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| NEW MACH2 !!! I am beyond thrilled to report that Marti Wiseman and her Magical "Merlin" MACH ADCH BasqueLaine-Montage Secret Passage SACH, JCH, SCH, TM, MSA, MJ, MG, MR, EAC, EGC. EJC, TN-O, TG-O, RN, CGC have added a MACH2 to their string of titles!!! Merlin's last group of QQ's were earned all in a row with class placements, and he finished his final 2 Qs with 1st places. Merlin and littermate Maxwell are now the only Tervuren siblings to have ever accomplished MACH2s. That is a huge accomplishment. George and Marissa salute their amazing sons, and co-breeder Kelley Hoffman and I are cheering wildly. Marti, I even did a turkey dance for you! What makes me happiest is the amazing teamwork you and Merlin have developed and that I know how much fun you always have together. Big hugs to you both and thanks for letting me share in the joy. |
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QUADRUPLE AGILITY CHAMPION The Master of Faster "Maxwell" is now known as MACH2 ADCH NATCH ATCH U-AGII BasqueLaine-Montage Secret Agent XF, LAA-Bronze, TM-Platinum, SCH-Silver, RCH-Silver, O-TN-E, WV-E, TG-E, SJ, SS, WETT, HIC, CGC, TDI. Maxwell and his partner in speed Rusty Pearson completed the ASCA Championship in February and didn't even know it! Maxwell is currently the #1 AKC Terv in the USA in points, top seeded for the 2008 AKC Invitational. Its always exciting to see him competing; he runs with all his heart and is an inspiration to watch! Click here to see Maxwell running in the Purina Incredible Dog Challenge Regionals. There is, ahem, some pretty funny commentary by the videographers... In other exciting news, Maxwell and Rusty put on a great showing at the AKC AGILITY NATIONALS where they made it all the way to the Challenger's run. In the 1st round Standard 24 inch class they took 6th place out of 94 dogs in 24 inch and Maxwell was the only non BC to crack the top ten! A dropped bar in the 2nd Jumpers round cost them 18 points and put them at #29, but the next morning they ran clean in Hybrid and came out with 12th place, which qualified them for Challengers which is based on cumulative best scores for 2 out of 3 runs. While it would have been really fun to have Maxwell represent our breed in the Finals, he showed the world that there are dogs out there that can hold their own against a field of who's who in world class slinky black and white things ;-))). Most recent accomplishment for Maxwell is a Relay Championship Silver in USDAA (RCH-Silver. he is the 2nd Terv in history to have earned this title. |
| AGILITY - CONNOR Presenting... BasqueLaine-n-Montage Save the World MX, MXJ, NF "Connor" who just finished his MX with a 2nd place Q in stiff competition, and is now hot on the trail of littermates MACH2 Maxwell and MACH Merlin. Owner Darcy Ferrentino reports that he is getting faster and faster with recent class placements in a tight cluster of very fast Q's. For example, his 9th MX leg was a 1st place for 24 speed points! Connor has 3 QQs toward his MACH and over 260 points. Congratulations Darcy and co-owner Kelley Hoffman! |
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RHEE-LY MAD Look out Texas Border Collies! Charm daughter Montage Works Like A Charm MXJ, MX, MAD, TM, JM, SM, SG, SJ, SR, AS, HIC "Rhian" with Rusty Pearson finished her MX title with back to back 1st places and QQ#4, and went on to a USDAA Trial to earn her MAD title (Master Agility Dog) by racking up the most points of any Masters dog at all jump heights! She also earned a 1st place in Snooker and a 2nd in Grand Prix, and came away with a Super Q. Click here to see Rhian's MX titling run on YouTube. Rhee-Rhee now has over 600 points to her name, and is closing in on Maxwell as the fastest Terv in the house. She beat him in Standard by .4 seconds... while jumping 26" to his 24"! Stay tuned for more Rhian news, this Terv girl only just turned three in January. Last year in just 9 USDAA trials, she earned the 10 tournament Q's needed for her Tournament Masters title, moved up to Masters in all games, completed her AAD title, earned a bye into the Grand Prix semi-finals at the 2007 USDAA Nationals, earned Tournament Masters, Jumpers Masters, and Snookers Masters titles, and ended the year ranked as the #2 Masters Snooker Terv in the USA, as well as #10 in Jumpers and #7 Terv in Tournament points. Rhee is now a major force to be reckoned with in USDAA and is within reach of her ADCH. In AKC, Rhian is now the #2 Tervuren in the USA in speed points, right behind Maxwell who is #1. WOW! |
