Debbie Miller-Gurchak tells us that...Shamont's Paden Blu RN aka Ellis(L.S.) had two wonderful days with his start at his CD title, he gave his best at Lorain County and Medina Kennel Club in December..scoring both days 191 1/2 in Novice B. I'm keeping my fingers crossed for our specialty! (Picture on right from Cindy Noland.)

Janet Norman tells us that...At Countryside Agility in Edinboro, PA, APOTC Trial, Woodland Sgt Hot & Sassy UD,, MXJ, AX, “Pepper” earned his Masters Jumpers Title on 11/10/06, with a Double Qa 4th place inSTD &rd in Jumpers. On 11/11/06 Pepper Q'd again inSTD.

Lynn Uram tells us that...On December 9th at the Clarion Agility Trial in Edinboro, Geraldo (CastleGate's Daily News) finished his OAJ title with a first placement!Just for fun, I moved him up to the Excellent Jumpers class the next day, and not only did he qualify,earned first place again.To say that I was thrilled is an understatement.I'm so proud of him!!

Marlana Tice tells us that...At the Cleveland, Ohio IX Center, CH Damingo Marksman's Hi Speed Bullet, OAJ, NA, "Marko" competed in both agility and confirmation.Marko earned his 2nd Open Standard Leg with a 1st Place Ribbon.

Also competing was Emprise Just Three Wishes, "Justi" who earned her Novice JWW title with a 1st Place Finish.Justi moved up to Open JWW and earned her first leg with a 1st Place Finish.

Janet Noman tells us that...Woodland Sgt Hot & Sassy UD,, MXJ, AX,“Pepper” earned his Utility Title at the CABTC Obedience Trial on 11/5/06, with a 2nd Place under Brian Cleveland.

Janet Noman tells us that...Woodland Sgt Hot & Sassy UD,, MXJ, AX,“Pepper” On October 29, 2006, earned his Advanced Rally Title at YABTC.

Nancy Grebur tells us that...This past weekend on Saturday, December 16, 2006 Ranger earned his 10th leg to get his RAE Title at the Crown Classic in Cleveland , Ohio. On Sunday he earned his first leg towards his RAE 2. But I don't think we'll continue because it takes sooo long. Thanks to all that cheered us on. We are going to try agility now because he thinks that is great fun. His Auntie Lynne King has helped us so much. We'll continue practicing and see what happens.

Terri Poirier tells us that...We are extremely pleased that our boy, Saranac Morning Creation, NAJ (Ryan) completed his championship in style today at the competitive Cleveland Classics for a big fat 5 pt major with a Best of Winners. Judge was Randy Sheets. Ryan was expertly handled to his CH by Zana Friend. Ryan is now coming home to Illinois to his human mother, Terri. This makes champion # 3 for his dam, Saranac Chance on One, NA, OAJ (Jonee). Jonee has one more son, Solo, only needing majors to finish and her last daughter, Rachel who has not begun her show career yet.

Rita & Wayne Slepcevich tell us that...at the Tri State Four Seasons CPE trial in Washingtonville OH on November 11th & 12th, U-AGI Homespun Sweet Home Chicago CD, RA, AX, MXJ, NAC, NJC, OGC, RS-N, JS-N, GS-O, CGC, TDI, “Hannah”, competing at Level 3, earned a Standard leg with a 1st place, a Snooker leg with a 2nd place, a Wildcard leg with a 1st place, a Colors leg with a 2nd place and two Jumpers legs with two 1st places.

Lynn Uram tells us that...On November 12th at the Admiral Perry Agility Trial in Edinboro, PA, CastleGate's Daily News NAJ ("Geraldo") earned his first OAJ leg with a second place finish.Geraldo is a joy to run with on the agility course, and I'm having a blast with him!

AND...At the Tamarack Lake Kennel Club's agility trial in Edinboro, PA on November 26th, "Geraldo" earned his second OAJ leg with a first place finish.As always, I was delighted to be running the course with my happy bi-blue boy!!

Elaine Mayowski tells us that...Mach Kyrie (MACH, U-AG1 Saranac Better In Black MX, MXJ, CD, CGC, TDI, CL1-F, CL1-R, CL1-H, TN-N, WV-N, NJC) qualified at the Erie Kennel Club trial on Oct 22 in Standard with a 2nd place and 21 more Mach points.

Then...at the Clarion trial on Nov 4 she qualified in Standard with a 1st place win and 30 more Mach points.

Then...at the Admiral Perry trial Nov 12 she she qualified in Standard with a 3rd place win and 14 more Mach points. Way to go "Little Bear" I Love you so much.

Donna Rozeck tells us that... Sooner’s The First Lady, aka, Mary Todd, completed her Open Preferred Jumpers Title at the Clarion Agility Trial on November 4, 2006, in Edinboro , PA. Mary Todd took First place in her competition; for an 11 year old, that’s not too shabby!

Tom and Charlotte Deibert are thrilled to announce that... Glendower Morningstar Delite RA, CGC "Micah"his Rally Advanced title with a 2nd place finish on 9/29/06 at Westmoreland County Obedience Training Center in Delmont, PA.The next day at WCOTC Micah went on to earn his first leg in Rally Excellent with a 1st place finish!

Lynn & Tom Uram tell us that...On October 27th, Elsa (Kelbren Come Hither) was WB at the Island Dog Show in Charlottetown, PE for two points.The following day, she was WB/BWthree more points.Elsa was handled to these exciting wins by her breeder, Carol Craswell.Elsa needs two more points to finish her Canadian Championship, and we have high hopes that she'll complete her title before coming back to the U.S. at the end of November.

AND...On November 18th,WB at theClub Show, and that win finished her Canadian Championship! 's breeder, Carol Craswell, put the first eight points on her in September and October, and Sharon Ayersthose delightful final points on her atOttawa Kennel Club Show.We are very appreciative of the beautiful way in whichand Sharonin the ring. 's sire is BISS Am Ch Shamont Lasting Impression, and her dam is Can Ch Kelbren Tresta Tatianna.Elsa is the fifth Canadian Champion for her sire and the fourth Canadian Champion for her dam.

Lynn Schaber tells us that…My young sable bitch, Twin Cedar's Ashes by Now, "Ashley" took a 4 point Major Reserve under Judge Irene Bivin at the Lima Kennel Club show in Columbus, Ohio.  It's her first Reserve and I'm very proud of her!

We have a great deal to be thankful for this Thanksgiving at Belaire (Ken & Gloria Hansen) and Dante (Elizabeth & Ben Brinkley). Our beautiful pointed blue girl - Wynstone's Belle Amie whelpled a litter yesterday sired by my boy Fayr Isle Double Justice. Amie is such a lady that she waited until we had finished Thanksgiving dinner to drop her temp and start early signs of labor. After a long night of close watching, she started heavy labor at 5 am and popped the first puppy at 6 am. The last pup was born at noon - six hours start to finish <g> She did a wonderful job and is a fantastic momma so far. I had been hoping that she would hold out untilsince it is my husband, Ben's birthday <lol> Makes it very easy to remember the birth date for this litter although I am not sure he appreciated a birthday present of seven very noisy puppies in the bedroom <VBEG>. I whispered in Amie's ear to think blue girls and I guess she was listening. She had one black girl (possibly bi-black, we are still waiting to confirm but she looks totally black) two flashy blue boys (one of whom might be biblue)four blue merle girls for a grand total of SEVEN healthy squirming babies. They range in weight from 7.1 ounces to 9.2 ounces and are very uniform. The most wonderful thing about this event is that Amie's litters before she came to live with us consisted of two singleton littersc-section and a twosome litter, so Gloria and I are thanking our lucky stars that we have so many beautiful babies from our beautiful friend. Photos are up on my website and Gloria's at http://www.belairemanor.com/home/ We have been truly blessed this Thanksgiving. I know Amie is relieved. She was beginning to resemble a walking beach ball. <LOL>Ask me if I feel the same way at Christmas when I have seven four week olds trying to get into everything

Elaine Mayowski is proud to announce that... Mach Kyrie (MACH, U-AG1 Saranac Better In Black MX, MXJ, CD, CGC, TDI, CL1-F, CL1-R, CL1-H, TN-N, WV-N, NJC) qualified at the Erie Kennel Club trial on Oct 22 in Standard with a 2nd place win and 21 more Mach points. Then at the Clarion trial on Nov 4 she qualified in Standard with a 1st place win and 30 more Mach points. Then at the Admiral Perry trial on Nov 12 she she qualified in Standard with a 3rd place win and 14 more Mach points. Way to go "Little Bear" I Love you so much.

