Show Wins

Good show news from last weekend. Meme picked up her first 4 single points in Utah with Kristie.... :) Good job girls!

New Championship

Sunny completed his Thai Championship this past Sunday nicely with 2 more CC and a Best of Breed win.... Congratulations to Prasit and thank you for handling him so well !

Suuny's Wins in Thailand

We had good news fromt he weekend from Thailand. Sunny's first four shows last weekend went very well with him winning 3 CC's (Challenge Certificate, similar to Winner's Dog), one Reserve Best of Breed (to the #1 SC there) and a Reserve CC. He picked up an amazing 50 of the 60 points he needs for his Thai Championship!

Sunny next shows on August 20th.

Thank you Prasit and good luck! :)

News and New Champion

Glory found her last Major win, going Best of Winners yesterday at the Inland Empire Kennel Club show in Coeur D'Alene Idaho. She is now achieved her Canadian and American Championships!

I am really looking forward to her coming back home, her happy face is missed.

We got to visit last week as we drove down to Spokane to see Kristie and Vern. I left Meme for Kris to show and Cherie stayed so that she can go to her new home, under co-ownership with Carole Paulson of Keepsakes Chihuahuas.

Sunny is off on a grand adventure. He has gone on lease to our new friend in Thailand, Prasit at Maitai Kennels. Prasit will use Sunny at stud this fall and will start showing him in his country as soon as we can get him KCTH registered. We hope that he can both add to Prasit's breeding program and that he can come home next Summer with new titles, Thai and International Championships.

Our house is a little (or a lot) quieter, with Kailey staying home and the puppies Amber (her and Ned's daughter) and Bella (Cherie's sister) staying so far. Bella is looking for a home, and we hope for a good arrangement soon.

ta for now

Show News

The past weeks have gone by quickly.

Meme finished her Canadian Championship this month, being shown by our friend Angie Furtado. She will be heading to the USA to see Kristie soon.

Glory is still looking for her Majors down there. She is up to 11 single points and won her first 3 point Major this week.

Kailey's puppies are grown up very nice. My little tri boy has gone to a wonderful show home, and one of his brothers went to a pet home today.

Construction of our new home has been delayed, so friends will be picking up the furkids that we have with us now, and hopefully that can take some of the pressure off of our little rental house.

More later....

Show News

Glory did very well at the Lewiston Idaho shows last weekend. She was undefeated all four days, and won two Best of Breed wins and two Winners Bitch. She now has 9 single points towards her Amercian Championship.

Birdie was also out at this show and won Reserve Winners Bitch one day.



Sunny and Dove are now home. They are settling in and are quite the little buddies. Sunny will be staying with friends for the next little while. Hopefully to mae baby Sunnys with their little girl that I co-own, Neddie's daughter Sesame.

New Puppies

Kailey delivered 4 puppies by c-section Monday afternoon. 3 boys and 1 girl. 3 are cream/white and one boy is a black tri spotted. Mom and pups are now doing well.



The two cream and white boys wll be available. Both look to be shortcoats.

Phoebe Puppies

Here are Phoebe's girls. Pictures were taken at 6 weeks (last weekend)

Both girls are spoken for.

Show News

Things have been a little quiet, but I new realise I have been neglecting my blog. LOL

For anyone following our Show News Page, you will see that Meme has picked up 3 more single points at the Renaissance KC shows in Chilliwack this month. She is showing with Angie Furtado, who thinks she is quite the little "showing fool" Thanks Angie :)

Glory picked up one more single point towards her American Championship last weekend at the Ephrata-Moses Lake KC shows in Washington.

This was also the first show weekend for Birdie, who is a daughter of CH Neddie and Phoebe from last year. She won 1 point going Winners Bitch and Best of Opposite from the Junior Puppy class.

Glory and Birdie are showing again this weekend in Lewiston Idaho.

Sunny and Birdie's sister Dove will be coming back home from Kristie with my mom as they drive North from Mexico.

Speaking of Phoebe puppies, our current girls are 7 weeks old today (already!) and are doing very well. Also, Kailey is pregnant by CH Neddie with puppies due any day. We had an x-ray done and she is carrying 4 puppies.

