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Hallo Thornapple Kennel! My name is Maritha and I am from Sweden, I want to tell you that I have the most fantastic dog.Her name is Leading Angels Famous Thornapple. She is from Bitta, I hade some luck to meet Bitta and bought a puppy from her. She is after Thornapple Single Barrel and Thornapple Up the Ante. I will tell you that she is the most wonderful dog I ever had. I send you a photo to look at her. Best regards, Maritha Söderlund in Sweden

CH Thornapple Straight Up "Chante"June 22 --- 7 years old!!!! It's a BIRTHDAY BASH in Florida!

Chante had a wonderful 7th Birthday Party here in HOT sunny Florida. She greatly enjoyed her cake and was even kind enough to share with Riot and Jake.

In true Chante style it is 'Princess Pink".... She is doing wonderful, my very best friend! Ami Boxer, Esq.

Here's a picture of our girls Lulu and Lollipop waiting for the parade to begin. Lollipop had a lot of fun and was so tickled being able to see all those people.

Thornapple Rokandi Kisses "Lollipop" She kept her shades on during the whole parade. She learned well from the old parade pro, Lulu. Jeanne

"We LOVE Lollipop!" Jeanne

Happy 4th of July from the Mercury Aussies gang in Florida! photo credit Ami Romanelli.

he got in a fight with a puddle...I bet you can guess who won... lol

Chase loves his mud!

A face only his dad can love!

Nell and I finished our 22nd AKC TITLE this weekend. Her baby Sister STAR DUST was there to cheer her big sister on. We finished our MXJ masters excellent jumpers with 15 seconds under course time and 14 MACH points. My knee was a little bit of a problem but we had a very fun Agility party. Baby STAR sends her other Mummy big hugs. We have some really fun parties every night.Hugs, Jenny Nell and Star

Thornapple Shakin All Over "Slash" turns it up in Poland!

not only does Slash excel in the breed ring ... he is a Frisbee dog extraordinaire!

Slash is owned and loved by Iwona Musial of Poland.

Long time ago to hear from me......hope all your doggies doing well!!!!!I saw on your HP that Sturgis is a new Champion!!!CONGRATULATIONS!!!!...and thank you for showing him.....this is Quinn's second Champion and I am on cloud seven!!!!

Quinn is doing fine and loves to swim a lot in our ocean. Hugs Simone

Ch Thornapple Anaken Skywalker "Quinn" who resides in Germany.

Thank you Simone! We are very proud of our Quinn kids!!!!

Just a quick snapshot taken at the East of England Championship show today.Blue merle dog on left is a Spitty (Ch Thornapple Powercore) son, Liskern King Doyle, and the black tri is Diablo (Ch Thornapple Aftershock) daughter- Trijem Apple of my Eye at Gibbands (Stella) Stella took BP in Breed , there was no Puppy Group today. The Judge was MsToni Jackson.Hope you all have had a great weekend!!! Sincerely, Tricia

Jane Gottschalk and gang

Nugie - loved by Jane & Alex Gottschalk

Jane's sleeping babies!

Last night we had a little snow at our house! We normally do not have snow in Santiago, Chile, just in the high mountains.

This morning I took some photos ... the Aussies LOVE the snow! Hugs, Ale

 

July 2009 *** It's winter in Chile!!!! Amazing Ale! Thank you for sharing!

Once again Slash amazes us with his Frisbee skills!!!

Thnornapple Shakin' All Over "Slash" does Frisbee right in Poland!

Amazing as always Iwona!

Thank you for sharing Iwona!

It's summer fun -- July 2009 -- in the Czech Repubic!

Sailing through the air with the greatest of ease! Cherry and friends enjoy the dog daze of summer in the Czech Republic!

Lucky doggies have their very own pool!

Thornapple Premonition "Cherry" loves her pool!

Cherry is a very lucky girl!

fishing?????

Thornapple Mercury Arctic Shake - Ice is gearing up for his first DockDogs Tournament next weekend in Texas! He is getting some great air. No better dog sport in the heat of the summer than DockDogs! Ice and Eileen also finished their Rally Advanced

title last weekend! So now he has 4 titles! Owned/Trained by - Eileen Kosakowski (Arctic Australian Shepherds)

Thornapple Star Dust - Star had a wonderful time at Isle of Palms having swimming lessons with her Mum. Star is sired by Ch Thornapple Sky's The Limit. Her dam is Ch Thornapple Oceans Of Diamonds.

Bitta & crew attend a Handling Clinic this weekend August 9, 2009! No shows this weekend…. But I was at a handling seminar with a pro. Handler from US. It was SUPER!!!!

So now we will showing our xxx of next weekend. I did also bring Mirage. Mirage and I have been working a lot together. And Sycamore is the best show dog of the whole seminar. I was SO proud of her.

Thornapple Up The Ante "Mirage"

DKC CH Thornapple Queen Of Diamonds "Sycamore"

Leading Angel's Pure Thornapple "Summer"

Her daddy (Shamba) would have been proud of her. Here some pictures from our weekend. Hug Bitta GOOD JOB BITTA! Thank you for sharing.