December 11-12

We went to the Elk City, AKC shows where  Merlot (MBIS MBISS AKC/ASCA CH Rainyday's Red Red Wine) was BOB both days and earned a Group Four on Sunday.

We also received an email of "Megabrags" from Debbie Hanson who wrote:

December 2-5

Not a bad weekend... Merlot (MBIS MBISS AKC/ASCA CH Rainyday's Red Red Wine) was BOB Thursday, Friday and Saturday of the Amarillo show and picked up a Group Three on Friday. Merlot was BOS on Sunday. We showed our little one Ivy (Rainyday's For Your Eyes Only) on Saturday and Sunday. Ivy was WB on Sat and RWB on Sunday. 

Janae Cunningham took her boy Rex (Rainyday's King of the Road) to the Amarillo show where he had his obedience debut. Rex earned his CD in three straight days from the Novice B class! 

Mary Mynaugh emailed to let us know that she took her boy Ziggy (Rainyday's Ziggy Stardust) to his second UKC show where he was Winners Dog on Saturday morning and Reserve Saturday afternoon.  On Sunday, he was Reserve again. Ziggy is ten months old and just starting a show career. 

We hear that Decker's (Rainyday's Deck the Halls) daughter, Dallas (Kyroka's Shines Like A Diamond) earned a four pt major at the OK ASCA show. 

Sheila Hall called to let us know that her girl Lily (AKC/ASCA CH Rainyday's TigerLily ASCA CD) finished her AKC CD this weekend with first and second place ribbons in Novice B. 

We also heard from Cheryl Shutt that her boy (Casey (Rainyday's Fire in the Sky CD MX MXJ RS-N NAC GS-N NGC) earned another double Q and more points towards his MACH title! 

November 27-28

We went to the Mesquite show where we had a great time. On Saturday morning Poppy (Rainyday's Awesome Blossom) was RWB to a five pt major and Merlot (MBIS MBISS AKC/ASCA CH Rainyday's Red Red Wine) was BOB and on to a Group Three in a tough group. That night at the specialty, our visitor, Kixx (Rainyday's Revin at Redline) was RWD to the five pt major and his littermate Poppy (Rainyday's Awesome Blossom) was RWB to the five pt major. Merlot (MBIS MBISS AKC/ASCA CH Rainyday's Red Red Wine) was BOB and Cooper (AKC/INTL CH Rainyday's Tinsel Town) was BOS. On Sunday Poppy was again RWB to the major and Cooper was BOS. We did not stay for Monday but hear that Cooper was BOB and then won the group.

November 19-21

We went to the Waco AKC show where we had a great time. On Saturday, our visitor, Kixx (Rainyday's Revin at Redline) was WD/BOS. On Sunday we showed our little girl Ivy (Rainyday's For Your Eyes Only) for her third day in the ring and she was WB. Merlot (MBIS MBISS AKC/ASCA CH Rainyday's Red Red Wine) was BOB and Group One.

On Friday night Kari Brown and Danielle Pugh took a few dogs up to the ASCA show where they had a great deal of luck. Kari showed her new puppy Pete (Rainyday's Hard Habit to Break) and was BOB puppy. Danielle showed our boy Toby Keith (Rainyday's HowDoYouLikeMeNow?) and was altered WD/BOW. Both Pete and Toby Keith are undefeated. Kari's boy Indi (AKC/ASCA/BIS UKC CH Rainyday's No Speed Limit OA OAJ RS-O OAC JS-E EJC GS-O OGC TN-E) was BOB altered and Danielle's boy Jackson (Rainyday's Remember When) was RWD to a five pt major. 

Spark's (AKC/ASCA CH Rainyday's I'm On Fire HT) daughter Peppertree's Summertime JB JE NA NAJ AD NAC TN-N RS-N attended her first ASCA show where she competed in the altered classes. On Friday Summer was WB. On Saturday she was WB at the am show and WB/BOW at the pm show. On Sunday Summer was WB/BOW/BOB! Not a bad start for this young girl and her junior handler! 

Cheryl Shutt and her boy Casey (Rainyday's Fire in the Sky CD MX MXJ RS-N NAC GS-N NGC) earned their 6th double Q and 34 more MACH pts at an AKC show in  Dallas!

Terri Boedeker and her boy Colt (Rainyday's Colt 45 NAJ JS-N NJC) attended the same agility trial and Colt earned two standard legs with first place wins to complete his NA and also qualified in jumpers with a first and a fourth place ribbon. 

We also got a note from Ronda Clark letting us know how her girl Lizzie (Rainyday's Walk This Way NAJ) did at an agility trial this weekend. Ronda wrote:

November 13-14

We stayed home again this weekend but hear that Casey (Rainyday's Fire in the Sky CD MX MXJ RS-N NAC GS-N NGC) picked up another 10 pts towards his MACH title.

November 6-7

We stayed home this weekend but Dash (Rainyday's Country Boy HC TT TDI TDInc) completed his ASCA CD with a High in Trial win! We also hear that Sam (Rainyday's Samuel Adams OA OAJ RS-O OAC JS-O OJC GS-N NGC) completed his AX and AXJ titles!

October 29-31

We went up to Tulsa to the AKC show where Merlot (MBIS MBISS AKC/ASCA CH Rainyday's Red Red Wine) won the breed all 3 days and earned a Group 2, a Group 1 and a Group 4 in tough competition. Merlot earned over 260 breed pts for the month of October and over 1020 pts total for the month!

Kari Brown attended an ASCA/NADAC trial with Jane (AKC/ASCA CH Rainyday's Life in the Fast Lane AKC/ASCA CD OA OAJ RS-E EAC JS-O OJC GS-N NGC TN-N) and her boy Indi (AKC/ASCA/BIS UKC CH Rainyday's No Speed Limit OA OAJ RS-O OAC JS-E EJC GS-O OGC TN-E). Jane qualified in Open Tunnelers and in Novice Touch-N-Go - with a 3rd place and a 2nd place to complete her title. Indi qualified in Elite Jumpers with a 1st place.

