Weekend Brag

What a great weekend we had!

First, at the Vermont circuit shows, Daisy - GCH Blackthorn's Flower Power continued her winning ways, picked up 3 more BOB wins, with a Group 4 on Sunday. VERY small entry of specials only. Daisy is owned by Bertha Little and Joan Eversole and expertly presented by Jeff Langevin.

And at an agility trial in New Hampshire her siblings:

Am/Can CH Blackthorn Violet of Patchmt Am/Can TD NA OAJ qualified in both her Open Standard and Open Jumpers courses on Saturday to finish her Open Jumpers titleand get a second leg on her Standard title. Violet was run by Linda McSherry.

Am/Can CH Blackthorn Coreopis of PatchMt Am/Can TDX RN NA NAJ qualified in Open Standard to pick up his second leg. Corey would have qualified on all his runs if his inept handler would quit sending him over the wrong obstacles and through the wrong tunnel entrances! I had such great attention and he was so tuned into me. What a good boy he was all weekend.

AND, most importantly, not to be left out, their mother:

CH CT PatchMt C Pepper N Paisley (with her many titles) qualifed in her Open Jumpers Preferred run to finish that title. That gives Carina a total of about 23 titles in AKC and CKC events! Now she can just relax and enjoy trail rides for a while.

And, never ones to be bored, Linda McSherry and I got to meet and evaluate the puppies for the Corey and Holly litter. Their pictures can be seen at: http://blackthorndalmatians.com/HollyCoreyPups.html.

We couldn't be happier with this litter. Complete trim, dark, dark brown eyes, good hearing numbers, pretty puppies. Thanks Ann for bringing them all the way to New Hampshire and special thanks to Karen Rochin for flying in to see the litter. It was a great visit.

And, anyone interested in doing agility in New Hampshire in the summer this is a great site - at least in my opinion. Indoor sports complex, huge creating area, rings on padded artificial turf and most important Air Conditioned! Thank you Yankee Golden Retriever Club.


http://blackthorndalmatians.com/HollyCoreyPups.html

New Puppy Blog Site

Follow the Holly & Corey puppies at Ann's blog site:

http://mapleleafdals.wordpress.com/

Thetford Mines Canada Shows

Thetford Mines Canada

May 29 & 30th

Patch Mt's Springthyme at Blackthorn, "Spring" an 11 month old puppy bitch owned by Sara Pruyne and bred by myself and Sara earned her Canadian championship title in 3 shows. She went BOB, Group 2, Puppy Group 1 twice on Saturday and once on Sunday to finish her title in two days! Spring's sire is "Corey", Am/Can Ch Blackthorn Coreopisis of Patch MT TDX, RN, NA, NAJ x "Maeve", Am/Can Ch Patch Mt's About Time Am/Can CD, RE, TDX, OA, NAJ, CGC. Spring finished her Canadian championship under Canadian judges Sandy Gelinas, Alan Bennett and Michael Gelinas.

Meanwhile at the same shows her mother "Maeve" earned her Canadian CD title in 3 shows with a two 1st placements and one 2nd place.

Maeve also finished her Canadian championship title on the Sunday afternoon show by going WB and then BOB over a special under judge John Rowton. She had only needed a single point to finish.

We love going to these shows because although they are nearly 5 hours away you can do 4 shows in 2 days and the trip takes you through some of the most beautiful parts of Maine. Unfortunately it required driving home after dark in a very remote mountainous area where there is no cell phone reception and you can regularly count on seeing wildlife. We saw a moose, a bear and a porcupine but arrived home safely.

We couldn't be more proud of this lovely puppy bitch that Corey and Maeve produced. Like her sire she shows at the end of the leash for the exam and never flinches. A real show girl!

Litter Announcement

Mapleleaf Dalmatians (Ann and Mac Smith) and Blackthorn Dalmatians are pleased to announce the arrival of 8 puppies. 6 boys, 2 girls, no patches, all black spotted. This litter is futurity nominated and should have some very nice pups with great working potential. Mom and pups all doing great.

Parents are:

Sire: Am/Can CH Blackthorn Corepois of Patch MT TDX RN NA NAJ CGC CAN TDX, ( CH Ozzie x CH CT Carina ...) CHIC 40120

Dam: CH Sunrunner Mapleleaf Ode to Joy RN CGC (CH Andy x CH Joy) CHIC 62099


Ann's website is: mapleleafdals.com

Hopefully pictures soon.

Holly is Expecting!

Holly is most definitely "in a family way". Puppies due about May 28th. Because Corey does not carry the liver gene all puppies will be black spotted. All puppy inquiries should go directly to Anne.

Tracking Successes

Wow - what a great weekend. Linda and I made the trip to Danby Vermont for the Tracking Club of Vermont's combined TD/TDX test. Here's Linda's write-up.

Today at Tracking Club of Vermont in Danby Vermont

Judges were Ilene Morgan and Doris Viguers

TD results 4 passses out of 7 tracks

Dalmatian, "Lucy" Patch Mt's Legend In Time (Ch Blackthorn Lucas' Legend RE, CGC, TDI x Ch Patch Mt's About Time CD, RE, OA, NAJ, CGC, VCD1, CPC, TDX) earned her Tracking Dog Title on her first try. Lucy had to run her track last because she came into heat two days before the trial. She worked her track perfectly and took just 5 minutes to finish her track and did a wonderful article indication at the end of her track. This was her first attempt. An Australian Shepard, a Golden Retriever and an Englis Cocker also passed the TD test.

TDX results: judges Ray Desmaris & Stephanie Crawford

Entry of 6 with 2 passes

Dalmatian, "Maeve" Ch Patch Mt's About Time CD, RE, OA, NAJ, CGC, VCD1, CPC (Ch Aberdeen's Sawyer Brown x Ch Paisley Patch Mt's Amazing Grace Am/Can CD, NA, RD, CGC)earned her TDX. Maeve did an awesome job. She gave perfect article indciations and had to cross a ditch full of rocks and brambles, 3 hedgerows and a road before finishing her 865 yard track in 13 minutes. A Labrador Retriever was the only other dog to pass the TDX test.

I felt very fortuante to get into both the TD and the TDX test and even more fortunate that my mother/daughter team both pulled it off and we came home happy with two new titles. I think everyone was impressed to see how well Dalmatians can track.

We're Expecting!

We are pleased to announce that Miss Holly, Ch. SunRunner Mapleaf Ode to Joy CGC RN, has been bred to Corey and is expecting puppies. The litter is due the end of May. All puppies will be Black spotted. Both parents have had all their health clearances - CHIC numbers available at our websites.

www.mapleleaddals.com

or

www.blackthorndalmatians.com

Stay tuned for more information