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Nov 2, 2009

Karluk, Topmast Karluk's North Pole Voyage CGC, obtained his CGC this weekend with Stephanie Critch. Stephanie reports that Karluk was perfect; it was she who was a nervous wreck! This was Stephanie's first title ever!

Nov 1, 2009

NEW EXCELLENT STANDARD! Keeper , Gaylan's Lucky Four Leaf Clover TD JH AX OAJ XF WC CL1-F CGC (Jan Masica) finished her AX title with a First Place!

NEW OPEN FAST! Jig , Gaylan's Irish Ceili Dancer OA NAJ OF O-NAC O-NCC O-NJC O-TN-N TG-N O-WV-N (Sandy Ziemski) finished his Open FAST title and earned his first OAJ leg both with with 1st placements.

Finn , Gaylan's Finnegan's Rainbow GCG (Teri Zgoda) earned his first NA leg with a 1st place and his first NAJ leg with a 2nd place.

Latest news October 24, 2009

Shiloh , Gaylan's Drummer Boy MH MX MXJ RA WCX VCX CCA (Linda Lowy) earned yet another Master Hunter pass this weekend.September 24, 2009--

Juice , Gaylan's Juice Harp SH MX AXJ XF WCX PD2 (Paula Orcutt) won his Exc B Standard class October 4, 2009--

NEW JUNIOR HUNTER! Keeper , Gaylan's Lucky Four Leaf Clover TD JH OA OAJ OF CL1-F CGC (Jan Masica) earned her fourth JH leg in her fourth test and finished her JH title. October 4, 2009--

NEW WORKING CERTIFICATE! Keeper , is on a roll in the field, earning her GRCA WC October 10, 2009.

NEW USDAA TITLE! Jamie , Gaylan's Celtic Spirit SG (Donna Anderson) earned her Started Gamblers title. October 11, 2009--

Bing , Gaylan's Bingsville Bugle UD JH OA AXJ NJP NF VCX CCA CGC (Barbara Verga) earned his first UDX leg with 2nd and 3rd places and got his first OTCH and OM1 points.

NEW RALLY EXCELLENT! Shiloh , Gaylan's Drummer Boy MH MX MXJ RE WCX VCX CCA (Linda Lowy) finished his Rally Excellent title with placements. October 18, 2009--

NEW EXCELLENT FAST! Keeper,Gaylan's Lucky Four Leaf Clover TD JH OA OAJ XF CL1-F CGC (Jan Masica) earned another title October 24, 2009, by finishing her EXCELLENT FAST title with 1st place.

Sept 19, 2009

Boy, a lot has happened in the last month with several of Abbi's offspring.

NEW USDAA TITLES! Momma Abbi , U-CH C-ATCH U-AGII U-CD Gaylan's High Flying Abbi CD MX MXJ NF RA JH WC OD CCA finished three USDAA titles in August: Adv/P2 Jumpers, Gamblers, and Snooker titles getting a Q and 1st place in each of them, and getting 2 Q's in Adv/P2 Standard.

Jig, Gaylan's Irish Ceili Dancer OA NAJ NF O-NAC O-NCC O-NJC O-TN-N TG-N O-WV-N (Sandy Ziemski) finished his Open Agility title with all firsts and wrapped up his NAJ with a 19-second course time for another win. He won both his Open Standard cla sses and earned two Open FAST legs with a 1st and 2nd.

Finn , Gaylan's Finnegan's Rainbow GCG (Teri Zgoda) qualified in three NADAC classes, taking 3rd place in Regular 1, 1st place in Touch and Go, and a 4th in Tunnelers.

Keeper , Gaylan's Lucky Four Leaf Clover TD OA OAJ OF CL1-F CGC (Jan Masica) earned two Excellent A Standard legs with a 1st place and 2nd place; and her 2nd Excellent A FAST leg with a 2nd place. This after she earned her NEW OPEN FAST title with a 2nd place. Keeper also earned her first Junior Hunter leg! She and Jan continue to amaze us with her multi-talents and the speed she does them all!

Our Kerri , Gaylan's Kerri of the Emerald Isle, debuted in AKC agility and earned her first two NA legs with a perfect score and 2nd place, and a second NA leg with a 1st place.. She also earned three Q's in USDAA Nov/P1 Snooker (1st), Gamblers (1st), and Jumpers Q (2nd).

Jamie , Gaylan's Celtic Spirit (Donna Anderson) debuted in USDAA agility and qualified in Gamblers.

(That's ALL FIVE Irish Quints from the Irish Litter that were out getting Agility Q's this past month!!!)