October 23-24

We went down to Austin for the AKC show. On Saturday our new visitor Kixx (Rainyday's Revin at Redline) owned by Thom and Mary Lambert, was WD/BOS. Ivy (Rainyday's For Your Eyes Only) was WB/BOW for her first AKC points (at her second day in the ring). Cinder (Rainyday's FairyTalePrincess) was RWB and Merlot (MBIS MBISS AKC/ASCA CH Rainyday's Red Red Wine) won the breed and went on to a Group One. On Sunday Kixx was RWD, Cinder was WB and Merlot was BOB.

Kari Brown attended an ASCA show with our girl Jane (AKC/ASCA CH Rainyday's Life in the Fast Lane CD OA OAJ RS-E EAC JS-O OJC GS-N NGC TN-N) and finished her ASCA CD with a 191.5 and a second place ribbon! 

Debbie Hanson attended an AKC agility trial with her girl Remy (Rainyday's Remy Rouge NA CL2-HCL3-S CL1-R CL3-F). Remy earned her NAJ with a first place win in Novice B JWW!  

October 16-17

We stayed home this weekend but it was a great weekend for many Rainyday dogs!

Rainyday's Ziggy Stardust attended his first UKC show where he earned points towards his championship and went RWD both days!. Ziggy is 10 months old and owned by Mary Mynaugh.

Cheryl Shutt's boy Casey (Rainyday's Fire in the Sky CD MX MXJ RS-N NAC GS-N NGC) earned thirty-eight more points towards his MACH and an elusive double Q!

Kari Brown's boy Indi (AKC/ASCA/BIS UKC CH Rainyday's No Speed Limit OA OAJ RS-O OAC JS-E EJC GS-O OGC TN-E) earned a leg on his AXJ with a second place win.  

Ronda Clark's Lizzie (Rainyday's Walk This Way) finished her NAJ and also earned two legs on her NA! Ronda writes: "Will you post on your lovely website that Lizzie is now, Rainyday's Walk This Way NAJ, with five first place wins in the Novice Jumpers Class, and the fastest qualifying times in the Novice Standard and Novice Jumpers classes on Sunday. She also has 2 legs towards her Novice Standard title, both first place wins. What a cool little dog! Thanks for entrusting her to me!"

We also heard that Spark's son Wes, Pacific's Western Sunset, earned his NAJ this weekend. 

October 9-10

We went back to NM where we had one wonderful weekend!  On Friday night we attended the ASCA show where our visitor Cinder (Rainyday's FairyTalePrincess) was WB/BOW for a three pt major and Toria (AKC/ASCA CH Pacific's Sweet Victorie) was BOS. On Saturday morning we went to the AKC show where Merlot (MBIS MBISS AKC/ASCA CH Rainyday's Red Red Wine) was BOB and went on to win a Group Two. Saturday evening we returned to the ASCA show where our little girl Ivy (Rainyday's For Your Eyes Only) earned her first ASCA pts with a 3 pt major -- WB/BOW and Toria repeated her BOS win. Sunday at the AKC show Cinder (Rainyday's FairyTalePrincess) was WB/BOW for a four pt major and Merlot (MBIS/MBISS AKC/ASCA CH Rainyday's Red Red Wine) was BOB and went on to win another Group One.

In other areas... Jennifer McNeely's girl 16 month old Petal (AKC/ASCA CH Rainyday's Forget-Me-Not) had her debut as an AKC special and was BOB on Saturday and BOS on Sunday at the Memphis, TN show.

In TX, Cooper (AKC CH Rainyday's Tinsel Town) was BOB both days at the San Antonio, AKC show.

Back on the East coast, Thom and Mary Lambert's Spark daughter (CAN CH Peppertree's Fire N Ice PT STDs) was WB/BOW/BOB at the AKC show on Saturday and their boy Kixx (Rainyday's Revin at the Redline) was WD/BOW/BOB on Sunday. 

In other areas of competition, Shella Barclay's boy Sam (Rainyday's Samuel Adams OA OAJ RS-O OAC JS-O OJC GS-N NGC) earned two legs on his AX title with a first place and a second place win! 

Cheryl Shutt's boy Casey (Rainyday's Fire in the Sky CD MX MXJ RS-N NAC GS-N NGC) earned twenty-one more points towards his MACH with two qualifying runs.

Kari Brown's boy Indi (AKC/ASCA/BIS UKC CH Rainyday's No Speed Limit OA OAJ RS-O OAC JS-E EJC GS-O OGC TN-E) earned a leg on his AX with a second place win.  

Big news... we received official news that Gussie (Cobbercrest Propwash Obla-De ASCA HOF Dam) is the first USASA HOF Dam!!

October 2-3

We went to NM where we spent time with old friends and had a wonderful time. On Saturday we went to the Alamogordo AKC show where Merlot (MBIS MBISS AKC/ASCA CH Rainyday's Red Red Wine) was BOB. That evening we went to the ASCA show where Parker (age 6) showed for the first time in PeeWees! Merlot was more than happy to be his partner in the ring. We went WB/BOW with Poppy (Rainyday's Awesome Blossom) for a five pt major and Toria (AKC/ASCA CH Pacific's Sweet Victorie) was BOS. On Sunday we returned to the AKC show where Merlot (MBIS MBISS AKC/ASCA CH Rainyday's Red Red Wine) repeated her BOB win.

We hear that Charlie and Lynn De La Torre had a great time at the Florida ASCA show where they finished their boy... ASCA CH Rainyday's Great Ambition. Way to go guys! 

