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 clarke 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.

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.