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.
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!
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.
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.
Jason, Layla, Shadow and I went to a Lure Coursing trial in Falcon, CO. Layla ran both days, and got her Junior Coursing title. Shadow got to run in the fun run, and he did really well, other than his taking a pee-break in the middle of the run! The Sighthound people got a kick out of watching a Border Collie lure course.
We came back from the Plum Creek/Colorado Kennel Club dog shows with four new titles and a major! Sadie won Winners Bitch on Saturday for a 3 point major. Shadow, Gyp, and Faith all earned their Rally Advanced (RA) titles, and Faith also got her Companion Dog (CD) title.
Jack, from the “Fire Litter” is the first Omegan puppy to achieve a title. He got his Junior Herding Dog title from the AHBA. He is now Omegan’s Jack Flash O’Fire JHD. Here are some pictures from the event.
Twelve-year-old Kelsey and Gyp have always made a great team. They proved that once again at the Denver Dog Shows where they earned Gyp’s Rally Novice title (RN). They then moved up to the Advanced class where they earned their first leg with a 95 and a 4th place! Way to go!
