New BEST IN SPECIALTY SHOW:

BISS CH Black Thorn Lucas' Legend RE NAJ THD, owned and shown by Dawn Eliot-Johnson, one week short of 8 years old.  We could not be prouder of this team!!

Pups are doing great.  All hear, paper training is started and they are turning into little dogs.  What fun they are!

Puppies, 1 week old today!

Selia and pups, Day 5.  All are fat and healthy.  What fun!

Selia puppies arrived early on May 2nd! We have 7 healthy puppies

, 5 girls, 2 boys. 2 of the girls are patched, one double ear, one single ear. Ear patch girls are definitely black, 2 of the non-patched girls are black, one black boy, withholding a decision on whether one boy and one girl are livers! Any livers would be sired by Ghost, the blacks will have to wait until DNA results to know if they are Corey's or Ghosts. All are fat and robust, weighing between 14.8 and 16.1 ounces

Puppies expected! Ultrasound showed at least 7, but expect there are several more! Fiacre, Patch Mountain and Blackthorn Dalmatians are proud to announce:

GCH CH CT Blackthorn Coreopis of PatchMtn RA BN OA OAJ NF RD CAN CH TDX x GCH Fiacre's Seeing Is Believing (LUA)
and
CH Black Thorn's Lucas's Legend NJP THD CGC TDI x GCH Fiacre's Seeing Is Believing

Because the Corey breeding was using frozen semen, we wanted to improve our chances of puppies so then followed with a fresh cover using his littermate Ghost.
 
Since Ghost is liver factored, we will know right away who is the sire of the brown kids - the others we will know after the DNA results are in. We are pleased to be able to include Ghost in this project. He is one of the first Dalmatian Therapy Dogs recognized by the AKC for all their work in the community.

Puppies from the first litter are just now making their appearance in the show ring. Darius - owned and shown by Carol Chase - was BOB for a 4 point major last weekend - his first time out at the dog shows.

And, ALL have their CHIC numbers. All puppies will be LUA.

More info will be on my website.

Congrats to Derry on his back to back Best of Breed wins - and GROUP 1 with his new handler John Benoit on their first weekend out together!!  Keep checking for further wins!

Mason - from the Corey - Holly breeding

Fiacre Dalmatian Blog

For updates on the Corey/Selia puppies check out Carol's blog at  www.fiacredalmatians.wordpress.com.  Currently there are 2 show quality boys available to the right homes.

This weekend at the Sacarappa Dog Obedience Club Trial in Portland Maine, Dalmatians did very well.

Corey - CT GCh Blackthorn Coreopis of PatchMt RA OA NAJ RD - qualified with placements in all his classes - Rally Excellent and Beginner Novice on both Saturday and Sunday. That gives him his Beginner Novice title and his first 2 legs towards his Rally Excellent title.

On Saturday and Sunday Mel and Eva qualified in both their Rally Novice A class. I am a poor Grandmother because I don't know Eva's registered name, but I am so proud of how well they have done on their new ventures in the obedience ring.

and today Dawn Eliot-Johnson and Lollipop won their Rally Advanced A class with a wonderful performance. That was their first leg towards that title.

And, many thanks to the great Rally Judge, Nanci Hayes.

Wonderful time had by all!

Girls Rule!

We warned Jeremy that Girls Rule - Boys Droll = who looks the most comfortable? Ember and her boy HazMat.

Tango competing in Agility!

Tango Keeps Adding Agility Titles!

News from Ronnie in CT

Tango had a very good weekend of showing, completing his AXJ with 3rd place!  He also Q’ed in Exc. Standard B – now has 3 legs towards his MX!  And the next day he got his first leg toward his MXJ.  We have 10 MACH points!  Only 690 to go....

Hopefully photos to follow!!

Daisy Does It Again

Once again, DAISY is in the news!  Two shows this year - Two specialty wins.  Best of Breed at Western Reserve Dalmatian Club Specialty and then BEST OF BREED Dalmatian Club of Canada!  Daisy is owned by Bertha Little, Jeff Langevin and Joan Eversole and shown by Jeff.  Daisy and her litter turned 7 in April.  Still going strong and looking great!  We couldn't be prouder!!

Litter Evaluation

Thank you to Linda McCartney-Roy and Ann Smith for making the trek to Maine for the litter evaluation.  We are happy to announce that all are now spoken for and new homes notified.  Bearing in mind the difference between "showable" and "show potential", we are pleased that all show potential puppies are going to show/performance homes. And we have some very wonderful pet homes for those that are just not strong enough contenders to be shown.  Looking forward to watching these pups mature to their full potential.

Corey at DCFL

Love this photo from Gayle Riggins of Corey passing his Coaching Certificate at the Dalmatian Club of The Finger Lakes Road Trial Fun Day.  He loves his job!

Diggy Diggy

A picture of learning to dig in the dirt and a video of learning to run through the agility tunnel

Good BAER News

The litter went to the Animal Referral Center in South Portland yesterday for their BAER hearing test.  Good news - There were 8 bilateral hearig (all ears work) and one Unilateral hearing (only one ear worked).  There were no deaf puppies i nthis litter and we couldn't be more pleased.  Looks like we only have one puppy - a liver girl - with a blue eye.  No patches.  Good numbers all around!!

Crate Training 101

Puppy Feeding Time - Outside!

Puppy Feeding Time!  A messy affair, when possible it is easier to feed them outside.  Now if they would just not PLAY in the food dish!