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October 6 - 7th, 2007:

We went up to the Humble AKC show and had a fabulous weekend! On Friday night at the B-Match, Mallori showed Drew (Top Rails EweLookNAtMe? Mjr Ptd ASCA) in Juniors for the first time (and his 3rd ever show!) and they did GREAT! Great enough to win Best Junior over a really good Open Junior!

On Saturday at the regular show, we're pleased to say that Drew took RWD to the male that not only went WD, but BOB and a Group 3, so we were pretty pleased with that win! The show grounds were extremely hot, and poor Drew coming in from the North was not impressed with all the lack of any airflow, but he still showed like a trooper!

Mallori showed Gabby (Shoreland's Believe It Baby! Mjr Ptd AKC/ASCA Ptd) in Juniors on Sunday with a HUGE entry! She got her 2nd win from the Novice Class and has one more to go before she moves up to Open in AKC. She handled Gabby very well and all that showing in ASCA got her several second glances from the judge during Best Junior!

September 1 - 2nd, 2007:

We went out to Alabama to visit some friends and family and to support the new ASCA club out there (North Alabama Australian Shepherd Association). It was definitely worth our drive!

We showed our girl, Gabby (Shoreland's Believe It Baby! Mjr Ptd AKC) to WB/BOW at 3 of the 4 shows, and Mallori showed her at the 4th show to a RWB! This was Mallori's first time to get an award from the classes.

Mallori also showed Gabby in Juniors and we are very proud to say that she came home with 3 BEST JUNIORS and 1 Reserve Best Junior! She did so wonderful and we are very, very proud of her!

To top the weekend off, we showed our Tristan son, Drew (Top Rails EweLookNAtMe?) for his 2nd ASCA show and he was much more relaxed and showed wonderfully taking a RWD to the boy that went BOB, and then on Sunday, took WD/BOW/BOS for a major! We are very pleased with how Drew has settled in and he has become just an absolute ball to show!

August 17 - 20th:

What a weekend! We went up to Brenham for the New Hope ASCA Show and had a FABULOUS time! On Friday night Lesley showed her sisters dog, Emmit (Tristan x Checkers) to a Reserve BJH. On Saturday morning, Trevor (Peridots Rock Me To Talis) showed in Altered and not only took WD, but took BOW and BOB over specials for a major!! Trevor repeated his WD win at the PM show for another major, bringing his total points to 12 with 2 majors. As if that wasn't enough, the evening got even better when Lesley showed Emmit to WD to finish his Championship and make him the FIRST Thornbury Bred By Champion and Tristan's first ASCA Champion! Emmit is now known as: ASCA Ch. Thornbury's Mr Emmitate Me!

On Sunday, Trevor showed in Altered again and took WD but the major broke, leaving our old man with 14 points! Very exciting! We nearly floated home!

July 7th, 2007:

We stayed home this weekend, but up in Dallas, Lesley and Tristan (AKC/ASCA Ch. Peridots IWannaTalkAboutMe! CGC CD) showed in both Juniors and in Obedience. We are very excited to say CONGRATULATIONS to Lesley and Tristan for their first Best Junior over a gigantic Junior Entry!! If that wasn't enough, they went and competed in Obedience and came home with their AKC CD! Way to go you two!!

June 22 - 24th:

We went over to Hutto for the Eastex show and had a FABULOUS weekend! On Friday night showing our girl Gabby (Shoreland's Believe It Baby! Mjr Ptd), over a huge Junior entry, our Mallori took BEST JUNIOR for her 2nd win! She was walking on clouds as these are the girls she's always looked up to!

At Saturday morning's show, Cesley showed her boy Emmit (Thornbury's Mr. Emmitate Me! Mjr Ptd) in Juniors and won Best Junior! At Saturday PM's show, Lesley showed her boy Tristan (ASCA/AKC Ch. Peridots IWannaTalkAboutMe! CD CGC) and received Reserve Best Junior. At Sunday's show, Lesley and Tristan handled their way to a Best Junior! It was a great weekend!

We took our old boy, Trevor (Peridots Rock Me To Talis AKC Mjr Ptd) to show in Altered and help not only our friend, Christi, work on her handling skills, but help to build a major for many! I'm very excited to say that Christi and Trevie handled their way to a MAJOR in Altered for Trevor's first major in ASCA at 7 ripe years of age! WOOO HOO!

