma's house for the weekend. When we came home Sunday we just left them there for an extra day or two since we were all tired. They returned home yesterday after being at Grandma's for four days. WOW ... had he grown !!! This little "toad" is gaining about an ounce a day !! We weighed him last night and he's over 13 ounces and he's not even quite two weeks old yet. Oh, and his eyes are beginning to open.

Tupelo MS Dog Show

KIX Wins !!!!

We attended the Tupelo MS dog show held September 17-18, 2011. We got to camp this time since we finally got the Papillon Motel back in good working order. Lots of our Papillon friends were there also, so we had a very good time just hanging out and showing all of our dogs.

Ok, on to the results. On Saturday Kix took Reserve Winners Dog.
On Sunday Kix won Winners Dog and Best of Winners getting the crossover and added two points to his total. He's up to 5 points now (with one major) so he's doing quite well. So far so good !!!

Tupelo was a small show this year ( no majors ) so Mimi stayed home. She only needs a major to finish. Brooklyn needs only a single (stinking) point. So, we had high hopes that she would finish this weekend. But.... she only took Reserve Winners Bitch on Sunday So.... the chase continues.

Lawood Paps News

Ok, lots of stuff has been happening at Lawood Paps lately. We now have a new puppy !! (after about 24 hours of labor). Abby finally delivered a new little boy (like we need another hard head boy). His "Official" name will be
"Lawood's Midnight Marathon" or "Lawood Abby's Midnight Marathon) and his call name will be "Duke" since we were up all night Friday night watching Abby and also watching an old John Wayne movie marathon on the TV. Puppies tend to name themselves around here. Duke came out very strong and nursing well. He's a chow hound. Duke's a week old now and has doubled his weight (eight ounces) !!!

Pictures to come......... so check back.........

Happy Birthday KIX

August 31st, 2011... Kix is officially One Year Old.

Happy Birthday KIX

It's on to the 12 -18 Class for you buddy.

You'll be running with the big dogs !!!

Memphis Toy Dog Show

Well this four day dog show was off to a bad start in the beginning. The lift cable on the Papillon Motel (the pop up camper) ... well ... POPPED. So, we had to go with Plan B on the accomodations for the four day show. ( That would be Motel 6).... :)

Kix won Reserve Winners Dog on both Thursday and Friday and won best papillon puppy in the under 12 mos. Puppy Sweeps competition Thursday and Friday. (He won a whopping $7.80)

Thursday and Friday was not Majors so we did not show Mimi since she only needs one major to finish. Mimi didn't score her major this weekend, so the chase continues for her. She's hasn't been her normal cheerfull self in the ring lately so we decided to bump her up from kennel dog to house dog in an attempt to cheer her up a bit. (Plus she still needs to lose about a pound)

Brooklyn won Winners Bitch on Saturday for a three point major !!! That brings her up to 14 points toward her championship. Way to save the weekend Brooklyn !!! Now we're just chasing one stinking point. (But that's a "good thing")

We really need to hurry up and finish somebody because our girls are all blowing coat like crazy. We're afraid that if it's not soon we'll have to wait till spring.

Not much to report from Sunday.

I can safely say that when we finally got home Sunday afternoon that we were all "Dog Tired".

More Later... Stay Tuned.....

Crab Orchard Kennel Club August 6 and 7

Ok, we attended the Crab Orchard Kennel Club event held on August 6 and 7. We left home right after work on Friday and arrived at the camp grounds at about seven o'clock in the afternoon. We arrived at about the same time as our other dog show friends that were also staying at the same camp ground. We were very happy to have friends staying near us. That always means that we'll have a nice weekend camping, sitting around, having good stuff to eat, and just having fun no matter what happens at the dog show.

The show was majors both days in both dogs and bitches. So everybody had high hopes to put a major on their dogs. (including us) There were tons of nice dogs there.