NEW USDAA PD2! Juice , Gaylan's Juice Harp SH MX AXJ XF WCX PD2 (Paula Orcutt) took 2nd in Performance National Standard Qualifier, 1st in P2 Snooker and 1st in P2 standard to finish his PD2 title..

NEW OPEN AGILITY JUMPERS! Our Chime, Gaylan's Wind Chime Melody JH NA OAJ CCA PD1 PJ1 PK2 PR1 finished her Open Jumpers title by winning her classand earned her second AKC OA leg with a 2nd place. Chime, also has a NEW USDAA TITLE, finishing her Adv/P2 Snooker title (PK2), getting two Q's in Snooker with a 1st and 2nd place. She also got her first Adv/P2 Jumpers and Pairs Q's, both with first places .

And last, but not least, FOUR of the Traveling litter female pups have come in season at 7 months old! Karli, Lexie, Joy, and Perri. I still think they are just babies!

July 26, 2009

The Traveling Pups are 6 Months Old!!

The Traveling pups turned six months old today!
Abbi got to spend the day with two of the Traveling litter pups, Karli and Lexie. She also was with two Irish Litter pups, Keeper and Kerri, and of course, Music litter pup Chime. They all had a great time swimming and retrieving bumpers.

July 26, 2009

We had a great weekend celebrating Dog Days at Myra's farm in the thumb of Michigan. Myra has Karli (aka Peanut) from the Traveling litter, and Keagan, from Deb Stoll's Glenbrier Devil/Witch's litter. There was 17 dogs there, all goldens except for a chihuahua (who thinks she's a golden) and a yellow lab who blended right in with the goldens.

The dogs had a blast diving and swimming for multiple bumpers.

While we were having a swimming party, Juice was out having a great time doing USDAA agility. Juice took first place in P2 Standard, Pairs, and P2 Jumpers. He also took a first and second place in P2 Snooker. He now is one Q away from his PD2 title. Amazing weekend for that talented boy!

And Jig went 5/10 and earned his Outstanding Novice Chances
(O-NCC) and Outstanding Novice Jumpers (O-NJC) this
weekend in NADAC. Phew!
No grass growing under his feet!

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July 20, 2009

Wow, it was a busy weekend for Abbi's babies!

Congratulations to Hayden (Traveling Litter) on getting his CGC!

He is now known as
Topmast Sunshine Express CGC!!

Those Topmast puppies are setting records!!

Congratulations to Barbara and Bing (Music Litter) on getting his final leg for his UD! I am very impressed with Barbara and her training of Bing. A UD is no easy title to get. This also qualified Bing for his Versatility Excellent Dog title (VCX).
Bing is now known as
Gaylan's Bingsville Bugle
UD OA AXJ NJP NF JH VCX CGC

Congratulations to Jan and Keeper (Irish Litter) for finishing their Open Agility Standard title (OA) this weekend with a 1st place; and finishing her Novice Fast (NF) title with a 2nd place.
Keeper is now known as
Gaylan's Lucky Four Leaf Clover
OA OAJ NF TD CL1-F CGC

Jan had a great weekend with her other dogs too. She finished 10 1/2 y.o. Sadie's MACH2, and finished her 5 y.o. Uno's MX.
What a wonderful weekend for Jan and her dogs!

And what a weekend for Abbi's pups!!!
Congratulations to all of their owners!

July 18, 2009

Congratulations to Traveling litter pup Joy who obtained her Canine Good Citizenship title today!

This makes her
Topmast Joy's Country Mile CGC.

Joy started a little later in her puppy classes, because of the timing of their start at Trifecta Training. So she has obtained her CGC in short order!

What great news that Joy is the third Traveling pup to obtain their CGC!!!
Sounds like a great beginning for the Traveling Litter.

July 9, 2009

Some exciting news here at Topmast Goldens!

Skipper gets his CGC!!!

This makes him
Topmast Atlantic Traveler CGC.

This is Joe and Skipper's first title ever. I'm sure there will be several more!!
We're so proud of both of them (and their teacher Mariann for helping them get there).

Looking forward to hearing more good things about this Traveling Litter pup!

July 7, 2009

Congratulations to Barbara and Bing (Gaylan's Bingsville Bugle CDX OA AXJ NJP NF JH VC CGC) on getting Bing's Junior Hunter!! This qualifies Bing for his Versatility Certificate from the GRCA, showing that he has titled in the three different areas of showing (field, conformation (CCA), performance and accumulated the needed amount of points in each area.

WAHOO!!! We're very proud of this team. Looking forward to Bing getting his UD right around the corner!

