October 25-26, 2003 Travis County Kennel Club dog shows Since Victor and I were unable to attend these shows, we decided to send Rocki with Jill, in addition to Duri, as we had heard they were trying to build majors. We are quite proud of the boy, as he had never met Jill before and he handled the whole experience like a pro. On Saturday, Rocki was placed 2nd of 4 in the Open Dog class and Duri took Best Oppostie Sex. On Sunday, Rocki won the...

October 18-19, 2003 AAWC and LSBC ASFA Lure Field Trials At the AAWC trial on Saturday,Sassi won the Field Champion stake of 7 dogs, and Best of Breed (by forfeit) of 17.Monkee got NBQ after a coin toss, as she had tied with Flareon. In the Open stake, Rocki got NBQ. At the LSBC trial, Sassi placed 2nd out of 8, and Miss T got NBQ. In the Open stake, Kalipso won 1st out of 9, earning 36 points towards his ASFA FC! This was Kal’s first...

October 12, 2003 GIT NOTRA Meet, Wylie, Texas Sassi won the meet (of 8 dogs total) and earned her second JOR leg, first SOR leg and 3 ORC points! In second was Monkee, earning her third SOR leg and 1.5 ORC points. In third was Kalipso (at his first meet!) and he got a JOR leg, SOR leg and 0.5 ORC points. Doodle and Tassja both earned JOR legs, with Doodle finishing her JOR! Unfortunately, Flareon pulled up in the 2nd program and was...

October 4-5, 2003 RMCC ASFA Lure Trials, Wellington, CO Sassi won the Field Champion stake both days and also won Best of Breed on Sunday. Both days she had run-offs with fresh dogs attending their first-ever lure trial. Rocki placed 3rd of 4 and NBQ of 6 in the Open stake, having some bad luck with a lure op burying him in a corner one day, and still being a bit leary of other very enthusiastic dogs after his bad experiences while attending the...

Humble/Baytown Show Cluster October 3-6, 2003 Duri traveled down near Houston with Jill for these shows, and we can’t complain too badly about her performance, especially considering that she is a young, dark colored girl just starting out in the Specials ring. She won Best of Breed on Friday and Saturday (under judges Joan Frailey and Sharon Rhinelander – both being Hound people) and went Best Opposite Sex on Sunday under Carla...

September 28-29 GIT LGRA Meet, Lake Lavon, TX On Saturday we had an entry of 17 dogs, including the current #1 LGRA Borzoi who travelled down from the far NE. Flareon was hot on his heels for a 2nd placement, earning 3 more NGRC points. We were also super happy with Perci’s performance, coming in 5th overall and second of the non-GRC dogs. He earned 2 more points towards his GRC. On Sunday the entry was 18. Flareon again placed 2nd for...