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Left to right: AKC/ASCA CH Rainyday's
We Have No Secrets, MBIS MBISS AKC/ASCA CH Rainyday's Red Red Wine, AKC/ASCA CH
Rainyday GirlsJusWannaHav Fun (photo credit: Mike Arnett)
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June 26-27

Sounds like Danielle and Dorinda had a great time at the ASCA
show in Hutto with Kathleen:
Congrats to everyones wins this weekend! It was
great to hang out with Kathleen and Flat Kate and Flat Star (inside joke, lol).
We had a great weekend.
Toby Keith (ASCA A-MBISS A-CH Rainyday's How Do You Like Me Now? AKC/ASCA
CD RA OA OAJ NAO NJP JS-E RS-E GS-E NAC NJP TG-N WN-N CGC) picked up
4 A-BOB wins, finished his ASCA RN and picked up his first RA leg.
Tucker (A-CH Rainyday's You Just Watch Me CD RN NA NAJ RS-O JS-O GS-N NAC TG-N TN-N CGC)
earned his RN.
Trace (Rainyday's I Got My Game On ASCA CD RE RS-N GS-O JS-O STDs)
earned his RN and his first RA leg with a few placements in huge classes. He
also went WD/BOW today for another point towards his ASCA CH.
Jackson (SVCH PCH ATCH WTCH AKC/ASCA CH Rainyday's Remember When AKC/ASCA
CDX RE AX AXJ RS-E-OP JS-E-OP GS-E-OP EAC NJC NGC TG-O WV-O TN-N HIAs HSAcd RTDs)
also earned his RN and an RA leg also. Saturday AM he went high
in trial and high scoring Aussie with a 198 out of Novice B rally. Today he was
high scoring Aussie out of Advanced B with a 199 (lost high in trial by one
point to a very good sheltie...and we had the faster time...ugh, lol). We had a
blast with our first try at ASCA Rally. The first day there were a few kinks
that had to be worked out (it was the first official ASCA rally trial in Texas)
but the rest of the weekend was really smooth!
Hope everyone had a great weekend!!
-Danielle and the boys
Kathleen Holt also wrote in about her weekend:
Hi all,
ASCA Rally is fun, and I can't wait to go to more!
Kathleen
June 17-20

We went down to San Antonio for the AKC show and had a great
time. Our new client dog, Lucky, was WD/BOW on Thursday.
Ivy (AKC/ASCA CH Rainyday's For Your
Eyes Only) was BOS at three shows and also won a Select Award, picking up
GCH points.
And awesome news from Tim and Debbie Parks in WA:
Hi all, Tim and I would like to announce our new
Champion-"Hope" AKA CH Rainyday's Ain't
She Sweet. We have been to Filer, Idaho
and yesterday she was WB for 2 points, and today she went WB/BOS for another 2
points. We are very excited. She was shown by our
exceptional handler, Tiffany Skinner, to whom we are very grateful. On to
agility now. Extremely happy -Tim and Debbie Parks
June 12-13