July 2, 2009

Again, I'm way behind on the brags for Abbi's pups for the month of June.

Topmast Goldens would like to congratulate it's first puppy to get a title!

Charge, Topmast American Express Traveler CGC (Mariann, Amanda, and Amy Zelinski), obtained his CGC yesterday. Both Charge and Skipper, Topmast Atlantic Traveler (Joe Cona) graduated from their AKC Puppy Star Program this week also.

Last week, Jig, Gaylan's Irish Ceili Dancer NA NF O-NAC, NCC, NJC, O-TN-N, TG-N, O-WV-N (Sandy Ziemski) earned two Novice JWW legs with two 1st placements.

Last week,Shiloh earned his NEW CERTIFICATE OF CONFORMATION ASSESSEMENT and NEW GRCA VCX! Shiloh , Gaylan's Drummer Boy MH MX MXJ RA WCX VCX CCA (Linda Lowy) earned another Master Hunter pass two weekends ago and then earned his GRCA Certificate of Conformation Assessment (CCA). His CCA qualified Shiloh for the GRCA's Versatility Certificate Excellent (VCX) title, too.

Bing, Gaylan's Bingsville Bugle CDX OA AXJ NJP NF CCA CGC (Barbara Verga) is bouncing back and forth between field and obedience these days. Last weekend he and Barbara hit the obedience ring where he took 1st place in Utility A for his second UD leg. A couple of weeks ago, Bing earned his second and third Junior Hunter (JH) legs.

NEW OPEN JUMPER! Keeper , Gaylan's Lucky Four Leaf Clover TD NA OAJ CL1-F CGC (Jan Masica) finished her Open JWW title with a 1st and earned her second Open Agility (OA) leg with another 1st place ribbon two weeks ago.

Juice, Gaylan's Juice Harp SH MX AXJ XF WCX (Paula Orcutt) earned his second QQ with two 1st places and won another Standard class a few weeks ago also.

Momma Abbi, U-CH C-ATCH U-AGII U-CD Gaylan's High Flying Abbi CD MX MXJ NF RA JH WC OD CCA qualified in Exc B Standard with 3rd place. And she turned 8 on June 11. Where has the time gone!

Sorry I'm so behind on these brags of Abbi's offspring.

May 30-31, 2009

I'm a little behind on the brags of some of Abbi's pups from the last few weeks.

Two of the Irish pups are really burning up the rubber doing agility these last couple of weeks.

Last weekend, Keeper got 2 Novice Fast legs(First and Second place), her first Open Std leg with a third place (after Jan made her repeat her weaves by mistake when Keeper did them right the first time) and her second Open JWW leg with a first place.

Last weekend, Jig had another great NADAC weekend and went 7 out 12 and earned his Outstanding Novice Tunnelers
title (O-TN-N). He was was the HIT Novice dog!

This weekend Jig did AKC and came home with two titles and three 1st place ribbons. Jig got his 3rd FAST leg today for his Novice FAST title (NF) and
Q'd in both of his Standard runs to finish his Novice Agility title (NA).

Momma Abbi had fun in agility this weekend too. She came home with two Q's in Exc B Standard for 4th place and more MACH points.

Congratulations to everybody!

May 2/3, 2009

It was a great agility weekend for pups from the Irish litter and Music litter!

Jig finished his NADAC Novice Jumpers title (NJC) this weekend by getting two Jumpers Q's and also a Standard Q, qualifying him for the NADAC Novice Versatility award.

Keeper finished her AKC Novice Agility title (NA) this weekend, getting a first place Q.

Kerri played in USDAA agility, getting a Q in P1 Pairs and Snooker on Saturday, getting first places in both. She also got a 2nd place in Snooker on Sunday.

Juice obtained his 5th MXJ Q with a 2nd place.

Chime played in USDAA agility, getting a Q in PII Snooker getting a first place and beating her momma with more points, who took 2nd.

Abbi also got a Q in PII Gamblers, Pairs, and Jumpers with first places in all.

What a great weekend for Abbi and her offspring from the Music and Irish litters!

April 12, 2009

We've sent the puppies off to their new homes and can catch up on the latest news finally.

Congratulations to Jan and Irish pup Keeper on their two Q's in Novice JWW and Standard with two first places and finishing their NAJ today . This was after getting their second Q in JWW yesterday. That girl is turning out to be all that Jan hoped she would be! And what great training she's had.

And not to be outdone was Keeper's brother Jig last weekend, getting two Novice FAST Q's with a 1st and 4th place, and getting his first AKC Novice Standard Q with a 1st place.

