We got new photos of Bandit (Bosley x Raku) and Van (Flynn x Leigh) and wanted to share them here - both are doing great, enjoy the photos!
Tuesday, July 8, 2008
Versatility pictures
Here are the pictures we got from Joanne of the kids at the JRRWA Versatility competition this past weekend. Photo credit to John Huff.
Marseille
Derby
And Avery
Derby
And Avery
Monday, July 7, 2008
Scarlet was...
BRED TODAY!!! It's her first breeding to Bowie and hopefully we will have puppies in September :)
Krys
Krys
Sunday, July 6, 2008
Sunday news
Mom went to WV with some of the kids and Leigh took Best of Breed today but didn't stick around for Groups as she wanted to get home. Dido went Reserve so she still needs those 2 singles!
New from Joanne, NOTRA in New Jersey in a meet of 41 dogs
Derby finished 23rd
Avery finished 27th
Kira finished 28th
Marseille finished 31st and finished her OTR!
Derby finished #2 in Versatility
Avery finished #3 in Versatility
Marseille finished #8 in Versatility
Congrats to Joanne on the awesome weekend! We are so proud of Marseille and the Brooks x Kira kids :)
New from Joanne, NOTRA in New Jersey in a meet of 41 dogs
Derby finished 23rd
Avery finished 27th
Kira finished 28th
Marseille finished 31st and finished her OTR!
Derby finished #2 in Versatility
Avery finished #3 in Versatility
Marseille finished #8 in Versatility
Congrats to Joanne on the awesome weekend! We are so proud of Marseille and the Brooks x Kira kids :)
Saturday news!
News from the WRA meet for the JRRWA Versatility from Joanne...
In a meet of 50 dogs,
Derby placed 24th
Avery placed 26th
Kira (their mother) placed 27th
Aren placed 29th
Marseille placed 40th for her first CR points!
We'll see how the NOTRA goes today!
Krys
In a meet of 50 dogs,
Derby placed 24th
Avery placed 26th
Kira (their mother) placed 27th
Aren placed 29th
Marseille placed 40th for her first CR points!
We'll see how the NOTRA goes today!
Krys
Friday, July 4, 2008
Friday news!
Got great news already today and the weekend hasn't even really started yet!
From Calhoun, GA - Dawn took Spencer (from the Gali x Quincy litter) to his first ASFA Coursing trial and he placed 3rd!!!
From New Jersey, JRRWA Versatility - The Brooks x Kira kids are doing great so far! Derby placed 2nd in an Open Stake of 12 and finished his ASFA Field Championship! Avery placed 4th in the same Open Stake. In the conformation match Derby won the spay/neutered class and went on to 4th Best Adult. Avery won the Bred By Exhibitor class and went on to Best Bred By!!! What a great day and we can't wait to here how the rest of the weekend goes.
From Calhoun, GA - Dawn took Spencer (from the Gali x Quincy litter) to his first ASFA Coursing trial and he placed 3rd!!!
From New Jersey, JRRWA Versatility - The Brooks x Kira kids are doing great so far! Derby placed 2nd in an Open Stake of 12 and finished his ASFA Field Championship! Avery placed 4th in the same Open Stake. In the conformation match Derby won the spay/neutered class and went on to 4th Best Adult. Avery won the Bred By Exhibitor class and went on to Best Bred By!!! What a great day and we can't wait to here how the rest of the weekend goes.
Website Issues
Just wanted to let you all know - the website is down at the moment (www.shannondownwhippets.com). We are resolving the issue now and it should be back up and running just fine tomorrow. Sorry about that guys :(
Wednesday, July 2, 2008
Jet Li & Grace update
We got photos of Jet Li & Grace and wanted to share them with everyone :)
Jet Li is from our 2005 repeat Blaze x Sweet Pea litter - he certainly has matured since we saw him last and is quite the strapping young man now!
Grace is from our 2007 Bosley x Raku litter and is working on her flyball training right now - she will also get to play around on the coursing field once she learns to control her incredible speed!
We will post updates on the other kids when we get new photos :)
Krys
Jet Li is from our 2005 repeat Blaze x Sweet Pea litter - he certainly has matured since we saw him last and is quite the strapping young man now!
Grace is from our 2007 Bosley x Raku litter and is working on her flyball training right now - she will also get to play around on the coursing field once she learns to control her incredible speed!
We will post updates on the other kids when we get new photos :)
Krys
Tuesday, July 1, 2008
The month of June review
As I have been trying to do every month - here is the news from this past month and what all the doggies did :)
June 1 - Leo placed 3rd at the CWA meet down in TX for 2 ARX points - he is now up to 8 ARX and 6 NARX!
