Agility

Oshkosh 10/20/12  Helen has a new title!  We have been running Excellent Standard for awhile, but were languishing in Open Jumpers.  Our last trial had us slogging through rain and mud in Fond du Lac to no avail.  Cuervo was up first today and took down a bar.  When Helen's turn came, I gave her a better angle to that bar and she kept it up.  Still took her 2 attempts at the weave poles, but she did them! 2nd Place ribbon and her Open Jumper With Weaves title!  At the same trial, Barb Stanek and Trio got their Novice Standard title.  Good day for the girls!

National Specialty-Lake Geneva, WI

Sept. 29-Oct. 5, 2012 Fabulous Specialty held in beautiful Lake Geneva.  Since this National was only a few hours from home, we brought lots of dogs.  Here are the results:

9/29 Joey - Apprentice Water Dog title (at 8 months old!)
9/30 Maliboo - Working Water Dog title (in the chilly air and water)
10/1 Ruthie - 3rd Place in 7-9 yr Veteran Sweeps; Helen looked great too:)
        Joey - 1st Place in the 6-9 mo Sweeps in a class of 25 dogs
10/2 Maliboo/Joey/Blake - 3rd Place in Brood Bitch in a class of 15.
        Ruthie/Maliboo/Joey showed beautifully in the Breeder's Class
10/3 Joey - 1st Place in 6-9 mo Puppy Dog class (22 dogs)
10/4 Maliboo - 1st Place Working Bitch
10/5 Cuervo - made the cut in BOB among 79 male dogs.
All in all a great show!

Water

September 9-10 Noblesville, IN  Julie and Maliboo really clicked at this trial.  In this attempt at the Working Water Dog title, Maliboo lost her hesitation for jumping in the water to retrieve articles and they passed easily.  Julie was so confident that they repeated on Sunday, and passed again.  Yeah, Maliboo, who lived up to her name:  GrCH Marshview Out Ridin' The Waves RN WWD CGC. This team is going for a 3-peat at the National Specialty in Lake Geneva later this month.






Maliboo and Julie

Conformation

 8-24-12 Regional Specialty-Lake Elmo, MN. OK, folks, I am a little behind due to a wonderful - but lengthy - vacation. It is time to update news on our dogs! The PWD Club of the Twin Cities were great hosts, as always, and a good time was had by all.


Helen

Ruthie

We brought a couple of our Veteran girls for the Sweepstakes event and they did not disappoint. There were 6 entries in the 7-9 year class; Helen came in 2nd, and Ruthie (who has not set foot in a show ring in 5 years) took 4th. So proud of our senior girls!

Blake

Joey-Winners Dog

We had a couple of newbies along too:  6-9 month Joey and Blake.  Blake won the Am Bred class in his ring debut.  Joey went Best of Opposite in the Sweepstakes, then captured the 5 point major in Dogs! He showed like a pro, and now has 9 points going into the National Specialty next month.

Marshview also had 3 entries in the Best of Breed class: Maliboo, Cuervo and Sawyer. Gotta include photos of our seasoned winners Mailboo and Cuervo here, but it was Sawyer - who just turned 2 - who came away with the Award of Merit with his owner-handler.
 

Cuervo

Maliboo

It was a fabulous show on a beautiful day. I couldn't be there, so thanks to Julie for the photos, and the play-by-play while I was in the airport. Great group of Marshview dogs and owners - thank you to all of you!

Sawyer-Award of Merit

Water

August 11, 2012  We took a mother-son team to the water trial in Sterling Lake, IL today: Maliboo and 6 month old Joey.  Joey had been up in Wisconsin for his conformation debut and, anticipating the National Specialty being held here September, we decided to try some water training. With just a month before the Chicago Club's trial, Julie started working with Joey, and brought him along to practice with Maliboo. Joey proved a fast learner, and remarkably focused for such a young dog.  He and Julie performed each exercise this morning with calm confidence (and no zoomies!) and he earned Junior Water Dog on his first attempt.  Maliboo decided to let her kid have the spotlight today, completing all the Working Water Dog exercises but, taking her sweet time doing it and going over the allowed amount. Still 6 weeks until the Specialty; we'll see what this pair can do!

Conformation

July 2012 It is always hot in Waukesha, and this year was no different.   We introduced our Maliboo baby, Joey, at just 6 months, and he was on fire!  First day in the ring he nabbed his 1st point as Winners Dog.  2nd day, he snagged another 2 points as Best of Winners!  That day his mom Maliboo was Select Bitch and Cuervo was Select Dog (photo: Maliboo on left, Joey on right)  Meanwhile, in the Obedience ring, Trio picked up her title Rally Excellent - in 3 straight days!  What a great day for Marshview dogs!  Monday in Elkhorn Joey picked up his 4th point - not bad for the first weekend out.  No points on Tuesday, so he did not show, but overall an excellent debut for our brown baby.

Agility

7/15/12 Helen has a brand new title: Open Agility!  It was another hot day in Fond du Lac, and she was feeling it.  She sat on the course and had to be coaxed over the first jump, the tire.  She got to the weave poles, gave me a long look, then ambled through them.  She glanced at the wrong end of the tunnel, then chose the right one.  When all was said and done, she scored a perfect 100, did it in exactly course time, and came away with a 1st place ribbon and a OA title.  Love ya, Helen!