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Nov 3 PUMPKIN EATERS , Jack'O lanterns are a treat , good thing we have plenty to go around "We recycle"
Oct 31 ....happy HALLOWEEN
Our third fall lamb was born , a single pure Barbados female . Earlier this month we had a beautiful set of twin 7/8 Barbado boys .
OCT 30 A BEAUTIFUL fall day , the perfect opportunity to stretch our legs on a hike through the woods and rounding up the sheep .
Reese, blends in with the fallen leaves while Pauli takes the sheep back to the yard .
Oct4 , Madame and jill ....just keeping an eye on things
Sept 28 , Fall colors are in full swing and the dogs are enjoying a beautiful fall day .
Sept 26 , 4 1/2 month old Paulie and Pilot get a chance to show their natural talent on sheep !
Aug 30 - We performed our first agility demonstration since our move last Nov. at the St . Joseph Island Jocelyn Twsp.
HARVESTFEST
The crowd was good and the dogs all gave a great show ...not always a great agility performance but non the less a great show .
Thanks to my brother-in-law Barry Lyons and sister Belinda for the awesome photos .
AUG 28 - 3 1/2 month old PILOT enjoys one of the last days of summer lounging in a chair after a long morning hike .
While Silas , Pauli and Price meet the sheep for the first time ....Silas the pampered pup is a real natural !!!
Aug 10 - George and Zoom "Highrails Lock and Load" CKC ptd ,AAC GOLD , take 3rd place at the 2008 AAC national agility championships in Sussex New Brunswick !! Zoom and George were the ONLY non BC team in the top 10 What an accomplishment for this outstanding team .
CONGRATULATIONS !!
Tammy and Sway "Highrails Can't Be Persuaded" ATCH , CKC ptd , AG I,J .DDCH Silver CDD also finished in 19th place .
Two Highrail girls (1/2 sisters) and their handlers in the top 20 !!!
THANK YOU George , Tammy , Sway and Zoom for representing Highrail so well in tough National competition !!
Aug 3 Seiko earns his RN (Rally novice) title with 2 high in class awards . He also picked up the first leg of his rally advanced title !!
and Emma once again won her jr handling obedience class .
Aug 2 - Seiko now has his CKC CD with a 2nd place finish in novice B
He also entered his first and second Rally trials and earned 2 legs with one being a perfect score of 100 !!!
Seiko also took Emma to a first place finish in her jr handling obedience class . They looked like a real team and got a lot of compliments from fellow exhibitors as well as her judge .
July 31 , summer is 1/2 over but 8 year old Emma still finds time to enjoy puppy breath with 11 week old Pilot & Pauli.
July 23 - CH Woody shows he is not just a pretty face .....he can work too .
July 19 GERMANY , Highrails Princess Of Regatta "Alisha" Takse WB and BOW for a 5 pt ASCA major !!!
July 6 Watermark Mahoganyice By Highrail a.k.a."Hobbs" ( littermate to our CH Woody ) attends his 1st AKC show and picks up a major !!!
A VERY busy 3 days with 6 shows and eye exams for 18 of our dogs
June 27-show #1 Cheeky picks up her first 2 points with a best of breed win
show #2 Sage adds 2 points to her total , with best of breed she now sits on 5 points .
June 28 - Show #3 Woody takes best of breed and litter sister Sage goes best opposite and best of winners for 2 points (3 more to go)....Woody goes on to place 4th in the herding group , not bad for his first time out as a special !!!!
Show #4 Woody takes best of breed with 8 year old Emma handling and Cheeky goes best opposite and best of winners to put her at 4 points .
Emma and Woody also win their jr. handling class !!
Eye exams on 10 adults and the litter ALL clear !!!
June 29 - show #5 Sage goes Best opposite to pick up 2 more points , we are now sitting on the dreaded 9 points :>( 1 more to go .
Show #6 Cheeky picks up 2 points with best opposite win to put her at 6 points her first weekend out . Not bad for our naked little red head :>)
Our
web
site will be getting an overhaul in the next few months . If anyone
who owns a Highrail dog has a photo or a brag ( big or small )they
would like to see included , I would love to hear from you !!!
This includes those of you who own puppies sired by a Highrail male . I would like as many photos as possible to include in pages I will create for the offspring of each dog .
May 25 ..GERMANY . Highrails Princess of Regatta (Eva X Brazos daughter) wins the large open blue class . Tiesto (Eva X Theo son) goes RWD and his son goes BOBP
May 19 Woody earns his CKC Championship with BOW!!
Heffner is BOB , Billie goes BOS first time out as a special and first time shown in 1 1/2 years .
May 18 Seiko gets his second leg towards his CKC CD with 3rd place in novice B class
Sage "Highrails Authentic Watermark" , litter sister to Woody goes
Best of Winners for 2 points .
