Jane Giddings and her Papillon, Star, are celebrating a new title. They earned their CDX at the recent Midland shows.

Our recent obedience trials had several success stories. Here are the winners:

-Nancy Lewis and her Golden, Quest, were buring up the ring. They eraned their CD with two 1st place ribbons and earned their RA and picked up another 1st place ribbon.

-Phil Marshall and Swan, his Golden, placed 4th both days in Utility B and qualified in the Oben B class. This added another UDX leg to their belt.

-Joann Neal and her Mini Poodle, Saki, placed 2nd in the Utility B class and also won Highest Scoring Miniature Poodle and NonSporting Dog. She placed 2nd and 4th in the Rally Novice B class with Chick.

-Ronda Clark and her Mini Poodle, Skid, placed 1st and 2nd in the Rally Novice B class and completed their RN. She also placed 1st and 3rd in the Rally Novice B class with her Aussie, Gretchen, and completed their RN title. Her other Aussie, Lizzie, placed 2nd and 4th in the Rally Excellent class.

-Margaret Freeman and her Aussie, Rory, earned 2 legs toward their RN title and picked up two 1st place ribbons in the Rally Novice A class.

-Laura Smith and her Sheltie, Stormy, earned a leg in the Open A class and placed 1st, completing their CDX title.

-Bill Rebber and his Papillon, Cheeser, earned a leg in Open A and placed 2nd in the class.

Jane Giddings and her Papillon, Star, are doing great in the obedience ring. Star earned 2 legs toward her CDX at the recent El Paso obedience trials. She placed 1st and 3rd in Open A. Jane also has a new pup added to her home, a little male Papillon.

June Marble and her GSDs are doing well in herding. At the herding trials over the weekend of January 16th Esti achieved a HIT with a 3 point major (counting only advanced dogs entered) & a RHIT (2 points) towards her Herding Championship. Angie, her young GSD, qualified for 2 of her 3 legs towards her herding started course C sheep title.

Joann Neal and her Miniature Poodle, Chick had a great time at the recent San Antonio agility trials in January. Even though the tempurature was frigid, they put on the heat and earrned their MACH and XF titles. Wow!

Several members went to the recent January Amarillo Agility trials and did well. Here's the winners:

Nancy Lewis and her Golden, Quest, finished his NA, NAJ, and NF in Amarillo. He alsogot his first Open Standard leg.

Mary Lou Vardy and Britta her mini schnauzer earned 2 excellent legs and now have 8 MX and MXJ legs each.

Susan Boyd and her Lab, Sparky, qualified in excellent.

Margaret Freeman and her speedy Border Collie,Barley, are burning up the course. They earned 2 legs in Open Standard, one in Novice Jumpers and one in Novice Fast. They also picked up 2nd and 3rd placed ribbons! Way to go!

Joann Phillips and her ACD, Wile, picked up 3 qualifying legs in excellent.

Kaylene Brown and Sadie, her Sheltie earned their NA title and placed 1st.

Teresa Janssen did well at the Amarillo trial. Taz double Q'd the first day with two first places, then got two more 1st places in her JWW classes the next two days. Radar double Q'd the second day with a 1st place and a 4th place, then took 3rd place in his JWW class the second day.

Several members went to the recent Wichta Falls agility trials and did well. Here's the winners:

Margaret Freeman and her Border Collie, Barley, had a great weekend. The team walked away with 4 first place ribbons and a NA title. Barley ran the jumpers course in a blazing 16.95 seconds!!!!

Mary Lou Vardy and Britta, mini schnauzer, qualified in excellent twice.

JoAnn Phillips and her ACD, Wile, qualified in excellent.

Mary Lou Vardy has a new addition to the family. She has a new mini schnauzer pup named Southcross Mischief is a Brewing. What a name to live up to.

Colleen Blanton did well at the recent Las Cruces agility trials. She Q'd in excellent with her Aussie, Henley and with her mom Betty's Aussie, Tigger.

June Marble is doing well with her GSD, Esti. They went to the recent McKinney agility trials and had 2 days of QQ's. They now have 10 Masters legs. Esti is also a Calendar Girl. There is a photo of her herding in a new GSD calendar for 2010.

Kaylene Brown has been recently appoted to the City of Lubbock Animal Shelter Advisory Committee. Congrats Kaylene!

Tammy Marshall has new additions to her home. She has 4 new pups in her recent litter of Tibetan Terriers.

Several members and friends made the long trek to Long Beach, CA to compete in the AKC Agility Invitational and AKC National Obedience Invitational. Everyone represented Lubbock well and gave us all plenty to be proud of. Here's the results:

At the Agility Invitational, Teresa Janssen and her Miniature Schnauzer, Radar, had their best run where they placed 19th among the 81 dogs competing in the 12" class.

Mike Walton and his American Eskimo, Aspen, had their best run during the 4th round of competition where they placed 13th among the 98 dogs competing in the 16" class.

Paula Perry and her Chinese Shar Pei, Jack, had their best run during the 4th round of competition where they placed 16th among the 98 dogs competing in the 16" class. Her other Shar Pei, Katie, had her best run during the 4th round and placed 64th among the 98 dogs competing in the 16" class. There were 450 dogs competing in the Agility Invitational.

At the AKC National Obedience Invitational, Joann Neal and her Miniature Poodle, Saki, placed 16th and competed in the finals. They also won additional individual honors by placing 2nd in the Non-Sporting Group.

Ronda Clark, DVM and her Miniature Poodle, Skid, placed 18th and competed in the finals. They also won additional individual honors by placing 3rd in the Non-Sporting Group.There were over 100 of the top obedience competitors in the country exhibiting at this Invitational. Congrats to all!

Congrats to Joann Neal and her Mini Poodles, Speedy and Saki. At the November Belton shows and agility trials, Speedy completed his championship and Saki earned her MACH 3. Saki racked up a total 500 MACH points in the month of November. Way to go!

Sherell Thomas and her Bouvier, Rowdy, finished their championship at the December El Paso shows. Rowdy won WD and BOW for a 3pt. major! Hooray!

Several members went to the recent PBOTC agility trials and did well. Here are the winners:

-The big winner was Teresa Janssen and Taz. Taz earned their MACH 2 on the first day and continued to rack up more wins; 2 QQ's all 1st places and an additional 1st placed in Excellent Jumpers. Radar, her mini schnauzer placed 1st and 2nd in Excellent Standard.

-Joann Neal and her poodles did well. Saki earned 3 QQ's and placed 1st and 2nd. Chick earned 2 QQ's and placed 2nd and 3rd in her excellent classes. She also earned an additional 2nd place in excellent standard. Casey earned one QQ and placed 1st and 2nd in his class.

- Jo Ann Philips and her ACD, Wile, earned a QQ and placed 2nd in excellent jumpers and 4th in excellent standard.

- Ronda Clark and her Aussie, Gretchen, placed 2nd in the excellent jumpers class.

- Collene Blanton placed 3rd with her Aussie, Henley, in the excellent standard class.

- Mary Lou Vardy and her mini schnauzer, Britta, qualified and placed 4th in the excellent jumpers class.

- Shella Barclay and her Aussie, Sara, placed 3rd in the excellent standard class.

- June Marble and her GSD, Esti, earned a QQ and placed 1st in both excellent preferred classes. She also placed 2nd in an additional classes, excellent jumpers.

- Kaylene Brown and her Sheltie, Sadie, placed 1st in the Novice Standard class.

- Sherell Thomas and her Bouvier, Rowdy, placed 1st in the Novice Jumpers class and earned their NJ title.

- Mike Walton and his Eskies did well. Aspen had 2 QQ's, placing 1st and 2nd and placed 1st in an additional excellent jumpers class. Molly had one QQ and placed 4th in an additional excellent jumpers class. Alpine was not left out. He placed 1st in an excellent standard class.

Nancy Lewis has plenty to be proud of. She and her Golden, Quest, placed 1st in Rally Novice at the Golden Retriever National Specialty!

June Marble and Esti, her GSD have been working hard in Herding. They won 1st place in herding at the recent GSD National Specialty.

Please welcome our new members. Vanessa and Philip Dirks. they have a Golden Doodle and want to do Pet therapy work. Welcome!

Linda Phillips has a lot to be proud of. At the recent Lawton shows, her Aussie, Ellen won WB and BOW both days. Ivy won BOB and earned a Group 1 and 2.

Sherhonda Ginn has a new addition to her home. She adopted a new standard poodle.

Carolyn Tate and Rick Dingus have a new Aussie addition to their home; Mocha.

Several members did well at our recent agility trials. Here's the winners:

-Mike and Lacie Walton and their American Eskimo, Lil’ Feller Aspen Walton, earned their MACH title and placed 2nd and 3rd in the Excellent B Standard class and placed 3rd and 4th in the Excellent Jumpers classes! Their American Eskimo, Miss Molly Walton, placed 4th in the Excellent Jumpers class and 2nd and 3rd in the Excellent Standard class. They also placed 4th in the Excellent Jumpers class with American Eskimo, Alpine of the Mountains.

-Teresa Janssen placed 1st in Excellent B Standard and Jumpers with Toy Poodle, Joie de Taz. Her Miniature Schnauzer, Southcross Speed Trap, placed 2nd and 3rd in the Excellent B Standard class and 2nd and 3rd in the Excellent B Jumpers class.

-Susan Boyd placed 4th in the Excellent Standard class and qualified in the Excellent Jumpers class with Labrador Retriever, Sparky Sue. Sparky earned 36 MACH points during the trial.

-Joann Neal earned 1st and 2nd place ribbons in Excellent B Jumpers and placed 2nd and 3rd in the Excellent Standard classes with her Miniature Poodle, Songbird Sandstorm Saketumi. Her Miniature Poodle, Sandstorm Slick Chick placed 4th in the Excellent B Jumpers class. She also qualified in the Excellent Jumpers class with her Miniature Poodle, Sandstorm The Band Played On.

-Mary Lou Vardy's Miniature Schnauzer, Vardy’s Jazzman Britta, qualified in the Excellent B Standard class.

-Shella Barclay and her Australian Shepherd, Rainyday’s Born to Fly, qualified in the Excellent Jumpers class and placed 2nd in the Excellent Standard class.

-Rene Ford’s Yorkshire Terrier, Snicker Doodle, placed 1st in the Novice A Standard and Jumpers classes. They also earned their Novice Standard title.

-Kathi Irwin and her Parson Russell Terrier, I Had an Ace in the Hole, placed 1st in the Novice A Jumpers classes.

-Colleen Blanton and her Australian Shepherd, Rainyday’s Take it to the Limit, qualified in the Excellent B Jumpers class.

-Paula Perry and her Chinese Shar Pei, Harv's Applejack Be Nimble, placed 2nd in the Excellent B Standard Preferred classes and 1st and 2nd in the Excellent B Jumpers Preferred class.

-Ronda Clark, DVM and her Australian Shepherd, Rainyday’s Walk this Way, placed 3rd in the Excellent B Jumpers class and 2nd in the Excellent B standard class. Her other Aussie, Rainyday’s Here for the Party, qualified in the Excellent B Jumpers class.

-Terry Hetzle’s Shetland Sheepdog, Mystique’s Life’s a Breeze, placed 4th in the Excellent B Jumpers class.

-Kaylene Brown’s Shetland Sheepdog, Sadie’s J’manda Brown, placed 1st in the Novice B Standard classes. They also earned their Novice Jumpers title.

-Margaret Freeman’s Border Collie, Kesca Highland Piper Ont Rocks, placed 1st in the Novice A Standard class.

Bill Rebber and his Papillon, Cheeser, earned their CD at the recent Amarillo shows. They picked up two 1st and a 3rd place ribbon.

Laura Smith did well at the recent Amarillo shows with her Shelties. Stormy qualified both days in Open A and placed 2nd. Cutter also made her debut in Utility and did well.

Several members did well at the OPAC agility trials. Here's the winners:

- Sherell Thomas and her Bouvier, Rowdy, 1st in 3 of 4 runs in Novice. Two Q's in Jumpers and a Q in Standard.

- Others had multiple Q's in Excellent. The winners are Joann Neal and her poodle crew (Saki, Chick and Casey), Teresa Janssen with Mini Schnauzer Radar, Shella Barclay and Aussie Sara, Mary Lou Vardy and Mini Schnauzer Britta, and Susan Boyd and Lab Sparky.

Several members did well at the HPKC shows. Here's the winners:

-Laura Smith and her Sheltie, Chaz, earned a point at the Sunday show.

-Jane Giddens placed 1st and 2nd in Novice B obedience and qualified in rally advanced with Star her Papillon.

-Joann Neal and her Mini Poodle, Speedy, won Best in Show Bred by Exhibitor! Joann and Saki also placed 2nd in the Open B class.

-JoAnn Phillips did great for her 1st outing in conformation. Her Australian Cattle Dog, Rockett wond Best Puppy in Show!

-Phil Marshall placed 3rd and 4th in Open B and won High Scoring Senior and High Scoring Golden with Gracie (Golden Retriever).

-Sherell Thomas and Lillie (Bouvier) qualified in rally excellent and advanced and earned an RAE leg; #11.

Bill Rebber has a new Papillon added to his family named Cheeser. Bill will be entering him in novice at the HPKC shows.

Several members went to the recent Albuquerque agility trials. Here's the winners:

-Teresa Janssen Q'd and placed with Radar (mini schnauzer)and Taz (toy poodle).

-Susan Boyd and Sparky (Lab)did well and ended their dry streak. They earned a QQ.

-Sherell Thomas and her Bouvier Rowdy placed 1st in the Novice Standard class.

- Joann Neal Q'd with her mini poodles Saki and Casey.

-Judy Flagle and Meisha had good runs and Q'd.

Please keep Nancy Lewis in your thoughts due to the recent loss of her mother and sister.

Please keep Anne Humphreys in your thoughts due to the recent death of her mother.

Please keep Melanie Zurinski in your thoughts. Her mother passed away in June of this year.

Please welcome Mary Ann Waymack and Tim and Mary Jane Sampson as new members. Mary Ann has a mixed breed dog and MJ and Tim have a mini schnauzer. Hooray!

Ann Marie Lyons has plenty to brag about. She recently graduated from college and also found a job here in Lubbock!

Carolyn Tate recently finished a 10 year goal. She completed her book about Mexico. Congrats!

A few folks went to the recent Ft. Worth agility trials and did well.

-Joann Neal and her mini poodles, Sake and Chick both earned 2 QQ's. Sake also picked up some placements.

-Teresa Janssen and Taz (Toy poodle) and Radar (mini schnauzer) picked up a few wins. Radar QQ's and placed 4th in a class of 34. Taz also QQ'd and placed 1st and 2nd.

Ken and Nikki Hearn's Golden Reriever, Callie, passed the CGC class and are working on becoming a Therapy Dog.

Teresa Janssen and Joann Neal have plenty to be proud of. Teresa and Radar have been invited to the AKC national Agility trials in Long Beach, CA. Radar is also ranked the #7 mini schnauzer in the country!

Joann Neal and Saki have been invited to the AKC Obedience Invitational. Saki is also the #5 mini poodle nationally! Way to go girls!

A few members went to Sna Antonio to the shows and agility trials recently and they brought home the ribbons:

- Joan Neal and her poodles did well in both benues. Little Speedy picked up 2 majors and now has 10 points toward his championship. Saki Q'd 6 of 8 runs and got a QQ. Chick also QQ'd.

- Sherell Thomas and her Bouvier, Rowdy, earned their 1st title. He earned his NF title and picked up 2 second places.

Rita Hannah and her hubby got a Best in Show on their show car.

Kester Rowan welcomed a new human addition to her family. July 1st she gave birth 2 a bouncing baby boy named Keland.

several members went to Clovis and did real well. Here's the winners:

- Kathy Miner and Molly picked up 2QQ's and qualified in Excellent Standard.

-Mary Lou Vardy and Britta her mini schnauzer picked up another Excellent Jumpers leg.

-Susan Boyd and her Lab, Sparky, earned their AXJ and placed 1st and 2nd.

- Joann Neal and her mini poodles were hot. Casey earned his OJ title and picked up an Excellent Jumpers leg. Saki Q'd 5 of 6 runs and Chick got a QQ.

- Ronda Clark and her Aussie, Gretchen, QQ'd.

- Teresa Janssen and Taz (toy poodle) Q'd 6 of 6 runs and placed 1st in all of them. She racked up a total of 208 points!.

Several members went to the new Cloudcroft agility trials. The winners are:

-Teresa Janssen and Taz Q'd 5 of 6 runs (3-1st and 2- 2nd). Radar QQ'd and picked up 2nd and 4th placements.

- Susan Boyd and Sparky (Lab) earned their AX title and placed 1st and 2nd.

- Ronda Clark and Gretchen (Aussie) picked up a QQ.

Teresa Janssen went to Monroe for the agility trials. Taz Q'd 4 of 5 runs earning a 1st, 2nd and 3rd. Radar Q'd 7 of 8 runs and had 3 QQ's. P> Some of the members went to Houston for agility and did well at the trials.

-Cheryl Nichols and J Crew (Sheltie) earned their 2nd XJ leg and 2nd OF leg.

-Joann Neal and Saki (mini poodle) Q'd 6 of 8 runs and earned 2 QQ's.

June Marble is doing well with her GSD's. 14 month old Angie is herding sheep and Esti recently earned her CD and 2 legs toward her RA.

Joann Neal got in some agility during her trip to the northeast. Saki QQ'd at a trial while they were in Conn.

Betty Blanton is pretty proud of her Aussie, Tigger. He recently earned his CGC certificate.

Linda Phillips has some new additions to her home. She recently had a litter of 2 Aussie pups.

Tammy Marshall racked up the wins at the Tibetan Terrier National Specialty recently. Dash won Best Jr. Futurity the 100-15 month old Sweeps class. He was also 2nd in the Bred by class. Her Special, Tux, won Best Veteran.

Several members went to the recent Albuquerque agility trials and here are the winners:

Ronda Clark and her Aussies Lizzie and Gretchen did well. Lizzie earned her 15th QQ and has approximately 1,000 MACH points. Gretchen earned her 2nd QQ.

Colleen and her Aussie Henley are doing well. They have about 400 MACH points.

Susan Boyd earned her NF title with her Lab, Sparky and earned an Excellent Standard leg.

Betty Blanton and her Aussie, Tigger Q'd in Excellent Standard.

Teresa Janssen and Taz, her Toy Poodle, and Radar, her mini Schnauzer, QQ'd. Both Q'd 4 of 6 runs.

Please keep Shella Barclay in your thoughts, due to the loss of her Corgi, Katie. Katie was Shella's Novice A dog and gave her 14 years of great memories.

