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July 2008

Saturday 19th July
Castlewellan Agricultural Society Open Obedience & Agility Show
The weather actually turned out really well, sunburnt faces and heads all round!
Yeshe started his Novice obedience round with some really nice heelwork, but ran out of the ring in his recall over to see the dog in the ring next door- so I took him out!
Chacha won 5th in Novice obedience, her first obedience rosette and on her 3rd birthday!
Kokya broke stays in both his Beginners and his Novice rounds, who knows why!

Agility wise, Chacha and Khizhi were fascinated by the crowds of onlookers and kept going to see them in the middle of their rounds, so we came away with a 6th in Large Grades 1-5, but not clear.
Yeshe won a 2nd in Medium Grades 6 & 7, but not clear, so no agility warrant points!
Kya got in a clear round in Agility, so no rosette, but 2 agility warrant points, so a mixed bag of results all round!
Congratulations to Jen and Doc, who won Small Agility Grades 1-5, Louise & Vinny, who came 4th in Large Agility Grades 3-7, Glenn & Mutley, who did well in all their classes, and especially to Lisa & Brandy who won Large Agility Grades 1-5, and who now move up into grade 5.

Friday 18th July
Briarlow's Carmen's Gundog test
We would all like to congratulate Diane Philipson and Carmen, Chacha's other sister in England, who passed their Grade 1 Gundog test with distinction, scoring 77/80 overall!
Go the Briarlow girls!

Wednesday 16th July
East Of England Championship show, Peterborough
We would all like to congratulate Caroline Johnson and Bri, Chacha's sister in England, who won Limit bitch, RBB and thus qualified for Crufts, well done, love and licks from us both!

Saturday 5th July
City of Belfast DTC Open Obedience & Agility Show, Dundonald
The weather forecast predicted it, and didn't disappoint! A soaking wet morning and early afternoon, I withdrew Yeshe and Khizhi from their obedience class, as I knew they wouldn't perform well in the pouring rain- Chacha however, didn't mind at all, and produced some good work but with people passing close to the ring with dogs etc, she was quite distracted at times, too.
Kya just wouldn't lie down in the pouring rain and wind for his stays in Novice, but did them both in Beginners, so there was something positive for Adrian.
In agility, my day was not too good- 2 eliminations for over-enthusiasm for Chacha, with one round and 10 faults! Yeshe completed all three of his rounds clear, but only one was within the time, the only one he wasn't placed in! (he got a 3rd in Medium Agility Grades 6 & 7, and a 5th in Medium Jumping Grades 1 - 7)
Kya did all three rounds clear, and was in the time for 1 of them, so Adrian was pleased again!
Khizhi ran like a demon, but was eliminated all three times, but I was pleased to see she has her former form recovered after the pups!
Cockle just came along for the ride, but spent most of the day in the car, as it bucketed down!

Glandore member Lousie with Vinnie won a well-deserved 4th in Large Agility Grades 6&7, well done!

June 2008

Saturday 21st June
Swords International Championship Show, Dublin (IKC)
Since we were helping to run the agility show at Shane's Castle, our good friends Wesley and Adeline McCrum (Kaltekhan Tibetan Mastiffs) very kindly offered to take Chacha down to Dublin with them and show her for us. Adeline decided that she would show Chacha, so I dropped her off at 6.15am for the journey down, and raced off home and then to Antrim for the agility show.

Around 9.30am my mobile rang, and Wesley asked me:
"So what is the going rate for a professional handler to take your bitch to her title?"

I was thrilled, Adeline and Chacha, despite the awful weather in Dublin, had won their class, then gone on to win the Green Star, the CACIB and Best of Breed, beating an International Champion bitch over from England!
This makes Chacha an Irish Sh. Champion and qualifies her for Crufts.
She is the first Briarlow's Irish Champion Spanish Water Dog, and FiveNinePlus' first Irish Champion, so a bit of a milestone all round!

Saturday 21st June
Shane's Castle Open Agility show, run by Glandore DTC of Ulster
An early start, as we were running the show, but all in all not too bad, of course I was missing my Chacha, who was in Dublin with our friends, but Khizhi managed two class wins (but due to short course times, no AW points- again!) and Yeshe a couple of rosettes. Kya started off well but got slower during the day...

