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News & Happenings! * Please view the photo album at the bottom of this page...... We are taking this month off from exhibiting our Poms and catching up with a long list of jobs needing to be done around the house and the gardens. I am sure the dogs will also like having this time out as it's been very hot and humid, at this time of the year, for showing heavy coated Poms in daytime shows. I had a scare recently when I slipped and fell in a puddle of water during a power blackout. X-Rays taken at the time were inconclusive (due to the sweeling). It was later confirmed to be badly sprained and wasn't broken. I am finding it arkward having to wear a wrist brace for the next month while it heals. Must say I am so happy that it wasn't broken! We are off to the Sydney Royal this Easter and looking forward to new showing experiences, meeting up with other Pomeranian exhibitors and catching up with friends.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.... If you are travelling during this festive season, please take care on the roads! Another year is nearly over with only two more shows left to go in 2009, the last being on 31st December. How good is this? We now have family in Brisbane and Townsville. It makes it a pleasure to travel to those two locations showing our Poms and catching up with our family too!
This will be a busy month for me travelling Interstate, for the first time, to attend our first 'NSW Spring Fair' being held on the weekend of Friday 20th, Saturday 21st & Sunday 22nd November, 2009. We have also entered in the NSW Pomeranian Club Speciality show being held on Thursday 19th. This will be a great opportunity to meet the many well-known, long-established Pomeranian breeders and exhibitors and to eyeball their Poms "in the fur"! I am sure this will be a memorable event and am looking forward to this series of shows.
Meanwhile, John had taken some of our dogs to Brisbane shows, being held this same weekend, with a good result in Crouchent Tameeka Jade winning RUOB and Bitch Challenge.
Still in Townsville and it's topped 36 degrees here already! ...Cupidtown Gold N Chance, won We attended the Zone 3 Dog of The Year finals held in Ingham and the two support shows conducted over the weekend of 2/3 Oct 09. The two shows had some 265 entries each day. Ingham has a very nice, green show rings and tidy grounds with large shade trees. It was a hot and sticky weekend considering that summer is yet to arrrive. I am very thrilled with the devlopment of little Pipster...Cupidtown Gold N Chance, who won Little Pipster won his first Also Crouchent Tameeka Jade who won her first HUGE congratulations to my sister Petrina Limkin, winning 3 classes with her three dogs entered in the 9th Shetland Sheepdog National Specality Show conducted in Brisbane on 4/5 August 2009 with 232 entries.
Petrina's dogs won:
Shatrin Saints B Praised - 1st Aust Bred Class - Best opposite Aust Bred in Show Eastonia Eye Candy (Imp NZ) - 1st Open Bitch - Best Opposite Open In Show
Anscot The Rambler - 1st Intermediate Dog Class - CHALLENGE DOG -
INTERMEDIATE IN SHOW - RUNNER UP IN SHOW ! This is what dreams are made of.........Way to go sis!!!!!!!!
We are looking forward to attending the EKKA on 6th August to view the dog show and see how this is This is a busy month for Tooshay Kennels as we head off on the North Queensland show circuit for the first time. We'll be isiting Innisfail, the Atherton Tablelands, Cairns, Townsville, Sarina & Mackay dog shows and do the "tourist" thing during the lay-days to see this wonderful State of ours. While travelling this circuit, we were fortunate to involve our second passion, flying foxes, by our doing a visit to the Tolga Bat Hospital, Atherton which houses some 4 species of bats on a full-time basis and view this marvellous facility in person. This facility is a modern sanctuary for injured and orphaned bats including micro-bats. The official grand opening is taking place on 22nd August. Tolga Bat Hospital is now a registered charity and donations are tax deductible. For those wanting further information on this wonderful facility and its work, please click on this link: www.tolgabathospital.org/hospital_orphans.htm No shows or travelling for us. A nice quiet relaxing month with a well deserved rest for all of us.
The merry month of May has set off with a BANG for Tooshay Kennels!
We attended the Easter Shows conducted at Woodstock, North Qld and caught up with Courtney, our daughter whom we haven't seen for two years. The weather was very overcast when we left Mackay and continued to threaten while we travelled up to Townsville. The rain held off while the shows took place but came crashing down upon us a few times over the weekend. This resulted in a few campers experiencing storm damage during the evening storms and having to gather their beds to set up a new camp under the shelter of the adjoining Social Club awning due to their camp being either washed out or blown down.
We are celebrating both Miyu Jenni Lee and Cupidtown The Instigator's gaining their 'Champion' titles this month!
FEBRUARY 2009 We attended the Bundaberg Canine Club show where Cupidtown The Instigator won a 10 point BOB on Saturday and another on Sunday! Go Yogi! We now have three weeks off with our next show being Callide Valley in March.
JANUARY 2009 We travelled on to our next show in Wondai which was also our inaugural visit to that town where we survived a fierce summer downpour to discover we had sprung a leak in the side wardrobe of our caravan! We met a lot of new people at these shows and agreed it was worth the travel alone to gain new friends and contacts. Our dogs travelled well and we are becoming efficient in packing our caravan, ute and all the necessary equipment for our trips away. Next trip was to Gladstone where Cupidtown The Instigator won an 8 point BOB and Tooshay My Fair Lady won Baby Puppy In Breed. We then moved on to Mackay the following weekend, where Cupidtown The Instigator was awarded Runner Up BOB and Tooshay My Fair Lady won Baby Puppy of Breed. A fantastic result for January!
Yogi celebrated his First Birthday on 10th December 2008
NOVEMBER 2008 Well our show year has now come to its end and our dogs have earnt their holiday break which is during the hottest part of our summer period (35 degrees and 75% humidity!) We made our first trip ever to Durack over 4th, 7th & 8th November 2008 where "Yogi" outdid my wildest expectations. Not only did Yogi perform brilliantly in the ring, he enjoyed himself!
We are taking a well-earned rest for this month from the show ring and attending to the many jobs that have been backing-up around the house and gardens. I am sure our dogs will enjoy their break from showing also. It's been very hot and humid and not ideal weather for showing heavy/long coated breeds in daytime shows. I had a scare when I fell in a puddle of water during a power blackout and thought I had broken my wrist. It was confirmed a couple of weeks later only to be badly sprained, thank goodness. We are off to the Sydney Royal this Easter and looking forward to new experiences and meeting other Pomeranian exhibitors and catching up with friends.
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FEBRUARY 2010
1st place Pomeranian in the 'National' Rising Star over the twleve month period of 2009; and
As at November, Pipster is #1 'Rising Star 'Pomeranian in DogzonLine Pointscore! Go little Pipster.
Best Puppy In Show at "Dogs Are A Lifestyle Too" show held in Townville on 24/10/09. 
Bon Voyage Angela! ... 
Daughter No: 1 has set off to the U.K. on her well deserved holiday visiting our relations and touring Scotland, Ireland, Wales and France. 