Watch our for both of these Irish pups!! They are out burning the mats kicking butt in agility!! Wait until their owners learn how to drive those hot Mazarati's!!!!

January 26, 2009

The Traveling Litter puppies are here!!! ELEVEN puppies were born, 7 girls and 4 boys. See their pictures on the Traveling Litter page.

We're going to be busy, but we'll try to keep the pictures coming!

Jan 3, 2009

Some of the Midwest Golden group went to a CPE trial today and had some good fun.

There were four of Abbi's babies in the 20" Level 1 & 2 Class at the CPE trial today. We were getting ribbed that it was a golden reunion specialty. Bryce and Chime were in Level 2. Keeper and Kerri were in Level 1 and their first trial ever. I had just entered my two (Chime and Kerri) in Snooker and Jumpers in the afternoon, so can only report on those classes. But ALL four of the Abbi pups Q'd in their two classes, jockeying back and forth for first and second places. And I have to say that all four were very fast!

Jan had talked me into entering Kerri, so we could see where Keeper and Kerri were in their training. I was a little reluctant, as I'm not near as far as dedicated Jan is in her training. I know Keeper Q'd in 4 of her runs. This gives Keeper her FIRST EVER AGILITY TITLE!!! CPE Level 1 Fun = CL1-F (Jumpers and Fullhouse Q's got her the title). WAHOO!!

Bryce also Q'd in one of his other classes. He always gets gasps of admiration when he runs because of his speed :-) Jo has become such a good handler for this very fast boy and he really knows how to run for her when he knows where he's going!

Watch out for Keeper!! I can see that MACH in her future, for sure!!!

Not bad for the two baby dogs who aren't quite 18 months old yet!

Momma Abbi stayed home and was proud of them from a distance. She's feeling very pregnant all of a sudden :-) Just over three weeks to go!

And I heard Abbi's other son, Juice, got a MXJ leg today with a first place!!!

What a day for Abbi's babies!

Dec 22, 2008
The Puppies are coming!!!
Abbi's ultrasound at 28 days shows TEN puppies in there!!! Holy Smokes! Not bad for a 9 y.o. papa and 7.5 y.o. momma. Puppies are due Jan 26, 2009.
This should be lots of fun!!!

PUPPIES ARE COMING!!

We spent Thanksgiving down in Ohio breeding Abbi one last time to the beautiful Collin,
Ch Buckeye Standing Ovation. He and Abbi had a wonderful time together, trying to make as many babies as they could. Puppies should be here around January 26, 2009.
Think positive thoughts that there will be
lots of Abbi & Collin babies in January!

November 8-9, 2008

   Congratulations to Bryce and his handler Jo for obtaining his first AKC title in agility, finishing his Novice Agility Jumpers title with three first places!!
   This from a puppy who was "just going to be a pet" and hang out at Jo's practice all day. Bryce let Jo and Anne know otherwise! I was very proud when I heard the audiance gasp "look at that golden go" when Bryce was doing his runs. Just like his momma Abbi.

   And what a great weekend it was to run Bryce's brother Shiloh for his owner Linda Lowy. Linda drove up from Ohio and I got to run this very special boy for her, getting the two MX legs he needed to finish his agility Master Excellent title. He also got a QQ for his 7th double Q towards his MACH.
   What a year Shiloh has had! He spent all this year doing hunt tests, getting his Senior title this spring, then getting his Master Hunter title this fall. Then he came north to see Tom and I this weekend and ran in agility after a 10 month layoff from it. And he ran for me! What a well trained dog he is too. Linda has done a great job training him. He knows all kinds of moves that I can't seem to get my girls to do.

Congratulations to the Music brothers this weekend for a fantastic weekend. Momma Abbi is thrilled with her two Midwest Gaylan's boys!

We also want to send a big YAHOO to their brother Juice for getting an MX leg and an Excellent Fast leg at the Hudson Valley GRC agility trial last week! Juice also took a lot of time off from agility this summer to do field training and get his Senior Hunter title. Sounds like he's back in great form for the agility ring! Congratulations Paula!

GRCA National-Sept 19-28, 2008

We had a great time at the GRCA National, seeing a huge amount of Gaylan's relatives. We were able to get all the Irish Quints together with their momma Abbi, for a mini-reunion. Check out their picture! My, have they grown!!

And a huge congratulations to Jan Masica and Irish Quint Keeper on their passing the Tracking Dog test for Keeper's TD! She had a very fast track of only seven minutes. How cool is that to get your TD at the National!

Abbi also got a JH bumper leg, two Q's in Open Fast agility to finish her Open Fast title, a qualifying score in Grad-Novice, a good attempt at Open obedience, and finished the week passing our first Working Certificate test ever for her WC!!!
Wahoo!

