New Champion!

I received my win pics from the Puget Sound Dal club specialty up in WA.  Hacker was both Best In Sweeps and Winner's Dog.  I took two pictures, one with each judge, but like this Sweeps pic better than the other one - so this is the one I'm sharing.  ;o)

 CH Montague Phoenix Unauthorized Access

My Hacker

Honor in the Sweepstakes class

Stella in the Sweepstakes class

On the drive up to Washington we stopped at a park in Oregon to let the dogs swim.  Honor's a pro, she swims all the time.  Except for the little wading pool I had for the puppies when they were at my house, Hacker had only one other experience in a pool and Stella had none.  Didn't take them long to figure out they loved the water!

(l-r) Hacker, Stella, Honor

Honor and Hacker

Stella was a retrieving dynamo! 

Hacker and Honor

Auntie Miley LOVES to retrieve!

TommieMommy wasn't as impressed, she preferred just wading.



Home from Washington!

Last week my friend Laurie and I took Tommie, Hacker, Honor, Stella and Miley up to the Puget Sound Dalmatian Club specialty up in the Seattle area of Washington state.

On the first day of the drive we stopped at an awesome park in Oregon that had the perfect river beach for dogs to swim.  Her girls, Honor and Miley are pros at swimming as she has a pool.  Tommie, Hacker and Stella haven't had nearly as much experience but the puppies LOVED it!  Laurie was taking pics so I have to wait to get them from her, then I'll post them when I get them.

The next day we made it into Belleview, WA.  The La Quinta Inn is very dog friendly with several restaurants within easy walking distance.  The weather was really nice all week.

The Specialty shows (Dalmatians only) were on Friday and Saturday with an all-breed show on Sunday.  Hacker, Honor and Stella all showed in puppy Sweepstakes classes.  On Friday the girls placed in their class and did a very nice job.  Hacker won his class, then went on to win Best In Sweeps! 

After Sweepstakes came the regular classes.  Stella won her 12-18 mos. class.  Honor won her Amateur-Owner class.  Hacker won his Bred-By-Exhibitor class and then went on to Winners' Dog for his second 3-point major to finish his Championship title!  WooHoo!!!  It was Soooo exciting, and even better under a judge who is also a Dalmatian breeder.  Hacker's now more formally known as CH Montague Phoenix Unauthorized Access.  Now we get to start training a little more seriously for his performance career - which is my first love.

On Saturday at the second Specialty Honor won her Sweepstakes class and went on to Best Senior in Sweeps - beating her brother!  :o)  She then won her Amateur-owner class and went on to Reserve Winner's Bitch.  No points, but it was still a very nice placement and she did a beautiful job.

On Sunday at the all-breed show Stella won her class and went on to Reserve Winner's Bitch.  Stellie did a beautiful job too!  So all in all the puppies did very well up there.

Dave and grand-dad Hayden stayed home and had an old-guys weekend.  They were both very happy to see me when I got home.  :o)

It was fun seeing friends that we really only get to see at dog shows either when we go up there or they come down here, usually for a Specialty show.  Hopefully we'll get to see some of them when they come down for our Specialty (Dalmatian Club of Northern California) in October in Dixon.

I'll post pics when I get them! :o)

A year ago this weekend....

The puppies started leaving for their new homes.  Where did the year go?  I cried with each and every one of them, even the ones I knew I would see on a regular basis.  Heck, even the ones that I co-own with long-time friends!  Yeah, I'm pretty pathetic ;o).  I love my grandpuppies.

Here's Honor at the Richmond Dog Fancier's show up in Dixon earlier this month.  She's grown into a beautiful girl and has 11 of the 15 points it takes to finish her Championship title.

( l-r) - Honor, their "step-mother" Miley, Honor's mom Laurie, and Hacker swimming at a friends pool.  The girls love the water, Hacker's still not so sure.

 Hacker earned his first major in June at the Contra Costa KC show in Vallejo.  He now has 12 points towards his Championship title.

Sweet Harley is doing his snoopy imitation on his dog house.  He looks pretty proud of himself!  Handsome boy.

Stella with her mom, Karen at the Dalmatian Club of America's national specialty show in Tulsa last May.  She's taking a trip with us up to Seattle for the Puget Sound specialty soon.

Miss Pepper, sweet baby girl, sitting nicely for a treat.  I miss my grandbabies!

Looking forward to some updated pics of all the puppies soon.

Dock Diving video

A little addition to my post from a few days ago - this video is of Honor's last two practice jumps last weekend.  These were even farther than what she did earlier in competition.  The girl LOVES the water!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-YIHLwdtCs&feature=em-subs_digest

Dock diving! Who knew?

So Honor and her "step-mom", Miley have taken up dock diving in their spare time.  Their human mom, Laurie, chaufer's them.  This weekend they had their first competition and they both earned placements in their respective divisions.  Miley was 1st in her division and Honor was 2nd in hers.  Pretty darn good for their first competition!

Honor

Honor

Miley

Miley

Both of the girls just really enjoy swimming.  We call Honor "Esther Williams". 

Miley

Honor



Birthday pictures, and other fun stuff

Honor liked her birthday present!

Marlee celebrated In Style!

Hacker wasn't the least bit neat about opening his present.

Papa Sagan celebrated his kid's first birthday this past weekend by earning his Open Agility title!

Honor's taken up swimming in her spare time.  She LOVES the water!

She also enjoys dock diving.  She's our own little "Esther Williams"

And after all that swimming and diving she's one pooped girl!

Happy 1st Birthday!

How did one year go by already?  The puppies are growing and thriving.  I have the pleasure of seeing the ones who live close by fairly regularly, others I get to see on occasion and the rest I hope to be able to see in the near future or at least by pictures.  I love getting updates and pictures of them.

Love you my babies!  Hope you all enjoy your birthday presents when you get them.  I picked out chewies that were made in America, I don't trust the ones made outside of North America.  ~sigh~