Walt Piroth tells us that..."oZZy had his first Double Q on Sunday September 17 at the Beaver County Kennel Club Trial at the Island Sports Complex. We were even about 8 seconds under time on the jumpers course which is like a record for us. I'm taking complete credit for it.you've ever noticed while we'reour turn to run I sit on the floor and talk to him. What I'm doing is giving him a motivational talk. My latestto lookin the eye and tell him he's partCollie and they're fast. Real fast.be fast. Don't no one be telling him he's not part BC. On, as it was aptly put,had half a double Q. 3 out of 4 equals lots of ice cream." (Picture on left)

Lynn Uram tells us that...On October 7th at the TRSSCGP Agility Trial in Washingtonville, Ohio, Daily (Shamont Most Unusual Day)her second Novice JWW leg, and I was delighted to be on the course with her for that qualifying run.As icing on the cake, Daily also earned first place in the 12" Novice Jumpers class.Our heartfelt thanks go outElaine Mayowski for training both Daily and me!

Elaine Mayowski tells us that...Kyrie (MACH, U-AG1 Saranac Better In Black MX, MXJ, CD, CGC, TDI, CL1-F, CL1-R, CL1-H, TN-N, WV-N, NJC) qualified at the Shiba trial on Sept 23 in Standard with a 3rd place and 14 more Mach points.

THEN...at the Three Rivers Shetland Sheepdog Club show on Oct 7 she Double Q'd with a 1st place in Jumpers and 18 more Mach points and a 3rd place in Standard and 16 more Mach points.

THEN...at the Cleveland shows on Oct 14, she Double Q'd and got 10 more Mach points in Jumpers, and got 2nd place in Standard and 25 more Mach points. Way to go "Little Bear" I Love you so much.

Kelly Schnur tells us that...Even thoughbarked her fool head off the entire course she earned a very generous score of 75 from Judge Jeffery B. Showman for her 2nd RA leg on Saturday Oct.7th at the Fort Steuben Kennel Association show held at Aliquippa. On Sunday Oct. 8th at the Beaver County Kennel Club show at Aliquippa under judge Kenneth A. Buxton, Kaila was more in control and earned a respectable score of 89 for her 3rd and final RA leg for her Rally Advanced Title!!! She is now known as: Kaila Forever In Blue Jeans RN, CD, RA. It will be awhile until we hit the excellent courses...more training needed....

Rita & Wayne Slepcevich tell us that...at the GTOTC Rally Trials in Cheswick, U-ACH Hullston’s Return To Sender CD, RN, OA, OAJ, NAP, NJP, AG.N, NAC, OJC, NGC, JS-N, CL1-R, CL1-H, CGC, TDIA, VCC, FFXP, “Hayley”, earned the second leg of her Rally Advanced title. At the same trials, U-AGI Homespun Sweet Home Chicago CD, RN, AX, MXJ, NAC, NJC, OGC, RS-N, JS-N, GS-O, CGC, TDI, “Hannah” earned a leg each day to finish her Rally Advanced title in three straight shows.

The Herbein musical shelties have enjoyed success in Rally and Obedience at WCOTC and GTOTC trials.Going head to head in Rally Novice B for the first time at the WCOTC trial in Delmont, Homespun Classical Style "Trio" (who had never been in a formal obedience or rally ring) stunningly upset older brother MACH T'Angel's Allegro Molto, UDX on both days. , Trio took 3^rd place and Allegro placed 4^th.Saturday, Trio earned a perfect score of 100, taking first place in his class, while Allegro Q'd but didn't place. brother Patented Classical Form "Rondo" happily barked while completing his Rally Advanced title.At the GTOTC trial in Cheswick, Trio entered the obedience ring for the first time in his career on Saturday and took home 3^rd place in Novice B with a score of 194, which also earned him the high scoring sheltie in the class.Meanwhile, Allegro completed his RN with a 4^th place and Rondo earned his first RE leg. On Sunday, Rondo and Allegro had to partner with Bill instead of Jackie. The dogs managed to overcome Bill's inexperience in the rally ring and earn their green ribbons, but Rondo was quite vociferous with the last minute handler substitution and won't mention his score!

Janet Agresti-Norman tells us that...At GTOTC Oct 14, 2006 Woodland SGT Hot & Sassy (Pepper) earned his 2nd Utility Leg with a first place under Karen Anderson. Rally - In Adv B, Pepper earned a 4th place and a leg. On Oct 15, 2006qualified in Adv B with a 2nd leg.

Darla Annonio reports that at the USDAA Splash and Dash K9 Sports trial Kassie received a Q and 2nd place in pairs relay.was very excited that her partner was another sheltie. Due to an injury Darla was not able to run Kobie and Kassie in allof their classes. Kassie ran with her substitute handler Linda Evans in the game of Snooker and received a Q and second place. Kobie was run by Carol DeMoss although they did not Q. Kobie completed the course with Carol. This was the first time that somone else ran Kobie and finished a course usually he comes running looking for his Momma.

Elaine Shively tells us that...Robbie (Brownlee Bonnie Lad Robbie) and I have a brag. At the TRSSCGP Agility Trial October 8, 2006, Robbie and I had a perfect score with time 32.81 (SCT: 43), giving us a first place in Novice Preferred JWW. Having a blue rosette is great, but having one from TRSSCGP made it especially nice!

Lynn Uram tells us that...On October 21st, at the Erie Kennel Club's Agility trial in Edinboro, PA, CastleGate's Daily News (Geraldo) earned his second Novice JWW leg with a perfect score and a second place finish.The next day,finished his Novice JWW titleanotherscore and a first place finish.It was such a thrill for me to be on the course withthese wins!aregrateful to Elaine Mayowski for the manyshe spent training Geraldo and me.We couldn't have done it without her patient and positive instruction.Geraldo is the second Chet son to earn an NAJ title this year, and several others are waiting in the wings for their turn!

Belaire's Town N' Country "Lainey" owned and bred by Gloria and Ken Hansen, went WB out the 9-12 puppy class for 2pts at the Greater Clarksburg KC show on Sept 17. She was handled by Ken! This was Ken's first time to ever show a Sheltie in the conformation ring. We were so proud of him.

AND...At the same show AM/CAN CH Wynstone's The Impressionist "Degas" that we co-own with Elizabeth Brinkley, took Best Of Opposite Sex, handled by Elizabeth.

AND...The same day at the Berks Co. KC show in eastern PA, Belaire's What You Leave Behind "Breckon" owned and bred by Gloria and Ken took Winners Dog and "Best Of Breed" to get him even closer to his Championship. He was handled by Cadie Pruss. Both Lainey and Breckon are the kids of Am/Can CH Tari-Ri Kylenes Country Pride VCX..(alphabet soup that follows), "JJ"!

AND...AM/CAN CH Wynstone The Imressionist also took Best Of Opposite Sex at the Butler County Kennel Club on 9/23. Degas is owned by Gloria Hansen and handler Elizabeth Brinkley.

AND...At Fort Steuban KC Show.."Belaire's Town N' Country" (Lainey), bred and owned by Ken and Gloria Hansen went WB and BOW for 2pts out of the 12-18 month puppy class handled by Ken.

AND...At Butler County...AM/CAN CH Wynstone The Impressionist" (Degas) owned by Gloria and Ken Hansen and Elizabeth Brinkley took BOS, handled by Ken. We are making a breed handler out of Ken yet, he did a lovely job all weekend!!

AND...At the Butler County KC show, "Wynstone's Belle Aime" (Aime'), took WB and BOW for 2pts, owned by Elizabeth Brinkley and Gloria Hansen. Also at Fort Steuban, "AM/CAN CH Wynstone The Impressionist" (Degas) went BOS both wins beautifully handled by Elizabeth!

