Catydid Shelties is happy to announce that... Quincy (Homespun Quinlan's Crystal Blue Snow) is home to join the family ! We have never had so many boys around the house at once, but Kerry and Braedy are taking to him well. He is just such a happy fellow it's a joy to be with him. Prepare for lots of "pass the puppy" at meetings and events to come. (Picture on right)

Margaret Whyel is happy to report that... Lyndi (Bittersweet's Little Lyndi) received her Novice JWW title AND her Novice Standard title June 1 at the Clarion Obedience Club Trial . She also got 1st place in both classes!! She has also earned RN, RA, CGC & TDI. By the way, Lyndi is the Three Rivers rescue who was runnung around with a broken leg 3 years ago. Thanks to Linda Urbanek for rescuing her.

Hollybush Shelties Debbie Miller-Gurchak tells us that... Hats off to Lynn Uram for making time with Ellis! Shamont's Paden Blu CD RN and Lynn sprouted wings as they attacked the JWW course at our specialty! After taking off a year to tweak training skills we are thrilled with his performance of Novice B - 16 inch - JWW 1st place on Saturday with a time of 26.25 seconds and shocking us all with a 1st place on Sunday with a time of 20.25 seconds! My time has been well-spent training with Bill Herbein with our other sheltie, Paddy..and transferring his gentle techniques. Thanks to all our performance friends helpful hints ..Pete,Walt, Mary and Elaine have inspired me ..... PS..Keep your eyes on Lynn!

Elaine Mayowski tells us that..."Mach2 Kyrie" (MACH2, U-AG1 Saranac Better In Black CDX, RN, MX, MXJ, CGC, TDI, CL1-F, CL2-R, CL2-H, CL2-S, TN-N, WV-N, NJC) qualified in Parkersburg trial on April 19 in Standard with a 2nd place win and 28 more Mach points. Then on April 20 in Standard with a 1st place win and 34 more Mach points.

AND...At the Cleveland trial on April 25 she qualified in Jumpers with 12 more Mach points. On April 26 she double Q'd with 27 more Mach points. On April 27 she double Q'd with 29 more Mach points.

AND...At the Mountaineer trial on May 3 she double Q'd with a 1st place win in Jumpers and 22 Mach points and a 4th place win in Standard with 14 Mach points. Then on May 4 she Qualified in Jumpers with a 4th place win and 12 Mach points. Way to go my "Little Bear" I love you sooooo much.

AND...Kyrie qualified in Jumpers in Westmoreland on May 10 with a 1st place win and 26 MACH points. The next day she Double Q'd with both 2nd place wins and 49 more MACH points.

THEN...at the Golden Triangle trial on May 24 she Double Q'd with both 4th place wins and 29 more MACH points. We are proud to announce that the double Q earned her the MACH 3 agility title. Woo Hoo.....I am so proud of her and what a great place to earn that title. All of my friends were there to support us and I got the most beautiful Rosette and Kyrie got one to put around her neck. What a perfect day. The rest of the weekend I was going to just have fun but she was still in "Agility Mode" she qualified the next day in Standard and got 19 more MACH points. Then on Monday she Double Q'd once again with a 3rd place win and 34 more MACH points. Way to go "MACH 3 Kyrie". I love you sooooo much "Little Bear". (Picture by Peter Grandillo Jr.)

Cathy Artis tells us that...Kerry (Merlyn's Kerinden Silver Dawn CD, RN, HC, CGC, TDI) competed at Butler Dog Training Assn trials this past weekend. The huge storm with loud thunder boomers got the better of him on Saturday. But he bounced back on Sunday 4/27/08 and got his first leg in Rally-Adv/B with a 97 and third place ! All loff-lead ! I am so proud of him.

Karen Jacobs tells us that...At the All Breed Training Club of Akron, Friday May 9th, Noel, Damingo Christmas Treasure, RN, CD, TDI, CGC completed the Rally Novice title with a score of 91.

Gloria Hansen tells us that...We got a new Sheltie litter here at Belaire. The sire is AM/CAN/UKC Ch. Wynstone The Impressionist (Degas), the dam, I was so lucky to be able to lease her from Allison Gilbert of Argos Shelties. She is Argos What Goes Around (Karma). We were blessed with 7 puppies, 3 males and 4 females. In the males I have 1BM and tan, 1BM CHW, 1Tri CHW. In the girls I have 2 BM and Tan and 2 Tris. They were born on April 23rd and all are doing so good. Karma is being the best Mom taking care of her brood. Thanks Elizabeth as always for your help:)

Kelly Schnur tells us that...I am pleased to announce our newest litter here at Kalanna. Kalanna's Callaway In The Ruff X Kalanna's TaylorMade are proud parents to four beautiful babies. We have a tri girl, a bi- black girl, a bi-blue girl and a blue merle boy. All are doing well.

