It’s dog show season in Southern Arizona

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Yes, it’s dog show season in Southern Arizona. And we just finished the five straight days of Fiesta Cluster dog shows in Scottsdale. Lisa was showing both her own dog, the champion Border Collie Sadie, and Brady. Brady is still earning his championship points. It was a good weekend for both [...]

Herding Fun Day-Arizona

EVENT PHOTOS on my flickr pages

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In conjunction with Molly Wisecarver and Double- M Stockdogs,
the Border Collie Club of Arizona sponsors a
Herding Fun Day
Saturday, December 13, 2008
8:00 AM through 4:00 PM
At Fire & Ice Kennels, Mayer AZ
Events include:
Large Field Ranch Courses, Agility style
If you have been to Molly’s “Ranch Days,” you know [...]

Dogshow Weekend Near Prescott, Arizona

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Another dog show weekend for us. Saturday and Sunday were spent in higher country of Chino Valley. A nice way of trading in the 100+ degree weekend for the cool 80s. A friend, Molly, let us spend the night at her ranch to save us the 2-hour trip down to The [...]

Dog Show Time!

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Dog show weekend in Santa Barbara, California. Lisa and I, accompanied by our three dogs and a guest dog trekked out to SB for a three-day dog show weekend. We all crammed into the ‘88 Isuzu Trooper for the 7-hour drive to the west coast city. We stayed with friend Sonja [...]

Pita Jungle Lunch

Feeling much better after submitting a tax-filing extension, Kirby (dog 1) and I had a nice lunch at Pita Jungle to celebrate. Still cool enough in the city to sit out on the patio the dog and I sat for for leisurely two hour lunch. How do I kill 2 hour at lunch? I bring [...]

Yo yo, another dog show

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It was a dog show weekend for us. The Lost Dutchman Kennel Club Dog show was in Casa Grande Arizona this weekend. This was an indoor show, challenging my photo-taking a bit. I need to find a balance between shutter speed and the flash brightness. Auto focus is another issue. Seems [...]

My bitches

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A couple of my girls enjoying a sunny morning in front of the Hotel Congress. We were visiting Tucson for Gigit to compete in a dog show. The Cañada Del Oro Kennel Club dog show in Tucson, Arizona, which ran Saturday & Sunday, March 22 & 23, 2008. This AKC [...]