Please keep Phil Marshall in your thoughts, due to the loss of his Golden Retriever, Gracie, UDX. Gracie was a great girl and never met a stranger.

Keep Ann Humphrey in your thoughts due to the recent loss of her Basenji, Big Red, who was a Field Champion.

Phil Marshall and his Visla, Bonnie recently earned their JH title.

Teresa Janssen has a "proud human mom" brag. Her son recently graduated from dental school and will be practicing here in Lubbock.

BJ has lots to be proud of. Sasha, her corgi, earned her Therapy Dog certification and is the 1st hospice therapy dog for Odysey Hospice.

Cathy Smith has a new addition to her home; a wirehaired dachshund puppy named Gimley. Her other wirehaired, Chief has done well in the conformation ring too. He racked up several BOB wins at the Albuquerque shows.

Several members went to the recent Midland agility trials. here are the winners:

- Teresa Janssen and Radar, mini schnauzer, earned 110 MACH points. Taz, her Toy Poodle, earned 112 MACH points and added in a QQ.

- Susan Boyd and Sparky, her Lab, earned 2 Open 1st place wins.

- Joann Phillips and Wile E, her ACD, earned their AX title.

- Cheryl Nichols and J Crew qualified in Open Standard and jumpers.

several members went to the recent Aussie National Specialty. Ronda Clark and Lizzie earned their 14th QQ and picked up a NF leg. She came away with 98 MACH points. Gretchen placed 1st in the Rally Novice B class and picked up a NF leg.

Linda Phillips (Rainyday Aussies) was pretty proud of her veteran dog, Spark and his daughter. Spark won Best Veteran from the > 10 years old class and his daughter won BOS from the 7-10 year old class. Linda also picked up an Award of Merit from the Puppy Futurity.

Several members did well at the recent Amarillo agility trials. Here’s the winners:

- Teresa Janssen and her mini schnauzer, Radar, were the big winners. They earned their MACH title! They QQ’d and placed 1st and 2nd in excellent and 3rd in excellent jumpers. Taz , her toy poodle, QQ’d and placed 2nd in excellent jumpers and 1st in excellent standard.

- Kathy Miner and her BC Molly, qualified in Excellent Jumpers

- Mike Walton placed 4th in excellent jumpers and qualified in excellent standard with his Eskie, Molly. They also QQ’d. Aspen also QQ’d in excellent.

- Ronda Clark and her Aussie, Lizzie qualified in Excellent Jumpers.

- Joann Phillips and her Australian Cattle Dog, Wil E., earned their AXJ and QQ’d. They placed 1st and 3rd in excellent jumpers and 4th in excellent standard.

- Judy Flagle and her mini poodle, Meisha, placed 1st in excellent jumpers.

- Joann Neal and her poodles did well. Saki placed 1st in excellent jumpers and standard. Toy Rita QQ’d and placed 4th in excellent jumpers. Casey earned his NJ title and placed 1st in open jumpers and novice jumpers.

- Colleen Blanton and her Aussie, Henley, QQ’d.

- Mary Lou Vardy and her mini schnauzer, Britta, QQ’d

- Betty Blanton and her Aussie, Tigger, QQ’d and placed 2nd in excellent and 1st and 4th in excellent jumpers.

- Sue Boyd and her Lab, Sparky, placed 3rd in excellent jumpers.

- Shella Barclay and her Corgi, Tom placed 4th in excellent standard.

- Paula Perry, and her Shar Pei, Jack, placed 1st in excellent jumpers and QQ’d

Several members went to the Albuquerque shows and did very well. The big win went to Ronda Clark and her miniature poodle Skid with their completion of their OTCH title, by placing 3rd in a large Open B class! Joann Neal also did well with her male miniature poodle, Speedy. He went reserve Winners Dog at the Poodle Specialty. The Sandstorm poodles swept New Mexico. Way to go!

Our spring agility trials went well and there were plenty of winners. Here they are:

Teresa Janssen placed 1st in Excellent B Standard and Jumpers with Toy Poodle, Joie de Taz. Her Miniature Schnauzer, Southcross Speed Trap, placed 3rd in the Excellent B Standard class and 4th in the Excellent B Jumpers class.

Susan Boyd placed 1st and 2nd in the Open Jumpers class with Labrador Retriever, Sparky Sue, and earned her Open Jumpers title. She also placed 1st in the Open Standard class and completed her Open Standard title.

Jo Ann Phillips placed 1st in the Excellent A Jumpers class with Australian Cattle Dog, Fast and Furry-ous.

Joann Neal earned 1st, 2nd and 3rd place ribbons in Excellent B Jumpers and placed 1st, 3rd and 4th in the Excellent Standard classes with her Miniature Poodle, Songbird Sandstorm Saketumi. Her Miniature Poodle, Sandstorm Slick Chick placed 4th in the Excellent Standard class and qualified in Excellent B Jumpers. She also placed 1st in the Novice B Standard and Jumpers classes with her Miniature Poodle, Sandstorm The Band Played On.

Mary Lou Vardy's Miniature Schnauzer, Vardy’s Jazzman Britta, placed 1st in the Excellent A Standard and Jumpers classes. They also completed their Excellent Standard and Excellent Jumpers titles.

Kathy Miner and her Border Collie, Molly, qualified in the Excellent Jumpers class.

Mike and Lacie Walton and their American Eskimo, Lil’ Feller Aspen Walton, placed 2nd and 3rd in the Excellent B Standard class and qualified in the Excellent Jumpers classes. Their other American Eskimo, Miss Molly Walton, placed 4th in the Excellent Jumpers class.

Rene Ford’s Yorkshire Terrier, Snicker Doodle, placed 1st in the Novice B Standard and Jumpers classes. They also earned their Novice Jumpers title.

Kathi Irwin and her Parson Russell Terrier, I had an Ace in the Hole, placed 1st in the Novice A Standard and Jumpers classes

Betty Blanton and her Australian Shepherd, Rainyday’s Make Me Smile, 2nd in the Excellent A Jumpers class and 3rd in the Open Standard class.

Colleen Blanton and her Australian Shepherd, Rainyday’s Take it to the Limit, qualified in the Excellent Standard class.

Paula Perry and her Chinese Shar Pei, Harv's Applejack Be Nimble, placed 1st in the Excellent B Standard Preferred classes and Excellent A Jumpers Preferred class. They also earned their Excellent Jumpers Preferred title.

Cheryl Nichols and her Shetland Sheepdog, Mystique’s Summersault placed 1st in the Open Standard and Open Jumpers classes.

Ann Marie Lyons and her Border Collie, Top Gun Catch Me If You Can, placed 2nd in the Novice B class.

Terry Hetzle’s Shetland Sheepdog, Mystique’s Life’s a Breeze, placed 1st in the Excellent A Standard class and earned their Excellent Standard title. They also placed 3rd in the Excellent B Jumpers class.

June Marble and her German Shepherd, Esti Vom Landstrasse, placed 2nd in the Excellent B Jumpers Preferred class.

Kaylene Brown’s Shetland Sheepdog, Sadie’s J’manda Brown, placed 2nd in the Novice A Jumpers classes.

Congrats Everyone!

AKC recently announced the winners of the 1st quarter 2009 AKC Community Achievement Awards and member, Anne Humphreys, was one of the 3 winners. This award supports and recognizes outstanding public education and legislation efforts of AKC-affiliated clubs, AKC-recognized federations and their members.Anne won for her actions related to defeating local restrictive dog legislation.

The Heart of the Plains Kennel Club recently honored SPOTC Founding member, Dororthy McDowell, by naming an obedience challenge trophy in honor of her. Dororthy is a life member of HPKC.

Several members went to the Wichita Falls trials, and did well. These are the winners:

-Teresa Jantzen and her toy poodle, Taz, won three first-place and won second place in excellent. She picked up 2 QQ. Radar placed first in excellent and picked up another QQ.

- Susan Boyd and Sparky, her Labrador retriever, earned their first leg in Open with a first-place. They also earn their first leg in Open jumpers and placed second. Sparky also picked up two NF legs and placed first.

Cheryl Nichols and J Crew, her Sheltie, qualified in NF and earned their title. They also qualified in open jumpers and placed first with their 1st leg. They also qualified in open standard and OF both with first places.

- Kathy Miner and her border collie, Mali, earn their up and passed. They also earned their first MXJ leg and placed third. They also placed second in the excellent jumper’s class.

- Joanne Neal and her poodles did well. Saki qualified five of the six runs and earned 4 first-place ribbons. She also earned a QQ. Rita wrote Toy poodle, earned her 9th MXJ leg. Check earned been open fast legs and skirt or the coveted excellent fast title.

Several members went to Odessa. These are the winners:

- Teresa Janssen and her miniature snails are, Radar, earned 4 first places in excellent and picked up another QQ.

- Kathy Miner and her border collie, Molly, did well. They earned an MX leg.

Several members went to Belton, and here are the winners:

- Ronda and her Aussies did well. Lizzie earned her 13th QQ and Gretchen qualified twice in excellent standard. Gretchen also earned an excellent jumpers leg.

- Joanne Phillips and Wiley, her Australian cattle dog, earned 2 excellent legs.

Debbie Cox is very proud of the birth of her new miniature colt named Miko.

Anne Humphreys has several new additions to her home. Stevie, her Basenji bitch, just gave birth to six new pups; three boys and three girls. Congrats!

Joanne Phillips has her hands full with a new Australian cattle doge named Rockette. The 4 month old Rockette is the newest addition to her cattle dog crew.