Gloria and Ken Hansen are proud to announce that on May 10 (Gloria's Birthday), "Belaire's Town N Country" (Lainey) earned her Championship at the Chester Valley KC show under judge David Bolus. Lainey is sired by AM/CAN CH Tar-Ri Kylenes Country Squire VCX "JJ" ex Mac-Nel Olympic Gold (pts), bred by Ken and myself. I am proud to say that 6 of her points were put on by my husband Ken and the rest under the expert handling of Cadie Pruss of Acadia Shelties. Thank you Cadie for finishing two of "JJ's" kids in the last year:)

Barb Westerman is thrilled to report that Benjamin (a.k.a. Merlyn's Mark Of Fire) received Best Of Winners yesterday (5/26) at the New Castle Kennel Club show (under judge Mr. Kenneth L. Rayner Jr), for his first major!! MANY thanks to Zana Friend for doing such a wonderful job with him in the classes and getting winners dog with Ben and a special thanks to Lindsay Spitznogle for handling my boy to his Best Of Winners! Also, a BIG special thanks to Benjamin's ringside fan club. Friends, truly make this crazy, exciting dog show world lots of fun!

Joanna Fortson reports....On Friday, May 23rd, at the New Castle KC show, Damingo Young Gun...aka "Gunner" got W/BW for a 4 point major, under Mrs Sondra Joy Esporite. He now has a total of 8 points, with 1 major. Then on Monday, Damingo Lock And Load.... aka "Locke" got RWD under Mr Kenneth L. Rayner, Jr. He is owned by Diane Ambrose. Both were handled by Marlana Tice.

Elaine and Dave Kelvington are so excited that at the Saturday, New Castle show, "Sony" became CH. Kelvington's Elec Tri Fying with a 4 point major and Best Of Winners under judge James Neal Barrett. What makes this even more special, Sony is the very first of our dogs to have received all of her wins from the Bred by Exhibitor class. Having our friends there to celebrate with us, made this extra-special.

Ch Patented Emprise Forevermore (aka The Roving Reporter Everett P Troese and co-owned by Diane Troese and Katie Grohowalski) has had a fun early spring starting at the ASSA National Specialty in Colorado where he was 3rd in Veterans Dogs, handled by Lindsay Spitznogle.

Then, entered 4 of the 5 days at the Memorial Day Cluster in New Castle, Everett was BOS on Friday, teamed with Katie Grohowalski to help win Best Junior Handler on Saturday (over 30 jrs), went BOS again on Sunday,and iced the cake with a BOB and Group 2 on Monday, all handled by Katie.

Elaine Kelvington tells us that...At the Mountaineer Kennel Club's Agility Trial: On Saturday, "Sawyer" aka CH Kelvington's Talisman CD, RE, TDI, CGC and I got his first qualifying leg in Standard Novice and a First place to boot! On Sunday, Sawyer and I got his first qualifying leg in Jumps With Weaves Novice and a First place! We had a perfect run and were 13.2 seconds undertime! I didn't think the weekend could get much better, but then we got a qualifying leg in standard novice and a Second place too! We are so excited! That makes a grand total of 3 qualifying legs this weekend. (2 in Standard and 1 in jww with 2 first placements and one 2nd placement!) Thank-you for listening and for all of the support at the trial.

Terri Poirier had a great weekend at the Huntsville agility trail. Trevor (CH Saranac Bi Chance, CD, HT, MX, MXJ, OF, VCX) qualified 5 out of 6 runs. This included 2 double Qs. If we had not wasted time on the sit on the table on the first day we would have had a 3rd double Q. Trevor now has 14 DQs and 350 MACH points!

AND...Terri reports that she had another great weekend at the Decatur, AL agility trials with Trevor. Trevor qualified 5 out of 6 runs earning two more DQs. Trevor now courts 16 DQs and 398 MACH points. We are still having sit table issues but are making progress on this front.