May 26 - 27th:

Up at the HOTASC show in Rendon this weekend, we have some very exciting news to announce! Mallori showed Gabby (Shorelands Believe It Baby!) in Juniors and they won their FIRST BEST JUNIOR win on Sunday morning! We are soooo excited but probably not nearly as excited as Mallori is!! While they were up there, Cesley and Lesley Box helped us show Gabby and they earned a RWB on Sunday afternoon!

Cesley showed her Tristan son, Emmit (Thornbury's Mr. Emmitate Me! Mjr Ptd) in Juniors and received a RBJ at one show. Lesley showed Tristan (AKC/ASCA Ch. Peridots IWannaTalkAboutMe! CD CGC) in Juniors and received 2 Best Juniors out of the Weekend and a Reserve. We are very proud of all the girls and their dogs from this weekend!

April 27 - 29th:

We stayed in Houston this weekend, but back up at the Whitesboro ASAC show, Cesley and Lesley had a great weekend with their boys, Tristan (AKC/ASCA Ch. Peridots IWannaTalkAboutMe! CD CGC) and Emmit (Thornbury's Mr. Emmitate Me - 14 pts ASCA). At two of the shows, Lesley brought home two Best Junior wins, along with a Reserve Best Junior win! Cesley brought home two Reserve Best Juniors and one Best Junior win! Both of these girls did fantastic!

At Sunday's show, the only day Tristan was entered in Breed, Lesley showed Tristan to a very nice Best of Breed Win! What wins to drive home on!

March 16 - 18th:

What a wonderful weekend!! We went up to Whitesboro for the HOTASC ASCA show and had a fabulous time!! While there, we got lots of bragging to do. At Friday night's show, we are very happy to report that Cesley received Best Junior and Lesley and Tristan (AKC/ASCA Ch. Peridots IWannaTalkAboutMe! CD CGC) received Reserve Best Junior and also received another Reserve Best Junior at Sunday's show. At Saturday morning's show, they reversed the wins with Lesley and Tristan taking Best Junior and Cesley taking Reserve. Cesley also showed her Tristan son, Emmit (Thornbury's Mr Emmitate Me! 14 pts ASCA) after a long break from a torn ACL and we are very proud that he won his class and was pulled in the cut for WD! He also did very well in the remaining 2 shows and was consistently pulled for consideration. He's left chasing that one remaining point!

We are also very proud to brag on our own little girl, Mallori. She showed Gabby (Shoreland's Believe It Baby!) in the Novice Junior classes and got her 3 wins with competition to move up to the Open Junior class on Sunday! She did this in style for her first serious weekend of showing by taking a RESERVE BEST JUNIOR to one of the top Juniors! She was so excited she nearly fell over when the judge pointed to her!! Needless to say, she was walking on cloud 9 the rest of the weekend! Photos, of course, will be coming soon!

February 24 - 25th:

We had a fabulous weekend at the AKC show in Houston! Lesley and Tristan (AKC/ASCA Ch. Peridots IWannaTalkAboutMe! CD CGC) and we really enjoyed playing with him all weekend. He and Lesley showed in Juniors and placed both days in a very tough, large Open Intermediate class. On Saturday, our Mallori made her AKC Juniors Debut and did FABULOUS!! She showed Gabby (Shorelands Believe It Baby! Mjr Ptd) and they showed like they've been doing this since Day 1! While they didn't win on Saturday, they did get a 2nd and had competition. On Sunday, Mal won her Novice class, again with competition for one of her 3 needed to move up to Open! She did extremely well and we are very proud!

In the Breed Ring on Saturday, Gabby strutted her stuff to a RWB. While it wasn't for points, she showed fantastic and we were very pleased regardless!

February 9 - 11th:

What a weekend! We went to an ASCA show in Bryan and had a wonderful time! On Saturday, Tristan (AKC/ASCA Ch. Peridots IWannaTalkAboutMe! CGC) competed in Obedience and received 2 legs towards his ASCA CD! Not only did he and Lesley Q, but he received High In Trial Aussies at Saturday's PM show, and Lesley received High In Trial Junior! Over in the Juniors Ring, Lesley and Tristan took Best Junior at Friday night, Saturday morning, and Sunday's show, and received Reserve Best Junior on Saturday Night! On Sunday morning, Tristan took his 3rd and final time in the Obedience ring for the weekend and received another Q to earn his ASCA CD!!

But that's not all. Over in Alabama, at the North Alabama's first ASCA show, Tristan's son AJ (Top Rails Its 5:00 Somewhere!) took WD for a 3 pt major! He and his junior, Brian Case, took a Best Junior and also a Reserve Best Junior! We're very proud of how all of these kids are doing!

