Here We Go.

Mary-Ann Sontag April 10, 2019

Do you know what this means?

Yes, it is time to welcome you all to Sparkle’s Excellent Adventure.

Because April 4 was not complicated enough, with that whole “Oops, you are actually not heading into heart failure after all” fiasco (aka be careful with cut and paste in electronic medical records), Sparkle chose that morning to come into season.

And because apparently the day had space for MORE, I got an email that very morning from the owner of the long-planned stud dog saying that he was not currently available — for good reasons and nothing to do with Sparkle. But still…

Poor Sparkle.

Much disappointment and sadness all around ensued. But there was no time to waste — we needed a solid Plan B.

To be continued…

Show Dog Life in Montana

Mary-Ann Sontag April 9, 2019

After tracking yesterday, we had a fun dog walk/swim party. This is Sundance, Suzanne’s boy, enjoying some of the remaining snow..

Sundance easily passed his certification track and we are waiting to hear if he gets a track at the Specialty. Everything crossed.

That melting snow is making for some grand new ponds — hence the swim party! This is Shelby and Sundance, who belong to Suzanne, and Claire with Harper B for Back in the Corner.

We walked down to the Bitterroot River…

This is Harper.

Water is like a magnet to Claire.

Racing back to the car after all that fun adventuring. The Life of Show Dogs when the first priority is actually the dogs and their happiness.

Find Happy Today — it is out there.

What a Weekend

Mary-Ann Sontag April 8, 2019

Sparkle had an award-winning weekend and she did not even have to leave home! That is what happened when your Rock Star babies are with awesome humans.

The first congratulations goes to Team Tika — or should we say Team CKC CH Tika?

Yep — Tika is now a Canadian Champion! Way to Go TEAM CKC CH TIKA!

Her sisters, perhaps worrying that Team CKC CH TIKA was getting too much glory, proceeded to add their own reasons to celebrate.

Team Ruthie passed the Novice Draft Dog test, making her Ruthie NDD!

On the other side of the country, Team Jordan also passed the Novice Draft Dog test!

A bit warm in southern California but they prevailed.

And because of Claire TD, Lucas CD, Jordan NDD, and Ruthie NDD Sparkle became a BMDCA Top Producer of Working-titled Dogs! THANK YOU!

We are proud of every single Sparkler and thrilled with all of their excellent homes — we know titles are just one way to demonstrate important things about a dog and his/her life. As far as I am concerned, Sparkle was already a…

The iPups were also busy. Tristan finished his MJP2 (a very advanced agility title) — Congratulations to Team Tristan! Kidd teamed up with LiLi to pass the Novice Brace draft test — and congratulations to Lili who also passed the DD as well.

Congratulations to Team Clark on their NDD at the same test as Team Ruthie.