Cranbrook Dog Show Results

What a weekend! Drummer the sheltie boy just a week over 8 months, finished his RN title 3/3 with 2/3 High in Class awards! So cute, too. Mesa picked up another RAE leg and two High in Class Excellent scores!

And Hunter, in tough competition, started his show career with Best of Winners and three points towards his Canadian Championship. Yippee!

And Token won the Veteran Class in the Fun Match over more than 15 entries. What a girl.

Bonus, too, for me to come home and find an invitation for Token to attend the Canadian National Herding Dog Trials in Niagara Falls in October. As I said, what a weekend!

Bucket List???

We went to the Pincher Creek Fair Days Parade and stayed longer than we thought

we would. Token did NOT want to stay home and when we returned, her bucket

was overturned and Shar thought she should fill it. OMG! Doesn't Token look like

she's smiling??? Evil munchkin.

Scent hurdle

If you have a dog that gets along with other dogs and is a fetching fool, we would love to have you join

us for scent hurdle. This game involves a team of four dogs, who run a relay race over four jumps to a

box that holds one scent dumbbell from each dog. The objective is for each dog to travel down the

line of jumps to find its own dumbbell and then retrieve it from the box of four over the jumps and back

to its owner. The event is timed and each team races against another team.

CKC registered dogs can join a CKC team, but unregistered dogs are welcome to join our demo teams.

We practice at the Cowley Hall in Cowley, Alberta, but can also travel to other areas to work as well.

Email shadowbr@telusplanet.net if you think you and your dog would enjoy the sport.

Also keep in mind that we have a tracking team which welcomes new members. We work once or twice a

week in almost all kinds of weather.

Summer at Last

What a day today! Sunshine burning down. A true summer's day. Time to hit the river this afternoon with the gang.

Congratulations to Sharlet and Ryder who now have their Rally AE - II title. They have done a wonderful job. I do believe they are the first SAWHDA members to get the title.

Our obedience class which runs Sept. 13th at 6:30 p.m., has nine students registered. Room for another.

Two instructors to give everyone the individual attention needed.

Email shadowbr@telusplanet.net to register.

We track Tuesday evenings is anyone is interested in joining the group. It isn't easy to track on your own, and not

nearly as much fun, either.

Off to Cranbrook at the end of the month to do some conformation and rally. And see many friends we don't get a chance to see.

My Old Friend

Ch. Grosshimel's Oncechanznamillion CD SHDCh HIC

My Old Friend

Today I said Goodbye to my old friend

I pray someday we get to meet again

Under one more clear blue sky

Up where the eagles fly.

And we'll go walking in the sunshine

With a big smile on our face.

Race the river to the ocean

Go splashing in the waves

And I'll wrap my arms around you

We'll be together once again

And I'll tell you how much I've missed you...

My Old Friend

Yeah, I know you're up there lookin' down

On that rainbow bridge that we talked about

There's a place for me and you

Somewhere up behind the moon

And we'll go walking in the sunshine

With a big smile on our face.

Race the river to the ocean

Go splashing in the waves

And I'll wrap my arms around you

We'll be together once again

And I'll tell you how much I've missed you...

My Old Friend

I will miss you forever.....Judi

Tracking, anyone?

For those interested, Bogdan Gorny is offering a Tracking Seminar August 20, 21, & 22nd at his training facility in Kipp, near Lethbridge, Alberta. The course is for Beginner and Advanced Dogs and will cover classroom material Friday with field work Saturday and Sunday. The cost for the course is $150.00 for dog/handler teams and $100 for handler without dogs.

To register, call 5403 381 8305 or 403 394 9526.

Back to Reality

Home again after a wonderful weekend at AKC. Thank you to everyone who made my judging assignment a breeze. I had a great time. What a club. The show was held at Spruce Meadows and the spirit of Spruce Meadows was carried throughout the weekend by the wonderful volunteer members of the Alberta Kennel Club. Token earned her Scent Hurdle Excellent Title thanks to our team members who display such patience with her. Thank you, thank you.

Our square dance number was very well-received and Donna and Epic were the greatest at the Disc Dog Freestyle demo.

And, thank you to Carol for offering her home to Token and me once more. This time, Token was much more fun with Hank and Emily than she was previously. And there was no Mesa to guard shoes.

Deb, I can't say thanks enough for looking after the kennel and our dogs and bringing me Token. Couldn't have happened without you.

Speaking of Deb, she, Shar, Cindy, Louann and I have been tracking once or twice a week and Deb's dog, Fyre, is a super star.

She loves the game, especially when there is a body at the end of the track.

Darryl has built the frame for a metal roof for dog run # two and it being next to dogrun # 1, makes the two of them look like a Spanish hacienda. My friend, Jackie, who trains all her dogs with Spanish commands says that the sign can say Meson de Mesa or Casa de Pastores, Home of the shepherds. I love it. Jackie is sending us a CD on 2 X 2 weaves. We'll work on them this fall/winter in the hall and come out with a vengeance for weaves in the spring. Yahooooooooo!

We are full at the kennel this weekend with 10 dogs in the kennel and two in the outdoor kennel runs as well. Keeps me running.

I have two older dogs staying with me this weekend and Kate, the 14 year old, is just a superdog! She is so much fun.

Avi, the older of the two avalanche rescue dogs staying here, is a member of the Fun Police. His job is to make Huck, his neighbor, grovel all day. Lucky for Huck, I can lock Avi in his own kennel and allow Huck to be the puppy.

Lexi, the Scottie, is back for some fitness training. Our Drummer Boy races her around up and down hills like a pro and she sleeps very well at night. Thanks, Drummy. Ashes, the Portuguese Water Dog is just a sweetie and gets along with everyone. She is so accepting of everything that goes on around her. I think it's due to a new baby girl in the family. Token, the cocker cross, is a great dog....... we board great dogs....... and of course her name is Token so that automatically gets her in the good books. Cooper, the great golden went home this morning and I always miss him. He is Mr. Congeniality around here; a wonderful representative of the golden retriever breed. Kimo, the biggest dog here, is happy to play 'kong' all day with me. He is my fitness program. Kuma and Koda, the Karelian Beardogs, a now yellowish white from rolling in the horse manure in the top pasture and I can't wait to see how many new trenches they have dug. Mojo is finding out that five acres is a pretty huge area for a 10 inch tall dog with short legs to cover. What a crew! What a weekend.