I have Lucy Clover King’s birthday update but the photos did not come through so we are getting that sorted but in the meantime, allow me to update about other fun things.
Bright Star Sage is a model!
You can find Sage on a crate box — not IN the box! — at your local PetSmart. How cool is that?!
And speaking of cool, Wildflower Chase was in Missoula over the weekend doing Dock Diving and FastCAT. A friend at the show mentioned seeing a super fast Berner running FastCAT one morning— it was Chase.
Chase earned the FCAT title and had a personal best jump of 15 feet 9 inches in Dock Diving. Congratulations to Team Chase.
Capella blew her coat early this year and is sporting her cool, summery look but I had entered the two show weekends (and that apparently caused her hair to fall out) and so I showed her anyway. Here is the final tally (we are working towards her Grand Championship now):
In the ribbons every day with two Best of Breeds and four Selects
Eighteen Grand Championship points (need 25)
Four Major wins (need three ✔️)
Five beat at least one other champion (need three ✔️)
Placements in a Best Bred-by Group and Owner Handled Group
FUN ✔️
One reason I entered Spokane was that BVS was there doing x-rays and I wanted to add PennHip to the data I already have about Capella. She is OFA Good (and normal elbows) but some of her brothers did not fare as well in the hip department so I wanted the additional layer of information. I just got the results and they are quite good.
Breed average is 0.5 and Capella is 0.3 ⭐️
The deck will be finished next week.
My son-in-law is here helping me get the yard in shape — he is having fun with the new chainsaw. We had a late snow that took down giant limbs and so we have worked on removing those — except this one because there is an active robin’s nest in it.
I gated off the area and wished the Robin Family well. When they are done with the nest, we can deal with the tree 🪺🐣
This weekend is the annual Montana Tracking Test — my favorite! Lucky Socks will be involved 🧦
Happy Friday, Friend, and I hope you are looking forward to a wonderful weekend ❤️