Congratulations to Music litter pup Shiloh on his new MASTER HUNTER!!!
What a wonderful accomplishment for Linda Lowy and her sweet pretty boy. We are so proud of both of you. And thank you to his Uncle Mitch for all his training and handling of this wonderful young dog, helping him become a grown up little man called
Gaylan's Drummer Boy MH WCX AX MXJ RA

Sept 14, 2008

Congratulations to Shiloh and Linda on getting his THIRD Master Hunter pass, with Mitch handling him in Maryland!!! WAHOO!!! That boy is just marching right along with his little drum to his Master Hunter!!

Aug 28, 2008

Chime has her CCA!!! She passed her Certificate of Conformation Assessment on her first try with three great golden breeders!
We always knew she was a good girl and now she's proven it. She's managed to get seven new titles in seven weeks! WAHOO!!!

Aug 24, 2008

She did it!! Chime is a new
Junior Hunter!
She passed two tough tests this weekend, giving her an extra bumper leg too. I am so proud of how this little girl has really taken to this field work.

August 9, 2008

Congratulations to Paula and Juice on getting his Senior Hunter title today! These two have worked very hard for this title and we're so proud of both of them!
Juice, you've come a long way, baby!

July 27, 2008

Congratulations to Jo and Bryce on getting his second NAJ leg and first NA leg, both with first places!
These two are making us so proud. Especially when friends call and let me know how much Bryce reminds them of his momma Abbi when he runs in agility!

July 26, 2008

We're so proud of our little Chime, from the Music litter, for passing her 3rd Junior Hunter test. One more to go! She and I are having such a great time with this field stuff!

June 28, 2008

Congratulations to Abbi's son Juice on getting his second Senior Hunter pass, along with his cousin Brig.

This while nursing a healing laceration to his pad. He's a little accident prone, just like his momma was when she was his age

Very impressive for both boys!

June 21, 2008

Congratulations to Linda and Shiloh for completing his WCX with Mitch! This boy's talents just keep marching on!

June 14, 2008

Two Music boys get their CCA's!!!

Fenway and Bing obtained their CCA's this past Saturday, on their first try and with great scores!

Their "cousin" Ace obtained his CCA too.

Wow! We are very proud of Fenway and Bing for helping show that the combination of Abbi and Canyon made some great dogs!

June 7, 2008

A big YAHOO for Chime passing her first Junior Hunter test in Ohio!! She made me so proud! Her brother Shiloh also passed his first Master Hunt test! That boy is moving fast thru this hunting tests stuff.

June 1, 08

Congratulations to Juice on getting his first Senior Hunter pass! Juice and his cousin Brig passed with flying colors!

May 18, 2008
Congratulations to Bing getting his CDX in three straight shows in one weekend, even outside in the rain.
    Bing got two 2nd places and a 4th place, getting placements for all three legs.
   This is the Music Litter's pups first advanced obedience degree.
We are so proud of this pretty boy and his great handler, Barbara Verga.

Shiloh finishes his Senior Hunter May 4!! What an accomplishment for this just turned three year old!

Linda and Shiloh have really become a great team together and I look for them to add more letters to Shiloh's name! We are so proud of them!

Congratulations to Bryce and Jo on their first AKC Novice Jumpers Q getting first place!
The two Music pups brother Bryce and sister Chime duo both got a first place in their Jumpers class and Chime finished her Novice Jumpers title!
Wait until we get their picture with their blue ribbons!

What a great spring weekend for the Music pups!

Pat

April 12, 2008

Congratulations to Teri and Finn on getting their CGC!!

The Irish litter's first title!!

WAHOO!!!

March 23, 2008

   Thanks to Abbi's three sons and their owners from the Music litter, Abbi has obtained her Outstanding Dam title! We are thrilled that she has become an Outstanding Dam with her first litter.
   Thank you to the pups owners for bringing out the potential these boys have and working hard in getting their titles. And thanks to Gayle, the co-breeder of this litter, in finding great homes for these pups.
The three boys who helped Abbi qualify for OD are:

Gaylan's Juice Harp JH AX AXJ OF WCX
Gaylan's Drummer Boy JH AX MXJ RA WC
Gaylan's Bingsville Bugle CD OA AXJ NJP

Also congratulations to Bing for finishing his AXJ and getting his CD this past weekend!

A huge congratulations goes out to another Music pup, Fenway and his owner Diane, for getting his Therapy Dog title this past week. This has been Diane's goal with Fenway since they got him and I'm thrilled that they have accomplished this goal.

