Two of the boys from our most recent litter have done well at AHBA trials.  Charley earned his Herding Ranch Dog I title, and one leg of his Herding Trial Dog I title.  His brother Chance competed in a different AHBA trial where he swept the competition and added some more titles to his name.  On Saturday he was High Scoring Arena Dog, High Scoring Ranch Dog, and High in Trial, earning two legs toward his advanced titles.  On Sunday he finished his Herding Ranch Dog III and Herding Trial Arena Dog III titles and earned his first AHBA Herding Champion point!

A huge congratulations to both of these boys’ handlers, we are so proud of you!

Charley is now known as: Omegan’s Chance To Look Back HSAs HRDI

Chance is now known as: Omegan’s Come By Chance CGC RN STDsd HTDIs HRDIIIs  HTADIIIs HSAsd HXAsd OTDs

Chance earned his Herding Advanced Title on A course ducks this past weekend, earning a 2nd place and Reserve High in Trial!  Congrats to Kathleen and Chance, now known as:

Omegan’s Come By Chance CGC RN STDsd HTDIs HRDIs HSAsd HXAsd OTDs

We know it won’t be long before he starts earning Herding Championship points!

Chance earned two new ASCA titles this past weekend, his Started Trial Dog on ducks, and his Open Trial Dog on sheep.  Everytime we turn around this boy has a new herding title!  Way to go Kathleen and Chance!  Hopefully we will be bragging on some conformation wins for this boy in the next month.

Chance is now: Omegan’s Come By Chance CGC RN STDsd HTDIsd HRDIs HSAd HXAs OTDs

On April 24th and 25th, I had the pleasure of attending the All-Breed Herding Trial put on by my own Buckhorn Valley Kennel Club.  The most wonderful part of the trial was watching Charley win 1st place and Reserve High in Trial on the Started A Course, with a score of 93.  Charley’s previous owners, the Grabow’s, were in attendance, and couldn’t remember whether or not he had earned two legs in AKC or AHBA at a previous trial.   Therefore, his new owner/handler, Linda, thought she had earned the first two legs of his title, when actually she had finished his title and got a bumper leg!  Congratulations to Linda and Charley!

Charley is now: Omegan’s Chance To Look Back HSAs

On Saturday, April 10, Chance finished his HXAs title at the Border Collie Club of Greater Los Angeles trial in Leona Valley, CA (at TASK Farms).  He also got a second HSBs leg, and an HXAd leg.  Way to go Chance and Kathleen!  Did we mention that this boy isn’t even 3 years old!

Chance will be visiting us in Colorado this summer to go to some shows, so look for him at the Durango KC, Central WY and Laramie KC, Flatirons KC, Colorado Springs KC, and Buckhorn Valley KC shows. 

Chance is now: Omegan’s Come By Chance STDs HTDIs HRDIs RN HSAd HXAs CGC

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!

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).

Tori earned her first AKC title, the Pre-Trial Tested title on sheep.   She did very well, especially considering she had very little training.  She is very biddable and maintains a good distance from the sheep.

Pirate got his first PT leg, but got a little too excited the second time around and was called off for gripping.  It was my lack of knowledge in how to handle a powerful dog like him, and our lack of practice.  We will work on it some more and hopefully try again in June.

Tori is now Omegan’s Secret Angel PT HCT

Chance, who lives with Kathleen Corum in AZ, went to his first herding trial and came home with a new title! It was an ASCA trial, and he earned his Started Trial Dog title with a third place and two fourth places. Did I mention that Chance is only 11 months old! Way to go Kathleen and Chance!

Chance is now: Omegan’s Come By Chance ASCA-STDs

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.