Layla is taking her sweet time in picking up points for her Championship, and this past weekend she took two more baby steps toward her title.  She took Winners Bitch both days at the Heart of Iowa Kennel Club shows in Marshalltown, IA for two more points.  This brings her to 14 points, with both her majors….now onto that elusive final point!

We attended the Rocky Mountain Cluster of Dog Shows in Denver, CO this past weekend, and what a 4 days it was!  On Friday (the 13th!) Pirate took Winners Dog for a 4 point major, finishing his AKC Championship!  I decided to keep him in the classes for Saturday, because there was a Best Bred-By Exhibitor Group being offered that day.  Wouldn’t you know, he won Winners Dog agian for a 5 point major, but didn’t come home with Best Bred-By.  It took Pirate a while to finish, but he did so with 21 points and 3 majors!  We moved him to the Best of Breed class, where he and Sadie stood by and watched one of the most competitive Best of Breed classes we have ever been in.

Pirate is now AKC/UKC/Intl. CH Omegan’s Fire The Cannons RN DSA (1/2 PT).  By finishing his AKC Championship out of the Bred-By Classes, Pirate will be invited to the 2010 & 2011 AKC Eukanuba National Championships.  We are very proud of this special boy from our first litter!

Kelsey’s Gordon Setter, Giacomo, took Winner’s Dog for a 3 pt major on Sunday at the Sporting Dog Fanciers of New Mexico’s Specialty.  What a fantastic win!  We can’t wait to see what the future holds for this beautiful boy!  The show picture will be posted on his page soon.

While Tori and I were having fun at Dog Scout Camp, Layla was travelling with her breeder to shows.  In Omaha, NE she took Best of Winners for one point, and then in Bismarck, ND she took Winners Bitch for a three point major!  A big thanks to Alice Caplinger, Layla’s breeder, for helping us to finish Layla.

This past weekend was a fun weekend for dog showing, as we attended the Twin Peaks Kennel Club’s UKC shows.  There were 5 shows, one on Friday, and two on Saturday and Sunday.  Sadie did very well taking 5 Best of Breeds, a Group 3 and three Group 4’s.  Pirate also did well, finishing his UKC Championship by taking Best of Winners at the first two shows.  We are very proud of these two dogs who have excelled in conformation rings in three different venues (AKC, UKC, and IABCA).

Pirate was awarded Winners Dog, Best of Winners, and Best of Opposite Sex (to Sadie) for another two points toward his Championship at the Colorado Springs Kennel Club show in Colorado Springs, CO.  He is now up to 12 points, with one of his majors, so we just need one more major and he’s finished!

We attended the Flatirons Kennel Club show in Longmont, CO, and on Sunday, Pirate got Winners Dog and Best of Opposite for a 3 point major. This is Pirate’s first major, and we are very excited that the judge (Ms Sheila Polk) liked him so much. This brings him up to 10 points. Sadie got Best of Breed both days her first time out as a Special. Pirate’s daughter Fallon won Winners Bitch both days, and Best of Winners on Sunday, bringing her up to 12 points with both of her majors. The judge was happy to find out that all her top placements were related!

We decided to expand our horizons by attending some shows put on by registries other than AKC. The first show was the IABCA show on March 1-2, 2008. These shows are judged like a European show, where dogs must accumulate three V-1 (excellent) cards to obtain a Championship. The judge also provides a written evaluation of each dog. We took Pirate and Sadie, and we are proud to announce that both finished their International Championships. They both earned four V-1 cards, with wonderful comments from the judges. The next weekend we took them to a UKC show. Pirate took BOB at the first show, and went on to win a Group 3. Sadie took BOB at the next three shows, with a Group 3 along the way, which completed her UKC Championship.

Sadie is now AKC/Intl./UKC CH Omegan’s Make Me an Angel.

Pirate is now Intl. CH Omegan’s Fire The Cannnons RN HCT.

We will post their show photos when we get them.

Sadie, Ch. Omegan’s Make Me An Angel, finished in style at the Rocky Mountain Cluster in Denver, CO. She took Winners Bitch the first day for a 3 pt. major, Reserve Winners Bitch the second day, Winners Bitch/Best of Winners/Best of Opposite Sex the third day to finish her championship, and then Best of Opposite Sex her first time out as a Special! She also got her first leg of her Rally Novice title. Shadow also got the first leg of his Rally Excellent title at this show.

Sadie and Pirate did very well at the Terry-All KC Show in Brighton, CO. Sadie took Winner’s Bitch both days, for a total of four more points. Pirate took Winner’s Dog on Saturday for one point.