News at Deer Ranch...
November 10th--Willamette Valley Kennel Club
- BOS, and her Rally Novice Title is earned! Dharma picked up her final Rally Novice B leg with a lovely score of 98 under judges Althea (Louann) Mayer. She's now Ch. Mika's Pye-chedelic RN, HCTs, CGC.
October 27/28th--Vancouver Kennel Club
- BOB both days, and her Rally Obed Debut! Dharma picks up her first two Rally Novice B legs with respectable scores of 96 and 91 under judges Pam Weaver and Larry Tanner! Woo hoo!
October 20th
- Bodhi passes his Tracking Certification track,
laid by judge Betty Schwartz. It was a nice track at TimberLinn Park, laid
on a windy, rainy, icky day. Good Boy, Bodhi! Now...just to get into a Test!
September 8th--McKenzie Cascade Dog Fanciers: First Best of Breed!
- At the Eugene, OR shows, under judge Dr. Klaus Anselm, Dharma goes Best of Breed over a lovely, mature, Group Winning/Group placing male Special. For our first time out in the Group Ring, she handled herself very well, she's really starting to 'grow up'! Such a very good girl, Dharma! (Photo courtesy Steven Ross)
August 11th & 12th--Nisqually Kennel Club: New Champion!
- Saturday at the NKC shows in Lacey, WA, Dharma finished her Championship by going Best of Winners under breeder-judge Marcy Spalding. Woo hoo!! Then on Sunday under Irene Bivin, to top off the weekend, she went Best of Opposite over some beautiful, group placing Specials bitches. Needless to say, it was an awesome weekend! (Photos courtesy Randy Roberts)
May & June: Cover Girl!
- Imagine my surprise when the April/May BSCA Newsletter came, with the new Membership Directory. Dharma was on the cover of both! Then, in the beginning of June, the new J & J Catalogs came out. Dharma is a cover-girl AGAIN! A photo I had submitted was chosen for 3rd place in their cover dog contest. You can see it HERE. Pretty neat...
May 19--Rogue Valley Kennel Club
- Dharma goes WB/BOW/BOS for another point down in Merlin, Oregon under judge Jon Cole.
(photo by Bill Kohler Photography)
April 28 & 29th --Willamette Valley Herding Club AHBA HCT & JHD tests.(Battleground, WA):
- With no prior lessons, Dharma earns her HCT (Herding Capability Test) award on sheep with ease! Judges were Elsie Rhodes & Dave Vicklund and both had very nice compliments about her abilities.
March 17 & 18th --Chintimini Kennel Club (Albany, OR):
- Two more points this weekend, under judges Janet Robinson, including a BOW on Sunday under Prof. Douglas Taylor.
February 10 & 11th --Linn County Kennel Club (Albany, OR):
- Saturday, Dharma goes Winner's Bitch/Best of Winner's for a point under judge Dr. Scott Kellogg. (Photo courtesy Randy Roberts)
- Sunday, another Winner's Bitch placement for Dharma, earning another point toward her Championship. Sunday's judge was Maurice Le Cussan, from Australia.
January -- BSCA Regional Specialty (Jan 18th)/ Rose City Classic (Jan 19-21):
- Dharma had a GREAT night at the Regional! First, in Sweepstakes, she goes BEST IN SWEEPS under breeder-judge, Shawn Petersen. But, if that weren't enough, she also earns a 4 pt major by going Winner's Bitch/Best of Winners. I was incredibly proud for her to earn her first major under long-time breeder-judge, Janina Laurin (Chateau Blanc Tervuren).
- On Friday, Dharma goes RWB to her half-sister, Missy from Alaska ("Brinker" x "Angel").
- Then, on Saturday she is Winner's Bitch/Best of Winners under judge Christopher Tilghman Neale. This earned her some very complimentary comments from the judge, plus her 2nd Major!! Yippee!
- Finally, on Sunday, Dharma goes Best In Sweeps once again under breeder-judge, Carlyn Draneas (Starfleet Tervuren). Not too bad of a weekend for the Wild-Child!
(Photo courtesy of Randy Roberts Photography)
Updated: February 2nd, 2008--Shelly Brosnan