It was a heck of a summer for CH Damingo Marksman’s Hi Speed Bullet, OAJ, NA (“Marko”), in the Conformation Ring.From the time that he finished his Championship on May 26, 2006, he racked up 8 Best of Breeds, 1 Group Three and 2 Group Four placements in limited showing as a Special.of September 30, 2006, Marko was ranked as the #23 Shetland Sheepdog in the United States.An Invite to the 2006 Eukanuba National Championship was so close; however, wins are calculated on a different Calendar Year (Oct. 2005 – Oct. 10, 2006) and Marko was tied at #26 on that list as of September 18, 2006 with no other win points to be added to his total up until the deadline.(Only the Top 25 Dogs from each breed are invited).The following is his list of wins: 5/28/06SpeichCastle, PAOf Breed. 5/29/06Minna-Lissa KoltesCastle, PAOf Breed. 7/02/06Kahn, PAOf Opposite Sex (to the #1 Bitch in the Country). 7/14/06Steen, OHOf Breed. 8/03/06Adams, OHOf Breed. 8/06/06Gonzalez, OHBest of Breed. 9/09/06Riddle, PAof Breed (Over the #1 Bitch in the Country). James Frederickson4. 9/10/06Character, PAof Breed (Over the #1 Bitch in the Country). Lenora RiddleGroup 3. 9/24/06Kefeli, PAof Breed (Over the #1 Bitch in the Country) and Group 4. Marko is Owned and exclusively handled by Marlana Tice and Co-Owned and Bred by Joanna Fortson.

Marlana Tice is now the proud Co-Owner and Handler of a 10 Month Old Shetland Sheepdog Brownlee Bourbon Street (“Bronson”) with Owner and Breeder Joann Avery of Poland, OH. (CH Damingo Colt Forty-Five, RN, CGCScarlet Ribbons)has been making his impact in the Conformation Ring as a young puppy and has a promising future.recently racked up 4 Reserve Winners Dog wins all from the puppy classes.following is a list of his accomplishments: 8/04/06Davis, OHWinners Dog (From the 6-9 Month Puppy Dog Class). 9/10/06Character, PAWinners Dog (From the 9-12 Month Puppy Dog Class). 9/24/06Kefeli, PAWinners Dog (From the 9-12 Month Puppy Dog Class). 10/7/06Reasin,PAWinners Dog (From the 9-12 Month Puppy Dog Class).

Roe George tells us that...CH Kelvingtons' Spirit N' The Sky NJP is presently ranked #26 (Eukanuba National Championship Rankings). Spirit is 9 years old and in limited showing has reached this accomplishment. Spirit is owned andby Roe George and bred by Elaine Kelvington. Thanks Elaine, we are having a great time. Looking forward to seeing his puppies in the ring.

Pam Weber tells us that...Tanglewood's Softail Deuce "Lindsey" went WB on 9/23/06the Butler Show, for her second major.She now has 8 points and is making her daddy Am/Can Ch Tanglewood's Harley Davidson very proud.

Peter & Yvette Grandillo are EXTREMELY proud to announce that… at the Three Rivers Shetland Sheepdog Club of Greater Pittsburgh Agility Trial over October 7^th & 8^th, 2006 Suntera Cammi Grandillo earned her Master Agility Champion (MACH) title coming in 1^st Place in Jumpers. (Her remaining runs resulted in a 2^nd, 3^rd, and 5^th with two double Q’s and 61 MACH points.) Yvette and I are extremely proud of our little girl. We would also like to thank everyone who sent their warm wishes, kind thoughts, cards, cakes, balloons, signs, and emails. A BIG THANKS goes out to all. Suntera Cammi & I would have never earned this title without the support of everyone!

From Cammi’s perspective, it was another fun day of agility. At the completion of her run, she got to run around the course again making it up as she goes (she loved that). Then she got all these pictures taken of her. (During the pictures, people kept saying South Park, but she didn't get to go to the park. Bogus lying picture takers!) She also told her daddy that he stole one of the jump bars from the course. When she got home, she got a juicy steak. After all the excitement, belly up in the air, she told her daddy that it was only another day of agility and that she wanted to know why she doesn’t get steak all the time for her agility runs. Then she fell asleep next to her mommy by the sofa.

Elaine Mayowski is proud to announce that... Kyrie (MACH, U-AG1 Saranac Better In Black MX, MXJ, CD, CGC, TDI, CL1-F, CL1-R, CL1-H, TN-N, WV-N, NJC) qualified at the Shiba trial on Sept 23 in Standard with a 3rd place and 14 more Mach points.

At the Three Rivers Shetland Sheepdog Club show on Oct 7 she Double Q'd with a 1st place in Jumpers and 18 more Mach points and a 3rd place in Standard and 16 more Mach points.

At at the Cleveland shows on Oct 14 she Double Q's and got 10 more Mach points in Jumpers and got 2nd place in Standard and 25 more Mach points. Way to go "Little Bear" I Love you so much.

Joyce Cummings is proud to announce that... On Sunday, Oct 15, 2006 at the Cleveland All Breed agility trial in North Olmsted, OH Cummings Chivas Regal LTD., NA, OAJ (Chevy) earned his first Excellent A Jumpers leg with a first place finish for the 12 inch Exec A JWW division.

Colleen Gentilcore (new email) is thrilled to announce (albeit very late!) that... we have a new champion at Suntera (new website address) Shelties. Our handsome pure-for-sable boy, bred by Colleen Gentilcore and co-owned by club members Colleen Gentilcore and Kelly Wentz, finished his championship by getting two majors at the Canfield Ohio cluster. Austin (Ch. Trevanne Pelletier x Ch. Suntera Foxglove Charmed Life), Charm, finished on Aug. 6 in the capable hands of Nick Joines and Joel McCarty of Sunway Presentations. He was our quickest champion, finishing in about nine weekends of shows. Austin represents our third generation of champions. We are lucky enough to share our home with his grandmmother, Phoebe, Ch. Foxglove Ashburton Photo Op, (3 Ch.’s) and his mother, Charm, (One Ch., one MACH). Austin now entertains the ladies part time and lives the good life full time in Cranberry with Kelly and Rob Wentz and their (and Austin’s) kids, Calista, Jordan and Connor. Thank you for letting us share our good news!

Terri Poirier is pleased to report that...CH Saranac Bi Chance, CD, OAJ, OA, HT, VCX (Trevor) earned his third qualifying leg in Excellent A Jumpers at the Capitol Canine Training Club in Springfield, IL9/4 with a first place and 7 seconds under time. This now makes CH Saranac Bi Chance, CD, AXJ, OA, HT, VCX. Thanks to Tricia Martino for stepping in to handle him to this third leg... This was the third time that Tricia has handled Trevor in competition! and the first qualifying leg with him.. Now we can begin the journey to accumulating MACH points. Trevor has restarted competing since this past April after nearly a two year hiatus from agility.

Rita & Wayne Slepcevich tell us that...at the BCKC Agility Trial on Neville Island on September 15th, U-AGI Homespun Sweet Home Chicago CD, RN, AX, MXJ, AG.N.J, NAC, NJC, OGC, RS-N,JS-N, GS-O, CGC, TDI “Hannah”, earned the 14th leg of her Master Jumper title.

AND...In spite of rain, cold and sustained 30-48mile an hour winds, Hannah earned her Canadian Agility Intermediate Jumper title with three 1st places, at the NTTA CKC agility trial in Stevensville Ontario on September 23 & 24.

Lynn Uram tells us that...On September 16th, Geraldo (CastleGate's Daily News) earned his first Novice JWW leg at the Beaver County Agility Trial. He qualified with a perfect score and first place in the 16" jumpers class.was the first time that I have ever put a performance leg on one of my dogs myself!! To say I was thrilled is an understatement. After our run, I hugged and kissed Geraldo until he just couldn't stand it any more!

Royanne Mac tells us that - Rocky is tired of not being able to run him in agility so he has hired a new handler. age 11 1/2 Rocky Joyce Cummings (no age given) decided to start back in preferred Jumpers and Std. classes as a warm up to getting his last open leg and finishing his excellent title in jumpers. They are doing pretty good. So far Rocky has earned at BCKC-JW Nov P "first place" GPGRC-JW Nov P "first place", JW Nov P "first place", STD Nov P "first place", JW Open P "first place”, JW Open P "second place", JW Open P "first place", JW Open P "first place". Quite an achievement for a dog who runs a bit slower and can still bark of the course. THANKS TO JOYCE.