Lynn Uram tells us that...We had a great Mother's Day weekend at CastleGate! On May 10th at the WCOTC agility trial in Delmont, PA, Daily (Shamont Most Unusual Day) was entered in agility for the first time in almost two years. This was an outdoor trial, and the weather and course conditions were less than ideal---lots of rain and mud. Daily ran beautifully for me and finished her Novice JWW title. As icing on the cake, she got first place in the 12" class too!! Daily is almost eight years old, and she's now happily retired to her donut bed. <G> Geraldo (CastleGate's Daily News, MX, MXJ, CL2-S) really rose to the occasion as well. He Q'ed on three of his four runs on Saturday and Sunday and picked up nine MACH points and two fourth placements in the process. We're very excited about the fact that he now has eight QQ's. Finishing Daily's Jumpers title and picking up another QQ for Geraldo were awesome Mother's Day gifts for me!

AND...On May 18th, Geraldo finished his second CPE title at an agility trial in Washingtonville, Ohio sponsored by the Four Seasons K9 Athlete Center. He now gets to put a CL2-R at the end of his name along with an MX, MXJ, and CL2-S. He ran great for me and got second place on both of his qualifying runs today! The club that sponsored this trial gave out peanut butter bones for Q's instead of toys, and Geraldo heartily approved of that change of pace. <G>

AND...Geraldo and I decided to spend Memorial Day at the Golden Triangle agility trial in Cheswick, PA, and boy did we have fun!! Geraldo celebrated the holiday in style by earning his ninth QQ and seven MACH points.

Performance news from Gloria and Ken Hansen....At the WCOTC Agility Trial on May 11, our Mariah earned her Novice Standard title with a second place and also earned her Novice JWW title with a 1st place so she is now "Belaire's When You Believe NA, NAJ". She is being trained and handled by her new co-owner Nancy Craig.

Tom and Charlotte Deibert are very pleased to announce that Glendower Morningstar Delite CGC, RA, NA, NF (Micah) earned his second leg in Novice B JWW with a "clean run" at the McKenzie Cascade Dog Fanciers AKC agility trial on May 23, 2008 at Eugene, OR. Micah very eagerly followed Tom's leading and completed the course in 23.41 seconds (SCT was 41 sec.).

Rita & Wayne Slepcevich tell us that...At the GTOTC Agility trial Memorial Day weekend in Cheswick, U-AGI Homespun Sweet Home Chicago CD, RA, AX, MXJ, NF, AG.I.J, NAC, NJC, OGC, RS-O, JS-O, GS-O, CL3-H, CGC, TDI “Hannah”, earned two more MXJ legs. At the CCOC Agility trial in Cheswick the following weekend, Hannah earned two more MXJ legs, an MX leg and a Double Q.

Elaine Mayowski tells us that..."Mach2 Kyrie" (MACH2, U-AG1 Saranac Better In Black CDX, RN, MX, MXJ, CGC, TDI, CL1-F, CL2-R, CL2-H, CL2-S, TN-N, WV-N, NJC) I am very proud to announce that Kyrie qualified and got her first leg towards her HT title. It was our first try and I was very nervous. Kyrie did a beautiful job. What an amazing Little Girl she is. Way to go my "Little Bear" I Love you so much.

Elaine Mayowksi tells us that.. "Mach2 Kyrie" (MACH2, U-AG1 Saranac Better In Black CDX, RN, MX, MXJ, CGC, TDI, CL1-F, CL2-R, CL2-H, CL2-S, TN-N, WV-N, NJC) qualified in Parkersburg trial on April 19 in Standard with a 2nd place win and 28 more Mach points. Then on April 20 in Standard with a 1st place win and 34 more Mach points.

At the Cleveland trial on April 25 she qualified in Jumpers with 12 more Mach points. On April 26 she double Q'd with 27 more Mach points. On April 27 she double Q'd with 29 more Mach points.

At the Mountaineer trial on May 3 she double Q'd with a 1st place win in Jumpers and 22 Mach points and a 4th place win in Standard with 14 Mach points. Then on May 4 she Qualified in Jumpers with a 4th place win and 12 Mach points. Way to go my "Little Bear" I love you sooooo much.

Gloria and Ken Hansen and Elizabeth Brinkley is proud to announce that Degas, "AM/CAN/UKC CH Wynstone The Impressionist, went Best of Breed at the WPKA Kennel Assoc. show on Sunday March 30.

