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Frankie and his brother Simon at 7 months
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JULY 24, 2010 Happy 9th Birthday Prints! See a couple new photo's of him here.
July 11, 2010 Chip was shown three consecutive days at the UKC Premier shows in Richmond, IN and completed his UKC Championship. To see his new photo click here.
We received a new photo of Winston. click here to see
4/17/10 Chip received his OFA numbers! Hips rated good and elbows normal. Yeah Chip!
Chip is entered all four days at the shows in Terre Haute (April 22-25). No majors to be found there, but maybe he'll get his last singles needed.
If you are looking for a reputable breeder: Please know that there are English Springer Spaniel breeders that have "show lines" that are breeding to stud dogs as young as 1 or 2 years old. This is totally against the ESSFTA Recommended Guidelines For Breeders" There are many reasons for breeding to a "MATURE" dog, health and temperament are the two main reasons, but you really can't tell how that dog is going to be until he is mature. You can't even get Hip and Elbow certifications done until they are at least 2 years of age. So if you run across a breeder doing this, ask them why they would go against recommended guidelines. Ask them why the ESSFTA has set those guidelines.
Two of the three boys have went to their new homes. Simon (was Sammy) is now living with Kelly and her two girls and having a fantastic time. From the pictures I saw they're going to keep him very busy. And Winston (was Dean) now lives with Josh and Jen in Chicago! He's doing very well and getting use to the "city" sounds. I am so thankful to these two wonderful families for giving these puppies such great homes, love and attention that these little guys deserve. It means so much to me. Thanks again, Kelly, Josh and Jen!
Frank is staying here and will be growing up a while. I'll have more information on him as time passes. Right now, he's just playing and learning how to be a good boy!
We have PUPPIES!!! While I was gone to the English Springer Spaniel National, my husband Tom delivered three boy puppies. 2 liver and white and one black and white. This litter will be called "The Rat Pack", we'll have Dean, Frank and Sammy. Click here for photos (updated 10-10-09) Chip and I attended the 2009 English Springer Spaniel National. Check out his class placement photo! We had a great time at the Blue Grass Classic Dog Show in Lexington. Chip showed well and garnered Best of Winners and Winners Dog for a Major. Click here to see his winning photo
7/14/2009 Emmy was bred to Louis, now we wait to see if it took. If it did, then we should see puppies September 15th. (Cross your fingers everybody!) 6/14/09 Mea is now CHAMPION Tagalong With Me At Daz-End. Mea went out with Robin Novack to the Bryn Mawr, PA shows and went Winners Bitch on the 2nd day. How cool is that! 5/26/09 Wow! Fantastic Memorial Day weekend up in Kalamazoo, MI. Mea went WB 2 of the four days! 5/19/09The springers of Daz-End had a great weekend at the shows in Greentown, IN! Chip garnered two Winners Dog, Best Of Winners and Best of Breed placements. Mea garnered a Winners Bitch and Reserve Winners Bitch placement.
I've included a new page for one of our former dogs Whisper. If you'd like to read more about Whisper, please click here.
Feb. 28, 2009 Our recent shows have been in Indianapolis where Chip went Best of Winners for his first point and Reserve Winners Dog the following day. We also attended a huge 4 day show in Chicago. Where both dogs performed very well. We didn't garner any wins or points, but I was really please that Chip had a good time and made some placements in his class. Mea placed in her class 3 days and did very well in the ring also. I am putting Mea up for a while and letting her coat grow a bit as well as trying to get her in better show condition. We will then try and get that last major to finish her Championship.
We went to the English Springer Spaniel National Dog show in Arlington, TX Oct. 26-Nov. 1st. Chip made the cut under Judge Judith Goodin in the DFWESSA regular classes. We had a wonderful time! Louisville, KY Shows (Aug. 28 - Sept. 1) Mea captured a four point major in stiff competition under Judge Nikki Riggsbee! Chip debuted at this cluster of shows and placed first in his class two days. We were extremely happy with his happy go lucky attitude and performace and look forward to doing more conformation showing with him.
7/29/08 Chip is now "All Bets Are On At Daz-End, CGC" As part of the Canine Manners Class, Chip was tested for the Canine Good Citizen program through AKC and he passed! YEAH CHIP!!!! Mea showed in Evansville, IN 7/18/08 under Robert Moore and was awarded WB for 2 points bringing her to a total of 6 points. Our next shows will be at the Minnesota ESS Specialty in mid August and Mea will be shown by her breeder Sarah Kraft. 7/12/2008 Greta and Prints go BEST IN SHOW at the PetQuest Grooming Competition at Ft. Mitchell, KY! This is now his second Best in Show and this is Greta's 3rd consecutive Best in show this year! Congrats Greta!!!
To see pictures of Greta and Prints winning Best in Show at the Celebration of Style 07 click here. New pictures from PetQuest will be added when we receive them. New Picture from the Greentown Indiana show.
Mea showed in Terre Haute this weekend. We placed in the classes and she did very well. We will be actively showing her in hopes for more points soon. She showed wonderfully and looked fantastic. Thanks to Carol, we have a few pictures from this last weekend.
Prints went to Atlanta, Georgia to another grooming competition. He won 3rd place in the Sporting Open Division. We were so hoping for another Best in Show. He also won a Group Three in the overall Sporting Division. As usual Greta had him looking beautiful! To see more pictures of our Atlanta Adventure click here.
Mea (Tagalong With Me At Daz-End) competed in a huge class of 32 in the Open Bitch class at the English Springer National dog show. Although she didn't get a placement, we were thrilled that she did make the cut! Prior to the National, Mea went Best of Breed at the Columbus KC. |
Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) I'm not one to generally take a stand against organizations that are for dogs, but time and time again, I've talked to many people about the Humane Society Of the United States (HSUS). They advertise on tv and ask for donations "For the sake of helping homeless animals". I'd like to direct you to a link that provides more information about HSUS. Please click here I'm all for helping animals, but if you want to help out your LOCAL Humane Society, please donate directly to that shelter. If you donate to the HSUS, there won't be any help provided to any Humane Society Shelter in any state ~ period. HSUS is a lobbying organization only. Actually if you go to their website, you will find that their views are pretty extreme on a variety of animals. We've all heard of the Humane Society, and generally have one in the county we live in. HSUS is not affliliated with the Humane societies that we know in our own towns. It doesn't give a dime to these local shelters or any others.
There are rescue organizations for just about any animal known to man, as well as rescue organizations for dogs by breed. You can search the internet to find those.
Please take the time to find out how some of these organizations work before you donate your money (that you've worked hard to earn). Make every dollar that you donate count towards something that directly impacts those animals daily care.
Thanks for taking the time to read this.
MAC Update 5/12/2010
Here are new photo's of Mac! He is 2 years old now and looks wonderful! Thanks for the update Sherry! Mac is a littermate to Chip.
Sasha, Sherry and Mac!
Best buddies!
Mac (Sir McCartney)
Mac after his nap on the couch. What a good boy!!!
2008 Robbie is now known as Mac (McCartney for short - Sir McCarney At Daz-End). I received a letter from the Haines family and they are really happy with Mac! He has another springer friend there named Sasha. Here are some pictures that they shared with me.
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