Elaine Mayowski tells us that...Kyrie (MACH, U-AG1 Saranac Better In Black MX, MXJ, CD, CGC, TDI, CL1-F, CL1-R, CL1-H, TN-N, WV-N, NJC) on Aug 26 at the Mountaineer Kennel Club in Jumpers with a 3rd place and 9 more Mach points. the next day she qualified in Jumpers with a 2nd place and 16 more Mach points. THEN...at the Cleveland Shetland Sheepdog Club show on Sept 8 she qualified in Standard with 14 more Mach points and the next day she qualified in Jumper with 11 more Mach points. THEN...at the Beaver County Kennel Club show on Sept 17 she qualified in Standard with a 2nd place and 30 more Mach points. Way to go "Little Bear". Love you so much ! Congrats go out to Lynn and Geraldo for their Big 1st Place win. are so proud of you !

Lynn and Tom Uram tell us that...Elsa (Kelbren Come Hither) is staying with her breeder on Prince Edward Island, Canada while she's pursuing her Canadian Championship. At her first Canadian show on September 9, 2006, Elsa was WB and BOS over two bitch specials! was shown to this exciting win by her breeder, Carol Craswell. We're delighted that Elsa's Canadian show career is off to such a great start.

Maureen and Lindsay Spitznogle tell us that...Jade Mist Anistar Andante "Annie" picked up another point by going Winners Bitch at the Laurel Highlands KC Show on September 10 under Breeder Judge Melvin Character. That brings Annie up to six points, one major. How we love that little girl !! AND...Annie has done it again ! At the Erie KC show in Butler on September 24, Jade Mist Anistar Andante - "Annie" -was Winners Bitch and Best of Winners under judge Joan Kefeli, for her seventh point.This is Annie's third win in four weekends - she is halfway there !!

Maureen and Lindsay Spitznogle of Anistar Shetland Sheepdogs tells us that... Jade Mist Anistar Andante "Annie" picked up another point by going Winners Bitch at the Laurel Highlands KC Show on September 10 under Breeder Judge Melvin Character. That brings Annie up to six points, one major. How we love that little girl !!

Peter & Yvette Grandillo are proud to announce that… the saga between Cammi and Dawson really got really heated at the Mountaineer Kennel Club on August 26/27, 2006. The two combined for six second place finishes and two third place finishes out of eight runs. Both double-double Q’d, and they combined for 129 MACH Points. More importantly, Dawson earned his Master Jumpers Title (MXJ). On the long trip home, Dawson and Cammi teamed up and yelled at Daddy. Cammi and Dawson remembered reading on the website that Rita was going out and getting non-restaurant chained ice-cream from Kip’s for Hannah, and they wanted the same or better. Cammi & Dawson further added surely on the ride from Morgantown to Pittsburgh there had to be something better. Well, Yvette and I put our heads together and came up with Sarris’ ice cream in Canonsburg. Needless to say, Cammi and Dawson were pleased with Sarris, and both slept the remainder of the ride home with their tongues hanging out checking to see if they missed any ice cream on their whiskers. Sorry Rita, but the dogs made me do it.

Ken & Gloria Hansen and Elizabeth Brinkley tell us that...New at Belaire and Dante Shelties is a very special boy..."BPIS AM/CAN CH Wynstone The Impressionist "Degas" sired by Am/Can.Ch Silversong's Modern Art "Paris" ex Apple Acres Insatiable "Sadie". We can not thank his co-owner Jennifer Graham (Silversong Shelties) and Jan Williams (Mistybrook Shelties) for sharing this outstanding boy with us.

Darla Annonio tells us that...Sir Kobington of Annonio (Kobie) NA NAJ OA OAJ AXJ TG1 TG2 passed his CGC and TDI test on Aug 14, 2006 at Splash and Dash K9 Sports Complex.

From Carol DeMoss and Linda Evans: "Willow" Ch Merrylea's Willow in the Wind and “Journey” Kaskade's Legacy of the Wind, AXJ, OA passed their CGC and TDI tests in June at Camp Gone To The Dogs. "Archer" Dunade Kaskade's Explorer and "Charm" Kaskade's Demitasse, OAJ, NA passed their CGC and TDI tests on August 14th. (picture on left)

From Mary Lou Williamson: "Lyra" Ch Kaskade's Blue Star of Orion, earned her TDI, CGC on August 14th.

Nancy Ann Whitely tells us that…”Sterling”, Merlyn's Sterling Silver,passed his Therapy Dog Test and was certified as a Therapy Dog.

Charlotte and Tom Deibert are pleased to report that… on August 15, 2006the tender age of8 months's Knight in Silver Armor "Asher" successfully completed his test for the Canine Good Citizen certificate at the Westmoreland County Obedience Training Club.

Elaine Mayowski tells us that...Kyrie (U-AG1 Saranac Better In Black MX, MXJ, CD, CGC, TDI, CL1-F, CL1-R, CL1-H, TN-N, WV-N, NJC)on July 22 in Excellent Jumpers at the Golden Retriever Club agility trial with a 4th place and 10 more Mach points. on July 23 she qualified in Excellent Standard with a 4th place and 20 more Mach points. Way to go my "Little Bear." Ya !

AND...Kyrie earned her MACH title at the Norwegian Elkhound Club Agility Trial on August 6, 2006 with her 20th Double and 37 more Mach Points. also qualified on Aug 5 in Jumpers and earned 10 Mach Points. She finished her Mach Title with 20 Double Q's and 1564 Points. Bear Hugs to my "Little Bear". am so proud of you.

AND...Kyrie (MACH, U-AG1 Saranac Better In Black MX, MXJ, CD, CGC, TDI, CL1-F, CL1-R, CL1-H, TN-N, WV-N, NJC) Q'd on Aug 13 at the Golden Retriever Club Agility Trial with a 4th place and 28 more Mach Points. 19 more Doubles to go my sweet "Little Bear". (Picture on right.)

Terri Poirier reports that...Trevor (CH Saranac Bi Chance, CD, OAJ, NA, HT, VCX) completed his open standard title at the Gateway Agility Trial. He also earned his first leg in Excellent A standard and earned another leg in Excellent A jumpers.

Taking a break from AKC agility, the Slepcevich crew visited our neighbors north of the border in Stevensville Ontario on August 12th & 13th. “Hannah” U-AGI Homespun Sweet Home Chicago CD, RN, AX, MXJ, NAC, NJC, OGC, RS-N,JS-N, GS-O, CGC, TDI, was thrilled to get 6 runs in one weekend, and earned her first Canadian title...Agility Novice Jumper, with a 2nd, 3rd & 5th place.Unfortunately, the CKC also has contact zones on their contact obstacles, and Hannah missed every one of them, so we didn’t get that standard title. “Hayley” U-ACH Hullston’s Return To Sender CD, RN, OA, OAJ, NAP, NJP, AG.N, NAC, OJC, NGC, JS-N, CL1-R, CL1-H, CGC, TDIA, VCC, FFXP, reported she was thrilled she didn’t have to do anything, as we resisted the urge to pull her out of retirement to compete again in Novice Jumpers. It was strange to compete in an agility trial without any Border Collies...they’re not allowed to compete in Canada!!

Peter & Yvette Grandillo are proud to announce…. the saga continued at the Westmoreland County Obedience Training Club agility trial on August 12^th & 13^th, 2006. Since both are now up and running at Excellent B standard and jumpers, both could compare their results with one another. Cammi ended up with two double Q’s, two 1^st Place finishes, two 2^nd Place finishes, and 95 MACH points. Dawson finished with one double Q, two 3^rd Place finishes, one 5th Place finish, and 42 MACH. This made Dawson very confused because in a couple of the runs, he beat Cammi in time, but finished lower in placement. Dawson whispered into his mother’s ear (Yvette), “Why did Cammi get a toy and I did not when my time was faster.” Well, big sister - Cammi’s super sonic hearing picked up the whisper and she blurted out because “We don’t compete at the same height.” That’s when dad had to step-in and explain to Dawson about how he is just a little bit taller than Cammi, but enough to make them compete at different heights. Dawson’s logic made him turn around and say, “I don’t like all those fast 20 inch Border Collies any more.”

Nancy Grebur tells us that...On August 5, 2006 at the Canfield, Ohio Obedience Trial my Sheltie, Ranger finished his 3rd Novice A leg to obtain his CD Title. He placed 2nd. I was EXTREMELY happy for the both of us. I have been so nervous doing this. WOW! It's over now. My dearest friend and mentor -Lynne King has helped us tremendously with her support. She has helped me with my confidence. Thanks-Lynne!! Also, thanks to other members of WCOTC and TRSSCGP for their support. My cheering section- Aunt Betts, Uncle Walter, Pam Smith, Karen Schroeder & Nancy Glabicki. I love you all!