| JUST TWO MORE TO GO I am very excited to report that Rhian's sire, Montage stud dog CH Montage Beach Talisman MX, MXJ, NF, PD1, PT, CGC, TDI "Charm" and co-owner/handler Darcy Ferrentino are now very close to completing the AKC Master Agility Championship title MACH (which requires 20 QQs and 750 speed points). At the Greenwich NY Trial, they earned back to back QQs #17 and #18, plus a bunch more MACH speed points. This was on top of 3 previous QQs in a row at another recent trial. They are running fast and smooth as a team. Only 2 QQs and about 60 more points to go! Charm is a great example of a stud dog that can go out and trial successfully without being distracted by lady dogs. Besides his agility accomplishments, I am also enormously proud of his work as a therapy dog at Four Winds Psychiatric Hospital in the Child and Family Outpatient Program. Recently, Darcy has been using him a lot in her work with children. For such a big, intense dog he is amazingly gentle and sensitive. Charm is entered in more upcoming trials, so stay tuned for news! |
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MARIO IS SPEEDY Maxwell and Rhian send hearty congratulations to their speedy son in Canada, now known as Montage Need For Speed ADC, TN-O, NG-O, NAC, NJC, NCC, WV-N "Mario", for his bunch of new titles! First, at the NADAC Extreme Agility Trial in Auburn, WA, he Q'd in 8 out of 10 runs and brought home Novice titles in Jumpers, Chances, and Weavers, as well as a Q in Novice Touch N Go, and back to back Q's in Open Regular and Open Tunnelers. He now has a NADAC Novice Versatility Award! One of the highlights of the triaal was a Jumpers run with a YPS of 6.67 seconds! Mario also completed his ADC title (Novice) at an Agility Assn of Canada Trial. He has a string of 1st place ribbons and placements that certainly do his famous daddy proud. He is from the Montage Speed Litter and is owned by Petra Wingate and Eric Brad, handled by Petra. Inbetween agility trials, Mario also attended a herding clinic with Lynn Leach who reports that he is "turning into an excellent herding dog." |
| BEAUTY HERDS THE BEASTS LandmarkMontage Puppet On A String HT "Roux" and her partner in sheep grime Pam Edgecombe went to their first ASCA herding event - the Silver Bullet Trial in No. California - and came away with back to back qualifying legs in Started, Sheep, including a 1st place for her 2nd leg! Pam is a herding addict, which makes me very happy as it is my own favorite Tervish activitiy. Roux has also been busy in the AKC conformation ring. Most recently, with Pam at the helm she picked up her 2nd major. She now has 13 points and both majors -- almost finished. Congratulations, Pam and Stu! Roux is a George daughter out of the lovely Piper -- the all British Puppet litter co-bred with Darlene Hernandez (Landmark). |
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SHADOW FLIES Shadow and owner/handler Nancy Stone went to a NADAC Trial in Caldwell ID and came away with lots of fine Qs and two brand new Open titles. Shadow completed his OAC with 1st and 2nd place runs, and his OJC with a 3rd place. They also competed for the first time in Elite Standard and earned a Q/1st place! Other Qs included a leg in Weavers Novice with 2nd place and an Open Tunneler's Q with a 2nd place. Shadow is now formally known as LandmarkMontage Shadow Puppet AXJ, OA, OF, OAC, OJC, TN-N, CGC. Congratulations, Nancy! |
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Montage Tervs had a grand time at the 2008 ABTC National Specialty in Chattanooga TN. Along the way, specialty activities began with a Herding Trial in Franklin KY.
