Sisu Catahoulas I’ve owned Catahoulas since 1996 and have been competing with them in United Kennel Club events since 2001. I became an an NALC-certified breeder in 2009. I do not have puppies at this time, and it will likely be several years before I do.
I am heading out with the dogs to the UKC Premier next week. Because my Jeep no longer has functioning air conditioning, and I am camping the entire weekend, I wanted a way to keep the dogs cool.
The Great Lakes Boxers Club is known for its annual community service projects. For this year’s project they chose to raise money for the Susan G. Koman Foundation for Breast Cancer Research in a project called Boxers for Boobies. This has been well received by the club and quickly spread throughout the UKC community. People…
This past weekend I took Ranger and Beau to Wapakoneta, Ohio (home of Neil Armstrong), for a UKC conformation show. My Dad met us there and showed Beau all weekend. On Friday, under Judge Laura Frizzell-Soloman, Beau and Dad won Best of Breed and then placed 4th with me handling him in the Herding Group….
Well, I’ve been busy, even if I haven’t posted about it. This morning I got up and constructed a new compost bin. I had a 55-gallon drum on a pivot that someone made for me right after I moved. The main problem with it is that there are no handles, so once it got more…
A table containing a list of Ranger’s Awards
This weekend Beau, Ranger, and I traveled to my old stomping grounds of Ann Arbor, MI to compete in Ranger’s first “big boy” UKC show (he was show in Non-Licensed Puppy classes in December 2008 for the practice). Despite the snow and having friends help handle the boys did well. I even got to visit…
Ranger is officially a Puppy Head Start (PHS) Graduate! He knows stand, sit, down, in-your-crate, and get-in-the-Jeep. We’re still working on come and stay. Also, he offers play bows when he wants something (supper, outside, a toy, treats), so I started clicking for that action. Last night it got a name–curtsy (because bow and down…
As the year winds to a close I want to thank everyone who has written in or commented in the past year. I don’t do this to line my pockets, just to help other folks out, so it’s nice to know it’s welcomed information.
Remember the portrait of Beau being done by Danielle at Petable Portraits? It came and it’s fantastic. I can’t begin to describe how wonderful this portrait is and how much it means to me. When I look at the picture I think, “That’s my boy. That’s Beau.”