Colleen Blanton is very happy, because she made the varsity swim team. Congratulations!

BJ and Corgi Sasha are happy pair. They recently passed their therapy dog test.

Please keep Nan Lumpkins in your thoughts and prayers, due to the death of her mother.

Ronda Clark did well in Midland. Bounce, her Norfolk terrier earned two group 4 placemats. And Gretchen, her Aussie, finished her CD. Skid, her miniature poodle, earned 3 point toward his obedience trial championship. He now has a total of 99 and only needs 1 point to finishing his title.

Anne Humphrey is pretty happy these days. Her Basenji pup, Rhiannon, won Best Puppy in Sweeps at the DFW Basenji Specialty at the recent Ft. Worth shows. She also finished the championship on her other Basenji, Dee Dee, at the same Ft. Worth shows. Congrats!

Several members went to the recent Albuquerque agility trials and did well. Here's the winner:

- Teresa Janssen with Radar (Mini Scnauzer) and Taz (Toy Poodle) placed 1st in their excellent classes. Radar has all of his points for a MACH, but needs the QQ's.

- Joann Neal and her poodles were in the ribbons. Saki qualified in 3 of 4 runs and placed 1st and 2nd. She even had a run off in Excellent with Teresa. Skirt also earned her 2nd leg in Excellent Fast.

- Mary Lou Vardy and her mini schnauzer, Britta, earned 2 open jumpers legs and an excellent leg from the A class.

Teresa Janssen went the recent Garden City Agility trials and had a good time. Radar earned a 2nd and qualified in 5 of 6 runs. They earned 2 more QQ's and racked up 95 MACH points. Taz was not left out. She earned 3 first place ribbons and picked up another QQ. Rowdy (Bouvier)and Sherell Thomas earned a point toward his championship at the San Antonio shows by winning Winners Dog. He now has a total of 12 points and needs only a major to finish

Ronda Clark and Skid (Mini Poodle) are even closer to their OTCH goal since the Garden City trials. They earned 3 points from the Utility B class with a 2nd place. They also placed 4th in utility B, but earned no points. Now they are only 4 points away! She also showed Lizzie, her Aussie in agility and placed 1st and 3rd in the excellent classes. Ronda has even more to proud of. Bounce, her Norfolk terrier, is now ranked #5 in his breed!

June Marble has a new addition to the family; another German Shepherd pup - Angie. June has many big plans for this little pup.

Rowdy (Bouvier)and Sherell Thomas earned a point toward his championship at the San Antonio shows by winning Winners Dog. He now has a total of 12 points and needs only a major to finish.

Several members went to the McKinney Agility trials and did well. Here's our winners:

- The Walton's Eskie, Aspen Q'd 3 of 4 runs and picked up another QQ.

- Colleen Blanton and her Aussie, Henley, Q'd on 2 runs.

Several members went to our recent obedience and rally trials and did well. Here's our winners:

- Ronda Clark and skid, her mini poodle, placed 2nd and 3rd in Utility B and 3rd in Open B. They picked up 2 more OTCH points; only 8 to go! Gretchen her Aussie did well too. She earned 2 legs toward her CD and placed 1st in the Novice B class with a 198 1/2. Gretchen also captured the High Scoring Aussie and High Scoring Herding Group.

- Joann Neal and Saki, mini poodle, placed 2nd in the Open B class with a 198 1/2 and earned High Scoring Poodle and High Scoring NonSporting Group. Skirt also showed and earned 2 more RAE legs in Rally and placed 1st in Rally Excellent. she also earned a 1st and 2nd in Rally Advanced.

- Laura Smith and Stormy, her sheltie, placed 3rd in Novice B and qualified in Open B with Cutter.

- Dana Brown and Gus, her Doberman, earned their CD titile and Rally Advanced title. Gus placed 1st and 2nd in the Rally Advanced A class.

- Bill Rebber and Toby, his Papillon, placed 1st and 2nd in the Open A class. <_>- Jane Giddens did real well with Star, her Papillon. Star placed 2nd and 3rd in the Novice B class and placed 3rd in the Rally Advanced B class. Star also won High Scoring Papillon.

Several members are doing well in agility this year and moving up the national rankings. Aspen, the Waltons American Eskimo, is #6 in his breed and Radar, Teresa Janssen's Mini Schnauzer, is #17.

Laura Smith is walking on air. She and her shelties, Cutter and Stormy went to the recent Alamo Area Sheltie Specialty. They won both of their classes (Open B and Novice) and Stormy won High In Trial from the Novice class. Hooray!!!!

Ronda Clark has a lot to brag about. Bounce, her Norfolk Terrier, finished his championship in fine style by picking up majors over specials 3 of 4 days at the recent Denver shows! And he is only 11 months old. Look for Bounce in the agility ring soon.

Keep Marybeth Scull in your thought. She is finally home after fracturing a hip in New Orleans in November. Get well soon, Mary.

Several members went to the recent Midland obedience trials and did well. Here's our winners:

- Jane Giddens and Star, her Papillon, placed 1st and 4th in the Novice B class and earned their CD title.

- Dana Brown and her Doberman, Gus, earned their first 2 legs toward their CD and placed 2nd and 3rd. gus also earned a leg in Rally Advanced.

- Ronda Clark and Skid, her miniatue poodle, got a big win. Skid got a 3rd it Utility B, and won Open B with a 199 1/2 under Sue Cox, a very tough obedience judge and with very tough competition. That day gave them 5 more OTCH points, High in Trial and High Combined.!! Now they only need 10 more points.

- Joann Neal and her miniature poodle, Chick, qualified in Open B and earned their CDX title.

Several members went to the recent Hobbs shows and did well. Here's our winners:

- Jane Giddens placed 1st and 2nd in the Novice B class on her first outing with Starr, her Papillon. Only one more leg to go!

- Ronda Clark and her Mini Poodle, Skid placed 2nd in the Utility B class and 4th in the Open B class. They earned 3 more points toward her OTCH and now need only 15 points!

- Phil Marshall was in a tough run off in Open B and placed 3rd with his Golden, Swan, with a score of 198.

- Joann Neal and Saki, mini poodle, placed 4th in Utility B.

- Tammy Marshall and her Tibetan Terrier, Dash, went BOB.

A couple of members went to the recent Abilene shows and did well.

- Ronda Clark and Skid, her miniature poodle, placed 3rd in the Utility B class and earned another OTCH point. Skid now needs only 18 more points to earn his OTCH title. Her Norfolk Terrier, Bounce, also won BOB and was filmed on the evening news in the group ring,

- Sherell Thomas and her Bouvier, Rowdy, earned another point and BOS. Rowdy now has 11 points toward his championship.

- Tammy Marshall and her Tibetan Terrier, Dash, went BOB.

There were plenty of club winners at the recent Amarillo agility trials.

- Teresa Janssen and Radar, her miniature schnauzer qualified in all of his classes and and now has 10 QQ's and added 97 MACH points. Radar also finished his OF title. Taz, her toy poodle also earned a QQ and placed in her classes.

- Susan Boyd and her Lab, Sparky, completed their NA and NAJ titles with all 1st place ribbons.

- Colleen Blanton and her Aussie, Henley, earned Excellent Jumper and standard legs. She is also proud of her being named to the District Swim Team.

- Joann Phillips and her ACD, Wyley, finished their NJ title.

- Shella Barclay and her Corgi, Tom, earned a QQ and her Aussie, Sara, earned a QQ(Sara's 1st one). Sara also Q'd each day in the Excellent Jumpers classes.

- Kathy Miner and her BC, Molly, finished their NF title with a 1st place.

- Betty Blanton and her Aussie, Tigger, earned an Open standard leg and finished their OAJ title.

A few members went to the recent El Paso obedience trials.

- Joann Neal and her mini poodles Chick and Sake did well. Chick earned to legs toward her CDX and Sake won the Open B class and racked up 13 more OTCH points.

- Ronda Clark and her mini poodle, Skid, picked up 10 more OTCH points and won High Combined.

Phil Marshall is pretty proud of his Visla, Bonnie. They have earned 3 of the 4 qualifying legs (at 2 hunt tests)needed to earn her Junior Hunter title.

Joann Neal is feeling real proud of her toy poodle, Rita. Rita recently earned her TD tracking title. She had a 450 ft. track with 4 turns in the midst of the Sandia Mountains no less!

Shella Barclay and her Aussie, Ellen, went to an ASCA show in Decatur and earned their first 3 point major toward their conformation championship.

Kim Rufner is pretty proud of a new addition to her home. She has one of Sake's mini poodle pups, Spur. Both Joann and Kim has high hopes for her new boy.

Joann Neal is feeling real proud of her poodle breeding program. One of Skirt's offspings, Cowboy (owned by Norma Rust), placed 3rd in the Non-Sporting group at the AKC National Obedience Invitational. Another great dog from the Sandstorm Kennel!

A couple of members had good luck in the conformation ring at the recent Nolan River shows in Glen Rose. Ronda Clark's Norfolk Terrier pup, Bounce, earned back to back 5 point majors and BOB! bounce now has over 10 points toward his championship.

Sherell Thomas' Bouvier male, Rowdy, went BOS over a male special and earned 2 more points. He now has 10 points toward his championship.

Joann Neal is feeling real proud of her poodle breeding program. One of Skirt's offspings, Cowboy (owned by Norma Rust), placed 3rd in the Non-Sporting group at the AKC National Obedience Invitational. Another great dog from the Sandstorm Kennel!