Note from Danielle Pugh about the weekend:
Hey everyone :)
We went to College Station, TX for an ASCA conformation and agility trial.
Toby Keith (ASCA A-MBISS A-CH Rainyday's How Do You Like Me Now? AKC/ASCA
CD RA OA OAJ NAO NJP JS-E RS-E GS-E NAC NJP TG-N WN-N CGC)
went Best Veteran and Altered Best of Breed at all four shows for about 75 breed
points and also picked up an elite gamble leg and 1.5 elite regular legs.
Trace (Rainyday's I Got My Game On ASCA CD RE RS-N GS-O JS-O STDs)
picked up an open regular leg and now only needs .5 legs for his title. Kate
also let me show
Ivy (AKC/ASCA CH Rainyday's For Your Eyes Only)
on Saturday and she picked up a Best of Opposite win.
Hope everyone else had a great weekend. I believe Laura and Mayzie and Phoenix
have some bragging to do!!! Star also finished one of her non-rainyday altered
boys getting
two majors on Saturday!!! Thanks for letting me brag :)
-Danielle and the boys
And it sounds like Laura McClary had a
great weekend too:
Hi everyone:
Phoenix needed 1 1/2 Regular legs to finish his ATCH II this weekend. He got 1
leg on Saturday. Then Sunday morning he got a second 10 pt leg and finished his
ATCH II.
Mayzie (Rainyday's Maybe I'm Amazed
RS-N JS-O GS-N) finished her Open Gamblers title. She's
self-releasing from contacts, so we blew several of her Open Regular runs to
train that. She's in Elite Jumpers, but dropped a bar in the loose dirt on
Saturday. On Sunday, Elite Jumpers was a very fast flat out course, that turned
into serpentines, and she wasn't able to collect in time.
Laura McClary
ATCH NATCH Garcitas Creek Tombstone Phoenix, AX, AXJ,
TG-O, WV-E, EGC, O-EAC, O-EJC, O-TN-E, RS-E-OP, JS-E-SP,
GS-E-SP
Rainydays Maybe I'm Amazed Mayzie JS-O, GS-N, RS-N,
And in Illinois, Debbie Hanson and the girls had another great weekend:
Hi Everybody --
First of all, congratulations to Danielle and boys and Ivy
for the wins! And I'll be looking forward to hearing about the other brags she
mentioned :)
We went just north of the IL border to Union Grove, WI this
weekend for a USDAA trial. It was outdoors at the county fairgrounds and while
the weather each day was totally NOT what was predicted (sheesh), we really
lucked out considering what was happening at home.
Remy (MACH C-ATCH Rainyday's Remy Rouge XF C-ATE JM CGC)
and
Flicka (Rainyday's You've Got a Friend AX AXJ OF PJ1 CL3)now
run the same Masters courses (finally!) with Remy running in Championship 22"
and Flicka running in Performance 16". We did team stuff on Friday -- Remy on a
DAM team with two other dogs running in the Championship division and Flicka on
a PVP team with one other Performance dog. While neither of our teams qualified
:(, they did well and we mostly held up our part of the team deal. On
Sat/Sun, Remy earned legs in Masters Standard, Masters Jumpers, and two in
Masters Snooker. With one more Standard leg, she will be MAD! Flicka
earned her first two legs in P3 Standard, two in P3 Jumpers, a leg in P3 Pairs
Relay, and a leg in P3 Snook er.
Helix greeted lots of human and canine strangers, was
snuggled by just about every one of the 4-H kids that were there to help, and
got lots and lots of smooches. It just occurred to me a few days ago that all
of a sudden she is BIG! While I keep waiting for her legs to sprout and her to
go all gangly, she is still remarkably well-proportioned. I don't think she
closed an eye all day today! When we got home, I could tell she was almost
begging me to put her in her crate so that she could pass out!
I think I will join her soon, but just had to brag on them
for a while first :) --
Debbie
Also in Illinois:
Hi Kate –
Stella (Rainyday's A
Streetcar Named Desire) passed her Herding Instinct Test (of course)
with flying colors. The ‘tester’ wrote on her sheet “cutest li’l thing’. She
explained that she had a Border Collie for 17 years that held that Cutest Li’l
Thing title, but recently had to put the dog down. She said Stella was a
perfect candidate to carry that title forward. My girlfriend Lynne took
pictures, so I’ll forward those when I get them from her.
A lot of dogs were in
the ring for 10-15 minutes for their test. Stella was in the ring for maybe 2
when Dana and I found ourselves face to face with 3 big sheep when the
instructor stopped the test and said. “She brought the sheep you, Mom. That’s
exactly what she should do.”
I’ll look for an AKC
test place, I think. That was pretty fun/interesting, even though Stella’s turn
was pretty short.
I hope you’re doing
great and enjoying the summer!
Pam, Dana and Stella
May 28-30

Sounds like Danielle and Dorinda Pugh had a great time at the CO
Classic! Danielle writes:
We attended the Colorado Classic in
Kiowa, CO which consisted of conformation, obedience, stock and agility.
Toby Keith (ASCA A-MBISS A-CH Rainyday's How Do You Like Me Now? AKC/ASCA
CD RA OA OAJ NAO NJP JS-E RS-E GS-E NAC NJP TG-N WN-N CGC)
came home
with two JV-E, two GV-E and one RV-E legs towards his ATCH. He also picked up
five A-BOB's and two Best Veterans. He won the High Point Altered Dog award on
Saturday, tied for Overall High Point Veteran and also won the ASCA Best In
Show competition on Sunday. This was a competition where all of the Intact,
Altered, Veteran, and Puppy Best of Breed winners from the AM and PM shows
competed together under a new judge for BIS. It was a great honor to be in the
ring with some beautiful dogs.
Trace (Rainyday's I Got My Game On ASCA CD RE RS-N GS-O JS-O STDs)
had a busy
weekend. He picked up two GS-O legs to finish his title and also earned 1.5
RS-O legs and one JS-E leg. He qualified both runs on Saturday to finish his
STDs and earned an extra CD leg with a 3rd place. He also came in second place
in the MVA competition (lost by 1 point!!!).
Tony
(AKC/ASCA CH Rainyday's Make My Heart Sing AKC/ASCA CD
RA STDs)
earned a Best of Breed win, a Best of Opposite win and two premier awards. He
also won the Overall Highpoint Conformation Dog with a stockdog title. Wow,
what a busy weekend!!
We also had a great note from Kathleen Holt who also
attended the CO Classic. Kathleen writes:
Hi all,
This Memorial Day weekend I went to Kiowa, CO with Danielle and
Dorinda. First, let me say that Danielle and Dorinda ROCK!!! We had so much
fun, and they were so helpful to me this weekend.
Tessa (A-CH Rainyday's Busby Babe NAJ NJP GS-O
NAC OJC NCC TG-N TN-O
WV-N PJII CGC) was entered in conformation, novice obedience and
agility. We had no success in the conf ring, but it was a good experience for
us. In obedience, Tessa was acted like she'd never been on a leash for the
heelwork~until the leash came off, and she heeled like a pro~go figure. She
was awesome in all the other exercises, but obviously we didn't Q. On the
second day, after some remedial work, she was better at the leash heel
(barely), but enough to earn a Q, for our first CD leg. In agility, On the
first day she earned Qs in Nov Gamblers (for her Nov title), Nov Jumpers and
Nov Standard, which earned her the High In Trial Nov ribbon for that day. On
the second day, we moved up to Open Gamblers, and got a Q. Our other runs were
'practice' on contacts and stays, but we had some good work. But that one
gamblers Q was enough to earn her the Nov HIT for the day again! On Sunday we
Qs again in Open gamblers for our Open title. Again, our other runs were
q-less, but that one Open Q was enough for Nov HIT again! I was proud of my
girl and her attitude all weekend.
Keelin (Rainyday's Nobody Does It Better AKC/ASCA CD RA NAC TN-N CGC)
was entered in Open obedience and agility. We did obed on Sat, and she was
awesome on her out-of-sight long sit/down stays (I was so proud!).
Unfortunately we weren't exactly ready with our dumbbell work, but she gave it
a good try, going out to it, just couldn't get it all the way back. Her
recall/down and heelwork was great. At the second trial, she busted her sit
stay, then 'visited' another do on her down stay, so I chose not to attempt
our ring work, as I had agility & conf runs at the same time. She didn't earn
any Qs in agility, but had some nice runs. It was really hot on Sat & Sun, and
the trial was outdoors, so I think the heat was a bit much for her. But again,
I'm so proud of how she handled the weekend traveling and playing with her
brother and 'cousins'.
Overall, an awesome weekend, and I really enjoyed making new
ASCA friends. Hope everyone else had an awesome weekend!
Kathleen

