Lilly places 2nd in a competitive 6-9 class at ASC.
The puppies are getting big and some are going home with their new families. We made our choices and decide to keep a boy and a girl for our future hopefuls.
Vandal in her 1st time back in th agility ring after whelping her puppies earns an Open JWW leg at the Altoona Area KC Trial.
February 2007
Lilly does some showing to practice for Spring.
All of the puppies go to their new homes, we are excited about 2 potential agility prospects in great homes.
Our Spice takes a Puppy Group 4 in her 1st conformation match.
March/April 2007
Snooker and Vandal continue to compete in agility, and Lilly does some conformation shows.
We decide Chaser is our keeper from Vandal's litter .
May 2007
Snooker earns his NF (Novice Fast) title w/ all placements.
Vandal earns 2 legs towards her NF w/ placements and her 1st AX leg w/ a 1st place.
Chase wins a Puppy Sporting Group 1 at his 1st match at the
Lackawanna KC.
Vandal finishes her NF (Novice Fast) title at the TBAC trial.
June 2007
June has been a great month. We start the month at the Wrightown shows w/ Chase earning 2 pts towards his Championship at his 1st show, and on to a Puppy Group 4 and a Group 1!
The following weekend at the SOJAC agility trial both Vandal and Snooker earn a Open Fast leg. Snooker earns a Std leg, and Vandal earns a Open JWW Leg w/ a 1st place.
Vandal finishes up the month earning her Open JWW title w/ a first place!!
July 2007
The month starts with Snooker earning a Double Q at the Syracuse Trials Yahoo!
Chase picks uo another point at the Nita-Nee KC Show.
Then the following weekend he picks u 3 more points at the Lackawanna KC show.
August 2007
We attend more breed shows and Chase ends the month winning Back to Back Majors at the Mid-Susquehanna KC dog show in Middleburg Pa. He went WD and BOW each day to now give him a total of 12 points including both Majors. He needs just 3 singles to become our 1st home bred CHAMPION. This is very special since he was also from our very first litter here.
September 2007
The beginning of the month starts off great, Lilly wins 2 points at the Altoona KC show shown by Jessica Brickett. That same weekend I attend the TBAC agility trial and Snooker wins 2nd place in Exc JWW.
The following weekend at the Lehigh KC show, I show Chase and Lilly myself, Lilly wins 2 points and Chase 1 point by going BOW under judge Polly Smith, Chase now needs 1 single point to become Catch Me's 1st homebred Champion and Lilly is off w/ 4 points now!
Snooker and Vandal each earn another Open Fast leg at the Lancaster trial.
October 2007
Snooker completes his Open fast title at the Williamsport DTC trial w/ a 1st place.
Chase becomes Catch Me's 1st home bred CH finishing at the Harvest Cluster in Augusta NJ under judge Dr Anthony DiNardo, Breeder Owner Handled all the way from start to finish.
Vandal wins another AX leg w/ a 1st place at The Dauphin DTC trial.
And in her debut Layla earns a Novice JWW at the same trial also w/ a 1st place.
November 2007
We attend some breed shows and agility trials at the beginning of the month, and then take a much needed break for the rest of the month.
We also celebrate Chase's 1st Birthday!!
And receive great news..Layla's OFA results come back EXCELLENT!!!
December 2007
Layla earns her 2nd NAJ leg w/ a 2nd place!
1st Place
2008
January 2008
The big news is we decide to breed our Vandal one more time. She was bred to CH Ka-Ron N Barkin Come Fly With Me "Frankie" owned by Carol Kuhlman of Windstar Cockers.
Snooker also starts the year out great earning a Double Q at his 1st trial of the year, in fact he Q'd 3 out of 4 runs at the Williamsport DTC trial, all w/ placements!
February 2008
Ultrasound confirms Vandal is indeed expecting puppies, we are very excited and should expect them around Easter.
Chase and Lilly both begin agility training, and we attend a lot of training lessons and some great seminars, including Rachal Sanders and Linda Mecklenburg. Great way to beat the Winter Blues!
March 2008
In her first Spring trial Layla completes her NAJ title w/ a 2nd place.
Lilly picks up 3 more points towards her Championship under the expert hands of Jessica Brickett.
And then another 2 points her next time out with Jessica, Lilly is now singled out and will be looking for her Majors.
On 3-26-08 Vandal presented us with 6 beautiful babies
1 B/W boy, 1 Brown Tri Boy, 3 R/W boys and 1 R/W girl.
Momma and babies are doing fine.
April 2008
Layla earns her 1st NA leg and 2 OAJ legs all w/ placements at the Dauphin DTC agility trial. Then at the SOTC trial finished her OAJ title and earned another NA leg.
