July Winds Down

JULY  WINDS DOWN 2008 

USASA HALL OF FAME KENNEL #10

GOOD NEWS FROM INDIANA!
What a busy week!  What a LONG DOG SHOW this year at the fair!  We didn't get home until 1:00 in the morning the night of dog show.
Taylor and Delilah did AWESOME!!! Taylor scored a perfect 200 winning Champion in Intermediate Showmanship Division and went on to
 show in the Senior class, where they scored a 196 out of 200!  (Delilah was pretty tired by this time (11:00 pm & got marked off for lagging.
Taylor and Delilah scored 170 out of 200 in Obedience!  (All the dogs were having a tough time due to the heat and the overly long day.) 
Delilah ROCKED on her sit stays and downs stays and her stand for exams from the judge!  Taylor scored a 98% on her written test!  She
only missed 1 question! Taylor and Delilah also performed on the Dog Drill Team this year!  They did Awesome in that and were already
 asked to perform again with next years drill team!!!  Everyone LOVES Delilah and can't believe she is doing so well for 15 months old! 
 It took Taylor three years to get this far with Annabelle (chow mix)!
 Taylor and Delilah won Reserve Grand Champion over all...out of about 200 dogs shown this year!!!! 
We did not expect such great things out of Delilah so soon!!!  We were all so excited!  Taylor came home with two trophies and lots of ribbons! 
Notice Delilah's lack of coat!  Thank goodness the judging is on the handler in 4-H and not the dog.  Delilah still got A LOT of compliments
all during the fair. Looking forward to showing in Marshall!  Hope the weather will cooperate with us!  I didn't get to cancel Delilah out of her
 classes before the closing dates...Taylor said she wants to show her anyway.  She does love that dog.  She has been working with Player
 and biking him too...we'll see how they do! Best Wishes!! Sue, Taylor, Delilah and Player CONGRATULATIONS Taylor & Delilah!

Maria Neff reports in on the Gateway ASCA Show in St. Louis *** July 19 & 20
NEW ASCA CHAMPION AKC CH Thornapple Git R Done! Congratulations Maria!

Saturday July 19
Thornapple Hot Night Crash "Crash" *** Reserve Winners Dog *** Judge Richard Lohman
AKC CH Thornapple Git R Done "Larry" **** Winners Bitch * Best Of Winners * 4 point major

Sunday AM July 20
AKC CH Thornapple Git R Done "Larry" *** Winners Bitch * Best Of Winners * 4 point major *** Judge Richard Mullen
 Larry finished with two 5 point majors and two 4 point majors!

Sunday PM July 20
Thornapple Ooo La La "Paris" *** Reserve Winners Bitch * handled by Aaron Brandenburg

NEWS FROM BETSY AND RAIN IN NORTH DAKOTA!!!!  July 21
CH THORNAPPLE END OF THE RAINBOW

Greetings Ladies, Just a  note to say Hi and the show news from this weekend.
 Had Rain entered in Rally Advanced B.  Off Leash Course with jump included.  Lots of very seasoned dogs in the B classes always.
Rain held his own though:) He was FANTASTIC on the first day.  96 out of 100 and placed 3rd out of 13.  He was SLAMMIN:))))!!!!!!
 That evening I went to the Canine Academy and trained UKC agility and obedience to prepare and polish for our Iowa trip on August. 
 We have 4 obedience trials and 4 agility trials in 2 days.  WHEW!! Quite a feat for this old gal:))))  LOL
 Rain was so side tracked with the previous evenings training that today we had a qualifier but not as flashy as Saturday. 
 The boy had AGILITY on his mind and he caught sight of a CUTE little black female aussie and well you know the rest of the story.
SNIFF SNIFF and CHATTER CHATTER. BTW this lady is so taken with Thornapple dogs that she is considering seriously about one.
 She saw Bitta and Diablo at the airing of Cruft's and was blown away with both Bitta and Diablo.  You must let Bitta know that she & Diablo are
stars even in ND. So to sum it up we had a good weekend.  2 qualifiers at this 2 day trial and Rain trained well for our upcoming Iowa trek. Betsy
 CONGRATULATIONS BETSY & RAIN!


GOOD NEWS FROM TEXAS!  CLEAN SWEEP IN THE PERFORMANCE RING!
July 18 & 19 2008 *** Houston Kennel Club --- AKC All Breed Rally Trial *** Reliant Park Worlds Series Of Dog Shows
Thornapple Mercury Arctic Shake CGC (2 legs RN)
Ice picked up his first two Rally Novice legs with both scores 90 out of 100 possible points from Novice A!
Judges Ms. Suzi B. Bluford & Ms. Sandra J. Walroth
Ice is not yet 12 months old --- WAY TO GO EILEEN and ICE!!!!


Thornapple Unstoppable "Hummer" *** Best In Show 5 Junior Class!
July 20th *** BEST IN SHOW NEWS from Chile!
We just arrived from the dog show. Hummer won Best In Show 5 (Junior Class) under the judge Mrs. Vivian Maury (Venezuela)
Patriot won RESERVE BEST IN SHOW (Special Puppy) under the judge Mr. Luis Eduardo Arozamena (Mexico).
 Gaspar did show him perfectly..........Patriot did look so so so gorgeous!!!!!
WHOOO WHOOO Alejandra & Gaspar!!!!!  CONGRATULATIONS!

