July 12th trip to Niabi Zoo

We took a Sunday morning and drove to Moline, IL with Clay, Stephanie & Sophia to the Niabi Zoo. Terry, Stephanie & Sophia are pictured at the giraffe exhibit.

It was a perfect outing for Sophia's first zoo trip. The zoo has a beautifuly restored train that circles the park and a gorgeous carousel.

For more photos, go to http://www.claymelton.net/ and click on photos.

Chloe does it again!

Jeannine Rash called on Saturday to say Chloe (Loteki Ima Cupcake) was BOB again! What a rush! Check out Jeannine's web site for photos of Chloe at 5 months. http://papilloniadogtraining.homestead.com/

Teacup Agility

Cheryl Geer went to the Teacup agility trial in Evansville this past weekend. Teacup news.... Jackson (CH Loteki Civil Liberties) had a really good weekend. He now has two legs towards his Teacup Superior Agility title and both were 1st place wins! He qualified in every Games 3 run so he has 4 of the 5 needed legs for that title. So, at his next trial, he'll start to work on his TACH!

Felix (Loteki Total Windfall) got one more Superior Standard leg so he now has two legs towards that title too. He had some trouble staying out of the tiny tunnels (he loves them!) and only got 2 Games 3 legs this weekend.
WAY TO GO!!!!

Loteki Ima Cupcake wins BOB

Jeannine Rash (PA) called to say that Chloe (Loteki Ima Cupcake) was BOB from the puppy class at 7 months of age. Jeannine sounded very excited! I am sure that we will hear more about Chloe as she matures!

Today, I took some photos of my 12 week old kids. This is the small girl and boy laying out in the sun.

Rascal in Bossier City

Mary Gail Holcombe (MS) wrote that she and Rascal went to shows in Bossier City, LA over the 4th. They had good results with Rascal qualifying on Saturday and Sunday with scores of 195 and 194.5 respectively! She said that they received som very positive comments by the judges.
They are currently working on Utility - which is a work in progress.
GOOD NEWS! CONGRATULATIONS, Mary Gail and Rascal!

Hot and Humid...then cool and dry

After 10 days of mid 90s and high humidity, Sunday dawned cool and dry! YIPPEEE! I did loads and loads of laundry, hanging sheets out to dry, nothing smells better than bed clothes hung outside! I also worked on my office.....it still needs a lot more work.

Terry made fence at my sister, Sue & bro-in-law, Curt's place for their horses, both Saturday and Sunday! He came home sunburnt and exhausted. Despite requests to use sunblock, neither man cooperated!

I also bathed dogs and then tried to take photos. I managed to get a couple photos of Zac and Kendall at 4 months. Zac is pictured, he's a bigger boy, very sweet, and very food motivated! Wish I had time for performance events, he would be great!

CHAMPION REGAL!!!!

Loteki Inherit The Wind completed the requirements for his championship title in Cambridge, MN, under judge Edd Bivin! All Regal's wins were from the Bred-By Exhibitor Class. Here he is my beautiful boy -

Loteki The Heiress won her 2nd major on Friday at the Cambridge cluster under judge Michael Dachel, also from the Bred-By Exhibitor class. Paris was not being cooperative during the photos, so she was photographed in my arms - PANTING! It was so very warm!

At the Cambridge shows, I helped friend, Gretchen Hofheins-Wackerfuss with her Min Pins and went WD with her young black and tan dog at the local Min Pin club's specialty on Saturday night.
It was a good time to see all my friends in Minnesota, who I have not seen for over six months! I hope that I will be heading that way again soon!

Jeannine Rash called to say that Nicholas (Loteki Ima Firecracker CD, RN) picked up another single on Sunday, so closing in on that CH title. She also had news about OTCh CH Loteki Surprise Party UDX winning HIT on Saturday! She had a great weekend.

Danielle, Stephanie and Sophia took Terry out for Father's Day on Saturday night. Clay was in Texas visiting his parents after an interview there on Friday, so missed the festivities. I wish I had a photo of Terry and his 'girls'.