Several members went to the recent agility trials in Las Cruces and came back winners. Here's the results:

- Colleen Blanton and her Aussie, Henley, qualified in Excellent Standard. They now have approximately 300 points toward their MAH title.

- Susan Boyd and Sparky (Lab) earned her 1st legs in Novice Jumpers and Standard with 1st place wins in each.

- Teresa Janssen and Radar (mini schnauzer) placed 2nd and 3rd in Excellent Jumpers. Both have now qualified for the Agility National Championships!

Quite a few members went to the recent agility trials in Wichita Falls. Here's the winners:

- Joann Phillips and her Australian Cattle Dog, Wiley completed their Novice Jumpers title. They also earned 1st place ribbons in Open Standard and Jumpers classes.

- Kathy Minor and Molly, her BC, earned two 1st place ribbons in Novice Fast. They also earned 12 MACH points from the Excellent standard class.

- Teresa Janssen and Radar (mini schnauzer) placed 1st and 2nd in the Open Fast class and Taz (toy poodle) placed 1st in Open Fast. Radar had 2 QQ’s and qualified 6 of 7 runs! Taz also placed1st in Excellent Standard and Jumpers.

- Susan Boyd and Sparky (Lab) placed 1st in the Novice Standard class.

- June Marble did well with her German Shepherd, Esti. Esti finished her AX title.

- Joann Neal and her poodles racked up the wins. Rita (toy) earned her AX title and picked up 3 MXJ legs. Chick (mini) earned her Novice Fast title with two 1st’s and one 2nd place ribbons.

- Shella Barclay and Tom, her corgi, earned his 1st leg in Excellent Fast and picked up a leg in Excellent Standard. Her Aussie, Sara, was not left out of the wins, She earned two excellent Jumpers legs.

- Mary Lou Vardy and her mini schnauzer, Britta, did real well. Britta earned her NA title and earned her 1st leg in Open Jumpers and Standard with 2nd place wins.

Ronda Clark did well at the Hutto Obedience trials. Her mini poodle, Skid, finally earned his required 1st place in Open B and he also picked up a Utility B 3rd place. Now they only need 29 points to complete their OTCH title.

Several members have new additions to their families. BJ is adding another canine companion to her family. A new Tibetan Terrier, Rhapsody, with be moving in with BJ. BJ is making big plans for Rhapsody’s performance future and has her enrolled in agility class. Heather Monroe has a new pup too; a Yorkie named Skipper and Bill Rebber has a new pup, Chipper, a male Sheltie.

Sherell Thomas is pretty happy. Her Chow, Sophie, Finished her championship at the Cen-Tex shows in Belton with back to back majors. Sophie is only 10 months old!

Joann Neal has been having fun with her new digital camera recently. She was able to capture a photo of 3 of the 4 poodle boys that Sake recently gave birth to. Here's the photo of the 3 handsome boys; Lefty, Barney and Chief. Mr. Green Jeans was missing in action.

Sherell Thomas is pretty proud of her Chow pup, Sophie. Sophie has been out on the dog show circuit with Mike Brantley and she won a huge 5 point major, defeating 42 dogs. Sophie is now very close to completing her championship. Sherell and her Bouviers recently went to the American Bouvier des Flandres Club national specialty in Albuquerque and did well. Lillie placed 1st in Rally Excellent and earned her Carting Started Veterans title. Rowdy was not left out. He placed 2nd in his Novice fast class and placed 2nd. He also earned his Herding Instinct Certificate.

June Marble and Esti, her GSD, got her HXCs this past Saturday (November 1st) at GSDCA Nationals plus the RHITGSD. She finished her herding titles in less than a year.

Anne Humphrey did well at the Basenji Club of America national specialty. They won the Kennel Stake and Breeder Stake with DeeDee, Seeker and Jamie. Jamie also placed 3rd in the field Trial Bitch class and Dee Dee placed 3rd in the Open bitch brindle and white class. Ann also did well in Roswell with Seeker and Dee Dee winning 3 point majors.

Linda Phillips has new Aussie pups on the ground and are very excited about the litter.

BJ's Corgi, Sasha, received her PAL listing recently and both are getting ready for obedience competition training.

Tammy Marshall has plenty to be proud of. Two of her Tibetan Terrier conformation specials have qualified for the AKC Eukanuba Championships and the Bred By Exhibitor competition.

Joann Neal has a big weight off of her shoulders now. Sake finally delivered her pups recently; 4 boys! Mom and the pups are all doing well.

Laura Smith recently became a member of the American Shetland Sheepdog Association.

Donna Bybee’s Lacey passed her CGC in Roswell, NM shows

Several members did well at the recent SPOTC fall agility trials. Here are the winners:

-Laura Smith and Cutter, her sheltie, completed their AX title.

- Joann Neal and her poodles did well. Rita earned excellent standard legs and excellent jumpers legs toward her MXJ title. Rita had earned her AXJ title at a previous trial. Skirt completed her Open fast title and qualified 3 of 6 runs.

- Ronda Clark and her Aussie, Lizzie, earned excellent standard legs and placed 2nd and 4th. Gretchen earned her 1st QQ and placed 4th in excellent standard.

- Kathy Miner and her BC, Molly, finished their AX title.

- Mary Lou Vardy and her mini Schnauzer, Britta, qualified 4 og 6 runs and earned their NJ title.

- Joanne Phillips and Wylie, her ACD, qualified 3 of 6 runs in novice.

- Teresa Janssen and Taz, her Toy poodle, and Radar, her mini schnauzer both earned their Novice Fast titles. Radar also qualified in 4 of 6 runs and placed 1st in the excellent standard class.

Several members did well at the recent Heart of the Plains KC shows in Lubbock. Here are the winners:

- Sherell Thomas and her Bouvier, Lillie, placed 1st in Utility A.

- Joann Neal and Skirt placed 1st in Excellent and Advanced Rally for their 8th RAE leg. Joann and Chick placed 1st both days in Novice B.

- Jane Giddens placed 1st with Star, her Papillon in Rally Novice.

- Debbie Cox and Grace placed 3rd in Open B.

- Ronda Clark placed 3rd in Open B with Skid and earned more OTCH points. Her pup Norfolk Terrier, Bounce, earned his first points by going BOB and then won Best Puppy in Show.

- Dana Brown placed 3rd in Rally Novice with her Doberman, Gus and completed their RN title.

- Laura Smith placed 2nd and 3rd in Novice B with Stormy.

- Phil Marshall placed 2nd in Open B with Gracie and won Highest Scoring Senior.

- Becky Tilton-Orem earned majors on her new Siberian Husky

- Tammy Marshall and her special Tibetan Terrier won Best of Breed both days.

- Cathy Smith and her Mini Wirehaired Dachshund, Chief, won Best of Breed over the #2 mini wirehaired.

Several members did well at the recent Fort Worth agility trials. Here are the winners:

- Colleen Blanton and Henley, her Aussie earned 2 excellent legs.

- Teresa Janssen and Radar, mini schnauzer, had 2QQ’s and placed 3rd in excellent standard.

- Ronda Clark and her Aussies, Lizzie and Gretchen did well. Lizzie earned an excellent jumpers leg and Gretchen earned her 6th MXJ leg. Skid, her poodle also earned a leg in excellent.

Several members did well at the recent Albuquerque agility trials. Here are the winners:

- Colleen Blanton and Henley, her Aussie, earned 2 MXJ legs and is now 9 for 9 MXJ legs.

- Betty Blanton and her Aussie, Tigger earned 2 novice and 2 Novice standard les and one novice fast leg. Way to go!

- Joann Neal did well. Sake qualified 4 of 6 runs in excellent.

- Teresa Janssen and Radar placed 1st in the novice fast class and completed their NF title and also earned his MX title by placing 2nd and 3rd in the excellent standard class. Toy Taz also placed 1st in the novice fast class and completed her NF title. She placed 1st and 2nd in the excellent standard class also.

- Lacie and Mike Walton ventured off the Albuquerque with baby Carley in tow. All went well. Molly and Alpine (Eskies) both qualified in excellent.

April Mullins is overjoyed. She was able to find her lost sheltie, Phoebe.

June Marble is all smiles. She entered Esti, her GSD, in the recent McKinney agility trials and they earned both Novice Preferred titles and a lef in Open Preferred standard. Herta her 13 year old GSD was inducted in the german Shepherd Club of America "13 Club." Casper has now completed 150 therapy dog visits and has earned his TDI Active title.

Paula Perry has a lot to smile about. Jack, her Shar Pei, earned his MXJ at the recent agility trials in Albuquerque on September 6th. He is only the 3rd of his breed to earn an MXJ. Hooray!!!

Two members went to the recent Obedience trials in Albuquerque and did well. Ronda Clark and Skid placed 2nd in Utility B and 3rd in Open B for a total of 10 OTCH points. Skid now has over 50 OTCH points! She later placed 1st in Utility B at the recent Rio Rancho trials and earned another 10 OTCH points for a total of 64 points. Hooray!Also Sherell Thomas and her Bouvier, Lillie, earned their 2nd leg in Utility A and placed 2nd!

Please keep Laura Smith in your thoughts due to the loss of her Sheltie, Sandy. Sandy provided Laura 14 years of joy and brought many new friends into her life. She will be greatly missed.

Sherell Thomas and her Bouviers did well at the recent Corpus Christi shows. Lillie earned her 1st leg and a 1st place in Utility A and won High Scoring Veteran Dog. Rowdy was not left out either. He won Best of Winners for a 3 point major!

