Remembering Christmas Eve 2008

 Utley turned 15 12/24/2023.  He was born on Christmas Eve 2008 and I wrote a blog post about that litter  Christmas Blessings 

Utley- age 15

Happy Birthday Utley!

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Celebrating 2023

 2023 is coming to an end, but what a year it has been.  January 2023 started with Gregory becoming a Grand Champion and Latte becoming a Champion. Gregory moved to Hawaii and Latte is in Alaska.  I had a lovely litter of puppies to enjoy from Chica, and one of them,  Tristan, completed his Championship from the puppy class with two specialty majors and a win under a well respected Collie breeder.   He is a fun dog and the two of us also completed the his Farm Dog Certification.  

Chica made me proud by also earning her championship in very short order.  I was surprised at how fast she finished, but she loves to show and that makes it fun for everyone.  

Granby came within 4 points of becoming a new champion.  Zachary also surprised me one weekend when he was Best of Breed over many champions for a 4 point major.   We will see what fun we can have next year with these two.

I showed dogs for other people as well and I won with them too.  Many Acadia shelties earned titles in performance and I am always proud of them.   

I was voted in as President of the Northwestern Connecticut Dog Club, Inc and I hope I can both enjoy this position and also elevate pure-bred dogs in Litchfield County.   I have lots of ideas.   2023 was a good year!

New titles are in Italics 

GCh Acadia Gregarious BCAT 

Ch Acadia Peggin Iced Latte HT, RN 

Ch Acadia Trusted Opinion FDC 

Ch Acadia Opinion Provided 

Acadia's Celestial Mystery AX, MXJ, NF 

Peggin Acadia Breve, RN, PT 

Acadia Dream Come True, AX, MXJ, XF, T2B 

Ch Acadia Independence Day, CD, PCD, BN, RM2, RAE,

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Granby started with a Bang!

 Acadia All Aglow, "Granby", has had two very good weekends.  Last weekend she was WB + all 3 days and she earned both majors plus 2 pts to end the weekend with 11 points.  Today she was WB for 1 point.  Granby is Lolo's only daughter and I have really been Thankful to have her and have her doing so well at the shows.  

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