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100% Q RATE FOR 2010 Marti Wiseman and MACH4, ADCH BasqueLaine-Montage Secret Passage SACH, JCH, SCH, TM, MSA, MJ, MG, MR, EAC, EGC, EJC, TN-O, TG-O, RN, CGC "Merlin" are on the MACH5 trail and so far they are having an amazing year with a 100% Q rate to date! They started off 2010, by running 6 for 6 in one weekend in Standard, Jumpers and Fast to finish Merlin's TQX title (Triple Qs in Standard, Jumpers and Fast all on the same day). In February, they had another perfect weekend going 4 for 4, and I am proud to report that Magical Merlin is now up to MACH5 QQ#13! He is also almost finished with the requirements needed for his ADCH-Bronze title. The weekend after the AKC trial, Merlin picked up two Gamblers Qs and a Pairs Q One more Q in each of those classes will complete this award. Marti says Merlin is earning all these Qs in honor of his brother Maxwell. Thank you Marti and Merlin. YOU ROCK! |
| MOVING ALONG TOWARD MACH2 MACH ADCH Montage Works Like A Charm XF, TM-Silver, JCH-Silver, SCH-Bronze, RCH, RS-E, JS-E, GS-O, HIC "Rhian" and Rusty Pearson had a most excellent winning weekend at the Denver shows, running back and forth between the agility ring and the breed ring. In breed, Rhian won a major and a major reserve in spite of losing her coat in handfuls. and she made great progress won her MACH2. She took home three Double Qs in a row and two Triple Qs (Q's in Standard, Jumpers and Fast all on the same day) along with a stack of 1st place ribbons and around 150 speed points! Here she is in Exc. JWW completing her 13th MACH2 QQ. At her most recent event she went 4 for 6, earning QQ#14 with two 1st places for a whopping 92 speed points in one day, and then turned it into a Triple Q in the Fast class! She brought home 145 points total. Way to go, Rusty and Rhian! Rhee will be taking time off to visit me in NYC next winter for a Montage performance litter. I can't wait! |
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 Blade |
BLADE FINDS HER SPEED Montage Speed Skater aka "Baby Blade" has added an AX to match her AXJ! Blade is coming into her own as an agility dog, making her Mama Rhian proud. She ran beautifully at the New Mexico Trial on the first day, earning that last leg with a 1st place. She then picked up MXJ leg #5 and the next day MXJ leg #6! Now that she has moved up to Exc. B those QQs will count along the MACH Trail. |
| OVER HALFWAY TO MACH LandmarkMontage Shadow Puppet MX, MXJ, XF, EAC, EJC, TN-O, WV-O, TG-O, NCC, HP-N, CGC Shadow and owner/handler Nancy Stone have also been busy in agility, and they are really hitting their stride. In NADAC, Shadow added an Excellent Jumpers title. In AKC, a recent string of QQ's with 1st and 2nd placements brought him up to 11 QQs and 348 speed points. Whoo hoo, Congratulations, Nancy! Shadow is a George son out of Carlos x Wyzzy daughter Am. CH Bergeau Arlequin Replica C-BAR "Piper" -- the all British Puppet litter co-bred with Darlene Hernandez (Landmark). Click here to see Shadow in action. |
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 Annette |
EXCELLENT RALLY-O GRCH/ARCH/CATCH Montage Beach Blanket Bingo PT, JHD, RA, RL3, RL2, RL1X, R1CL, OA, NAJ, NGC, NAC, TN-N, CGC "Annette" and Susan Geers-Meiners have returned to the AKC Rally-Obedience ring. On 2/21, Annette attended a trial and earned her first Excellent leg with a 3rd place! She also earned a bag of covetted treats. Watch for Annette in more events to come (especially if there are cookies involved). |
| DREAM IS BACK IN ACTION Landmark New York Correspondent AX, AXJ "Dream" and Cathy Parisi are back in action after a winter break. Dream picked up her 6th MXJ leg to match her 6 MX legs, and two weeks later went on to another trial to earn MXJ legs #7 & #8 and MX leg #7 with a QQ! Dream is from the Landmark Correspondence Litter sired by Am/Can. CH LandmarkMontage Puppeteer "Henson" out of Abrah Van de Hoge Laer, bred by Darlene Hernandez. Besides agility, Dream is training through Utility in competition obedience. She loves to work and it's a joy to watch her with Cathy. |
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 Kelda |
MISS PANTS ON FIRE Having just finished her AKC breed Championship with back to back 3 point majors and her final point in August, the first day of the Atlanta shows, CH Montage-BasqueLaine Genuine Risk CD, RA, PT, CGC "Kelda" dragged her intrepid owner Kate Sreenan into the AKC Novice A 24" agility ring in October. Day 1, Kelda earned her first Q in Standard. She was so fast that she was able to do the dog walk BOTH ways AND visit the ring helpers AND still qualify 6 seconds under course time for a 1st place! Day 2, she earned another 1st place/Q in Standard! Day 3, she Q'd in Jumpers for her first leg and another 1st place! "Miss Pants On Fire" then had to miss the next 2 trials due to coming in season but returned to the agility ring in December and earned back to back double Qs with 4 blue ribbons to title in both Standard and Jumpers. This completed Kelda's requirements for the ABTC Versatility Award in which titles must be earned from 4 out of the 5 possible venues. This also completed a P-BAR for her mama Torchy before the Dec. 31st deadline!!! To start 2010 off right, Kate and Kelda made their way through a snowstorm to make one day of a trial in Tennessee where Kelda tried her paws in Open Standard for her first Q with yet another 1st place! Huge congratulations to Kate on her wonderful accomplishments and a special thank you from me and Torchy. |
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Kathy Madden
Montage Tervuren
New York, NY USA