Quick note from Debbie Hanson on the girls' success at CPE nationals:
Remy (MACH C-ATCH Rainyday's Remy Rouge XF C-ATE JM CGC)
ended up 6-for-9 running in Level C and Flicka (Rainyday's You've Got a Friend AX AXJ OF PJ1 CL3)
was 7-for-9 in Level 5 or C. Both girls brought home plaques for 3rd place in
games, Remy for the 20" dogs and Flicka for the 16" dogs. They are remarkably
equal!! I was pleased that when they qualified, they usually earned
placements. And I was pleased with myself that I didn't lose my brain and get
the dreaded whistle in Snooker when Flicka dropped a bar on the #7 jump-weaves
combo in the middle of the opening period! She qualified!!
Helix turned out to be a really good traveler!

We also heard from Lisa Renville in CA. Sounds like her young Spark (AKC/ASCA
CH Rainyday's I'm On Fire HT) daughter Taylor had a great weekend!
Hi Linda & Kate…Taylor won a Best Puppy at a
large ASCA show yesterday afternoon. Non-Regular Breeder Judge Kathyn
Ross-Nash. There were around 20 puppies so I was very pleased with the win.
She is sooo sound. Pictures soon…
Have a great day,
Lisa Renville

Lakehill's Taylor Swift

Debbie and Tim Parks took
Hope (Rainyday's Ain't She Sweet)
to an AKC show in Yakima where she was RWB both days. Hope only needs 3 singles
to finish her AKC championship, and then it is on to her performance career!
May 22-23

Erin Holley's boy Nolan
(Rainyday's Nolan Ryan RN) earned another AKC WD and RWD win this weekend in
Jackson, TN. Nolan now has 6 AKC pts.
April 30 - May 2

Danielle Pugh sent an update:
We attended an ASCA
conformation show and stockdog trial in Whitesboro, TX.
Tony (AKC/ASCA CH Rainyday's Make My Heart Sing AKC/ASCA CD
RA STDs)
finished his STDs and also picked up a BOS win on Friday night.
Toby Keith (ASCA A-MBISS A-CH Rainyday's How Do You Like Me Now? AKC/ASCA
CD RA OA OAJ NAO NJP JS-E RS-E GS-E NAC NJP TG-N WN-N CGC)
picked up two BOB wins.
Trace (Rainyday's I Got My Game On ASCA CD RE RS-N GS-O JS-O STDs)
earned one leg towards his STDs with a 3rd place and also went RWD to a 4 point
major on Sunday. What a great weekend!!

Rainyday's I Got My Game On CD RE RS-N GS-O JS-O STDs

And we received a great note
from Linda Grant:
Hi everyone,
Today, they got one leg in the
morning trial with a nice score and a 3rd place. The afternoon trial was not
as good, so no WTCH this weekend. Met some Rainyday dogs and owners (Perro x
Hattie ?) and another exhibitor had a Rainyday dog at home, but never got back
with her to find out who it was.
We are entered at another trial in two
weeks, so maybe we will have another brag then.
Congratulations to everyone these past few
weeks, and I'm totally enjoying all the photos and videos.
Linda
Alsi and Elki

And a fabulous note from Erin Holley:
Hi gang!
I'm at nationals and having a blast. Sooo many gorgeous aussies.
Nolan (Rainyday's Nolan Ryan RN) had 2
Q's in rally novice, scores of 97 and 98, finished his title, and one 3rd place.
Wes (Spark son, Pacific's Western Sunset) had 2 Q's in rally advanced and
finished his title. His scores were not as good due to handler errors. He said
he forgives me though. (Grin)
Erin

Nolan - First Place Novice B Rally - USASA Nationals 2010

And in other USASA Nationals news, Lisa Hall and
Cela (AKC CH Rainyday's Just Like
Heaven) made the first cut in bitches and we hear that
Panda (BIS AKC CH Rainyday's Pandemonium) won
the Brood Bitch class. Way to go guys!

