New Puppy

We have a new furry face here at home.

This week little Meme arrived from Edmonton. She is Picasso's Diamond Jubilee and she is another Amore kid as well as coming from the same line as Butter on her mom's side.

Meme is coming up on 7 months old, and went to her first show with breeder Karin Daehn in Edmonton before she came home to us. She won Best of Breed over Specials her first day out, and Winners Bitch her second day out and is now pointed towards her Canadian Championship.

Meme will be travelling with us and Glory next week to the shows in Abbotsford.

Show News

Two of our kids had a great weekend out. Brother and sister, Sunny and Glory were out at shows this weekend with Handlers.

Sunny is showing in Washington with Kristie Wheeler. He took Best of Winners both days at Richland WA, for his first 4 single points towards his American Title.

Glory went to Chilliwack with our friend Cheryl, and picked up 3 single points taking Best of Breed all 3 days. She now has 6 single points towards her Canadian Title.

Now we need to find a bit more competition to get those "majors"

Puppies

Phoebe's girls at 6 weeks old.

Sire is Neddie (CH HiLeigh Ready'RNot Here I Come)

New Champion!

Little Sunny finished his Canadian Championship this past weekend in Winnipeg, Manitoba at the Manitoba Kennel Club shows and the Prairie Toy Association Specialty. He won Best of Winners and Best Puppy at the Specialty, and then repeated these wins at the regular shows and followed it up with a cut (of 2!) in Puppy Group.

He will show as a Special with Tobi-Dawne at their home show in Saskatoon the first weekend in September then look for him in the US this fall with handler Kristi Wheeler.

Thanks millions to Tobi-Dawne for giving Sunny such great love and showing him to his Candian Title. You've done so so well with the little guy!

To All Fellow Members of the CKC

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

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!

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.