While mom was getting stuff ready for taxes we figured up our dog stuff, this is ONLY for what Shannon Down has traveled, not counting the other owners of Shannon Down dogs (our dear friends)...
The year of 2007
Miles traveled :: 22, 000+
Dog events attended :: 72
New friends and memories... priceless
:)
Monday, March 31, 2008
Looking back on March...
Here is our monthly tally of what the Shannon Down Whippets did in March!
March 1 - Blaine wins RWD & Leo wins his Open Stake at the ASFA Trial
March 2 - Blaine wins RWD & Leo wins his Open Stake at the ASFA Trial, giving him 4 1st placements and 82 points towards his ASFA FCh.
March 6 -Dido wins WB/BOW for 1 point
March 7 - Dido places 2nd in a big Open bitch class
March 8 - Dido places 2nd in a big Open bitch class. Cuda placed 4th in Field Champions & Rupert placed 5th in Field Champions at the AKC Trial
March 9 - Dido wins RWB. Tigger placed 2nd in the Open stake for 3 points, Choo Choo places 5th in the Open stake his first time running, Rupert placed 1st in Field Champion for 3 LCX points & GiGi placed 3rd in Field Champions
March 13 - Dido wins WB for a 3 point major
March 14 - Dido wins WB/BOW for her 3rd 3 point major, now she only needs 2 singles to finish
March 15 - Leo attends his first CWA meet and wins the meet for 3 ARX/3 NARX points and wins the conformation match that afternoon
March 16 - Leo wins the CWA meet again for 3 ARX/3 NARX points. Marseille placed 3rd in the Open stake at the AKC trial for her first 2 points, Trick placed 4th in the Open stake. Sydney ran at a different AKC trial and placed 2nd for her first 3 points
March 21 - Tigger placed 2nd in the Open stake for 3 points, Rupert placed 2nd in the Field Champion stake & Bosley placed 3rd in the Field Champion stake
March 22 - Anna wins the Open stake for a 5 point major, she now only needs 2 singles to finish her FC, Tigger placed 2nd in his Open stake for 3 points and Rupert placed 2nd in the Field Champion stake
March 23 - Tigger won the Open stake for his second 5 point major to complete his FC title! Blaine placed 2nd in his Open stake for his first 3 points, his first time running.
March 28 - Rupert attended his first UKC show and was awarded Best Male, Best of Winners and then Best of Breed over the Champion and Grand Champion. He then went on to Sighthound Group 1!
What a great month!!! If you would like to see where each of them ran or showed - you can see their results (locations, dates, etc.) on our News page on the website.
And they completed a few titles this month as well!!!
Bosley - new MC
Quincy - new SC
Choo Choo - new JC
Blaine - new JC
Tigger - new FC
We are so proud of the kids!!!
March 1 - Blaine wins RWD & Leo wins his Open Stake at the ASFA Trial
March 2 - Blaine wins RWD & Leo wins his Open Stake at the ASFA Trial, giving him 4 1st placements and 82 points towards his ASFA FCh.
March 6 -Dido wins WB/BOW for 1 point
March 7 - Dido places 2nd in a big Open bitch class
March 8 - Dido places 2nd in a big Open bitch class. Cuda placed 4th in Field Champions & Rupert placed 5th in Field Champions at the AKC Trial
March 9 - Dido wins RWB. Tigger placed 2nd in the Open stake for 3 points, Choo Choo places 5th in the Open stake his first time running, Rupert placed 1st in Field Champion for 3 LCX points & GiGi placed 3rd in Field Champions
March 13 - Dido wins WB for a 3 point major
March 14 - Dido wins WB/BOW for her 3rd 3 point major, now she only needs 2 singles to finish
March 15 - Leo attends his first CWA meet and wins the meet for 3 ARX/3 NARX points and wins the conformation match that afternoon
March 16 - Leo wins the CWA meet again for 3 ARX/3 NARX points. Marseille placed 3rd in the Open stake at the AKC trial for her first 2 points, Trick placed 4th in the Open stake. Sydney ran at a different AKC trial and placed 2nd for her first 3 points
March 21 - Tigger placed 2nd in the Open stake for 3 points, Rupert placed 2nd in the Field Champion stake & Bosley placed 3rd in the Field Champion stake
March 22 - Anna wins the Open stake for a 5 point major, she now only needs 2 singles to finish her FC, Tigger placed 2nd in his Open stake for 3 points and Rupert placed 2nd in the Field Champion stake
March 23 - Tigger won the Open stake for his second 5 point major to complete his FC title! Blaine placed 2nd in his Open stake for his first 3 points, his first time running.
