Obedience and Agility news

Jeannine Rash (PA) had a great weekend at the obedience trials near by.  Her OTCh CH Loteki Ima Firecracker UDX was HIT and HIgh Combined winning both Open B and Ut B on Saturday.

The next day Jeffrey (OTCh CH Loteki Surprise Party UDX) got his first Rally Excellent leg, with brother, Benji, (Loteki A Party Favor CDX) earning his first Rally Advanced leg with a 97!

Sunday, Jeannine did not make it in with Nicholas, but Chloe (Loteki Ima Cupcake) and Up And Down's Higher And Higher did Beginner Novice. Willie was doing great with Cecelia (Jeannine's sister) until the recall--he ran away to find Jeannine.  Miss Cupcake was great and earned a 199.5.  She tied with a little pug and won the run off.

Cheryl Brown (TN) had a great weekend at a locak AKC agility trial.  Both Felix and Jackson earned double Q's!  Saturday, the dogs ran low to high so he was on the start line at 8:02 (second dog of the day) in Standard. He ran 9 seconds under his Preferred time which is really really fast for him! Slower in Jumpers but we eeked it out for a QQ! Yesterday, we ran high to low so he didn't do his first run until 2:00 and his second 4:00-4:30. We still Q'ed in both classes for a double Q.  Yay FEE! He now has 15 QQ's towards his PAX. 5 more to go!

Jackson did great too!  I'm thinking he will get his MACH.  He now has 18 QQ's.

A Great Weekend

Winter has come to the Midwest at last....three storms in about 6 days!  YIKES!  Thankfully the Friday blizzard conditions were over and the roads were clear so off to the dog show in Des Moines, Trinity and I went.

Papillons were very late on Saturday, so we left mid-morning and took a leisurely drive to the Central Iowa dog shows.
 
I was lucky to have Promise, Chanceux On My Word, go Winners Bitch and Best Of Winners to complete her championship on Saturday.  Ms. Pia, Loteki Una Piccola Brezza, at her very first show was reserve! 

Trinity and I checked into our motel, then went to dinner with a group of Papillon fanciers.  We had a great time with a white elephant gift exchange!  What fun!

Sophia & her snowman

Sunday dawned misty and gray with temperatures hovering near the freezing point.  Papillons were late morning with only one absentee due to weather concerns.  Pia was Winners Bitch on Sunday for her first points.  Promise was Best of Opposite Sex for her first Grand Champion points.
 
Trinity and I arrived home mid-afternoon, unloaded the van and off to do a little grocery shopping.  We stopped at Stephanie and Clay's, where we found Clay and Sophia completing a snow man in the back yard.  The snow was perfect for snowballs, so we enjoyed a short snowball fight!  With mild temps and perfect snow, Clay, Sophia, Trinity and I all worked on creating a snow fort!  What fun!

It was a great weekend! 

Happy New Year

I've been a bit remiss about blogging news.  The holidays keep one busy, but then there was the matter of doing fall/spring cleaning over Christmas!  On December 16th, I did something real stupid and opened an attachment on an email that appeared to be from American Airlines - BAD, so 10 days later and a nice chunk of change later, I got my computer back after Christmas.  Live and learn!  The weather has been unseasonably warm so far this winter with temperatures in the mid 40s to 60 on January 5th - a record breaker!

The weekend before Christmas Mary Gail Holcombe (MS) was thrilled to have her new puppy, Loteki Rose To The Challenge, a.k.a. McGee, win WD/BOW three of the four days at her local shows.  McGee was 7 months old and is Mary Gail's first dog to show in conformation.  I was very thrilled with McGee's success in the ring, too!

Cheryl Brown (TN) spent New Year's at agility trials in Harriman, TN, with some good results.  Cheryl was thrilled with a double QQ for Jackson on Saturday. 