I am proud to report that three Montage dogs did exceedingly well. Montage Mavericks Surf Break HSAs, RA, R1CL, R2CL, FO, CGC "Maverick" and Rob Meiners brought home their first leg in
Herding Intermediate Sheep, and did it with a first place! On Saturday, Mavey did very well but retired a bit soon due to Rob thinking he had NQd (not!). The second day at the ABTC event, Rob wore his lucky orange shirt with the Belgian emblem.
Mavey wore black. Okay, he IS black ;-)). Just before he went in the ring, Mavey spotted me -- he only sees me about once a year at the specialties but always has a big greeting. This time, he knocked me right over into
the grass and stood on me giving me kisses! Then off he went into the arena for a beautiful run. What a big sweety! And talented, too. He won a lovely trophy and rosette.
Next we had Montage-BasqueLaine Genuine Risk CD, RA, HT, CGC "Kelda" and BasqueLaine-Montage Capone "Mr. Big" in PT (Pre-Trial level).
Kelda is owned by Kate Sreenan and Kate co-owns Big with me and Kelly Hoffman. Kate did a fine job of handling both days. On Saturday, Kelda got a bit out of hand but on Sunday had a very nice qualifying run. Big did a great job
both days, Q'ing on Saturday, but drew a break-away sheep on Sunday that was a bit beyond his current ability to handle. I am very proud of all three dogs. Action photos by yours truly coming soon! We did not have any entries in
Agility or Obedience this year.
The Beauty Pageant. While CH LandmarkMontage Puppeteer "Henson" and CH LandmarkMontage Dancing Puppet "Goldie" showed to perfection, they were not the judge's style. The star of the conformation event was Landmark Sealed With A Kiss "Simply Red" (Henson x Abrah) owned by Tony & Donna Lyczkowski. I had the great fun of showing Red in 9-12 Month Puppy Sweeps. She came away with 4th place out of a large and highly competitive class of 14 beautiful puppiy bitches. I was so proud of her! It was her first time in the ring. She liked the Sweeps judge Ann Mackay very much. On Friday in the regular classes, after floating around the ring and stepping boldy into the taped box, she tolerated the very extensive tooth exam but did not much care for the judge also covering her eyes with one hand. I ended up excusing us from the ring in order to avoid ruining her stand for exam. She thought that judge was quite rude ;-)). I am extremely proud of the way Red handled her first show and she got lots of attention and admiration. Watch for Miss Red in upcoming shows! One of the pleasures of attending a National Specialty is visiting with puppy people and dogs who live far away. Mike Kelley and his son Jonathon drove all the way from NC so that I could spend time with Montage Wind Speed HIC "Gale". I was really excited to see Gale. She is just gorgeous and has a wonderful temperament. I took lots of photos! Thank you, thank you, Mike for bringing her. Next year - Rhode Island! We might see Gale in conformation and agility there. I also got to visit with BasqueLaine-Montage Wise Guy "Louie" (Thrym x Marissa) who was entered in Novice dogs but was unfortunately not able to prepare for showing due to a lacrosse emergency at home in Atlanta (human not canine). I did get some nice photos of him before he left. Thank you to owner Susan Dodd for bringing Louie to visit inbetween the hospital and championship game - so glad her son is fine and his team won! I also met Ken and Gloria Hartshorn who came from Nebraska with BasqueLaine Shootin Star "Cali" (Kieran x Marissa). Cali showed in 9-12 Month Puppy Sweeps and ended up a very impressive 5th right behind Red. Imagine my surprise when Ken introduced himself to me while we were in the ring! I am happy to say that Cali is beautiful with a temperament to match. Unfortunately, I did not have time to take photos of her but Ken has promised to send me some soon. I also met Donna Wilson and Genesis-BasqueLaine Avenger Emma P (George x Jo). They came to the herding trial but then disappeared before I could get out my camera -- Donna and Emma - where are you? ;-). I did have time to discover that Emma is an absolute doll! |
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Kathy Madden
Montage Tervuren
New York, NY USA
