Puzzle Update/Photos

Puzzle is another who is just hanging out and growing up. Crazy little girl loves to run and play and be wild and free, but wants to be a child forever. She completely has the “I dont wanna grow up!” mentality! But we love her nonetheless.

 

Photos from February, 2013…

 

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Puzzles ad from the Winter 2012/2013 Issue of Pointer Points –

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Getting started and catching up….

Been really busy the past few months….so have a lot of catching up to do. Well, not really. There hasn’t been much going on around here on the dog front aside from the dogs just hanging out while we have been working like mad 🙂
I took Camille to Portland, OR last month to get her out and have some fun. Nothing huge to report, but I’m personally very proud of how the silly baby did.
Have the Corgis entered in the Denver shows next weekend…..majors in boys all 4 days…a nice healthy Cardigan entry. We have our fingers tightly crossed!
Working out plans for Nationals….both Cardigans and Pointers…..we will be vending for our Show Dog Equipment business at Pointer Nationals.
Have been working hard on finishing the truck – new tires and an AC unit are next on the list, but all the crates are in, the bed is in, storage installed. Tie downs secured. I’m thrilled with how it is coming along!
Finally got a chance to take some of the kids out and take photos today….will have to post them later.

End of the year….

So, we are home from our last shows of the year. Not quite as we would have wished, but was still a good weekend. Widget ended up going reserve winners to the major on Sunday…..close, but not quite. At some point, I will have to sit down and do an end of year wrap up……just need to find some time to do so!!!

It’s Official…

AKC confirmed Puzzles Championship on Friday. The New Champion photo came in the mail Saturday. Now just waiting for the certificate to arrive. It’s nice when you know they are officially finished 🙂
Will post photo when I get home from this trip and have time to scan it.

Group Shows…

The last two shows we have gone to (over the past two weekends….) have been “Group Shows”…different from all breed shows, which include breeds from all 7 AKC groups, Group Shows focus on just the breeds from a single AKC Group.

In late October, it was the Continental Divide Herding Associations Inaugural show. Since I like to support new clubs that host the only specialties I will probably see in this region for my breeds, we entered Domino and Widget. Domi has not been shown since the National, since he has just been sitting at home growing up (slowly but surely). Since they didnt offer a 15 to 18 month class in Sweeps, he was only entered in the regular breed, and had a BLAST being in the show ring again. He was WD for another single point towards his total. Widget won her Sweeps class, and was WB/BOW/BOS for another single point towards her total.

In November, it was the New Mexico Sporting Dog Fanciers. I love this show, but it falls after a lot of long clusters and a long fall string of shows, and I’m either burned out, broke, finished everything, or a combination of all by the time it rolls around. But, since I needed a single point for Puzzle to finish, we entered and made the trip down. Under judge Anne Katona (who, ironically, was the very first judge Puzzle ever showed to…) Puzzle was WB/BOB for the single point she needed to finish her Championship (pending AKC Approval, of course!) and at just shy of 1 year old, she managed to do it all from the puppy classes. With a 6 hour drive home, we opted not to stay for Groups or Puppy Groups (she was Best Puppy of Breed) as well….and made the drive home instead. Hopefully her New Champion photo turns out nicely 🙂 (and shows up quickly!!)