Chery and the boys went back to Harriman this past weekend for the Oak Ridge Kennel Club's AKC agility trial. Nice judges, good courses,  and Jackson was perfect! 4 for 4 for him. He now has 16 Double-Q's, 4 more to go for his MACH!

Felix ran every course cleanly without mistakes. He only Q'ed yesterday in Jumpers. On the other three courses, he was 1-3 seconds over time on each run.

Promise

I drove to St. Paul, MN for the Land O'Lake KC shows and was thrilled to bring home a major, her second, on Promise, Chanceux On My Word.  McGee's brother, Gibbs, made his debut on Saturday, and created quite a stir ringside, as he hopped, skipped, jumped and twirled around the ring, he seemed to have forgotten how to walk on a lead.  He was much better on Sunday and was reserve.  It was great to see old friends that I had not seen for a while.

Mary Waller reported that her Gunny (Loteki Blew Into Town UD) picked up his 8th UDX leg on Saturday at the LOL shows.  She is having a lot of fun with her new youngster, amazed by his intelligence but also by his athletic abilities.

We celebrated Terry's birthday with dinner out on Sunday night with my sister and her husband, Stephanie, Clay, Sophia, Trinity and Adam.  Poor Danielle was working!

GRAND CH NELSON

GR CH Nelson

This past weekend I went to the Edwardsville KC shows in Belleville, IL.  I left after work on Friday and made the drive down.  No weather to deal with which for the first weekend in December is remarkable.

Saturday morning, I groomed Nelson and Promise and off to the show.
Promise, (Chanceux On My Word) won WB for two points under judge Michelle Billings, as well, as BOW.  A large class of specials were in for BOB, CH Loteki For The Good Of Mankind won the Select Male, completing the requirements for his Grand Championship!   I was so very pleased. 

The weather was down right balmy all day Saturday with temperature at 8 p.m. at  58 degrees.  But showers started about 9.  The kids and I snuggled in for the evening.

Sunday morning, it was still raining and much colder.  Papillons did not show until 2:10 p.m., so it was a lazy start to the day.  Our judge on Sunday was Randy Garren, we were lucky to bring home the bitch points again with Promise.  The BOB class was huge with all entries making it to the show, Nelson won the Select Dog points. 

It was a very good weekend.  The rain stopped long enough to potty dogs.  I made my way north and home.  I am home for the rest of the year.  Christmas is less than 3 short weeks away and I have all my shopping, baking and preparing to do.  I work so well under pressure!  <ggg>

HAPPY HOLIDAYS!

Obedience, Agility and Conformation

Jeannine Rash was excited to report that OTCh CH Loteki Ima Firecracker UDX went to a trial on Saturday, November 19th with some great results!!   Nicholas won Utility with a 198.  He earned a second in Open with a 197.  He was HIT AND High Combined!  He garnered 22 OTCH points.  He is now ahead of Jeffrey (OTCh CH Loteki Surprise Party UDX) for all time Toy dog OTCH points. He's number 14.

Jeannine is only person to have 3 dogs in the top 15 for Toys.  Way to go Jeannine!

Gordita finishing with another major

Friday and Saturday after Thanksgiving, Cheryl Brown and her boys had a great weekend at agility trials in Huntville, AL.  Jackson double Q'ed both days!  Fee Q'ed in JWW and was clean and two seconds over time in Standard on Saturday, but double Q'ed on Friday! 

Gordita finished her championship with yet another major this past Saturday at the Lake Shore KC.  Sunday she won her first major for her grand championship!  Yea Gordita, she is such a little show girl.

Snow, Snow and more blowing snow

Tomorrow dawned WINTER!  After an absolute picture perfect fall that lasted for weeks, this morning the snow is blowing and the ground is covered in white.

I have neglected to post results for several weeks, but will try to catch up a bit.