From Carol DeMoss, Mary Lou Williamson and Perry New...On theweekend following her mother, Sally'sQ's, Lyra completed her championship in Talbot, Maryland. Lyra accumulated 14 of her 15 points between Memorial Day weekend andAugust 19th with several weekends off because her mother and "breed mother" could not attend the shows due to agility commitments/or work. Along the way, she accumulated two BOB's. Lyra was bred by her current owners and is the first champion for Mary Lou and Perry. She is now --- Ch. Kaskade's Blue Star of Orion.

Deborah Miller-Gurchak tells us that…I am pleased to announce: Let's Talk About Me aka Me-Me and/Can. Ch. Kelbren Blue Flame, CD, RN, NAJ , AJP born28, 2006.Me-Megave birth to 4 boys and one girl.We are so excited to have a bi-black, bi-blue and some beautiful blue merles!Aspecial 'thank you' goes out to Lynn and Tom Uram for all their help with the whelping and to our friends that helped with desperate phone calls.Thank you.

From Mary Lou Williamson, Perry New and Carol DeMoss...Kaskade's Stargazer of Orion, MXJ, AX “Sally” received her first two double Q's with Mary Lou handling at the Westmoreland County Agility Trial August 11th and 13th.

Donna Rozeck would like to tell us that Ch. Merry Lea's Music on the Wind, NA NAJ (aka Piper) had a clean run in Open Standard at Youngstown Agility Event on August 19, 2006 taking first place. Not to be outdone, Sooner’s The First Lady, OA OAJ, NJP, (aka Mary Todd) took a second place in her Preferred Open Jumpers course on the same day, now Mary Todd has two legs towards her OJP. You go girls!!!!!!!!

Elaine Shively tells us that...Robbie, Brownlee Bonnie Lad Robbie, and I earned our NAP, Standard Novice Agility Preferred title, at the Youngstown All-Breed Training Club agility trial, 8/19/2006. We had a perfect score and second place. We also are pleased to have a new family member, Brownlee Suncrest Sonata.

Anne Trosky is happy to report that at the Golden Retriever Club's Agility Trial on 7/22/06, Shadow earned his second Novice Standard Preferredwith aplace finish.And at WCOTC's Trial on 8/12/06, Shadow ran his little heart out andhis Novice Standard Preferred title with a second place making him officially, Moon Shadow of Summerridge CDX,, NAJP,.I'm so proud of Shadow...in theAgility ring he'sthe "Little Engine that"...I knew you could do it too Shadow!Novice titles aren't a big deal to some people butthat we thought we'd justAgilitytry last year after the dog attack in order to have fun and build up Shadow's confidence in the ring again, these titles are a great accomplishment.Once again, Shadow has proven his courage, determination and desire to please...That's my Boo!!Shadow is now looking forward to-retirement fromand returning to the Obedience ring and a new career in.

Maureen and Lindsay Spitznogle of Anistar Shetland Sheepdogs are proud to announce that after a maternity leave of almost eleven months, Jade Mist Anistar Andante "Annie" returned to the show ring in grand style this weekend. Annie was Winners Bitch, Best of Winners and Best Opposite Sex at the Fort Steuben Kennel Assoc show in Canfield, Ohio for her FIRST MAJOR ! Annie and her owner/handler, Lindsay battled the horrible heat and humidity in Canfield to bring home the points - Annie was a little "done in" after showing, but I don't think Lindsay and I minded the heat at all !!!!

Gloria and Ken Hansen are proud to announce a litter of sable and white Sheltie puppies, sired by Solange Freelander "Landen" (pts) ex Jerecort Belaire Serendipity "Sarah". She had three puppies, 2 males and 1 female. All are doing so well and we can't be anymore excited!!

Tom and Charlotte Deibert are excited to report that Micah (Glendower Morningstar Delite) had aPlace finisha score of 98 on May 26 at the New Castle showhis 2nd Rally Novice leg.Then he returned to New Castleon May 29 to finish hisNovice title!One week later, Micah (now happily known as Glendower Morningstar Delite RN, CGC) had a Third Place finish at the WCOTC Rally TrialsDelmontearned his first Advanced leg.The next day, he scored 100 and earnedsecond Advanced leg with a First Place finish.

Maureen Spitznogle tells us that...We are on cloud nine ! Just like Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz, we were able to find our hearts desire right in our own back yard when Emprise Roadmaster, "Christopher" went Winners Dog, Best of Winners and Best Opposite Sex for his second major to finish his Championship !After a long search for majors, Chris did this at the Bushy Run KC show, so close to home under Judge Shelley Hennessey with lots of friends and family there. Chris was handled all the way by his owner Lindsay Spitznogle and I am so proud of both my daughter and our dog ! We owe a very big thank you to his Breeder, Diane Troese for, first of all, entrusting us with him and for all the support and encouragement on the road to his Championship, and to Rusty Cromer for....well...EVERYTHING and to Ann Flessas for the grooming and trimming and ALWAYS being there !

From Gloria and Ken Hansen..."Belaire's What You Leave Behind"..aka "Breckon" at the Bushy Run KC show on Sunday, June 2 took WD and BOW to earn his second major, handled by Cadie Pruss (Acadia Shelties). AND..."Breckon" went Winners Dog for another point at the Nita Nee KC show on Sunday, July 23. He was beautifully handled by Cadie Pruss!!!

Colleen Gentilcore reports that Suntera City Life, Austin, has been out for a whirlwind month with Nick Joines and Joel McCarty of Sunway Presentations. Austin now has 10 POINTS in only four weekends of shows!!! After starting out as reserve winner’s dog at the Harrisburg Shetland Sheepdog Club, we decided that maybe Austin was ready for prime time and we sent him out. This is a son of my bed buddy/couch potato Ch. Suntera Foxglove Charmed Life, Charm. Austin is sired by Ch. Trevanne’s Pelletier. His human mom, Kelly Wentz, and I could not be more happy!!

From Gloria and Ken Hansen...Mac-Nel Olympic gold..aka "Brooke", took WB and BOW for another point at the Champaign Illinois KC show on July 1st. She is co-owned and handled by Judy Stachowski. AND…”Brooke”, at the Grand River Kennel Club, Inc. - Friday July 14, 2006, went WB, BOW and BOS to earn another point toward her CH. Brooke was shown by co-owner Judy Stachowski.

Terri Poirier reports...Saranac Meet Me in St Louis (Annie), our two year blue girl by our CH Saranac Playing for Keeps (Jordan) took a major reserve at the Sioux Valley KC on July lst and on July 2nd took a 4 pt major including BW and BOB over 3 specials. This is Annie's first points.

From Gloria and Ken Hansen....Wynstone's Belle Aime' "Aime", went WB, BOW and BOS at the Nita Nee KC show! She is co-owned with Elizabeth Brinkley and was handled by Cadie Pruss. At the Nita Nee show, Cadie had her CH Payson (Sheltie) entered in Rally, but because of a conflict, she asked Ken to handle him. Never seeing or working this dog before, Ken put two Rally Novice legs on him that weekend with scores in the 90's!! Way to go Ken!!!

Elaine Mayowski tells us that...Kyrie (U-AG1 Saranac Better In Black MX, MXJ, CD, CGC, TDI, CL1-F, CL1-R, CL1-H, TN-N, WV-N, NJC) on June 10 and 11 in Excellent Standard at the Youngstown All Breed agility trial with both nd place wins and 61 more Mach points. on June 25 at the Potomac Valley Golden Retriever Club show we got it together and Double Q'd with a total of 41 more Mach points. to go my "Little Bear". Love you so much. AND...Kyrie Double Q'd on on July 7 at the Blue Ridge Dog Training Club agility trial with a th place win in Jumpers and a total of 29 more Mach points. on July 8 she qualified in Jumpers and 8 more Mach points. on July 9 she Double Q'd with a 2nd place win in Standard and a 3rd place win in Jumpers and 37 more Mach points. to go my "Little Bear". Love you so much. are getting close! Congratulations to our Buddy Chet on his New Aglity Title. did it buddy! AND...Kyrie qualified at the Cleveland All-Breed Training Club on 7/14 in JWW with 7 more Mach points. on 7/15 she qualified in STD with 21 more Mach points. got it together on 7/16 and Double Q'd with 23 more Mach points. to go "Little Bear". Love you so much !