Cathy Artis tells us that... Kerry (Merlyn's Kerinden Siver Dawn CD, RN, HC, CGC, TDI ) competed in the Butler Dog Training Association trials this past weekend. Sad to say, the huge storm that came thru (very ill timed) with loud thunder boomers on Saturday blew him out of the ring. But on Sunday he bounced back wonderfully. He ran in Rally-Adv/B to earn his first leg with a score of 97 and third place. This, remember, is off-lead, which has been a tremendous challenge for him. I'm so proud of him ! (Picture on right)

Gloria and Ken Hansen is proud to announce that Mariah, "Belaire's When You Believe", at the Beaver County Kennel Club, Inc. trials in conjunction with WPKA shows, made her debut on Sat by taking a "1st" place in Novice Standard and a "1st" place in Novice JWW picking up a leg in both. On Sun. she picked up her second Novice JWW leg going "1st" place again! She is handled and trained by soon to be co-owner Nancy Craig.

Nancy Grebur tells us that...Ranger made his mom proud at the Parkersburg show the weekend of April 19th and 20th. He finished his Open Standard title with a 2nd place. The next day when we started in Excellent Standard he saved me many times. I should have just let him run alone because I just got in his way. He knew what to do and at the last obstacle he missed the contact due to me or we would have had our first Excellent leg. He forgave me and I said I'll try to do better.

AND... Nancy Grebur tells us that...Rory made his mom very proud in obtaining his Novice fast Title with a first place at Parkersburg the weekend of April 19th and 20th. He also obtained a Standard leg that same weekend with a gorgeous run. Lynne King and Rory looked "Terrific"! I'm soo proud of them both.

Tom and Charlotte Deibert are very happy to announce that Micah (Glendower Morningstar Delite RA, NA) finished his Novice FAST title on 4/19/2008 at the AKC American Whippet Club agility trials held in Albany, OR. He placed second with a time of 24.22 seconds. We are so proud of how well he is doing and how much he loves to run in agility!

Lynn Uram tells us that...On April 25th at the Cleveland Shetland Sheepdog Club's agility trial in North Olmsted, Ohio, Geraldo finished his Masters Standard title. Friday's trial was dedicated to the memory of Jean Clodwick, and that made getting our MX title today even more special. Finishing our MX would have been more than enough excitement for me today. However, Geraldo had something else in mind. He decided to kick things up a notch by qualifying on the jumpers course too giving us our sixth QQ of the year. I'm so proud of my baby boy!!

MACh 2 Suntera Cammi Grandillo CD in Colorado with Pikes Peak in the background.

Peter & Yvette Grandillo are very proud to announce that... Cammi and Dawson got to compete in the American Shetland Sheepdog National Agility Trial on April 15th, 2008 in Greeley, Colorado. Cammi finished 5th in Excellent B Jumpers and 5th in Excellent B Standard. In both runs, Cammi missed placing by .20 seconds. It was a heartbreaker for the handler, but a fun, clean runs for the little girl. As for Dawson, he finished 1st in Excellent B Jumpers and 1st in Excellent B Standard, both in 20 inch. We are really proud of the fur kids. Afterwards, Cammi & Dawson got to take a walk in a National Park called the Garden of the Gods. Then after that, Dawson decided he was going to bark at some elk in Estes Park. Finally, Cammi & Dawson got to scale the steps at Red Rock Amphitheater for a scenic view of the Rockies and downtown Denver. Everyone had a great time in Colorado, but everyone was happy to get back to the Burgh... (especially since this trip included driving through a blizzard & forest fire in Colorado, a tornado in Missouri, and a 5.2 earthquake outside of St. Louis.)

MACh 2 Suntera Dawson Grandillo in Colorado with Pikes Peak in the background.

Anne Trosky is happy to report that at the BCKC Agility Trial held at the Pgh. Convention Center on March 30^th, Levi(Saranac Bedazzled N Blu Jeans, NA, NAJ, CGC earned his first Open Jumpers leg with a first place. Mom was very pleased since it was our first agility trial since last fall. Levi was very happy just to have Mom all to himself for a few hours instead of having to share her with his new little brother Gabriel. Some days there just isn’t enough Mom to go around!

Joyce Cummings tells us that...Today my little Electra (Cataway Splash of Blue Electra) passed her Canine Good Citizen test. She is 10 months old.

Karen Jacobs tells us that...Damingo Christmas Treasure, CD, TDI, CGC --Noel has completed the second leg for Rally Novice at Youngstown on April 4th with a score of 93. Special thanks to Joanna Fortson for encouraging us to continue.

Lynda Kuzbel would like to mention that... Kuz's Shelby Lyn MXJ AX CGC did real good at the Beaver County Show at the Convention Center this past weekend. On March 31, she qualified in Standard with a first place and 40 Mach points, then on April 1, she qualified in JWW with a first place and 18 more Mach points. I am just amazed at how much fun we have together out there in the ring.

