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January -
01/20/08 - Congratulations to Livia Quan and JD for picking up their second Rally Novice Q at their second trial
entered! I couldn't be prouder of their success as they go two for two!
01/14/08 - RUMOR moves up 9 spots in the ASCA Conformation Merit standings to #10!!! Rumor has
accomplished this with only 4 weekends shown!!
01/20/08 - Congratulations to Livia Quan and JD for picking up their second Rally Novice Q at their second trial
entered! I couldn't be prouder of their success as they go two for two!
01/14/08 - RUMOR moves up 9 spots in the ASCA Conformation Merit standings to #10!!! Rumor has
accomplished this with only 4 weekends shown!!
March -
03/29/08 - Congrats to RIOT as he returns to the agility ring (we haven't run a single course in 7 months!)
and qualifies in Open Regular. He also ran three beautiful runs in Gamblers and each of which were
spoiled by me!! I swear...it's a wonder he puts up with me sometimes! *LOL*
03/25/08 - Happy Birthday to RIOT!!! I just can't believe it's been 7 years already!! I am so lucky to have
the greatest dog in the world! Yes....I am biased! *LOL*
Speaking of Riot....We are thrilled to announce our 2008 litter here at Marabil to be sired by Riot. Check
out the PUPPIES page for more information on this awesome cross. Reservations are filling fast!!
03/29/08 - Congrats to RIOT as he returns to the agility ring (we haven't run a single course in 7 months!)
and qualifies in Open Regular. He also ran three beautiful runs in Gamblers and each of which were
spoiled by me!! I swear...it's a wonder he puts up with me sometimes! *LOL*
03/25/08 - Happy Birthday to RIOT!!! I just can't believe it's been 7 years already!! I am so lucky to have
the greatest dog in the world! Yes....I am biased! *LOL*
Speaking of Riot....We are thrilled to announce our 2008 litter here at Marabil to be sired by Riot. Check
out the PUPPIES page for more information on this awesome cross. Reservations are filling fast!!
April -
I got an email from Livia about JD
that I loved so much, I had to share.
Here is what Livia had to say about
JD's recent encounter with some
cattle on open space land..."We had
to go through that fence there, and
JD was at a stand-off with one of the
bulls. When the bull advanced, it
wasn’t a good sign when JD started
running back to me. But fortunately,
he remembered that he was a cattle
dog and turned back and barked. I
scooted to the left and the bull
figured he better not mess with my
big bad dog and went off the trail.
The other cattle followed suit and
also went off the trail. Just another
day on the range!" *LOL*
I got an email from Livia about JD
that I loved so much, I had to share.
Here is what Livia had to say about
JD's recent encounter with some
cattle on open space land..."We had
to go through that fence there, and
JD was at a stand-off with one of the
bulls. When the bull advanced, it
wasn’t a good sign when JD started
running back to me. But fortunately,
he remembered that he was a cattle
dog and turned back and barked. I
scooted to the left and the bull
figured he better not mess with my
big bad dog and went off the trail.
The other cattle followed suit and
also went off the trail. Just another
day on the range!" *LOL*
May -
05/25/08 - I am so excited to introduce Marabil's very first Bred-By Champion!! LUKE went Winners Dog over
a large entry (20+) for a 5 point major on Sunday to finish his ASCA Championship at just 17 months of age!!
(win picture below) I really want to give my sincere thanks to my friends who cheered (or in Regi's
case...screamed) Luke on to his victory in Winners! All of you made this accomplishment that much more
special for me. Congrats to Luke's co-owners Veronica and Aaron. You guys ROCK!!!
Once again, not wanting to be totally outdone by her brother, CINDER was Reserve Winners Bitch under
Senior Breeder Judge Lynn Cobb-Conn on Saturday with over 30 bitches entered and both she and LASSEN
won their classes on Sunday and made the final cut in Winners! Way to go girlies!!
05/18/08 - What a great weekend!! We took CINDER
and LUKE to the NorCal UKC show circuit this weekend
hoping for a little all breed ring time for these two young
dogs and we never imagined how well they would end up
doing! Cinder was Winners Bitch at all four shows with
two major wins. She also went Best of Winners and Best
of Breed twice. Both times in the Herding Group, Cinder
took Group 2 honors!
Not to be outdone in anyway, Luke was Winners Dog all
four shows and also picked up two major wins going Best
of Winners and Best of Breed twice, but unlike his sister
he took back to back Herding Group wins and was
BEST IN SHOW under Aussie judge, George Warner, at
just 17 months old!! He's obviously following in mommy
Rumor's footsteps!
