Conformation

Jan. 30-31, 2016 Grayslake, IL  January has been great for Smolder.  In 4 days in Novi, MI he picked up 2 Selects and 2 Best of Breed wins to earn his Grand Championship!  Fabulous for a boy who's only 20 months old.  This weekend he won BOB both days he was entered. GCH Marshview Great Ballz of Fire is smokin'!  "Fire" litter brother Win (Marshview Earth,Win and Fire)was also in Grayslake, where he went Reserve to a major 3 times, then Winners Dog/Best of Opposite Sex one day for a 4 point major!  Great showing for these young boys.

Agility

1/30-31/16 Agility.  After a 4 year hiatus while owner Rachel was busy with life, a wedding, and getting her career started, Hogan and Rachel got back in the agility ring.  On Day 1, Hogan earned his Novice Agility title (NA) and on Day 2, he got the 2nd leg toward his Novice Jumpers title.  So very happy for this dynamic duo!

CGC

1/7/16 Page, along with the help of owner Rachel Eken, can now add the letters CGC to her name (along with RN and AWD, both earned in 2015) after passing the AKC Canine Good Citizen test.  Congratulations Rachel and Page!

Obedience/Rally

12-12-15 Oshkosh.  Three Marshview dogs competed today - Cuervo in Obedience, Margaret and Sawyer in Rally.  All 3 qualified!  For Cuervo, it was the 3rd leg - and a new title ribbon (CD).  It was a longer journey getting there than I thought it would be, but he had his best run ever today and well deserved that big title ribbon.  Very proud to be in the ring with him today.  Margaret and Sawyer both made their very first appearance in Rally today, competing right after each other and scoring 1 point apart. Great runs for these beginner dogs! Congratulations to Sawyer and Barb Stanek.

Cuervo - Companion Dog (CD)

Me & Margaret, Barb and Sawyer 

FLASH!  Margaret competed the next day & picked up a 2nd qualifying ribbon!  Merry Christmas!

Conformation

9/19/15 Announcing our newest AKC champion: Marshview's Fireball. Junie was Winners' Bitch/Best of Winners today in Sheboygan to nab the last point she needed to earn her CH.  Better yet, she was also Best of Opposite Sex - to brother Smolder, CH Marshview Great Ballz of Fire. What a great accomplishment for this brother-sister duo from the Fire litter (Maliboo x Mister), who are only 16 months old.

Water

Sept. 12-13, 2015 What a fabulous, fun weekend in Noblesville, IN despite frigid temps and a blustery breeze.  Smolder and Journey competed for Working Water Dog, Margaret for Junior and Maliboo for Courier.  In marathon runs (due to blowing and drifting articles), Smolder and Journey both passed on Saturday.  For Smolder that was 3 titles this summer: Junior at the National in August, Apprentice in August in Chicago, and now Working. Journey also just earned her Apprentice in Chicago. Just for good measure, both dogs repeated their winning performances on Sunday!  Margaret had puppy zoomies on Saturday, but was focused and energetic on Sunday.  Despite the cool weather, and waves much bigger than she's ever seen on my pond, she passed Junior Water Dog with flying colors! Nothing fazed my strong little swimmer.  Julie opted to pull Maliboo on Saturday as the weather had gotten much worse by afternoon, but the dynamic duo was on first thing Sunday morning.  Maliboo has those first 4 exercises down to a science, but is still in training for the Buoy Ball Drop.  Next year she and Smolder can work on this together!

Nosework

Sept. 5, 2015 Natalie and Marko (X litter) had another successful weekend! He passed all 4 elements with flying colors. He was consistent and focused. He showed a lot of odor obedience and now has his NW2 title!
 

 Congratulations, Marko and Natalie.  Only 8 of the 39 dogs competing titled.

CELEBRATING!