Grand Champion Taz

Taz finished the requirements to be a Grand Champion last weekend in Portland, Or. She was handled by Jean Gauchat-Hargis. She qualified for the Eukanuba Invitational show in 2011 and this will also qualify her for 2012 but we aren’t going to Florida. We are pretty much done with conformation and are concentrating on agility for now. Our next trial is March 3, 4 & 5.

Carole Eklund, California Central Coast
Calia-Cavalier Belgians 

Sylvie-Ch. MonAmi Take Fire at Cavalier RN
Otr-GCh. Cerulean Dreams of de Haviland RE, CD (1 CDX leg, 1 PT leg)
Taz-GCh. Tazmania du Loup du Soleil RN, NAP

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Vhoebe breaks distance records!

Vhoebe rocked at the Purina Incredible Dog Challenge Finals in St Louis. She even made Sports Illustrated!

Vhoebe in the news:

Animal Tracks

Dog Tipper

Life With Dogs

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Xoey passes cadaver dog test!

Xoey passed her cadaver dog test with NAPWDA — the North America Police Work Dog Association.  This is a national organization that tests to LE standards.  The test went for 3 days.

Xoey is now Certified Cadaver Dog, NAPWDA.

Elane

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Fever Jumper’s Run

Here is a super jumpers run from last weekend. I am so happy with this run since it has been very hard for us to Q in this class. Usually one dropped bar (which is a failure) or a handling mistake. Over the summer we have been working on Susan Salo’s jumping program since it was apparent we were missing something. I have seen great improvement on Fever’s take off points and striding in practice and it is evident in this video as well. She looks very balanced and smooth, not launching herself early toward the jumps as in the past. I love the squeaking she does when she wants to GO FASTER!! And right before the tunnel look at her dig in and accelerate! Ground speed is her forte.

She won this large and competitive class with a time of 22.51 seconds on a course time of 42 seconds and 157 yards. That is 6.97 yards per second! It was a super fun course that was flowing and allowed different handling options. I almost chickened out on the long lead out push, but glad I didn’t. This run made my whole weekend and we were one missed Aframe contact away from a QQ.

Cindy Noland

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David Letterman

Don’t miss David Letterman Friday night September 23rd — dock diving champions Vhoebe and Lisé Ann will be featured!

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New titles

At the Big Sky Working Dogs (Montana) trial this weekend, Lexi (aka Olexa du Loups du Soleil) took High Tracking (95), High Obedience (90) and low protection (80p) for a 265 for her IPO 2. Vise du Loups du Soleil took High Protection with a 93 p and got his SchH 1 with a nice performance for his handler (Peter DeKok) and Peter’s first ever SchH title! Go Loups du doggies!
WJ

Vise’s SchH1 protection:
Helper Craig Lewis; Judge USA Al Govednik

Lexi’s track:
[Lexi IPO 2 Tracking]

Lexi’s Obedience:
[Lexi Obedience IPO2]

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Vhoebe

2011 Dockdog World Championships
Irondog Competition
Big Air – 28″6″

 
 

Ashley is standing at the 27' mark & looking slightly to her LEFT!!!

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Dock Diving Championships

C'Biscuit checks in from the DockDogs 2011 World Championships in Canton, Ohio

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Are you real?

There are unfortunately, a lot of twits out there with too much time on their hands who love to hack websites. Any time multiple users are allowed to access a site, it increases the site’s vulnerabilities. If you register as a user and I don’t know you, either personally or through the Loups du Soleil yahoo list, I’m going to email you and ask for a little identifying information, specifically, what dogs you have. It’s nothing personal, I just want to keep this community safe from malicious hackers and trolls. Thanks for your understanding!

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How to manage your own info

Register as a user

By default, when you initially register, you’re an AUTHOR, which allows you to post to the blog, edit your own posts, and to manage comments for any posts you have written. You need to be upgraded to an EDITOR to be able to edit information on PAGES or create your own PAGES. I will try to upgrade you quickly, but drop me an email if you haven’t received your “welcome” email telling you you’ve been upgraded.

Once you’re registered as a user, you can login to the website by clicking “login” at the very bottom of each page. As an AUTHOR you’ll be able to post your brags and achievements on the blog page (NEW). If you’ve been upgraded to EDITOR, you can create and manage PAGES for your dog in addition to blog posts.

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