May Shows

In early May, Nick (Gr. Ch. Always National Treasure) traveled to Albuquerque, New Mexico, with his handler, Paige McCarver. Nick took Best of Breed two days earning more points toward his Bronze Grand Championship! New show photo to come!

Over Memorial Day weekend, Odie (Always on the Go) was at the Hangtown Kennel Club shows in California with his handler, Brigette Isham.  Odie added another major to his count - 9 points now including both majors!  Here is a photo of Odie taken in the Fall.  New show photo to come!

Austin Shows - April 12th-13th, 2014

We had a total entry of 13 at the local Austin shows in April.  Clint (Gr Ch Always Make My Day) was our super-star this particular weekend.  Nancy and Dave brought him back out after a year or so off and took Best of Breed on Saturday and Best of Opposite Sex on Sunday.  We had a large group set up together and had a great time!

Clint waiting for his after show bath - couldn't be prouder of Clint and Dave and Nancy!

After we finished showing on Saturday, most of the Standard Schnauzers in our group went down and did the Barn Hunt Instinct test.  This is where the dog has to jump up on a bale of hay, go through a tunnel of hay and then figure out which of  3 containers contains the RAT and alert the handler by their behavior.   No problem!!!  Stoli, Wyatt, and Diva all did great as did most of the other SS!  

Here are Veronica and Diva doing their Barn Hunt Instinct Test!

Ice Storm!

The first weekend in December Wyatt and Stoli braved the ice storm to attend shows in Dallas, Texas.  It was a horrific weekend weather-wise but we braved the elements!  We truly almost did not make it to the show site the first day.  Good thing we did because we came home with a Grand Championship for Wyatt and a major for Stoli!

 

Stoli gets her first major!  She has 9 points total now.

 

Wyatt earns his Grand Championship!

Eukanuba in Orlando!

Natalie (Gr Ch Always No Strings Attached RN CGC) gave us quite a thrill when she took Select Bitch at the Eukanuba shows in Orlando, Florida in December.  Below is a photo with owner/handler Kim Gremes.  Proud of you both!

What an exciting win!!!

Puppy Plans 2014

Next litter is now planned for Fall 2014! We were not able to do the Zeck x Natalie breeding in the February due to the bad winter storm on the East Coast.  Now we plan to do the breeding in the late summer which will make for Fall puppies.  Here is a photo of Stoli from the last litter to amuse you for now!

Stoli Peeking!

Natalie - Two Titles in One Weekend

Natalie (Gr Ch Always No Strings Attached) had a GREAT weekend in Austin in October - she attained two performance titles in one weekend.  She now has RN (for Rally Novice) and CGC (Canine Good Citizen) at the end of her name.  She also placed 3 days in Rally Novice with run-offs for first place two days!

 

Way to go Natalie and Kim!!!  Look at all those ribbons.

Another Stoli Show Photo

Here is Stoli's show photo from the Austin shows!

 

The background isn't so nice since we were not on the stand,

but I think this show photo of Miss Stoli turned out great!