Fernando wins Best of Breed at first show of the New Year!

Posted: January 6, 2008 | Author: lhasalhady | Filed under: FFT Lhasa Apsos | Tags: Julie Timbers | Leave a comment

Saturday Fernando was awarded Best of Breed over an entry of 19 class dogs and 3 specials. Iris and Lily, young littersisters at their first show placed 1st and 2nd in the puppy bitch class. Lily went on to win RWB (Reserve Winners Bitch) to a 5-point major. Way to go Little Ladies!

Happy New Year!

Posted: January 1, 2008 | Author: lhasalhady | Filed under: DRambles on Black Mountain | 1 Comment

On New Year’s Eve I arranged to be done grooming by 2PM, planning to share some wine and cheese with Sarah. She was picking up Vivian (littersister to C’est La Vie, Camron, Ian and Tambo) after a two week stay with me. Shortly after Sarah arrived, Athena stopped by to pick up her freshly groomed Lhasa Apsos, Shanti and Joyti. A fellow wine drinker, Athena presented me with a bottle of Cabernet. An intimate, impromptu early New Year’s Eve celebration ensued, complete with dogs at our feet. Wine, women and song…more like wine, women and Apsos.

Arriving home around dark, delighted to discover Rick preferred to spend New Years Eve at home, I settled into a long winter’s night starting with a long, hot soak in the tub. Rick prepared Chicken Cordon Bleu for dinner. Yummy! Afterwards, we watched a great film titled Broadway: The Golden Age. From a review: The Golden Age offers rare footage, and a powerful sense of nostalgia throughout the interviews…it’s a worthwhile, often passionate film that captures a priceless glimpse at a way of life as lived by so many memorable figures whose like will never be seen again.

Sunday night the winds gusting in the mountains made Yangsom uneasy, unable to settle in and go to sleep. I’d started earlier that day. Between not being able to put the book down and soothing Yangsom with slow, massage-like strokes down her spine, I stayed up until after midnight reading! Does being up after midnight the night before New Year’s Eve count? A fascinating read, the book is about the reintroduction of wolves into Yellowstone National Park. Click on the book for more information.

Before leaving you with a poem by Edgar A. Guest, I wish you all a Happy New Year, filled with family and great friends, great films, great books, great wine and an Apso or three underfoot.

A happy New Year! Grant that I
May bring no tear to any eye
When this New Year in time shall end
Let it be said I’ve played the friend,
Have lived and loved and labored here,
And made of it a happy year.

A great start to Filling Big Shoes!

Posted: January 1, 2008 | Author: lhasalhady | Filed under: FFT Lhasa Apsos | Tags: Julie Timbers | 1 Comment

Remember the shoes Kathy sent Savion, welcoming him into the world? Big shoes, in more than one way…Savion is named after the famous choreographer/dancer Savion Glover. (Looking at this photo, I’m reminded of clomping around the house in mom’s high heels, feeling oh-so-grown-up, wondering how such shoes would ever fit me.)

Sunday, at his first fun match, Savion won the Non-Sporting Puppy Group! Yippee! How are those shoes fitting now?!

Julie on…being a Breeder!!!

Posted: December 30, 2007 | Author: lhasalhady | Filed under: Apso Aficionados, Lotsa Lhasa Info | Tags: Julie Timbers | 3 Comments

Debby and I have spent a lot of time on the phone to each other the past week, boosting each other and commiserating with each other over our lives with dogs. Sometimes we wish we could change things but in the end we know that dogs will always be a very important part of our lives.

After a very long day that turned into a longer night waiting for puppies to arrive, a holiday season based around going to the vet – no way a little snowstorm wasn’t going to stop me! – I thought the following article was most appropriate.

A Breeder (with a capital B) is one who thirsts for knowledge and never really knows it all, one who wrestles with decisions of conscience, convenience, and commitment. One that shares this knowledge and guides those interested.

A Breeder is one who sacrifices personal interests, finances, time, friendships, fancy furniture, and deep pile carpeting! She gives up the dreams of a long luxurious cruise in favor of turning that all important show into this year’s “vacation”.

The Breeder goes without sleep in hours spent planning a breeding or watching anxiously over the birth process, and afterwards, over every little wiggle or cry.

The Breeder skips dinner parties because that litter is due or the babies have to be fed at eight. She disregards birth fluids and puts mouth to mouth, to save a gasping newborn, literally blowing life into a tiny helpless creature that may be the culmination of a lifetime of dreams.

A Breeder’s lap is a marvelous place where dogs of proud and noble heritage often snooze.

A Breeder’s hands are strong and firm and often soiled, but ever so gentle and sensitive to the thrusts of a puppy’s wet nose.

A Breeder’s back and knees are usually arthritic from bending and sitting in the whelping box, but are strong enough to guide that new little pup to maturity.

A Breeder’s shoulders are often heaped with responsibility, but they’re wide enough to support the weight of a thousand defeats and frustrations.

A Breeder’s arms are always able to wield a mop, support an armful of puppies, or lend a helping hand to a newcomer.

A Breeder’s ears are wondrous things, sometimes red (from being talked about), or strangely shaped (from being pressed against a phone receiver). Often deaf to criticism, yet always fine tuned to the whimper of an anxious puppy.
A Breeder’s brain is foggy on faces, but can recall pedigrees faster than an IBM computer.

The Breeder’s heart is often broken, but it beats strongly with hope everlasting…….and it’s always in the right place! Oh, yes, there are breeders, and then, there are Breeders!!!

Author Unknown

Connor x Rosie puppies born 12-27-2007

red girl, parti boy