December 2025 December 4-7th: Rally/Obedience/Conformation in Oaks, PA December 10-14th: Rally/Obedience/Conformation in Allentown, PA December 19th: Herding in Berryville, VA December 20-27th: Christmas in Raleigh, NC December 23rd: Herding at Claires in Pittsboro, NC December 28th: Herding in Berryville, VA
This cluster was… well… chaos! However, Miss Chunky (Kuper x Fiddle) turned it out, finishing her Companion Dog title Wednesday, with a Bonus Beginner Novice leg from today and a second place finish, and then finishing her Rally Excellent title with two handler impaired qualifying runs! (Apparently, when I get tired, I don’t know my … More Star of Bethlehem Cluster – Allentown, PA
We didn’t get in to everything that we wanted to at the Oaks shows, as the rally filled up almost overnight! And obedience filled too! So, we did what we could! Thursday: Anyways, little miss Rory (Cordell x Fiddle) finished her Novice Rally title, with a lovely 98 and a 3rd place finish, and won … More Winter Blast Cluster in Oaks, PA
We took Rory and Chunky to the rally trial at Catoctin Kennel Club, and then Chunky and Fiddle participated in obedience! Both Rory and Chunky finished in Second place. Chunky made her Advanced Rally debut with a 97, and got a second place on time! And Rory got her second Novice Rally leg with a … More Catoctin Kennel Club Obedience Trial
We stayed pretty close to home during the month of November! November 2025 November 1-2nd: Doswell, VA November 8-9th: Blue Ridge Herding Trial, Berryville, VA November 13-16th: National Dog Show in Oaks, PA November 23rd: ASCA Trial, Berryville, VA November 24-25th: West Friendship, MD November 28-30th: Obedience/Rally Trial, Point of Rocks, MD
I didn’t actually enter this show, but I totally took my obedience dogs with me to practice after hours. Fiddle and Mazikeen did a LOT of off leash work, proofing jumps, retrieves, and working on command discrimination and drop on recalls. I was amazingly proud of how well they worked in the slightly chaotic environment … More National Dog Show
I can’t tell you how precious it is to have a marvelous, talented, and wonderful girl at the end of my leash! At the end of the year, the Australian Cattle Dog Club of America puts together a list of dogs, girl dogs, and breeders of most titles. And for the 2024 Calendar Year, I … More Australian Cattle Dog – Year End Awards
I am so excited to get the invitation to go to the Obedience classic. We are not going to be able to make it, as I have to work the Oaks and Allentown, PA shows, but she worked really hard last year to get everything done for me, and I look forward to continuing our … More Mazikeen Gets an Invite to the Obedience Invitational
Fiddle finished her Graduate Novice title the first weekend in August at the German Shepherd Club of Maryland. She tried very hard, and took a first place finish out of 3 dogs. I was very proud of her. She is now: GCH CH Clarjos Twisted Golden Fiddle RL CD BN GN RE HSAc
So yes, I am aware that the blog is like, months behind schedule because I sort of fail in the upkeep department. However, I need to get this post with the 2025 goals archived so the 2026 goals can be moved onto the overall goals page! If 2024 was the year of Mazikeen… then 2025 … More Review of 2025 Goals
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