CH Rainyday's Just Like Heaven
April 23-25

Fantastic note from Debbie and Tim Parks:
Hi Kate and Linda,
We are so proud of Hope (Rainyday's Ain't She Sweet), she was winners bitch/Best Of Opposite yesterday at the Lewiston, ID show for a 4 point major!!! She was shown by Tiffany
Skinner, and looked MARVELOUS! HA This is a 4 day show with majors every day, so we are hopeful for more. We are very proud of our beautiful girl. Thank you again. She is such a trip. Debbie and Tim
Day two:
Hope won BW and BOS again today!!! We are on
cloud 9.
Day three:
Thank you so much! It was another 4 pointer today
so that makes 12. We are so happy. One more show tomorrow that is looking like a
2 pointer.
This weekend is one we will never forget. Thanks again for your support. Debbie

Rainyday's Ain't She Sweet

Rainyday's Ain't She Sweet

Rainyday's Ain't She Sweet
April 17-18

Great news from Laura McClary -
Mayzie (Rainyday's I'm Amazed)
recently earned her RS-N JS-O and GS-N titles! Way to go guys! In other news...
Nellie Morack's girl Izzy (CKC/UKC CH
Rainyday's In Your Dreams) was RWB to the AKC major again today.
April 10-11

Heard from Cherie Gessford that
Reva (Rainyday's Sierra Sunrise RA CL1
CL2 CL3-H CL-3S CL3-F GS-N JS-N CGC) earned her first
RA leg with a first place win!

Nice note and some photos from Kathleen Holt:
Hey,
Keelin (Rainyday's Nobody Does It Better AKC/ASCA CD RA NAC TN-N CGC)
earned her Novice Tunnelers title this weekend. Unfortunately, out of 5
(Kee) and 7 (Tess) runs, the girls only earned Qs in one class, tunnelers.
Keelin has a wonderful jumpers run on Sunday, but was OVER time by .19!!!
While she did have a 'loopy' run, I think the times were way off for all the
courses, and she should have Qd. Very frustrated with NADAC right now~chances
(gamblers) courses for both days were outrageous....think I'll be doing USDAA
for awhile now. Tessa
(A-CH Rainyday's Busby Babe NAJ NJP GS-O
NAC OJC NCC TG-N TN-O
WV-N PJII CGC) had a mixed weekend~some really nice runs (no Qs), but
some stupid things too. She had great contacts until her last run in Chances,
where I couldn't be right beside the dogwalk...ugh.
but on the bright side I got some wonderful photos of the girls in the
bluebonnets. I'm still editing, but I like these two. ..


April 4

Danielle and Dorinda Pugh sent a note about their weekend:
We attended one day of the AKC
Agility Trial in McKinney, TX. Trace (Rainyday's I Got My Game On ASCA CD RE RS-N GS-O JS-O STDs)
was a rockstar and came home with an NA
leg (1st place) and an NAJ leg (2nd Place).
Tucker (A-CH Rainyday's You Just Watch Me CD RN NA NAJ RS-O JS-O GS-N NAC TG-N TN-N CGC)
qualified in Novice Jumpers with a
1st place to finish his NAJ.
Toby
Keith (ASCA A-MBISS A-CH Rainyday's How Do You Like Me Now? AKC/ASCA
CD RA OA OAJ NAO NJP JS-E RS-E GS-E NAC NJP TG-N WN-N CGC)
and Dorinda qualified in Novice
Jumpers to finish his NJP with a 2nd place and
Jackson
(SVCH PCH ATCH WTCH AKC/ASCA CH Rainyday's Remember When AKC/ASCA
CDX RE AX AXJ RS-E-OP JS-E-OP GS-E-OP EAC NJC NGC TG-O WV-O TN-N HIAs HSAcd RTDs)
also finished his NJP with a
1st place. What a great way to end the weekend!