January 5 - 6th:

Some very exciting news from the Glenrose AKC show! On Saturday, over a very large entry of Juniors, Cesley and her boy Emmit, won their Open Senior class!!! Emmit is Thornbury's Mr. Emmitate Me! Mjr Ptd AKC/ASCA and he and Cesley make such a wonderful team! In the breed ring on Saturday, Lesley showed our Tristan (AKC/ASCA Ch. Peridots IWannaTalkAboutMe! CGC) and got BOS over several other specials! On Sunday, this duo made their debut in the Obedience ring and did a fabulous job!

Such wonderful accomplishments from both of these young ladies and their boys that we are looking forward to a very great new year!

November 25 - 26th:

At the AKC show this weekend, Lesley reports that she and Tristan (AKC/ASCA Ch. Peridots IWannaTalkAboutMe! CGC) did very well in the Open Junior class with two 2nd place wins out of 13! Very nice for such a large class!! On Sunday, she reports that she and Tristan took Best Opp in the Breed Ring.

November 17 - 19th:

We stayed home this weekend for a cheerleading competition, but up in Arlington, Cesley and Lesley had a great weekend with Tristan (AKC/ASCA Ch. Peridots IWannaTalkAboutMe! CGC) and his son, Emmit (Thornbury's Mr. Emmitate Me! Mjr Ptd). Lesley received Best Junior at 2 of the 4 shows, and Cesley received a Best Junior and 2 Reserve Best Juniors! Also, at Saturday's show, Cesley took another Major with Emmit, leaving him with 1 point to go to finish his Championship!

West Bend, WI, 2006 ASCA Nationals:

Lesley and Cesley headed up to Nationals with Tristan (Ch. Peridots IWannaTalkAboutMe! CGC) and Emmit (Thornbury's Mr. Emmitate Me! DNA-CP Mjr Ptd) and reported back with some nice results.

At the first Pre-Show, both girls showed in Juniors and Cesley made the cut in a giant, very tough Open Sr class. In the Open Black class with Mr. Emmit, she was very proud to report that she made the cut. That night, in BOB, we are thrilled to report that Tristan made the cut down to 5 boys to earn a Premiere! On Sunday, Cesley made the cut again in Juniors and in Open Black, and Tristan made the cut in Breed. On Monday, Cesley again made the cut in Juniors! We are very proud!!

At the actual Nationals, in the Junior's Class, Cesley made the final cut in her Open Senior class!! Way to go!!! Her boy, Emmit, got 2nd place in the tough Open Black class at Nationals! We are very pleased with how both girls showed at Nationals this year!!

September 16, 2006:

Up in Tennessee, we are happy to report that Tristan's son AJ (Top Rail's I'ts 5:00 Somewhere!) got RWD for his 2nd show with his junior, Brian!

June 23 - 25th:

We got to stay home this weekend to play with puppies, but at the EasTex ASCA Show, Tristan, Emmit and their girls Lesley and Cesley had a great time! At Friday night's show, Cesley took Best Junior with her Tristan son, Emmit (Thornbury's Mr. Emmitate Me! DNA-CP Mjr Ptd) and repeated her win on Saturday morning. Cesley took Reserve Best Junior at Saturday's PM show and repeated Sunday with another Reserve Best Junior.

On the other end of the grounds, Tristan (AKC/ASCA Ch. Peridots IWannaTalkAboutMe! CGC) competed in Pre-Novice for the first time and did fantastic taking 1st out of 6! Lesley was so excited that he's learning so quickly! On Sunday, Tristan took Best Opp over a nice, large entry!

Congratulations again goes to Cesley and Lesley who have both made the ASCA 500 Club!!

While our computer was crashed from February to May, we've had lots of things happen with the Thornbury Gang. I just can't remember them all, so just know that Emmit got a WD in there, a couple of RWDs, Tristan got a BOB and several Junior's placements. :O)

May 13 - 14th:

We stayed home but up in Ft. Worth, Cesley got a RWD on Saturday and Sunday with her Tristan puppy, Emmit (Thornbury's Mr. Emmitate Me! AKC/ASCA Mjr ptd)!

February 24-25th:.

We stayed home this weekend, but Cesley and Lesley attended the Houston AKC show. Both girls did wonderful in Juniors, taking placements out of HUGE Juniors classes. But, at Saturday's show, Lesley took Best of Breed with Tristan (AKC/ASCA Ch. Peridots IWannaTalkAboutMe! CGC).