Kix won Reserve Winners Dog on Saturday. (not too bad for the little guy) (we're kinda proud of him)

Mimi and Brooklynn didn't win anything Saturday or Sunday.

Next stop Southaven MS in a couple weeks. Wish us luck.

Cheyenne

Sad days at Lawood Paps this weekend. We lost "THE" oldest member of our papillon menagerie. Cheyenne had just turned 14 years old.

She was also the smallest of all our dogs, barely 4 pounds soaking wet. Yet, she was the feistiest of all. What she lacked in stature, she more than made up in attitude. She didn't take any crap from anybody and even the puppies learned very quickly to not mess with Cheyenne or Cheyenne's stuff.

She will certainly be missed around here...............

Greater Shelby Kennel Club Dog Show

We attended the Greater Shelby Kennel Club dog show held July 16 and 17th. This one was another show held in Southaven MS, close enough for us to just drive up both days and save on the hotel bills. It was very warm but not as bad as last year's scorcher.

Ok, on to the the results. It was a major in bitches both days so we were excited for Mimi BUT the major broke !!! Mimi only needs one last major to finish her championship and we considered not even taking her to the show, but we decided to show her on Saturday just for giggles. Even though the official major broke, "IF" Mimi were to get winners bitch and go Best of Opposite, then she would still get her major. It was kind of a stretch since she would have to beat a couple of bitch specials to go BOS.

Mimi won Winners Bitch but did not manage to go BOS, so she won two points that she did not need. (Dang) We hated that since she essentially took points away from another dog that might have needed them. Brooke (who could definately use two points) won Reserve Winners Bitch, so we know exactly whose dog that Mimi robbed. (That would be us) Oh, well we essentially shot ourselves in the foot with our own gun. Well you'll never win if you don't roll the dice !!! So the chase continues.

Next stop is Crab Orchard in a couple weeks. See you there. We'll be the ones with the limp.

We didn't show Mimi on Sunday and nobody else did anything on Sunday worth bragging about.

Paducah KY Dog Show June 12th

Well the tree cutters finally came out and cut down the huge oak trees that were hanging over the driveway. We were very glad to not have to drive under those things every day. But that caused us to have to get up Saturday and haul off several trailer loads of brush to the burning pile. We did that Saturday morning until it got soooo hot that we had to quit and do something else (Like wash three dogs for Sunday's dog show) .... :)

We got up very early Sunday and drove to Paducah KY to show three dogs. We left Mimi at home since we knew the judge on Sunday had a preference for smaller dogs. We showed Kix and Brooke and also carried Cruiser along to show as a special to try to "maybe" get some grand champion points for him.

Anyway, Kix showed well and did much better on the table, but he decided to throw in several spins in while in the ring. I suppose he thinks you get extra points for that. NOT !!! Brooke still doesn't travel well in the car and while in the ring it just seemed that she still wasn't feeling well.

So, now that I've made all of my excuses for the day.... :) Kix came out winning Reserve Winners Dog and Brooke won Reserve Winners Bitch. Arrrrgh ... The agony of defeat!!

The next show is in July, so all of us will be getting a little break.

Olive Branch Dog Show

We attended the Olive Branch Kennel Club dog show held June 4th and 5th. It was close enough to home and we had a late enough show time both days that we could just drive up for the shows both days. We only showed two dogs both days. We showed Kix and Brooke on Saturday and showed Kix and Mimi on Sunday.

Kix won his class both days and got to go back in for winners dog, but didn't see any purple ribbons this weekend. He's still a puppy though. His time will come.

Brooke won Winners Bitch and Best Opposite on Saturday for two (2) points. That brings her up to 11 points now.

Way to win Brooke. !!!


Mimi won Winners Bitch, Best of Winners, and Best Opposite on Sunday for two (2) points. That brings her up to 12 points. That means that she's now chasing a single major just like we had to do with Cruiser. (That'll be fun) :(

Way to win Mimi. !!!

Way to go Lawood Girls............