Wonderful note from Linda Grant in CA:
Well, it's been quite a while since we had
a conformation brag, but today
Elki (Rainyday's C Ya At Da Top CD HSAs STDc ATDsd JS-N CGC) went Winner's
Bitch for a 5 point major in ASCA. There were 34 bitches entered and quite a
few were already AKC champions working on their ASCA championships, so it was
a very nice win. These are her first points. Nice way to start out.
Linda
Alsi and Elki

Great note from Cherie Gessford in CA:
Hi all,
Went to the same ASCA Show and Trial as Linda and Elki. We got to see Elki get
her 5 point major yesterday. Did fairly well again today. She's on a roll,
that young herding miss.
Burns (C-ATCH Rainyday's Catcher in the Rye AKC/ASCA CD RAE NA NAJ NJP
RS-O JS-E NAC ChST ChJU
HSAs STDs) and I were off in Agility, couldn't get a contact to save us.
But at the end of the trial today, with a huge storm rolling in, Burns earned
his Elite Jumpers title with 2 nice Jumpers runs. Nothing like last minute
saves.
Now Reva (Rainyday's Sierra Sunrise RA CL1
CL2 CL3-H CL-3S CL3-F GS-N JS-N CGC) was better. I only entered her in
Novice Jumpers and Novice Gamblers. This was her first ASCA Trial and she had
to jump 20" for the first time. (In CPE she jumps 16".) Well, she came home
with a Jumpers and a Gamblers Novice title. She earned a 1st, a 2nd, and two
4ths out of a class of 8, so I'm very proud of her.
But, what I'm most happy about is that I took her to a canine ophthalmologist
this last week. She passed her CERF with flying colors. She is 26 months old.
Now I am celebrating!
So many of you also celebrated Easter with successes in Agility.
Congratulations. What a way to spend a special holiday.
Cherie
Burns (Merlin X Rose '04)
Reva (Gavin X Ivy '08)
March 24-28

We hear that Erin Holley's boy
Nolan (Rainyday's Nolan Ryan) earned his
first RN leg this weekend and her Spark (AKC/ASCA CH Rainyday's I'm On Fire HT)
son Wes (Pacific's Western Sunset RN) earned his first RA leg!

Note from Nellie Morack about her girl
Izzy (CKC/UKC CH Rainyday's In Your
Dreams):
Hi,
Spoke to Reggie a bit ago and Izzy was WB/BW today at
Raleigh. It was supposed to be 2 pts but he thinks it might have been 1 pt. Many
were absent -so 1 or 2 more points. :-)
Nellie
And another note from Nellie:
Izzy got another one of her famous RWB today at Raleigh -
which was a major!!!
She is doing very good for a young girl!!!!

CKC/UKC CH Rainyday's In Your Dreams
March 19-20

Sounds like Danielle Pugh had a great time at the TX ASCA show.
She writes:
We attended two days
of the ASCA Conformation show in Whitesboro, TX.
Toby Keith (ASCA A-MBISS A-CH Rainyday's How Do You Like Me Now? AKC/ASCA
CD RA OA OAJ NAO NJP JS-E RS-E GS-E NAC NJP TG-N WN-N CGC)
picked up two A-BOB wins and
Jackson (SVCH PCH ATCH WTCH AKC/ASCA CH Rainyday's Remember When AKC/ASCA
CDX RE AX AXJ RS-E-OP JS-E-OP GS-E-OP EAC NJC NGC TG-O WV-O TN-N HIAs HSAcd RTDs)
picked up a BOB win also.

Nellie Morack's girl
Izzy (CKC/UKC
CH Rainyday's In Your Dreams) was
RWB to the major again this weekend!
March 11-14

Nellie Morack's girl
Izzy (CKC/UKC
CH Rainyday's In Your Dreams) was
WB and RWB again this weekend!
March 6-7

Fun note from Mary Mynaugh
about her boy Ziggy (AKC/UKC CH Rainyday's Ziggy Stardust NA FDGCH):
There are 756 dogs who
play flyball in MD,PA,NJ and DE and Ziggy is ranked #65 (Archie is #18)
Only 77 of those dogs
are Aussies. Archie is #3 Aussie and Ziggy is #12 Aussie
Mary
February 27-28

Great note from Margaret Freeman:
I know that this pales next to most of your
achievements, but Rory (Rainyday's
Glorious Habit) and I entered the ring for the first time this past weekend.
He's quite a character, so it's taken some time and training and a lot of help.
We came home with two blue ribbons in Novice A Rally, including a score of 95 on
our second day.
I'm so proud of my boy! He slipped up just slightly with a couple of mild (for
him) barks during the course on the second day, and a sit too far in front of
me, but otherwise did a great job. Then he celebrated in typical Rory fashion,
thankfully after we'd exited the ring. He'd been pretty excited as this was an
entirely new situation for him, but he eventually acquitted himself well. :)
Margaret.

And a great note from Laurie Reeter-Brown
too:
We had a great weekend of agility at Rendon. It
was good to see Laura and Mayzie again!
After 4 runs of 1/2 Qs in Regular Standard,
Elliot (Rainyday's Eliot Can Fly OA AXJ RS-E JS-E GS-N)
finally got her RS-E (I admit, she needs a faster/better
handler!). She also Qd in her second Gambler's Novice run for her GS-N!
The gamble was a jump / tunnel / aframe set 10 feet from the line / jump. I saw
several dogs hop off the aframe when they saw their handler that far away, but
Elliot stayed on, did a great touch, then went on to the last jump without a
flaw. Someone else managed to get 27 points so we came in 2nd with 20.
I also managed to pick up my speed long enough to get a 10point Q in our second
regular run, so I'm very pleased with my Punkie and our weekend!
Hope everyone else had a great one! :)
---------------------------------
Laurie Reeter-Brown
February 20-21

Nellie Morack's girl
Izzy (CKC/UKC CH Rainyday's In Your
Dreams) was WB for another two AKC points on Sunday!