Lynn Uram tells us that...On July 9, 2006,his Excellent Jumpers with Weaves title(with a first place finish) at the Blue Ridge Agility TrialWinchester, VA !forward, he will be known as A/C Ch Kelbren Blue Flame CD, RN, NAJ, AJP, and he is now officially retired from the agility ring.Elaine MayowskiChet have had an incredible partnership in the agility ring, and we can't thankenough for training and running Chet in agility for us! Next, Chet and Igoing toon gettingherding title in order to finish the requirements for his VCX.That may be our most challenging adventure yet!!

Terri Poirier tells us that...Trevor (CH Saranac Bi Chance, CD, OAJ, NA, HT, VCX) earned two qualifying legs in open standard at the Missouri Rhineland agility trials... with a second and first placement.

Lynn & Tom Uram tell us that...Shamont Most Unusual Day (Daily) went to her first agility trialCheswick, PA on22ndaway with her first JWW leg and a third place finish to boot!Not bad for a's going to be six years old in September. Elaine Mayowski did a beautiful job of handling Daily in the ring, and we are very excitedshe'sand running Daily for us.

Elaine Mayowski tells us that... Kyrie (U-AG1 Saranac Better In Black MX, MXJ, CD, CGC, TDI, CL1-F, CL1-R, CL1-H, TN-N, WV-N, NJC) qualified on July 22 in Excellent Jumpers at the Golden Retriever Club agility trial with a 4th place and 10 more Mach points. Then on July 23 she qualified in Excellent Standard with a 4th place and 20 more Mach points. Way to go my "Little Bear." Love Ya !

Terri Poirier reports that ...Trevor (CH Saranac Bi Chance, CD, OAJ, NA, HT, VCX) completed his open standard title at the Gateway Agility Trial. He also earned his first leg in Excellent A standard and earned another leg in Excellent A jumpers.

Terri Poirier reports... Saranac Meet Me in St Louis (Annie), our two year blue girl by our CH Saranac Playing for Keeps (Jordan) took a major reserve at the Sioux Valley KC on July lst and on July 2nd took a 4 pt major including BW and BOB over 3 specials. This is Annie's first points.

Trevor (CH Saranac Bi Chance, CD, OAJ, NA, HT, VCX) earned two qualifying legs in open standard at the Missouri Rhineland t agility rials... with a second and first placement.

Kyrie (U-AG1 Saranac Better In Black MX, MXJ, CD, CGC, TDI, CL1-F, CL1-R, CL1-H, TN-N, WV-N, NJC) Double Q'd on on July 7 att the Blue Ridge Dog Training Club agility trial with a 4th place win in Jumpers and a total of 29 more Mach points. Then on July 8 she qualified in Jumpers and 8 more Mach points. Then on July 9 she Double Q'd with a 2nd place win in Standard and a 3rd place win in Jumpers and 37 more Mach points. Way to go my "Little Bear". I Love you so much. We are getting close!

Kyrie (U-AG1 Saranac Better In Black MX, MXJ, CD, CGC, TDI, CL1-F, CL1-R, CL1-H, TN-N, WV-N, NJC) qualified on June 10 and 11 in Excellent Standard at the Youngstown All Breed agility trial with both 2nd place wins and 61 more Mach points. Then on June 25 at the Potomac Valley Golden Retriever Club show we got it together and Double Q'd with a total of 41 more Mach points. Way to go my "Little Bear". I Love you so much.

Kyrie (U-AG1 Saranac Better In Black MX, MXJ, CD, CGC, TDI, CL1-F, CL1-R, CL1-H, TN-N, WV-N, NJC) qualified at the Cleveland All-Breed Training Club on 7/14 in JWW with 7 more Mach points. Then on 7/15 she qualified in STD with 21 more Mach points. She got it together on 7/16 and Double Q'd with 23 more Mach points. Way to go "Little Bear". I Love you so much !

Rusty Cromer and Debbie Hull tell us that...at the ASSA National Specialty in VA Beach, Ch. Macdega Ben Lomand made two cuts in the Best of Breed competition. Bennie who completed his championship last year at the age of 9 months was bred by Rusty & Debbie. He was sired by BIS/BISS Am/Jpn Ch. Popstar SS of Northern Farm out of Macdega Provence (Cache’). Bennie is owned by Tom & Nioma Coen.

And...Debbie tells us that another of her boys – Ch. Hullston’s Sirius Black (Ch. Kell Renaissance x Ch. Hullston’s Iridescence) better know as Sir Hullston, HF also made two cuts. Out of 108 male specials both Bennie and Sir made it to the top 20. We’re definitely proud of them.

News from Ken and Gloria Hansen...On May 28th Am/Can. CH Tar-Ri Kylenes Country Pride Am/Can. CD, RAE, AX, AXP, AXJ, OJP, NAC-V, OJC, CGC,TDI, AG.N, TG-N, TN-N,PT, HCT, JHD, VCX+CH, "JJ"the Golden Triangle Agility Trial, finished his Excellent Standard Preferred title, "AXP" .....with a Third Place finish.12 years old, Gloria and Ken decided that win or loose, this would be JJ's last Agility trial. Ken wanted so badly for JJ to go out finishing this last title and he DID!!!It has been a super run for Ken and JJ over these years, one that Ken will never forget.

Rita & Wayne Slepcevich are thrilled to report that...At the GTOTC Agility Trials in Cheswick Memorial Day weekend, U-AGI Homespun Sweet Home Chicago CD RN AX MXJ NAC NJC OGC RS-N JS-N GS-O CGC TDI "Hannah", earned the 11th leg of her Master Excellent Jumper, and the 1st leg of her Master Agility Excellent, plus 11 more MACH points.

AND...the following weekend at the CCOC Trials in Cheswick, Hannah earned her 12th & 13th MXJ legs, her second MX leg, her first “Double Q” and 19 more MACH points. Hannah had really been getting really tired of reading how Cammi, Dawson & Ozzy went to the fast food restaurants to get their rewards for a good show, and she decided that her first “Double Q” deserved a big time reward. Nothing from a restaurant chain would do. She decided she wanted gourmet ice cream. So we went to Kip’s (named after the owners dog) and got two homemade vanilla puppy cups with a milk bone on top. She was nice enough to get one for Hayley too. I think Hayley may be changing her mind about Hannah being a show off, and may start encouraging her to compete even more if she’s going to get to share in the rewards. As everyone knows...her motto is “What’s in it for me...Hayley”.

Lynn & Tom Uram tell us that... On June 4th, Chet earnedexcellent jumpers preferred leg at the Clarion Canine Obedience Club's agility trial in Cheswick, PA. As icing on the cake, heaplace finishtoo!Our heartfelt thanks to Chet's agility handler, Elaine Mayowski, for another great run and forbelief in him. Chetmore qualifying leg to finish his excellent jumpers title, and then're going to take a break from agility toon herding in the hopes of putting a VCX at the end of his name sometime in the next 12 months.

Elaine Mayowski tells us that...Kyrie (U-AG1 Saranac Better In Black MX, MXJ, CD, CGC, TDI, CL1-F, CL1-R, CL1-H, TN-N, WV-N, NJC) Double Q'd on May 14 at the Westmoreland agility trial with a 3rd place in Std and 16 more Mach points and a 1st place in JWW and 20 more Mach points.

Then...on May 27 at the Golden Triangle Agility Trial she qualified in Std with 22 more Mach points. On May 28 she qualified in Std with 3rd place and 23 more Mach points. May 29 she qualified in Std with a 4th place and 18 more Mach points.

Then...on June 2 at the Clarion Agility trial she qualified in JWW and 16 more Mach points. June 3 she Double Q'd with a 4th place in Std and 22 more Mach points and 4th place in JWW and 10 more Mach points. June 4 she qualified in JWW with a 4th place and 12 more Mach points. Way to go my "Little Bear" love you so much...

Anne Trosky reports that... Shadow(Moon Shadow of Summerridge, CDX,, CGC) ran his little heart out and earned his first Novice Standard Preferred leg and a second place finish at the GTOTC Agility Trial on 5/29/2006,Now he and Levi are neck in neck in pursuit of that Novice Title.