Sunday 8th June
Castleareagh & District DTC Open Obedience & Agility show
An even earlier start for all of us, this time we attempted to compete at both agility and obedience, and I only missed one class with Khizhi, so we didn't do too badly!
Chacha competed in Novice obedience, and did some lovely heelwork but a very wonky retrieve, but I was very pleased with her. She also ran some extremely good agility rounds, her best being a 10th in Agility Grades 3-7, which she flew round and gains 11 points towards her Agility Warrant!
Yeshe won a few rosettes and had a clear round 6th place, so more Agility Warrant points for him.
Kya would just rather not have been there- it was just too hot and he just didn't want to know, but he came away with 4th in Beginners obedience.
Khizhi was much better than yesterday, but still only managed a 5th rosette for a round handled by Adrian which was slow and stop- never work with children or Tibetan Terriers!!

Special mention today to Lisa and Barkely, who won several rosettes all day and Glenn & Leo, who won Leo's first rosette in the ABC class!

Saturday 7th June
Lisburn & District DTC Open Agility show
Another early start for all of us, we had decided not to enter the obedience show as well, given the distance between the ends of the playing field, so a relatively relaxed day for us!
Chacha did us proud, running a scorching clear round in the All-Ireland Pedigree Agility Dog of the Year, and winning 9th overall- not bad since this was against Grade 7 dogs from all over Ireland, the winner able to compete at Crufts 2009!
Adrian & Kokya also did well, taking home a 6th in Grade 6 Agility against essentially a class full of collies!
Khizhi stole ALL of the treats at 9am in the morning, and was so full she couldn't run a round all day!
Yeshe won a few rosettes, but no clear rounds (mostly time faults), so no Agility Warrant points, but the weather was very hot, a nice change but quite tiring on all of us!

Congratulations to all the other Glandore competitors, full results on the club website, but mention must be made of Jen & Doc's 1st prize, well done!

May 2008

Saturday 31st May
IKC International Championship Show (IKC)
A nasty early start for Chacha and Cockle (and me!)- good job we had time in hand, what with the roadworks and the diversion! We made it there in one piece, and were pleased to win
BGS, CACIB & BoB
with Chacha, and all by 9am! The Portuguese judge very kindly gave us a full verbal critique, and we are only one Green Star away from Chacha's Irish title!

Carrowdore Open Obedience & Agility show, Millisle
Meanwhile, back in the North, Adrian took the 3 agility TTs to compete!
A pretty naff day, but we did come home with a 1st in Small Agility Grades 1-5 with Khizhi (but with time faults, even though she won the class- think about it!!) and an 8th in Medium Jumping Grades 3-7 with Yeshe, but again with time faults!

Saturday 17th May
Hibernian Champ. Show (IKC)
A first for FiveNinePlus- despite having received email confirmation of entry, when we arrived in Dublin, we found that neither Chacha nor Cockle was entered! All that way for a heartbreaking waste of hours! That will teach me always to print out my entry confirmations AND bring them to shows....

However, something good did come of it- we attended the inaugural meeting of the
All-Ireland Tibetan Breeds' Association, chaired by Mr Wesley McCrum (Kaltekhan Tibetan Mastiffs).
Attendance was excellent, a committee was formed and it's full steam ahead!

Sunday 4th May
South Tipperary Canine Club Champ. Show (IKC)
Another burning day, we had to be quite careful with the dogs- almost impossible to believe, as we started the morning in wellies, due to downpours during the night! (which of course we heard quite well in the caravan!) The three TTs, Yeshe, Kya and Khizhi were entered in the Beginners' Obedience class, but this just wasn't their day- mind you, it didn't help that some of the show people had been 'exercising' their dogs in the obedience ring before the show started, and then kept walking through the ring with their dogs, their trollies, etc even when the class was in progress! The whole course was conducted around a great big pile in the middle of the ring, and to cap it all, the second obedience ring backed right up against the GSD ring!!!

However, Chacha received another Excellent grading and the Bitch Green Star, judge Dr Z Trainin (Israel), with fantastic movement, she really went well today...

Cockle didn't do quite as well as she had the day before, but was up against much more mature puppies this time, since it wasn't an International show, but still came 2nd in Puppy Bitch, judge Mr S Rooney (Irl)

Just to keep things interesting, as we travelled home, one of the caravan tyres had a blow out- Sunday evening in Ireland on a Bank Holiday weekend and no spare! Thanks so much to our Chow-Chow freinds who saw us at the side of the road and stopped and leant us a trolley jack- we found a man in Kilkenny who could sell us a new tyre, thanks to Adrian's 'phone and the internet, and arrived home only about 3 hours later than expected!