June 7 - Went to shows in Asheville, NC and Isaac was Reserve Winners Dog to a major - his first show with us in 3 years! He just needs a major to finish. Choo Choo placed 3rd in a very large Open Dog class. Anna placed 4th in her big BBE Bitch class and Dido won her large Open Bitch class.
June 8 - Again at the shows, Isaac won his BBE class but no points and Choo Choo was 2nd in a large Open Dog class - nothing for the girls though.
June 14 - AKC Coursing in Rocky Mount, NC - Choo Choo placed 2nd in the Open Stake for his very first points (3 of them) towards his AKC FC!!! Rupert placed 4th in Open. In Field Champions, GiGi won the stake and Tigger was 4th. Then to our excitement GiGi went on to win Best of Breed and then BEST IN FIELD!!!! That gave her 5 LCX points as well!
June 15 - AKC Coursing again - GiGi placed 3rd in Open for 2 more points towards her LCX, Rupert placed 4th and in Field Champions Cuda placed 2nd, Bosley placed 3rd and Tigger placed 4th. With the results from this trial - it puts GiGi as the #2 Whippet (#1 Bitch), Tigger as the #3 Whippet and Rupert as the #4 Whippet (#1 Dual Champion)
June 28 - Jane took Magnum to a local show in Oregon and he was Winners Dog for his first point!!!
June 29 - Show in Ohio, Isaac was Reserve Winners Dog - so close to finishing. Anna placed 2nd in her Open bitch class. Dido placed 2nd in BBE bitches. Also Elle, Dave and Sailor all went to their new homes.
June 30 - Joanne took Marseille to earn her CGC title - yeah!
Not to bad a month at all - another title earned, points earned towards different titles, new owners to join the Shannon Down family as well. We look forwad to this month and how everything will play out :)
June 1 - Leo placed 3rd at the CWA meet down in TX for 2 ARX points - he is now up to 8 ARX and 6 NARX!
June 7 - Went to shows in Asheville, NC and Isaac was Reserve Winners Dog to a major - his first show with us in 3 years! He just needs a major to finish. Choo Choo placed 3rd in a very large Open Dog class. Anna placed 4th in her big BBE Bitch class and Dido won her large Open Bitch class.
June 8 - Again at the shows, Isaac won his BBE class but no points and Choo Choo was 2nd in a large Open Dog class - nothing for the girls though.
June 14 - AKC Coursing in Rocky Mount, NC - Choo Choo placed 2nd in the Open Stake for his very first points (3 of them) towards his AKC FC!!! Rupert placed 4th in Open. In Field Champions, GiGi won the stake and Tigger was 4th. Then to our excitement GiGi went on to win Best of Breed and then BEST IN FIELD!!!! That gave her 5 LCX points as well!
June 15 - AKC Coursing again - GiGi placed 3rd in Open for 2 more points towards her LCX, Rupert placed 4th and in Field Champions Cuda placed 2nd, Bosley placed 3rd and Tigger placed 4th. With the results from this trial - it puts GiGi as the #2 Whippet (#1 Bitch), Tigger as the #3 Whippet and Rupert as the #4 Whippet (#1 Dual Champion)
June 28 - Jane took Magnum to a local show in Oregon and he was Winners Dog for his first point!!!
June 29 - Show in Ohio, Isaac was Reserve Winners Dog - so close to finishing. Anna placed 2nd in her Open bitch class. Dido placed 2nd in BBE bitches. Also Elle, Dave and Sailor all went to their new homes.
June 30 - Joanne took Marseille to earn her CGC title - yeah!
Not to bad a month at all - another title earned, points earned towards different titles, new owners to join the Shannon Down family as well. We look forwad to this month and how everything will play out :)
Our weekend news...
