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Toivo's First AKC Show"Toivo", Typical Toivo of Dark Brightness was entered in his first AKC show in December 2003 and came away with Winners Dog, Best of Winners and his first AKC point! Toivo was superbly handled by his other mom, co-owner Kathy Madden of Montage Belgians. Look for these two to hit the show rings again once Toivo comes back into coat. In the meantime, Kathy and Toi will continue to focus on his herding training. Thanks, Kathy, for everything, and thanks, Angela, for allowing Toivo to come to the U.S. We couldn't be more happy with him! Health Clearance NewsWe are pleased to announce that "Marissa" Mahagonny's Rites of Passage, and "Toivo", Typical Toivo of Dark Brightness, passed their CERF exams at the UBSDA National Specialty in October. Toivo also received his OFA ratings of Hips Excellent, Elbows Normal. His MSU complete thyroid panel was also normal. Yippee! It's Always nice to receive good news on the health front. New Therapy Dog TitleHuge congratulations to "Maxwell" BasqueLaine-Montage Secret Agent HIC, NAJ, CGC, TDI, SS, WETT, and his person, Rusty Pearson, passing both the CGC test (Canine Good Citizen) and the very rigorous TDI certification test (Therapy Dog International) in the month of October 2003. The TDI character test is quite difficult to pass as the dog must be very outgoing, yet calm and obedient, exhibiting the extreme stability needed to deal with many odd situations and people behaviors. Maxwell is the second from our Spies'N Heroes litter to be certified as a therapy dog -- litter brother Merlin has already been busy as a therapy dog often accompanying owner Ray Wiseman to work as an occupational therapist. We look forward to hearing of Maxwell and Rusty's future accomplishments doing volunteer work in hospitals and nursing homes. Spies'n Heroes Agility NewsA couple of the "Spies'n Heroes" kids were busy burning up the agility rings during the months of September and October: "Merlin" and his owners/handlers Marti and Ray Wiseman made their USDAA agility debut in Greensburg PA. Merlin had an impressive run in the Jumpers class for 1st place, and a 4th place run in Gamblers. Then it was on to a NADAC trial in Columbus, OH, where Merlin picked up two Standard Q's and completed his Novice Jumpers title. Merlin is now more formerly known as BasqueLaine-Montage Secret Passage NJC CGC TDI. Congratulations Marti, Ray, and of course, Merlin! "Maxwell" and his owner Rusty Pearson made their AKC agility debut earning their NAJ title with back to back 1st place runs. They also had a qualifying run in NA good for another 1st place. The following weekend Maxwell picked up his first Open Jumpers Q good for yet another 1st place with an 8 second lead, including 10 weave poles in under 3 seconds! Go Maxwell and Rusty! Max is now more formerly known as BasqueLaine-Montage Secret Agent HIC, NAJ, CGC, TDI, SS, WETT. These two speed demons are the same boys who can easily switch gears and become calm and gentle therapy dogs when called upon to do so! We are very proud of both of them and their dedicated owners. A 2nd Dutch CAC for SharifOwner Angela Pos from the Netherlands reports that "Sharif" BasqueLaine Blackwater Special Red, recently earned his 2nd Dutch CAC. Sharif is now half way to his Dutch Championship. Congratulations Angela and Sharif! Another Water Dog Title for MaxwellThe amazing "Maxwell" UAGII BasqueLaine-Montage Secret Agent NAJ HIC CGC TDI SS WETT, and his owner Rusty Pearson recently earned yet another water dog title. The open level WETT title includes rescuing a "drowning" person. Quite an accomplishment for such a young dog! Congratulations to Rusty and the ever versatile Max. New UKC Agility titles!We are pleased to report Rusty Pearson and his Tervuren boy "Maxwell" had another awesome agility weekend at the UKC trials in Springfield, Missouri. On Saturday Rusty and Max had back to back qualifying runs to earn both their UAGI and UAGII titles with a 2nd place (198) and 4th place (190) respectively. After moving up on Sunday this duo had four more qualifying runs good for 2nd (195), 3rd (195), 4th (195), and 1st (200) placements picking up 10 points towards their UACH. Not bad for only their second weekend out. Once again Maxwell was one of the fastest dogs on the course. Rusty reports that Max's speed and focus gets everyone's attention. Watch for even greater accomplishments from this novice agility team in the future. Maxwell is more formally known as UAGII BasqueLaine-Montage Secret Agent HIC SS SWET. He is out of our Spies'n Heroes Litter by George out of Marissa. Click here to view photos of Max in action. Tervuren Puppies born August 2, 2003Our Swedish import, "Serah" Hexen House Iserah, was bred to the dynamic "Teva" Am/Can Champion Montage Jazz Festival OA OAJ, OAC, OGC. Puppies arrived late at night on August 2, 2003 (and into the early hours of the next morning!) We had eight healthy, vigorous puppies -- 5 boys (4 red, 1 gray) and 3 girls (all red). Pups are now all off to their new homes. This was a co-breeding with Natalie Vivian, Blackcomb Belgians. Thanks to Natalie for allowing us to have Serah's first litter! Visit the Teva x Serah Litter Announcement page for more info. Click here to meet the puppies. Introducing "Hula"
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May 1, 2003 Basquelaine launches our new web site. It's not quite finished yet but we have a good start. Individual pages and photo galleries for our females still need to be added. We will also eventually add a page and galleries for each of our past litters. Check back periodically for site updates as we continue to build and grow. |