September 23-26

We attended the Lubbock AKC show and had a great time. On Thursday Poppy (Rainyday's Awesome Blossom) was WB and our new visitor Cinder (Rainyday's FairyTalePrincess) was RWB. Cooper (AKC CH Rainyday's Tinsel Town) was BOB and  Merlot (MBIS MBISS AKC/ASCA CH Rainyday's Red Red Wine) was BOS.  On Friday Poppy (Rainyday's Awesome Blossom) was WB/BOW and Cooper (AKC CH Rainyday's Tinsel Town) was BOB and Group Four.  On Saturday Cinder (Rainyday's FairyTalePrincess) was WB/BOW and Poppy (Rainyday's Awesome Blossom) was RWB. Poppy also won Best of Breed Bred By and then won a Group One in the Bred By groups. Also on Saturday, Jane (AKC/ASCA CH Rainyday's Life in the Fast Lane OA OAJ RS-E EAC JS-O OJC GS-N NGC TN-N),  finished her AKC CD with a score of 193.5 and a high in trial Aussie award.  On Sunday, Cinder (Rainyday's FairyTalePrincess) was WB/BOW, Poppy (Rainyday's Awesome Blossom) was RWB, and Merlot (MBIS MBISS AKC/ASCA CH Rainyday's Red Red Wine) was BOB and a Group One.

In other areas... Sheila Hall took her Spark daughter Patsy, AKC CH Rainyday's U Made Me Luv U, to an ASCA show where she was WB/BOW/BOB for a five pt major at the first show and WB/BOW for a five pt major at the second show to complete her ASCA championship.

Deborah Hendrickson attended an ASCA show with her Spark daughter Pacific's Chantilly Lace and was awarded BOB puppy. 

Courtney Bell and her boy Token (AKC CH Rainyday's Reason to Believe) picked up another BOB win and made the cut in groups. This young dog is really on a roll!

September 18-19

We went to the AKC show in Ft Worth and also attended one day of the ASCA show in Gainesville. On Friday night of the ASCA show, Sheila Hall went WB/BOW/BOB with her girl  Patsy, AKC CH Rainyday's U Made Me Luv U and Danielle Pugh's puppy Jackson (Rainyday's Remember When) was RWD. 

On Saturday Kari Brown showed her boy Indi (AKC/ASCA CH/ BIS U-CH Rainyday's No Speed Limit OA OAJ RS-O JS-E GS-O TN-E OAC EJC OGC) for his debut in the altered program and he was BOS. Kari also showed her new puppy Pete (Rainyday's Hard Habit to Break) for the first time and he was BOB puppy. Patsy, AKC CH Rainyday's U Made Me Luv U was RWB. Our Victoria (AKC/ASCA CH Pacific's Sweet Victorie) was BOB. Kari also showed Jane (AKC/ASCA CH Rainyday's Life in the Fast Lane OA OAJ RS-E EAC JS-O OJC GS-N NGC TN-N) for her ASCA obedience debut and earned a leg on her CD and high in trial Aussie. 

On Sunday our Merlot (MBIS MBISS AKC/ASCA CH Rainyday's Red Red Wine) was BOB at the AKC show. Kari went to the ASCA show where Indi (AKC/ASCA CH/ BIS U-CH Rainyday's No Speed Limit OA OAJ RS-O JS-E GS-O TN-E OAC EJC OGC) was BOS altered, Pete (Rainyday's Hard Habit to Break) was BOB puppy, and Jane (AKC/ASCA CH Rainyday's Life in the Fast Lane OA OAJ RS-E EAC JS-O OJC GS-N NGC TN-N) earned another leg on her CD with high in trial Aussie. 

September 11-12

We stayed home this weekend. Debbie Hanson took her girls to an AKC agility trial where Marley (U-ACH Rainyday's Life On Mars AX  AXJ OAC-O OJC-O NGC-O OGC PI AD JS-N RS-N CL1 CL2 CL3 C-ATCH CGC) earned another MX leg and Remy (Rainyday's Remy Rouge NA CL2-HCL3-S CL1-R CL3-F) earned another leg on her NAJ. This was only Remy's third weekend of AKC agility and she almost earned an OA leg in her first open run. 

September 3-5

We went to the Roswell, NM AKC shows where we had a blast. On Saturday our little girl Poppy (Rainyday's Awesome Blossom) was WB and our new visitor Cinder (Rainyday's FairyTalePrincess) was RWB. Merlot (MBIS MBISS AKC/ASCA CH Rainyday's Red Red Wine) was BOB and then won the group and went on to go BEST IN SHOW! This was Merlot's third BIS win! On Sunday Cinder and Poppy flipflopped -- Cinder was WB/BOW and Poppy was RWB. Merlot was BOB and won the group.

In other news... Jennifer McNeely took her girl Petal (AKC CH Rainyday's Forget-Me-Not) to her third ASCA show where Petal finished her ASCA championship! The following day, in her premier as a special, Petal was BOB and the third show she was BOS. 

Courntey Bell took her boy Token (AKC CH Rainyday's Reason to Believe) to an AKC show in Raleigh where he was BOB on Sunday and BOB and Group 4 on Monday. This was Token's first weekend out as a special!

Kari Brown took her boy  Indi (AKC/ASCA CH/ BIS U-CH Rainyday's No Speed Limit OA OAJ RS-O JS-E GS-O TN-O OAC EJC OGC) to an ASCA/NADAC agility trial where he earned his TN-E title with a third place win. Indi also qualified in three RS-E/EAC runs and a JS-E/EJC run with a second place win in jumpers. The jumpers points are his first points towards his ATCH/NATCH titles.  

Cheryl Shutt took her boy Casey (Rainyday's Fire in the Sky CD MX MXJ) to his second ASCA/NADAC trial where he earned his RS-N NAC GS-N and NGC titles. He also earned a leg towards his TN-N title. 

Debbie Hanson took her girls Remy (Rainyday's Remy Rouge NA CL2-S CL1-R CL3-F) and Marley (U-ACH Rainyday's Life On Mars AX X AJ OAC-O OJC-O NGC-O OGC PD AD JS-N RS-N CL1 CL2 CL3 CL5-R) to a CPE trial where they had a blast! Debbie writes: Marley had three tries to qualify in Jackpot to get her C-ATCH this weekend and she did it on the first try!  She is CPE's 62nd C-ATCH dog (28th this year), the second Illinois C-ATCH. 

