August 2010 Shows

We went to UKC shows hosted by the UGSDA on August 7, 2010. It was just one day - two shows for German Shepherds, Berger Picards, and Beagles.

The weather was interesting. It rained during our hour long drive there and continued to rain throughout the first show. The shows were outside so everyone was pretty wet. After the rain it became very hot. I spent most of my time in the shade, but from the time I spent in the ring (in the sun) I did get a little burnt.

Show 1 judge was Dawn Todd. Halle took Reserve Champion out of three dogs.
Show 2 judge was Karen Todd. Halle won the Champions class for her third win towards her Grand Championship!!

Here are Halle's pictures:

I also had the pleasure of showing Atlas (Atlas Kennels). He won Best Veteran show 1 and Best Stud Dog both shows. Thanks again Tracie for letting me show him!

We brought our three remaining puppies (Ozzie, Leon, and Rose) along for some socialization. They had fun!

It was a very fun day and it was great to see everyone again!

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!

Happy Birthday!

Last Saturday, June 19th, our Rosco x Millie litter turned one year old! We invited everyone to get together at our house for a birthday party. We had 11 dogs here total - Mom Millie, Dad Rosco, Grandpa Nikko, six of the puppies (Bella, Knox, Hans, Pepper, Jaeger, and Halle), Emma (Pepper's white GSD friend owned by Pepper's owner's sister), and Stone (my sister's Chihuahua x Yorkie puppy). Of course, we also have six brand new puppies (almost 2 weeks old) that were enjoyed by everyone!

We were expecting it to be a bit crazy with all of the dogs, but we were wrong. It went very well and everyone was very well behaved. Thank you to my sister, Lindsay, for buying an awesome cake!
Here is a picture of it:

We really enjoyed seeing everyone with their puppies again! Everyone has gotten so big. All of the puppies have great temperaments and it was fun to see how they are maturing. Many of them are in the "leggy teenage" stage right now xD All of the owners are doing an awesome job with their puppies!

I posted plenty of pictures on our White Whillow German Shepherds Facebook page. Here is the link to the page: http://www.facebook.com/pages/White-Whillow-German-Shepherds/104283486277643?ref=ts

Please feel free to "like" our page!

Happy Birthday puppies!

Rock n Roll

Our theme for this litter is.... Rock n Roll!

Introducing...

White Whillow Eleanor Rigby "Ellie" - Yellow Collar Female
White Whillow Every Rose Has It's Thorn "Rose" - Pink Collar Female
White Whillow Someone Like You "Leon" - Green Collar Male
White Whillow Make A Memory "Jovi" - Blue Collar Male
White Whillow Poker Face "Lena" - Red Collar Female
White Whillow Bark At The Moon "Ozzie" - White Collar Male

Puppies are here! (Cont.)

Little late in updating... unfortunately I wasn't feeling my best so we were a day late with pictures also. Everyone is doing very well and Millie is being a good mom.

Puppy #5 - Red Collar Female - born at 11:15 PM
Puppy #6 - White Collar Male - born at 11:25 PM

Puppies are here!

We are up to four puppies right now - 2 girls and 2 boys!

Puppy #1 - Yellow Collar Female - born at 6:18 PM

Puppy #2 - Pink Collar Female - born at 7:36 PM

Puppy #3 - Green Collar Male - born at 7:54 PM

Puppy #4 - Blue Collar Male - born at 8:23 PM

We have a theme picked out for names for the puppies, but I will wait until everybody is born to say what we have chosen. (:

UKC Championship Picture

Here is Halle's UKC Championship picture (:

UKC Shows in Gilbert

We traveled up to Gilbert, MN with Halle this past weekend to UKC shows hosted by the UGSDA. It was about a four hour drive for us. Halle was great in the car - we stopped a few different times to stretch our legs and move around a bit.

Saturday:
Show 1 judge was Stephanie Mueller. Halle took 3rd in her class.
Show 2 judge was Dean Spielvogel. Halle took 3rd in her class again.

Sunday:
Show 1 judge was Richard Klatt. Halle took first in her class and went on to win Best Female! This was the last win she needed for her Championship, but we still needed 15 points to finish it up.
Show 2 judge was Sarah Sawyer. Halle took first in her class, leaving her needing only 5 points to finish her Championship. She went on to win Best Female again and FINISHED her UKC CHAMPIONSHIP!

We are so proud of Halle! She is just shy of being 11 months old and this was only her second weekend of shows! We have big plans for Halle! Starting in July we will start working on earning her UKC Grand Championship and will also hopefully be trying out some rally. I really think she will do well in rally - she has such an aim to please!

I will post her Championship photo as soon as I get it. (:

April Show Pictures

Our show pictures are here from the UKC April 3-4 shows!

Millie with her Best Female ribbon (this is my all time favorite show picture of Millie):

Halle with her Best Female ribbons:

Jaeger (Halle's brother) came to visit and I got a really nice stacked picture of him too!