Conformation

1-15-17  Canine Chronicle Statistics are out for 2016: Smolder - MBISS GCHB Marshview Great Ballz Of Fire RN AX AXJ CA RATO CGC WWD - finished as the #7 Portuguese Water Dog in Breed and #14 All-Breed.  Very proud to congratulate Julie Vanderbush and her boy!

The first week of 2017 traveled to St. Paul, MN winning Best of Breed at the Northstar Working Group show.  Just this past weekend, he was Best of Breed both days of the Oshkosh show.  Can't wait to see what the rest of this year holds for him! 

Agility

1/1/17 Smolder had a great start to the New Year, finishing both his Excellent agility titles in one weekend - Excellent Jumpers on Dec. 30 and Excellent Standard on New Year's Day!  Seeing as he just started his agility career earlier in 2016, this was a fast track for this boy. Congratulations to this super-smart and very biddable PWD, and his partner Julie!

Rally

1-15-17 GCH Marshview's River of the Gods, CGC, NW1, L1V has earned another title.  Congratulations to Barb and her boy Sawyer on their new Rally Advanced (RA) title this weekend, scoring 97 (out of 100) on Saturday, and 99 on Sunday, earning 3rd place on time! Great teamwork by these two!

Obedience

12-17-16 Congratulations to Barb and her two PWDS today.  Trio (Helen x Orion) finished her Novice Obedience title (CD) with a 1st place finish.  Sawyer (Helen x Pepin) competed in Rally Advanced and earned his 1st leg with a score of 97.  Way to go!

Agility

12-10-16 Hounds for the Holidays is a 4 day agility trial in Milwaukee every December.  Maliboo went 4 for 5 in her two days of competing, getting a triple Q one day, and was 1 for 2 the other day.  After finishing his Open titles earlier this month, Smolder picked up two Excellent Jumpers With Weaves legs with 1st and 2nd place finishes, and his first Excellent Standard leg with a 1st place. 

Smolder and Maliboo sporting their ribbons

Smolder’s brother Furface was also there this year.  He and Gale usually compete in CPE (Canine Performance Events) agility, but came out for 2 days of this show.  By the end, they had earned 5 out of 6 first Place Q’s to pick up their Novice Standard and Novice FAST titles, and missed the 3rd title with one dropped bar. Maliboo and her “Fire” litter boys were smokin’ hot!

Rally

11-25-16 After a nearly year-long break, we decided to compete in Rally again.  Margaret picked up her 3rd leg - earning her Rally Novice title - and Journey got her first Q in Rally Advanced.  Better than Black Friday shopping!

Performance

Summer/fall 2016 Marshview dogs were busy in areas other than water! Smolder got his Coursing Ability title (CA-lure coursing) in August 2016, and his Rally Novice title (RN) in September.  Go Smolder and Julie!

Smolder with Lure Coursing ribbons

Barb was busy with both of her Marshview dogs.  In June, Sawyer (on the right, with Trio) got his Rally Novice title.

Barb and Trio earned 2 qualifying obedience runs toward their Companion Dog (CD) title in the same weekend.  What a team!