Australian Champion Ieper-Rilla vd Arkiv (Imp USA)

Australian Champion Ieper-Rilla vd Arkiv

Well - here in Australia its the Queen's Birthday long weekend - 12,13 and 14 June

The weekend is a significant milestone in Eepie's life with us Down Under.

Saturday 12th she went BoB, she got a second run in the Working Group line up and she was awarded Best Intermediate in Group. This left us competing in the General Specials at the pointy end of the show. I was thrilled to be showing this beautiful Bouvier among all the best dogs at the show. It was a huge achievement for a rare breed. Well done, Mz Eep!

Today, 13th June, is her second birthday. We had two other Bouviers to compete against today and Eep was awarded Bitch Challenge and Runner Up in Breed - we needed four points to finish her championship and we earned seven.

Well done Champion Ieper-Rilla vd Arkiv!

Tomorrow we have one more show and tomorrow is the first anniversary of Eepie's "Gotcha Day" - the day i picked her up from the quarantine station and brought her home after her long journey from Delta, Colorado.

Harpo and i love you to bits Princess Eepie........Many Happy Returns to my little darling the Champion

CCD Fun Match

The baby did it tonight - she came second in a CCD fun match at our club.

She had eyes everywhere for the first half of our heel pattern but then she settled down, her brains clicked in and she worked beautifully.

It was assessment night at the club - in the ring next to ours an instructor was putting out stations and distractions for her group. She wheeled out a pram full of stuff - umbrellas, teddy bears and footballs - then she started setting up stations with lots of signs and cones. Peep was **very** interested in all of this. Then the President's Kelpie started wandering around off lead and people were coming and going with their dogs. It was hard work for my little girl - but she managed a heel pattern with perfect figure 8s - she did a perfect stand for exam and a nice recall.

On the stays she had her head swivelling around to watch everything but me - :-( but she managed to do her sit stay and her down stay.....

Our judge for the evening was one of my favourite obedience judges ever. This was a great opportunity to practice our work together under true trial conditions - and she passed!!

Her conformation title is nearly completed and our first CCD obedience trial is in about a month. :::gulp:::