Gone Camping!

My apologies for all the people who have been following my blog and webcam as we have been gone for the last 5 days.

I loaded up all my adult Havanese and all the pups into the motorhome and we went to Edmonton, AB for the NACA dog show. We originally planned to attend so we could watch Arcus (2009 Storm Litter) and Kim complete in their very first Novice 'A' Rally-O competitions as well as get their CKC Good Neighbor certificate. I thought I may as well take Raine as she was only a few points away from finishing her CKC Conformation Championship title. It wasn't feasible to leave the pups at home since Daryl was so busy with work and moving our son, so.....the whole Havanese family came with us :-)

Kayleigh and new Havanese puppy, Lia (previously known as Winter from Pixc Havanese litter) came with us for the experience and opportunity to socialize Lia. Space was limited but it was amazing how wonderful the 11 dogs behaved during the entire weekend!

The rain on Friday and Saturday was challenging to say the least. However the sun shone both Sunday and Monday for us! The pups spent lots of time outside in the ex-pens with tunnels and other toys. They certainly drew lots of attention from visitors to the show.

We were blessed to have two of our families come and visit with their pups. Lauretta, Brian and Ethan came to visit Amiga Saturday and Sunday.  Lori, Noah and Nate along with Danielle came to visit and take Ahi to their home for a few hours on Sunday afternoon.

Lauretta, Brian and Ethan with Nalu and Amiga

It was so good for the pups to have this weekend and still be with their family as we know they have entered their 'fear stage'. The pups didn't like the generator running and would often bark at the strange dogs (which we were quick to correct).But the pups loved the attention from us and the visitors, the new toys and treats, and being spoiled by Kim and Kayleigh.

It was a very good weekend with the pups! We are very proud of Kim and Arcus who got their CKC Good Neighbor and Qualifying scores in both the Rally-O competitions!! They also received 3rd highest score on the Saturday! WOW!! Well done to both of them!!

We were also thrilled to have Raine show very well this weekend. She was awarded two 2-point majors and Raine got her Championship!! We are very proud of all our dogs - past, present and future!! Looking forward to presenting puppies to the show ring this fall!