Proof

Shelley was dying with envy as everyone else had their photos from St Paul. Well today, here's the proof so no one down the road can ever doubt that Chip won or did something. Gosh the nerve of some people to doubt what a person says! Winner's Dog/Best of Winners for his first major. Thank you Judge Linda More!

And though posted before, just a comparison shot of Charlie-they look nothing alike, do they?
And yes, I have several cobalt jackets--Shelley loves it when I wear them, well and I do too. That color seems to be slightly lucky for me--I'm sending both to Liz as well as the lucky lead :)

And since I'm comparing, here's Max with one of his many wins. Granted none of these photos are the same age, but it's fun to see all three boys at once.

Later gators....
C

Up North, er and to the East

So Pam got high speed internet. Oh she's sooo lucky! Now I'm getting tons of photos of the Boys.

That would be Arlo, Dove and Frankie's red brother from the Jimmy Buffet litter. Leonard, Pete's big brother out of the Patriotic litter. And last but not least, Mr Ike, the cardigan rescue that I fostered and Pam and Brian adopted.

What a gorgeous group of dogs and guess what? Pam really wants to stir things up-she's requested an Eddie child now--specifically a blue girl to keep the boys in line. She has no idea what she's in for!

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C

Dirty Dozen updates

So the Dirty Dozen aka the Space litter is 18 mos old.

Charlie and Chipper are now champions. Max needs singles to finish, then it's off to agility and obedience.

The rest of the gang has been in contact and all of them are doing great. I'll be posting photos of them as I get them. But for today, how about Jonia(aka Luna) and her blue best friend, Frankie.

Seems Dad's chair is the best place to snuggle after racing around in the snow.

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C

Believe what you want.....

Seems I still saying I told ya so, a lot these days.

Why is it that people choose to lie? And other's are in such hurry to find something wrong that they believe the lie? Even when given the choice of verifying the facts, they choose not to and continue down the path of destruction.

I hate to see people hurt. I hate being hurt. I especially dislike being told that I was the cause of the hurt. And to add salt to the wound, when the truth is revealed, I'm hurt again.

Funny, though people seek apologies from others, they are the last ones to offer up their own.

Sigh, this world confuses me, but at least I'm not the one caught in the loop of never ending drama.

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C

Awesome

So if you keep up with Shelley, you know what happened already. It was a great weekend-crappy weather, awesome friends and big wins for Summit and Foggy Bottom!

We had the usual low riders with us this weekend: Chip, Cora and Cara...

Okay I'm such an idiot, listen to this, the dogs we took this weekend were Connor, Chip, Charlie, Cora and Cara. It was a nightmare because we kept getting the pem Cara, mixed up with the cardigan Cora and the twin headed monster known as the brothers were, well, nuts. Connor was the only sane dog in the group.

Saturday Cora was RWB to Teddy's Swan. Chip was WD and went on to BOW for his 2nd major, now only needing 2 points to finish!!!!
Cara the pem was WB for one point.
AND..........Alec piloted Connor to a GROUP 2 under Judge David Bolus. Couldn't beat Elvis the OES, but he did manage to beat out 5 dogs that ranked in the top 5 in their respective breeds last year!!!
Along the way we helped show a few other breeds and had a blast being interviewed for KCCI during their morning show live broadcast.

Sunday-it was icy. ICY and more ICY. Typical Des Moines show weather.
Connor was BOV(he was the only one entered 'cause no one wants to play with him)
Cara the pem, WB again!
And we now have two new champions!
Chip, who was all about the fun in the ring, amused the judge quite a bit along the way, took WD and BOW for his 3rd major to finish.
Not to be out done, Ms Cora snagged her final major to finish with WB! Four shows, 2 RWB and 2 WB for the girl from the east coast. Wooo Hoo!

Then to top it off, in their debut weekend, Connor and the Ms are now showing in juniors. Nothing on Saturday-not a clue what the judge was looking for, but on Sunday they did a great job with a 4 place out of a big class. Few more kinks to work out but I see a great team in the making.

I do need to thank a few people. First off to Rebecca at Diamante Collies for entrusting us with Connor. Alec adores that dog and they make sure a great team.
Next to Shelley for taking our little chip off the old block, listening to me when I said let him grow up, his time will come. She made him the silly, totally goofy, and solid boy that he is. Oh and that darn pemmie--what a fun dog to have around!
JoAnn, man, you are the best! Thanks for allowing Eddie to come live with us and helping me out by saying-hey, call Karen.
And last but not least, to Karen Lyons for sending Cuco Cora over to the midwest. She's are wonderful addition to the house, keeping Charlie, Chip and Eddie in line!

Now all I need to do is keep ice on my strained wrist(yes I fell, twice, at home last night) and count the days till Dove starts whelping. We are out of dogs to show except for Connor and Cara the pem who will be hitting a few shows solo this spring. I think I have time to start working on a few performance titles?

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C

Their famous!!!

And not for being serious about anything. Check it out....Chip and Connor made the KCCI morning news on Saturday at the Central Iowa Kennel Club show.

http://www.kcci.com/video/30272659/detail.html

More on the show later......
C

Mouse afoot

And yet another tail from the homestead while I was gone.

We do not have mice in our house. Period. Yes I have them in the garage, they sneak in when the door is open from the field. Yes I have a rampent one scurry through the barn.

Saturday night David laid in bed and suddenly heard tap dancing dogs in the bathroom. Frankie and Pete were attempting to catch a rogue rodent. Of course neither has the talent their grandfather or great grandmother had for this act and it was just creating noise.

David thought, which warm and quiet spot would it hide? Master bath closet. Sets trap. Closes door. 3 mins later-SNAP. No more mouse.

He went back to bed.

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C