If you are a Member of the CKC you probably know of the notice sent to Members that the Official Section will no longer be a publication that is mailed out to CKC members, but will only be available online, due to costs that have arisen because of changes in Canada Post mailing guidlines. This change in pulication has given the CKC, Apex Publishing, and the Members of the CKC the opportunity to rethink how this pulication is handled.
The other CKC publication, Dogs in Canada, has evolved in recent years, and now it is focused on educating the general public about Purebred Dogs, Dog Sports and the CKC in general. As Breeder and Exhibitors many Members wish that we had a CKC publication that served us, the Breeder Members.
With the changes to the Official Section as a print publication, now appears to be the best time to take these sentiments to the next level.
If Breeder Members were allowed to advertise in the Official Section, then print publication, mailing, and additional breeder-related articles could be very viable, if covered by the advertising fees. There are many other publications on the market with similar circulation that are majority or wholly supported by advertiser dollars. Recently, I have had some insight into the direction that Apex Publishing will be taking to decide the future of the Official Section.
The good news is that it sounds like neither Apex nor the CKC is going to let the Official Section fade away. I've spoken with Ann McDonagh, Publisher at Apex, and Dwain McLean, our Chair of the CKC Board of Directors, and understand that in the next few weeks Apex will be sending out a survey to members to get feedback on what direction to take for 2010. I am currently trying to find out how much input we can have into the content of that survey.
The Official Section is up for discussion for the Septemeber meeting of the Board of Directors, and a decision needs to be made for the 2010 budget for December.
What I think needs to happen is that Members who would like to see a publication with Breeder Member supporting content need to make their voices heard as a group. Also, it is very important that our message stay united and clear.
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My points to Ms McDonagh and Mr McLean were:
Breeder Members would like to see the Official Section expanded to include
1) articles specifically focused on our needs
2) breeder advertising
3) show/event results
And most importantly many of us are willing to pay for advertising, and even a bit more for the publication itself to see our goals met.
And we would like the opportunity to see these options appear in the upcoming survey.
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So, please if this of interest to you please back me up and email to Dwaine McLean (mcleande@nbnet. nb.ca) and Ann McDonagh (amcdonagh@dogsincan ada.com) with CC to Joe Mauro (jmauro@ckc.ca) (President of Apex)
Thanks everyone
Emilie Flynn
HiLeigh Chihuahuas
Friday, July 24, 2009
Friday, July 10, 2009
New Puppies
Phoebe delivered 3 baby girls yesterday morning. All are white/cream like momma, and were 5.5, 4.5, and 5.2 oz at birth.
Today everyone is well, and the girls are very robust!
Monday, July 6, 2009
New Champion
Neddie (now Can CH HiLeigh Ready'RNot Here I Come) finished is Championship this weekend taking Best of Breed Friday and Saturday to finish his Championship. Yay!
Neddie is my first bred-by Champion and the first show dog I trained myself :) He is his mother Butter's 3rd Champion.
I also took Neddie and Jeep to the eye clinic. The CERF tests went well. They both cleared Normal. The are also both OFA certified Normal for patellas now too.
Neddie is my first bred-by Champion and the first show dog I trained myself :) He is his mother Butter's 3rd Champion.
I also took Neddie and Jeep to the eye clinic. The CERF tests went well. They both cleared Normal. The are also both OFA certified Normal for patellas now too.
Monday, June 22, 2009
Weekend Shows
Well we had an interesting weekend on the Island. Big entires, and lots of fun visiting! The girls did a fabulous job on the Specialty, and really got the numbers and entries up! We started at 1PM and ran through to 7PM when they finally got done with Brood, Stud, Brace, etc. The total Chihuahua entry for the Specialty was 29.
Sunny unfortunately did not travel well, and was skittish and distracted. It was his first outdoor show, and a big show for him too. So unfortunately, Sunny did not pick up any points this weekend, though he did improve by Sunday, and was showing much better. The boy that took WD friday and saturday, is a DewDrops puppy, out of her Belle Shoals dog. He was with a handler and is sold to Russia. Neddie took Reserve 2 shows and Winners this morning for 2 points. He's now on 9 points.
