2011 Brags

Note to all of us from Chuck: Remember that as our Club continues to grow and diversify, not everyone knows or understands all the events and/or breeds of dogs we are involved in, so when you post your brags, PLEASE try to remember to provide complete information. It helps to inform and educate those who aren't familiar with all the abbreviations we use.

Elvis
Chuck St. John
Kolumbia's Rock N Roll Legend, aka Elvis, finished the 2011 show season as the #6 Tibetan Spaniel in the all-breed standings in the U.S. and #13 in the breed standings. He is only 2.5 years old and fron the first litter that Chuck whelped.

Lynne Wasson proudly reports that Trip earned both his Novice Standard and Novice Jumpers titles in the last month.

December 11: Chuck St. John and Elvis (Tibetan Spaniel) earned Best of Breed and Group 3 at Vancouver, WA. With these wins Elvis is currently the #12 Tibetan Spaniel in breed points and #6 in all-breed points.

December 11: Willard Field and Buzzy (Papillon) finished his Master Excellent Jumpers with Weaves Preferred title (MJP) at Auburn.

December 10: Vicky Anderson and Libby, GCH Starway Fyreti Legend Keeper (Nova Scotia Duck-Tolling Retriever) finished her Bronze level in Vancouver. With 2 BOS wins for 4 points each. Ginger, Tsillian’s Keep’er Happy (7 month old Toller) went RWB to a 3 pt. major on Saturday and WB, BOW, for a 3 pt. major on Sunday, resulting in her first points. She had 6 BOB from Arizona and a puppy group 2.

November 19 and 20: Barb Steward and Timothy (Tibetan Spaniel) are reporting on Timothy's first show weekend, the Minneapolis Kennel Club show at Canterbury Park, Shakopee, MN. He was the only class dog entered both days, but he went Best of Winners both days, so he came home with his first two points at just 6 months of age! He gaited beautifully and stacked pretty well on the table, although he's still VERY wiggly stacking on the floor. He behaved beautifully with the other dogs and while crated in our set-up. He was delighted to find other Tibbies at ringside and wanted to play with them all. Timothy is Barb's first home-bred Tibbie and was sired by Chuck St. John's Borg.

November 5: Hannah Virnig and Rainey (Australian Shepherd), AKC Ch. Supreme's Here Comes the Reign went WB/BOW/BOB over specials for an ASCA 5 pt. major. November 6: Hannah finished Shway's (Australian Shepherd), ASCA Championship. So his name is now ASCA Ch. Goldcrest Let's Go Surfin' Now.

Vicky Anderson - GCH Starway Legendkeeper completed her Bronze level requirements with two BOS, with two four point majors. Tsillan's Keep'er Happy (Ginger) took RWB on Sat, and WB and BOW on Sun. with three point major. She is seven months old. She is out of CH Starway Copbon Gatekeeper RN (our boy) and Int. CH Tollwest's Happy Dance RN.

Willard Fields: Cadget's All A-Buzz at Evergem (Papillion) finished his Master Excellent Jumpers with Weaves Preferred title (MJP) at Auburn on Dec. 11, 2011.

Maggy Susman and Dale Huber: Zelda! of Blewett, CDX, RE, TD has earned her AKC Therapy Dog Title in August, the first WKC dog to do so. She has also earned a TDIA (Therapy Dog International Active) award from the Therapy Dog International Association. Zelda! had been visiting for 2 years. Zelda! was originally tested and certified by Margie Clark, who is a Therapy Dog International evaluator. Zelda! turned 13 in September, 2011.

Betsy Metcalf and Sundew (Rhodesian Ridgeback) Q'd in Exc JWW for second place and a lovely trophy in September. Rhodesian Ridgeback National Specialty, Rapid City, South Dakota

Suzanne Metcalf and Dansi (Rhodesian Ridgeback) Q'd in Rally Advanced for a new title = RA. Dansi also made the first cut in best of breed and won the best ridge for a bitch, plus best overall ridge in September. Rhodesian Ridgeback National Specialty, Rapid City, South Dakota (813 entries!)

Carol Sunada and Fircrest Princess Tara (German Shepherd) earned two Agility Titles on Saturday, September 24 at Monroe: Novice Preferred Jumpers with Weaves with 1st place; and Novice Preferred Standard with 1st place. Tara just turned 10 years old and is moving like she owns the Agility Course – Carol is very proud of her.

Ashley Burger and "Captain" Zahara Captain Kidd (Australian Shepherd) took Best Adult in Match at the Wenatchee Kennel Club dog show September 17. He then took Winners Dog for his first point on September 18. Captain is co-owned by Ashley and Sarah Burger.

Robin Boles and Kolumbia's Little Miss Minnie "Minnie" got her first point with Winner's bitch at the Wenatchee Kennel Club dog show on Sunday.