CKC/UKC CH Rainyday's In Your Dreams

Cool note from Erin Holley about
Nolan (Rainyday's Nolan Ryan):
Just a quick brag----
We showed AKC in Camden AR this weekend. Today Nolan went RWD to a 3 pt major
(so close). Competition was tough, lots of breeders, handlers, and nice
dogs. Not bad for an owner handler and a cute little pet dog. :)
Erin 
And a fun note from Janet Douglass:
I spent the last two weeks cooped up in the house with my
kids thanks to all the snow we received here in Virginia! The Elementary age
kids only went to school one day for 4 hours until this past week when they
went in late Wed and Thursday.
So imagine how happy I was to have friends take them off my hands so I could
do three days of AKC agility (my in-laws were suppose to watch them but they
did not come)!!!!!
All three days had very technical and challenging courses, off course jumps
and tunnels were extremely close to your dogs path and you really needed to
stay connected with your dog every second on course.
While Logan had some very lovely runs and put in some fast times he only
managed to Q in jumpers on Friday. But Foster was the man and really gave 110%
for me in 5 out of 6 runs (I think he was just done by jumpers today). He
QQ'd Friday and Saturday!!!!!! Today's standard run was really really
nice for both boys but both knocked a bar going down the last line.
Hope everyone had a great weekend too!
Janet
Foster (Decker Son age 5.5) Logan (Baker and Glory age 3.2) and Bolt (Petal
and Tag age 3.5months)
February 13-14

Great note from Kathleen Holt:
Hi everyone,
I'm home from a weekend of NADAC agility at McGregor, Texas.
The weekend was cold, wet and muddy, but we had a great time.
Tessa (A-CH Rainyday's Busby Babe NAJ NJP GS-O
NAC OJC NCC TG-N TN-O
WV-N PJII CGC) did the 'full package' of eleven runs for the weekend, and
Keelin did four each day. Tessa earned her first regular/standard (open) Q in
a year! In total, she got five Qs, for two titles, and one 'award'. She earned
her Open Tunnelers and Novice Chances title; the Chances completed her
Versatility Award, for all six Novice titles! We had a couple bumps (breaking
one stay, having to repeat contacts), but all but one run were really, really
good. I'm so proud of her, and we had so much fun!
Keelin
(Rainyday's Nobody Does It Better AKC/ASCA CD RA NAC TN-N CGC)
earned her first NADAC Qs, with clean runs in Touch N Go,
Jumpers, Tunnelers and Standard. She is really starting to come along, running
the courses with enthusiasm and SPEED~sometimes a bit too much of each! Total
focus is still missing, but she's come a long way, and I expect her to improve
even more in the next few trials.
Our next trial is in three weeks....so we'll practice hard, and
bring home a few more Qs and titles! And right now I'm going to bed because
I'm exhausted!
Kathleen and the girls
February 6-7

We had a great time at the Hobbs, NM AKC show with some of our
closest friends. On Sunday Chip
(Rainyday's OneRedHot Chipolte) was RWD.
Eleanor (ASCA CH Rainyday's Eleanor
Rigby) was WB/BOS for a four pt major to finish her AKC championship!
January 30-31

Great news from Laurie Reeter-Brown:
We left before the results were posted yesterday and I just
assumed Elliot (Rainyday's Eliot Can Fly OA AXJ RS-E JS-E GS-N)
didn't Q in either of her AKC runs... So I was very pleasantly surprised to
find her 3rd place JWW ribbon this morning!
After another knocked triple bar in our Standard run, my little
Punkie went out and earned another 3rd place JWW ribbon today, along with her
AXJ! I'm so, so proud of her! :)
So, with still No Q in Standard, we are moving up with the big guys in
Excellent B. :o
I hope everyone is having a great weekend!
Izzy was RWB again both days at the AKC show in
Charleston. She had many compliments on her coat and movement. She is a pretty
girl!
Here are a couple pictures.
Nellie & Izzy

CKC/UKC CH Rainyday's In Your Dreams

CKC/UKC CH Rainyday's In Your Dreams
January 23-24

Fun note from Janet Douglass:
So it seems this group needs some fun news!
I took my THREE boys to a DOCNA trial last weekend. Logan and Foster both
compete in the Specialist level, Logan in the Competition division and Foster in
the Select division because he wasn't able to make course time (just a second or
2 over -very frustrating).
Both boys ran great for the first time out. Logan Q'd 7 out of 11 runs and
finished one of his Games titles. Foster not only Q'd 6 out of 7 runs but he had
fast enough times that would have he would have qualified in the Competition
class -he would have beat Logan in a jumpers round! So I was thrilled to see
that out new training has really paid off and I will probably put him back in
the Competition division next time.
Bolt had a great weekend too. Meeting new friends, peeing while on a leash and
napping with lots of stuff going on!
Janet