Saturday 3rd May
Fermoy Canine Club International Champ. Show (IKC)
Well, having packed the waterproofs for stormy and rainy weather, once again we were very pleasantly surprised, with the hottest day this year in Ireland so far! It was brilliant sunshine all day, and lots of exhibitors (including myself!) went rather pink round the edges to prove it!
FiveNinePlus had a rather good day, receiving an Excellent grading and then taking the
Bitch Green Star and CACIB with Chacha
The judge, Ms M Dekaristou (Greece), also commented that she was a 'very beautiful girl!'

Meanwhile, Cockle received a Very Promising grading, then Best Puppy In Breed under judge Mr W Haltorf (Germany), followed by Puppy Group 4 under judge Mrs F Somerfield (UK)!

April 2008
Saturday 12th April
Good luck to Glenn Smart & Mutley (JRT)from Glandore DTC of Ulster, who have been selected to represent Northern Ireland for the tryouts for the GB Agility team, competing in Germany in July...

March 2008
Friday 28th March
Chacha's eye-test is clear

Tuesday 25th March
Belfast Dog Show Society Open Obedience Show, Balmoral
All the adult dogs were entered in the Obedience classes, with rather mixed results!
Khizhi was drawn first in the ring in Novice, and spent the whole round with her head on the ground sniffing!
Yeshe went next, and did quite a nice round, coming 6th overall.
Chacha's round was good and she finished 5th overall.
Kya, despite two good heelwork rounds, spoilt his chances of a rosette today by breaking his stays, something he is not usually prone to. Now we could blame the rain, the cold or just his lack of concentration! (I know which one I would go for!)

Saturday 22nd March
Combined Canine International Championship Show, Dublin
With Cockle turning 6 months old just 4 days before the show, we had no idea quite what she would do! With her faithful pal Chacha in the crate with her, she soon settled in well and then went into the ring for the first time to win
Best Puppy in Breed!
It was a good day for Chacha too, as she won her first CACIB (tbc) and performed very well in the ring both standing and moving, despite the judge wearing a very strange hat!
We are proud to report that Chacha received an 'Excellent' grade and Cockle a 'Very Promising', so we couldn't be happier!

Monday 10th March
Cockle wins her third and final Puppy Walk, as she is 6 months old soon! Thanks to the Boxer Club of Northern Ireland for her lovely trophy, and thanks to judge June Gould for liking her!

February 2008
Wednesday 27th February
Cockle wins her second Puppy Walk, at just 5 months old.

January 2008
Wednesday 25th January
At her first Puppy Walk, Cockle wins her first rosette, at just 4 months old!

...introducing FiveNinePlus Molly Malone, aka 'Cockle'

Cockle is our first home-bred show puppy, with many thanks to Judi & Mike Tempest of Mikudi for the use of their dog, Schanti's Xandur Lamleh mit Mikudi.

October 2007

Monday 1st October
The two female puppies opened their eyes for the first time!
Check out details and the puppy cam here!

September 2007

Saturday 29th September
Belfast Championship Show
Chacha was showing and trying to participate in the agility, which made it a very fraught day for Rachel.
However, we were pleased when she won
Import Register Open Bitch
&
Reserve Best of Sex
under judge Mrs Banbury

Saturday 22nd & Sunday 23rd September
Castlereagh DTC Open Agility show
The TTs didn't do spectacularly well at this show- Kya was off colour and Yeshe did OK, but was too slow to gain a single AW point under the two Northern judges...
However, Chacha won her first agility rosettes, a 10th in Agility (CLEAR!) on the Saturday (with Adrian!) and a 5th with Rachel on the Sunday.
Adrian also went to Dublin on the Sunday to attend the TT Club of Ireland seminar, which included talks by Ken Sinclair (Araki), Mike Tempest (Mikudi).

Saturday 15th September
Down & District DTC Open Obedience & Agility show, Dundrum
None of our dogs did particularly well at this show, Rachel stayed at home with Khizhi, which meant that Adrian was rushing about doing his dog in obedience and the others in agility, but Chacha did do a nice Jumping round...
Other club members did better, check out the results on the Glandore website.

