Joie's CH official

The AKC website now has Joie listed as a champion.  Should get the certificate in the mail before too long.  I received photos in the mail today of both Joie and Brady from the Saturday Buckhorn Valley KC shows.  Joie was BOB (her 3rd major) and Brady was BOS (his 5th major--kept him in the classes to hold the major even though he had already finished). 

Joie going BOW/BOB under Judge John Madieros.

Brady going WD and BOS to Joie.

Tomorrow they get to go tracking--VST--with friends.  Hopefully it won't be too hot.

Joie's CH photo

Just got Joie's finishing photo in the mail today.  She finished with 3 majors--the 3rd one took her to 16 points and her Championship.  The judge in the photo is Kent Delaney.   I had never shown in conformation to this judge, but have shown to him in obedience which is always great fun.  I really like how Joie is maturing.  I think she has a lovely outline, and beautiful dark, liver spotting.  She is very smart, and extremely sweet.  Joie came to CO with 2 points.  Her first show here was June 3rd.  She finished on July 3rd.  Her Auntie Angie thinks her 'Sissy' is quite perfect. The photo below shows  Joie going BOB which she did both days her last weekend of showing.

CH* MONUMENTAL HIGHLY RESEMBLES A ROCKSTAR

"JOIE"

*pending AKC

It's Official

Brady's AKC Championship certificate arrived in the mail today.  So he's now officially UKC RBIS AKC/UKC CH Monumental Taking the High Road.  Next he needs to look forward to getting some titles on the other end of his name.  He has been working on obedience exercises as well as tracking.  He was doing very nice field tracking work before the warm weather brought out the snakes.  Since then, I've been working him on VST and he loves it.  Does really nice turns on pavement.  He's wearing his Great Granny Mackie's harness, so he needs to follow in her pawsteps.  He loves obedience work, too, and is such fun to train.

Jordi at the Denver Firefighters Museum

Yesterday Jordi and I traveled to downtown Denver to the Denver Firefighters Museum.  We spent the afternoon at their Kids' Camp.  What fun.  Jordi is great with kids and loved his time with them.  We did some bite prevention work, grooming, and obedience work.  The kids were very good with Jordi.  He thought it was just great when I had 2 kids at a time using the ZoomGroom and another brush on him.  Each child also had to have his/her picture taken with Jordi. Jordi was in a down stay for this activity.  He was sooooo patient.  His tail never stopped wagging--at least until he got back into his crate in the van when the afternoon was over.  He was asleep before we got back to I-25.  We did this camp last year for the first time. It was nice to be invited back.  This museum always has lots of visitors, so we did more work with kids and adults before leaving.
Photos below show Jordi with a few of the kids who were attending the camp:

MT Photos

Photos from the shows in Billings, MT (Yellowstone Valley KC) in June:

Brady going WD/BOW under Judge David Kirkland for his 3rd major.

New Champion Brady--he was WD/BOW for his 4th major under Judge Larry Sinclair.  Brady finished with 18 points.  He is now UKC RBIS AKC/UKC CH Monumental Taking The High Road.

Joie going WB/BOS under Judge Larry Sinclair for her 1st major (4 points).

Joie going WB/BOS under Judge Darryl Vice for 2 more points.  There wasn't a major on this day.  Joie was at 13 points with these wins.  We came home to  CO and showed again at the Buckhorn Valley KC shows where she was WB/BOW/BOB each day for 2 more majors to finish!  She finished her championship with 3 majors and 16 points.  She is  now CH Monumental Highly Resembles A Rockstar.  When she came back to CO she had 2  points.  Her first shows here were June 3rd.  She finished on July 3rd.  The time was right and there was no stopping this pup.

Brady finished on his 10 month birthday; Joie finished at 10 months 11 days.

Buckhorn Valley KC shows

What a weekend we had:  Joie is now CH* Monumental Highly Resembles A Rockstar after going WB/BOW/BOB both days to earn 2 more majors to finish the title. (*pending AKC) She showed well and had a great time.  She was Best Bred By today and ended the day by getting a Bred By Group 2.  Her Auntie Angie, who calls her Sissy, is so proud of her.  Can't wait for pictures to arrive from this last month of shows.  Hope we got some good ones.

Grace in Oklahoma

Got very exciting news from Candy Powell today.  Grace, Monumental High On Grace, earned her first major today in Oklahoma City.  She has 11 points toward her AKC Championship.  Good girl, Grace!