The weekend of October 29 and 30th, Chery Brown (TN) went to agility trials in Paducah, KY.  She enjoyed a great weekend with her boys with lots of good news to report.  Cheryl reports, "Jackson was 4 for 4, 2 QQ's towards his MACH. He is now half way there--10 QQ's and almost half the points he needs. He got Second place yesterday in Excellent Standard! Really proud of that. There were faster dogs there but they didn't Q. We had a really hard obstacle discrimination. Yellow tunnel under the dog walk with the opening right beside (and I mean right beside!) the yellow contact area of the dog walk. We sent the dogs through the tunnel, out to wrap a jump and then had to get the dog walk. 70% of the dogs in the entire Excellent class too a wrong course into that tunnel. (Fee did too!) Jackson didn't!

 

Felix (Loteki Total Windfall RAE MXP2 MJP4) had a great weekend too! He was 3 for 4 with only that wrong course into that tunnel as a NQ. He QQ'ed today. He was the only 4" dog to qualify all weekend so he got 3 blue ribbons. ;) He now has 11 QQ's towards his PAX." 

Congratulations, Cheryl!

Busy, Busy, Busy

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Lots of news to report for the past several weeks, I cannot believe how my days disappear and I have still a list of things to do! I'm need to work back from mid-September to present. From September 25, Jeannine Rash (PA) wrote "Nicholas won Utility B with a 198.5 and HIT. He got 20 OTCH points!! September 30 was a doubly bad day for news as I had an email concerning, Loteki Totally Windswept, a.k.a. Felicia, had passed away on the way home from the vet.  It was not expected and truly a sad for Jill and Steve, who have provided Felicia with a wonderful life in her retirement.  I received a second email that CH Loteki Her Royal Highness had passed away also.  Kristin Meyer gave Xena a fabulous life.  I know there is a huge hole in your heart.  Both of these lovely ladies were so very special.  Felicia sweet as the day is long.  Xena lived up to her name in such a way and a fabulous show dog, with multiple group placements.  They just do not live long enough for us! On October 1st, Jeannine Rash wrote that Nicholas (OTCh CH Loteki I'ma Firecracker UDX) won yet another Utility B class and a second in Open for High Combined.  Amy Nesselrodt (PA) wrote that daughter, Molly (12) and Flyer (Loteki High Flyer, NA NAJ NAP NJP OJP) completed their Open Standard Preferred title in the rain and the muck at the Wine Country circuit in Finger Lakes, NY over the first weekend in October.  Molly and Pippin are quite a team!  Congratulations! Mary Waller (MN) wrote Gunny (Loteki Just Blew Into Town, UD) had a good weekend in Utility.  Gunny earned a 197 for 3rd place 197.5 for 1st in Open B at the Total Recall training facility in Hugo, MN. Cheryl Brown was excited to report that CH Loteki The Winds Of Change got his first grand champion points at the Saturday Murfeesboro KC show - FOUR POINTS!  She is very excited! Nashville Dog Training Club agility trial on October 9,  Jackson did Q in JWW.  The star was Mr. Fee!  Fee stretched out and ran and was 3 full seconds under his coursetime. Fee is now Loteki Total Windfall RAE MXP MJP4!  I went to the Chihuahua National in Hoffman Estates, IL (a suburb of Chicago) over the weekend.  I enjoyed myself immensely.  Gordita did well winning second in her sweeps and her regular class.  CH Style Finally, I went to shows this past weekend in Mason City with positive results.  Saturday, Chanceux On My Word was WB for a point.  CH Loteki For The Good Of Mankind, a.k.a. Nelson, won the Select for another point towards his grand championship title.  Sunday, WB/BOW was Loteki It's A Good Hair Day to FINISH!!!  YEA!  Champion number two for Nelson out of his first litter.  She is the third champion for her dam, CH Loteki The Wind In My Hair.  Nelson was Select again on Sunday for yet another point towards his grand.  It was a beautiful day although a bit windy, the sun shined both days.  What a lovely fall we are having. I hope I did not forget anything.  I shouldn't let things go so long!