And a new title for Laurie Reeter-Brown:
Introducing...
Rainyday's Quintessential Red JS-N!
Quin got that 2nd needed Q last night in Rendon so now has his
first title! :) I'm really proud of him.
Elliot (Rainyday's Eliot Can Fly OA AXJ RS-E JS-E GS-N)
earned two 1/2 Qs (5pts each) and is still a 5pt Q short of her RS-E title.
(She was penalized for being over course time today 3 out of 4 times, which I
think may have been a judge/course error because she usually has lots of time
to spare.)
We also attempted our first Gambler's run today in over a year,
and got a 1st place Q. :)
I also met Kathleen, Keelin, and Tessa! It was great to
finally put a faces with names and it's always great to see other cute
Rainyday wiggle-butts! :)
-Laurie
And a note from Kathleen Holt:
Just home from the ASCA agility trial in Rendon, south of Ft
Worth. Tessa (A-CH Rainyday's Busby Babe NAJ NJP GS-O
NAC OJC NCC TG-N TN-O
WV-N PJII CGC) was entered for two jumpers, two standard and gamblers. Kee
for two jumpers and a standard. In the first jumpers round
Keelin (Rainyday's Nobody Does It Better AKC/ASCA CD RA NAC TN-N CGC)
was a bit stop and start, and we 'circled' several jumps. But on her second
run, she ran like a champion! Strong and steady, and she listened to
mom~except for a bobble when she couldn't see the tunnel in front of her
nose! But we made time and Qd. Tessa had a great first jumpers run, but for
some reason we were marked for 10 penalties, and it couldn't be explained
why....so whatever, I didn't tape it so couldn't argue it. Our second run
was nice but we had a couple fences down. Next was Gamblers, and while it
wasn't pretty, we did get the minimum points and made the (easy) gamble.
Standard run for Keelin was okay~she flew off the teeter right away and
scared herself, but I got her around the rest of the course in fine style. I
had fun with Tess, and we got most of our contacts, though we did have to
repeat the Aframe, and we didn't finish the course~but I was happy with her
progress. We did have another standard run, but we were tired and cold, and
it was late...so we bailed.
We met Laurie and Elliot, and got to watch them run....love
meeting other RD family members!
All for now...another trial in three weeks, same time as NEW
PUPPIES due! Can't wait for both....
And a note from Cherie Gessford:
Hi all,
It has taken until now to catch up on all the emails from this weekend.
It's good to hear that Merlot and Merlin are a little better. Such great dogs.
Will keep sending positive thoughts.
Congratulations on the accomplishments that I read about. I, too, have taken a
Zink seminar many years ago. Learned so much. That's when I was first in
Agility. I would like to do another one now.
Reva (Rainyday's Sierra Sunrise RA CL1
CL2 CL3-H CL-3S CL3-F GS-N JS-N CGC) was great again. Eight Qs in ten runs
with many 1sts and 2nds. She finished Level 2, so is now in Levels 3 and 4. She
has only trialed for two months in Agility. So I guess she's a keeper. Ha!
Just let anyone try to pry her away from me.
Burns (C-ATCH Rainyday's Catcher in the Rye AKC/ASCA CD RAE NA NAJ NJP
RS-O JS-E NAC ChST ChJU
HSAs STDs)finished 3/4 of the points needed for his C-ATCH 2 this last
weekend, so he's on a roll also.
I'm really excited about ASCA Rally coming out soon. We will be ready when it
is sanctioned. I like the program way better than AKC's version. Much more of
a challenge, leads in better to Obedience.
Cherie, Burns (Merlin X Rose '04), Reva (Gavin X Ivy '08)
January 8-9

Our client bitch Snow (ASCA CH Po's Look at Me) won a tough five
pt major at the Glen Rose show to finish her AKC championship!
Dorinda Pugh and her boy
Tucker (A-CH Rainyday's You Just Watch Me CD RN NA NAJ RS-O JS-O GS-N NAC TG-N TN-N CGC)
finished his AKC CD at the Glen Rose shows!
Nellie Morack's girl
Izzy (CKC/UKC CH Rainyday's In Your
Dreams) picked up an AKC WB win too :-)

