The much needed update...

So much has gone on, and life has been so hectic for the past year! Its going to be hard to give it all proper credit.....

The Army never ceases to suprise us with new ways to make life difficult, and that accounts for a lot of the stress and hectic-ness in our lives.

Maui has continued to be an awesome show dog. She has placed in some competitive Veterans groups at local shows, and continues to be a great Juniors dog for Melissa, as well as the resident spoiled-rotten Queen of Grandiose. At just shy of 8 years old, she passed her CERF test with flying colors, something we are quite proud of. She will have her Thyroid tested in May, and will then be eligible for her CHIC number.

We finished Louie's AKC Championship on July 3rd, 2010. Hes been pretty much just hanging out since then. He has a few points towards his Grand Championship, but I do not think it is something we plan to pursue with him. Revelations regarding the health of his pedigree have come to light, along with the fact that due to his faults, I have no desire to breed him myself, nor would I allow anyone else to use him as a stud, so it is our intention to have him nuetered this summer. Suprisingly, Brian is in full agreement despite his "I think all the boys should keep their balls" mentality.

Pyro finished his AKC Championship with Jinny Rojas on the other end of the lead back East in the Spring of 2010. He picked up a big 4 point major at the huge Atlanta cluster in April, and finished his Championship requirements with all the singles he needed in the following two weekends. He came home in July, and has just been hanging out wtih us since. I've worked on his obedience training a bit on and off, but life keeps getting in my way, and I need to get him into a class to fine tune everything with both him and I before we start trialing. I am really hoping to get his CGC soon, and looking forward to possibly taking him to a WAE test in the fall.

Juno, who I do not believe I have ever introduced on this blog, came to us in November of 2009 from Penzance and Racecity Pointers. Shes a great little girl, who we love to death, and have had a great time raising for the past year or so. She is singled out in AKC by the loving hands of Melissa Davis, and is just looking for her majors to finish her Championship. We have been looking for stud dogs to take her to, and will complete all her health testing over the summer and fall.

Lorne is our little girl from the Mick X L litter which was mentioned in the blog, but never updated on. She is our pick girl, and we have high hopes for her, based on our history with her breedings. She has 5 points towards her AKC Championship, and we plan to show her sparingly as we do not expect her to be physically mature until approx 4 or 5 years old. She will have her health testing done in the fall/winter and we will work with her from there.

*Whew* Am I done yet? Hopefully not!! I am hoping I can manage to keep this blog updated as time goes on.......we have a busy summer planned, and in a month will be on the road to Pointer Nationals!! We have two great dogs that we are taking along in addition to two of our own that will be tagging along with us. Heres to more updates, in a much more timely manner!!