We got the C-ATCH in our second run on Saturday morning, so relaxed and had a great time the rest of the weekend.  Marley ended up with Qs in 9-of-11 runs, so has many many legs towards the next CPE title where she needs 20 legs in Standard and 20 legs each in all six of the games. Remy ended up with 6 Q's in 11 runs. She finished CL2-H and CL3-S titles.

August 28-29

We stayed home this weekend but we hear Kixx (CKC CH Rainyday's Revin at the Red Line) picked up a WD/BOW win. Kixx is owned by Thom and Mary Lambert. 

Our Jane (AKC/ASCA CH Rainyday's Life in the Fast Lane OA NAJ RS-E EAC JS-O OJC GS-N NGC TN-N) earned her OAJ with a first place win and then won the class the following day for a bonus leg!

Debbie Hanson's little girl Remy (Rainyday's Remy Rouge CL2-S CL1-R CL3-F) earned her NA!

August 20-22

We stayed home this weekend but we hear that the East coast was fun for our dogs! On Friday Courtney Bell played reserve queen again. Both Token (Rainyday's Reason to Believe) and Panda (Rainyday's Pandemonium) were reserve to majors at the AKC show. On Saturday Token was WD/BOW for a five pt major to finish his AKC championship, and then went BOB over three specials. To add to the excitement, he won a Group Three! On Sunday, his first day out as a special, Token again went BOB (over an entry of 46)! 

August 12-15

We took Merlot (MBIS MBISS AKC/ASCA CH Rainyday's Red Red Wine) to the Topeka AKC shows where she was BOB all four days over huge entries. 

Jennifer McNeely took her girl Petal (AKC CH Rainyday's Forget-Me-Not) to her second ASCA show where she was WB/BOS at the first show, WB/BOW/BOB at the second show and RWB at the third show. 

Kari Brown took our girl Jane (AKC/ASCA CH Rainyday's Life in the Fast Lane OA NAJ RS-E EAC JS-O OJC GS-N NGC TN-N) to her first obedience trial where she earned two legs on her AKC CD.

July 31 - August 1

We stayed home again but it sounds like everyone else had a great time.  Courtney Bell took her kids, Rainyday's Reason to Believe and Rainyday's Pandemonium to the AKC shows in Salem, VA.  On Friday Token was WD/BOW for two pts. On Saturday Token was WD/BOW for a three pt major and Panda was WB (at 9 months and a week) for a three pt major. On Sunday Token was WD for 2 more pts. He just needs a major to finish.

In Maine, Donna Killam's boy Dash (Rainyday's Country Boy CGC) attended his first obedience trial where he earned two legs on his ASCA CD with  first and second place wins! Dash is a littermate to Courtney Bell's Token. 

In Washington, Deborah Hendrickson took her Spark kids to an ASCA show where she had a blast! On Friday night AKC/ASCA CH Pacific's Scarlet O'Hara was BOB, her litter sister Pacific's Ruby Slippers was WB/BOW for a four pt major and the new pup, Fame, was BOBP.  On Saturday morning, Fame was BOBP. Saturday evening Fame was BOBP, Scarlet was BOS and Ruby was WB for a five pt major. Ruby only needs a single pt to finish her championship and she has only been shown 3 weekends.

In Florida, Lynn and Charlie De La Torre's boy Bryce (Rainyday's Great Ambition) was RWD to a five pt major. Bryce is the reserve king these days...

July 24-25

We stayed home again this weekend -- busy playing with puppies! We hear that Richard and Karyn Jones' little girl Robin (Rainyday's Rockin Robin) earned her CGC and TDi titles. Robin is very busy taking agility classes where her instructor calls her Rocket Robin!

July 17-18

We went down to the Houston show where we had a good time. On Saturday Ivy (Rainyday's For Your Eyes Only) was Best of Breed Puppy and won a Group Three in the Puppy Groups and Merlot (MBIS MBISS AKC/ASCA CH Rainyday's Red Red Wine) was BOS. On Sunday Poppy (Rainyday's Awesome Blossom) was Best Bred By and then went on the win the Bred By Group. 

In Illinois, Debbie Hanson and her girls attended a CPE agility trial where they had a great time.  Marley (U-ACHI Rainyday's Life On Mars AX XAJ OAC-O OJC-O NGC-O OGC PD AD JS-N RS-N CL1 CL2 CL3 CL5-R) was 4-for-5. She needs only one gamblers leg to finish her C-ATCH title which represents a total of 87 qualifying legs. Debbie's youngster, Remy (Rainyday's Remy Rouge CL1-S CL2-F) was 9-for-10!  She finished her CL1-R, CL2-S and CL3-F titles! 

July 9-11

We went to the San Antonio AKC show for three days and had a blast. On Thursday Patsy (Rainyday's U Made Me Love U) was WB/BOW to finish her AKC championship and Merlot (MBIS/MBISS AKC/ASCA CH Rainyday's Red Red Wine) was BOS. This was the only day we showed Merlot as she is in her summer clothes right now. On Friday Cooper (AKC CH Rainyday's Tinsel Town) was BOS. On Saturday Cooper was BOB and our little girl Poppy (Rainyday's Awesome Blossom) was WB/BOW. 

July 2-4

We stayed home but we are hearing good things from others. Sheila Hall and her girl Lily (AKC CH Rainyday's Tiger Lily) were RWB to the five pt major at the ASCA show on Friday night. On Saturday Lily competed in her third day of obedience and completed her ASCA CD with both High in Trial Aussie and High in Trial awards! Later that day Lily was WB/BOW/BOB over specials for a five pt major to finish her ASCA championship!

Kari Brown and her boy Indi (ASCA CH/ BIS U-CH Rainyday's No Speed Limit OA OAJ RS-N JS-E GS-O TN-O NAC EJC OGC) attended one day of ASCA/NADAC agility where Indi completed his RS-O and OAC titles with a first place win! 

June 24-27

We went to the AKC show in OK City where we had a great time. Patsy (Rainyday's U Made Me Love U) picked up two RWB wins (to majors) and a WB/BOW for three pts. Patsy needs two singles to finish her AKC championship. Merlot (MBIS/MBISS AKC/ASCA CH Rainyday's Red Red Wine) earned two BOB wins with a Group Two.