Glory showed pretty well, but like her brother, did not get any points. Gerri Shurb with Picasso Wisherwoods Moxie and Angie Lamberton with Cookie, a 2 year old CH Jenstar's Odd Man Out daughter took the points. He is also sire to Crash, Am/Can BISS CH Hilcroft's Legacy in Red (#1 LC 2006/2007)
Gerri Finished Moxie for Jean Westwood and Angie finished Flowers Opal Anne for my friend Stephanie. The Dewdrops boy picked up a few points, as did Gerri with Jean's Shortcoat Wisherwoods Play It Again, Sammy. There was alos a Zuran pedigree'd LC male there. He picked up a couple points too.
The dogs find the judge Mr Kereluke intimidating, and if a dog does not want to stand nice for examination, he excuses them. He excused a junior puppy and the Misty Meadows special (who tried to bite him!) and then went on to withhold Winners Dog Longcoat... I remember I actually read an article referring to him as the "Great Withholder" LOL so I guess we can't feel too bad, as apparently he does it to everyone! However, Ned and Glory didn't fare too badly, and I did get Glory settled after she tried to scurry back into my arms after taking one look at him!
Neddie actually showed well this weekend, and if it were not for the infectious temperment of the DewDrops puppy, would have finished for sure. The Specialty Judge, Mr Hill, sure gave him a good chance, 3 down and back, twice on the table. He is very gentle. This judge hung in there for all 6 hours of that show! Must have been exhausted. Best in Specialty went to Joy Henderson and her Toy Manchester, and Crash took #4 behind the Havanese Mistytrails Cruise Control and a Papillon. Best of Breed SC went to Joyce Skjeie with CH Sandman Miss Kitty.
Even with no wins, it was sure a great afternoon, and lots of fun to watch. I enjoyed all the non-regular class entries. One Brood Bitch entry, had two Junior Puppies with two young Junior Handlers.... it was very cute as the puppies stopped halfway round to visit and the girls could not get them going again...
Angie finished Opal Anne Saturday, and Sunday she moved her up to Specials She pulled Rudy, Ch Calmont's Halo Gorgeous (#1 SC 2008) who was being a fart! Opal took Breed over Miss Kitty and Nicole Simpson's Special bitch. So that was a super win for her last day. Neddie took Best of Opposite to her. I couln't keep him under control in the Breed competition as he knows Opal from being with Steph to breed her mother, and really really wanted to play with her. So I let him play with Sammy, which was funny as Sammy is 3lbs if she's lucky, so he's almost twice her size LOL
It was a fun weekend. Super busy, and all early morning ringtimes, so I am pretty tired. Tobi-Dawne flies back today (Monday). She brought her camera and we both took lots of photos so hopefully in the next bit we can get them sorted through.
I admit, I was expecting to go into this weekend, maybe getting a point or two on Glory, thought we had a good chance to finish Sunny, and really just brought Neddie along because I was there. Afteer him losing to the open dogs, and knowing how he had shown in Victoria, I thought he would not do anything! shows you what I know.
Sunny unfortunately did not travel well, and was skittish and distracted. It was his first outdoor show, and a big show for him too. So unfortunately, Sunny did not pick up any points this weekend, though he did improve by Sunday, and was showing much better. The boy that took WD friday and saturday, is a DewDrops puppy, out of her Belle Shoals dog. He was with a handler and is sold to Russia. Neddie took Reserve 2 shows and Winners this morning for 2 points. He's now on 9 points.
Glory showed pretty well, but like her brother, did not get any points. Gerri Shurb with Picasso Wisherwoods Moxie and Angie Lamberton with Cookie, a 2 year old CH Jenstar's Odd Man Out daughter took the points. He is also sire to Crash, Am/Can BISS CH Hilcroft's Legacy in Red (#1 LC 2006/2007)
Gerri Finished Moxie for Jean Westwood and Angie finished Flowers Opal Anne for my friend Stephanie. The Dewdrops boy picked up a few points, as did Gerri with Jean's Shortcoat Wisherwoods Play It Again, Sammy. There was alos a Zuran pedigree'd LC male there. He picked up a couple points too.