At Sunday's show, to wrap up a wonderful weekend, Cesley took Best Junior over a giant entry of awesome Juniors with her Tristan son, Emmit (Thornbury's Mr. Emmitate Me! Mjr Ptd)! We are so excited for both of these girls!

February 18 -19th:

We went to the TASA show in Hutto at the wonderful Triple Crown facility! It was a great time, with good results...and some not so great roads as the ice came in on Saturday! Fortunately, we all made it home ok.

On Saturday at the morning show, Cesley took Best Junior with her Tristan son, Emmit (Thornbury's Mr. Emmitate Me! Mjr Ptd) and her sister Lesley took Reserve Best Junior with Tristan (AKC/ASCA Ch. Peridots IWannaTalkAboutMe! CGC). At the Saturday evening show, the girls repeated their sweep of Juniors, except Lesley took Best Junior, and Cesley took Reserve Best Junior. At the Sunday morning show, Cesley took Best Junior with Emmit.

These were wonderful Junior wins as there were so many Juniors at the show!

February 10 - 12th:

We went up to the EasTex ASCA Show for the 5th year and boy it was a HUGE and wonderful show! We came back home completely exhausted, but had a wonderful time visiting with everyone! We had all eyes examined while we were there and are very happy to report all Normal/Normal's with no notations! (Tristan, Gabby, Lolly, Emmit). Cindy, our mascot Pom, wasn't quite so lucky, but was better than expected.

Onto the show. At Friday night's show, Tristan (Ch. Peridots IWannaTalkAboutMe! CGC) took BOS over some very nice Specials! He repeated his win on Sunday with another BOS over even more wonderful and beautiful specials. He did both of these wins under Breeder Judges, so we were very happy with that!

Cesley and Lesley both showed Tristan and Emmit (Thornbury's Mr. Emmitate Me) in Juniors and did wonderful with them! At Friday night's show, Lesley picked up a Reserve Best Junior. On Saturday at the Morning show, Cesley picked up a Best Junior win, and Lesley took Reserve Best Junior to her. At the Saturday PM show, Lesley picked up another Reserve Best Junior win, and repeated that on Sunday. Our very own little Thornbury, Mallori, showed her puppy Gabby (Shoreland's Believe It Baby!) for her debut in the Regular Juniors (Novice 8-12) and won her class! We are very proud of her as she is just recovering from a badly broken thumb, surgery on it, and all while it's still in a cast! There were some unbelievably good Juniors at the show this weekend, so these were some wonderful wins!

Up in Oregon, at the Albany AKC show, Lisa showed her Tristan son, Drew (Top Rail EweLookNAtMe?) at his 3rd show, and picked up a RWD to the major! Lisa showed him herself and this was her 2nd full blown AKC show. We are VERY proud of everyone this weekend!

January 13 - 15th:

We attended the HOTASC show up in Decatur, TX this past weekend and had such a wonderful time! This was our first ASCA show since moving back to Texas and we had sooo much fun seeing everyone again!
At Friday nights show, our Tristan (Ch. Peridots IWannaTalkAboutMe! CGC) took BOS over some very nice dogs! Tristan has been staying with Lesley Box and her sister, Cesley and doing some Agility and Junior Handling. He's done so fabulous with her! (and she's informed me he's now up to 12 weave poles, sequence jumping and loves the tunnel!)
At Friday night's show, Cesley took Best Junior, and then at Saturday am show took WD her Tristan son, Emmit (Thornbury's Mr. Emmitate Me!) for a 5 pt major! That brings him up to 8 ASCA pts (2 majors) and 2 AKC points in a very short time!
At the Saturday am show as well, Lesley showed Tristan in Juniors' to a Reserve Best Junior! The girls swapped it up on Saturday evening with Lesley and Tristan taking their first Best Junior Handler!! Lesley repeated her Best Junior win on Sunday.

December 3 - 4th:

We stayed home this weekend with a horrid case of the flu...but up in Garland at the AKC show, Ms. Cesley Box showed her boy Emmit (Thornbury's Mr. Emmitate Me! [AKC/ASCA Ptd]) and took Best Junior Handler at the USASA Specialty that Saturday night!

Her sister, Lesley Box, also made her debut in the 'big boy' ring with Tristan (AKC/ASCA Ch. Peridots IWannaTalkAboutMe! CGC) in the Best of Breed competition and we are proud to report that she did make it to the top 3....which is a big thing for this young lady and Tristan!