Saturday 8th September & Sunday 9th September
Lisburn & District DTC Open Agility Show
As this show was so expensive to enter, we only took the two boys- in any case, Khizhi couldn't have gone, but it wasn't worth entering Chacha...
On the Saturday, Kya did very well, winning a 5th in Large Grade 6 Agility class, his first rosette for a while! Yeshe won a 2nd in Medium Grade 7 Agility, but with 5 jumping faults!
On the Sunday, Yeshe came up trumps with a 1st in Medium Grade 7 Agility, and a 6th in Medium Grade 7 Jumping.
Thanks to realistic times by the judge Alistair Bailie from Scotland, both dogs won Agility warrant points at the show, even if one of Yeshe's was by 0.16 of a second!!!

Saturday 1st September
Banbridge & District CC Champ Show (IKC)
Chacha won
Green Star & Best of Breed
Thanks to breed judge Mrs Helen Kerrigan (ROI), who commented on Chacha's super temperament and didn't mind being licked in the ring!

July 2007
Saturday 14th July
Castlewellan Agricultural Show, Co Down
Rachel judged the agility competition at this show, so none of our dogs could take part in the agility.
However, Adrian and Kya won 3rd in Beginners obedience
and 5th in Novice obedience.

June 2007
Saturday 30th June
Lisa's 18th birthday party
Although the dogs were invited, we didn't take them to Moorfields, where Lisa and her family were celebrating in style! A good night was had by all!
Happy birthday Lisa!!!

City of Belfast DTC Open Obedience & Agility Show, Billy Neill Soccer Centre
Unfortunately, Chacha was in season and Khizhi appeared to be following, so I only took Yeshe to this show. However, from first thing in the morning, he didn't appear to be very well, so I withdrew him from all competition, and by 4pm we left the show to take him to the vet, where he stayed all night.
I was very pleased to pick him up on Sunday, a night of fluids and rest had done him good, but he was not really back to his normal self until about midweek. Mind you, he's enjoying his chicken and rice!
Kokya performed extremely badly in both obedience and agility, lacking focus and concentration, but then he is the male most affected by the bitches being in season- he'll be back to normal as soon as they are!

Saturday 16th/ Sunday 17th June
Shane's Castle Open Agility Show, run by Glandore DTC
Unfortunately, I was in Manchester for the Saturday's events, but thanks to Louise & Eileen, Yeshe and Khizhi won a rosette each! Our judge was Iain Fraser from England, and I hope he enjoyed his brief visit to NI.

On the Sunday, I competed with all 3 of my dogs, and Adrian with Kya.
There were lots of club members to help out, and Chacha got to meet a distant cousin (Irish Water Spaniel) who was out to watch.
All in all, a good two days' agility fun, and some rosettes to come home with, too!

Sunday 3rd June
Castlereagh & District DTC Open Obedience & Champ. Agility Show,
same venue
What can I say about the weather??!! By 9am we were pretty soaked, but by 11 we were wet through... and by 6.30pm we were quite depressed!
Yeshe was entered in the Championship Agility classes for the first time, and disgraced himself in the first round... I was gutted...
However, Khizhi ran a really accurate, clear round in Grade 1-5 Small Agility and came 2nd, with AW points. She went on to gain more in a Jumping round too, so a wonderful weekend for the Woo.
Chacha had a fantastic round or two, and it was only me taking her the wrong course in the Jumping that spoilt an otherwise stunning attempt...!
Kya was a complete monster in the agility all day, all weekend in fact, but came good in the obedience, winning 3rd in Beginners.

Congratulations to fellow Glandore member Glenn Smart and Mutley Russell AW, who, on their first ever entry at Championship Agility came 3rd overall!

Saturday 2nd June
Lisburn & District DTC Open Agility & Champ. Obedience Show,
Lisburn Rugby Club
Yeshe & Khizhi competed in Agility only, as Rachel was needed for
official Kennel Club Measuring duties;
although Khizhi made it look as though she still didn't think much of the weave, she did quite well and was quite fast.
Yeshe managed a 6th in Grades 6-7 Agility, but was outside the course time.
Kya was doing well in Beginners' obedience, until he broke his stays...
and did some nice clear rounds in the agility, but same old story.
Chacha did lots of spectating, and chose herself a new dumbell, as all the courses had weaves in them!