Elaine Mayowski tell us that... "Mach2 Kyrie" (MACH2, U-AG1 Saranac Better In Black CDX, RN, MX, MXJ, CGC, TDI, CL1-F, CL2-R, CL2-H, CL2-S, TN-N, WV-N, NJC) earned her second Utility
Leg with a 2nd place win at the Youngstown Obedience Trial on April 5. I am so proud of My Little Girl. She is incredible . One more leg to make my dreams come true "Little Bear". I Love Ya!

Joyce Cummings tells us that...On Saturday March 29th at the WPKA dog show at the Pittsburgh Convention Center Cummings Chivas Regal Ltd RE, NA, OAJ, CGC (Chevy) earned his CD Obedience Title. This is my first obedience title ever on any dog and I'm just so proud of my Sheltie boy !!! Chevy said; OK now that's done!! LETS DO AGILITY !!!!!!!!!!

Terri Poirier reports that... at the Decateur, AL agility trial, Trevor (CH Saranac Bi Chance, CD, HT, MX, MXJ, NF, VCX) qualified 3 out of 6 runs. This includes another DQ and a jumpers leg for an additional 24 MACH points. Trevor now has 10 DQs and 262 MACH points. WE could have done better if it was not for the trouble in sitting on the table on the two of the standard runs.

AND...Terri Poirier reports that at recent Gateway Agility Club trial, Trevor (CH Saranac Bi Chance, CD, HT, MX, MXJ, NF, VCX) earned his open fast title and also two more DQs with 37 MACH points. He also took three fourth placements. Trevor now has twelve DQs and 302 MACH points.

Cathy Artis tells us that...(Picture on Left) Catydid Shelties continues to have a good year. Kerry (Merlyn's Kerinden Silver Dawn RN, HC, CGC, TDI) finished his CD title with his third leg from the Novice B class at WPKA trial on Saturday 3/29/08. It's been a long time coming. Maybe his little brother is helping out and putting good thoughts in his head.

Lynn Uram tells us that...At the Splash and Dash CPE Agility Trial in Washingtonville, OH on February 23rd, Elsa competed in Level Two for the first time, and she qualified and placed second on both of her runs that day. Elaine Mayowski was with Elsa on the course for both of those runs, and as usual, she did a great job from start to finish with Elsa!

AND...On March 8th at the Butler Dog Obedience Club's agility trial in Edinboro, PA, Geraldo and I earned our third QQ and six MACH points. As part of that QQ, we also picked up our seventh MX leg. It was a very challenging weekend from a weather perspective. We had almost two feet of snow from Friday morning to Sunday morning!

AND...Geraldo and I double Q'ed on March 15th and 16th at the YABTC agility trial in Washingtonville, Ohio. We've never had a perfect weekend in AKC agility prior to this one, and I'm in total awe of my baby boy. We're now just one qualifying leg away from his MX title and 25% of the way to the QQ's that we need for our MACH. I'm so excited that I could just pop. Geraldo truly outdid himself this weekend. That trial will be our last one for over a month, so it's really nice to be heading into the break on such a high note. In addition to our back-to-back QQ's, we also accumulated enough MACH points this weekend to break the 100 MACH point mark. That's a milestone that I was really hoping to reach prior to taking our break from the agility ring. Elsa and her handler, Elaine Mayowski, had fun too!! On Saturday, Elsa picked up her eighth MXJ leg and three more MACH points. She's closing in on her next agility title!

Barb Westerman tells us that...I just got the news and have to BRAG!! Gabe now has his MACh 15!! He is now MACH15, ADCH Summerlove's Gabriel V BonJon HS, RN, U-AGII. Gabe is the bi-black son of my bi-black Champion Mack (CH. Merlyn's Touched Bi Magic). Gabe is owned by Daniel McDonald and was bred by Lorrie Reed & April Dunford. I had the pleasure of meeting Daniel and his mother Bonnie last year at the AKC Agility National. I couldn't have asked for a better owner for one of Mack's puppies.

Tom and Charlotte Deibert are delighted to report that... Micah (Glendower Morningstar Delite CGC, RA) earned his third leg in Novice Agility on 3/22/08 with a first place finish at the Portland Agility Club AKC trial at Canby, Oregon.

Diane Ambrose tells us that...Damingo Pedal to the Metal (Chase) passed his Canine Good Citizen and Therapy Dog International tests on February 20th. Chase is currently training me in Agility. I'm told he is very fast, so hope he will live up to his name!