Cheryl Shutt and her boy Casey (Rainyday's Fire in the Sky CD AX MXJ) attended an AKC agility trial where Casey earned his MX and 36 MACH points with five qualifying runs and a double Q!  

June 18-20

We went down to the Hutto ASCA show where we had a great time. On Friday night our boy Toby Keith (Rainyday's How Do You Like Me Now?) had his show debut and was WD/BOW/BOB in altered. Toby Keith's litter-sister Poppy (Rainyday's Awesome Blossom) was RWB to a five pt major in the regular classes.  At the Saturday AM show Toby was A-WD, Poppy was WB/BOW for a five pt major, Lily (AKC CH Rainyday's Tiger Lily) was RWB and Mae West (AKC/ASCA CH Rainyday's I'm No Angel) was BOB. Lily also competed in obedience for the first time and earned a leg on her CD. At the PM show Toby Keith was A-WD and A-BOW, Patsy (Rainyday's U Made Me Love U) was WB for a five pt major and Mae West was BOS.  On Sunday Toby Keith was A-WD, Patsy was RWB to a five pt major and Lily earned her second leg on her CD. Not a bad trip!

Lynn and Charlie De la Torre's boy Bryce (Rainyday's Great Ambition) was RWD to a four pt AKC major this weekend in Florida. Bryce has 14 pts (3 majors) in ASCA and 3 pts in AKC so far. 

June 12-13

We went to the Texarkana, AKC show where we had a blast. On Saturday, Kari Brown finished her boy  Indi (ASCA CH/ BIS U-CH Rainyday's No Speed Limit OA OAJ RS-N JS-E GS-O TN-O NAC EJC OGC) with a four pt major WD/BOW win. Sheila Hall's Spark daughter Patsy, (Rainyday's U Made Me Love U), was RWB to a four pt major, AKC CH Rainyday's Tinsel Town was BOB and Merlot (MBIS MBISS AKC/ASCA CH Rainyday's Red Red Wine) was BOS.  On Sunday Patsy, (Rainyday's U Made Me Love U), was WB/BOW for a three pt major, Merlot (MBIS MBISS AKC/ASCA CH Rainyday's Red Red Wine) was BOB and won the Group and Cooper, AKC CH Rainyday's Tinsel Town, was BOS. 

In other areas... Thom and Mary Lambert took their young boy Kixx (Rainyday's Revin at the Red Line) to his first Canadian show where he showed four times in two days and was: WD/BOW, WD/BOW, WD/BOW/BOB (over specials) and Group Four and WD/BOW/BOB (over specials) and Group Four to finish his CKC championship!

June 5-6

We stayed home this weekend and relaxed but Kari Brown attended an ASCA/NADAC trial with her boy Indi (ASCA CH/ BIS U-CH Rainyday's No Speed Limit OA OAJ RS-N JS-N GS-N TN-N NAC NJC NGC) and our girl Jane (AKC/ASCA CH Rainyday's Life in the Fast Lane OA NAJ RS-N NAC). Indi earned a qualifying score in Elite Tunnelers, with a second place win, a qualifying score in Elite Gamblers, and  2 legs in elite jumpers with a second and a fourth place win to earn his JS-E and EJC titles. Jane earned her novice tunnelers titles and her open jumpers title with several first and third place wins. 

May 28-30

We went to the Shawnee, OK show where we had a great time. Patsy (Rainyday's U Made Me Love U) picked up a RWB and a WB/BOW win. Patsy is owned by Sheila Hall. Jackson (Rainyday's Remember When) was WD/BOW/BOS the first two days of the show from the 6-9 class. This was Jackson's second show. He is owned by Danielle Pugh.   We showed our youngster Poppy (Rainyday's Awesome Blossom) in the puppy sweepstakes where she went BOB/Group One. In GA, new AKC CH Rainyday's Forget-Me-Not attended her first ASCA show where she earned a five pt major. Petal is owned by Jennifer McNeely.  In PA, Sheree Sanchez took her Spark son Riot (Outlaw's Total Chaos) to a UKC show where he finished his UKC championship. Riot is ten months old. In WA, Spark's daughter, Pacific's Ruby Slippers, earned a five pt ASCA major with a WB/BOW/BOB win over specials. 

May 21-24

We went to Shawnee, OK for a four day AKC show.  Merlot (MBIS MBISS AKC/ASCA CH Rainyday's Red Red Wine) was BOB all four days and earned a Group One and a Group Four.  Patsy (Rainyday's U Made Me Love U) was WB/BOW two days and RWB two days.  We also heard great things from other areas.  Jennifer McNeely finished her lovely young girl Petal (Rainyday's Forget-Me-Not)! Petal was shown a total of 11 days (including Nationals) and finished with two five pt majors and multiple BOB wins.  On the East coast, Courtney Bell showed her little girl Panda (Rainyday's Pandemonium) and her boy Token (Rainyday's Reason to Believe). Both picked up Reserve wins. 

May 15-16

We stayed home and relaxed but we hear that Rainyday's Great Ambition attended an ASCA show where he was WD/BOW for a five pt major. The following day he was RWD. Bryce is owned by Charlie and Lynn De La Torre. He has 14 pts in ASCA and is also pointed in AKC.  Courtney Bell called to let us know that she showed her puppy Panda (Rainyday's Pandemonium) for the first time and went RWB and then WB! Not bad for a six month old!

Spark's son Riot (Outlaw's Total Chaos) attended his first AKC and UKC shows this weekend and had a great time. On Friday, Riot was WD at the AKC show. On Saturday Riot was WD/BOW/BOB/Group One at the first UKC show and WD at the second.  On Sunday, Riot was RWD at the AKC show and then raced across the state to the UKC show where he was WD/BOW/BOB/Group One again! Not bad for a nine month old puppy. Riot was bred and is owned by Sheree Sanchez. 