November 19 - 20th:

This past weekend we went to the Katy AKC show. We had a wonderful time visiting everyone, the weather was wonderful and the dogs all enjoyed it!!

Gabby (Shoreland's Believe It Baby!) took WB/BOW on Saturday and Sunday for her first points in AKC!

At the HOTASC ASCA show in Decatur, Lesley showed Tristan (AKC/ASCA Ch. Peridots IWannaTalkAboutMe! CGC) for the first time, and they took BOS on Sunday over some wonderful specials! Her sister Cesley showed Emmit (Thornbury's Mr. Emmitate Me) for his first ASCA show and took WD/BOW for a major! Emmit is now pointed in both AKC and major pointed in ASCA!

November 11 - 12th:

We attended the Houston AKC show and showed Zelda (ASCA Ch. Callisto's Yes I Believe!) for our friend Pam Stephenson of Harmony Aussies in Alabama. Not only did we show her, but we took WB/BOW for a 4 pt major!

October 15 - 16th:

We were home once again, but up in Canton, TX at the AKC show, Emmit (Thornbury's Mr. Emmitate Me!) showed for the first time in AKC! He not only did well for a baby, but he took WD/BOW/BOS for his first 2 points!

As if that wasn't enough, on Sunday, he helped his owner, Cesley, take her first ever AKC Best Junior Handler!!! We are so proud of these two!!!!

August 20th:

We stayed home this weekend, but in New Braunsfel at the AKC Match, AJ (Top Rails It's5:00Somewhere!) made his show debut with his new owner, and took Best of Breed!

August 13 - 14th:

We went down to the Corpus Christi AKC show with some of our friends and had a WONDERFUL time! We had a beautiful view of the ocean, and had some fantastic, fresh sea food! At the show, we had a pretty good showing. On Saturday, the show had a Best Puppy Competition, where Gabby (Shoreland's Believe It Baby!) made her AKC Debut, and won Best of Breed Puppy, and went on to win a Group 1!! What a way to start things out! On Sunday, our little girl took Reserve Winners Bitch. We are very pleased with how she's having so much fun showing and is maturing so nicely!

July 21- 22nd:

We went to the Houston AKC show to watch, but up in North Texas, Jax (Callistos It's All Greek To Me!) entered his very first show in the puppy classes, and won Best of Breed Puppy over a giant entry of puppies! He's now headed back to Alabama with his owners the Cases, where we anticipate lots of wonderful things for this young man!

May 27 - 30th:

We went to Houston this weekend to go find a house (yippee, we found one), but Lori from Nevada had some wonderful news to report in with Ms. Lolly (BIS UKC/Jr. Int'l Ch. Thornbury's YouTalkin'BoutMe?)! Lolly has made a wonderful showing in every show she's entered in, and we couldn't be prouder of the team that Lori and Lolly make! These two attended a giant UKC show ran in conjunction with a big ASCA show in Utah over this weekend. Lolly took RWB to a major on Sunday to the WB who took BOB. Lori said there were some fabulous dogs at this show, and she was very proud of her Reserve!

At the UKC show, again there were so many nice dogs she reported. On Sunday's show, Lolly took Best Female bringing her total points up to 95! And then at the Monday show, she finished her UKC Championship, and all with very limited UKC showing.

April 23 - 24th:

We went up to the Nashville Volunteer State ASCA show Saturday to show. We showed Gabby (Shoreland's Believe It Baby!), our puppy, who stood for the judge instead of climbing in her lap to give kisses..I was pretty happy with that!

My friend Jason, who is new to Aussies (he has 1 doing Obedience) and his first time in the conformation ring and he showed my Altered boy, Trevor (Peridot's Rock Me To Talis), to WD/BOW/BOS for 2 pts!

And finally, I'd like to give a HUGE THANK YOU to my friend Ronnie Bates, of Vision Aussies, for handling my boy Tristan (Ch. Peridots IWannaTalkAboutMe! CGC)in Breed. Tristan and Ronnie did very well! Ronnie showed him wonderfullly, and it was really cool to get to watch my dog in action (tho something I don't want to get used to..hehe). Anyhow, Ronnie took Best of Breed Saturday. That day the club had a Best In Show competition between the Veteran's, Altered and Intact, and Tristan and Ronnie took BIS as well! Ronnie and Tristan took BOS on Sunday as well!