New Puppies

Phoebe welcomed two baby girls into the world on Saturday March 6th. Both are white (with cream marking to eventually develop) longcoats.

Their sire is BIS Am/Can CH Jenstars Odd Man Out "Ciscoe"

Mother and both girls are doing very well.

Updates

The first 2 months of 2010 have gone by, with a great deal of unintended excitement in our lives.

On the chihuahua front, I am happy to say that in Portland Oregon, Sunny finished his American Championship with his 4th Major Win. He is now Am/Can Ch HiLeigh's Blazing Sunshine. I am very greatful to Kristie and Vern for loving our little guy and letting him acheive this.

His sister Glory is now showing with Kristie and has taken a few Major Reserves. We are waiting for good news next month (March) at the Seattle shows.

We are expecting a longcoat litter from Phoebe any day. I will post more information when the time comes.

Go Team Canada!

2009 In Reveiw

2009 has been an exciting year for me as a novice breeder and exhibitor. I have reached some of my goals, and made good progress towards others. And none would be without the help of good friends!

This summer I finished my first bred-by Champion, my tricolour shortcoat boy Neddie (Ch HiLeigh ReadyR'Not Here I Come) He was followed in the fall by my second homebred Champion and his younger half-brother, shown by Tobi-Dawne Yandt of Saskatoon, Sunny (Ch HiLeigh's Blazing Sunshine) and 3rd Champion Sunny's littermate sister, my longcoat puppy Glory (Ch HiLeigh's Golden Glory)

I owe a big thanks to friend, trainer and "big dog" breeder Cheryl Ellis for helping me to train and show both Neddie and Glory, and to Tobi-Dawne for loving little Sunny, making him part of her family, and giving him his Canadian title.

Their dam Butter (Am/Can Ch Fandango Lamar Butternut), who is my first Champion, now has a total of 5 Champion progeny, 4 Canadian and 1 American, from 3 litters, and a total of 8 puppies. She is spayed now and is comfy on the couch...

I am happy to say that our little Sunny is not done his winning ways yet, and he is currently showing now in the US with Kristie Wheeler. He has 11 points there, including two 4 Point Majors and two Best of Breed wins. His sister Glory will be joing him there next month, hopefully to do just as well. Kristie has been a huge help for me, always willing with suggestions, advice and support.

This year two puppies joined our family from another good friend and supportive experienced breeder, Karin Daehn. Kailey and Meme are both daughters of Karin's lovely boy Amore and have been an absolute joy to have as part of our family. I know I would not have the opportunities I have had over the past 3 years without the open honestly of this good friend.

I have made good progress toward my goals for health testing and clearances. I have both of my breeding boys, Neddie and Jeep, have tested normal for OFA Patella and Cardiac, and CERF. They will both be entered in the CHIC database. Glory and Kailey both tested normal this month on both OFA exams.

Thank you to all of my friends and fellow breeders for all of your support this year, and we are looking forward to a prosperous New Year.

Sunny's Wins

Sunny has done very well this fall... Thanks very much to Kristie!

He is now on 11 points including both of his Majors. This includes 2 best of breed wins. He was able to pick up both of his Majors at the Clark County shows.

We're very excited for him, and look forward to 2010. His next shows are in Puyallup WA and after that in Portland OR. Glory will be joining him for these shows too, so she can start working on her American title as well.

Here is one of his Major win pictures.

Show News and New Champion!

We got back from 4 days of shows in Abbotsford... It is a nice big indoor show, 3 regular shows and the Chihuahua Specialty. I took Glory and the new girl Meme.

Both girls took reserve at the specialty. Entry was good for Canada ~ about 30 dogs.

Glory did well through the regular shows, picking up two major wins for Winners Bitch and Best of Winners to complete her Canadian Championship!

Meme picked up the one point for Winners on friday. She now has 4 points at 7 months old.

A very good weekend though. Canada's largest dog show, and we came home with a new Champion and lots of good experience for the baby.

Here are a couple pictures my friend took.

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!