I was thrilled with the performances of both Cinder and
Luke and we received tons of compliments on them both!!
Big congrats to Luke's co-owners Veronica and Aaron.
05/03/08 - After taking the last month or so off, we headed out to the AKC Sanctioned Match today for a little
ring time practice with Cinder. Imagine how thrilled we were to come home with a Best of Breed and Herding
Group 1 under Breeder Judge Lynda Lopez! Big thanks to Lynda for all her wonderful compliments on Cinder!
05/25/08 - I am so excited to introduce Marabil's very first Bred-By Champion!! LUKE went Winners Dog over
a large entry (20+) for a 5 point major on Sunday to finish his ASCA Championship at just 17 months of age!!
(win picture below) I really want to give my sincere thanks to my friends who cheered (or in Regi's
case...screamed) Luke on to his victory in Winners! All of you made this accomplishment that much more
special for me. Congrats to Luke's co-owners Veronica and Aaron. You guys ROCK!!!
Once again, not wanting to be totally outdone by her brother, CINDER was Reserve Winners Bitch under
Senior Breeder Judge Lynn Cobb-Conn on Saturday with over 30 bitches entered and both she and LASSEN
won their classes on Sunday and made the final cut in Winners! Way to go girlies!!
05/18/08 - What a great weekend!! We took CINDER
and LUKE to the NorCal UKC show circuit this weekend
hoping for a little all breed ring time for these two young
dogs and we never imagined how well they would end up
doing! Cinder was Winners Bitch at all four shows with
two major wins. She also went Best of Winners and Best
of Breed twice. Both times in the Herding Group, Cinder
took Group 2 honors!
Not to be outdone in anyway, Luke was Winners Dog all
four shows and also picked up two major wins going Best
of Winners and Best of Breed twice, but unlike his sister
he took back to back Herding Group wins and was
BEST IN SHOW under Aussie judge, George Warner, at
just 17 months old!! He's obviously following in mommy
Rumor's footsteps!
I was thrilled with the performances of both Cinder and
Luke and we received tons of compliments on them both!!
Big congrats to Luke's co-owners Veronica and Aaron.
05/03/08 - After taking the last month or so off, we headed out to the AKC Sanctioned Match today for a little
ring time practice with Cinder. Imagine how thrilled we were to come home with a Best of Breed and Herding
Group 1 under Breeder Judge Lynda Lopez! Big thanks to Lynda for all her wonderful compliments on Cinder!
06/05/08 - Marabil has our first bred by AKC title winner!! Huge
congrats to Livia Quan and JD for picking up their third Rally
Novice A Q to earn their AKC RN title at 17 months of age!!
And they did it in style by taking First Place with a score of 98!!
What makes this even better is that they earn their title taking a
Q every time in the ring!! I couldn't be prouder of their success!!
Check out JD here in a picture from when he first went home
with the Quans way back when....Gotta love this blast from the
past!!
congrats to Livia Quan and JD for picking up their third Rally
Novice A Q to earn their AKC RN title at 17 months of age!!
And they did it in style by taking First Place with a score of 98!!
What makes this even better is that they earn their title taking a
Q every time in the ring!! I couldn't be prouder of their success!!
Check out JD here in a picture from when he first went home
with the Quans way back when....Gotta love this blast from the
past!!
June -
06/28/08 - Great news all around!! RUMOR ends the 2007/2008 ASCA show year at #26 with very limited
showing and qualifies for the National Conformation Finals in Las Vegas!! Then today at the UKC show,
CINDER goes WB/BOW/BOB and Herding Group 1 at the AM show to finish her UKC Championship at
just 18 months of age! Then "baby brother" (by 30 minutes) LUKE gives repeat performance in the PM
show going WD/BOW/BOB and Herding Group 1 as well to finish his UKC Championship! What a great
day!!!
06/28/08 - Great news all around!! RUMOR ends the 2007/2008 ASCA show year at #26 with very limited
showing and qualifies for the National Conformation Finals in Las Vegas!! Then today at the UKC show,
CINDER goes WB/BOW/BOB and Herding Group 1 at the AM show to finish her UKC Championship at
just 18 months of age! Then "baby brother" (by 30 minutes) LUKE gives repeat performance in the PM
show going WD/BOW/BOB and Herding Group 1 as well to finish his UKC Championship! What a great
day!!!