Our puppies continue to grow and we are enjoying then more and more each day!
May 2008
We take the month off of showing to spend time w/ the puppies. 4 left for their new homes over Memorial Day weekend. We decide to hold onto Posh and Chevy (Ozzy) a little while longer to see if they mature into show prospects.
Our Lilly wins a Major at the New Castle shows with our terrific handler Jessica Brickett. Only one more to go!
June 2008
At the WDTC trial Snooker earns a MX leg and his 1st Exc Fast leg!
The same day in Harrisonburg Va our Lilly finishes her CH expertly handled by Jessica Brickett.
We also make the decision to keep Chevy as our pick puppy.
The next weekend we try USDAA for the 1st time and Snooker earns a STD, Jumpers, and Gamblers leg all w/ placements....now we are hooked!
On June 29th Layla earns a 1st place, her Novice Std title and her 1st AXJ leg! WTG Layla and a great way to end a terrific month!
July 2008
We spend some time at home since the weather has been hot and do quite a bit of aility training.
We attend one trial only this month, Snooker earns 2 MX legs and more MACH points and Layla gets her 1st Open Std leg!
August 2008
Snooker tries out the obedience rings and earns 2 Qualifying legs towards his RN title, both with placements.
September 2008
We start the month out right! Vandal finishes her AX title with a 1st place and Layla earns her 2nd Open STD leg with a 2nd place at the TBAC trial on 9-7-08.
On 9-11-08 Snooker completes his RN (Rally Novice) title.
And on 9-20-08 Chevy, in his 1st match wins a Puppy Sporting Group 1!! This is turning out to be a good month!
Then on 9-25-08 Layla finished her OA title and the next day erans her 1st AX leg, and Snooker earns his 2nd XF leg all w/ placements.
October 2008
Layla finishes her AXJ title w/ a 1st place!
In his agility debut Chase earns his 1st NA leg w/ a 1st place and his 1st NAJ leg w/ a 2nd place, at the same trial his brother Nitro owned by Sue Hartman earns his 2nd NAJ leg w/ a 1st place!
And Momma Vandal earns her 1st MX leg.
The next weekend Chase does it again earning his 2nd NA and NAJ leg both w/ 1st places. GO CHASE!!!!!
Then in the rain at the Dauphin DTC trial Chase finished his NAJ title!! We pulled from the STD class due to the weather. Snooker also earned 2 more MXJ legs and more MACH points. Not a bad month at all.
November 2008
At the Capitol City Cocker Club's agility trial in Va Chaser finished his NA title and goes High Scoring Cocker in Novice B STD and Novice B JWW with 2 1st places.
Snooker also goes High Scoring Cocker in EXC JWW.
We now are taking some time off competition until January.
December 2008
Our only news this month is the exciting repeat breeding of Vandal to Justin, this breeding resulted in our Chase's litter in November 2006. If all goes as planned we should expect puppies late February 2009, watch our Future Litters page for updates.
2007
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January 2009
We attend the WDTC trial and Snooker earns a STD leg and 16 more MACH pts.
February 2009
We attend the Keystone USDAA trial, Snooker earns another Gamblers leg and Chase in his very first USDAA trial earns a Gambler and Jumpers Q! GO Chase.
March 2009
On 3/3 Vandal presented us with a beautiful tri girl, the sire is Justin and this is a repeat of our Chaser. Although a difficult delivery Mom and Baby are both doing well.
We did manage to get away to trial for a weekend while Dad was home puppy sitting. And Layla got her 1st MXJ leg and her first MACH points, and Snooker earned another MXJ leg w/ a 2nd placement.
April 2009
We attended the Dauphin agility trial, and while the weather was less than desirable Chase did manage to earn an Open JWW leg w/ a 2nd place in the pouring rain and standing water. Needless to say a grooming was in order when we returned home.
On April 27th Chase and I attend the CRC trial and Chase makes a clean sweep, 1st place Open JWW, 1st place Open Std and 1st Place Novice Fast! What a good day!
May 2009
We attend the MNDTC agility trial. Layla earns 2 AX legs, both w/ 1st places and finishes her AX title, she also earns her 2nd MXJ leg.
Chaser finishes his Open JWW title w/ a 2nd place, also earns his 2nd Open Std leg w/ a 1st place and his 2nd Novice Fast leg w/ a 1st place.
Snooker wins the 16" EXC JWW class on Sunday! A great weekend and our 1st camping trip of the season.
At the TBAC trial our Layla wins back to back DOUBLE Q's towards her MACH.
