Arapahoe KC shows

Showed Brady this past weekend at the Arapahoe Kennel Club shows.  Finally-there were some other Dals entered, so by taking Best of Breed each day, Brady started his quest for the AKC Grand Champion title.  I'm so pleased with the way this young boy is showing and looking.  He loves showing.  He is the easiest dog to show.  He goes in, stacks himself, and invites the judge to come give him some attention.  His tail never stops wagging-even when the judge is going over his rear-and his ears are always up.  He has great stamina--is as good at the end of the day as he is in the morning.  Don't have any more shows coming up for a while. Darn.
His new best friend is a male Newfoundland owned by a friend of mine.  This Newf weighs in excess of 150 lbs.  He and Brady make quite the pair.  (Brady weighs 55.) Draven, the Newf, tried to make himself smaller so as to be on Brady's level.  The are a riot to watch.

Jordi's Target photo

Last July, Jordi and I went to a photo shoot for Target stores.  One of the photos is now in the stores in the jewelry department.  The crew wanted him pulling the model--not an easy task for a dog that is very good at heads-up heeling.  To make him pull her, I got about 20 feet in front of them and called him.  The model hung on for dear life--but she continued to smile.  It was really quite comical.  Jordi had a great time at the shoot and made Dal lovers out of the crew.  They thought he was great.   Jordi will celebrate his 9th birthday this coming Tues.  It doesn't seem possible that my 'little' brown boy will be 9.

Weekend in Cheyenne, WY

Took Brady to Cheyenne for shows this past weekend.  He was BOB both days.  The best part of the trip was seeing Jasper and the Zimmermans.  Jasper looks great and he is sooooooooooo sweet.  Just love that boy.  He is very handsome--even if I do say so myself.  He and Brady do look like littermates although Jasper is a bit larger and has a few more spots.  Jasper also reminds me a great deal of Great Granny Mackie--he has her beautiful dark eyes.  It was great to be able to spend time with him.  The Zimmermans also came to the show on Sat. to watch Brady--thanks!  I'll be posting pics of Jasper soon.  He is in a great home.  He also has a 'brother'--a Pudelpointer.  I got some great pics of Moose, too.  He and Jasper are so good together.
Brady had a great time in the group ring and really showed well.  He is really getting the idea of playing with the 'big boys.'  He loves showing and I love showing him.  Have to download pics of him and will get a couple up soon. 
Another highlight was taking a friends 10-month old Newf boy in for BOW.  He not only went BOW but also went BOB over her special.  That was very exciting and lots of fun for both of us.  I've been taking him in for BOW for the last few shows.   I've been telling my friend that he and I would beat her special one dayl.  She was delighted that we did.  He looked great for his first time in group.

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: