2011 CWCCA Nationals, TX

Results from the Aurigan/Dune/Mantle kids:

Megan Competition - Judges Kathy Schwabe, Tom Stewart and Shelley Camm

Am/Can Ch. Aurigan Dunes Celestine Blue - Runner Up Best Blue Merle Bitch

Puppy Sweepstakes - Judge Susan Lassila

Dunes Not All Treasure Is Silver And Gold - 2nd from 12-15 dog class

Mantle-Aurigan Princess Bride - 1st from 9-12 bitch class

Regular Classes - Judge J. Reynolds

Dunes Not All Treasure Is Silver And Gold - 2nd from Bred By dogs

Aurigan Mantle Eye Witness At Kylea - 1st from Am Bred dogs

Westwyn Mantle Yellow Taxi At Round Hound - 4th from 9-12 dogs

Mantle-Aurigan Princess Bride - 1st from 9-12 bitches and RESERVE WINNERS BITCH, and BEST PUPPY!!!

Aurigan Mantle Strikes Again - 4th from Bred By bitches

So excited for Dayl and Pam's litters as well as my own! Every dog that Dayl and I brought won something. It was a very good week.

Pictures will come later. The lighting in the building was very yellow and my camera is no good indoors.

Glad to be home with my kiddos again. We will be taking a break while Token and Hunter re-grow coat. Bella still looks good, so maybe I will take just her :)

Canada Results

Pot Of Gold show, Cloverdale, BC

02/27/11 Judge Lesley Hiltz

Dunes Not All Treasure Is Silver And Gold - Best Of Breed, Best Of Winners, Best Puppy, Best Puppy In Herding Group and a Herding Group 3 win - 5 points

Aurigan Mantle Strikes Again - Winners Bitch, Best Opposite, Best Bred By Exhibitor - 2 points

Aurigan Dunes Celestine Blue - Reserve Winners Bitch

02/28/11 Judge Thomas Alexander

Ch. Aurigan Dunes National Treasure - Best Of Breed

Aurigan Dunes Celestine Blue - Winners Bitch, Best Opposite, Best Bred By Exhibitor - 2 points

Aurigan Mantle Eye Candy - Reserve Winners Bitch

Bella is now a Canadian Champion!

Token is currently ranked #1 Cardigan in Canada, #7 Herding Puppy (tied for)

It was quite a weekend! Now I have to go back to spend my loonies ;)

Portland, OR results:

Saturday under Judge Col B. Purkhiser

Token was 2nd in the 9-12 class -

Sunday under Judge J. Vanek

Bella was Select Bitch for a 5 pt major - Bella is posting in her picture. I think she doesnt like the signs... she pulls back from them. It's really annoying trying to get pics of her. Anyone have any ideas on getting pics of dogs who hate it? Maybe I could coat the sign in liver flavor...

We dont have much going on right now. Just working and getting the rest of our stuff moved into the new house.

For upcoming litter information, contact Dayl Phillip at Aurigan for more information on a 2011 litter.

Yakima show

Saturday 6-5 with Judge J. Purkhiser
BOB/BOW/WD - Aurigan Mantle Eye Of The Tiger aka Jake
BOS/WB - Aurigan MP Primary Attraction aka Phantom
RWD - Merrythought Saved The Best For Last aka Mac
RWB - Aurigan Dunes Celestine Blue aka Bella

Sunday 6-6 with breeder judge M. Van Vleit
BOB/BOW/WB - Aurigan Dunes Celestine Blue aka Bella
BOS/WD - Merrythought Saved The Best For Last aka Mac
RWD - Aurigan Mantle Eye Of The Tiger aka Jake
RWB - Coedwig's The Quiltmaker aka Bobbin

Very proud of my Bella. I think that makes 3 points total. I have to give thanks to Wiccan for keeping Bella with her at 'Corgi Camp' the last two weeks, she looks good. And, for taking puppy pics at our puppy evaluation of the Hunter x LE litter.
Wisteria and Jaina have left for their new homes. So, we are down to 5 with two more leaving this week. We will be holding onto Fate, Percy Jackson and Tarot until 12 weeks - then we will be evaluating again. We are very happy with Hunter's first litter.
Puppy pics soon to come!

Lynden Show Results & Puppies

Lynden, WA Saturday 5-22 Results Judge D. Bolus

BOB - Ch. Shadowalk Higgins

BOS/BOW/WB - Aurigan Mantle Eye Candy

RWB - Spotted Fox Coedwig Clover

WD - Coedwig's Big Baloo

RWD - Notzmo Giant Dancer At Stonelight

Lynden, WA Sunday 5-23 Results Judge C. Moser-White

BOB- Ch. Shadowalk Higgins

BOS/BOW/WB - Aurigan Dunes Celestine Blue

RWB - Aurigan Mantle Eye Candy

WD - Notzmo Giant Dancer At Stonelight

RWD - Coedwig's Big Baloo

YEAH!! Bella got her first AKC point!!

We had a SUPER FUN weekend with Dayl, her cousin Katie of Somersun Labradors, and Jennifer of Posey Canyon Parson Russell Terriers, Wiccan of Cardigan Complex Blog and my wonderful husband who I cannot thank enough for all of his help.

Thank you to those puppy buyers who were able to come out and see the kids ;)

Wiccan got some more awesome-amazing-fantastic pictures of the puppies.

Without further ado, here they are.

Fate

Jaina

Spiral doing her impersonation of the Jaguar symbol

Percy Jackson Hunter Jr is being attacked! Spiral and Tarot in background Tarot

Tarot

Percy Jackson being Mr. Cute eating his foot.

Sally gets her Championship!

Dayl showed Sally today under Judith Goodin to WB/BOS over specials for a 4 point major! Our pretty girl got all majors to finish. Next weekend is the Portland, OR cluster. Looking forward to seeing everyone again. After the stress of starting a new job, I am in need of some dog show frivolity!

Weekend pics

Jesse showing LE in open class Sunday
Aurigan Mantle Eye Of The Tiger aka "Jake" yawning for his new mom and dad!
Aurigan Dunes Bentley aka "Bentley"

Aurigan Dunes Celestine Blue aka "Bella"

Whidbey Is Show Results

Saturday under Judge Lester Mapes
Caleb - WD/BOW for 3 pts!
Simon - RWD
Sally - WB for 3 pts!
Bella - RWB
Dash - BOS
Secret BOB and Group 4

Sunday under Judge Richard Lewis
Caleb WD for 1 pt!
Simon RWD
Phantom - WB/BOW for 3 pts!
Nichelle - RWB
Dash - BOS
Secret - BOB ??Group??

I dont have my book, and so I dont want to get names/owners wrong so I will just do call names ;)

I am having a heck of a time getting the pictures to load. We got pics of Bella, her brother Bentley, Caleb and Jake (formerly Brutus). I will get them on here eventually.

Must give props to Bella and Bentley's littermate Maxsim - Aurigan Dunes Dancing With The Stars who is owned by Mandy and Cindy Bossi for his wins this weekend in NC. He now has 4 points!

Canada Results cont

Saturday -
Am Ch. Wellshire Lucky Star was WB/BOW/BOB -owned by Paula and Eric Weller
Am/Can/Int Ch. Aurigan Dunes National Treasure was BOS
Int Ch. Kennebec Dunes Limited Edition was RWB
Am Ch. Wellshire Luck of The Draw was WD - owned by Paula and Eric Weller
Aurigan Dunes Celestine Blue was Best Puppy


Sunday -
Am/Can/Int Ch. Aurigan Dunes National Treasure was BOB
Am/Can/Int Ch. Aurigan Mantle Out Of Thin Air was BOS
Aurigan Dunes Celestine Blue was WB and Best Puppy
Am Ch. Wellshire Luck Of The Draw was RWD

Merry Samhain and Happy Halloween to all.
See everyone at Monroe, WA for the Whidbey Isl. KC show.

Canada Results thus far

Canada Results:

Thursday Herding Specialty -
Am/Int Ch. Aurigan Mantle Out Of Thin Air was WB/BOW/BOB for 2 points and a NEW Canadian CH. title to add to her name! Congrats Dayl and Beatrys!
Am/Can/Int Ch. Aurigan Dunes National Treasure was BOS
Aurigan MP Primary Attraction was RWB
Aurigan Dunes Celestine Blue was Best Puppy

Friday -
Am/Can/Int Ch. Aurigan Dunes National Treasure was BOB
Aurigan MP Primary Attraction was WB/BOW/BOS for 2 points
Aurigan Dunes Celestine Blue was RWB and Best Puppy

More to come...

BTW - I can FINALLY walk again without hurting from the incision sites. No issues so far. I even picked the dogs up and put them on the table! Getting better!

Show, Procedure, Show!

Ridgefield, WA - Vancouver KC show this weekend. 5-7-0-1 and 4-7-0-1 are the counts there. I am taking Bella and LE, Dayl is taking Phantom.

Then the dreaded-but-needed heart procedure is this coming Monday...

After that we have the fabulous Canada show with AWESOME counts for Cardis!
Thursday Herding Specialty - 0-3-1-0 Judge David Strachan
Friday - Junior Puppy Sweeptakes (All Breed) - 28 jr females Judge Suzanne Staines
Friday - Regular CKC show 1-4-1-0 Judge Jean Fournier
Saturday -Regular CKC show 3-7-1-0 Judge Ramon Podesta
Sunday - Regular CKC show 3-7-1-0 Judge James Frederickson

Dayl's Beatrys only needs 2 points to finish her CKC Ch. title.
Might be awhile before I post again. Things are getting crazy hectic here.

In other news...

All the 'grand-puppies' at Grandma Karen's in Dayton.

L to R - LE, Callie (English Springer), Bella, Hunter and Velvet New pictures of Bella. It's like we cloned Sally! Minus the excess hair.
Gotta love make-shift tables... I think I need to put a real one on my B-Day list!

In other news, Hunter gets to try for his International title next weekend. Those are busy shows, but I might have to take my new Diana Gabaldon book since I am only showing one dog. Dayl already finished the book, so I am way behind ;)

Hunter is also still doing beginning agility, and is doing pretty good. I am a little bit of a spaz, (like getting Hunter on my right side. I am already left and right challenged. This is torture.) but he is doing fine!

Then I have LE and Bella at Vancouver. So excited to see Riley again! Riley is Hunter's handsome half-brother.

And after that, I am scheduled for a heart procedure in Spokane, WA the day after the Vancouver show. I have the same condition that Kim has. I have AVNRT which is a condition that I have had forever. I have an electrical pathway that gets messed up sometimes and causes extreme tachycardia (fast heartbeats). My heartbeat goes well over 230 beats a minute (normal resting rate is about 70-80), which has caused me to pass out/black out. The heart gets into a rhythm and can't get itself out without chemical help. I am not fond of ER visits... So they are going to put a catheter into my femoral artery and put electrical nodes into my heart, stimulate the heart to get it into the wacked out rhythm, and find out where the messed up pathway is. Next, they will zap the electrical pathway with a laser. This is called radiofrequency ablation. Hopefully this solves the issues I have been having since I can remember. It's a fairly safe procedure as far as heart stuff goes. But, still, it's the biggest procedure I have ever had done. At first I was nervous to go through it, but now the constant fear of another ER visit (stress, cold meds, caffeine, or stimulants of any kind can trigger it) outweighs the doubts and anxiety.

And then our next outing will be CANADA! Yep, I am excited. I think we might even have 3 points in bitches Sat and Sun....