March 10 - 13th:

We went up to a giant AKC show in Franklin, TN this weekend and met lots of wonderful people that we've only talked with on email. While we did not come home with anything, Tristan (Ch. Peridots IWannaTalkAboutMe! CGC) gave a good showing and did very well. Also while we were there everyone got microchipped!

February 19 - 20th:

We stayed home with a horrid cold this weekend in Alabama....but back in Texas, Emmit (Thornbury's Mr. Emmitate Me), owned by Cesley and Lesley Box, took BOBp Saturday morning again! This little man is on a roll!

Out in Nevada, we hear that Ms. Lolly (Int'l Ch. Thornbury's YouTalk'BoutMe? [ptd AKC]) showed in an International show and got 3 Best of Breeds, 2 Group 2's and one Group 1 to finish her International Championship! She also showed in an IBEKA show and received 5 BEST IN SHOWS! Lori has done wonders with this young lady, as she's had lots of minor issues to overcome these past few months. She's also been playing at the dog parks and will be working on ASCA and AKC starting this spring!

February 11 - 13th:

Wow! What a weekend! We drove out to Texas to deliver some dogs for some friends and attended the EasTex ASCA show while we were there. We also had everyone's eyes checked and are happy to report that all are clear!

At the show Friday night, Gabby (Shoreland's Believe It Baby!) took BOBp over a very nice entry of puppies! Trevor (Peridot's Rock Me To Talis) showed in Altered, but was the only Altered dog at this show.

Saturday morning, Gabby showed again and got BOS puppy, Tristan (AKC/ASCA Ch. Peridots IWannaTalkAboutMe! CGC) took BOS, and Trevor took WD/BOW/BOS over other Altered bitches for his first Altered points! At the evening show, Emmit (Thornbury's Mr.EmmitateMe) was BOBp for his very first time in the ring! His owners Cesley and Lesley Box were so thrilled!

Finally, to round off a wonderful weekend with some friends we haven't seen in a long time, Gabby showed again and took BOBp, Trevor took WD in Altered, and Tristan took BOS.

January 15 - 16th:

We headed out to the GAASC Paw Thaw in Atlanta, GA. On Saturday, Gabby (Shoreland's Believe It Baby!) took BOBp over a very large entry of puppies! Trevor (Peridot's Rock Me To Talis) made his Altered conformation debut and brought home a RWD. Mallori made her debut in the regular Junior's program, where she showed Trevor, and brought home a Reserve Best Junior Handler!

October 22 - 23rd:

We stayed in Alabama and went to a cheerleading competition with Mallori, but meanwhile, back in Texas...Ms. Cesley and Ms. Emma (Peridot's Emmulate Me) showed at the TNTASC Boo Bash for their debut. And boy, did they do it in style! Cesley took a Reserve Best Junior and a BEST JUNIOR over some very tough competition! In the Altered Ring, Ms. Emma took WB/BOW and BOB over Specials! These two girls are going to take the rings by storm!

September 12th:

We stayed home, but Tristan's puppy Levi (Broadway's Silver Side Up) was hard at work! He attended a Fun Match where he not only won BOB, but went onto a Group 1, and was pulled for Best in Match! Levi is owned by Sharon and is only 10 mths old! While he was there, he also earned his CGC on his first try! Congrats you two!

July 16 - 18th:

We went up to Knoxville, TN for an ASCA show and had a fabulous time with some old friends, and some new ones that we've made!

On Friday night Tristan's puppy, AJ (Top Rail It's5:00Somewhere!) went RWD to a Major and from his very first time in the regular ring!

On Saturday and Sunday, Emma went WB/BOW/BOS in the Altered program! This was Emma's first time to show in the Altered program, and the first time in a LONG time back into the ring. She certainly enjoyed herself. She has recently begun training in Obedience and Agility and we are expecting much, much more from this fantastic little lady.

Last, but certainly not least, Trevor (Peridot's Rock Me To Talis) made his debut in the Obedience Ring on Saturday where, were it not for me, he would have earned a Q our very first time in the ring!! But, alas, I made a mistake, and got us a NQ. However, on Sunday, we went right back in that ring and earned our very first Green Qualifying Ribbon!

May 29 - 31st:

This weekend, Lolly (Thornbury YouTalkin'BoutMe?) attended the Shawnee, OK AKC show with BreezyOaks Aussies where she took WB on Saturday! This was only Lolly's 2nd time in the regular classes in AKC and she is doing fantastic!

