Lake Elmo UKC Shows

We had an awesome weekend at the UKC shows hosted by the UGSDA in Lake Elmo, MN on July 17-18, 2010. It was so great to see everyone again!

Saturday:
Show 1 judge was Polly Dake-Jones. Halle took a reserve in the Champions class out of two dogs.
Show 2 judge was Joyce Lea-Hanson. Halle won the Champions class out of three dogs.

Sunday:
Show 1 judge was Diane Raymond. Halle took a reserve in the Champions class out of four dogs.
Show 2 judge was Nina Marie Sherrer. Halle won the Champions class out of three dogs. She went on to win her first Best of Breed and a Group 3!

We could not be prouder of Halle! She has far surpassed our expectations for being so young. She now has two of five wins needed for her Grand Championship. We likely will not be showing her until October - we are planning to head up north for shows in Bemidji, MN. Looking forward to it!

Also, again I would like to thank everyone who let me handle their dogs this weekend - Rebecca, Debbie, Melissa, and Patty. All of them are great dogs! I had a great time with all of them and I really really appreciate the experience.

Halle's picture with her ribbons from the weekend will be posted on her page on our site. (:

Puppy update!

The puppies are 4 weeks old now - so hard to believe! They're adorable and so fun to watch play together. Sometimes one of them will take on one of the "big dogs" and bark at them. So funny!

Here are their 4 week pictures. We also took stacked pictures this week which are posted both on our website and our Facebook page.

We put the x-pen around the kiddie pool that the puppies are in about a week ago because four of them were able to get out. Rose still can't get out on her own because she is so small. Yesterday was weigh-in day - our smallest is Rose at 2.2 lbs and our largest is Ozzie at 5 lbs. All of them are very healthy and doing well!

The puppies are starting the weaning process by eating puppy food (American Natural Premium Endurance Formula) mixed with water three times daily. They still nurse from Millie, just not as often.

I have started the routine of bringing all of the puppies outside when they are let out of the pen to start potty training. I think that this really helps set some ground work for house breaking the pups after they go to their new owners.

We will be going to Lake Elmo, MN for UKC shows next weeked, July 17-18, so if I don't update before I definitely will after the shows!