Okay - first, lets start at the beginning... Saturday. Saturday we got up early, got everyone pottied and fed and then I started to pack crates for our trip to Lima, OH. We were taking Dido so we decided to breed her to Quincy and Brooks again before we left so we didn't have to take them with us or wait until Monday to breed her again. So after that, we got all the dogs packed up - Isaac, Dido, Anna, Leigh & Rupert tagged along as mom can't leave without him and Dave, Elle & Sailor came along to go to their new homes AND my baby Apoll came along for her first 'real' trip. We hit the road and it was fine, but we were slowed down by rain as we got closer to Ohio. We finally got to our hotel and as we were getting ready to drive to our room - Janina and Jack showed up to pick Elle up. They got there and it was so nice to visit with them. Janina showed us pictures of her Borzoi back in Poland with her sister and we discussed what had to be done in order to get Elle to Poland, getting his health certificate, etc. They were wonderful and when they left we got the dogs all pottied and fed and settled in and went to bed :)
Sunday - the first day we showed. Great show site - showed around 8:30 that morning and the weather was very nice, if anything a bit cool. Isaac won his BBE class and went on to Reserve Winners Dog while the Winners Dog went on to Best of Winners for a major that could have finished Isaac - SO CLOSE! Then Dido wasn't the judges cup of tea, too curvy and placed 2nd. Anna was in Open and was moved to the front of the class at then end and just before moving around the ring she was pushed back to 2nd. The winner of the class went on to Winners Bitch for a major that could have finished Anna - again SO CLOSE!!!! When we got done we went back to the van and pottied Apoll who was a huge hit with everyone - she ran around on the lead and ran towards anything she found interesting - someone pulling crates by on a dolly, a Bouvier walking around, people walking by, etc. Just not afraid of a thing - NOTHING! Also Sarah and her husband showed up to pick up their new boy Dave and he was such a good boy, showing how sweet he was from the moment he stepped out of the van. They had Pat Graves (bowWOWware) make him a collar with his name, a lead and a beautiful sweater for him before we left so we brought those along. Also we took Kiesha's boy Sailor (a Bosley son Kiesha bred) who left with Shiela that has a Brooks daughter "Birdie" that Kiesha bred as well. We stopped on the way back to the hotel for some lunch, went back and got everyone pottied again and fed and then took everyone in the room and laid down for a nap. We decided we were going to stay for Monday, only had Dido entered and Leigh as a special. And since Dido just needs two points and the judge has given her Reserve before, we decided to stick around - we were already there anyways :)
Monday - got up early to pack up our stuff and pack the crates back in the van and then off to the show for an 8am ring time. Well, as we should have known - Dido placed 3rd out of 3 :) That's okay but it would have made our LONG drive just a little easier if Dido had finished :) Well - we came really close this past weekend with Isaac and Anna and 3 Whippies left to their new homes. We got home to find out that Scarlet is in season, along with Delite having come in season over the weekend - at only a year old. So Scarlet will be leaving next Monday to have a little rendevouz with Bowie :) And then just today Charlize came in season for the first time at over 2 and a half years. So right now our boys are NUTS with Dido, Anna, Delite, Scarlet & Charlize all in season - ughhh.
Also - got news on Saturday that Magnum went Winners Dog in Oregon for his very first point - under the same judge that gave brother Leo his first point! Also - yesterday Marseille went and got her CGC (Canine Good Citizen) title! We are so proud of the kids :)
Sunday - the first day we showed. Great show site - showed around 8:30 that morning and the weather was very nice, if anything a bit cool. Isaac won his BBE class and went on to Reserve Winners Dog while the Winners Dog went on to Best of Winners for a major that could have finished Isaac - SO CLOSE! Then Dido wasn't the judges cup of tea, too curvy and placed 2nd. Anna was in Open and was moved to the front of the class at then end and just before moving around the ring she was pushed back to 2nd. The winner of the class went on to Winners Bitch for a major that could have finished Anna - again SO CLOSE!!!! When we got done we went back to the van and pottied Apoll who was a huge hit with everyone - she ran around on the lead and ran towards anything she found interesting - someone pulling crates by on a dolly, a Bouvier walking around, people walking by, etc. Just not afraid of a thing - NOTHING! Also Sarah and her husband showed up to pick up their new boy Dave and he was such a good boy, showing how sweet he was from the moment he stepped out of the van. They had Pat Graves (bowWOWware) make him a collar with his name, a lead and a beautiful sweater for him before we left so we brought those along. Also we took Kiesha's boy Sailor (a Bosley son Kiesha bred) who left with Shiela that has a Brooks daughter "Birdie" that Kiesha bred as well. We stopped on the way back to the hotel for some lunch, went back and got everyone pottied again and fed and then took everyone in the room and laid down for a nap. We decided we were going to stay for Monday, only had Dido entered and Leigh as a special. And since Dido just needs two points and the judge has given her Reserve before, we decided to stick around - we were already there anyways :)
Monday - got up early to pack up our stuff and pack the crates back in the van and then off to the show for an 8am ring time. Well, as we should have known - Dido placed 3rd out of 3 :) That's okay but it would have made our LONG drive just a little easier if Dido had finished :) Well - we came really close this past weekend with Isaac and Anna and 3 Whippies left to their new homes. We got home to find out that Scarlet is in season, along with Delite having come in season over the weekend - at only a year old. So Scarlet will be leaving next Monday to have a little rendevouz with Bowie :) And then just today Charlize came in season for the first time at over 2 and a half years. So right now our boys are NUTS with Dido, Anna, Delite, Scarlet & Charlize all in season - ughhh.
Also - got news on Saturday that Magnum went Winners Dog in Oregon for his very first point - under the same judge that gave brother Leo his first point! Also - yesterday Marseille went and got her CGC (Canine Good Citizen) title! We are so proud of the kids :)
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