The dogs find the judge Mr Kereluke intimidating, and if a dog does not want to stand nice for examination, he excuses them. He excused a junior puppy and the Misty Meadows special (who tried to bite him!) and then went on to withhold Winners Dog Longcoat... I remember I actually read an article referring to him as the "Great Withholder" LOL so I guess we can't feel too bad, as apparently he does it to everyone! However, Ned and Glory didn't fare too badly, and I did get Glory settled after she tried to scurry back into my arms after taking one look at him!
Neddie actually showed well this weekend, and if it were not for the infectious temperment of the DewDrops puppy, would have finished for sure. The Specialty Judge, Mr Hill, sure gave him a good chance, 3 down and back, twice on the table. He is very gentle. This judge hung in there for all 6 hours of that show! Must have been exhausted. Best in Specialty went to Joy Henderson and her Toy Manchester, and Crash took #4 behind the Havanese Mistytrails Cruise Control and a Papillon. Best of Breed SC went to Joyce Skjeie with CH Sandman Miss Kitty.
Even with no wins, it was sure a great afternoon, and lots of fun to watch. I enjoyed all the non-regular class entries. One Brood Bitch entry, had two Junior Puppies with two young Junior Handlers.... it was very cute as the puppies stopped halfway round to visit and the girls could not get them going again...
Angie finished Opal Anne Saturday, and Sunday she moved her up to Specials She pulled Rudy, Ch Calmont's Halo Gorgeous (#1 SC 2008) who was being a fart! Opal took Breed over Miss Kitty and Nicole Simpson's Special bitch. So that was a super win for her last day. Neddie took Best of Opposite to her. I couln't keep him under control in the Breed competition as he knows Opal from being with Steph to breed her mother, and really really wanted to play with her. So I let him play with Sammy, which was funny as Sammy is 3lbs if she's lucky, so he's almost twice her size LOL
It was a fun weekend. Super busy, and all early morning ringtimes, so I am pretty tired. Tobi-Dawne flies back today (Monday). She brought her camera and we both took lots of photos so hopefully in the next bit we can get them sorted through.
I admit, I was expecting to go into this weekend, maybe getting a point or two on Glory, thought we had a good chance to finish Sunny, and really just brought Neddie along because I was there. Afteer him losing to the open dogs, and knowing how he had shown in Victoria, I thought he would not do anything! shows you what I know.
Thursday, June 11, 2009
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
VIDFA Show Results
We got back late Sunday night from Sat-Sun Shows in Victoria. It was a great visit! I do miss all the girls on the Island :)
Saturday was Glory's first show, of course. She had a little freak out on the table exam, so that set the tone for Ned's performance as I kind of lost my composure, so Saturday was a write off ... LOL
Sunday, a friend helped me go over Glory ringside. Glory thought she was pretty cool, and did very well on the table (right solid, no squirms at all) and took Winners over for her first point. The LC specials bitch took breed. Neddie showed well (I thought!) but still did not take Winners. Then at group both the chihuahuas took group placements, so it was really nice to see both chi's place in group!
Saturday was Glory's first show, of course. She had a little freak out on the table exam, so that set the tone for Ned's performance as I kind of lost my composure, so Saturday was a write off ... LOL
Sunday, a friend helped me go over Glory ringside. Glory thought she was pretty cool, and did very well on the table (right solid, no squirms at all) and took Winners over for her first point. The LC specials bitch took breed. Neddie showed well (I thought!) but still did not take Winners. Then at group both the chihuahuas took group placements, so it was really nice to see both chi's place in group!
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Update
Just an update on Karin's results:
She finished all 3 of her Longcoats in Fort St John, including a terrific Group 3 placement for her girl Diva.
Diva is a full sister to my Kailey. Kailey has 3 older siblings all excelling in the conformation ring. CH Kelly finished in Canada and is now showing in Europe, CH Diva finished with her Group 3 win, and Boris is showing in South Korea, and has multiple group placements and one RBIS win.
She finished all 3 of her Longcoats in Fort St John, including a terrific Group 3 placement for her girl Diva.
Diva is a full sister to my Kailey. Kailey has 3 older siblings all excelling in the conformation ring. CH Kelly finished in Canada and is now showing in Europe, CH Diva finished with her Group 3 win, and Boris is showing in South Korea, and has multiple group placements and one RBIS win.
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