Vicky Anderson and Rocky Starway Keeper of the Stars (Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever) finished his AKC Championship Saturday with a three point major at the Wenatchee Kennel Club dog show. Although I offered to move him up on Sunday to let other males have a chance at a major, my offer was declined, and he earned an additional three point major. Rocky, pending AKC notification, is CH Starway Keeper of the Stars.

Vicky Anderson and GCH Starway Fyreti Legend Keeper (Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever), took Select Bitch both days at the Wenatchee Kennel Club dog show.

Vicky Anderson and Sofie, Skylark Tsillan Peace Keeper (Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever), earned ribbons each day of the Wenatchee Kennel Club dog show.

Jan Flatten and Cody (Australian Shepherd) Q'd in Novice Preferred JWW and Standard, earning first and second place, respectively, on Friday at the Wenatchee Kennel Club Trail.

August 21, 2011
Mojo
Ernie and Vicki Hobbs
Mojo passed both a Rally Advanced and Rally Excellent course at the Enumclaw show, earning the 10th and final leg for his RAE1 Title. To earn this title means he has passed 20 courses. I believe this is our clubs first RAE1 Title.

October 14, 2011
Whiteroad Nell
Jeff Koski
Nell ran her very first trial and ran a clean run for a First Place and her first Q in Novice Standard.

October 16, 2011
Whiteroad Nell
Jeff Koski
Nell took 2nd Place for her 2nd Q in Novice Standard.

8/14/11
Elvis
Chuck St. John
Best of Breed, Nisqually Kennel Club. Lacey, WA. Tibetan Spaniel.

8/13/11
Elvis
Chuck St. John
Best of Breed, Nisqually Kennel Club. Lacey, WA. Tibetan Spaniel.

August 2011
Zelda!
Maggy Susman & Dale Huber
I am pleased to announce that Zelda! of Blewett, CDX, RE, TD has earned her AKC Therapy Dog Title. She has also earned a TDIA (Therapy Dog International Active) award from the Therapy Dog International Association. Zelda! had been visiting for 2 years. Zelda! was originally tested and certified by Margie Clark, who is a Therapy Dog International evaluator. Zelda! is our yellow Labrador Retriever, she will turn 13 in September 2011. She is proudly "owned" and loved by Maggy Susman & Dale Huber.

July 2011
Libby, Rocky
Vicky Anderson
They went to Alberta, Canada for the NSDTRC-C National and Alberta Shows. Rocky placed 1st. in the 12-18 months in Sweeps and at the National. Libby placed in the ribbons first-third in each show. She took RWB once. No points, but lots of nice rosettes and ribbons.

7/24/11
Annie
Lynda Pheasant
1st place, Excellent B Standard. Lynden.

7/24/11
Annie
Lynda Pheasant
Q Excellent B Fast. Lynden.

7/24/11
Dansi
Suzanne Metcalf
Q Excellent B Standard, Chuckanut Dog Training Assoc. Rhodesian Ridgeback

7/23/11 - 7/24/11
Bosley
Emily Harbury
1 Q Open Regular, NADAC Agility. Spokane

7/23/11 - 7/24/11
Olive
Emily Harbury
2Q's Novice JWW, 1 Q Novice Weavers, 1 Q Novice Tunnelers NADAC Agility. Spokane (Olive had 4 runs during the weekend and Q'd all of them!)

7/23/11 - 7/24/11
Chena
Linda Harbury
1 Q Open JWW, 1 Q Open Regular, 1 Q Novice Tunnelers, 1 Q Touch N Go, North American Agility Dog Council (NADAC) Agility. Spokane (We had 8 runs during the weekend and earned seven 1st places, one 2nd place and our Novice Regular Title).

7/23/11 - 7/24/11
Libby, Rocky
Vicky Anderson
Rocky took WD twice, and has singled out on points, needs only a major now to finish his CH. Libby took Select both days in Portland.

7/17/11
Callie
Judy Johnson
1st Q Open Std, 3rd place, WA State Obedience Training Club. Argus.

7/17/11
Elvis
Chuck St. John
Best of Opposite Sex, Coeur d'Alene, ID. Tibetan Spaniel.

7/16/11
Elvis
Chuck St. John
Best of Breed and Group 3, Coeur d'Alene, ID. Tibetan Spaniel.

6/30/11
Libby, Rocky, Sofie
Vicky Anderson
Montana Circuit: Libby took BOB twice, BOS three times; Rocky took WD twice, with a BOW once for a crossover 3 point major, and Sofie on the final day took WB for 2 points. And on the last day we picked up Ginger, a Keeper daughter, to add to our kennel.

