:Melissa sent photos…from Roman and Josie’s practice day

..from Roman and Josie’s practice day, along with this note:

Thought you might like to see these pictures I took last Saturday.  Mary and I have been getting together on the weekend when we can to train the kids.
We have a trial this weekend and I’m hoping to get a video of each of them and more pictures.
For those of you following the family tree, Roman is a Seth son. Josie is a Connor daughter. Seth’s sire is Connor, so Josie is Aunt Josie to Roman.
Roman on the mini teeter…
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Such good form… 
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Mary running Josie..
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See more photos.

:The Great White Squirrel Hunter

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The latest regarding Saul – aka The Great White Squirrel Hunter!

We would like to have the “do” that his mother has in her picture that you gave us.  Dave and Saul have out doors for about 2 hrs this morn.  Saul loves it but is is full of dead debris left from winter, so Dave is grooming him.  Again he is really a sweet dog.  He took to our 8 year old grand son and wanted more that anything to sleep with him.  (our couch pulls out into a bed) and our grandson, Joey pulled it out about 7:00 and Saul wanted to be on the bed with Joey.  It was real cute and sweet.  Joey and his family have 2 dogs.  Joey is a very sweet and kind boy, maybe Saul picked up on that.  Where ever Joey was Saul wanted to be.  Again it was a very sweet thing to watch.  I can’t wait to see how the great squirrel hunter looks in his new “do”

Charlene and Dave the proud parents of the Great White Squirrel Hunter

:Fernando’s weekend

Just got off the phone with Julie. Fernando won the group under Robert Sturn!! Yesterday he placed Group 4, another nice win.

Way to go Fernando!

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Melissa’s Ella (a Sadie x Damon daughter) was RWB today for the second time in several shows (including a major RWB). Lookin’ forward to seeing that puppy, yes I am.


:My Edie Beadie

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Okay. It’s now way after Five O’clock Somewhere. And, yes, we had a dog named that! I’m anxiously awaiting a phone call from Julie. Fernando was shown today. Josie could now be a champion. Keeping fingers crossed!!!…. A day spent catching up. A day spent uploading. And here we are now. Edie. My Edie Beadie. I love this little dog. And for all you neophytes out there, learning to accept limiting your dog’s play because of growing show coat, because your dog needs every advantage, please know that there are still those dogs – after all these years – that break my heart because they are no longer allowed to play with friends that….destroy their coat. They hang off their ears. They hang off their heads. They hang off their necks. That would be My Edie Beadie. She loves to let her friends grab her by the hair and pull her around the yard. Every day I promise her it’s only for a brief while her friends can’t chomp on her head, her ears, her neck. Soon, she’ll be able to, once again, join the Girls in the Mud Pit.

Edie has been shown selectively. She has back-to-back Best of Winners wins at Specialties. She’s a beautiful Apso. She is sired by Ian, C’est La Vie’s litter brother. And it shows. She’s built to move. A compact body. With an endearing personality that makes it hard for me – The Cold Hearted Bitch – to separate her from her hair chomping friends. “It’s only for a little while” I tell Edie Beadie.

Last September, upon leaving the show ring under breeder/judge Shery Swanson, she commented, “don’t worry, she’ll grow hair on her head.” Edie sported a Dr. Suess look last fall. Sprigs of hair standing straight up, no matter what product was applied. After all, it’s hard to glue down hair that’s an inch and a half long. It tends to ‘spring’ to the heavens. I knew she could grow hair on her head…if only I kept her away from her girlfriends. :::sigh:::

Friday, the weekend of our big four-day weekend of shows in February, was Edie’s day to shine. She showed like the Super Star I think she is. She showed like a million bucks that day. She was awarded Best in Sweepstakes (an event for dogs 6 months to 18 months) under Tibetan Terrier breeder Andrea Rieman and Best of Winners at the Lhasa Apso Club of Central Colorado’s Specialty under judge Arley Hussin.

I love Edie Beadie. I am grateful Julie allowed Tequila to have one more litter so I could breed Ian.

Carpe Diem!


:Why…Because I Said So

Here’s a photo of Wyatt winning Best Puppy in Sweepstakes at LACCC’s designated Specialty. The judge is Andrea Reiman, a Tibetan Terrier breeder and connoisseur of all things DOG. And more.

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Wyatt was named long before I met him. My puppy’s name was going to be Because I Said So. His mother is Sadie – All Said And Done. The feature lady in the header of this blog. Sadie My Lady. Wyatt’s call name? Why? Because I Said So. Wy…att. Wyatt.

I am so lucky to have Tammy involved with the dogs. Doesn’t she do a beautiful job?!