Archive for 2011

Saturday, August 6th, 2011

CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!

Huge congratulations to Terese Karpluk of Alberta, Canada on going Winners Bitch for 2 points a with her lovely girl Sundae at the Edmonton Kennel Club Show on Saturday August 6th, 2011.  These are Sundae’s first points toward her Canadian Championship, we are SO VERY HAPPY for both of you!  

Sundae is from our Jetta’s first litter that was sired by Bode and was whelped last year at Shaizach, she is just 18months old now and we are sure will have a bright future ahead!

Sundae

Sundae goes WB at the Edmonton KC show!

 

Thursday, June 2nd, 2011

Happy Birthday Stormy!!!!!!!!!!!

Stormy is not the first sheltie to “own” our family, but, he  is the first that I worked with in the  performance rings. Stormy’s intelligence, enthusiasm and desire to please hooked me from the start, and, as they say, the rest is history. Still wild and crazy at 11 years young, and always my heart dog…..Happy Birthday buddy…….

Monday, May 30th, 2011

Then and now…..

Cocoa is maturing into quite a lovely young lady….OK, maybe “lady” is a stretch<ggg>, but, she is becoming quite lovely.  Below are pictures of her at 6wks old, and an impromptu picture that I took with my I Phone today…about a year later…..

Cocoa at 6 weeks old

Cocoa just over a year old

Cocoa 13.5mos

Sunday, May 29th, 2011

Memorial Day Weekend 2011……

I thought it would be a good idea to take this photo after the dogs had a romp in the yard, thinking that if they ran a bit and blew off some steam they would all be able to sit still long enough for me to do this photo by myself.  Well, it was a bit more of a challenge than I thought it would be, and the run also resulted in tongues hanging out on this hot afternoon….. oh well!

This is our Memorial Day 2011 Family Photo: (left to right) Bitti 6yrs old, Sarah 10yrs old, Stormy 11yrs old, Robbie 7yrs old, Jetta 4 yrs old.  In front is our ”"beastie girl” Cocoa 1yr old.

Memorial Day 2011 Family Photo

Memorial Day 2011 Family Photo

Wednesday, May 18th, 2011

Our puppies have arrived…..

We are very pleased to announce the arrival of 6 healthy sable and white puppies!!!!!!  The litter of 5 boys and 1 girl arrived on Sunday May 15th, all are healthy and growing nicely.  These puppies are out or our lovely tricolor girl Jetta, and are sired by Ch Brandina Carmylie Double Digit.   Digit has been siring some lovely puppies, we are thrilled to have a litter of Digit puppies here, and can’t wait to see these young ones grow up!

Jetta x Digit puppies, 2 days old

Saturday, April 23rd, 2011

2012 AKC National Agility Championship Qualifier……

Robbie and I had a great day today at the Scottish Terrier Club Agility Trial held in North Smithfield, RI.  Robbie not only earned a TRIPLE Q, he also qualified for the 2012 AKC Agility National with more than 7 months to spare!!!  I am very proud of my boy!

Friday, April 15th, 2011

Living the Dream…..

From burning up the agility course to photo shoots like the super models, Miss Indy (MACH2 Wyndridge Royal Independence) truly does it all.  Photos of Indy are featured in the article  “Living the Dream” in the April 2011 issue of BetterRVing Magazine!!!

Wednesday, April 13th, 2011

“I’m a big girl now”…….

Cocoa is growing up, so it is time to prove that she has been learning some basic obedience skills and knows how to behave appropriately in public.  Today, she took and passed her CGC (Canine Good Citizen) Test with flying colors.  You can learn more about the CGC test on the AKC website, here.  She is now officially Wyndridge Ghirardelli, CGC!

Tuesday, April 12th, 2011

Happy Birthday Cocoa!

It’s hard to believe a year has gone by already, Cocoa and her litter mates, our “dark chocolate”  litter, are a year old today!!  Happy Birthday to all of you!  Cocoa is still a little “beastie”…..she probably always will be :-)   But, she is growing up into quite a lovely young lady.

This picture was taken when she was just born…..

Cocoa 1 day old

….and these were at just shy of 1year old….  my Cocoa-puff look at you now…..

Cocoa 1year old

Cocoa 12mos

Cocoa at 1 year old

 More pictures from Cocoa’s first year, can be seen here.

Monday, April 11th, 2011

We have puppies on the way!!!!!!

Jetta had her ultrasound today, and we were very excited to see several puppies……actually looks like 5 or maybe even 6 are packed away in there!  Well, she has another month to bake, and they will arrive in mid May!!!!!!

Ultrasound image of one of Jetta's puppies