We also had a fun note from Cheryl Christensen:
Hi Everyone,
Yesterday, Ike
(Rainyday's You Got Me Running) and I braved the cold (5 degrees) and snow
to compete in an AKC sanctioned match. I'm proud to say, Ike took BOB and a
Group 3. The judge told me she really liked Ike and wanted to place him
higher in Group, but we had a gaiting issue on the last down and back, so she
dropped us to 3rd. I was still thrilled and we will continue to work on our
gaiting. I'll post our picture as soon as it is available.
Cheryl and Ike
And a great note from Cherie Gessford in CA:
Hi,
Reva (Rainyday's Sierra Sunrise RA CL1
CL2 CL3-H CL-3S CL3-F GS-N JS-N CGC) spent her 2nd Birthday running
Agility. Has to do weaves and difficult courses now. She ran 10 runs. Well,
she was fantastic. Can't think of a better way to spend celebrating her
Birthday. And to cap it off,
Burns (C-ATCH Rainyday's Catcher in the Rye AKC/ASCA CD RAE NA NAJ NJP
RS-O JS-E NAC ChST ChJU
HSAs STDs) earned his C-ATCH the same day! He has become an amazing
distance working dog. So we had a lot of fun celebrating these two special
events.
When I read about the cold some of you endure to show, I'm very impressed.
Lot's of good stuff happened for Rainyday's dogs this past weekend.
Congratulations.
Cherie, Burns (Merlin X Rose '04), Reva (Gavin X Ivy '08)

And more agility news from Janae Cunningham here in TX:
We did c.p.e. on Sat. and Rex
(Rainyday's King of the Road RA CD AX AXJ OF RS-N GS-N JS-E CL1 CL2 CL3 CGC)
got (1) 4th place and (2) 1st places at levels 4 and 5. Annie got (3) 1st
places at levels 2 and 3. I made a little taa-da shout-out for 9 y/o
Annie....does anyone mind if I post it...she isn't Rainyday but she has helped
me raise my Rexie.
Congrats to all of the Rainyday clan this past weekend!
Janae
Rex and Annie

We also received this awesome email from Lily Bhalang:
Aloha to all,
Sorry I been so quiet as it been a crazy holiday season. I am a
manager at Sam's Club and its been a rough and crazy season. One manager went
down the day after Thanksgiving with a stroke and we been running the store
with one less help. I survived and life is finally getting back to normal.
I been reading about everyone wins and comments but haven't had
time to respond. Congratulations on everyone wins :-) Rainyday Aussies been
representing!!
We had our end of the year Dog Banquet last night and Beckham
received #1 Aussie and #3 Herding Dog. I was shocked as he ranked so high even
when he was out for half the show season. Way to go BECKHAM!!
Happy New Year!!
Lily and Beckham

BIS AKC/ASCA CH Rainyday's Bend it Like Beckham
January 1-3

Great note from Lisa Kelley:
He got a 3rd in Std and a 4th in JWW. Just missed getting a
Fast Q, but got major cuteness points for his "leap of joy" in between
obstacles. He was having fun!
Sat he had a clean run and 1st place in Std and a Q in JWW.
Missed the Fast Q again, dang far end of the tunnel.
Very proud of the boy. Very focused, just a few bobbles. Hit
all of his contacts. And Sat hit all of weaves on the first try. He was 10-20
secs under time so far, so he is running pretty fast. He would go faster if
his momma could move faster, poor thing
At least they said I was not running like Barny Rubble this
weekend. ( :
Will let you know how he does Sun.
Lisa Kelley and CruiseAnd a Cruise update...
Today Cruise got 2 more first places. He had a great weekend.
Cruise Q'd 6 out of 8 runs with three first places, a second,
a third, and one Q. He had one great Clean Run.
I have been out of agility for about 2 1/2 years and everyone
kept asking me if it was fun to be back doing agility
"I said no, it is terrifying, it is only fun when the run is
over" ( :
Will I be out there again, you bet. Some how nerves is
reinforcing to me, go figure. ( :
I think our next AKC show will be in March, hopefully he will
finish the Novice titles then.
Or maybe some ASCA shows, we need to start looking at what
the courses look like for the nationals
Crongrats to all the other Rainyday dogs this weekend.
Lisa Kelley and Cruise
Laurie Reeter-Brown was at an ASCA agility trial this weekend. She
writes:
I took both dogs to an ASCA trial in Rendon on Jan. 1st.
Elliot (Rainyday's Eliot Can Fly OA AXJ RS-E JS-E GS-N)
did an awesome job, earning a 1st place and 2nd place in Elite Jumpers,
which is 20 points toward her 100 needed for an Outstanding Performance
title. :) She also Qd 1.5 times in regular (the 5pt time fault
deduction was completely my handler error).
It was very, very cold, just in the mid 30s for most of the day. I don't
remember ever running a course in my coat before!
---------------------
Laurie Reeter-Brown

We also had awesome news from CA where Linda Buell ran her
Spark (AKC/ASCA CH Rainyday's I'm On Fire
HT) daughter, ASCA CH Woodstock's Coming Around Again, at her first
agility trial. Linda writes:
Carly made her AKC agility debut today in
Novice B with "Q's" in FAST, JWW and Standard with 1st, 2nd and 1st placements
respectively :-)))
And...
Last day today, of our 4 day trial. Carly
(first AKC trial) garnered all of her Novice Titles (Standard...JWW...FAST)
and got her first Open leg in Standard. She was 10 for 12 in Qualifying
runs with six 1st placements...three 2nd placements...and one 3rd placement.

ASCA CH Woodstock's Coming Around Again
NA NAJ NF RS-N JS-N GS-O
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