We started 2014 by working hard to get a coursing licence. So far it’s been successful, but we are only halfway there!

Yesterday we had our Lillie tested if she can be a brood bitch. She was complimented for her excellent exterier and flawless character. We have to wait till April to show her at KCHMPP club show, but after that she will officially become a brood bitch!

Over 40% of Aussies suffer from DM when they get old. Because we were curious if our Lillie is affected we decided to test her for it. The results came in the mail today – and we can happily announce that Lillie is DM clear!!! Rebecca Millsaps – you really are fantastic breeder, we can’t thank you enough. Lillie is our little miracle!!!

Our “BISS JBIS MultiJch Marion Ravenwood Gemmells alias Lillie” won 6. place in KCHBO leaderboard for year 2013 from 46 young females.

On Sunday, our Barney went through official Mental test to examine his behaviour in a situation where his nervous system is heavily stressed. He gained astonishing 99 points of 100 possible and he even passed optional fetch test (had to fetch a broom and a coconut)! This is a really great news – it means that by 29th October he will be officially dog for breeding!!!

14.09.2013 Specialty show KCHBO for Australian Shepherds, judge Jan de Gids (Netherlands), 32 Australian Shepherds at the show:

Lillie – CAJC, BOJ, BOB AND BIS RED MERLE…. She is only 13 months old and it’s her second BOB!!

And she is candidate to Czech Junior Champion.

15.09.2013 – Double Special Dog Show – San Marino, judges Agabeyli Z. and Urosevic M.:

Lillie:
San marino – CAJC
Moldova – 2xCAJC
Azerbaijan – 2xCAJC
Georgia – 2xCAJC ………… BOJ at all shows!!

Her new titles are:
Junior Champion of San Marino
Junior Champion of Moldova
Junior Champion of Azerbaijan
Junior Champion of Georgia
Junior Champion of Caucasian

We are happy to announce our little Lillie is now BIS MultiJch with 8 junior champion titles! She is our big hope for future.

Barney:
San marino – CAJC
Moldova – 2xCAJC
Azerbaijan – 2xCAJC
Georgia – 2xCAJC

His new titles are:
Junior Champion of San Marino
Junior Champion of Moldova
Junior Champion of Azerbaijan
Junior Champion of Georgia
Junior Champion of Caucasian

Many thanks to Linda Kracikova for handling! Lillie is really enjoying shows with her. (more…)

Today was the D-day for our kennel. We got X-ray results of our “Gemmels Marion Ravenwood” a.k.a. “Lillie”. If the results turned out to be bad, we would have a really expensive pet. It could go either way. LUCKILY for us, she has 100% health!!!

<strong>DKK A/A
DLK 0/0
OCD 0/0
PL 0/0
SA 0</strong>

She is our little miracle!

We just came back from a very successful trip to a Romanian city Targu Mures where our Lillie attended these shows:

07.09.2013 Dracula CAC, judge Dinky S. Santos (Philippine):
Exc. 1, CAJC, BOJ, BEST BITCH, BOB (!!!) BEST IN GROUP FCI I JUNIOR (!!!)

07.09.2013 CACIB – Dracula Golden Challenge Trophy, judge Szabo Sandor (Hungary):
Exc. 2

08.09.2013 CACIB – Romanian Championship Show, judge Barbara Muller (Swiss):
Exc. 1, CAJC, BOJ. She became JUNIOR CHAMPION OF ROMANIA!!!

Many thanks to Bára Drahoňovská for excelent handling!

On Sunday we went on a lure coursing event restricted only for Australian Shepherds. Our dogs, Barney to be exact, did especially well! He was lure coursing for the first time ever and he raced his way not only for first place in “adult beginners” category, but he also won the prize for the best red tri dog and the best adult dog (1/19)!! He easily outshined Lillie – she finished in fourth place in “junior beginners” category. Anyway, we had a really great time (there were almost 50 Aussies!) and we are already looking forward for the next event!

After a few months without any show we took our Lillie for a trial hoping she finally unfolds her potential. And because we have the word “ambition” in our motto, we went on a 1200km long trip to Bosnia and Herzegovina to shine in the show there. (more…)