May 17 Seiko gets the first leg of his CKC CD with fourth place in Novice B class .
Emma and Seiko win the pre-novice jr. obedience AND
Emma and Woody take second place in jr. novice handling !!
May 17 After a 2 year visit to Belgium , CH Reese is back
May 7 Received photos of Diego , a 1 year old Reese son in Germany . Thanks Christian for the photo !!
Mar.22 just enjoying the first full day of spring ? -20c at 7 am ,+3c at 4 p.m.
March 19 +5 degrees and the perfect weather to enjoy the snow ( and we still have PLENTY )
March 12 Seiko and his new Jr. handler practice obedience . They will enter their first ever show together in May .
After some work they found some time to have a little fun .
Feb 13 , Our first set of twin ewe lambs have arrived . Spring HAS to be on it's way .
Enjoying winter :>) 08
Dogs are having a blast and we are all enjoying the new homestead .
Nov 2 2007 MOVED to Echo Bay
Oct
21 Seiko
earns his second qualifying score toward his advanced disc dog title .
Eva earns her RPT AND her bronze level in furthest catch with 144 ft 5 inches . She missed getting silver by only 5 feet 7 inches .
Sept 24 2007 sad news ...today we let our dear old boy Floyd cross over to the other side .
As hard as it was and as much as we will miss him we know it was what was best .
Photo taken Sept 12 , 07 and Sept. 17 , 07
Floyd a.k.a. Aelicks Canadian Colors CKC CDX , HT - ACSA CDX , AADC and more
Came into this world in my hands June 1 , 1992 - Left this world in my arms Sept. 24 2007
LOVE AND KISSES my son , we and all who knew you will miss you .
Sept
16 - Seiko earns
his first qualifying score in advanced disc dog ( Frisbee ) 3 more to
go . This trials points also put Seiko over the 300 point mark to
earn his Disc Dog Excellent title !!!
He also earned his bronze level furthest catch title with a catch of 129 feet and 5 inches ( I am sure he could catch further if I could throw better :>)
Below are the Highrail teams that competed at the 3rd annual Harvest Disc Dog Trial
Sue with Griffin , David with Riot , Brenda with Seiko and Ripple and Sway with mom Tammy
Thanks to Laura Campbell for snapping this shot .
Sept
1 - Sept issue Dogs In Canada article
"Raising a Litter , featuring photos of our Mar. 24 07 Eva X
Brazos litter taken by myself .
Aug
20 -
I am now a CKC certified Canine Good Neighbor ( C.N.G. ) evaluator .
Aug
7 Grey Bruce Kennel club
Heffner goes Best Of Breed , Best of Winners Winners Dog and Best puppy in breed to earn the 3 points he needed for his CH !!!
Madame goes Best Oppostie Sex and Winners female for 2 points to finish her CH with a point to spare :>)
August issue of Dogs In Canada .
Our very own CH Seiko graces the cover !!!, as well as appears several times inside .
What a handsome boy , he was such a star when we did the shoot :>)
Keep an eye on the Sept. issue as more Highrail dogs will appear in it as well .
July
15 Madame
goes Best of breed best of winners and best puppy in breed to earn
another 4 points !! now we only need 1 more to get her championship .
July
14 Riot does it again !!! another high
in class
and HIGH IN TRIAL !! What
a great team
Congratulations David and Riot !!
July
12 - RIOT "Highrails Oh What a
Riot" ( litter sister to Ch Seiko ) goes high in trial at her
very first show
.
Four shows , 4 high in class and one high in trial for her CKC CD !! Way to go David and Riot !!!
RIOT has her own web site visit her and let David know what you think of her site .
June 17 - Reggie "Highrails Beyond Belief" finished his Italian CH
Reggie is a red merle litter brother to Seiko and is residing in Italy .
!May 19 - Madame earns her first 3 points with BOB , BOW , WB & BPIB with brother Heffner picking up one point for WD and BOS to put him at 7 points now .
May 18 - Woody goes BOB , BOW , WD & BPIB for 3 more points ...now 1/2 way to a Championship !
April 20 - , Brazos goes Best Of Breed and GROUP 1 to finish CKC CH in fine style , .
Sage , Littermate to Woody goes WB , BOS and best puppy for her first point :>)
March 2 , Woody "Highrails Hollywood Watermark" earns his first 2 CKC points with a Best of Breed win at 1 week shy of 8 months old !!!
This was his first show and he is the first Seiko puppy to hit the rings , we look forward to a bright future for our Seiko pups !
WOW what a day !! BOB , a group 3 and best puppy in group !!! 5 points for a puppy on his 6 month birthday , we couldn't be happier !
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Seiko and 1/2 sister Sway (Mark Raycroft photo) Bobby (Photo by Brenda Aelick) Highrails Sierra ( owner Jo Ann Byron )
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