May Begins
MAY 2008 BEGINS
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Just have to brag about OFA results
received today, May 5th!
Our Diablo daughter ... almost champion
Thornapple Pucker Up * OFA Good * Elbows normal
Our Diablo son ... Thornapple Roadhouse Red * OFA Excellent * Elbows normal
Courage daughter co/owned with Lisa Penton ... almost champion
Thornapple
Freeze Frame * OFA Excellent * Elbows normal
and May 15th ....
Ch Thornapple King Of Stars * OFA Good * Elbows
normal!
Where do we begin? ... Good News from
around the world!
Ch
Thornapple Hot Temptation "Zippo" *** 2
Group One awards &
BEST IN SHOW in New Zealand!
Congratulations Di & Allan!
Ch
Thornapple Dr Thunder "Boom" *** Best Of Breed *
Group 1 in Norway *** New Norwegian champion!
Thornapple Blu My Mind "Janis" *** Best Opposite
Sex in Norway!
AWESOME WINS Anna-Lena & Niklas!
Danish Ch/Crufts Winner Ch Thornapple What The Doc Ordered
"Jada" *** Best Of Breed * Group 3 in Denmark!
Qualified for Crufts 2009!
Thornapple
Cuba Blue "Cuba" *** Best
Champion Dog * 2nd Best Dog in Denmark!
Congratulations, Bitta!
SUPER STAR!
Just got this picture of Jada and I. It
were taken at the Café in front of the show.
We were sitting with some good friends waiting for time to pass to we could go
in to the group.
Jada is really smiling on this picture. She is a happy little girl.
Hug, Bitta
Ch Ragtime Where
It's At "Sway" *** Best Of Breed & Group
2 in
Portland, Oregon
Good job, Jewel
& Megan!
GOOD NEWS from Petra in the Netherlands!
Congratulations with all
your winnings at the nationals.
Last week we where on a club match and Sydor was BOB and 1e place into the
FCI 1 group
And RESERVE BEST IN SHOW. There where 206 dogs. Sydor is almost 11 months
old.
Sydor like's on this moment all the girls and he loves them very much!!! Petra
Mostert
CONGRATULATIONS Petra!
Ch Thornapple King Of Stars "Sirus"
*** Best Of Breed * Group 1 * BEST IN SHOW 3 in Spain *
1st weekend out!
CONGRATULATIONS, Roberto & Anabel Toribio!
Thornapple Hot Night Crash "Crash" *** Winners Dog at 3
ASCA shows in Ohio
3 majors * 13 or 14 points from the 6-9 puppy dog class in 1 weekend!
(Crash is sired by Ch Thornapple Tandem Axel. His
dam is Ch Thornapple Russian ToA Party)
Maria Neff * Best Junior Handler with Ch Thornapple
Sky's The Limit x 4 at the Winchester ASCA shows in Ohio!
Crash's brother wins in
Croatia!
Today at night I have just
back from 10 days holiday at the see side in Croatia and Montenegro where we had
4 shows.
Unfortunately 3 days before shows we want to the rock see side - those countries
are made from stone and see
- no big trees and sand beaches and the dogs (Blue, Sheina and Slash) are
hurt their feet !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! on those rocks -
they were so happy in the sea that I realized that when we were coming
back home :(( I had really a big problems of
showing dogs : (( how could I be so stupid :((( But finally thanks to my
friend from Czech - Sheina and blue became
Champion of Montenegro - slash Best Puppy in Breed - but was not shown in BIS
puppy competition. Then 2 x cacib
show in Zadar - Croatia -
Slash Best
Puppy in Breed and 1 Best
Couple with Sheina !!!!!! of show !!!! All the best, Iwona
We are very sorry
to hear the dogs hurt their feet swimming in the sea, Iwona ....
but they still managed some wins for you! CONGRATULATIONS!
ZIPPO TAKES BEST IN SHOW IN NEW
ZEALAND!
Zippo" had a great
weekend at the shows this past weekend. On the Saturday,
he got Best of Breed and GROUP 1 under Mr G M (Max) Winch from Queensland
Australia, and then on the Sunday, he once again got the Best of Breed and
GROUP 1, this time under Mrs Sylvia Gartner from New South Wales, Australia.
He then had General Specials where he went BEST IN SHOW with the judge being
Mr G M (Max) Winch. How great is that and so lucky that Mr Winch had liked
him the previous day as well. Allan is floating at the moment - it will
probably take him a while to come down to earth!
This win has jumped Zippo up in the points table a long way but to show you
how strong the aussies are in New Zealand at the moment, if you go to
http://www.dogzonline.co.nz/showdog2008/top50.asp?group=5
you
can see the ratings at the moment and have a look at how many Australian
Shepherds
are currently in the top 50 of the working group around the country. You
can
only get on this top 50 by winning a Group 1 or 2 and higher. There are 7
aussies in this top 50 at the moment. The awards are sure being shared
around the group. The OES that is leading at the moment is in the South
Island and has several BIS to its name - I gather a really stunning dog.