Thornapple Uncle Sam Wants You "Patriot" *** Reserve Best In Show Special Puppy
Good job Gaspar!
Thornapple Free Throw "Blas"
 July 19 *** Congratulations Alejandra on your new boy imported from Spain!
 Celeste and Hummer, both are our NEW CHILEAN JUNIOR CHAMPION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :) Celeste won Winners Bitch under the Judge Norman Huidobro (Spain)
Hummer won Best Of Breed (Junior) and Group 2 under the Judge Norman Huidobro (Spain) BEST OF BREED AND GROUP 1 under the Judge Mrs. Vivian Maury
 (Venezuela). Dreamy won Best Of Breed (Junior) and Group 2 under the judge Mr. Luis Eduardo Arozamena (Mexico). She won Best Opposite Sex (Junior) under
 the Judge Mrs. Vivian Maury (Venezuela). Patriot won Best Of Breed and Group 2 under the judge Norman Huidobro (Spain)...... BEST OF BREED AND GROUP 1
 under the Judges Mrs. Vivian Maury (Venezuela) and Mr. Luis Eduardo Arozamena (Mexico). The handsome red merle male in the photos won Winners Dog under
 the Judge Norman Huidobro (Spain) for a CAC (Certificate for Chilean Champion) and a CACIB (Certificate for Iberoamerican Champion). And he won BEST OF BREED
under the Judge Mr. Luis Eduardo Arozamena (Mexico) for a CAC and a CACLAB (Certificate for Latin American Champion)!!!!! You can win 1 CACIB and 1 CACLAB per
dog show, every 3-4 dog shows, because just a few judges in the world can give them..........you win those in Europe, South America.....Who is this handsome boy????
  A clue ........ He is a Thornapple red merle male, 3 years old, arrived in Chile on Friday (2 days ago) and he is mine.......... :P
Do you know who is him?????? Today we have final with Patriot and Hummer.........we will see :) Take Care Ale
  
Left - Thornapple Free Throw *** Right - Thornapple Unstoppable "Hummer"

  
Thornapple Free Throw "Blas"
  
Left - Thornapple Uncle Sam Wants You "Patriot" *** Right - Thornapple Unstoppable "Hummer"


 

 Just chillin' in July!  CH Thornapple KING of MUD!
  
Poor little Jack --- NOT allowed to enter MY puddle!
  
Drew & Pucker dare to defy Shamba!
  
The mud puddle situation is grave!  How could it get so out of control?

Taking back MY mud puddle!!!!


 GOOD NEWS FROM Japan!  YOSHI reports Ruby is in a family way!
 Yoshihiro Yarmaji - Wild Levin Aussies - & Ruby visited the Thornapples in June.
Ruby was bred to Thornapple Bold Moves. Yoshi called July 17th to give us the good
news! Ruby is pregnant with at least 2 puppies! We are thrilled with Yoshi's good news
as Ruby is 8 years old and arrived here in the States very late in her heat cycle. We
wish Ruby a safe delivery and can't wait to hear the details!

Ruby loves visiting Camp Thornapple!
Everyone gathered at Amy's house for a Father's Day Gathering.
Yoshi rode a pony for his first time ever!
Thank you Erica for leading Yoshi & Darling a safe ride!
  
Everyone had fun riding Darling!  Left - Matt, Evan & Shayna ** Right - Erica Escalada
Erica Escalada gave up the sun, sand & surf of her West Palm Beach home to join us for the summer!
Thank you Erica for awesome help!  We love having you! 

A perfect ending to a perfect Grandpa Jim's Father's Day celebration 2008*** Beautiful clouds over Grandpa Jim's farm!

  
PHOTOS FROM CHILE! Today we went to the mountain..............the aussies are making some exercise before the dog show :) Ale
  

    
Well, we've had Jasmine for a week now and we aren't planning on sending her back yet... Ha,
Actually we are all in love with her and can't thank you enough!! She is so sweet and very smart!
She is settled into her routine here and already understands a handful of commands. The way she
jumps and flips around, I'm pretty sure she's telling me that she'd love to be an agility dog when
she gets bigger. My goodness, she's a little fireball! Her favorite game is stalking through the flower
garden like it's a jungle, rolling around and snapping at all the flower heads. She has killed many a
flower, but we don't mind because they grow back. The picture here is of her preparing to jump at
that tall yellow flower. After I took it, she succeeded, and that poor flower is no more. She also has
a little pool that she loves to splash around in and dive after her tennis ball (that at this point barely
fits in her mouth), and when we walk her through the woods she stays right on our heels the whole time.
She definitely knows we are her family now. She even went and cheered on Sam at his baseball game this
week, until she fell sound asleep on my lap- baseball can be a little slow sometimes. Everyone who sees
her thinks she's the most beautiful puppy they've ever seen. Tell all her friends that she says hi and
misses playing with them. She tries to play with our cats, but they are a little less than enthused. Again,
thank you so much, we love Jasmine and will keep you posted on her progress. -Emily
Thank you for the wonderful update Emily!!!


Anna-Lena sends photos of Chauncey --- Thornapple Move Over
& Enya --- Norway Ch FINV-03, NV-06 Thornapple Summer Squeeze looking GREAT at the age of 6!!!


 

 
The THORNAPPLE SMILE!
"One thing we have control over in our lives is our attitude ... Get Your Smile On."
Country Music Star Clay Walker ** March 22, 2008 ** in an interview on Fox News about his battle with Multiple Sclerosis.