YEARBOOK

I WON'T ATTEMPT TO PUBLISH EACH YEAR FROM THE BEGINNING MUCH AS I WOULD LIKE TO. I WILL  START WITH THE YEAR THIS SITE WAS LAUNCHED, THE INDIVIDUAL DOG PAGES COVER THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE PAST.

WINNING YEARS NEED POWER

2004 (CLICK YEAR FOR ALL WINS)

THIS YEARS FEATURES ARPHER AS THE SHOW DOG AND IT WAS HIS MOST SUCCESSFUL YEAR YET FEATURING TWO GROUP WINS. WE TRAVELED TO OUR FAVORITE REGIONS IN THE MOTOR HOME TO SHOW BUT MANAGED TO SQUEEZE IN A LITTLE FISHING. WE HAD TWO SCARES IN OUR TRAVELS, A TIRE FAILED ON THE TOW DOLLY ALMOST COSTING US OUR NEW CAR THEN A TIRE FAILED CATASTROPHICALLY ON THE MOTOR HOME ALMOST COSTING US A LOT MORE.

2005 (CLICK YEAR FOR ALL WINS)

THIS YEAR STARTED A TRANSITIONAL PHASE IN OUR LIVES, AS RETIREMENT APPROACHES WE HAVE TO MAKE NEW LIFESTYLE CHOICES. ARPHER ALSO APPROACHES RETIREMENT AND JUST WHEN WE SEEM TO BE OUT OF ACTION, KELLY JOINS THE CLAN OUT OF THE BLUE AND BEGINS A SUCCESSFUL SHOW CAREER THEN ONE DAY THE PHONE RINGS AND WE FIND THE RAGLAN PUPPY WE HAD BEEN WAITING AND HOPING FOR WAS ON HER WAY. SADLY, WE LOST BOTH ALEXANDER AND VEWA THIS YEAR BUT FINISHED THE YEAR ON A HIGH NOTE WHEN KELLY DEFEATED ENOUGH DOGS ON ONE FOUR DAY SHOW TO BECOME CANADIAN CHAMPION.

2006 (CLICK YEAR FOR ALL WINS)

2006 WAS AN EVENTFUL YEAR TERRIBLE THINGS CAME ABOUT TEMPERED BY EQUALLY GREAT THINGS. WE STARTED DAZZLE ON HER SHOW CAREER AND STARTED PAINTING AND FIXING UP NORTHFIELD WITH AN EYE TO SELLING. IN THE SPRING WE GOT A NEW 37' MOTORHOME AND THE NEWS THAT SULTAN HAD BLADDER CANCER. DAZZLE DEFEATED ENOUGH DOGS EARLY IN HER CAREER TO FINISH HER CANADIAN CHAMPIONSHIP IN STYLE WITH A BEST OF BREED OVER SPECIALS AND A GROUP ONE WIN. THE YEAR ENDED LOSING SULTAN IN OCTOBER AND HIS LITTERMATE LILY A MONTH LATER. IN DECEMBER NORTHFIELD SOLD IN LESS THAN TWENTY-FOUR HOURS IN A BIDDING WAR THAT NETTED A SELLING PRICE WELL OVER THE ASKING PRICE. WE FINISHED THE YEAR BY HAVING AN OFFER ACCEPTED ON RIDGEVIEW NEAR THE FALLS GOLF COURSE EAST OF CHILLIWACK BRITISH COLUMBIA.

2007 (CLICK YEAR FOR ALL WINS)

 2007 WAS MARKED BY SOME MAJOR EVENTS, STARTING WITH RETIREMENT, A MOVE TO A NEW COMMUNITY, SOME TRAVEL, A LOT OF GOOD WINS THEN A SERIOUS CAR ACCIDENT AND FINALLY, BABIES.

2008 (CLICK YEAR FOR ALL WINS)

2008 WAS A BUSY YEAR, I GOT BACK ON MY FEET NEAR THE END OF JANUARY AND WE MADE A TENTATIVE ATTEMPT TO SHOW. WE STARTED SLOWLY AND BUILT THE CASTLE ONE BRICK AT A TIME WINNING NUMEROUS BEST OF BREEDS, OVER TWENTY GROUP PLACEMENTS THEN FINALLY A BEST IN SHOW THAT JANICE HAD WANTED FOR OVER TWENTY YEARS. DURING THE SUMMER, JANICE WENT TO STOCKHOLM FOR TWO WORLD SPECIALTIES AND THE WORLD SHOW. HER ONLY REGRET WAS THAT SHE DIDN'T TAKE DAZZLE. IN MAY, WIZZY WAS DIAGNOSED WITH LIVER FAILURE AND HE PASSED AWAY IN SEPTEMBER. AT THE END OF THE YEAR WE HAD TO SWEAT OUT TWO WEEKENDS WHERE THERE WERE SHOWS IN ONTARIO AND NONE OUT HERE. AT THE END OF THE SECOND SHOW WE RELAXED AS DAZZLE HAD A FIRM HOLD ON #1 SCOTTISH TERRIER IN CANADA.

2009 (CLICK YEAR FOR ALL WINS)

2009 HAD A LOT OF GOOD IN IT DESPITE SOME TERRIBLE THINGS THAT HAPPENED. DAZZLE CONTINUED HER WINNING DESPITE A VERY SHORT LEAVE OF ABSENCE TO HAVE A FAMILY BUT WHILE SHE WAS WAITING TO HAVE FOUR HEALTHY BOYS, DEAR ARPHIE DEVELOPED A HORRIBLE TUMOR IN HIS ABDOMEN AND WAS GONE BEFORE ANYONE REALIZED HOW SERIOUS IT WAS. THE BOYS GREW UP AT DOG SHOWS LIVING IN A PLASTIC PEN WATCHING THE WORLD GO BY AND WERE LESS THAT THREE MONTHS OLD WHEN DAZZLE WON THE GROUP AT PT. ALBERNI. HER SECOND GROUP WIN OF THE YEAR. UNFORTUNATELY, WHILE SHE WAS IN THE BIS RING, I RECEIVED A CALL MY FATHER HAD PASSED AWAY AND CELEBRATIONS WERE MUTED BY A RUSH TRIP HOME.