Best Of Breed at Tri-State SSC club specialty show

 

Best Of Breed!! 

From the classes.  Acadia Essential, aka, "Warren", wins a 5 Point major.  He went on to defeat 8 champions for Best Of Breed at the Tri-State SSC specialty under esteemed judge Rick Thompson. 

What a Trill it was to have Rick point to Warren, and then say, “what a handsome boy” as he handed me the ribbon.  Warren was shown 1 other time, the day he turned 6 months, and I decided to let him grow up.  He is a fun dog.  Confident and happy and I couldn’t have been more proud of him!

Warren is Liza's grandson.  His mother, GCh. Acadia Light Up the Stage, aka, "Lolo", is the daughter of Liza and the sister of Aiden.  HIs sister is Ch. Acadia All Aglow, "Granby". 

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Happy 11th Birthday Mason

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

Mason turned 11 years old today.  Happy Birthday Mason.  He  has been living his best life with Anita.  The two of them just completed the Rally Choice Title. Way To Go!! Anita says that Mason still acts young and I have no doubt that it is because of the mental and physical stimulation of training and trialing.  

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New *Ch* Acadia Everyone's Opinion- aka- Trestle

 Today Acadia Everyone's Opinion, "Trestle", won the final 2 points to complete the AKC Championship.  She is the 4th champion for her mother, Ch. Acadia Opinion Provided, "Chica", and the 2nd from her litter to finish.   

The judge said, "she is so pretty" as he handed me the ribbon.  I thought that was really nice of him to say.  Trestle has won Winners Bitch and better at her last 6 consecutive shows.  She truly has been "Everyone's Opinion" !!!

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Happy 14th Birthday Liza

 Happy 14th Birthday to GCHS Acadia Stage Presence, CC- aka- Liza.

I am so happy to be able to kiss Liza today and wish her a happy 14th birthday.  She is still climbing the (uncarpeted) stairs by herself- even if it is a little slower.  

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Peer Recognition is the Best kind! Thank you Sherry Deeds

 I was so honored when Sonia from pedigreelines contacted me to say that they were doing a new feature entitled, "What do judges look for"- and they were asking top sheltie breeder judges to pick one term in the standard and a dog they felt illustrated the point.   She told me that they had asked breeder/judge Sherry Deeds to pick a word and dog- and Sherry picked Balance and CASSIA.

I am just So Honored!!    Thank you to Sherry for this honor, and to Sonia for doing this series- it's a good one.

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We had a VERY successful 4th of July WEEK!

 There were 5 days of dog shows- July 3- July 7, 2024 and Trestle was awarded Winners Bitch all 5 days!! Twice she was awarded Best of Breed over dogs that are already champions.  This week Trestle actually was, Everyone's Opinion :-)    

The show entries were not that high and it was only 1 point each day- except what happened on Sunday.  Sunday Trestle was awarded Best of Breed over 7 champions and it was enough to give her major #2.  I was hoping that she would end the week with a total of 10 points, but Trestle now has 13 points, both majors. Way more exciting than I had imagined!  We are not entered at any other shows yet, but I am sure motivated now to find a show.

Zachary was also entered this week and he was Winners Dog one day for another point.  He was Reserve Winners dogs one day as well.  He now has 5 points.  We have gone to very few shows since we got back from the National, but I think I need to plan out the rest of our summer a bit better.

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4th of July has historically been a Successful dog show day for us

 Today "Trestle" (Acadia Everyone's Opinion) was Winners Bitch- but I didn't get a picture because it was only 1 point, but on the drive home I was thinking about all of the successes I have had on this day over the years- and wished that I had gotten a picture.  

Ch. Zion Acadia Town Heroine, CDX, PT, VCX finished her championship on this day in 1997.  Tucket was the first dog I had finished by myself and I pretended that all of the fireworks that night were for us.  We lived in Arizona at the time and these shows were in California.  We had a lovely dinner on a dock by the ocean- and I was on cloud 9.  

Another memorable 4th of July I was showing a bitch in Maryland, my friend Cathy Meek had one of my bitches in Arizona, and someone else (I can't remember who) had a 3rd girl out - all three of them  won that day.  Again, Fireworks to honor their success!

"Mason" was conceived on July 4th- and was named Ch. Acadia Independence Day, CD,RM,RAE, BN,TKI - he became GCh. Acadia Serenity's first champion, and funny enough- his father's name is GCh. Barwood Clearsky Fireworks (he was born in July- but not the 4th of July)

Happy 4th of July - may the fireworks be to honor You too.

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