For the first time in at least 4 years we went away for a couple of days with friends Chantal & Rob.
We started at Mont Tremblant on Mondy, then drove over to St-Sauveur Monday evening to ski there on Tuesday. I’d forgotten how much fun it was! The slopes weren’t too busy despite it being a holiday in Ontario (family day) and the USA (Presiden’t day). There had been a couple of cms fresh snow overnight at Tremblant so the slopes were just perfect. There had been no snowfall at St-Sauveur, but the slopes were groomed to perfection with no hint of ice.
Skiing
New Dogmobile!
After yet another trip to the garage with the white van, this time the heater fan broke (again), we came to the conclusion it was time to stop throwing money at the old girl. We took the plunge and bought a 2008 Grand Caravan to replace the white one. Now I have a lot of work ahead of me to transfer all the crates and junk over from the old van to the new one!
Indy RN
At the BDOC rally trial this weekend, Indy earned her CKC Rally Novice title with two scores of 99!
She also earned her first advanced leg on Sunday. Good girl Indy!
Agility Engineer
Not me – but a girl called Jessica
I discovered this while surfing around the internet, following a link from the agilitynerd blog
She has a couple of good rants on there, well worth a read!
http://agilityengineer.blogspot.com/search/label/Rant
A Good Start
Our first trial of the New Year is over and already Ivan has earned himself a couple more titles. At Morningstar in Kingston this weekend he earned his Master Jumpers and Master Snooker titles!
Tyra pulled off Qs in the first two standard runs of the day to earn her Gold Award of Merit (50 Standard Qs and 100 Games Qs). She shared the honour with Jane Buckley’s Fly, who also earned his Gold on the same run.
A Pair of Goldens
Looking Back on 2009
2009 was a good year for us competition-wise
Ivan started competing in agilty at the end of April, just before his 2nd birthday. Between then and the end of November, he earned 15 agility titles in three venues (AAC, CKC and AKC) plus 2 Rally novice titles (CKC & AKC)
I am absolutely blown away by everything Ivan has achieved in such a short time!
Ivan is:
Spiritus Dare Ewe MADC AGDC AGX AGXJ OA AXJ NF (CKC/AKC) RN
Tyra had a most amazing year too. As she began the year as a masters/excellent dog there was no way she could top Ivan’s titling score. However, she showed her all-round skills and totalled 16 titles in 4 venues over the course of the year! She earned 2 regular obedience titles and 6 Rally titles. One of those Rally titles was earned at the BSDCC Specialty with a perfect 100 and earned her high in trial.
To top it all, she placed 5th in her division in both the AAC Regional Championships and the National Championships. She also reached the steeplechase final in both events for the second year running and won her class in the regionals.
The end-of-year stats show her at number 13 in the AAC top dogs list with an amazing 122 Qs! She also made the top Steeplechase dogs list at number 4
Tyra is:
Ch Blackcomb’s Dreaming of Ewe ATChC, Silver AOM, VSA, ExSt Silver, EXJ Gold, EXG Silver, EXS Silver, EXSc Silver, AGX, AGMXJ, HT, AX, MXJ, XF, RACL (CARO), RE (CKC/ACK), PCD, CD, DD
There I’ve done it 
That’s my brag for this year (hope I’ve not left anything out 
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Oh yes, and Marco started his show career with a 4 point major at the AKC Salt City Cluster show in Syracuse – How could I forget that! He was only shown a few times at the beginning of the year and also picked up a few CDN points too. He’s now being “rested” until he grows up a bit.
tyra at the aac nationals
(all photos by Len Silvester www.ttlphoto.com, layout by Wendy Beard www.muddypawz.net)
Tyra - First place in Steeplechase Finals Ontario Regionals 2009
(photo by Len Silvester www.ttlphoto.com)
Poem
The previous post reminded me of a poem
Sara Coleridge
"Calendar"
January brings the snow;
Makes our feet and fingers glow.
February brings the rain,
Thaws the frozen lake again.
March brings breezes, loud and shrill,
To stir the dancing daffodil.
April brings the primrose sweet,
Scatters daisies at our feet.
May brings flocks of pretty lambs
Skipping by their fleecy dams.
June brings tulips, lilies, roses,
Fills the children's hands with posies.
Hot July brings cooling showers,
Apricots and gillyflowers.
August brings the sheaves of corn,
Then the harvest home is borne.
Warm September brings the fruit;
Sportsmen then begin to shoot.
Fresh October brings the pheasant,
Then to gather nuts is pleasant.
Dull November brings the blast;
Then the leaves are whirling fast.
Chill December brings the sleet,
Blazing fire and Christmas treat.
November
It’s already nearly halfway through November. So far we’ve had nice sunny days, with hard frost in the morning. I can live with that!
Indy
Hoar Frost
Tyra gets her CD!
At the Ottawa Valley Golden Retriever Club Obedience trials this past weekend (31st October – 1st November 2009), Tyra got her three legs for her CD with two first place ribbons! She had her “Tyra” moments, like trying to stick her nose in the judge’s cosmetic bag on the table and flipping the judge’s hand out of the way during the stand for exam to get a better view of what was going on outside the ring. Still, she did it in style
Thanks to J-P for taking our picture!
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