Jackie Herbein is thrilled to report that... MACH T'Angel's Allegro Molto UDX, AXP, MJP [Allegro] earned his Utility Dog Excellent [UDX] title at the WCOTC Obedience Trial on Saturday June 10. After missing it by a tail's hair at the Sheltie National (some of you have heard the story), he turned in a QUIET(!) and solid performance. A special thank-you to everyone who supported us along the way through every single title. The UDX bar awarded by WCOTC is a great touch and rightfully takes its place beside Allegro and Bill's MACH bar.

Jackie Herbein tells us that...Rondo Herbein (Patented Classical Form UD, MX, MXJ, MXP, MJP) would like to say that he was miffed with all the hoopla made over his brother Allegro's UDX title because he happily barked at Jackie through his Rally Novice title and the first leg of his Rally Advanced title at the WCOTC Rally Trials on June 09 and 10.

Marlana Tice is thrilled to report that...Marko and I had a Fabulous Weekend at the 5 day show held at the Lawrence County Fairgrounds in New Castle.Marko was entered 4 out of the 5 days. (We took a break Saturday to practice Agility). Marko only needed 2 points to finish his Breed Championship: Thursday:Marko got Winners Dog, Best of Winners and Best of Opposite Sex. Entries were at 2 points; however it broke to only 1 point.So he was now 1 point away from that CH title. Friday:HE DID IT.Marko took Winners Dog for 2 points and finished his breed championship.All of Marko's points were earned with his Owner......Me, as his Handler !! Sunday:Marko moved up into the Best of Breed Competition.And I was so very proud that he took BEST OF BREED over three other Specials that were entered.He made the cut in the group ring but was not awarded a placement there. Monday:He had a repeat performance on Memorial Day and took BEST OF BREED over one Special.No cut was made in the group ring and Marko was not one of the 4 dogs that the judge chose. Marko is now CH Damingo Marksman's Hi Speed Bullet, OAJ, NA and was bred by and is co-owned by Joanna Fortson. Thanks for listening to my brag.......I will be seeing my agility friends a lot more in the near future !!

Pam Weber tells us that.....Lindsey or Tanglewood's Softail Duece(Ch Tanglewood's Harley Davidson x Tanglewood's Turn the Page) was shown at Wyoming Valley KC on 5/21/06 where she took WB and BOS for 2pts.was also shown at Stocktonshe went RWB on 6/16/06 and WB and BOW on 6/17/06 for a three point major. A special thank you to Carol Gefell and Monica for the wonderful job they are doing showing Lindsey.

Ted & Patty Richards tell us that...A t the New Castle show, my blue girl, , Twin Cedars Wisteria Lane, took WB for 2 pts.under the capablehandling and grooming presentation by Linda Urbanek. These are her very first points and beginning. Thanks Linda for all

Elaine Mayowski tells us that... Kyrie (U-AG1 Saranac Better In Black MX, MXJ, CD, CGC, TDI, CL1-F, CL1-R, CL1-H, TN-N, WV-N, NJC) Double Q'd on May 14 at the Westmoreland agility trial with a 3rd place in Std and 16 more Mach points and a 1st place in JWW and 20 more Mach points..

Then on May 27 at the Golden Triangle Agility Trial she qualified in Std with 22 more Mach points. On May 28 she qualified in Std with 3rd place and 23 more Mach points. On May 29 she qualified in Std with a 4th place and 18 more Mach points.

Then on June 2 at the Clarion Agility trial she qualified in JWW and 16 more Mach points. On June 3 she Double Q'd with a 4th place in Std and 22 more Mach points and 4th place in JWW and 10 more Mach points. On June 4 she qualified in JWW with a 4th place and 12 more Mach points. Way to go my "Little Bear" I love you so much...

Kyrie and Elaine are proud to announce that their little Lhasa Apso "Elijah" (Ch, U-AG1 Sintu Marlo Nick At Nite CD, RA, NA, NAP, NAJ, OJP,) earned his Rally Advance Title on May 20, 2006 at the St Clairsville Show. Elijah was pulled out of retirement to compete in Rally Obedience and he is Loving it. Way to go "Little Man". We Love you so much.

Marlana Tice tells us that...At the Sheltie National in Virginia Beach, Emprise Just Three Wishes ("Justi") made her agility debut in the 12" Novice B JWW Class. Justi amazed me by running a perfect course in 29.97 seconds for FIRST PLACE. Course time was set at 47 seconds. (Not bad for a 13 1/2 Inch "Princess Daughter"). Justi was bred and is co-owned by Diane Troese.

Julie Iverson tells us that...Homespun had a great time at the National. It started out on Sunday with Lynmarr Send in the Clown AX OAP AXJ OJP "Emmett" getting a first place in excellent jumpers preferred. Not only did he get a blue rosette but he also received a beautiful ASSA silver bowl and completed his title. Now we'll be working on our masters title. Weaver qualified in both his runs and Kellie qualified in her jumpers run. Weaver went on to make a cut in the best of breed competition on Saturday. It was a very fun but tiring week.

Walter Piroth reports that..."At the Sheltie Nationals on Sunday April 23 in Excellent Jumpers, oZZy and I had the run of our lives. This was one of those times when everything was effortless. We found ourselves in the zone. The Course, oZZy and I were one. I don't believe I gave oZZy more then a few commands and very little direction. He just knew. It was an awesome experience. It really doesn't matter but we knocked a bar and NQ'd. In our Excellent Standard run we qualified but in no way did it compare to what happened in Jumpers. We celebrated the day with another trip to the beach."

Joanna Fortson is thrilled to inform us that...At the 2006 ASSA National in Virginia, Ch Damingo Colt Forty Five....... "Pistol", took 4th place in the 9-12 veterans class. He was shown by Greg Speeks, who did a beautiful job. Diane Troese did most of the grooming on him as I was way too nervous. I am very proud of him and of his placement and want to thank all that made it possible, and having club friends there to share it all with made it even better.....

Joann Avery tells us that... My elderly gentleman, Brett; CH. Brownlee Hi Caliber ROM, went to the National at VA Beach...he had a great time, and thought that he was three years old...having had surgery for cancer twice in the last four months, it was quite a triumph. He ended up placing second in the 12 and up class. He appreciated the applause, support and love he received...the superb handling by Julie Desy...and the Maury Povich make over by Mary and the whole Islemist team. And he couldn’t take the smile off his face, for the grand showing of his son, Pistol “CH Damingo Colt Forty Five”, fourth in the large and hotly contested 9-12 yrs class.

Bill Herbein tells us that... At the April 23rd American Shetland Sheepdog Association Nationals in Virginia Beach, Rondo, handled by Bill Herbein, brought home a 1st place silver bowl in Excellent B Standard Preferred winning over his 'brother' Allegro, who NQ'd due to excessive speed, i.e. running faster than Bill. Trio performed admirably turning in great times and gaining his 15th Excellent B Double Q.

Anne Trosky is proud to report that Levi (now officially... Saranac Bedazzled N BluJeans NAJ, CGC) earned his first Double Q at the A.S.S.A. Nationals at VA Beach on April 23, 2006. Levi not only acquired his first Novice Standard leg with a third place finish, but also completed his Novice Agility Jumpers title with a second place finish. Needless to say Levi's first trip to the beach was fun and rewarding! After all of that hard work at the Agility trial he especially loved playing in the waves with his crazy buddy Tony and the more reserved Trio, Rondo and Allegro. Thanks to all of those that helped and the "great cheering section from the East".

AND...not to be outdone, Shadow (Moonshadow of Summerridge, CDX, NAJP, CGC) finished his Novice Agility Jumpers Preferred title at WCOTC's Agility Trail on May 13, 2006. Now the race is on to see who gets his Standard title first!!

Elaine Mayowski tells us that...Kyrie (U-AG1 Saranac Better In Black MX, MXJ, CD, CGC, TDI, CL1-F, CL1-R, CL1-H, TN-N, WV-N, NJC) qualified on March 31 in Excellent Standard at the Blue Ridge Dog Training Club. Then on April 2 she qualified in Excellent Standard and Excellent Jumpers giving her her 13th Double Q and 45 more Mach points. Way to go my "Little Bear" I am so proud of you. Woo Hoo !