A big congratulations goes out to Abbi's brother, Goose, for also becoming an Outstanding Sire this past weekend, when his daughter Dart finished her AX and AXJ. He also qualified for the GRCA Agility Hall Dog of Fame with his 10th QQ!!! What a talented dog he is!

Happy St Patricks Day!

Things have been kind of quiet around here.

Congratulations to Juice on finishing his Open Fast title.

We went to an agility trial in Columbus, Ohio last weekend and spent the day stuck in a motel while Columbus got 20" of snow. We did get out on Sunday and made it to the agility trial, where Abbi finished her Novice Fast title and got a Exc B Standard Q with a 4th place for more MACH points.

Spring arrives this week!!! YAHOO!!!

Dec 8, 2007

A big cheer for Chime on her AKC agility debut and getting two Q's in Novice Standard and one Q in Novice Jumpers in Ohio, with two 1st and a 2nd place. She still needs some handling skills training, but it was such fun to run her again, when I wasn't sure she would be able to run again after her injury this past spring.

Momma Abbi managed to get a Q and 3rd place in Excellent standard for 17 more MACH points.

And Chime's brother Shiloh qualified in Excellent B JWW for more MACH points for him too.

We had a good time staying with Linda and Shiloh for the weekend, even with an adventure of no power for a few hours at her house

Nov 11, 2007

Kerri went to her second agility trial this weekend and watched her momma compete. She had a great time playing with her sister Keeper, big brother Bryce, and her cousin Oakley from the Fire Litter. Of course, none of us thought to take any pictures :(

It was a great weekend for three of the Music Litter boys in agility.
Juice won 1st place in ExA JWW for his first AXJ leg and won 1st place in his Fast class.
Shiloh finished his MXJ and got QQ #4 and a 4th place in 20" Ex B standard.
Bryce made his debut in AKC Novice A agility on Saturday. They just missed getting a Q in both classes, but Jo and Bryce are becoming a great team together. He's one fast boy and Jo is having a great time learning agility with her speed demon Nov A dog.
And a big congratulations to Jan Masica, who has Keeper from the Irish litter, on getting her TD on her other dog Uno today! This is Jan's second TD on her goldens and we can see a future TD coming for Keeper!

Oct 27, 2007

Congratulations to Juice, from the Music litter, on his new OAJ and his #3 MX leg! I got to watch Juice and Paula have some fantastic runs together at the Canine Health Events shows and it's nice to see what a great team they are becoming together.
Not that we ever had any doubts they would!
Juice is so like his mother in everything he does, even though he does look like his pappa

Sept 13, 2007
She's Here! We've kept a little girl from Abbi's Irish litter
(Miss Chartreuse) and her name is Gaylan's Kerri o'th Emerald Isle.
Otherwise known as
Kerri.
We're looking forward to watching her grow and develop those wonderful talents that we're sure she's inherited from both her talented parents.

Congratulations to Abbi's first born son Juice on his getting latest title, finishing his AX Sept 9th. It was worth it for him to miss seeing his new little half-brothers and sisters at the puppy walk.
Way to go Paula and Juice!

The Irish Clan is Here!

We welcome into the world our newest Abbi puppies from Rooster, born July 10.

Mr Teal, Miss Scarlet, Ms Sienna, Mr Sapphire Blue, and Miss Chartreuse.

See more pictures on the Irish Litter
webpage.

June 9, 2007

Gaylan's Brass Fire 'n Ice CL1-H

Congratulations to Bryce and Jo on their first title! They finished their CPE Level 1-H by getting a first place in Wildcard. They also won first place in Colors. Now on to Level 2!

May 18, 2007

The exciting news is
Abbi has been bred to
High Times Run'n The Roost
UD MH WCX ***OS
We will be having lots of little ones around July 10. We decided to breed sooner due to the ages of both Abbi and Rooster, a very healthy 12+ year old!

Abbi obtained her CCA (Certificate of Conformation) from the GRCA last Sunday!
We are very excited to obtain this certificate, because it reaffirms our belief that Abbi is a correct Golden Retriever, according to the GRCA Breed Standard.

Shiloh finished his AX and AXJ early May! What a very special dog he is! Congratulations to Linda and Shiloh!

Bing and Barbara finished their NA last weekend! Now they'll be heading off to the obedience ring.

March 10, 2007

Congratulations to Shiloh and Linda on Shiloh finishing his OAJ today with a second place. He also got his first Open Standard Q with another second place!
Wahoo! Another title for baby Shiloh!!!