April 23 - 25th:

We stayed home this weekend, but back in Texas, Tristan's puppy, Skylar (Top Rails SkyBlueVelvet) made her debut in the ASCA Altered Conformation where she picked up 4 RWB to a 4 point major!! What a way to go!

April 16 - 19th:

We stayed home this weekend, but Lolly (Thornbury YouTalkin'BoutMe?) attended the Shreveport AKC show with her surrogant family, BreezyOaks, and showed in the B-Match. She did fantastic taking BOB and a Group 4 over a very nice Herding Group entry!

April 3 - 4th:

This weekend, we went down to Birmingham and had a fabulous time with some friends from Texas and some of our new friends from Georgia! It was a beautiful show site and very neat to show on grass (our first time). We had a decent weekend, on Saturday and Sunday, Bayley (After All's Irish Creme) took RWB for her 2nd time in the AKC ring! Saturday night at the B-Match, Lolly (Thornbury YouTalkin'BoutMe?) took Best of Breed Puppy and a Group 2 puppy. Mallori showed Trevor (Peridot's Rock Me To Talis [AKC Mjr Ptd]) in the B-Match where he took Best of Breed Adult and onto a Group 2! Not bad for an 'old man' that hates to show! Mallori did a fantastic job of showing him!

March 19 - 21st:

We went over to Atlanta, GA to the GAASCA show and had a blast with old and new friends! On Saturday and Sunday, Tristan (AKC/ASCA Ch. Peridots IWannaTalkAboutMe! CGC) won Best of Breed over a very nice entry of Specials. He's making a fantastic splash in the ASCA Breed Ring! On Saturday, Tristan's daughter, Lolly (Thornbury YouTalkin'BoutMe?) made her debut in the regular classes and got RWB to a 4 pt major! We are very proud of this young lady!

February 13 - 15th:

We stayed home this weekend, but back in Texas, Gandy, a Tristan puppy, took Best of Breed Puppy over a very large entry of puppies! Very good for his first time in the ASCA ring! Gandy is owned and loved by Stacy Selman, and she does a wonderful job with him!

January 31- Feb 1st:

We went to the Atlanta, GA AKC show this weekend. We did not have much luck in the ring..there was some major competition there!  But, we did attend the eye clinic with Bayley and Tristan and are happy to report that all eyes are cleared Normal/Normal!

January 17 - 18th:

This weekend, we went down to an ASCA show in Atlanta, Georgia and had a blast! A very nicely put on show. On Saturday and Sunday, Tristan won BOB both days. On Sunday, Trevor took RWD (5 pt major). AJ and Lolly both showed in the non-regulars and won their respective classes. AJ made his way to North Carolina with his new owner Jill Bullock! We look forward to great things from this new pair!

December 13 - 14th:

This weekend, we went down to Jackson, Miss., and had a wonderful time with some friends! On Saturday, Tristan won Breed, and Lolly took Best of Breed Puppy and a Group 2 at the match on Saturday night! Analise and T made their way out to the show and won the Breed on Sunday! Way to go!

November 8 - 9th:

We attended the Priceville AKC show for our debut down in the South, and what a way to do it! Tristan won the Breed on Saturday and made the cut to the final 6 in a very tough Group! Bayley won the Breed in the Best Puppy Competition during the main competition on Saturday, and went on to a Puppy Herding Group 2! We had a wonderful time meeting tons of new Aussie people down here and got to visit with some of our family that came in for the show.

October 17 - 19th:

We headed out to the Georgia ASCA Show this weekend and had a blast! Bayley (After All's Irish Creme) made her debut in the regular classes and did very well! AJ (Top Rail It's 5:00 Somewhere!) and Lolly (Thornbury YouTalkin'BoutMe?) made their way to Alabama and showed off their skills in the ring. AJ took 2 BOSp's and 1 BOBp. He did fantastic and boy can this little man MOVE!

April 12 - 13th:

We went down to the Stephenville AKC show and helped out Maggie Pryor. What a wonderful weekend we had! We helped out a friend to show some of her puppies in the B-Match, where Mallori got a placement out of a big 3-6 mth puppy class! Bayley went and worked on the finer arts of leading in a ring.

March 22 - 23rd:

We attended the Fort Worth KC AKC show for the DFWASA Supported Entry. We had a great time, and got lots of experience at this gigantic show!  Analise and her dog, T, showed in Juniors both days, and on Sunday, took Best Junior over a huge entry! Congratulations!!

March 15 - 16th:

Analise and T (Peridots Just The Ticket CGC) went down to Houston AKC show where they picked up WD/BOW on Sunday for another 3 pt major! T now has both of his majors needed for AKC with a very limited amount of showing! T also helped Analise win her Junior's class the same day!

