Loki Wins His First Major

Catch A Fire's Loki Haust, "Loki" won Winner's Dog this morning at the Rose City Classic Dog Show, for a 4 point major under Judge Dr Ronald Spritzer. He was handled by Suzanne Horvath. His owner, Jamie, was there in attendance but Steve had to be at work. I will post the real picture as soon as it's available.

Halfway Into January

Here we are, halfway through January already. Can you believe it? How's your year going so far?

We are about to begin show season around here; not to be confused with the season both Paloma and Marley have been in for the last month! :)  To prepare, my good friend, Suzanne, and I have taken Loki to handling class. We are getting ready for four glorious days of dog shows (and vendors) at the Rose City Classic! Marley and Paloma aren't escaping my need to become a better stacker either!  I have been randomly stacking them since last week when the trainer called me out on my poor technique! Oops! Suzanne (and I) thought I needed a lesson before this week's class so she brought Devon over for me to practice on yesterday. Poor Devon, what a good sport! Suzanne has been doing most of the work with Loki but I have a feeling it'll be me doing most of the class this week since we go into the ring together on Thursday. Suzanne is showing him on Friday and Saturday and while she's up on the mountain at her ski race on Sunday, Loki and I will go into the ring together again.  Pray my joint supplements keep working because my hip needs them!!

In other news, the pups' Granddam and Marley's Mom, CH Opus One Lena of Dunantul, "Lena", has just earned enough points to get a ROM (Registry of Merit) behind her name. Karen is gathering all the paperwork so she can send it in. A ROM is an award the Vizsla Club of America gives in recognition to a Dam who has progeny who have earned a Championship, Hunting, Obedience or Agility title. In this case, Marley contributed 5 points by earning her Championship (CH) and Junior Hunter (JH) titles. Her brother, Rio, contributed 7 points by earning his Championship, Junior Hunter and Rally Novice titles. The other 12 points were contributed by Zeke, Jasper, Archie, and Jake, who all earned their Championships!  Just so you'll know, the litter breakdown is Zeke, Jasper, Archie and Marley from the first litter and Rio and Jake from the second litter. Both litters were sired by CH Gold Run's Two Thumbs Up CD RN JH AX MXJ.  Way to go!!