Off to the races!

We spent the weekend at the Richmond International Speedway and it was pretty neat!  Not every show site is as cool as this one was.

After fighting the bad weather to get there we got all setup and ready to show!

The border collies had really tough competition and even though they didn't get any ribbons they showed awesome!  Sometimes that means more than anything else.

Marty picked up his up teen dozen major reserve on Saturday and closed out his 12-18 career by winning his class!  Leslie thinks finding these last 4 singles is going to be hard. :( sure hope not!

Shirley got two 2nd places but she sure had fun doing it.  Such a pretty girl her time will come.

Yoda was the big winner of the weekend by winning 2 BOB's.  He is undefeated for Jan. and now needs 11 points to finish his Silver GCH.  Hopefully come March he can get it done.

It was also fun seeeing our friends Jean and Bobby!  We had not seen them since December and Hogan won BOB the first day! Go hogan!

This was the last prep before we leave for NYC in 2 weeks.  Don't know if we are ready but I guess we will need to be by then, lol.  After that we are going to take a short break and hit the rings strong come March.  Look for some new faces and for some old ones to return!

See you in the big apple!

*~*Justy*~*

The starting line for 2013!

Well, guys we started the 2013 show season this past weekend in Fredericksburg, VA!

Henry and Izzy were awarded select each day izzy for a total of 6 points and Henry for a total of 5 points!  Henry was suprised to see his mom Debbie there to see him. :)

Drogba won his last 12-18 class but didn't get any points.  It was nice to see Chris and him out there though.

Marty was 3rd on Sunday....I told him he needed to do better than that if he is going to finish soon.

Yoda was only shown one day for some crazy reason and picked up his first bob of 2013 and now needs 13 points to finish his silver GCH!

Shirley (which is a new friend) showed on Saturday and won her class.  She is still trying to figure out all the dog show business but did show well.

Danny the sheltie came for his first trip with us and he was awarded select on Saturday for his first two GCH points!  He is a little rusty Chris thinks but he will come back out of it and be just fine.

It was nice seeing folks after the holidays and seeing some people we had not seen for awhile.  We even got to see the other side of the family; Geof, Lindsey, and Tonja came to visit!

We aren't rushing back to all the shows yet but we will be back in VA by the end of the month.

Well talk to you guys soon!

*~*Justy*~*

The end of 2012!

I know I'm way late at posting this!

But I wanted to give you a run down on the last two weeks of shows in 2012.

We headed to NC where Yoda won 1 BOB and 2 Selects, Izzy finished his bronze medallion, Bokay won a select, Cayenne showed great and got a 4th place, and Marty won his class both days but also went WD/BOW for a 3pt major bringing him to 11pts both majors!!!!

Then on to Orlando, FL we went.  Chris got to fly down but we all rode.  Im pleased to let you know that Henry and Yoda made the first cut in their breeds at the AKC Eukanuba Inviational.

Chris won us some really nice crates!

Hope everyone had a great Christmas and New Years!

Enjoy our christmas card if you haven't seen it already.

*~*Justy*~*

December starts in MI

We started December in East Lansing, MI at MI State University.  We have never gone to these shows before but they were pretty nice.

Yoda showed great on Saturday but didn't get anything.  Leslie pulled him on Sundays because he conflicted with the border collies.  He didn't much care he just annoyed me all day.  HA!

Henry picked up a select for 2pts.  Izzy didn't bring by any ribbons so she is still needing those 6gch points to medallion!

Marty won his class the one day he was entered and BoKay picked up a select bitch worth 3pts.

Cayenne started with us this weekend and did amazing!!!!  She was 2nd in open and reserve which was a major reserve on Saturday and then won the open class on Sunday!  Good girl Cayenne.

We are off to our last two sets of shows this weekend for a loooonnng trip to FL!  We will be making a pit stop in NC first though.

Cross all your fingers and toes and those doggy paws for us too!

*~*Justy*~*

Thanksgiving

We celebrated Thanksgiving and slept real good and then headed off to Tallmadge, OH for the weekend.  The weather was great until about an hour after getting there and then it was super cold and windy with a little snow.  It has been much worse in Tallmadge though.

Izzy picked up a select and BOS for 8 more GCH points she is now 6 points away from her medallion!  Good girl little Izzy!

Henry picked up 2 selects for 1 pt each!

Bokay was just like Henry getting 2 selects for 1pt each.

Marty won RWD on Saturday and WD/BOW for 1pt bringing him to a total of 8 points with one major!  Not bad at all since he really hasn't shown since July.  He is looking good!

Yoda showed on Saturday but wasn't up to par so Mom and Dad pulled him on Sunday.  Lets hope this weekend goes better for him.

We brought this real cute dog home named Cayenne.  All of us boys love her!  We will see how she does the next couple weeks in the ring.

Well, gotta go we are heading to MI soon.

*~*Justy*~*

Nascar Country!

We went to Nascar Country this past weekend in Concord, NC!

We had a very good weekend.

Matty picked up 1 select worth 3pts!

Izzy picked up 1 BOS 1 HUGE HUGE BOB and 1 SELECT for 14 gch pts!  Way to go lil Izzy!

Yoda picked up 2 BOB's and 1 BOS for 8 GCH pts!

We showed some goldens on Sunday and Marty showed great and won his class and Finn (a ringside pickup owned by Michelle Loy) picked up his first major!  Go Finn!

Chris showed Danny the sheltie owned by Debe Lilly on Sunday while they didn't get anything it was nice to see them together.  Watch for more from Danny in 2013.

Drogba even made an appearance at the match and won the sporting group.  He will be back in the ring next year!

Sadly our friend Bert Halsey collapsed in the Rottweiler ring Sunday afternoon.  It was very scary as he was rushed to the hospital and we didn't know what was going to happen.  He seems to be doing better as of now but we haven't had an update in the last day.  Please pray for him!

I'm super excited to eat some Turkey for Thanksgiving tomorrow.

Hope you all have a great Thanksgiving!

*~*Justy*~*

BIG NEWS!!!

We have BIG NEWS!

It was confirmed yesterday that Henry is the first non blk/wht border collie to medallion!  He is the 31st border collie to receive a medallion.  We couldn't be happier about this news!

The next big news is that the Canine Chronicle stats are through October 31st and Yoda is ranked #13 breed and #17 all breed!  Thank you to all of Yoda's fans for your continued support and to the judges for recognizing such a spoiled dog. ;-)

Chris & Leslie have two ads in the Canine Chronicle this month.  Check them out here but also look for them in the CC.

Henry and Izzy's Ad in the Nov. Canine Chronicle

Yoda's Nov. Canine Chronicle ad

*~*Justy*~*