The annual CRC Reunion was a smashing success as usual! It was at Donna Rothenberger’s – now Kelly Martin’s place – in Burlington. Thanks, Kelly!
We all missed Donna!!!
There was the usual great turnout for herding testing and lots of other activities!
Cathy Hartley conducted the Instinct testing:
I conducted the collie grooming session:
Agility equipment available to try:
Jean’s & Penny’s [...]
New Titles for Powder, Moose, (PT’s) Ariel (HSAd) & Wiggy (HIAd)!
Q Toward Title for Kate, (HSAd) and Q for Joy (HXAd)! Placements 3rd place for Ariel & Joy; 1st place for Wiggy & Kate (HS ducks Sun. for Kate)
Powder PT
Moose PT
CH Ariel RA, HSAd
CH Kate HSAs
CH Joy RA, HSAc, HXAsd
CH Wiggy CD, RE, HSAsdc, HIAd
Peggy Moorman had visitors for Thanksgiving. Her great niece, Kadence age 10-months, was one. This is Kadence & the “Gogs.” She loved the puppy “gogs” from Stryker and Lily, and they loved nibbling on her feet!
At the PBCA Herding Trials on Sat., Dec. 6, Mike & Tucky Vaughans, Moose age 12 months, made a new [...]
More CCA Eastern Regional News – Joy:
Joy earned her first AKC Herding Championship point. (Well, it’s a start!) She had a 2nd place in Advanced ducks and a 3rd place in Advanced sheep. CH Deep River’s Comfort and Joy RA, HSAc, HXAds, RFL1, HTD1, HTADdsIII, HRDIII
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Fran writes:
Good Morning, Kathy!
You were on my mind this am as I sat with Oliver and thought about how well he is doing. Obviously, he has stolen our hearts, and he is ours!!!! He has adjusted so well that it is hard to believe he hasn’t even been here with us two weeks. He is [...]
Rhonda Walsingham & daughter Illiana write…
Hi!
We are totally in love with “Mochi”! She is named Mochi because the kids love mochi…it is a Japanese candy (we went to Japan last year) and our little Mochi is just as sweet as that candy! Thank you so much for such a wonderful pet!
Rhonda
Hi Miss Kathy,
Our puppy, Mochi [...]
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Yankee/Hannah Puppies Update:
Faye Elderidge sent these very cute photos of her baby boy, Falcon and his sheltie friend and says, “Falcon has found a playmate in Solo. They have become the best of friends…..She has been a big help in housebreaking him too! He follows right along and does whatever she does.” Falcon will be [...]
Lyric Comes to Deep River for Some Training Fun!
Owner & Co-breeder Mickie Elliott is sending 4-month-old Lyric (tri sister to blue roughs Julie & Cruz – see earlier blogs) to Deep River for some training and coat (Orlando is a lot warmer than central NC). Lyric & Cruz will be prepping here for their puppy [...]
CRC held its annual Reunion at Donna Rothenberger’s place. Games and activities were very popular, including Heather Lake’s agility demo and rescue collie agility participation. I did the grooming demonstration for my favorite organization and had excellent questions from the owners. My friend Claire did the Herding Instinct testing – God Bless her. The testing [...]
From Peggy Moorman & the Lily/Striker Puppies:
Yeah I know, I have wayyyyyyyy to much time on my hands. The puppies at 10-days-old dressed up for Halloween!
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Peggy Moorman Sends Puppy News:
Peggy has her first collie litter – all sables. The sire is Peggy’s CH Deep River’s Strike A Match & the dam is Peggy’s CH Deep River’s Easter Lily. The breakdown is 1 smooth girl, 4 smooth boys, 2 rough girls and 1 rough boy. Here are the babies at 5-days-old. [...]
CH Bo-Dandy’s Itsawig CD, RE, HSAsd, RFL1, HRD1, HTAD1 (Wiggy)
Wiggy completed her HSAd title on Fri. with 1st place, High Scoring on ducks and Reserve High in Trial! On Sat. & Sun., she earned Q’s in Intermediate ducks with a class 3rd place both days. Wiggy is co-owned with Nancy Parker.
Wiggy “holding” the ducks in [...]
News from Scarlet Mills, PA Herding Trials – Oct. 24-26
After our wonderful Maine visit, Pam & I headed south to meet our friend and herding trainer Claire Apple and our collie girls, Joy, Wiggy, Ariel & Valerie, in PA for 3 days of herding trials. Here’s how we did…
Joy earned her HSA cattle title with [...]
Our Trip to Maine – Oct. 18-23
Pam Brown and I began our drive up to visit Maine on Sat., Oct.18. We arrived at the home of Kathy Weare in Wells on Oct. 19 to begin our visit with Kathy and with Jody Arsenault. Kathy has 3 champion collie girls from Deep River, and we delivered [...]
Advanced Rally for Joy & Ariel – New River Valley KC – Oct. 18 (2 trials)
Ariel – aka CH Deep River’s Consider the Source RA, PT earned her last Advanced qualifying score for her title with a 4th place. Joy – aka CH Deep River’s Comfort and Joy RN, HSAc, HXAsd, RFL1, HTAD3, HTD1, HRD3 [...]
Julie will be leaving next week to go to her owner Anne Hartranft in Albany, NY.
Julie with her friend Mike Vaughan
Julie with her friend George Williams
Cruz @ the Match (Owner – Sue Chung) Cruz & Julie are 12-weeks-old. by CH Westwood Steele Dust x CH Deep River’s Consider Her Mine (co-bred with Mickie Elliott)
Cruz with his friend Mike Vaughan
Cruz & 2 of the 8 competitors in his class
Thorn, Cruz, Julie and I attended the match hosted every Oct. at the home of the Williams’ family. There was a very nice turnout of both collie and sheltie puppies. Bonnie Begle of Bo-Dandy Collies was the judge. Thorn won the 6 to 9 month puppy dog class. Cruz was second in a very beautiful [...]
Yankee/Hannah Puppies pictured Sun., Sept. 28 at 16-days-old. Since they’re all sleeping, you can’t tell, but they’ve all opened their eyes! Heard a few barks, and they’re trying to totter around.