May 8-9

We went to the Denton, TX AKC show where Merlot (MBIS MBISS AKC/ASCA CH Rainyday's Red Red Wine) earned a BOB and a Group Two.  Our little girl Poppy (Rainyday's Awesome Blossom) picked up a WB/BOW win and Kari Brown's boy Indi (ASCA CH/ BIS U-CH Rainyday's No Speed Limit OA OAJ RS-N JS-N GS-O TN-N NAC NJC OGC) was WD/BOS.  The Dallas/Ft Worth Australian Shepherd Club sponsored an Aussie only match where we went BOB with Sheila Hall's girl Patsy (Rainyday's U Made Me Love U) and BOS with Danielle Pugh's boy Jackson (Rainyday's Remember When). 

We hear that Debbie Hanson and her girls attended a CPE agility trial where  Marley (U-AGII Rainyday's Life On Mars AX XAJ OAC-O OJC-O NGC-O OGC PD AD JS-N RS-N CL1 CL2 CL3 CL4-R) earned Qs in 9 of 10 runs and finished the CL5-R title (10 standard legs). Debbie's young girl Remy (Rainyday's Remy Rouge) finished two titles -- CL1-S and CL2-F -- and got her first leg in level 1 Standard.

May 1-2

We stayed home this weekend but we are hearing great news from other areas. in Florida, Rainyday's Great Ambition attended an ASCA show where he was WD/BOW for a 4 pt major on Saturday and WD/BOW/BOB for a five pt major on Sunday!  Bryce is owned by Charlie and Lynn De La Torre.

Cheryl Shutt and her boy Casey (Rainyday's Fire in the Sky CD AX MXJ) earned another MX leg and more MACH pts!

April 24-25

We attended the AKC show in Grove, OK on the way home from Missouri.  On Saturday Merlot (MBIS MBISS AKC/ASCA CH Rainyday's Red Red Wine) was BOB and made the cut in the group and Patsy (Rainyday's U Made Me Luv U) was WB/BOW.

Spark's son, Pacific's Western Sunset, bred by Deb Hendrickson and owned by Erin Holly, was RWD at the AKC show today in West Virginia.

April 19-23

We went to St Louis to the AKC Nationals where we had a great time reconnecting with old friends and meeting new.

On Tuesday we showed Courtney Bell's boy Token (Rainyday's Reason to Believe) in the 15-18 Sweepstakes class where he placed third. We also showed our Poppy (Rainyday's Awesome Blossom) and she was 2nd in the 9-12 class.

On Wednesday Token won the 12-18 class!  

We competed in Stud Dog with AKC/ASCA CH Rainyday's I'm On Fire HT and in Brood Bitch with AKC/ASCA CH Rainyday's Roses Are Red. Spark was assisted by his daughters; AKC/ASCA CH Pacific's Sweet Victorie, AKC/ASCA CH Pacific's Scarlet O'Hara and Rainyday's U Made Me Love U. Rose was assisted by AKC/ASCA CH Rainyday's Copy Me At Peppertree, Rainyday's Forget-Me-Not and Rainyday's Awesome Blossom. Spark placed fourth in a very tough class and Rose WON the brood bitch class! We are very proud of our little girl.

On Thursday we showed class bitches. While we did not come away with any ribbons, all of our class girls made the cut in the classes. We showed Rainyday's Awesome Blossom and Rainyday's Forget-Me-Not in 9-12, Rainyday's Morning Glory in BBX and Rainyday's U Made Me Luv U in Open Black.

On Friday we showed in breed and three of our four specials made the cuts. MBIS MBISS AKC/ASCA CH Rainyday's Red Red Wine, AKC/ASCA CH Rainyday's I'm On Fire HT and AKC/ASCA CH Pacific's Scarlet O'Hara all earned another opportunity in the ring.

In other venues, Cheryl Shutt and her boy Casey (Rainyday's Fire in the Sky CD AX MXJ) won the Novice A obedience class!  Debbie Hanson's little girl Remy (Rainyday's Remy Rouge) had her AKC agility debut and earned two legs on her NA!

Overall, it was a wonderful nationals!

We also received great news from other areas.  Thom and Mary Lambert took their Rose son Kixx (Rainyday's Revin at the Red Line) to his second AKC show where he was WD/BOW both days and also won a Puppy Group 3. Kixx is undefeated for WD in three times in the ring.

We also hear that Pacific's Western Sunset, a Spark son owned by Erin Holly in WV, had a great weekend. Wes had his AKC agility debut where he earned two legs on his NAJ and one on his NA with multiple second place wins! Wes is also pointed in AKC in limited showing. Check back soon for pictures of Wes!

April 10-11

We went up to Grove, OK for an AKC show where we had a great time. Our Merlot (MBIS MBISS AKC/ASCA CH Rainyday's Red Red Wine) was BOB and Group Two both days. Sheila Hall's Spark daughter Patsy (Rainyday's U Made Me Love U) was RWB on Sat and WB/BOW on Sunday. This was Patsy's first weekend with us.

In other areas, Sherry Green's Cooper (AKC CH Rainyday's Tinsel Town) was BOB both days at the Stephenville show.

In Canada, Spark's son Booker (Pacific's Fire N Ice) was WD/BOW/BOB for 2 pts on Saturday. On Sunday he was WD/BOW/BOB over a special for 2 pts and then he was BOB again over the special. What a great start!

April 3-4

We stayed home this weekend but Rainyday dogs had a great time! Our Merlot (MBIS MBISS AKC/ASCA CH Rainyday's Red Red Wine) was BOB on Sat and BOB and Group One in Crosby at the AKC show.

Jennifer McNeely took her ten month old Petal (Rainyday's Forget-Me-Not) to the Memphis show where she was WB/BOW on Sat. Petal has been shown a total of 6 days and has 5 WB/BOW wins and one RWB win (to a five pt major). She now has 13 pts (both majors).

