On December 10, 2005,
our second litter arrived! Elsa (Kelbren Come Hither) presented us
with five lovely puppies in the wee hours of the morning. She had
three tri boys and two blue merle girls. Elsa's litter was sired by Ch
Patented Emprise Forevermore ("Everett"), a tri son of Ch
Macdega Evergreen. All of the puppies are active and vigorous, and as
an added bonus, they all appear to be non-white factored. This is
Elsa's first litter, and she's doing a great job with the puppies.
On December 10th and 11th, Chet competed
in the Open Jumpers Preferred agility class for the first time, and
we're delighted to report that he qualified both days with perfect
scores and first place finishes. Our heartfelt thanks go out to Elaine
Mayowski for handling Chet to these exciting wins. Elaine and Chet
have earned two agility titles (NAJ & NJP) in the last six weeks,
and they are one qualifying leg away from a third title!
On Thanksgiving weekend,
Elaine Mayowski and Chet were burning up the agility rings in Edinboro,
PA. Chet earned his Novice Jumpers Preferred (NJP) title in three
straight shows with three first place finishes. Two of his three
qualifying legs were earned with perfect scores!! Chet and Elaine will
be pursuing his Open Jumpers title in 2006, and we're eager to see
them in the agility ring again! We are very grateful to Elaine for the
wonderful job she's doing with Chet.
On November 12, 2005, Chet (A/C Ch
Kelbren Blue Flame) finished his Novice Agility Jumpers title at the
Admiral Perry Agility Trial in Edinboro, PA. As icing on the cake, he
placed second in the 16" novice jumpers class. We are so excited
that he now has an agility title to go along with his CD and Rally
Novice titles. We can't thank Elaine Mayowski enough for the marvelous
job she's done training Chet and handling him in the agility ring.
They make a great team!!
On October 22nd and 23rd, Chet competed
in his first agility trial. We're delighted to report that he
qualified AND placed both days in the 16" Novice Jumpers class.
He earned second place on Saturday and third place on Sunday at the
TRSSCGP's agility trial in Edinboro, PA.
Elaine Mayowski handled Chet in the agility ring on both days. She did
a fabulous job with him, and we are very grateful to her! Chet and
Elaine will be pursuing his final NAJ leg in November, and we're
eagerly anticipating their next appearance in the ring.
Daily (Shamont Most
Unusual Day) was not going to be outdone by her son's RWD this
weekend. On September 25th, Daily was WB in Davenport, Iowa. September
25th was also Daily's fifth birthday, so that made her win even more
special. We are grateful to Amy Zoss Massey (Kell Shelties) for
handling Daily to this win. Daily now has five points/one major, and
we're very excited to have her back in the ring again!!
We're smiling at
CastleGate again this weekend!
On September 24th, CastleGate's Daily News was RWD under breeder judge
Nan Bodine at the Butler, PA show. I know that most people don't get
too excited about reserves, but putting a reserve myself on a puppy
that I bred was pretty special to me. Geraldo is eight months old, and
the Butler show was only the fourth time that we've been in the ring
together.
We're so proud of Geraldo!!
Chet (A/C Ch Kelbren
Blue Flame, CD, RN) has been out of the conformation ring for over two
years, and we decided to enter him at the Clarksburg West Virginia
Kennel Club's show on September 17th just for fun. We thought it would
be exciting to have Chet and his son (CastleGate's Daily News) in the
ring at the same show. Much to our delight, Geraldo won his class, and
Chet won BOB over two other specials. Just to add icing to the cake,
Chet made the cut in the group ring as well.
Chet was handled to his BOB by Debbie Miller-Gurchak. It was the first
time that the two of them had been in the conformation ring together,
and they looked great! Our breed judge at the Clarksburg Show was
James Neal Barrett, and the group judge was Judith Goodin.
We're so proud of our two blue boys!!
On June 11, 2005, Chet
earned his final CD leg at the WCOTC Obedience Trial in Delmont, PA
with a very respectable score of 190.5! We're thrilled to have two
obedience titles at the end of his name now.
As always, our heartfelt thanks go out to his performance handler,
Debbie Miller-Gurchak! She brings out the best in Chet.
On May 1, 2005, Chet earned his
second CD leg under Judge James Grimm at the Butler Dog Training
Association's Obedience Trial. We want to express our thanks to his
handler, Debbie Miller-Gurchak, for another exciting win. Chet will be
pursuing his final CD leg in June.
On Friday, April 8,
2005, "Team Chet" left for a Rally Obedience Trial in North
Jackson, Ohio with high hopes. Chet had a blast in the Rally ring and
earned his third and final Novice Rally leg at the Youngstown All
Breed Training Club that evening. He's now sporting an "RN"
after his name, and we hope that this is the first of many performance
titles for Chet. As always, he was handled beautifully in the ring by
our friend and trainer, Debbie Miller-Gurchak.
After the National, we'll be concentrating on the pursuit of his last
two CD legs!
On April 8, 2005, we
changed our kennel name from Balmoral Shelties of PA to CastleGate
Shelties. The puppies from our first litter (born on 1-20-05) will be
registered under the CastleGate prefix.
The month of April got
off to a roaring start for Chet! On April 1, 2005, he earned his first
CD leg at the TRSSCGP Specialty, and on April 2nd and 3rd, he earned
Rally Novice legs at the WPKA shows. We extend our thanks and
gratitude to Debbie Miller-Gurchak for handling Chet in the ring for
all three of those obedience legs. We hope to have Chet's CD and RN
titles soon.
On January 20, 2005, our
first litter was born! Am/Can Ch. Kelbren Blue Flame ("Chet")
is the sire of the litter, and Shamont Most Unusual Day (major
pointed) is the dam. Daily presented us with a blue merle girl, a
bi-blue boy, a tri girl, a cryptic blue boy, and a tri boy. We are
delighted with these puppies and eager to watch them mature. See more
pictures of them here.
In conjunction with the AKC registration of this litter, we'll be
changing our kennel name from Balmoral Shelties to CastleGate
Shelties.
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