He is slowly rising in the breed scores however those breed scores are for
dogs beaten in the breed and Zippo did not have a lot of Aussie opposition
this weekend but he is getting there. We will keep him showing as long as
he looks good and a few more good wins and he will be leading I am sure!
Kisses from Zippo and Nandi, Di
HUGE CONGRATS ON AN
INCREDIBLE WEEKEND, DI!
Ch Thornapple Hot Temptation "Zippo"
Attached are photos of Chelsea
winning child Handlers with Zippo, Allan
winning with Zippo and Bronwyn winning with Nandi. The picture of me
winning on another occasion with Nandi is not a great picture so I thought I
would leave it out. After Zippo's BEST IN SHOW win at the weekend, I
thought I would send the photos as there are no win photos as the rain was
bucketing down and everyone was running for cover. A great pity but we are
hoping to take a photo at the shows in 2 weeks of Zippo and all his kids
being shown. The only one that will not be there will be Walka, the male
that we kept out of Coralee's litter to Zippo. Unfortunately we decided not
to enter him as his brother and sis would be there at the show along with 7
other aussies. Just no room in the car! Kisses from Nandi and Zippo, Di
CH Thornapple Star Of Africa
"Nandi"
We are working on updates and National's photos!
Futurity & Sweeps photos are just about ready.
Meanwhile ...
PLEASE READ
the information below and ACT
in favor of Ohio Dog Breeders!
Failure to do so, may result in Nazi Ohio where OUR dogs & other purebred show
dogs can be SEIZED and
KILLED!!!
THIS is a CRISIS of the
utmost urgency!
Let the Ohio Government know
this is despicable legislation! Your opinion counts!
Let them hear your voices from around the world!!!!!
The OHIO legislature wants an
end to this nonsense above!
Their plan ... give power to Animal Control to seize & kill your show dog!
WAKE UP AMERICA!
KNOW YOUR CANDIDATE'S VIEWS ON ANIMAL RIGHTS BEFORE YOU VOTE IN NOVEMBER!
URGENT!!!!!!!!!
Hearings This Week On Proposed
PETA KILLS ANIMALS - PETA'S DEATH TOLL GROWS AGAIN
http://www.consumerfreedom.com:80/news_detail.cfm/headline/3628
READ IT HERE!!!!
Yoshi's MUD PUPPIES in Japan! Aussies
LOVE MUD no matter where in the world they are!
Dear Thornapple family members, Hello
everybody, Did you all safely go back home in Michigan?
I came back to Japan on the 28th (Japan time). I really wish to say thank
you for your nice
hospitality although you were very busy and I could not speak English
well. (Because of some
family matters, I arrived at Greeley
on 22nd at night.) Maybe I made you very busy. I got very
happy that you let me pat the
famous "Shamba". My purpose of this trip were to watch and
remember
the wonderful Aussies
in the states, especially the Thornapple Aussies, and to talk
to the people
at the show,
if possible, to find Ruby's mate.
There were so many beautiful Aussies.
I was also
surprised by the number of
total entries, who
had perfect structure and balance.
Everything was far
beyond of the level in
Japan. It will take a
long time for us to reach that level.
Actually It looked
impossible for me to
choose one out of them. I
was very honored to be at the
same table with
you at the Banquet on the 24th
night. (I had never thought
about that!) I really had
a good time in
the nice atmosphere, with great food.
Also, I had a great and fun
time with Shayna
and Austen at
the last dinner when the show finished. Hi
Shayna, Hi Austen, I will teach you the
Japanese words
again at your place next time. Also I
have to thank you about
bringing me the
mobile phone which I
had forgotten in the car. I was in great
trouble at the hotel reception.) Regarding
Ruby's mate, back
home I thought and thought about everybody's
advice suggesting "Axel."
However, I still feel like
I
like "Drew" the most. I
remember him on the grooming table or running in
the ring very well and
my eyes
stick on his photos
when I access your HP. His great looking and
total balance impressed
me so much.
Thinking of the time when I sent the first letter to Ellen last year,
I feel like I really
did
great in spite of my hesitation.
This experience of being able to see the dog show
of Aussies in the States and
meeting you all will
greatly influence my future life. It was really worth
going and I am
very
satisfied. I wish I was able to
speak English better. It would make everything
even more fun.
Though it won't
happen very rapidly,
I do my best for the progress of my English.
Again, I thank
you very much for
everything there!
Best regards, Yoshihiro Yamaji *** WILD LEVIN *** JAPAN
known as Miss Addie which means noble kind!
An exhausted Addie catches a few
winks after a tough 1st day on the job!
DAY 3 FOR MISS ADDIE **** She
will train these Inch people if it's the last thing she does!