5/29/11, 6/10/11, 6/11/11
Mojo
MOJO (Bichon) Vickie & Ernie Hobbs
Mojo earned one RAE leg at the Spokane Kennel Club show in May and earned two RAE legs in Puyallup, one at the Bichon Specialty and one at the Puyallup Kennel Club show. We now have 9 of the 10 legs needed for an RAE1 Title.

Back in March, I flew back to Davenport, Iowa to take a look at 2 Papillon puppies that were being held for me to decide between. It was a VERY difficult choice, but according to AKC Judge June Penta, I made a great choice.

The first day of the Spokane Dog Show on May 28th, Zelicaon Little Egyptian To Cadgets (aka Lena) went Winners Bitch from the 6-9 puppy class. On the 31st of May in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, she went Reserve.

On Saturday, June 4th, in Yakima, under Judge James Frederiksen, Lena earned another Winners award - again from the 6-9 puppy class.

On Saturday, June 11th, Judge Richard Camacho pulled Lena for Best Opposite Sex (over a Special), Best Of Winners, and Best Puppy in Breed for her first major.  We are truly delighted with this beautiful girl!

Since AKC has come out with the Grand Champion award, we decided to put CH Cadgets Way To Go-West (aka Kip) back in the ring at the Spokane/Coeur d'Alene shows. 3 out of the 4 days Kip went Select Dog, and the one day he didn't - he went Best Of Breed!!!!  What a great month it's been for Cadgets!!!

Kip BOB

Lena's First Points

5/28/11-5/29/11
Linda Harbury
ChenaMarie
ChenaMarie: 1 Q, 2nd Places and her Title in Novice Jumpers; 2 Q's, 2nd Places in Novice Regular; 1 Q, 1st Place Novice Touch & Go. And Linda's new knee did just fine! NADAC Agility - Megadogs at Woodinville, WA.

Linda and Emily Harbury had a GREAT time at the Mega-Dogs NADAC Trial in Woodinville, Washington on Memorial Day Weekend. Lots of Q's and even a new title for ChenaMarie. This was our first "mother/daughter" agility weekend and we can hardly wait to do it again! Emily's adolescent dog, Olive, made her agility debut - and enthusiastically earned ribbons and q's.

North American Dog Agility Council (NADAC) trials are similar to AKC trials with a few key differences. NADAC's mission statement includes a high concern for safety, to that effort:

To enter a NADAC trial - register your dog (any breed or combination of breeds) at NADAC.com for $15.00. You'll get your registration number as soon as you press the send button. Then find your trial and please let me or Emily know so we can have the fun of trialing with our Wenatchee Kennel Club friends!

4/22/11-4/25/11
Vicky Anderson
Libby, Rocky, Sofie
Libby did it. Finished her GCH this weekend in Lewiston. She took BOS in each of the four shows. Rocky took WD on Friday for 2 points. He took RWD the next three days. Sofie took RWB once to a major. Great weekend forTsillan.

4/17/11
Vicky Anderson
Libby, Rocky, Sofie
Libby took BOB, Sofie took BOW, and Rocky took BOS at Sun show in Moses Lake. Due to misunderstanding, missed show Sat. Too bad Libby now only needs one single point to finish her GCH.

4/17/11
Jeff Koski
Red Spirit of Adventure (Lucky)
Lucky made it through his very first Dog Show and came out with a Q on his second day with an 87. Still quite distracted, but we made it through.

4/16/11
Jeff Koski
Red Spirit of Adventure (Lucky)
Lucky made it through his very first Dog Show and came out with a Q on his first day with a 74. We have a lot of distraction work to work on, lol.

4/11/11
Dansi
DANSI (Rhodesian Ridgeback) Suzanne Metcalf - WB 4 pt Renaissance Dog Shows at Chilliwack BC

4/10/11
Dylan
DYLAN (Cav. King Charles Spaniel) Willard Fields 2 Q's Excellent Standard & 2 Qs Exc. JWW at Auburn

4/10/11
Buzzy
BUZZY (Papillion) Willard Fields - finished his 2d Excellent title in Agility at Auburn

4/4/11
Mojo
MOJO (Bichon) Vickie & Ernie Hobbs Q RAE Leg 4 - two legs towards a RAE1 title!

4/3/11
Mojo
MOJO (Bichon) Vickie & Ernie Hobbs Q RAE Leg 3

4/2/11-4/3/11
Libby, Rocky, Sofie
Libby took Select Bitch both days in Albany, OR., two 4 point major wins for 8 points towards her GCH. She has 23 points now. Rocky showed well Sat, got scared Sun. Sofie took reserve to a 3 point major on Sun. Not too bad!!! It was a supported entry for tollers.

4/2/11-4/3/11
Mojo
Attended Seattle Dog Obedience Club's 99th and 100th Obedience shows Apr 2nd and 3rd. Passed both a Rally Advanced and a Rally Excellent course both days, giving us 2 more legs towards an RAE1. Four down, six to go.

