March Madness

It is the time of year for March madness!  All you hear about on tv is basketball games and the dog show season is in full stride by now!

Saturday evenings sunset at the NC state Fairgrounds

We headed to the tarheel circuit this past weekend and had a really great time!

Saturday results
BO 1/RWD at the Tarheel GRC specialty
Matty BOS 2pts
Whitey 0 but showed well
Target 1st in sweeps with Owner Amy Gates and 1st in all breed and went on to win Best Puppy in Specialty

A collage of photos courtsey of The Gates Family and John Tibbs
 

Sunday results
Matty BOS 2pts
Whitey & Rifle showed great but weren't the judges cup of tea.
Target won her class again

Also, my brother Yoda showed at the first annual Tarheel GRC all breed obedience and rally trial and placed 2nd in the rally novice B class with a superb score of 99. Go Yoda!

The past two weeks sure have been busy but fun too!  Now lets hope tomorrow is the last snow and spring will really come along now.  I dislike cold weather.

Maybe you will see a new dog or two in next months lineup.  Check back soon for more information.

*~*Justy*~*

Run for the roses?

Oh! It't not that time of year yet!  It is getting that time though and the dog show season is in full swing now with March madness and all.

We spent 3 days in Louisville, Ky and the weather was great until Sunday and then it got gross!

Leslie had 7 dogs to show this weekend!

Marty showed great the two days he was entered.

Whitey did well for his first weekend and made the cut in a large open class the second day under a breeder judge.

Whitey owned by Vonnie Peterson in Louisville, KY March 2014

Target got better each day her first weekend out!

Rifle was kind of a poopy head but we will let it slide.

Faith swept the BOS's in springers picking up 11 GCH points!

Faith after winning one of her four BOS's in Lousiville March 2014

Danny showed great!

Leslie always showed Jessica's pap Miranda two days and won WB/BOS over 4 specials for 5 points!  WOW!!!!

Leslie and Amy showed Chatter and Target in the first ever Eukanuba Puppy Futurity and they had tons of fun!

Target & Chatter sniffing each other during the 1st Puppy Futurity!

Leslie  also showed with Tyler in the breeder stakes and won 2nd place in the working group!


Fun fun times...now of to tarheel country!

*~*Justy*~*

Auburn, IN

This past weekend we went to Auburn, IN for Logansport KC.  We had never been to this site before but it was very cool!  It was held at a museum with cars and soliders!  Very neat!

On Saturday Marty was awarded BOS for 2 points giving him 19 GCH points.  One more major and he will be good to go!

Matty was awarded Select dog for 2 points.

On Sunday Marty showed great but didn't get anything.  We thought that may happen but we were working on ring experience and he did great!

Matty was again awarded select for 2 points.

Matty now sits at 104 GCH points.  We wanted a few more to make us feel good about his numbers.

See you in Louisville soon! 

Some of the cars we saw this weekend

One week we are with cars the next week with horses!

*~*Justy*~*

Spring in the air???

Well, I'm not sure spring will ever be here.  But thankfully we have missed driving in most of these terrible weather by being home the past couple of weeks.  While we are sad to see a mini vacation end we are ready to get back on the road.




While we are off we did find out that Marty was ranked in the top 20 all breed goldens at the end of January. We don't expect him to stay there for February since he was only shown once and didn't win but maybe by the end of spring he will make another appearance in the ranking!




It also came across AKC making it official that Matty is Bronze GCH Trucolorz Traveler to Wimzical CGC.  We think he may be ranked in the breed rankings when February stats come out.  That would be very exciting!  Right now we will wait and see.




Look for us at the shows near you soon.  Leslie has a full schedule the next couple weeks and some new dogs possibly coming up!  You never know what you might see her in the ring with. ;-)






See ya'll soon!




*~*Justy*~*

Indy in the Winter!

Well, it keeps snowing and snowing and snowing!  I have about had it with being cold and etc.

We made it out to Indianapolis, IN last week which had a huge snow storm before we went!  The snow was still everywhere!

The trip was well worth it though.

Marty showed one day and even though he didn't make the cut he showed like a rockstar!

Leslie met Chatter for the first time since she was 6 weeks old!  She says she is adorable and will be bringing her home soon.  She also showed Slater for the first time and he had loads of fun even though he was 2nd place.

Danny picked up a select for another two points.  The majors keep breaking on him. :(

The big winner of the weekend was Matty which pending AKC verification will be knows as Bronze GCH Trucolorz Traveler To Wimizical, CGC!!!!  He won BOB both days.  The first day for 5 points and the second day for 4 points bringing him to a total of 100 points!  WOOHOO!  This was a big goal for us last year and even though we didn't reach it, it is nice to obtain it quickly in 2014.  Matty picked up his last 15 points in 2 months!

That brings #teamriverview to 3 new titles for 2014!!!!

Here is a candid shot of Matty!

Matty after winning one of his 2 BOB's in Inday 2/2014

Maybe you will hear from me sometime but we aren't showing until March.  Mom says something about needed to get the taxes done...I dunno I'm just going to sleep for awhile and stay warm.

*~*Justy*~*

NEWS FLASH!!!

Just wanted to drop in a give you some big news. 

NEWS FLASH!!!

It is official GCH Kalwa's Elements of Faith is the first springer to finish her GCH in 2014!!!  January 11, 2014 is the official date.


Nancy is crying, faith is jumping around, and Leslie is proud of the hard work they put in to get it.  Good job ladies!

Check out the official win photo from that special day.

New GCH Faith!

You heard it here first folks!

#teamriverview

*~*Justy*~*

2nd new title of 2014 for #teamriverview

WOW!  We are done showing for January 2014 and we already have 2 new titles for #teamriverview in 2014!!!!  One champion and one grand champion.

We headed to Harriman, TN for the Oak Ridge KC this passed weekend.  It was nice seeing some country we had not seen much of.  The drive to the show was ehh ok dark and somewhat snowy but on the way back it was full of sunshine and beautiful water and mountains.

We started Saturday later than usual at 10AM.  With goldens.  BO won his class and went on to win RWD, Rifle won his class of 5 and went on to win WD/BOW for his final point to finish under judge Paula Hartinger.  Marty won BOS for another GCH point.  Then we waited all afternoon for Matty to show.  He loves showing on dirt and showed great!  He was awarded select dog sadly for no points as another special was excused for not being able to be examined.

Rifle is a CH!

We celebrated Saturday night and moved on to Sunday....

We started much earlier and all of our dogs were lumped closely together.  BO won his class but nothing else that day.  Rifle moved up to BOB and Amy and he won his first GCH point for winning select.  Marty was again awarded BOS for another GCH point putting him at 18.  Then we quickly moved over to the border collie ring and Matty was awarded select for 1 point leaving him needing 9 for his Bronze GCH.

Total number of points #teamriverview brought home in January 2014....28!!!!

Now for a round of what happend in Obedience ring....

BO won his Novice B class both days
Chuck finished his Pre Open title and won his Open B class both days and went on to win Back to Back High In Trial's the first for him!!!!!  We are so very excited about how he performed this past weekend.  Go Chuck!!!!

 

Chuck's back to back HIT ribbons!!!

You won't be hearing from me until sometime in Febraury we are going to hang out at home for awhile and with all this snow fall today that is probably a good thing!

Stay warm guys!

*~*Justy*~*