March 3, 2007

Abbi has her MX!!!!
She finished her MX with style today, getting 2nd place and a double Q, and 33 more MACH points.
YAHOO!! All that contact reinforcing has paid off

February 18, 2007

Congratulations to Trapper and Lynn on their first title, ADPT Novice Rally! We are so proud of these two. This is Lynn's first official title she's obtained with her dogs and we're so happy for both of them.

Also congratulations to Linda and Shiloh on his first Open Jumpers Q with a first place!

Shiloh NA and NAJ!

Congratulations to Shiloh and Linda on finishing his Novice Agility and Novice Agility Jumpers title this past weekend in Dayton, Ohio. They also won a 3rd and 1st place, and Linda ran him in Standard to finish his title. Not bad for a person with a knee replacement!
We're so proud of both of them for working so hard for this!

Jan 1, 2007

Congratulations to Shiloh and Linda on their first Q's in AKC Novice Jumpers and Standard two days in a row! With two first places and two second places. What a way to start their agility show career! Wahoo!!!

Shiloh's little sister Chime also went out today and got three more Q's in CPE, with three first places.

Sounds like they both are trying hard to follow in Momma Abbi's footsteps.

Dec 30, 2006

Wahoo!!! Bryce got his first Q today in agility! He qualified in his Level 1 Jumpers class in CPE agility and got second place.
This is quite an accomplishment for this Novice dog and his Novice handler, who was brought home to be the family pet.
We're so proud of him, and Jo and Anne, for taking this beautiful boy to classes and showing what Abbi's babies can do.
Congratulations to them all!!

December 10, 2006

Chime got her first agility title today in CPE. She Q'd 3 out of 4 runs, with me messing up that fourth run. And she got three 1st places!

She now has her CPE Level 1 Fun title!

November 26, 2006

Congratulations to Paula and Juice on finishing their Novice Agility Jumpers title AND their Open Agility Standard title this Thanksgiving weekend! Talk about an early Christmas gift! This team is really kicking butt out there and we're so proud of them.

Oct 29, 2006

Congratulations to Linda and Shiloh on getting his WC on their first attempt today! Watch out for this dynamic duo in more hunting tests in the future. They love it!

Congratulations to Juice and Paula on their new Novice agility title and WC. Those two have sure been busy in September!

DUO JUNIOR HUNTERS!

Abbi and Shiloh went off to a hunt test in Ohio Sept 30/Oct 1 and brought home Junior Hunter titles for both dogs. What a thrill to have mom and son finish their JH's together!

Sept 8, 2006

The little hunter Chime and her squirrel from the bird feeder. This time she had help from Abbi, who got the squirrel to jump out of the feeder and Chime was right there to catch it.

Sept 2,2006

Wahoo for Abbi! We had a great weekend at the hunt test. Two passes for Abbi, making her 3/4 way towards her JH. She's decided those smelly ducks aren't so bad after all.
Abbi is just nuts over this field stuff. I can hardly control her at the hunt tests. She loves agility, but she really is nuts at the hunt tests.
We had to sit on a bucket for the send on land, so I just stayed sitting on her return and she came right in and handed me the duck. It was great.

We go again in 4 weeks to Ohio. Linda has Shiloh entered for that trial too. So let's hope mother and son can do it together too :-)

Pat

August 25, 2006
Congratulations to Shiloh and Linda on getting Shiloh's Advanced Rally title. Way to go!!

Abbi went to a USDAA agility trial this past weekend and Q'd 7 out of 8 runs, adding three new titles to her name. Starters Snooker (SS), Starters Jumpers (SJ), and Starters Gamblers (SG).
We also got another Ex JWW Q and 8 MACH points at our AKC Trial today.

July 9, 2006

Congratulations to Juice (Gaylan's Juice Harp) on getting his JH today in four straight hunt tests! And with his novice handler too!
Great job, Paula and Juice! You've made Abbi and Canyon very proud of the Music litter's first field title!

June 11, 2006

Happy Fifth Birthday to Abbi! She gave me a birthday present when she obtained a Double Q on her birthday and over 50 MACH points!

*****News Flash****

Shiloh is the first pup from our Music litter to obtain his first title. He finished his Rally Novice (RN) in one weekend April 23, five days before their first birthday!
What a birthday present!
He's made his momma Abbi very proud!!

November, 2005

There's no date on this news update, because it's taken me awhile to write this. We lost our beloved Piper November 8, two weeks short of her 11th birthday, suddenly from hemangiosarcoma. This awful cancer has developed in the last fifteen years or so in goldens and is sudden and deadly.
Piper was hunting just a week before she died. That's her and Chime, with Tom and their prizes of pheasants, in the picture. One week later, she was gone. She was very healthy right up until the end, for which we are thankful.
Piper was such a sweet and wonderful golden who loved life so much. She never met anybody she didn't love. We miss her so much.