Official Pics - Richland

Some official pictures from Richland Supported Entry Pecan Valley Mustang Sally

(Ch. Pecan Valley Blue Thunder x Ch. Pecan Valley Show Shoes)

Am/Can Ch. Aurigan Dunes National Treasure, HCTs

(Ch. Phi-Vestavia Koltrain x Am/Int Ch. Aurigan Mantle Out Of Thin Air, HCTs)

Richland Kennel Club Results

We've had an AMAZING SATURDAY!
Richland Kennel Club Results for the Supported Entry:
09-26-09 Judge Mrs. Jacqueline Stacy
Ch. Aurigan Dunes National Treasure - BOB

Pecan Valley Mustang Sally - WB/BOS for a 5 point major!

Kennebec Dunes Limited Edition - RWB

Aurigan MP Primary Attraction - Best In Puppy Sweepstakes under Breeder Judge Emily Fish

Other results: Twinan Ultimate Strike - WD/BOW Afara Now Or Never - RWD Ch. Mariel's Alice Springs - Best Veteran Ch. Phi-Vestavia Koltrain - Best Opposite In Veteran Sweeps

Wenatchee Show

Wenatchee KC Show Results:
Saturday 09-12-09 Judge Dr. Ruby Hertz
Notzmo Giant Dancer at Stonelight aka Caleb - WD/BOS 1pt
Aurigan MP Primary Attraction aka Phantom - WB/BOW 1pt
Kennebec Dunes Limited Edition aka LE - RWB

Sunday 09-13-09 Judge Anitra Cuneo
Notzmo Simon Sez aka Simon- RWD
Kennebec Dunes Limited Edition aka LE - RWB

Denise Waiting's Ruby was BOB both days GP 3 Saturday, not sure about today.
Kay and Glen Garrity's girl Bella was WB today
Cant remember Denise's boy's name - he went RWD Sat, and WD/BOW/BOS today.

Dayl and I helped show the two Notzmo boys, who were very good for only meeting us once! They can be seen at http://www.wagginthedog.blogspot.com/ . I love showing new dogs. It's challenging and fun. Especially puppies. I was also very happy with LE's performance, even tho she didnt get the big wins. I am just glad she put in a good showing - no 'energizer-bouncing-bunny' routine. It makes a big difference when they are steady and focused.

Another AWESOME part of my weekend was the B-Match...
Aurigan Dunes Celestine Blue aka Bella at 4 1/2 months went BOB, and Group 1 under Lorrie Bellah. Its always fun to win prizes, get the puppies some experience, AND get recognition for having a nice puppy. I hope she continues to blossom into all her potential. Her brother Maksim looks to be growing up nicely too. ;)

Hunter is doing well in his agility class. Not sure when he will be ready for actual trials tho.

Enumclaw Show Weekend

Congrats to all the winners this weekend at Enumclaw!
I don't have the catalog with me, so I will try to do my best here...

Friday night at the B-Match, Miss Bella (Aurigan Dunes Celestine Blue) got a Group 2! Dayl said she looked like a bowl of jello running around the ring. She has A LOT of skin to grow into. I was very happy with her performance - even tho she cant hold still to save her life... ;)

Saturday Results
LE (Kennebec Dunes Limited Edition) went 2nd in Open
Phantom (Aurigan MP Primary Attraction) went 1st in 12-18mo bitch and RWB
Brecca (Rememberance Brecca) went 4th in Open
Savannah (Wofrun White Lightning) was WB/BOS for a 3pt major which finished her.
Dash (Coedwig's Cracker Jack) was 1st/WD/BOW for a 3pt major also.
Lincoln (Ch. Pawcific Signed Sealed Delivered) was BOB

Sunday Results under Judge R. Frost
Phantom went 1st in 12-18 mo and RWB
Brecca went 3rd in Open
LE was on some concoction of speed and/or caffeine and therefore was not given a ribbon. She was such a spaz! A happy, effervescent, over-the-top, adrenaline-took-over-her-body-and-mind spaz... (Just kidding about the speed or caffeine... that was a joke!)
Mirage was 1st/WB/BOW for a 3 pt major which finished her too!
Ruby was BOB
Lincoln was BOS

Hunter went for the CERF clinic and is all normal there. Another health clearance down! He did get to participate during grooming time too, since he seemed left out and bored...