March 1 - 2nd:

We went to Wichita Falls, Texas this past weekend and had a wonderful time with our friends! Trevor showed in the regular classes where he took RWD both days. Tristan just played a bit. Mallori showed Skye (Rainyday's Blue Skye Wrangler) in the B-Match, where she took B-BOB, and B-G1!! Way to go! She showed Skye like a pro!

February 14 - 16th:

We went down to Bryan, Texas to show at the EasTex ASCA show, where Tristan picked up WD/BW/OS on Friday night (his brother, T, was RWD to him), WD/BW/BOB on Saturday to finish his Championship!! And finally, on his first day as a special, took BOB over a couple of Nationally ranked specials! What a way to finish a Championship! We also got everyone's eyes done, and are happy to report all clear!

January 25th and 26th:

T (Peridots Just The Ticket CGC) went down to the Alexandria, LA AKC show, where on Saturday, this new team picked up WD/BOW for a 3 pt major! This is T's 2nd official weekend in AKC! That night at the B-Match, T picked up B-BOB and B-Grp 2! Way to go!

January 10th thru 12th:

Tristan attended the HOTASC show in Denton, Texas where he took RWD to 5 pt majors on Friday night and Saturday night, both under Breeder Judges. At all 4 shows, Tristan and his brother T (Peridots Just The Ticket), made the final cut in WD!! T is owned and shown by Analise Power, who does a wonderful job with the boy that loves her! On Saturday, Tristan worked very hard and earned his CGC!! Way to go!!

January 4th and 5th:

Tristan attended the Glenrose AKC show, where he took WD/BOW for a 5 pt major to complete his AKC Championship! And all 1 day after he turned 18 months old. Happy Birthday to Tristan!

November 30th thru December 1st:

We competed at the Mesquite AKC show where Tristan picked up RWD on Sunday.

November 22nd thru November 24th:

Trevor and Tristan competed at the HOTASC ASCA show in Whitesboro, Texas where Trevor took RWD on Friday night.

November 2nd thru November 9th:

Tristan and I accompanied Maggie Pryor to the 2002 ASCA National Specialty. We competed in three Pre-shows, where Tristan gathered (2) 3rd places and a 1st place, from the 12-18 mth classes, out of an average of 20 - 22 dogs. At the Nationals themselves, Tristan won the 12-18 mth class under Breeder Judge Sheila Polk, and out of a field of 27 other puppies. We came home completely exhausted, but Tristan had a wonderful time and showed amazingly well!

October 25th thru October 27th:

We went to Weatherford to show in the Boo Bash ASCA show, where Tristan picked up a RWD on Saturday and WD on Sunday. This puts Tristan at 2 majors in ASCA.

October 19th and 20th:

Tristan competed at the Belton AKC show, where he took RWD on Saturday, and WD on Sunday.

September 26th thru September 29th:

Tristan , Trevor, and Emma went and competed at the AKC show in Lubbock, Texas. Trevor showed on Thursday and Friday, where he took a RWD on Friday. Tristan showed on Saturday and Sunday, where he took WD/BOW on Saturday, and a RWD on Sunday. Emma showed in the B-Match where she took BOS.

August 30th thru September 1st:

Trevor went down to an ASCA show in Bryan, Texas, where he took RWD one day and WD on Sunday. Thank you Rick for showing him!

June 21st and 22nd:

Tristan, and his brother T, went down to the TASA ASCA show in Hutto, Texas. Both boys thoroughly enjoyed showing and romping in the fields!

May 10th and 11th:

Tristan and I attended his third AKC show on Saturday and Sunday, where Tristan took his first major (4 pt) under judge Keke Kahn from the 9-12 mth classes! Way to go Tristan!

April 26th and 27th:

Tristan and I headed down to Big Springs AKC show, where Tristan took WD/BOW on Saturday for his first AKC point from the 9-12 mth class! His brother, T, took B-BOB, B-Group 1 at the B-Match on Saturday night! These boys are doing fantastic!!

April 2nd thru 5th:

Tristan went with his breeder, Kevin, up to the Wichita Specialty and Sunflower Cluster in Wichita, Kansas, this weekend for Tristan's AKC debut!! And boy, he didn't let us down! Tristan won his class of 22 three out of four days, taking RWD on Friday, and being pulled in the final 3 for WD on Sunday! What a way to start out your AKC career!