Laura Smith did well at the Houston shows. She and her Sheltie, Stormy, earned their CD title. Onward to Open!

Joanne Neal has been very busy with her mini poodles recently. At the Dallas shows, she had several run offs with Dave Gannon and ended up winning HIT and HC which brought her up to 93 OTCH points with Saki. An added bonus at the show was that Chick picked up a HIT from the Novice B class (she earned her CD earlier at the Colorado shows). At the Houston Poodle Specialty, Chick also placed 1st in the Novice class.

Then they headed off to the San Antonio agility trials where Chick earned her OAJ title. The big day came in Houston obedience trials the next week where she and Saki earned their OTCH title! Wow! Another triple champion! That was not all for the Houston shows. Skirt completed her Novice Fast title and Rita (Toy poodle) her OA and picked up 2 legs in Excellent at the agility trials there.

Paula Perry has been out and about at the agility trials with her Shar Peis. Jack qualified in excellent in San Antonio and Katy qualified in Monroe.

Sherell Thomas and her Bouviers have been making the shows. Rowdy earned 2 points in Dallas and 2 points in San Antonio. He now has a total of 5 points toward his conformation championship. Lillie is still working hard in utility and awaiting her 1st leg. 

Phil Marshall did well at the Amarillo obedience trials. Swan ad Gracie qualified in the Open B class and Gracie also qualified in the Utility B class.

A few members went to the recent Albuquerque shows and did well. Judy Flagle and her mini poodle, Meisha, finished her championship at the poodle specialty there. Joann Neal and Saki left the competition in the dust. They won HIT from the Open B class and placed 4th in the Utility class. Sherell Thomas and Lillie, her Bouvier made their debut in Utility A. Lillie gave it a good try, but no green ribbon this time.

New pups are popping up everywhere! Ronda Clark has a new male Norfolk Terrier male named Bounce. We knew Ronda could not resist having a terrier. He's a real cutie.

- Tammy Marshall is keeping a male pup out of her recent Tibetan Terrier litter out of Tux and Kelly. The new addition is named Bling.

- Terry Hetzle has a new male Sheltie pup named Trooper. Terry is very excited about this new addition.

- Anne Humphreys has a new litter of 4 Basenjis! The litter is out of a multi BIS male.

- Bill Rebber has 2 new Papillon pups; A male and female named Jumper and Cassey.

- Debbie Cox doesn't have a new pup, but her miniature horse is pregnant!

Colleeen Blanton has been very busy. She is now a Junior in High School and is having a good time at camp this summer.

Heather Monroe graduated from high school recently and will be attending Texas Tech in the fall. Go Red Raiders! 

Teresa Janssen has a lot to be proud of. At the Amarillo agility trials,Radar, her mini schnauzer, finished his MXJ and earned his 3rd QQ. Taz, mini poodle, picked up her 19th QQ and mini schnauzer, Beckett earned more MACH points. Her big day came on the last day of the Monroe trials. Taz earned her 20th QQ and her MACH!!! Radar also earned 57 more MACH points at this trial. Another bit of news; Teresa retired from teaching this spring. Just think; more time for training and trials.

Laure Smith went to a recent conformation handling workshop and won High Scoring Handler.

Kathy Miner and her BC, Molly, earned their 1st Excellent Jumpers leg. 

JoAnne Phillips is fostering an Australian Cattle Dog named Traveler. She is working hard on teaching him good manners for his next home.

Ronda and Joanne neal went to the obedience trials in Colorado Springs recently and did real well. Ronda and mini poodle, Skid placed 2nd in Utility and 3rd in Open B. He now has a total of 44 OTCH points. Joanne Neal and Chick placed 1st in Novice B with a 198 1/2 and also placed 1st in Open B with Sake with the same score. She ended up having a run off with herself and Chick won the day and earned a HIT and completed her CD.

A few members went to the recent Albuquerque shows and did well. Judy Flagle and her mini poodle, Meisha, finished her championship at the poodle specialty there. Joann Neal and Saki left the competition in the dust. They won HIT from the Open B class and placed 4th in the Utility class. Sherell Thomas and Lillie, her Bouvier made their debut in Utility A. Lillie gave it a good try, but no green ribbon this time.

Our spring agility trial was great and several members did very well. Here's the winners:

- Ronda Clark and Skid, her Mini Poodle, qualified in Excellent standard and placed 4th in excellent jumpers. Her Aussie, Lizzie, qualified in excellent jumpers and placed 4th in excellent standard. Gretchen was not left out, she qualified in excellent jumpers and placed 2nd and 3rd in excellent standard. Lizzie picked up 2 QQ and Gretchen and Skid both picked up a QQ each.

- Shella Barclay and her Corgi, Tom, placed 3rd in excellent jumpers and Sara, her Aussie placed 1st in excellent jumpers.

- Teresa Janssen, and her Toy poodle, Taz placed 1st in excellent jumpers and standard and placed 2nd in excellent jumpers also. Taz picked up 3 QQ's at the trial. Her mini Schnauzers were not left out. Radar placed 4th in excellent standard and qualified in excellent jumpers. Beckett qualified in excellent standard and jumpers.

- Mike Walton and his Eskies did well. Alpine qualified in excellent standard and jumpers. Alpine also placed 1st in open standard.

- Joann Neal ran well with her poodles. Chick placed 4th in excellent standar. Saki earned 2 QQ's and placed 1st in excellent jumpers and standard and also placed 2nd in excellent jumpers. Skirt placed 3rd in excellent jumpers and qualified in excellent standard, earning a QQ. Toy poodle Rita was not left out. She placed 1st in Novice jumpers and standard.

- Nancy Lewis and her Golden Brittany placed 1st and 2nd in Novice jumpers and 1st in novice standard. She also completed her Novice jumpers and Novice standard titles.

- Kathy Miner and her BC, Molly qualified in excellent jumpers and 2nd in excellent standard.

- Paula Perry and Jack, her Shar Pei qualified in excellent standard.

- Judy Flagle and Meisha, her mini poodle, placed 1st in Open standard.

- Colleen Blanton and her Aussie, Henley, qualified in excellent standard.

- Cheryl Nichols and her shelties had plenty to be proud of. JCrew placed 1st in Novice standard and Eddie placed 1st in the excellent jumpers preferred class. This was Eddie's 5th MJP leg.

Debbie Cox and Nancy Lewis had a great group of dogs who passed the Therapy Dog Inc. test. Those that passed are: Dana and Vernon Brown with their Dobes, Gus and Rascal. Colleen Blanton and Aussie, Henley and Mary Lou Vardy and her Mini Schnauzer, Missy.

Cheryl Nichols and Laura Smith went to the Sheltie National Specialty and represented us well. Eddie placed 1st in the Excellent B Preferred Jumpers class. Laura and Stormy made her novice obedience debut and placed 3rd in the class for her 1st leg.

Several members went to the recent Wichita Falls agility trials. Here's the results:

- Mike Walton and Eskie Aspen got a QQ and 18 MACH points. Molly finished her Open Standard title with a 1st place. She also qualified in Excellent jumpers and earned 10 MACH points. She placed 1st in Excellent standard and 4th in excellent jumpers for 2 more MACH points.

- Lacie Walton placed 1st in excellent jumpers with Eskie, Alpine.

- Teresa Janssen and qualified 4 of 6 runs. Radar took 1st in excellent standard and earned his AX title, then earned his 1st MX leg the next day. He also earned and MXJ leg. Toy poodle Taz qualified 5 of 6 runs, with 3 - 1sts and two 2nds. This earned her 2 QQ's.

Please keep Marcia Bishoff in your thoughts and prayer due to the recent loss of her husband Ray. Ray was a fine person and will be greatly missed.

Ronda Clark has alot to be proud of. Skid, her Mini Poodle finished his UDX at the Wichita Falls trials in February.

Colleen Blanton and Henley, her Aussie, earned an Open Fast leg and the 6th MX leg in McKinney. Colleen also visited colleges over spring break in Seattle.

Tammy Marshall and her Tibetan Terrier, journey, is #4 Breed and #10 in all-breed points in conformation.

Our members are back from the National Agility Championships in Tulsa, OK. All 3 members and their 4 dogs ended up placing about middle of the pack in some of the stiffest competition in the country. Taz and Teresa Janssen placed slightly higher than Joannn Neal and Boot with placing 47th out of 84 contestants and Boot placing 49th in the 8" class. Saki did well, considering her recent pregnancy woes, and was 120th out of 137 in the 12" class. Ronda Clark and Skid placed 97th out of a field of 160 in the 16" class. Way to go! Onward toward the 2009 Championships!

Dee Dee Perry has a new addition to her family, another Black German Shepherd. Her name is Maxie and she is 17 months old and quite a little pistol.

Several members went to the recent Odessa Agility trials and did will. Here's the winners:

-Ronda Clark and Gretchen picked up a QQ and now has a total of 630 points and 9 QQ's.

- Teresa Janssen and Radar, her mini schnauzer, placed 1st in the Excellent Jumpers class and Taz (toy poodle) Q'd 5 of 6 runs. At other recent trials Radar picked up 2 Excellent Standard legs and Taz placed 1st in Excellent Standard and Jumpers classes.

- Kathy Miner and her BC, Molly, Q'd in Excellent A standard and placed 1st.

- Mike Walton and Eskie, Aspen picked up an excellent standard leg and 1 MACH point.