Kim and Lindsay Furlong tell us that...Masterpiece Shelties has finished our first champion! Ava is now BISS CH Armitage Avalon finishing with three 5 pt. specialty majors including a BOB under Rick Thompson to finish before 8 months of age. We are very excited about our lovely blue girl and are looking forward to the journey that lies ahead.

Levi (Saranac Bedazzled N BluJeans, NA, NAJ, CGC) was quite upset when he realized that Mom, Anne Trosky, forgot to brag last month…sorry Leeves. At our Specialty in February, Levi earned his first two Rally Novice legs and a second place on Saturday. And even though we didn’t qualify in the obedience ring the judge on Sunday awarded us the “most cute points” for Levi’s adorable antics in the ring. : ) Too bad you don’t get any ribbons or Q’s for being cute!

Rita & Wayne Slepcevich tell us that...We had a great weekend at the Three Rivers Shetland Sheepdog Club of Greater Pittsburgh's Specialty in Washington PA.U-ACH Hullston’s Return To Sender CD, RA, OA, OAJ, NAP, NJP, AG.N, NAC, OJC, NGC, JS-N, CL1-R, CL1-H, CGC, TDIA, VCC, FFXP “Hayley” & U-AGI Homespun Sweet Home Chicago CD, RA, AX, MXJ, NF, AG.I.J, NAC, NJC, OGC, RS-N, JS-O, GS-O, CL3-H, CGC, TDI “Hannah”, teamed up for the first time in “just for fun” Brace Obedience, wowing the crowd (and their handler) and taking 1st place both days. Then we continued the fun in the afternoon in the Rally ring. “Hannah”, earned her first Rally Excellent leg on Saturday and her second with a 3rd place on Sunday. “Hayley”, earned her second Rally Excellent leg on Saturday and finished her title on Sunday, and is now officially happily retired...for real this time! Special thanks go out to Jackie Herbein, who ran the fastest Rally Excellent course in history so that Hayley’s turn as Honor Dog didn’t last one second longer than it had to. By the time she finally got in the ring (Hayley was the last dog to compete in the show), this 11 1/2 year old was ready for a nap, and wouldn’t have thought twice about laying down right there in the ring to do it!

Denise Letterman tells us that...At the TRSSCGP specialty show on February 2nd and 3rd, Pontifex Maximus J Caesar, RE, CGC earned his CD title by taking 1st place on Sunday. Caesar is my rescue dog who has done very well in rally obedience by completing his RE title 7 months after entering the competition ring with1st place wins and2nd place wins. The CD was earned with two 1st place wins and one 2nd place win -- and one we just want to forget. Now, on to open.

AND...At the TRSSCGP specialty show on February 2nd and 3rd, Homespun Steel City Dream "Troy" entered competition for the first time taking 1st place on Saturday in Rally Obedience and 2nd place on Sunday. This was a big step for him and I am hopeful for a lot of future brags not only in rally but also in agility.

Terri Poirier reports.. Trevor (CH Saranac Bi Chance CD, HT, MX, MXJ, NF, VCX) qualified five out of six runs at the Tricounty Agility trial. This included two more double Qs and 34 more MACH points. Trevor now has 9 DQs and 242 MACH points.

Lynn Uram tells us that...At the Tamarack agility trial in Edinboro, PA on February 9th and 10th, Geraldo earned his fifth MX leg. He's now half way to his MX title!!<G>He also qualified in Jumpers and earned additional MACH points on that run. After having taken three weeks off, it was really nice to be back in the agility ring with him.

AND…Geraldo (CastleGate's Daily News AX, MXJ, CGC, CL2-S) and Elsa (Can CH Kelbren Hither, AXJ, CGC, CL1-R, CL1-S)a great time at the Border Collie Agility Trial on February 16th and 17th in Edinboro, PA. qualified in Jumpers both days and earned her sixth and seventh MXJ legs. She also picked up 10 MACH points in the process. We're so proud of Elsa, and we're very grateful to Elaine Mayowski for the fabulous job she does with Elsa in the ring. Geraldo and I had an awesome weekend too!! On Sunday, we picked up our second QQ and nine MACH points!! As part of that QQ, Geraldo earned his sixth MX leg with a fourth place finish. moved the Excellent B class, I didn't ever expect to place again, so that was a nice surprise. I've never been prouder of my baby boy than I was this weekend. He gave me his all!!

