Surprise Stack Shots
It was the weekend Allie had her pups, Allie had finished whelping and I was napping on the couch; the energizer bunnies, Karen, Monica, and Al, were all going strong and took these stacked pictures.
Karen and Al’s long-coat Alta-Tollhaus Sabre (Gorbi Kirchenwald x Allie)
Alta-Tollhaus Havana “Ana” almost 18 months (Zamp Thermodos x Maikali)
Alta-Tollhaus Cadence 27 months(Jimmy arminius x Funny)
January Pix
Most all of my camera equipment is at Nikon Service in Mellville NY. I can not wait to have it back, so the few pieces I kept on hand can also go in…blah can’t stand the quality.
Alta-Tollhaus Cadence (Jimmy vom Arminius x Faye vom Kirschental)
Alta-Tollhaus Havana “Ana” (Zamp vom Thermodos x Maikali vom Kirschental)
Cadence again
A mutant-dwarf variety, also known as Phoebe
Champion Gavin
Alta-Tollhaus Gavin is here visiting. i decided we would go play at some UKC shows in Kalamazoo. Gavin completed the requirements for his UKC Championship un-defeated! Gavin is big goofy male and the judges were humored by his silliness. A few times around the ring he carried his own lead. We also showed Alta-Tollhaus Cadence and she also earned her UKC championship. While hanging out the weight pulling competition caught Gavin’s attention and he said he wanted to do it. We borrowed a weight-pull harness from someone and gave it a try. Gavin earned his first lef toward a Novice Weight Pulling title. He pulled 592 pounds on his first try, it took him about two seconds. It happened so quickly all our friends missed it! Gavin wanted to keep going he loved it. Gavin and Monica hanging out at the show:
His tongue really is not white, just funky light in this building:
Gavin is definitely a lover:
Since we didn’t get a picture of Gavin pulling we took a picture of another dog pulling so you could get an idea. The cart alone weighs 400 pounds and the concrete blocks each weigh 32 pounds. For the novice pull title they have to pull 8 x their body weight 3 times. I don’t know if Gavin had ever been in any kind of harness before but he didn’t mind this full body harness at all.
Monica in the show ring with her Border Collie:
Brags and a Surprise for Someone :)
We had an X-ray-athon.
Alta-Tollhaus Cadence is A-Stamp Normal hips and elbows, ZW 75; recently turned two years old and was re-xrayed for OFA, elbows are normal and hips look good!
Alta-Tollhaus Havana and Alta-Tollhaus Heike turned 1 year at the end of September making them old enough for their German A-Stamps. Both girls have normal elbows and good hips and the xrays are on their way to Deutschland.
Alta-Tollhaus Gavin (XBox dei Precision x Faye vom Kirschental) 16 months old was also xrayed, elbows are normal and hips are EXCELLENT! Since they are going into Germany the best he will get is A-Normal, but as they are now, his hips would get an excellent rating from OFA. Surprise and congratulations to Lorie!!!! Gavin sends you his love.
Also heard from Kim, that Alta-Tollhaus Hole-in-One “Bogey” earned another double QQ in agility this past weekend. They are well on their way to earning their MACH! Congratulations Kim!