We were thrilled as this was Layla's 1st time in both B classes which made her it her 1st time eligible to earn double Q's, WTG Layla!
Not be be outdone by Layla, At the Nita-Nee trial Chaser finishes his Open Std title, Novice Fast title and tops the weekend off getting his 1st Excellent Jumpers leg! All w/ placement! Now all the kids are competeing at the Excellent or Masters level! Makes things easier for me :) !
June 2009
The Month starts off great. At the Williamsport DTC agility trial Layla earns 2 more MXJ legs and MACH points. Chase earns 2 AXJ legs w/ 1st places and gets his AXJ title. Snooker wins the 16" JWW class. And Lilly takes the Canine Good Citizens test and passes earning her CGC title! WHAT A WEEKEND!
The next weekend we attend a USDAA trial, the NE Regionals none the less.
Snooker earns another Starters Jumper and Gambler leg and finished his Starters Gambler title, his and MY 1st USDAA title!!
Chase also goes 3 for 3 and gets a Starters STD, Jumpers and Gambler leg. Both boys got all placements and sure made me proud!
And the month ends w/ a bang as Snooker wins a Double Q at the Poodle Club trial.
Chase also picks up his 1st MXJ leg!
July 2009
At the SOJAC trial Chase picks up 2 more MXJ legs and his 1st time in Open Fast, he wins his class!! WTG Chase!
Layla picks up another MXJ leg, she is up tp 7...3 more to go!
Snooker and I try Rally and his 1st time in Rally Advanced he earns his 1st leg towards his Rally Advanced (RA) title.
August 2009
At the Monticello KC agility trial Chaser wins the class and gets his 1st AX leg, and also his 4th MXJ leg!
The following weekend we attend a USDAA trial and Chaser earns 2 STD legs to complete his SSA title. He also earned his final leg for his SJ title, and also won his 1st Pairs leg! At the same trial Snooker also finishes his SJ title, earns another SSA leg and his 1st Pairs leg too! What a great weekend!
Snooker wins a MXJ leg at the Berks trial w/ a 2nd place.
September 2009
Vandal in her debut back in agility in nearly a year finishes her Open fast title w/ a 2nd place!
Layla wins another MX leg, a 1st place in the rain, mud and standing water!
Posh also steps foot in the conformation ring for the 1st time at just 6 months old and winss Reserve WB.
October 2009
Layla wins another MX leg and more MACH pts!
We receive Chaser's OFA results and they came back EXCELLENT!!
Chaser wins another MXJ leg w/ a 1st place at the Dauphin DTC trial on Friday 23rd.
Posh wins her 1st breed point on October 30th at the Bald Eagle KC show, and goes reserve the next day. We have a lot to work on but are confident she can do it!
November 2009
At the GSNEC trial in NJ Layla earns back to back Double Q's towards her MACH!!
YAY LAYLA!! Chase also earns another MXJ leg!
Only 1 more trial left for this year.
And she does it again at the English Springer trial finishing her MXJ title in style with another Double Q!
January 2010
At The Altoona Trial Chase earns his 2nd AX leg.
Posh wins Best Puppy In Match at Schooly Mtn KC!
At WDTC Chase wins his 2nd OF leg.
February 2010
At the Dream Weavers USDAA trial Chase picks up an Advanced Std and Advanced Jumpers Q!!! WTG Chase!
March 2010
We attend a few trials and Layla gets a few more Jumpers legs.
April 2010
Chase has an awesome weekend at DDTC trial, he finished his AX and OF titles and earns his 8th and 9th MXJ legs!!
Lilly in her debut wins her 1st NAJ leg w/ a 2nd place!!
And Snooker after months of not training/trialing wins a Jumpers Q and almost a QQ, darn Dogwalk contact LOL!
May 2010
We take most of May off of agility.
Posh leaves for a few weekends to be shown by her handler Jessica Brickett and her 1st weekend out picks up 2 points toward her Championship. GO POSHIE POOH BEAR!
The next weekend Posh gets back to back Majors!
June 2010
Posh picks up another 2 points before coming home for a few weekends.
Chase finishes his MXJ title!
Lilly wins her 1st NA leg and her 2nd NAJ leg, with placements.
Posh picks up another point, she now only needs 3 single points to become our next Champion!
July 2010
We attend the Summer Cocker National in Richmond. We ran agility with most of our dogs, we picked up several Q's, but with the heat and humidity decided just to enjoy ourselves, we had a great time seeing all the beautiful and talented Cockers.
July 18th Chase gets his 1st QQ towards his MACH and even a 4th place in Std.
Lilly earns her NAJ title and her 2nd NA leg, with placements..GO LILLY PAD!