April 28, 2005
The Puppies are here!!! Abbi was perfect. Came in season on her scheduled day, bred on the scheduled day off for me from work, delivered on her delivery date (again, my scheduled days off) and had the perfect size litter of more boys than girls, just like everybody requested, and delivered in daylight in the hours I had predicted (which was 10am-2pm). Gayle, Abbi's breeder, was here to help with the whelping. Thank goodness. All went well, but having the seasoned hands here was a big relief for us. Una, Abbi's half-sister, who is here with Abbi's breeder and who will be heading for Chicago to be bred, held off being ready for breeding until Sunday/Monday. So couldn't ask for any better timing than that.
Abbi's doing great. Hasn't quite figured out the cleaning of the poop thing yet, but she's coming along. Tired, but happy. Will send more pics.
The puppies are doing great. Just what we wanted, six boys, three girls. Perfect for what eveybody wants.
You'll be getting lots of pictures, believe me.
Boys are Misters Green, Purple, Dark Blue (Navy), Light Blue, Yellow, and White.
Girls are Ms Creamsicle, Ms Raspberry, Ms Rainbow.
Everything went perfect. Nine puppies in 3 hours. Not bad. She only cried (really loud three times) with the first one. Well, maybe screamed would be a better word. But don't tell her I told on her. Other than that, she was a trooper.
I'll be home all weekend. Missing my own club's agility trial.
See puppy pictures on their picture page, called Abbi & Canyon's babies.

Pat & Abbi and the nine babies

March 23, 2005

ABBI'S PREGNANT!!!!

Tom took Abbi to the vet today for palpation and the vet says "She's definitely pregnant".

So we are looking forward to having puppies in five weeks. Will keep everybody posted as she grows.

Feb 23, 2005.
Let me tell you about my trip to Chicago.
Part of it was good and some of it had a few problems.
   We left Wed a.m. and arrived in the afternoon. It's a time change in Chicago area, so we gained an hour...that was nice. Rose Ann (owner of Canyon) was working, so she took the dogs to work with her and then stopped by the hotel that evening about 5:30pm. We let the two lovebirds play together on the hotel grounds, but it wasn't happening. Lots of foreplay, but I think she wasn't quite ready.
   We got together again the next evening. After some playing around, lots of foreplay, and lots of hussy behavior, they had a tie. Abbi cried as I held her still....and cried some more. Then I cried. Lots of tears. Then after the tie was over, everybody danced and played...at least Abbi did. Canyon just wanted to make sure all parts were back in place
   We then went out to dinner and let the dogs rest in their own vehicles.
We skipped the next day. So on Saturday, after Rose Ann was done with a little OT at work, we got together again.   Again, lots of foreplay, a LOT of real hussy behavior on Abbi's part, lots of humping on Canyon's part, just no tie. We let them rest and went out to dinner again, we definitely needed some alcohol for us! We tried again at Rose Ann's house after dinner. Same thing, just no tie. Lots of calls to Gayle by me and to the Miner's by Rose Ann.
   Gave it a rest. Tried again Sunday morning. Repeat of the night before. Both parties very willing, just not enough tight connection.
We then went to breakfast. Rose Ann made some phone calls. A friend reminded her about the repro vet that was open on Sundays with the regular clinic on the north side of Chicago. Loaded them up and drove 45 minutes to the vets office. Amazing these things always seem to happen on Sundays, isn't it?????
   After explanation of the problem, both dogs went into see the vet. Abbi stood still and waived her tush, Canyon got a whiff of her, the vet did the deed to Canyon, collected the semen and did an A.I. to Abbi.   Both dogs looked like they weren't having near as much fun as they'd been having the last three days. But it was done. Vet checked both Canyon's sperm, which looked good, and Abbi's inner parts, which also looked good.   Unsure why it didn't happen naturally the 2nd time, but Abbi always seems to do things the hard way and the more expensive way.... the $145 way.
Both of us loaded up, and said our goodbyes. I headed back to Michigan, Rose Ann and Canyon headed to Texas for their winter training...we had already held them up for two days.
One good tie, one AI.   We're hoping for lots of puppies. We will know more end of March, when we run the pregnancy test and have her palpated.
   It was a lot of fun and a lot of tension. Let's hope it works!

Stud fee down payment $200, Motel $200, Gas $60, AI $145, ....   lots of puppies....priceless!!!