March 3, 2007 -- Purina Farms, Gray Summit MO -- Cheli earns the third leg to complete her Herding Started A Course sheep (HSAs) title. This title now makes her a Champion Excellent (CHX)
February 23, 24 & 25, 2007 -- International Kennel Club, Chichago IL -- Tess finishes her RA with 2 legs. Wager finishes his RN with two legs and Win earns her second leg toward her RN. On Friday Wager goes RWD in conformation and Win wins the Bred By Class.
February 18, 2007 -- Janesville, WI -- At the Lakeland Obedience Trial, Tess earns her first Rally Advanced (RA) leg. Win and Wager both earn Rally Novice (RN) legs.
December 18, 2006 -- Tess earns her third leg towards her U-CD.
November 19, 2006 -- Pottstown IL -- At the Kickapoo Kreek K9 Klub UKC trial Tess earns 2 U-CD legs and Cheli earns 1 U-CDX leg
November 12, 2006 -- Rockton IL -- Win earns leg #3 to finish her HSAd title and gets 2nd place.
October 29, 2006 -- Genoa City WI -- Tess finishes her HTD-IIs title and Win earns her HTD-Is title at the Magic's Legacy AHBA trial under Judge Shannon Wolfe
October 16 - 22, 2006 Gray Summit MO -- At the BCSA National Specialty, Cheli earns 2 legs on the Started A course. She also places 2nd in the Veterans class and wins her Sweepstakes class.
Tess placed 2nd in the Herding Titled Bitch class and Wager earned third place in American Bred.
Win followed in her mom's footprints and was Best Opposite Sex at the Performance Titled Match
Chance finished her CD and PT at the Specialty making her eligible for the VCD1 as well as BCSA's V award. She also earned her second RE leg.
October 1, 2006 Freeport IL Wager goes BOW for his THIRD major making it a total of 10 points.
September 17, 2006 --Hampshire IL -- At the Briard Club of America's National Specialty, Tess earned her first leg on the Advanced A course. She even earned a fifth place!
September 9 & 10, 2006 -- Hampshire IL -- At the Great Lakes Belgian Tervuren Herding Trial Win earns her 2nd A course Started Duck (HSAd) leg with a 3rd place. Tess earns her 2nd AND 3rd legs toward her A course Intermediate Sheep title with 5th and 3rd placements.
August 20, 2006 -- Muncie, IN -- Wager goes BOW for his SECOND major. He now has 6 points. Win was RWB, both were in the Bred By Exhibitor class.
June 25, 2006 -- Genoa City, WI -- Tess earns her first HTD-IIs leg at the AHBA trial. Win earns her first HTD-Is leg complete with a 3rd place.
June 16, 2006 Belvidere IL -- Trigger finished his NA and earned his first OAJ leg at the West Highland White Terrier Club agility trial.
May 20, 2006 Menomonee Falls, WI -- Trigger earned his NAJ at the K9 agility trial
May 13 & 14, 2006 Rock Island IL -- Wager goes BOW for his first points -- a 3 point major! Tess also earns her second AXJ leg both at the Scott County KC shows. Cheli also took a turn around the breed ring earning Best Veteran and a Veteran Group 4. On Saturday, Wager was Best Puppy and took a Puppy group 4.
May 5, 2006 Crystal Lake IL -- Cheli earns her first AX leg with a 2nd place at the Northwest Obedience Club's agility trial
April 8 & 9 DeKalb, IL -- Chasin earns 1 point on Saturday and 2 more on Sunday to finish his CH! Making him the FIRST Czechmate CH.
March 25 Dubuque IA -- Chasin earns his THIRD major for 3 more points. He now only needs 2 more to finish.
March 5 West Allis, WI -- Win goes Winner's Bitch for her first 2 CH points at the Wisconsin Kennel Club show
February 25 International Kennel Club -- Chicago IL -- Tess earns her 3rd RN leg finishing her RN title.
December 31 & January 1 Georgia All Breed Herding Club AKC trial in Watkinsville GA -- Win finishes her HSAs with 2 qualifying scores.
November 13 Northern IL Stock Dog Club herding trial -- Tess earns her first Intermediate Sheep leg on the A course, placing second. Win earns her first Started A legs on sheep AND ducks, earning a first place on ducks.
October 11 & 12 Gray Summit MO -- Tess earns her first two Started legs on the B Course at the Border Collie National Specialty
October 7 & 8 Cambridge WI -- Cheli earns legs 2 & 3 to finish her AXJ placing 2nd for both legs
September 25 Plymouth WI -- Chasin goes WD for his second major -- a 4 pointer which brings him to 10 points. He also earns his Rally Novice title. Celt earns his final leg for his Rally Novice title and Tess earns her second RN leg.
September 3 Chasin goes WD in Amana IA for another 2 CH points. Chasin now has 6 CH points total.
August 10 Tess' puppies went for their CERF exams -- all passed. They also went for their first shots and got microchipped.
August Chance finished her Rally Novice title.
August 2 Tess' puppies went for their BAER testing and all passed with flying colors
July 10 & 11 Greater DeKalb KC, Cheli earned her 2nd and 3rd Rally Novice legs to finish her RN title. Celt earned his 1st and 2nd Rally Novice legs -- beating Cheli one day and tying her score the second. Chasin also earned his first Rally Novice leg from the Novice A class.
July 10 Emmy earned her first CH point by going BOS over a special!
May 26 Tess went for an ultrasound and we could see FIVE puppies! They are due about June 25. For more information about the Tess X Racer puppies, go to the puppies page.
May 15 I got a letter in the mail from AKC . . . WB at the show in Fon du Lac on April 23 was disallowed moving Tess up to WB for 2 points!!
May 14 & 15 Czechmate Dog Sports NADAC trial: Tess earned her NJC with 2 first place runs. She also earned her 3rd Novice Tunnelers leg to finish her TN-N and her first Open Tunnelers leg. Cheli earned 2 Open Regular legs with 2 first places and also her 3rd Novice Tunnelers leg. She placed 2nd to Tess on this run. Cheli earned her first Open Tunnelers leg too. And Mr Celt earned his first Novice Tunnelers leg and first place!!
May 6 Chasin earned another point in the breed ring at the Badger KC show in Madison.
April 30 & May 1 At the Collie Club of Southern WI herding trial in Genoa City WI
Win earned her PT and Tess finished her HSAd. Celt also earned his first HSAd leg, both with placements.
April 22 Tess was bred to Racer, puppies will be due around June 25 (we hope!!)
April 3 DeWitt IA- At the Clinton KC show, Chasin goes BOW for a 3 point major! Tess is RWB.
March 1: Premiums for the NADAC trial May 14 & 15 are available!
February 27: Johnny went to his new home in Justice IL. He's now called Lazer
February 25, Blackhawk KC, Chicago: Tess finished her NA and earned her first AXJ leg. She and Cheli both earned their first Rally Novice legs.
February 6: Emmy travelled to NY to meet her new mom, Laura.
January 28, Oshkosh KC, WI: Cheli earned her first AXJ leg
January 20, Wisconsin KC, Milwaukee, WI: Tess goes Reserve WB. Her son Chasin' is Reserve WD.
January 4 Jake went to his new home in Eagle WI, he is now called Trigger.