3/27/11
Dylan
DYLAN (Cav. King Charles Spaniel) Willard Fields -finished 2 Open Agility titles at Moses Lake

3/27/11
Annie
ANNIE (Aus. Shepherd) Lynda Pheasant 1 Q Exc B JWW Agility at Moses Lake

3/27/11
Idgie
IDGIE Frank Fuhrer-Juvet Q Nov. A JW at Moses Lake

3/27/11
Elvis
ELVIS (Tibetan Spaniel) Chuck St. John Best of Breed at Bremerton

3/27/11
Krystle
KRYSTLE (Westie) Marilyn Sterley 1 Q Nov Std P Moses Lake

3/27/11
Sirena
SIRENA (Port. Water Dog) Mary Bean 1st leg Ex A Jumpers w Weaves

3/27/11
Hermione
HERMIONE Becky Smith 1 Q Std Novice 1st Place Moses Lake

3/26/11
Sirena
SIRENA (Port. Water Dog) Mary Bean PWD Ex A Std Title

3/26/11
Hermione
HERMIONE Becky Smith 1 Q JWW Nov. A (move up) third place title at Moses Lake

3/26/11
Annie
ANNIE (Aus. Shepherd) Lynda Pheasant 1 Q Exc B Std Agility at Moses Lake

3/26/11
Sundew
SUNDEW (Rhod. Ridgeback) Betsy Metcalf Double Q in Excellent Agility at Moses Lake

3/26/11
Krystle
KRYSTLE (Westie) Marilyn Sterley 1 Q Nov P JW Moses Lake

3/26/11
Tubby
TUBBY (Tibetan Spaniel) Chuck St. John Group 1, Bred by Group at Bremerton

3/26/11
Tubby
TUBBY (Tibetan Spaniel) Chuck St. John Best of Winners, Best Bred By at Bremerton

3/25/11
Idgie
IDGIE Frank Fuhrer-Juvet Q Nov. A JW & Novice title at Moses Lake

3/25/11
Maestro
MAESTRO (Rhod. Ridgeback) Betsy Metcalf Q Std. B Exc. at Moses Lake

3/25/11-3/27/11
Dandi
DANDI (Poodle) Shirley Ross 5 Qs in Ex. Standard, Jumpers, Open FAST Agility at Moses Lake

3/20/11
Buzzy
BUZZY (Papillion) Eileen & Willard Fields finished Superior Agility title (TDAA) Lynnwood

3/19/11
Dylan
DYLAN (Cav. King Charles Spaniel) Eileen & Willard Fields finished Int. Agility title (TDAA) Lynnwood

3/6/11
Idgie
JW Nov. A 1 1st Place score of 100 20" Argus Ranch

3/6/11
Mary Bean
Sirena
Q Exc. Std A 1st place

3/5/11
Idgie
Std. Nov. Q 2d place 20" Argus Ranch

3/5/11
Judy Johnson
Callie Wheaton
Double Q 1st Place Novice JWW & Std ESSSC

Photos taken by Dog Action Fotos

3/5/11
Mary Bean
Sirena
Q Exc. Std A 2d place

3/5/11
Betsy Metcalf
Sundew Rhod. Ridgeback
Q Exc. B Agility (new title MX) Sheltie Shore

2/26/11
Mary Ann Yakabi
Frida
Novice FAST 2d place - Move up! - 2d place Novice std and 3rd place JWW Novice

2/26/11
Suzanne Metcalf
Dansi Rhod. Ridgeback
Q Exc. A JWW Lynden, WA

2/20/11
Suzanne Metcalf
Dansi Rhod. Ridgeback
3d Q Exc. A Std for Exc. A Std title

2/1211
Hannah Virning
Shway Aus. Shepherd
3 pt. Major TSASC ASCA

2/5/11
Lynda Pheasant
Pheasant's Awesome ANNIE
My canine athlete in action! Love her happy attitude, and the ear cocked to hear next cue... Excellent Standard, Ridgefield, WA.

1/18/11-1/20/11
Vicky Anderson
Libby, Rocky
Libby got one more point towards her GCH, she now has 16, I think. Rocky has received 3 additional single points for a total of 4. He is now just 8 months old.

1/18/11-1/20/11
Vicky Anderson
Sofie, Rocky
Sofie and Rocky each got one point towards their AKC Title.

1/15/11-1/16/11
Vicky Anderson
Sofie, Rocky
Sofie and Rocky each got one point towards their AKC Title.

1/15/11-1/16/11
Erine and Vicki Hobbs
Mojo
We did the Puyallup show this weekend and Mojo passes his Open Obedience trials both days, fiving us three passes and a new CDX title, Champion Dog Excellent. Who says little white fluffy dogs can't be working dogs?