After another busy few months of shows, both for Capri and Prim, I'm thrilled to share we now have a new American Champion, and a new Canadian Grand Champion!
Capri returned home to me in mid March, after snagging her last Major in Scottsdale, AZ. I had originally planned to fly into Phoenix and catch her in the ring, but with Glenn being called away on a business trip, I stayed home to take on the farm chores and instead awaited the happy news from Aj Tavares, who handled her to her final win, and her American Kennel Club Championship! A few days later, and the boys had her on the red-eye out of San Francisco and home to me by noon the next day. The following weekend, we headed to Camrose for our semi-annual ASCA shows where under Senior Breeder Judges, Ken & Rhonda Silveira, Capri made me proud with back-to-back Best of Breed wins over a lovely entry.
Capri returned home to me in mid March, after snagging her last Major in Scottsdale, AZ. I had originally planned to fly into Phoenix and catch her in the ring, but with Glenn being called away on a business trip, I stayed home to take on the farm chores and instead awaited the happy news from Aj Tavares, who handled her to her final win, and her American Kennel Club Championship! A few days later, and the boys had her on the red-eye out of San Francisco and home to me by noon the next day. The following weekend, we headed to Camrose for our semi-annual ASCA shows where under Senior Breeder Judges, Ken & Rhonda Silveira, Capri made me proud with back-to-back Best of Breed wins over a lovely entry.
Prim followed up her first win in the ring with multiple Best of Breed, BOW, and WB wins, and a couple of Best Puppy in Group wins, as well as a Group Second! She finished her Canadian Championship in just her second weekend out, with all majors. Over the next few weekends, again with a Best of Breed and multiple Best of Opposite Sex wins, as well as several Select ribbons, she easily finished her GRAND Championship at 10 months of age! So very proud of this little home-bred girl of mine.
The Spring weather has finally arrived in Southern Alberta and we're enjoying it every day with walks around the fenceline and lots of time spent outside. Of course, with the Spring, also comes our annual shed and it seems I spend most of the day with either a dog brush, or the vacuum, in my hand. A bathing and grooming extravaganza is taking place as I try to do a couple of the dogs each week ... yesterday 3 of them getting a bath, conditioning, and some major coat stripping. I was worried Deets was getting overweight, until I realized it was all just old coat! Poor boy, he was on the grooming table for 3 hours until all that coat finally let go and blew away on the breeze. This morning, I noticed a lot of that hair lining the 2 nests that the robins have built under the deck. At least somebody appreciates dog hair!
No shows means plenty of time to work on some fun stuff, including Prim's first really cool trick!
With the upcoming arrival of our first grandbaby in early July, we'll be sticking close to home for the remainder of the summer. Shows will take a backseat to the baby, at least until September. Plans are coming together for our annual trip south to the ASCA Nationals, this time in Greeley, CO. Lambing will begin again in the next few weeks. We may not be heading to dog shows, but we certainly won't be sitting idle.
Happy Trails ... Theresa





