Getting Ready for Woofstock 2009

We're getting ready for Woofstock in October and Kyle and Rita made these fantastic signs for each of the dogs. We're also planning on having banners for all the dogs to display their "loot" :) Here's a picture of Luna's banner:



For those who don't know, Woofstock is the largest canine festival held in all of North America and features all kinds of demos, booths, vendors etc all in celebration of the dog. Woofstock events are held in numerous cities across the states and this year we will be attending the one in El Dorado Hills. We'll be setting up a booth with all the MA's as kind of a "meet the breed" sort of thing, so come and visit us if you can!

http://www.woofstock.ca/

ATTS Temperament Test

I neglected to mention last time that Gil underwent a temperament test given by the American Temperament Test Society at the annual Richmond Dog Fanciers show. That was the first time I had ever taken a dog through a temperament test of this sort and I don't know that I would do it again. Gil went went through all the stations and ended up with a passing score and overall the test-giver was pleased with his reactions to the stimuli.

ATTS just sent us the pretty certificate in the mail (see above) and eventually the Magyar Agar breed will be added to their database list online (http://www.atts.org/)

New Champion: Ch. Betcha-Katcha Nellie Belle

I just found out that Belle did indeed finish her UKC Championship over the GCH&H July show weekend in Rancho Cordova. Congratulations Belle, we knew you could do it! Belle will now join the rest of the California MAs in the Champions show ring so watch out for her in the future!

UKC Show Videos

Kyle and Rita took a lot of great video at some of the recent UKC shows we attended. I uploaded them onto Youtube and organized them into three different playlists. Click on each screen below to view the playlist:

Coursing Trophy

I can't believe I forgot to post this earlier but better late than never, I guess. When all the scores were tallied and totaled, Gil ended up tying with Tea the Ibizan Hound for #1 Rare Breed for the 2008-2009 Coursing Season, making him eligible to have his name inscribed on the Rare Breed Perpetual Trophy for OFC. Since she has held the trophy for the past few consecutive years, Kathy Kelly was generous enough to allow me to take the trophy home for a year. So, it has been sitting on a shelf in the living room, visible to all that enter our home, and since we may not be taking it home again next year I wanted to document it's presence before it leaves. So here it is, the Rare Breed Perpetual Coursing Trophy, "Dedicated to those that ran before" ...

News From Abroad: New Pictures of Remy

Days of Dogs and Roses

Kyle Yates took a bunch of wonderful pictures last year at our little 4th of July get-together. Although these pictures are over a year old, they are so nice that I wanted to post them here. There's too many to post individually so I made a little slide show. Click on the link at the bottom to see all the photos. Apparently they only allow a limited number to be shown on blogger: