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We had a wonderful agility weekend in Edinboro, PA on December 4th-6th. Zelda picked up her first two QQ's and 54 MACH points to go along with them. This was only her second weekend in Excellent B for both Jumpers and Standard, so we are very pleased about those QQ's. Geraldo earned 23 MACH points this weekend, so he just needs 87 more points for his MACH. I'm already looking forward to getting back in the ring with Zelda and Geraldo in January!

Oklahoma here we come!! On November 22nd at the Mountaineer Kennel Club's agility trial in Morgantown, WV, Geraldo and I qualified for the 2010 AKC Agility National in Tulsa, OK!! Geraldo also earned his 29th QQ at that trial.

His litter sister, Zelda, had a great weekend too. She finished her Excellent Standard title with two first placements and also picked up her first Excellent A FAST leg with a second placement.

We're smiling from ear to ear at CastleGate!!

If you subscribe to the Sheltie Pacesetter, be sure to check out Geraldo's ad on page 7 of the Fall 2009 issue.

We had a nice weekend at the Admiral Perry Agility Trial in Edinboro, PA on November 6th-8th. Geraldo earned his 28th QQ and his first Excellent FAST leg (with a third placement) at that show, and Zelda was not about to let him outdo her!! She finished her Master Jumpers title on Sunday and earned her first Excellent A Standard leg (with a first placement) too. Geraldo just needs 16 additional MACH points in order to qualify for the 2010 AKC Agility National. <G>

The weather in Edinboro was glorious last weekend, and after Saturday's show, a friend and I took our dogs for a long walk on the beach at a local state park. The dogs had a blast on the beach!! It was a great weekend all the way around.

Geraldo and I had a great weekend at the Shiba Agility Trial in Edinboro, PA on September 19th and 20th. He Q'ed on three of his four runs and earned his 26th QQ and 22 MACH points in the process. He placed in the 16" Excellent B Class on two of his three qualifying runs as well! Geraldo needs 210 points for his MACH and 63 more points to qualify for the 2010 AKC Agility National. His younger sister, Zelda, earned her 9th MXJ leg at the same trial and got third place on that run. It will be two more weeks before our next trial, and all we want to do is run!! <G>

The CastleGate Kids had an awesome agility weekend!! On September 11th-13th at the Neville Island Agility Trials, Geraldo picked up two QQ's and 33 MACH points. He now needs less than 250 points to finish his agility championship. His younger sister, Zelda, had a nice weekend too. She earned her 7th and 8th MXJ legs at those trials. We can't wait for our next trial!!

On Labor Day Weekend, Geraldo earned his 23rd QQ and picked up 29 MACH points too. He only needs 265 more points to finish his agility championship. Zelda picked up her 6th MXJ leg at the same trial.

Geraldo and I had a fabulous weekend at the YABTC agility trial in Washingtonville, OH. Geraldo earned his 22nd QQ on Sunday and picked up an additional 25 points toward his MACH between the two days. He only needs 294 more points to finish his agility championship.

Daily (Shamont Most Unusual Day NAJ) wasn't about to let her son (Geraldo) outdo her in the breed ring. On August 13th in Muncie, IN, Daily was Winners Bitch under Judge Robert Moore. She now has six points/one major. Judy Stachowski showed Daily to this exciting win.

The CastleGate kids had a wonderful agility weekend in North Olmsted, OH on August 7-9. Zelda finished her Open FAST title with a second placement, and she also finished her Open Standard title with two first placements. Not to be outdone by his little sister, Geraldo also finished his Open FAST title with a fourth placement and picked up 20 additional MACH points during the course of the weekend. We're already looking forward to our next agility trial!

On August 2, 2009 in Canfield, OH, CastleGate's Daily News MX, MXJ, NF, CGC ("Geraldo") was WD/BW for a three point major under Judge Ralph (Sonny) Ambrosio, and with that win, he became a breed champion!! He's my first homebred champion, and I'm so incredibly proud of him!! Geraldo is the second champion for his sire and the first champion for his dam.

I've been dreaming of this moment for a long time, and I'm going to be floating on the clouds for quite awhile!! Our heartfelt thanks go out to Judy Stachowski for showing Geraldo to this win and finishing his championship in style!!

The win photo for Geraldo's four point major has been posted to his individual page, and Bliss' win photo for her first two points has also been posted to her page. Please stop by and take a look. We're very pleased with both of those pictures.