May 2007
Saturday 26th May
Carrowdore Open Obedience & Agility Show, Ballywhiskin
Yeshe did fairly well today, winning 3rd in Agility Grades 6-7,
Khizhi behaved like she had never seen the weave before, but did a
couple of really nice rounds, if you didn't take the weave into account!
Kya did a couple of really nice clear Agility rounds (and was eliminated in another, as Adrian left out the tunnel!), but due to incredibly short course times, got no credit whatsoever for them...
Chacha did her training stays in Novice obedience perfectly, so that was great, too, and best of all,
Yeshe won 6th place in Novice obedience,
his first obedience rosette in over 3 years- and if he hadn't (extremely unusually) broken his sit stay, he would have done even better!

Saturday 19th May
Down & District DTC, Agility show at Castle Ward
Well, the Senior dogs, Yeshe & Kokya, didn't do too well- "I've never seen a weave before!"...
but Khizhi did quite well, with a 5th in Small Jumping and a 2nd in Small Agility...
Chacha did a great Agility round, all clear... until jump number 12, which "surely you must want me to jump that one over there, too!?" = elimination!!

Saturday 12th May
Sentry Hill Sports Centre, Ballymena
Adrian & Kya won 2nd in Beginners Obedience

April 2007
Saturday 28th April
Ballywalter Game Fair, County Down
For the first time, Chacha and I took part in a 'scurry', organised by the local gundog club at this show.
There were some pretty mocking faces as I entered the ring, but after a flawless pickup and retrieve of the first dummy, and a slower but nevertheless convincing retrieve of the second, there were a few more convinced looking faces!- and we didn't come last, either!

Saturday 14th April
Winter League rounds 5 & 6
Many congratulations to Adrian and Kya, who won 10th place out of nearly 100 dogs of all sizes.
Congratulations also to Glenn Smart and Mutley, who won 5th, both rounds under me in my first taste of judging agility!

Saturday 7th April
Combined Canine Open Agility Show, IKC
Kya completed two clear rounds, despite being slightly off-colour, and Khizhi whizzed round the Agility round, then I eliminated her in the Jumping- but I was pleased, she really seemed to be having great fun!

March 2007
Saturday 31st March
Winter League Agility competition, Comber, NI
Well, all the FiveNinePlus dogs competed at the Winter League, but only Kokya completed rounds, Chacha of course didn't do the weaves, so was eliminated, Khizhi and Yeshe were just not in the mood!!
Better luck next month!

Saturday 25th March
Lisburn & District Canine Club Open Obedience Show
Kya managed a 4th in Beginners' Obedience, the first rosette of the year, and both Khizhi and Chacha completed nice rounds in the Novice class.
(The less said about Yeshe's round the better, you definately need a sense of humour to work with TTs!)

Saturday 17th March
Celtic Winners Show (IKC)
Kya & Khizhi were competing in the agility, and I was very proud that Khizhi, with a lovely, fast clear round beat many other Small dogs to win 4th in the Small Dogs Jumping round.
Mention must be made of Kya, too, who completed two clear rounds in the Large dogs section, just outside the rosettes.

Friday 16th March
Kennel Club Good Citizen's Awards
Tonight, Khizhi passed her Silver KCGC Award,
whilst Chacha passed her Bronze KCGC Award.
Both were examined by Tracey Douglas, City of Belfast DTC, thanks Tracey!

February 2007

Sunday 25th February
Newtownards & District Canine Club Championship Show (IKC)
Chacha wins RBOB AV Gundog,
CAC Excellent

Saturday 10th February
Sydenham & District Canine Club Open Show
In the first show of the year, Chacha wins
Best Imported Register
She beat 4 Dogue de Bordeaux in her biggest class ever, under judge
Ms Rachel Shaw-Rainey (Starchelle).
The judge commented on her great movement and the fact that she
is 'just put together so well', thanks very much Rachel.

BIG NEWS: confirmation received from the SWD club (UK) that the breed will received full status from 1st January 2008. This means that their first Crufts will be in 2009.
Thanks to all of the committee and members of the SWD club who have worked so hard, and SO LONG for this day! (and my friends Glenn & Louise might just stop calling them mongrels now!!)

Chacha would like to congatulate her litter sister, Bri
on her wonderful win at Manchester Championship show... go the brown girls!