Onto Wenatchee in a month. Good luck to all at Redmond next weekend.

Upcoming Shows

I know of at least four girls in our region need a major to finish, and a whole lot more need a major or two just because... I only have LE showing right now (and maybe Hunter) but I thought that I might post my potential show schedule in case the NW wants to try to build any majors at upcoming shows (like we just tried to do for Enumclaw - not sure if we were successful or not).

Aug 15,16 - Enumclaw, WA: Judges Cathy H. Daugherty and Robert Stein
Sept 12,13 - Wenatchee, WA: Judges Dr. Ruby Hertz and Dr. Sam Burke Jr.
Sept 19,20 - Shelton, WA: Judges Linda Riedel, Terry B. Carter
Sept 26 - Richland, WA: Judge ?
Oct 10,11 - Cloverdale, BC: Judges Limoges, Haverstock, Paterson, Mincey
Oct 24,25 - Ridgefield, WA: Judges ?
Oct 29,30,31,Nov 1 - Abbotsford, BC: Judges? Herding group specialty
Nov 7,8 - Salem, OR: Judges ?

I would love to do St Helens this year, but as of right now I have another thing going on. We will most likely have majors at Richland. Dayl and I are taking 3 or 4 to Wenatchee. And yes, I know the BC shows dont count for AKC, but I LOVE showing in Canada. ;)

Bel-Vernon Shows

The Bel-Vernon show in Mt Vernon, WA yielded great results!

Saturday Judge R. Stein
WB Aurigan MP Primary Attraction - 1 point!
BOB Am/Can Ch. Aurigan Dunes National Treasure

Sunday Judge Ambrosio
RWB Aurigan MP Primary Attraction
WB Int Ch. Kennebec Dunes Limited Edition - 1 point!
BOB Am/Can Ch. Aurigan Dunes National Treasure

Hunter is still shedding and quite frankly his coat looks all sorts of yucky. I was pleasantly surprised that the judges looked past his lack of coat. LE now has 10 points and is searching for a major, or whatever we can find in the meantime.

Also, Dayl showed me a website that has Hunter and Beatrys listed as ranked in Canada for 09. Hunter is ranked 4th and Beatrys is ranked 3rd!!! We plan on going back to Canada this fall.
http://www.bestdogincanada.com/Grp7.php?breed=Cardigan%20Corgi

Lynden Show Sunday

Judge D. Richards:

BOB- Am/Can Ch. Aurigan Dunes National Treasure 'Hunter'
BOS - Am/Int Ch. Aurigan Mantle Out Of Thin Air 'Beatrys'
WB - Int Ch. Kennebec Dunes Limited Edition 'LE'

YEAH! LE got some more points. She is up to 8 now, one major. Hunter and Bea swapped places today for Breed. Katie was RWB today and Paula's Star was RWB yesterday. I am quite proud of Hunter. He can hang with the more mature dogs in the specials ring, even tho he isnt quite 18 months.

We all stayed at Dayl's place last night and had a fantastic BBQ. ;) The weather was lovely, which is always nice.

Hunter's PRA results: PRA Unaffected by DNA

Lynden Show Saturday

And back to the show ring we go...

Judge P. Mowbray-Morgan:
BOB- Am/Int Ch. Aurigan Mantle Out Of Thin Air 'Beatrys'
BOS - Am/Can Ch. Aurigan Dunes National Treasure 'Hunter'
WB - Chelstar-Mantle Jewel V The Nile 'Katie'

It was a fun day. ;)