Ozzy tells us that...The picture gives you a good idea why I need a new handler. This is how he gets me to the Trial. Down a hill, turned around, and into the trees. A top performance dog like me can’t be subjected to this kind of treatment and be expected to run at my peak form. How could I ever stay focused? Do you know what he said to me as we slid down the hill? “Hold On” The dope said hold on. I’m seeing my life flash through my mind and he says hold on. With what? Actually I recovered quite well and saved the day with a fourth place finish in my jumpers run on February 17 at the BCSOA Trial in Edinboro, PA. This is my first placement in Excellent B. He’s so slow……. oZZy

"Sally" ably handled by Mary Lou Williamson, has added agility titles of NJP, OJP, AJP and NAP as well as her Rally Novice title. She is now Kaskade's Star Gazer of Orion, MX, MXJ, NJP, OJP, AJP, NAP, RN. She is 11 years old.

"Torree"eleven month old tri earned two rally novice legs in her first two shows. Don't ask about her performances at TRSSCGP shows! She also went Runner Up in Sweeps in the very large entry at the showwas very nicely handled by Linda Urbanek. She also won her class the next day.

"Journey"her AX title.She alsoherFast title,Novice and Rally Advanced titles. She is now Kaskade's Memories of the Wind, AX, AXJ, RN, RA, FN. She is 10 years old but doesn't admit it.

Not to be outdone by her mother Journey, "Charm"now Kaskade's Demitasse, AX, MXJ, RN, FN. Her AX was just earned at the Tamarack show on Feb 9th.

Archer" earned his Novice Jumpers title Feb 9th and 2 has legs in Novice Standard. He is Ch Dunade Kaskade's Explorer, NAJ

These accomplishments were done in spite of, Charm, Willow and Archers major handicap---their over the hill handlers!

Cathy Artis tells us that...Catydid Shelties is continuing on a roll. Braedy (Kelvington's Braeden O' Rob Roy) completed his TDI certification on 2/2/08.He plans to start his therapy dog visitations with his older brother as soon as his paper work is complete.

Libby Wade tells us that: My young blue male, Kenji, Cathance Kirby Kenji, went WD at the Pasco KC show Florida Judge Carol Duffy Monday, 01/14/2008. He is not quite 2 years old yet and he starts his show career with a 3 point major. Then to top off the day, he goes Best of Breed over 3 specials and then makes the cut in the Group Ring. It was great to watch him and thanks to Kathy Glorio so for showing him.

AKC/CKC/UKC BPIS BIMBS Ch. Wynstone's The Impressionist has been named by UKC as the No. 7 Shetland Sheepdog in their 2007 Top Ten Show Dogs Competition and invited to attend the UKC Premiere show in June 2008. Degas is co-owned by Ken and Gloria Hansen, Elizabeth Brinkley, Jan Williams and Jennifer Graham.

Rusty Cromer & Debbie Hull tell us that...Last fall Rusty and I sent our sable bitch, Macdega Provence aka Cache sporting one point towards her title out with former junior handler, turned pro, Lindsay Spitznogle. We advised her to just have fun showing. While at the Columbus All-Breed shows in November, Lindsay handled Cache to a major reserve under judge Del Richards and WB/BW/BOS under judges Robert Shreve and Linda Robey. A week later at Agathon KC, the team repeated their win of WB/BW/BOS under judge Joan Kefeli. Taking a few weeks off to await the arrival of the latest couture fashions, the ladies arrived dressed to the nines to compete at our club Specialty Show on February 2nd.Theythemselves by going WB/BW for a huge 5 point specialty major under judge Patty Skinner!! It was a first for us in several ways - a win at our club show, a 5 point major and to put the icing on the cake, I was on the end of the lead when Cache was awarded BISS over the specials!! It was quite obvious to Rusty that I hadn’t recovered from the shock of winning the major yet so all she could think of was that if the judge points to Debbie, she’s going to pass out and land on the dog. Luckily, by then my feet were too far off the ground for that to take place. For once, I was utterly speechless. What a dream day! Thank you to the judges who appreciated Cache and to our club members and friends for their support. There’s nothing like winning in front of the home town crowd. A HUGE THANKS to Lindsay as Cache now sports 10 points, one major!! You Go Girl, You Rock!!

Cathy Artis tells us that... Catydid Shelties is continuing on a roll. Braedy (Kelvington's Braeden O' Rob Roy CGC) just completed his TDI certification on 2/20/08. He plans to start his therapy dog visitations with his big brother as soon as his paper work is complete.