January 2007

Well, firstly FiveNinePlus wishes all its friends a wonderful and happy 2007.

The results from the Winter League competition, Saturday 10th December 2006 are in, and apart from Khizhi (who came into season unexpectedly early), all the dogs did very well- Chacha was eliminated from her two rounds, as she hasn't quite mastered the notorious weaves yet, but both Yeshe and Kokya gained points on their way in the league competition... we look forward to competing in the next round of the league on Saturday 12th January...

October 2006

Saturday 21st October
Portadown All Breed (IKC) Championship Show
Chacha wins
Junior Bitch
&
Best of Breed, and her 1st Green Star
Judge Sr J Doval (Sp)

The judge said she was 'lovely',
commenting also on her excellent movement and her
fantastic temperament, qualities which in his opinion can be a
problem with the breed in Spain- you can imagine
how chuffed I was!

Sunday 1st October
Castlereagh & District DTC
Yeshe, Kya and Khizhi win a variety of agility rosettes:
Khizhi wins 2nd in Small Novice Agility & 3rd in Small Novice Jumping,
Kya wins 3rd in ABC Jumping and 5th in ABC Agility classes,
Yeshe wins 5th in Medium Senior Jumping & Agility
& Medium Open Jumping,
and gets a clear round in Medium Open Jumping

September 2006

Saturday 30th September 2006
Belfast DSS Open Agility Show
Yeshe, Kya and Khizhi win a variety of agility rosettes,
Kya particularly wins 3rd in Large Senior Agility
and 4th in Large Open Agility classes

Friday 29th September 2006
Belfast Dog Show Society Championship Show
Chacha wins
Reserve Best of Sex

Friday 15th to Monday 18th September 2006
The dogs spent their second weekend away from us, as we flew to England to celebrate my parents' Ruby Wedding Anniversary- thanks so much to Louise, Glenn, Brenda, Vinnie, Ferris, Mutley and Leo for putting up with them all!

Tuesday 5th September
NI Boxer Club Match, Dunmurry
Chacha wins
Best Beaten in Match

Saturday 2nd September
Drogheda All Breed Championship Show (IKC)
Chacha wins
Best AV Gundog
Judge Mrs R McCarrie-Beattie (Irl)

August 2006

On returning home from holiday in England, Adrian & Kya receive their official Kennel Club certificate awarding Kya (Mikudi Kokya at FiveNinePlus) the obedience title Beg Ex.
He makes history as he is definately the first Tibetan Terrier in Northern Ireland, if not the UK, to win this title, and is now to be permanently known as
Mikudi Kokya at FiveNinePlus Beg Ex.

Dogs In Need Agility Show, Suffolk, England
We decided to go with 3 other Glandore members to thi show where over 4000 dogs compete on 4 days in a week...
During the show, with us having the only participating Tibetan Terriers, Rachel & Khizhi managed to win a 1st Clear Round rosette, and a Clear Round rosette, and Rachel & Yeshe managed a Clear Round rosette.
Chacha came into season the day before the competition, and had to be left in Portsmouth with my mum and dad for the week, so she missed it, but there were no Spanish Water Dogs there, either (one Lagotto...).
Very tiring but highly enjoyable!

Sunday 6th August
Dun Laoighaire Ch Show (IKC)
Chacha won SWD Junior Dog/ Bitch
Khizhi suprised us all by winning 4th in Small Dogs Open Agility!

July 2006

Saturday 29th July
Glandore DTC Open Obedience & Agility show, Belfast
A good day for Rachel, with Khizhi winning a 2nd in Small Novice Agility and a 2nd in Small Novice Jumping, and Yeshe winning 3rd in Medium Open Agility, 1st in Medium Seniors Agility, 5th in Medium Open Jumping.
Chacha had a great time jumping the practice jumps and running away with her retrieve article in her obedience round.
Despite the rain, a good day was had by all.

Sunday 23rd July
Chacha begins her agility training, now she's 1!

Saturday 15th July
Castlewellan Agriculural Society Open Obedience & Agility show
Adrian and Kokya WIN their Beginners Obedience class,
Rachel & Yeshe win 4th in Medium Open Agility and 2nd in Open Jumping,
Rachel & Khizhi win 3rd in Small Novice Agility

Monday 3rd July
Chacha attends her first-ever Gundog training evening, at Craigavon Lakes.
More to come on that score!