Dana and Vernon Brown recently earned CGC's on both of ther Dobermans, Gus and Rascal.

June Marble is pretty proud of her GSD, Este. They qualified 2 days at the recent Trinity Valley herding trials and has almost completed their advanced herding title. Este is also working on her HGH title which requires a dog to herd up to 200 animals for up to 45 minutes.

Mike and Lacie Walton have been busy in the Odessa and Kansas agility rings with their Eskies. Alpine recently picked legs in Open Standard and Excellent A. In Garden City they came back with lots of loot. Aspen QQ'd and now has a total of 150 MACH points. Molly is now running in Excellent Jumpers and picked up 2 legs in Excellent Standard classes.

Ronda Clark did well at the recent Wichita Falls shows. Skid, her mini poodle, earned his UDX title.

Lacie and Mike Walton recently took their Eskies to the McKinney agility trials. Mike ran all 3 dogs and had great runs. Aspen Q'd, Molly placed 1st and 2nd in Excellent A JWW and Alpine placed 1st in Novice Standard and earned his NA title!

Joann Neal and Skirt made history again! Skirt earned her TDX in El Paso and is the 2nd poodle in history to have a conformation Championship, OTCH, MACH and TDX. Skirt's mom, Betty was the 1st. Congrats and onward to quadruple championship!

Tammy Marshall and her Tibetan Terrier, Kellie, finished her championship with a 4 point major from the bred-by class. Journey, her Tibetan special, went BOB both days at the Hobbs shows and earned a Group 4. Journey also picked up 2 BOBs and 2 BOSs at the Denver shows. They also added in a Best Owner-Handler win and a Group 3 at the Denver shows.

Sherell Thomas and her Bouvier, Rowdy, did well at the recent San Antonio shows. He won Best of Breed and earned his 1st point.

There were plenty of club winners at our recent Obedience and Rally trials. Here they are:

- Joann Neal placed 1st and 2nd in the Rally Advanced B class and 2nd in the Rally Excellent class with her Miniature Poodle, Skirt. Her Miniature Poodle, Saki, placed 3rd in the Utility B class and 3rd and 4th in the Open B class.

- Laura Smith and her Shetland Sheepdog, Cutter qualified in the Open B class and was awarded Highest Scoring Shetland Sheepdog. Her Shetland Sheepdog, Stormy, placed 1st in the Pre-Novice class.

- Ben Lumpkins and Miniature Poodle, Spinner, placed 3rd and 4th in the Pre-Novice class. They also placed 2nd and 4th in the Rally Novice A. class

- Nan Lumpkins and Miniature Poodle, Dollie, placed 1st and 2nd in the Pre-Novice class and also placed 1st and 3rd in the Rally Novice A class.

- Dana Brown placed 2nd and 3rd in the Pre-Novice class and also 1st in the Rally Novice B class with her Doberman Pinscher, Gus.

- Ronda Clark, placed 2nd and 3rd in the Open B class with her Miniature Poodle, Skid. They were also awarded Highest Scoring Poodle and Highest Scoring Non-Sporting Dog.

- Barbara Mayfield and her Rough Collie, Diesel, placed 4th in the Pre-Novice class and 3rd and 4th in the Rally Novice A class.

- Phil Marshall qualified in the Utility B class with Golden Retriever, Swan.

- Terry Hetzle and her Shetland Sheepdog, Riley, placed 4th in the Novice B class.

There were plenty of club winners at the recent Hobbs shows. Here they are:

- Ronda Clark and Skid placed 2nd in Utility and Open B and earned their 9th UDX leg and picked up 2 more OTCH points.

- Joann Neal and her poodle, Saki, racked up another HIT (Saturday) and placed 3rd in the Open B class. This weekend really made Joann proud. Skirt's kids (Cowboy and Skid)ran away with the ribbons. Cowboy won HC both days and HIT (Sunday).

- Tammy Marshall and her Tibetan Terrier special, Journey, won a Group 4.

- Sherell Thomas and her Bouvier, Rowdy, won Reserved Dog.

- Cathy Smith's new addition, Chief (a mini wirehaired dachshund), won BOS.

There are some new title holders at the Lumpkin's home. Both their Miniature Poodles, Spinner and Dollie, earned their RN titles at the recent Abilene shows.

Please keep Tamatha Hannah in your thoughts because of the recent loss of her much loved Sheltie, Lexi. Lexi was a great girl that enjoyed strutting her stuff in the obedience ring and had plenty of wins to show for it. She will be missed.

Tammy Marshall's, Tibetan Terrier, Journey ended the year in the Top 20 Breed list and has been invited to participate in the Top 20 Invitational at the national specialty this year.

Donna Bybee's Australian Shepherd, Lacey won her Bred By class both days and Winners Bitch on Saturday. at the recent Abilene shows.

Marilyn Brookman is very proud of her Boxer, Magnum. He recently earned his Therapy Dog certification.

Linda Phillips has her hands full. She has 2 litters of Aussies, totaling 15 pups!!!

Mari Evans did well at a recent Aussie show in Decatur. Rowdy and Joy earned four 1sts, two 2nds and two 3rd's.

Several members went to the recent Las Cruces agility trials and came home with wins. Here's the winners:

- Colleen Blanton is doing well with Henley her Aussie. They earned some excellent legs at the Las Cruces trials and now has 47 MACH points! Colleen has also done well on the swim team and has earned a 1st and 3rd place at a recent meet.

- Joann Neal and her Mini Poodle, Chick, earned their MXJ title and earned her 1st QQ's and placed 2nd. Poodles Skirt, Boot and Saki also earned QQ's.

Shella Barclay has been doing well at the agility trials. Tom, her Corgi earned his Open Fast title and Sam, her Aussie earned his MXJ.

Paula Perry and Jack her Shar Pei are still going strong in agility. Jack recently earned more MX legs.

Cheryl Nichols has been working hard on the therapy front. Both Eddie (Sheltie) and Gap (Golden) recently earned their TDI certification.

During the Christmas Holidays, several members visited the Covenant Children's Hospital with their dogs. Dana Brown, Ann and Bill Humphries and JoAnn Phillips all had a ball.

Several members went to the recent McKinney agility trials and came home with wins. Here's the winners:

- Lacie Walton and Aspen qualified in Excellent twice and now has an MXJ title and 84 MACH points.

- Teresa Janssen and Beckett (Miniature Schnauzer) earned 3 QQ's which gives him a total of 17. Taz (Toy Poodle) QQ'd and placed 1st in Excellent Standard and 1st and 3rd in Excellent Jumpers. Radar (Mini Schnauzer) earned his AXJ title and placed 1st in the class. He also earned his 1st MACH points that weekend.

Several members went to the recent Wichita Falls agility trials and came home with wins. Here's the winners:

- Teresa Janssen and Beckett (Mini Schnauzer) Q'd 3 of 6 runs. Taz (Toy Poodle) QQ's and earned a 1st in Excellent Standard and 3rd in Excellent Jumpers. Radar (Mini Schnauzer) placed 1st in Open Standard and finished his OA title. Radar also qualified in the Excellent Jumpers class and earned more MACH points.

- The Waltons and their American Eskimos had plenty of fun. Alpine placed 1st in Open Jumpers and 1st in Novice Standard. Molly placed 1st in Open Jumpers and 1st and 2nd in Novice Standard, which earned her a NA title. Aspen was not left out of the winns and qualified in 4 of 6 runs and earned his 1st QQ.

Joann Neal and her Poodles were real die hards at the recent El Paso agility trials. The grounds were blanketed with snow! Even with the snow, Skirt QQ'd at the trial. What a pair of troopers!

Several members went to the recent Amarillo agility trials. Here's the winners:

- Joann Neal and Chick (Mini Poodle) earned their MX title. She now has 2 QQ's and 250 points. Skirt (Mini Poodle) also QQ'd. The big winner of the trial was Boot (Toy Poodle) who earned her MACH 4 title! Way to go Boot!

- Terry Hetzel and Riley (Sheltie) earned their NA and NAJ titles!

- Cheryl Nichols and her Shelties did well. Eddie earned his 3rd MJP leg and J. Crew won his class at the match.

- Cathy Miner and her BC, Molly, earned their OA title.

- Teresa Janssen and her crew had lots of fun. Toy Poodle, Taz, Q'd in 4 of 6 runs and earned her 10th QQ. Taz now has about 1,000 points. Mini Schnauzer Radar, ran well in the match and Beckett Q'd 5 of 6 runs.

- Colleen Blanton and Henley, her Aussie, one MX and one MXJ leg each. Henley now has 5 legs each toward his MX and MXJ titles. Also Collen did well at her recent swim meet.

Several members went to the Amarillo shows/obedience trials and did well. Here's the winners:

- Cheryl Nichols was all smiles when J Crew, her Sheltie, finished his conformation championship with another major win.

- Donna Bybee and her Aussie, Sky, fininshed their RN title and placed 4th each day.

- Sherell Thomas and her Bouvier, Lillie, earned their RAE title.

- Joann Neal did well with Skirt and Saki, her mini poodles. Skirt placed 2nd and 3rd in Rally Excellent and Advanced classes and earned more RAE legs. Saki placed 2nd and 4th in Utility B and 2nd and 3rd in Open B. Saki also picked up a couple of UDX legs. Saki now has a total of 45 OTCH points.

- Phil Marshall and Swan, his Golden, their 6th UDX leg.

- Becky Tilton-Orem had wins with her Huskies in conformation.