We had an awesome agility weekend at the Golden Retriever Agility Trial in Cheswick, PA on July 17-19. Zelda earned her 5th MXJ leg (along with 6 MACH points), her NA title, her first OA leg, and two Open FAST legs at that trial, and she got first place on all but one of her qualifying runs this weekend. Geraldo did quite well too! He Q'ed in Excellent Jumpers and in Open FAST on Saturday, and he triple Q'ed on Sunday in Excellent Jumpers, Excellent Standard and Open FAST. I'm worn out but oh so happy!

Geraldo is on a hot streak!! Over the Fourth of July Weekend, he earned his 20th QQ and 21 MACH points at the Blue Ridge Dog Training Club's agility trial in Winchester, VA!! We are overjoyed to have completed all of the QQ's that he needs for his MACH. From this point forward, we'll be working on increasing our speed in order to put to bed the rest of his MACH points as quickly as possible. I'm about to burst with anticipation!!

I'm sure Chet is smiling down on us from Heaven today. On June 28th, his Baby Boy won a four point major under June Penta at the Bushy Run Show!!! Elaine Kelvington, our friend and one of Chet's biggest fans, was at the end of the lead for Geraldo's exciting win!! She was wearing her lucky suit, so I think that gave Geraldo "good karma" from the get go! <G> It was very nice to have so many of our friends there to share that joyful moment with us. We are going to be dancing on the ceiling for days and days over this win.

Geraldo now has 13 points/one major toward his breed championship, and he's more than half way to his agility championship too!!

At the Cuyahoga Valley Golden Retriever Club's agility trial in North Olmsted, OH in May 2009, the trial photographer (Paw Prints Pet Photography) took some lovely action shots of Zelda and Geraldo. Their individual web pages have been updated with these new photos. We've also added a wonderful tire photo (taken by Cindy Noland) to Elsa's page. Please stop by and take a look at all of our new agility photos!! Our thanks to our web master, Michelle Worley, for posting all of the new photos so quickly for us.

At the TRSSCGP trial on June 13th in Cheswick, PA, Zelda earned her 4th MXJ leg and five MACH points. One of Zelda's littermates (Ziva) came from Maryland to attend the CastleGate Puppy Reunion that we held in conjunction with this trial, and it was fun to see the two girls together again! Elsa and Geraldo had some nice qualifying runs too.

On June 5th, Zelda earned her third MXJ leg and picked up 10 MACH points in the process. She also finished her Novice Fast title that day with a first placement! Geraldo had some nice runs in Washingtonville too, and he picked up 19 MACH points for the weekend. We're already looking forward to our next trial!!

On May 30th at the Toledo Kennel Club's show in Maumee, OH, CastleGate's Seventh Heaven ("Bliss") was WB/BW under Sharon Redmer for her first two points in the conformation ring. We're delighted that our Baby Girl is now pointed! Bliss was shown to this exciting win by Judy Stachowski.

On May 29th and 30th, Geraldo and Zelda had a great time at the Cuyahoga Valley Golden Retriever Club's agility trial in North Olmsted, OH.

On Friday, Geraldo finished his Novice FAST title with a fourth placement and picked up six MACH points on his Excellent Jumpers run that day.

Zelda made her Novice Standard debut at this show, and she had two perfect runs!! She placed first in a class of nine on Friday and second in a class of fourteen on Saturday. Zelda also earned her second Novice FAST leg on Friday and placed third in the Novice FAST class.

On May 25th at the Golden Triangle agility trial in Cheswick, PA, Zelda earned her second Master Jumpers leg and 8 MACH points. I'm very proud of my baby agility dog!! Geraldo and Elsa had some nice Q's on Sunday and Monday as well and picked up 17 MACH points and 6 MACH points respectively. It was a great way to end the holiday weekend!! Cindy Noland took some lovely action shots of Zelda and Elsa this weekend, and we'll be posting those to their web pages soon!

Geraldo has an ad on Shelties Online this week. You can see it here!

On May 16th at the CPE agility trial in Washingtonville, OH, I ran Elsa and Geraldo in Wildcard and again in Jumpers. I am delighted to report that we qualified on all four runs, got first place on all four runs, and finished two CPE titles today--one for Elsa (CL1-F) and one for Geraldo (CL2-F). I hadn't run Elsa myself for almost two years, so it was especially gratifying to have her Q on both of her runs with me today.