Saturday 1st July
City of Belfast DTC Open Obedience & Agility show, Dundonald
Adrian & Kya get 4th in Beginners Obedience, would have come 2nd,
only Rachel distracted Kya accidentally from outside the ring, big apologies.
Rachel & Yeshe won 2nd in Medium Open Agility, 4th in Medium Open Jumping
Khizhi nearly got a good fast round in Small Open Jumping, but I made her go wrong- my fault again!

June 2006
Saturday 24th June
Coleraine DTC Open Obedience & Agility show, Portrush
Adrian & Kya getting 4th in Beginners Obedience
Rachel & Yeshe won 2nd in Medium Open Agility, 4th in Medium Open Jumping
and Khizhi didn't compete in the agility, but was raring to go for the Jumping, and got eliminated!

Saturday 17th & Sunday 18th June
Shane's Castle Country Lifestyle & Medieval Festival
Adrian & Kya and Rachel & Yeshe and Khizhi came home with a few rosettes and smiles on their faces!
Notable wins included
Khizhi (her 1st ever 1st place in agility) in Small Novice Agility,
Yeshe winning Medium Seniors Jumping,
Adrian & Kya getting 3rd (with Warrant points!) in Large Open Jumping

Sunday 11th June
Clipped off Khizhi and Chacha into their summer coats!

Chacha retrieving- before I clipped the coat off!

Sadly we missed the show in Dublin on Saturday 10th and Sunday 11th June, as
we just can't trust the car that far! Hopefully it'll be sorted out very soon...

Castlereagh & District DTC Championship Agility & Open Obedience show,
Sunday 4th June
Adrian & Kokya win 4th in Beginners Obedience
Rachel & Yeshe win Medium Seniors Jumping,
Rachel & Khizhi win 3rd in Small Novice Jumping with a clear round,
Khizhi's first rosette in competition- I'm so proud!

Lisburn & District DTC Championship Obedience & Open Agility show,
Saturday 3rd June
Adrian & Kokya win 4th in Beginners Obedience
Rachel & Yeshe win Medium Seniors Agility

Friday 2nd June
Khizhi (finally) passes her Bronze Kennel Club Good Citizen's Award, at the second attempt.

May 2006

Down & District DTC,
Saturday 20th May
Rachel & Yeshe win 1st in Medium Seniors Jumping,
2nd in Medium Seniors Agility (only clear round!)
2nd in Medium Open Agility,
5th in Medium Open Jumping

Ballymena DTC Open Obedience & Agility show,
Saturday 13th May
Adrian & Kokya win 3rd in Beginners Obedience,
Adrian & Yeshe win 3rd in Open Medium Jumping (Rachel was sick!)

April 2006

Down & District DTC Open Obedience Show,
Saturday 29th April
Adrian & Kokya win 3rd in Beginners Obedience

Ulster Fox Terrier Club Open Obedience Show,
Tuesday 18th April
Adrian and Kokya win 4th in Beginners Obedience

and Khizhi gets in the paper, despite doing a 'sniffy' round in Novice obedience, click to see the large version of the photo!

Easter Monday, 17th April
Chacha takes her first lesson in retrieving in the sea at Crawfordsburn Country Park- she didn't know quite what to make of the waves at first, but was still as enthusiastic as ever! Our nephews Hayden and Kieran also enjoyed their afternoon at the beach throwing things for her and Khizhi... and it only rained at the end!

March 2006

LIsburn & District DTC Open Obedience Show,
Saturday 25th March
Adrian and Kokya win 2nd in Beginners Obedience!

St Patrick's Day International (IKC) Championship Show,
Saturday 18th March
Chacha takes 2nd in Puppy Bitch

February 2006

At her first IKC show,
Newtownards & District Canine Club All Breeds Championship Show,
Sunday 26th February
Chacha wins
Best AV Gundog NSC
(Judge Mr T Pascoe, UK)

At Chacha's first (KC) show,
Sydenham & District Canine Club Open Show,
11th February in Carrickfergus
Chacha wins
Best Imported Register
(Judge Mrs J McAvoy, UK)

January 2006
Chacha takes her first real swim in our local reservoir with her mate Vinnie.
Photos to come.
Khizhi is eye-tested successfully (clear from GPRA & PLL) on 9 January.
Interim breed standard for SWDs added to KC website.