Finland

May 2010
Marshview Kennels has its first European Champion! Last week Lex (Martha x Walker 2008) earned his Finnish championship. Yesterday Lex - Marshview Lucky Star of Finland - competed in the champion class for the first time and was awarded Best of Breed. At the end of the day was the Group competition where the best-of-breed dogs (about ten different breeds in his group) compete. Lex took second in Group! While not a big dog, Lex has a great show attitude and moves like a dream. Now his summer activities will include agility, swimming - and maybe a haircut:)

Kalamzaoo, MI

May 28, 2010 Cuervo "CH Marshview's Kan't Remember Last Nite" RN, WWD went Best of Breed today in beautiful Michigan weather over an impressive field of PWDs, including 4 male Specials. Good luck with the rest of the holiday weekend!

Delta Dog

May 25, 2010
Congratulations to 8 year old Nellie - CH Marshview's Our Belle Nell - our first Delta Partners Therapy Dog! The Pet Partners Program is a program of Delta Society that enables pet owner volunteers to provide services to people in their own communities while spending quality time with their pets. Nellie and owner Jan underwent an evaluation to determine how well the handler interprets and manages the dog's behavior, and how well the dog responds to the handler.
Animals that visit people in hospitals, nursing homes, and other healthcare facilities need to be healthy, clean, and well mannered so they pose little risk to patients. Therapy Dogs must meet specific criteria for health, grooming and behavior. Dog and owner teams can be used to help patients meet specific goals, or to meet and greet people just to brighten their day.
Good job, Nellie! Your calm demeanor and sweet nature will be an asset everywhere you go! Thanks Jan for believing in your girl (and yourself!) and going through the evaluation process.

Jefferson, WI

May 9, 2010
Gabbie and Sadie showed in Jefferson this weekend. Both won their classes on Saturday (with 7 in the Open Bitch class!)and Sunday. With both girls in the line-up for Winner's Bitch, we had high hopes for a major win that day. Alas, it was not meant to be. Gabbie won on Sunday (happy Mother's Day to me!), but the major broke. She only needs a major to finish. Sadie has her first point already, and is showing well in the 12-18 mo class.

Canada

April 23-25, 2010
Cuervo traveled to Canada to begin a quest for a Canadian championship - the first Marshview dog to attempt this. In his first weekend there he went BOW (Best of Winners) and BOS (Best of Opposite Sex)all 3 days for a total of 5 points. He's halfway there!

Rally

April 25, 2010

Hogan and Rachel competed for 2 days in Fond du Lac. Hogan completed the 3rd leg of Rally Novice on Saturday with a 4th place finish to earn his RN title. On Sunday, he qualified in Rally Advanced, performing all the exercises off-leash for the first time.

At the same trial, Martha and I competed in Rally Excellent. We had not trained for this level, or seen it done before. She qualified both days! Most of the points we lost were for my mis-handling, not Martha's performance. Maybe by the 3rd leg I will figure out how to do the exercises correctly!

IKC 2010

2/27/10 The PWD Club of Chicago held its first Regional Specialty at the International Kennel Club Show in Chicago and 7 month old Maliboo "Marshview Out Ridin' The Waves" went Winners Bitch and Best of Winners for a 5 point major in her second weekend out! The IKC offered a Best In Show Puppy competition, so Maliboo went on to compete in the Puppy Working Group where she took a Group First. This put her as one of 7 puppies competing for Best In Show! After a long day in the ring, Maliboo was still "working" the crowd right until the end.