March 28 - Rupert attended his first UKC show and was awarded Best Male, Best of Winners and then Best of Breed over the Champion and Grand Champion. He then went on to Sighthound Group 1!
What a great month!!! If you would like to see where each of them ran or showed - you can see their results (locations, dates, etc.) on our News page on the website.
And they completed a few titles this month as well!!!
Bosley - new MC
Quincy - new SC
Choo Choo - new JC
Blaine - new JC
Tigger - new FC
We are so proud of the kids!!!
Sunday, March 23, 2008
KY Coursing results from today (Sunday)
Great news!!! Tigger is now a new Field Champion!!! He is now, WRA Meet & Multiple NOTRA Meet Winning, FC Windyglen Tiggers Have Springs SC, WRCh, ORC! Today he won his Open Stake of 15 for a 5 point major! Little boy Blaine (Leigh x Flynn) owned by Sharron ran his first trial today and he placed 2nd in his stake for his first 3 points!!! WOW!!! We are so proud of the kids this weekend.
Here is the weekend tally...
Tigger finished his FC and picked up a total of 11 points and a major
Anna won a 5 point major and now needs 2 singles to finish her FC
Blaine completed his JC and ran for the first time, racking up 3 points!
And that's just the dogs that got points!!! We are so proud of Rupert, Bosley & GiGi too who ran their hearts out this weekend. Miss Dido came home as well and we are so happy to have her home! Barb said she sure was going to miss her, but we just had to have our Little Diddle back :)
Krys
Here is the weekend tally...
Tigger finished his FC and picked up a total of 11 points and a major
Anna won a 5 point major and now needs 2 singles to finish her FC
Blaine completed his JC and ran for the first time, racking up 3 points!
And that's just the dogs that got points!!! We are so proud of Rupert, Bosley & GiGi too who ran their hearts out this weekend. Miss Dido came home as well and we are so happy to have her home! Barb said she sure was going to miss her, but we just had to have our Little Diddle back :)
Krys
Coursing results from KY - Saturday
I missed posting yesterday - BUT great news!!! Anna won the Open A Stake for a 5 point major!!! Now she only needs 2 points, but she won't be running today because she smacked her toe running in the Best of Breed run yesterday and her toe is bothering her :(
Tigger was 2nd in his Open B stake, for 3 points - but still needs that 1st place and major!!!! So close each time...
Blaine completed his JC title yesterday as well and will be running in Open today!! Yeah little Blaine!
Will post how the kids do today!
Tigger was 2nd in his Open B stake, for 3 points - but still needs that 1st place and major!!!! So close each time...
Blaine completed his JC title yesterday as well and will be running in Open today!! Yeah little Blaine!
Will post how the kids do today!
Saturday, March 22, 2008
Kentucky AKC Coursing results from Friday...
In Open - there were 22 dogs and Tigger finished in 2nd place! He ONLY needs a major, so a first place is needed now. In Field Champions - there were 7 dogs, Rupert came in with a close 2nd and Bosley was 3rd. Blaine from our Leigh x Flynn litter and owned by our friend Sharron, ran the whole course for the first leg of his JC!!!! More later on how the trial goes today :)
Krys
Krys
Tuesday, March 18, 2008
Quizzie is...
PREGNANT!!!
After a few palpations I am positive she is pregnant!! I am working on constructing her whelping box now and it should be totally done in a few days. She is feeling really tired right now, has the prenancy 'blahs' - but other than that she is doing great. I'm so excited about having Crestie babies in a few weeks - she is due around April 24th or sometime after that. With her series of breedings - she could be due anytime that week! I am staying home from the Whippet Nationals to whelp her pups and won't be leaving her side at all :)
Krys
After a few palpations I am positive she is pregnant!! I am working on constructing her whelping box now and it should be totally done in a few days. She is feeling really tired right now, has the prenancy 'blahs' - but other than that she is doing great. I'm so excited about having Crestie babies in a few weeks - she is due around April 24th or sometime after that. With her series of breedings - she could be due anytime that week! I am staying home from the Whippet Nationals to whelp her pups and won't be leaving her side at all :)
Krys
What an awesome weekend!!!