News from Gloria and Ken Hansen...... Our girl "Brooke"...Mac Nel's Olympic Gold, went WB and BOW for 2pts at the Greater Daytona Dog Fanciers Association show on Friday 1-04-08 and also went WB for 2 more pts at the Jacksonville Dog Fanciers Association show on Sunday, 1-06-08. She'll be looking for her majors now!! Brooke is the Dam of our lovely Belaire's Town N Country (Lainey) that needs 3 single points to finish. We are so excited about Brooke and hope that she will finish soon!!!

Joyce Cummings tells us that... I'm just so proud of my Chivas that I have to share a wonderful brag with everyone. This past weekend we competed at the Sheltie speciality show at the Washington County Fairgrounds and on Saturday Feb 2 Cummings Chivas Regal, Ltd., RA, NA, OAJ, CGC earned his Rally Excellent title with a 1st place win and also a 1st place win in Novice Obedience, then on Sunday Feb 3, he won again in Rally Excellent with another 1st place win and also another win in Novice Obedience with a 2nd place finish. That's 2 qualifying legs in Novice Obedience towards his CD title, I'm just so proud of him - my little Sheltie boy. !!!!

Elaine Mayowski tells us that..."Mach2 Kyrie" (MACH2, U-AG1 Saranac Better In Black CDX, RN, MX, MXJ, CGC, TDI, CL1-F, CL2-R, CL2-H, CL2-S, TN-N, WV-N, NJC) had a very successful time at the Tamarack show on Nov 23, 24, and 25. On the 23rd she Double Q'd with two 1st place wins and 58 more Mach points. Then on the 24th she Double Q'd with a 1st place win in Jumpers with 16 more Mach points and 3rd place win in Standard with 17 more Mach points. Then on the 25th she Double Q'd with a 2nd place win in Standard with 25 more Mach points and a 3rd place win in Jumpers with 13 more Mach points. Then...at the Youngstown show on Dec 1 she qualified in Jumpers with a 1st place win with 22 more Mach points. Then on Dec 2 she Double Q'd with a 1st place win in Jumpers with 24 more Mach points and a 2nd place win in Standard with 27 more Mach points. Then...at the Clarion show on Dec 8 she qualified in Jumpers with a 2nd place win with 19 more Mach points. Then on Dec 9 she Double Q'd with a 2nd place win in Standard with 24 more Mach points and a 3rd place win in Jumpers with 11 more Mach points. Way to go my Sweet "Little Bear"...I Love ya! "BEAR HUGS TO YA" (Picture on right)

Lynn Uram tells us that...On December 29th, Elsa, Geraldo, Chet, and I competed at the CPE Agility Trial in Washingtonville, Ohio. We had a perfect day---literally and figuratively. Elsa, Chet, & Geraldo, qualified AND placed on every run!! Collectively, they had seven first place finishes, two second place finishes, and two fourth place finishes. As an added bonus, Elsa finished two titles at that trial, and Chet finished a title too. I had the pleasure of being on the course myself with Chet and Geraldo, and Elaine Mayowski did a lovely job of handling Elsa for us. It was a great way to ring out the old year!! AND...We had a fabulous time at our first agility trial of the New Year!! At the Erie Kennel Club's agility trial on January 4th in Edinboro, PA, Geraldo got his first Double Q and nine MACH points to go along with it!! Two days later, it was Elsa's turn to shine. She got her first Double Q, her first MX leg, and her first MACH point that Sunday. As always, Elsa was beautifully handled in the ring by Elaine Mayowski!! Elsa loves to run with Elaine. Our Sunday got even better. Nicky, one of the tri males from Elsa's first litter two year ago, qualified and placed in Novice Standard that day. It was his first agility leg, and we thought it was very cool that he earned it on the same day and at the same show where his dam got her first Double Q. Nicky is loved and trained by Lou and Janet Norman of Erie, PA. AND...On January 19th and 20th at the Admiral Perry Agility Trial in Edinboro, PA, Elsa (Can Ch Kelbren Come Hither AX, AXJ, CGC, CL1-R, CL1-S) qualified both days in Jumpers and earned her fourth and fifth MXJ legs and five MACH points. Geraldo (CastleGate's Daily News, AX, MXJ, CGC, CL2-S) also qualified in Jumpers both days and added another eight MACH points to his point total. It was a very cold and snowy weekend, but we had fun anyway. Our thanks go out to Elaine Mayowski for handling Elsa to her exciting Q's!!

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