Wednesday 24 September 2008

Family portrait


Bromsgrove, 20th September saw the three generations of Dad's side of the family together with Fizz and Luca. Dad was pleased to see Mum, and seemed to show a lot of interest in his offspring. Grandad and Gr. Grandad were a bit bored by the whole thing, been there, done that etc. But they all obliged to have lots of photos taken, just two shown here. Fizz and Luca seemed to have gone up a gear now they are officially allowed to walk round the rings. They are showing a lot of interest, watching and tail wagging. Meeting up with more pups at Dashin' Dogs this weekend so that is going to be quite exciting. Hope they all get on. Will post after the weekend with more photos I hope. Also hope we get the weather that we had last weekend. Gl;orious.

Tuesday 16 September 2008

KC Names

The KC have registered the pups and apart from Luca, all first selections have been accepted. Someone has Luca as a Kennel Name so I am not allowed to use it anywhere in his KC Name. So thinking caps on and my dear other half came up with an alternative which has been accepted.
So in age order the pups are now officially
1) Mylickle Mountash Millie (Una)
2) Mylickle Deluca A Gem Of A Lad (Luca)
3) Mylickle Maddi's A Hatter (Domino)
4) Mylickle Diamond Deeba (Dotty)
5) Mylickle Mizz Fizz (Poser)
and last but not least
6) Mylickle Snap Dragon (Cassie)

Meeting up with the pups over the next two weeks so hope to put some up to date pics on soon.

Friday 12 September 2008

Life Goes On

Its a month now since last post. Life is a little less hectic only having the one pup. We have been able to concentrate on agility a bit more. There has been very little outdoor training with this awful wet summer but the odd bit of weave training for Betsie in the paddock has been achieved. She is very keen to get back to working again and is showing a bit more confidence. She has totally lost her coat and looks a bit skinny but everyone says how well she looks and has her figure back really well.
Shows have been a bit mixed this year with us doing such a lot of judging. I have had the short straw at each appointment with the wet weather whilst Mike has had sunny days each time. Not fair..... We qualified for the Team Dash Final with Gina and Carol as Maddicts A at Dashin' Dogs to add to the Laser Pairs Final at the same show. So Tigi has a first place rosette and lovely glass tophy. Not bad for a ten year old. I am so proud of her to be so reliable and still enjoying the competition at her age. In the Team Final we finished about 6th as our two grade 6 dogs both knocked a pole down, but really enjoyed the experience. In the Pairs, we finished up quarterfinalists which we were really chuffed about. Jackie had Del and Thomas in the final along with Deena's dogs. Unfortunately Del went out in the first round, but Jackie and Deena went on to win. Well done them.
Mike has found grade 6 a bit more of a challenge than 5 but is getting his head round some of the awful courses. The KC Festival had some real stinkers but it was a huge show, 18 rings, but they looked after the helpers very well. Not like Wilton who quite honestly should never get a license to run a show. They treat competitors and judges with contempt. Have no helpers, surprise surprise, and those few who do, dont even get a bap for lunch nor a thank you. I had two very willing assistants in Chris Adams as scrimer and Howard Weston as the general gofer everything. If you read this lads, thanks again. I had one other lady to pole pick and that was it. I did better than some judges. Needless to say despite their constant asking we will not be judging there again.
We have seen some of the pups since they moved on and I am so proud of them. We hope to have a 4 generation photo shoot at Bromsgrove weekend after next, providing the weather improves. Tia and Maddi wont be there unfortunately, but we will meet up with them the following week at Dashin' Dogs.
I have just used the on-line registration service at the KC and it was so easy. I was unable to get Luca's name as someone else appears to have it. So he has been registered as Mylickle Lucka, A Gem of a Lad. He really is showing great potential, very bright, full of fun and so far just lovely to have around. Do wish his Mum would not let him mither her so much though. Not too sure whether to interfere there. He is almost as big as her now and not quite 4 months old. Next weekend he becomes official with the KC ruling at shows, so it will be interesting to see his reaction round the rings. Next posting will fill in. Tea beckons so all for now.