AND...Kyrie qualified on April 22 & 23 in Excellent Jumpers at the Parkersburg Obedience Training Club agility trial with both 2nd places and 33 more Mach points. Way to go my "Little Bear." Love Ya ! AND...Kyrie (U-AG1 Saranac Better In Black MX, MXJ, CD, CGC, TDI, CL1-F, CL1-R, CL1-H, TN-N, WV-N, NJC) qualified on April 29 in Excellent Standard at the Cleveland All Breed agility trial with a 3rd place and 14 more Mach points. Way to go my "Little Bear." Love Ya !

Jackie Herbein tells us that… At the BCOTC Rally Trials in Saxonburg on April 29-30, Jackie and Rondo entered their first Novice B Rally Trial. On his first time out, Rondo earned a perfect 100 score and 1st place. On day two, Rondo tried to earn a building cleaning credit [wrong building] by pulling the leash out of Jackie's hand to investigate a possible treat. This caused Rondo to lose a point and also a few seconds of time and the team was edged out of 1st place by tenths of seconds and earned a 2nd place finish. Rally seems to be Rondo's forte now that he doesn't have to do the stinkin' UD exercises anymore.

Deborah Miller-Gurchak tells us that...Ellis aka L.S. (Shamont’s Paden Blue), finished his Rally Novice title April 29, 2006, he had a great score of 97. The judge was Ms. Deborah Cecotti.

Peter & Yvette Grandillo are pleased to announce that… the saga between Cammi and Dawson resumed. As you may already know, Dawson was injured for the Beaver County Kennel Club show at the Pittsburgh Convention Center. Since Dawson was not in the show, I had no brags to post on the website last month for Dawson. Dawson was ready for the WCOTC Agility Trial over Mother’s Day weekend. Dawson recalled being a lap dog at the computer, when he saw Cammi’s picture only go up on the website for the last show. Heartbroken, he vowed he would do his best in the next show, and Cammi refused to be outdone. Neither disappointed resulting in SEVEN first place runs, one second place run, one third place run, three double Q’s and 148 MACH points, all in Excellent B 16” and 20”. Dawson did edge out Cammi with his two double Q’s against her one double Q; however, Cammi did slip and fall off the dog walk (no injury) but that slip cost her a run. Given I won’t fault Cammi for slipping, the two finished even with one another. The most important part… On the ride home, we stopped at the Golden Arches fast food restaurant (can’t say McDonald’s or we get them excited) for their reward, a vanilla ice cream cone. Keeping the competition going, the race to who can get the most ice cream continued in the car. Bite after bite, whisker shiver after whisker shiver, they both got a head rush, licked their lips and fell asleep dreaming of their next agility run. (Picture on right.)

Karen Rose Cercone and Sheltie Brynn had a blast running USDAA agility at the Splash and Dash trial in Cheswick PA. Brynn qualified in six of her nine runs, picking up two P2 Snooker legs and one P2 Gambler leg to finish her Performance Dog II title. And running for the first time on those scary hard Master's-level courses against MACH and ADCH dogs, Brynn not only qualified twice (once in P3 Standard, once in P3 Jumpers) but also took 3rd place, only fractions of a second behind World Team members Jennifer Crank and Guess! Woo-hoo!

Walter Piroth tells us that..."In spite of the fact there was no decent place to relieve himself, on March 26, 2006 oZZy pulled off a mind blowing showing at the Beaver County Kennel Club Trial at the Pittsburgh Convention Center. It was our first leg in the Master Agility Excellent B Class (MX). oZZy didn't want his traditional victory treat at Wendy's he was content to just make a quick visit to the Rest Area on I79".

Ken and Ann Flessas are very proud to announce that...Justice (Ch. O'Davak's Justice Prevails, ROM) has another champion offspring. Vicki King finished Ch. Springtime Shooting Star (Haley) at the Trinity Valley Specialty last Sat. under Judge Anne Foreman. Haley is the 3rd from her litter to finish and the 4th champion for her dam Ch. Springtime American Tradition. We are also proud to announce that Haley is just 5 DQs away from getting her MACH and she will be the 2nd in her litter to accomplish CH. MACH.

Tom and Charlotte Deibert are pleased to announce that Glendower Morningstar Delite "Micah" CGC earned his first Rally Novice leg on April 22 at the Clarion Canine Obedience Club obedience and rally trial held at WCOTC. Tom did the handling, and they are now both looking forward to their next trial in May.

Nancy Grebur tells us that...Ranger and I went to Sheltie Nationals in Virginia Beach. We did Obedience on Monday, April 24th. We are just starting in Novice A working towards our CD Title. We earned our first leg there with a "1st" place. We received our ribbons and a beautiful silver bowl for placement. I was in total shock! I didn't think we'd even qualify. I was sooo happy! I cried and cried. I had a wonderful cheering section from our Sheltie Club and also WCOTC. Jackie & Bill Herbein, Lynne King, Debby Kallaher, Maxine Pellis, Anne Trosky, Melissa Voll-Stouffer and husband -Dave and her mom -Judy Voll. Much thanks to all that helped and supported me. What true friends! I'm still on cloud nine.

Therese Poirier tells us that... Saranac Chance on One, NAJ (Jonee) earned her first novice standard leg and her first open jumpers leg at the Gateway Agility trial after not being in the ring in nearly a year. At the Greater St Louis Agility trial in April, Jonee completed her novice standard title with a first and second place. She also completed her open jumpers title with a second place. Jonee has completed these titles at 9 1/2 yrs. She is now Saranac Chance on One, OAJ, NA. ...AND... CH Saranac Bi Chance, CD, HT, OAJ, VCX (Trevor) after not competing in agility in nearly two years. earned his first leg in excellent jumpers with a second place and completed his novice standard title with two first places at t he Greater St Louis trial. Trevor is now CH Saranac Bi Chance, CD, HT, OAJ, NA.

Elaine Mayowski tells us that… Kyrie (Picture to right.)(U-AG1 Saranac Better In Black MX, MXJ, CD, CGC, TDI, CL1-F, CL1-R, CL1-H, TN-N, WV-N, NJC) qualified on April 22 & 23 in Excellent Jumpers at the Parkersburg Obedience Training Club agility trial with both 2nd places and 33 more Mach points. Way to go my "Little Bear." Love Ya ! … AND … Kyrie (U-AG1 Saranac Better In Black MX, MXJ, CD, CGC, TDI, CL1-F, CL1-R, CL1-H, TN-N, WV-N, NJC) qualified on March 31 in Excellent Standard at the Blue Ridge Dog Training Club. Then on April 2 she qualified in Excellent Standard and Excellent Jumpers giving her her 13th Double Q and 45 more Mach points. Way to go my "Little Bear" I am so proud of you. Woo Hoo ! … AND … Kyrie qualified on April 29 in Excellent Standard at the Cleveland All Breed agility trial with a 3rd place and 14 more Mach points. Way to go my "Little Bear." Love Ya !

Joyce Cummings tells us that...On Dec 30th, 2005 at the Golden Retriever Club of Columbus agility trial in Grove City Ohio at Buckeye Ranch, Cummings Chivas Regal LTD, NA, NAJ earned his Open Agility Jumpers Title (OAJ) with a first place win in the 12 inch Open Jumpers class.

The human half of Team Brynn (who was getting awfully tired of carrying the Sheltie half off the course for breaking her start line stay) is delighted to report that Brynn brought her A-game to the USDAA trial in Mentor Ohio this past weekend. Running in the Performance Two classes against some real competition at this very big trial, Brynn and handler Karen Rose Cercone qualified on four out of seven runs and earned two 1sts and three 2nd placements. One of Brynn's clean runs came in the Leap-n-Chase tournament class, where she ran a masters-level steeplechase course in only 38 seconds. Brynn also completed her PII Standard and PII Jumpers titles over the weekend, which means she now moves up to run those scary-hard USDAA masters courses. Hmmm ... on second thought, maybe we should have broken a few more start line stays!

Rita & Wayne Slepcevich are thrilled to report that...U-AGI Homespun Sweet Home Chicago CD, OA, MXJ, NAC, NJC, OGC, RS-N, JS-N, GS-O, CGC, TDI "Hannah", finished her Agility Excellent with a 3rd place, at the Beaver County Kennel Club agility trial on March 26th. (Picture on Right)

Julie Iverson tells us that...Homespun had another good weekend at the Beaver County Kennel Club agility trial 3/25 and 3/26. Emmett earned his final open standard preferred leg for his title with a first place.&nbs