National Specialty - Frankenmuth, MI

7/30/15 - 8/7/15 Another beautiful Specialty in a great locale! Lovely weather, lots of friends to see, and we brought home a few ribbons!  We had 3 of the 14 month old "Fire" litter puppies there - Smolder, Junie and Cinder. Smolder started the week off right by passing his Junior Water Dog test. On Monday, he was chosen Best Senior in Futurity, Tuesday took 3rd in Sweepstakes and Wednesday another 3rd in the 12-15 month class.  Very proud of this boy!

Not to be outdone, sister Junie came home with 2nd Pl ribbons in both Futurity and the 12-15 class. Cinder rounded out this lovely trio's achievements with a 3rd Pl finish in Futurity.

Their mom Maliboo also competed, garnering 2 Q's in agility, and taking home the #1 Working Bitch title for the 2nd time!  What a team she and Julie make!

Joey was the #6 PWD in 2014, so was invited to show in the Top Twenty event. What a thrill to see him strut his stuff in the ring with so many elite dogs in the breed.

Joey was also asked to participate as one of the offspring in a Stud Dog trio for his sire Drifter - CH Timber Oak's Drift Diver.  With Joey's help, and that of fellow Top Twenty dog Farrah, Drifter was named the #1 Stud Dog at the National!  So proud to see these dogs in the ring together, and thrilled for Drifter's recognition.  Great week overall!

Stud dog trio L-R  Drifter, Joey, Farrah

Nosework

7/19/15 I've gotten a little behind, so let me try to catch up on Marshview news!  We now have 2 dogs with the NW1 title - the first title in Nosework, a new AKC sport where your dog has to sniff out different odors hidden in odd places.  Since the handler also doesn't know where the items are hidden, it's a real exercise in team work, learning to "read" your dog when they try to tell you they have found something.  Congratulations to Trio on earning her title this month, and belated congrats to our 1st NW1 dog, Marko, who earned his in Sept. of last year!

 Barb and Trio

Natalie and Marko

Obedience

6-7-15  Cuervo and Maliboo have been working in a new venue - AKC Obedience.  The Novice level requires 3 qualifying scores to receive the Companion Dog (CD) title.  This weekend, Maliboo earned a 3rd Place score on her 3rd leg to achieve the CD title!  Cuervo qualified for his 2nd leg.  Good day!

Conformation

3-26-15 Manitowoc  Siblings Smolder and Junie B competed today, going Winners Dog/Winners Bitch from the 9-12 mo. class.  Junie got Best of Winners, so they each scored points!  This is the 3rd pup from the Fire litter to be pointed in conformation.  Half-brother Joey was Select Dog.

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L-R Smolder -Winners Dog, Junie B - Winners Bitch, Joey - Select Dog

Puppies!

March 7, 2015 Velma x Joey puppies arrived: 4 boys and 4 girls.  (CH Marshview Quite A Mystery Girl Velma x GCH Marshview Uh, How YOU Doin'? RATN WWD)  We were very excited to see brown puppies - all four boys, and one of the girls!

Puppies

Feb. 26, 2015 Ava x Mister puppies arrived: 5 boys, 4 girls, all wavy (CH Marshview Rat Pack Romance x GCH Afortunado ExpectTheUnexpected VCD1 RE OA AXJ NF THD TDI CGC WWD AOM.  We look forward to watching them grow and seeing what these two wonderful dogs combine to produce!

Conformation

1/30-2/1/15 Chicago - IKC shows.  We sent a number of Marshview kids to this 3 day event.  Cinder, competing in the 6-9 month class, won her Sweeps class both days, and showed admirably.  Joey competed in Best of Breed and was chosen Select Dog on both Friday and Saturday, our Regional Specialty day.  His mother Maliboo competed with him as well, owner-handled as always by Julie.  One other Maliboo pup, Smolder, only came for the Regional Specialty on Saturday.  From the 6-9 mo. class (he is Cinder's brother), he was Winners Dog and Best of Winners for a 5 point major!!  His mom achieved this same feat at this same show in 2010. Like her he was also Best Puppy and went on to compete in the Puppy Working Group.  He took home a Group 4!  Very proud of Maliboo, and all these offspring. 


"Smolder" - Marshview Great Ballz of Fire WD/BOW/PG4

"Joey" GCH Marshview Uh, How YOU Doin'? RATN WWD

"Cinder" Marshview's Girl on Fire





"Maliboo" Marshview Out Ridin' The Waves RV AX MXJ RATO WWD