Shella Barclay and Kari Brown attended the ASCA/NADAC trial in TX where their dogs were very successful. On Saturday Shella's boy Sam (Rainyday's Samuel Adams OA OAJ RS-N NAC JS-N NJC) earned a novice tunnelers leg  and a jumper leg with a 2nd place win to complete his JS-O/OAC.  He also earned a 2nd place win and a Q in his standard class. On Sunday Sam ran in novice gamblers and in two runs of open regular. He qualified in all three and came home with his RS-O, OAC, JS-O, OJC, GS-N and NGC titles! Kari ran her boy Indi (ASCA CH/ BIS U-CH Rainyday's No Speed Limit OA OAJ RS-N JS-N GS-N TN-N NAC NJC NGC) and our girl Jane (AKC/ASCA CH Rainyday's Life in the Fast Lane OA NAJ RS-N NAC). Indi completed his JS-O and OJC titles and his GS-O and OGC titles and earned a leg on his elite tunnelers title. Jane completed her JS-N, NJC, RS-E and EAC titles and earned legs on her novice tunnelers title! What a weekend!

March 26

We went down to Bryan to the AKC show where Merlot (MBIS MBISS AKC/ASCA CH Rainyday's Red Red Wine) was BOB both days. Merlot won the group on Saturday and picked up a Group Three on Sunday. Our little girl Poppy (Rainyday's Awesome Blossom) was RWB on Sat and WB on Sunday for her first point. Poppy is ten months old and is the third puppy in her litter to win points! AKC CH Rainyday's Tinsel Town was BOS both days. 

Danielle Pugh showed her puppy Jackson (Rainyday's Remember When) in the puppy match and not only won BOB but went on to a Group One!

Cheryl Shutt and her boy Casey (Rainyday's Fire in the Sky CD AX AXJ) attended an AKC  agility trial where Casey completed his MXJ title and earned more points towards his MACH. 

Michelle Lund took her boy Billy (AKC/UKC CH Rainyday's Achy Breaky Heart CGC) to his second Canadian show where he earned more CKC pts. 

March 12-14

We went to the OK ASCA show where we had a pretty decent weekend. Rainyday's Morning Glory was RWB to a five pt major on Sat. On Sunday, AKC CH Rainyday's Perro Rojo was WD/BOW for a five pt major and AKC CH Rainyday's Blue Sky Wrangler, owned by Donna Bybee, was RWD. Our Spark daughter, Victoria (AKC/ASCA CH Pacific's Sweet Victorie) was BOS on Friday and again on Sunday. 

Shella Barclay and her boy Sam (Rainyday's Samuel Adams OA OAJ RS-N JS-N NAC NJC) attended an ASCA/NADAC trial where Sam earned legs towards his RS-O/OAC and JS-O/OJC titles with two first place and one second place win. 

Courtney Bell took her puppy Panda (Rainyday's Pandemonium) to her first match where Panda not only won the breed, but went on to a Group One!

March 4-8

We went to the San Antonio AKC show where we had a good time. On Friday Merlot (MBIS MBISS AKC/ASCA CH Rainyday's Red Red Wine) was BOS. On Saturday, Glory (Rainyday's Morning Glory) was WB/BOW for a five pt major and Merlot was BOB and on to a Group Three in a tough group.  Spark (AKC/ASCA CH Rainyday's I'm On Fire HT) was BOS. On Sunday Merlot repeated her BOB win and went on to a Group Two. Sheila Hall's young Spark daughter, Rainyday's U Made Me Love U was RWB to a four pt major. This was Patsy's second AKC show.

Cheryl Shutt and her boy Casey (Rainyday's Fire in the Sky CD AX AXJ) attended an AKC agility trial where Casey earned 2 more MXJ legs and 1 more MX leg. He also had an elusive double Q and earned more points toward his MACH. 

In other states... Cheryl Morgan and Kathy O'Malley took their little girl Cinder (Rainyday's Fairy Tale Princess) to the KS AKC show where she was WB/BOW for two pts.

Michelle Lund took her boy Billy (AKC/UKC CH Rainyday's Achy Breaky Heart CGC) to his first Canadian show where he was RWD on Saturday and WD on Sunday for his first CKC pts. 

February 28-29

We went to the Wichita Falls AKC show where Tricia Clements went BOB on Sat with her boy True (AKC CH Rainyday's Love Me Do). On Sunday, Spark (AKC/ASCA CH Rainyday's I'm On Fire HT) was BOB and Henley (Rainyday's Take it to the Limit) was RWB.

Our girl Merlot (MBIS MBISS AKC/ASCA CH Rainyday's Red Red Wine) was in AZ where she was BOS on Friday and then BOB on Saturday, Sunday and Monday. Merlot picked up two Group Four wins in tough competition.

On the East coast, Thom and Mary Lambert took their 9 month old boy Kixx (Rainyday's Revin at the Red Line) to his first AKC show where he was WD/BOW for two pts.  Thom and Mary also went WB/BOS with their Spark daughter Icee (CAN CH Peppertree's Fire N Ice PT STDs). 

Cheryl Shutt and her boy Casey (Rainyday's Fire in the Sky AX AXJ) competed in their third obedience trial where Casey earned his CD with a first place win and a score of 196.5.

Kari Brown took our Jane (AKC/ASCA CH Rainyday's Life in the Fast Lane OA NAJ RS-N NAC) and her boy Indi (ASCA CH/ BIS U-CH Rainyday's No Speed Limit OA OAJ RS-N JS-N GS-N TN-N NAC NJC NGC) to an ASCA/NADAC trial where they had a great time. Jane completed her RS-O, OAC, GS-N and NGC titles with several fist place wins and also earned legs on her RS-E. Indi completed his TN-O title. 

February 19-22

We stayed home this weekend but Merlot (MBIS MBISS AKC/ASCA CH Rainyday's Red Red Wine) went to Chicago to the International with her new "boyfriend" Clint Livingston. Merlot was BOS on Thursday and Sunday and won BOB on Friday and Saturday.

Merlot's sister, Ruby (AKC CH Rainyday's Ruby Tuesday ASCA CD OA OAJ RS-O JS-N OAC NJC HIC) showed in obedience this weekend and completed her AKC CD. Ruby is owned by Angela Van House and was shown by Ronda Clark DVM. 

Deborah Hanson and her girl Marley (U-AGII Rainyday's Life On Mars AX XAJ OAC-O OJC-O NGC-O OGC PD AD JS-N RS-N CL1 CL2 CL3 CL4-R) earned a leg on her MX and a leg on her MXJ at the Chicago show. 

February 14-15

We stayed home this weekend with the flu, but Rainyday dogs had great success without us!  Our Merlot, currently on the road with our friend Clint Livingston, was BOS on Friday of the Denver show and then was BOB on Sat, Sun and Mon over large entries. On Saturday Merlot won a Group One and on Sunday she won a Group Two in tough competition.

Della and Harvey Brock's girl Lucy (AKC/ASCA CH Rainyday's Havin A Ball) was BOB at the Texas ASCA show. 

Cheryl Shutt's Casey (Rainyday's Fire in the Sky AX AXJ)  attended his second obedience trial where he earned a score of 196.5 and a first place win.

In Washington State, Spark's daughter AKC/ASCA CH Pacific's Scarlet O'Hara earned two BOS wins at the ASCA show and her littermate, Pacific's Ruby Slippers was RWB to the major. 

February 10

Our special girl, Merlot (MBIS MBISS AKC/ASCA CH Rainyday's Red Red Wine) earned an Award of Merit at Westminster! 

February 7-8

Our girl Jane (AKC/ASCA CH Rainyday Life in the Fast Lane NA NAJ RS-N NAC) attended an AKC agility trial where she completed her OA title.  Cheryl Shutt's boy Casey (Rainyday's Fire in the Sky AX AXJ) attended the same trial and earned MACH pts and legs on his MX and MXJ.

January 30 - February 1

It was a great weekend for a number of Rainyday dogs!  In GA, Jennifer McNeely and Courtney Bell attended the Atlanta AKC show. Jennifer showed her 8 month old puppy Petal (Rainyday's Forget-Me-Not) all three days in the 6-9 class. This was Petal's second show weekend. On Friday Petal was WB/BOW for a five pt major. On Saturday Petal was WB/BOW for a five pt major (bringing her points total to 12) and on Sunday she was RWB to the five pt major.  Courtney showed her boy Token (Rainyday's Reason to Believe) on the weekend and he picked up another RWD win (to a four pt major).

In FL, Susan Bachtold showed her girl Olivia (Rainyday's Penny Lane) at her second ASCA show. Olivia shows in altered classes and had a blast. Olivia was WB/BOW/BOS on Saturday and WB/BOW/BOB over specials on Sunday.

In NM, Cheryl Shutt and her boy Casey (Rainyday's Fire in the Sky AX AXJ) had their obedience debut. Cheryl and Casey showed on Sunday only and earned a leg on Casey's CD with a score of 196 and a first place ribbon!  

We did the NM AKC show where we had fun watching Cheryl. On Saturday AKC CH Rainyday's Tinsel Town was BOS. On Sunday, AKC CH Rainyday's Tinsel Town was BOB and a Group Three, MBIS MBISS AKC/ASCA CH Rainyday's Red Red Wine was BOS and Rainyday's Awesome Blossom was RWB. 

January 24-25

It was quite a weekend! We went to the Abilene AKC show where we had a great time. On Saturday our 7 month old Poppy (Rainyday's Awesome Blossom) had her ring debut and was RWB. Merlot (MBIS MBISS AKC/ASCA CH Rainyday's Red Red Wine) was BOB and won the group. Spark (AKC/ASCA CH Rainyday's I'm On Fire HT DNA-CP) was BOS.  On Sunday Merlot again won the breed and went on to a group three. Cooper (AKC CH Rainyday's Tinsel Town) was BOS.

In other states... Courtney Bell's boy Token (Rainyday's Reason to Believe) was RWD on Sat and WD/BOW on Sunday. 14 month old Token has 7 pts now.

In other venues... Kari Brown and Shella Barclay both attended an ASCA/NADAC trial in Cleburne, TX.  This was Shella's first ASCA/NADAC trial and certainly not her last! Her boy Sam (Rainyday's Samuel Adams OA OAJ) qualified in all eight of his runs with five first place wins to complete his RS-N, JS-N, NAC and NJC titles! Sam earned legs on his GS-N, TN-N and NGC titles and also was awarded High in Trial Aussie!  Kari showed her boy Indi (ASCA CH/ BIS U-CH Rainyday's No Speed Limit OA OAJ RS-N JS-N GS-N TN-N NAC NJC NGC) and earned legs on his RS-N, OAC and TN-O titles. Kari also showed our girl Jane (AKC/ASCA CH Rainyday Life in the Fast Lane NA NAJ RS-N NAC) and had a blast! Jane earned 25 pts (of 30) towards her RS-O and OAC titles, two legs towards her JS-N and NJC titles and one leg towards her GS-N and NGC titles with several first and second place wins (over and behind Sam). What a weekend! 

January 17-18

We stayed home but Kari Brown took her boy Indi (ASCA CH/ BIS U-CH Rainyday's No Speed Limit OA OAJ RS-N JS-N GS-N TN-N NAC NJC NGC) to a UKC show where he was BOB and went on to a Group One.

January 10

We stayed home but Kari Brown attended one day of the HOTASC show in Denton where she had a great time. Her boy Indi (BIS U-CH Rainyday's No Speed Limit OA OAJ RS-N JS-N GS-N TN-N NAC NJC NGC) was WD/BOW at the am show for a five t major and WD at the pm show for a three pt major to complete his ASCA championship with four majors and in only 6 weekends in the ASCA ring! 

In Illinois, Deborah Hanson and her girl Marley (U-AGII Rainyday's Life On Mars AX XAJ OAC-O OJC-O NGC-O OGC PD AD JS-N RS-N CL1 CL2 CL3 CL4-R) earned another MXJ leg with a fourth place win. 

January 3-4

We went to Glen Rose where we did not have much luck. Cooper (AKC CH Rainyday's Tinsel Town) was BOS on Saturday and Arthur (AKC/ASCA CH Rainyday's Copy Me to Peppertree) was BOS on Sunday.