It was a great weekend for Shannon Down, and we didn't even leave the house! On top of Dido's back to back majors... Glenda took Leo, Frenchie and Brom racing for the very first time down in TX. After some practice, they all ventured into racing (CWA), Frenchie was pulled after a dog ran her off the track and was DQ'd as Glenda didn't want her getting more scared. Brom ran as a puppy, the only one - but he did great! Leo ran and WON the CWA meet (14 dogs) for 3 ARX and 3 NARX points!!! Then he went on to win the conformation match afterwards under Mr. Dwight Caffee. The next day, Brom was moved up into adults so he could run with some dogs and he did great, him and Frenchie ran with no problems. Leo, again, won the meet running undefeated all day, for another 3 ARX and 3 NARX points! WOW! Then Joanne, George & Michelle all went AKC coursing up in VA. Not sure what happened on Saturday - but on Sunday, little Marseille placed 3rd for her very first 2 points!!! Trick was 4th right behind her! Then to top it off - I got an email Sunday night that Beth went AKC coursing down in LA with Sydney - it was Sydney's first weekend coursing (AKC) and she placed 5th on Saturday in a stake of 19, and then she was 2nd on Sunday for 3 points!!! What an awesome weekend - we are so proud of Dido, Leo, Marseille, Sydney, Trick and even little Brom and Frenchie for running their hearts out!
Couldn't ask for anymore than that!
Krys
Couldn't ask for anymore than that!
Krys
Friday, March 14, 2008
Dido does it again!
Dido was Winners Bitch and Best of Winners for her third major at the York, PA shows under her favorite judge, Mr. Jim White. We are so proud of little Diddle! Only 2 points away :)
Krys
Krys
Thursday, March 13, 2008
More homemade dog bisquits!
Okay, they are in the oven now and I think they will turn out AWESOME. They smelled much better than the Peanut Butter Garlic Crunch bisquits :) Smelled just like pumpkin pie, the recipie is below, they are still in the oven so don't know what the dogs will think of them yet :)
Sweet Cinnamon Pumpkin Dog Bisquits
3/4 cup of hot water
1/3 cup of butter
1 tsp of veggie oil
1 egg
1 tsp of honey
1 tsp of cinnamon
2 big tblsp of pumpkin (100% pumpkin, not pumpkin pie filling)
1 tsp of brown sugar
3 cups of flour (or as much as needed for doughy consistensy)
Pour hot water over butter and veggie oil, stir in egg, honey, brown sugar, cinnamon & pumpkin. Add flour 1/2 cup at a time until you have a somewhat doughy consistensy. Pull out of pull and knead, adding flour until it's the right consistensy. Pat and roll out to about 1/2 inch thick, cut (any shape you like, I use a dog bone cookie cutter) and bake at 325 degrees for about an hour.
I can't wait until they come out and cool and test them out on the dogs :)
Krys
Sweet Cinnamon Pumpkin Dog Bisquits
3/4 cup of hot water
1/3 cup of butter
1 tsp of veggie oil
1 egg
1 tsp of honey
1 tsp of cinnamon
2 big tblsp of pumpkin (100% pumpkin, not pumpkin pie filling)
1 tsp of brown sugar
3 cups of flour (or as much as needed for doughy consistensy)
Pour hot water over butter and veggie oil, stir in egg, honey, brown sugar, cinnamon & pumpkin. Add flour 1/2 cup at a time until you have a somewhat doughy consistensy. Pull out of pull and knead, adding flour until it's the right consistensy. Pat and roll out to about 1/2 inch thick, cut (any shape you like, I use a dog bone cookie cutter) and bake at 325 degrees for about an hour.
I can't wait until they come out and cool and test them out on the dogs :)
Krys
Little Diddle was Winners Bitch in Pennsylvania!!
Dido's at the Pennsylvania shows (Thursday - Sunday) with our good friend and her handler Barbara Wayne, and we just got news that she was Winners Bitch today for her second major!!!! We are SOOOO happy, judge today was Mr. Harry Smith. She now has 2 majors and 10 points now, we feel great now that her majors are out of the way. Yeah, Little Diddle!!!!! 
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