Who knew that Clyde was so awesome!? Me.
Look what came in the mail!
Winston is a winner! Best of Winners x 2 and Best of Opposite Sex!
Sir Winston Churchill Out of Sight won at three out of three shows the first weekend in November in Doswell, and now I have the pics to prove it! The shows were small, with slim competition, but hey, a win is a win! Winston is a half brother to Clyde and See See. They have the same dam, my Jane.
Jane is spayed now and is 8 years old. The next time I will breed will be when See See is old enough, provided she passes her health clearances. Unless, someone would have a nice female to breed to Jane’s Champion brother, Johnny. Go to https://shepherdsight.com/johnny/ to see Johnny!
Nine month old GSD that digs in dirt. And eats it.
See See and Clyde, and really all my dogs, have always considered dirt to be a delicacy. I’m not sure why they eat dirt, but they do, if left out in the yard for a bit. When Nellie had her litter, which included Johnny and Jane, the puppies feasted on West Virginia dirt. They would “drill holes” in the yard. They were not satisfied with just topsoil; they wanted to go deep, straight down, into the clay. I would find holes six inches deep and only two or three inches wide. Enough to catch a toe in. I had to fill them in with gravel to keep my ankles intact. Of course you are wondering if they had, or my current puppies have now, a vitamin or mineral deficiency. Perhaps so, but I cannot figure it out. I have tried many different foods and supplements to no avail. I have decided to just let them eat dirt! I’m assuming that Mother Nature knows what she’s doing.
These two pics feature See See with dirt on her nose, her giant ears, and the pink chaise lounge, her favorite perch.
The next two pics also feature See See with her dirty nose. She thinks she can still fit in the armchair, her second favorite perch. I don’t know how that is comfortable!
After a while, she decided to turn around and squeezed herself in!
Can you tell that I adore See See?
Good news
Good news for Winston. As of today, Winston has 13 points towards his championship. In order to be a Champion, dogs have to win 15 points including two sets of major points. He only has one set. So I will be hunting a major so I can finish his championship. The next show nearby that might have a major is in Richmond in January.
I did show Clyde and See See on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday. No points, but See See did get reserve one day, over two older females shown by an excellent handler. Clyde had no competition, so his win is nothing to brag about and no points. I really, really like See See. She’s coming along very well. I was so sure there would be a major that I did not enter the puppies on Saturday or Sunday, so I could focus on Winston. the best he did was a Best of Opposite Sex over another male champion. But still only one point. I was really surprised there were no major points for GSDs available this weekend in Doswell.
VSpecial thanks to Vera Symonds for her friendship, support, and for handling Winston on several occasions. She had the puppies’s sire Cash there on three days, and he did great as usual, going Best of Opposite over Winston and others. Vera thinks Clyde is going to be real pretty. She likes his masculine look and attitude.
iI will post Winston’s win pics once I have them. In the meantime, here is my sweet boy Winston, chilling with his ball in the yard.
Another point for Winston, and how did the puppies do today?
Today was the first day of a “five day weekend” dog show in Doswell. Winston got a point and best of winners! Really though, very little competition. So no bragging. Just saying, he has 11 points toward his championship now, yay. I realized I never posted his last win pic, so this pic is from about 2 months ago, when he had a similar win. (I will post today’s later; they come via USPS.) Clyde and See See got reserve, so no points for them. I was proud of them anyway. Wish me luck the next four days!
Goofy puppies playing
I love that they play so well together. You can tell by their relaxed postures, that even though teeth are bared, they are completely trusting and comfortable with each other.
Happy Birthday to Jane and Johnny!
Eight years old today! Jane is dam to Winston, Clyde, See See and 20 others from three litters who are in loving homes. I am grateful to her for giving me such wonderful puppies and being a great mom. Johnny is my protector and most loyal dog. He alerts me to everything I need to know.
I get these bones at Tractor Supply. I always watch them when they first get the bones. They chew off pieces of the end, which I have to pick up and throw away. Also, I don’t let them chew indefinitely, because they end up swallowing too much of the gristle, and then they don’t want to eat dinner. (By the way, the bones are greasy, so give them to them on a floor you can wipe off or outside.)
I can’t believe Johnny and Jane are eight years old. It seems like just yesterday that they were born. On 10/30/2013 Nellie had a litter of 10. Sadie is the only one who has passed away. She had a rare form of skin cancer. Katherine and Harriet live together in Arkansas, Blanche and Rembrandt live in WV, Margaret and Ginny live in Ohio, and Alice is in Arizona. If you are wondering about the old-timey names, they are named after my dad (John), his brother, and their eight girl cousins who lived down the road, who were like sisters. Some of their owners changed their names, but the names i give my puppies all have some kind of meaning to me, and thats who they are in my heart.
My sister came to visit!
My sister, Laura, came all the way from Portland, Oregon to visit me. She has a cute little dog named Trixie who gets her picture taken A LOT!
This is Trixie in Oregon. She didn’t make the trip.
During Laura’s visit, we went to the VMFA, the Richmond Zoo, and today we went with the dogs to James River Beach and then the Ferry. Laura took the pics of me with the puppies. Thank you Laura!
I will miss her as we all get back to our routines.
Chillin’ inside on a rainy day
Well, make that a rainy week. Rain, mud, not pretty. I use a lot of towels! The dogs get a little restless, but I caught them relaxing.
Johnny and the chaise lounge
When my neighbors told me their cousin Rhonda had a chaise lounge she didn’t want anymore, I didn’t think I would like it. I reluctantly agreed to try it and see if it looked good. Pink? I did not think so… But I love it! I sit on it with my feet up and watch TV, and when I am not doing that, it is all Johnny’s. Thanks Rhonda!
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