On the way home from the trial, there was a double rainbow on both sides of the road, and it was like driving under a rainbow archway. I felt like my dogs and I found the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow today!! <G>

On May 15th at the WCOTC agility trial in Delmont, PA, Zelda earned her first Master Jumpers leg and picked up 9 MACH points in the process. As icing on the cake, she also placed 4th in the 16" Jumpers class. Today's Jumpers run was only her second time ever in the Excellent B class, and it was her first time running outdoors too. I was totally blown away by how well she did today.

On May 2nd, we hit the agility jackpot at the Hamburg Agility Trial in Edinboro, PA! Zelda finished her Excellent Jumpers title and took first place in her class as well. I was so proud of her!! She was flying around the course, and I really had to hustle to keep up with her.

Geraldo was not going to be outdone by his little sister! He QQ'ed and picked up 19 MACH points on the same day that Zelda finished her AXJ! That was his 19th QQ, and we're hoping that his 20th QQ is just around the corner!!

On April 24th at the ASSA National in Perry, GA, Geraldo took second place in the Open Blue class under Judge Dorothy Christensen. It was such a thrill for us when the judge pulled Geraldo and his handler (Judy Stachowski) out of the lineup and moved them into second place. That was our first National placement, and the fact that Geraldo is a Chet son made the moment even sweeter for us. We'll be floating around on our happy cloud for quite awhile!! <G> Geraldo's win photo will be posted on his page as soon as it's available.

On April 19th at the ASSA National in Perry, GA, Geraldo Q'ed in Excellent B Jumpers under Carla Boudrot and earned some additional MACH points as well. That was the first time that he and I have competed in a performance event at an ASSA National and the first time that we have competed on a dirt surface. We were delighted to have a qualifying run, and Geraldo and I proudly displayed his Q ribbon at our setup for the remainder of the week at the National.

In March 2009, Chris Lynch took some lovely new photos of Geraldo. You can view those photos at the top and bottom of his individual page.

At the Mountaineer Kennel Club's agility trial on April 11th and 12th, Geraldo, Zelda and I ran in the FAST class for the first time. I'm pleased to report that Geraldo Q'ed in Novice FAST and placed first in the 16" class on both Saturday and Sunday and that Zelda Q'ed in Novice FAST and placed third in the 16" class on Sunday. We really enjoyed ourselves, and we will definitely be entering the FAST class again! Geraldo also Q'ed in Excellent Jumpers both days and picked up 14 additional MACH points.

On March 28th at the Western PA Kennel Association's Rally Trial, Elsa finished her Rally Novice title and placed third in a large Novice B class. Our thanks to Elaine Mayowski for training Elsa and showing her to her first Rally title. They're both Super Stars in our book!!

Geraldo, Zelda, and I had an incredible agility weekend at the Youngstown All Breed Training Club's agility trial in Washingtonville, OH on March 13th-15th.

Geraldo QQ'ed ALL THREE DAYS and picked up 44 MACH points to boot. He now has 18 QQ's and 281 MACH points.

Zelda was entered in Jumpers for the weekend, and she had a great trial too. On Friday, she finished her Open Jumpers title with another first placement, and on Sunday, she earned her first Excellent A Jumpers leg with a second place finish.

At the Butler Dog Training Association's agility trial on March 7th and 8th, Zelda competed in Open Jumpers, and she qualified and placed first in her class on both Saturday and Sunday. She ran fast and happy, and we're very proud of our baby girl.

February 21st was an incredibly sad day at CastleGate Shelties. On that date, Chet, our foundation male and the light of my life, went to the Rainbow Bridge. There are no words to adequately describe how profoundly we feel his loss. Click here to read our tribute to this sweet and noble dog.

At the Three Rivers Shetland Sheepdog Club's Specialties on January 31st and February 1st, Elsa competed in the Rally Novice ring for the first time, and she qualified on both days!! On Sunday, she also placed third in the class! Elsa was trained in Rally and shown at the Specialty by Elaine Mayowski. As always, we're very grateful to Elaine for all of the wonderful things that she achieves with Elsa.

Zelda started out the New Year for us with a big bang!! On January 3, 2009, she finished her Novice Jumpers with Weaves title at the Erie Kennel Club's agility trial in Edinboro, PA. In addition to finishing her title, she also placed first in the 16" Novice class.

Geraldo had a great day too. He earned his 15th QQ at that show. Five more to go!! <G>

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