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7/3/05
I hope you and your family have been well. I think I remember that you were about to move when we last corresponded, so I hope you are all settled in by now. We've been keeping up with your litters on the internet, and Zeke says you need to breed Rocky and Pen again, so he'll have more brothers and sisters! And after this yesterday, I have to say that he may have a good point. :-) Zeke is still doing well. Several unexpected things came up for our family last year, and Zeke and I never did get to try for his SchH l title last autumn. Now, I think it may have been a blessing in disguise that we had to wait until this weekend to try. Yesterday, at a trial in Hendersonville, under SV Judge Sergio Bogden, Zeke got his SchH l, and Rocky and Pen (and you) would have really been proud. He took High In Trial with a 100 - 96 - 100 = 296. I wish you could have heard all of the nice things the Judge and lot of other folks had to say about him - not just about his performance, but about his temperament, how much he liked to work, etc. I know there was someone there taking photos yesterday, and I'll try to get a few to email to you. We may try for his SchH ll in August, if we can find a trial not too far away. And we may try for his SchH lll later this autumn if we have enough time. (Our daughter is getting married late this year, and Zeke and I are probably about to lose a lot of our spare time!) The folks at the trial yesterday were trying to get us to commit to getting his SchH lll early enough to enter the Southeastern Regional in late September, but I just don't see us being ready that soon. Ramona, the old-time schutzhund people are always amazed to hear that we don't have a single dog crate in our house - that Zeke's just a member of the family when he's not working. I want to again thank you for sending us such a special dog!
- Rick Daniels
November 20, 2003 Hi Ramona, Second, last weekend I put him in the 6 - 9 month puppy class at the USCA Southeast Regional Conformation Championship in Georgia, and he received a VP rating (VP-3). I don't plan to do much in the conformation ring, but thought it would be good for socialization, and good experience for both of us in case we decide later to do a breed survey. We continue slowly with schutzhund,
mostly drive building and focus work at this point. We are
patiently (sort of) waiting to begin bite work in the months to come,
and not doing much beyond 'platz' and 'aus' in obedience. We continue to
enjoy it. Hi Ramona - If congratulations are to be had, they are to you, Rocky and Pen - not the two of us. We just showed up with what we've been given. I hope you all have a happy Thanksgiving!
Rick Daniels
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