- Sara Stennet also did well in conformation with her Cardigan. 

Phil Marshall has added a new member to his family. Not another Golden, but a cute little Visla named Bonnie. Bonnie is 12 weeks old and as you can tell, is already training to be an excellent gundog. Bonnie is from Canada. At 4 months old, Bonnie is enjoying her new field collar and is already finding planted birds.

A couple of our Sheltie owners have been very happy recently. Laura Smith finished the conformation championship on Sprint with two 4pt. majors in Tulsa! Cutter was not left out either. She placed 2nd and 3rd in the Open B classes. Laura Also put a 4pt. major on her breeder's dog at the recent sheltie specialty in Dallas!

Cheryl Nichols' Sheltie, J. Crew, earned his 2nd major at the recent Dallas Sheltie Specialty. Now he only needs 3 single points to finish his conformation championship!

Congrats to Mike and Lacie Walton on an upcoming new member of the family; a human BABY!!!! They have also been showing their Eskies in agility too. Alpine finished his Novice Jumpers title and earned his 1st Novice Standard leg in Odessa. Molly earned her 1st Novice standard leg in Odessa and aspen racked up 33 MACH points and now has a total of 54 points. Aspen has 7 MXJ legs and 1 MX leg to his credit!.

Colleen Blanton is doing well with Henley her Aussie. He now has 43 MACH points!

Margaret Freeman has a lot to be proud of. Rory, her BC passed the CGC test recently.

There were several winners from our club at the recent Odessa agility trials. Here's the winners:

- Teresa Janssen and her mini schnauzers did well. Beckett placed 3rd in Excellent. Toy Poodle Taz earned her 5th QQ with 104 MACH points. Newcomer, Radar earned his Open Jumpers title and moved up to the excellent class.

- Kathy Miner and her BC, Molly, earned 2 Open Standard leg and their 1st Excellent Jumpers leg. She also has a new addition to her family, Quinn, a 41/2 month old BC puppy.

There were several winners from our club at our recent fall agility trials here in Lubbock. Here's the winners:

- Teresa Janssen placed 1st and 2nd in Excellent B Jumpers with Toy Poodle, Taz. They also placed 2nd in Excellent Standard.  Her Miniature Schnauzer, Beckett, placed 4th in Excellent B Jumpers classes. Her other Miniature Schnauzer, Radar, placed 1st in Novice Jumpers and Standard classes and completed his Novice Jumpers title. He also placed 1st in the Open Jumpers classes.

- Shella Barclay placed 1st in the Novice B Standard class and 2nd in the Novice B Jumpers class with Australian Shepherd, Sara.  Her Pembroke Welsh Corgi, Tom, placed 3rd in the Excellent B Jumpers class.

- Ronda Clark, placed 2nd in the Excellent B Jumpers and 1st and 2nd in Excellent Standard classes with Miniature Poodle, Skid. The highlight of the trial was that they also completed their 1st Master Agility Championship title! Her Australian Shepherd, Gretchen, also placed 1st and 2nd in the Excellent Jumpers classes to complete their AXJ title.

- Joann Neal placed 1st in Excellent B Jumpers classes with her Miniature Poodle, Skirt. Her Miniature Poodle, Sake, placed 2nd in Excellent B Standard and 1st and 2nd in Excellent B Jumpers. Toy Poodle, Boot, placed 2nd and 3rd in Excellent B Jumpers and 1st and 4th in Excellent Standard classes. Toy Poodle, Rita, placed 1st in the Novice B Jumpers classes and earned their Novice Preferred Jumpers title. Miniature Poodle, Chick, qualified in the Excellent B Jumpers and Standard classes.

- June Marble’s German Shepherd, Esti, placed 1st in the Open Standard classes.

- Laura Smith and her Shetland Sheepdog, Cutter, placed 1st in the Excellent B Standard and Jumpers classes. She completed her AXJ title and earned her 2nd leg toward her AX.

- Terry Hetzle and her Shetland Sheepdog, Riley, placed 1st in Novice B Jumpers and Novice B Standard classes.

- Cheryl Nichols and her Shetland Sheepdog, Eddie, placed 2nd in the Excellent B Jumpers Preferred classes.

- Colleen Blanton and her Australian Shepherd, Henley, placed 3rd in Excellent B Standard and Jumpers classes.

Please keep Laura Miller in your thoughts on the loss of her male Rough Collie, Willie. Many of you may remember Willie's kind and gentle manner. He was much loved by Laura and her family and will be greatly missed. He was only 3 years old.

There were several winners from our club at the recent HPKC dog shows here in Lubbock. Here's the winners:

- Debbie Cox and Grace (Lab) were all smiles when they finished their CDX! They were in the ribbons with a 1st place and earned an extra 4th leg to boot.

- Joann Neal and her mini poodle, Saki, had a great time. Saki earned another HIT with a 198 from the Open B class and earned a 4th in Utility B. Joann also earned 2 Rally RAE legs with Skirt and placed 1st in both classes on Sunday and 3rd in both classes on Saturday.

- Ronda Clark and Skid (mini poodle) placed 4th in Open B and 3rd in Utility B for another UDX leg. He also qualified in Utility B on Saturday.

- Laura Smith and Cutter (Sheltie)had a good run in Open B. Cutter placed 2nd in a tough class with a 197.5!

- Donna Bybee and Sky (Aussie) qualified in Rally Novice on Saturday and placed 1st on Sunday in the class.

- Ben and Nan Lumpkins made their debut in the Rally ring in Novice A. Nan qualified with Dollie (mini poodle) both days and placed 3rd one day and Ben placed 4th with Spinner (mini poodle). What a great beginning!

- Sherell Thomas and Lillie (Bouvier) earned their 9th RAE leg in Rally. Sherell also won the AKC Outstanding Sportsmanship Award from the Heart of the Plains Kennel Club.

- Bill Rebber and Buddy (Papillon) qualified in Open B. They are working toward their UDX4.

- Ann Humphrey had a lot to be proud of. She and her Basinji won the Bred By Exhibitor Best in Show!

Joann Neal and Saki, her mini poodle, did well at the recent Greeley, CO shows. Saki earned HIT at the Poodle specialty and at one of the all-breed shows from the Open B class. Sounds like she is hot on the OTCH track now!

Joann Phillips and Lucky, her Australian Cattle Dog were again invited to the AKC national invitational for obedience. Unfortunately they will not be able to go this time.

Teresa Janssen and her miniature schnauzer, Beckett, recently went to the agility trials in Hutto. Beckett Q's 5 of 6 runs and earned a QQ. Taz, her toy poodle placed 1st and earned her MXJ  title and also earned an MX leg.

Please welcome new members, Bill Ann Humphreys. They have Basenjis and a Rhodesian Ridgeback.

At the recent Durango trials, JoAnn Neal added another UD to her crew, Saki. She finished in rare style with a 1st place in Utility B.

Several members passed the Therapy Dog test recently: Kathi Irwin and her Collie, Rowdy and her Jack Russell Terrier, Ace; Marilyn Brookman and Boo, her Pekingnese; Donna Bybee and her Aussie, Sky and Shella Barclay and her Aussie, Sara.

With Ronda Clark's recent agility wins, she is getting very close to a MACH. Recently Lizzie, her Aussie has 6 QQs and accumulated 60 MACH points. Skid, her Mini Poodle, has 17 QQs and all 750 points!

Becky Orem has a new Husky added to her family and recently earned 2 championship on him.

Laura Smith and Cutter finished their CDX at the recent Houston shows. While showing, they qualified all 5 times they have shown and earned four 1st places and a 2nd. On to utility!

The Waltons will be adding another Eskie to their home, Moose! Congrats on the new addition.

Colleen Blanton did well at the Albuquerque agility trials. Henly qualified in excellent jumpers and standard.

Several members did well at the Amarillo Obedience trials in July. Here are the winners:

- Phil Marshall qualified with Golden, Swan, in Open and Utility and was in a run off for 4th in Open B. This was Swan's 2nd UD leg. Gracie also qualified in Open B.

- Debbie Cox and Grace, her Lab, earned their RA title.

- Laura Smith and her Sheltie, Cutter, placed 1st both days in Open A and earned 2 legs toward their CDX. Cutter also won High Scoring Sheltie.

- Terry Hetzle qualified in Rally Advanced with her Sheltie, Riley.

- Joann Neal and Mini, Saki, qualified in Open B and won High Scoring Poodle.

- Sherell Thomas and her Bouvier, Lillie, earned 2 more RAE legs and placed 2nd in Rally excellent and 4th in Rally advanced. Lillie now has 6 RAE legs.

- Bill Rebber also completed his UDX3 with Buddy, his Papillon.

Keep Willeke Barens in your thoughts on the loss of her Irish Wolfhound, Riley. Willeke is now living in the Netherlands and has also recently added another pair of Irish Wolfhound pups to her crew, a boy and a girl.

Annie Thomsom wants to tell everyone hello from the Metroplex. She and her Affenpinscher, Oliver, are enjoying their visits at an area nursing home. On the non-dog side, Annie has also been playing cello for the Northeast Orchestra.

Stirling Greer recently finished her championship on her Afghan Hound, Pagan. Pagan has also earned his Junior Courser title in grand style.

Cindy Herman and Dally, her mixed breed, completed their novice obedience title recently. Dally has earned his much deserved retirement. Also Tanna, her Belgian Sheepdog, earned her first leg in agility and placed 2nd in her class.