Big M&M weekend! Big weekend for the Rio/Price puppies … We have a new Champion – CH. M&M’s The Price of Fame, CGC, TDI – “Kennedy” who also went on to earn her Canine Good Citizens/Therapy Dog certifications this weekend. All three days she was winners bitch picking up a 4pt major and two 3pt majors … .finishing with 5 majors (holy cow!). We also had “Beau” win winners dog on Friday picking up another point towards his championship. And Haddie B. (our first champion from this Rio/Price litter) picked up three majors towards her Grand Championship by going select bitch/best of opposite sex over the weekend! We had echocardiograms done on 5 of these puppies with acceptable results and, last but certainly not least, Chris & Twitter earned their mantrailer title (MT) in Illinois this weekend!! Awesome weekend for us all!

We are really looking forward to our trip to Camp Hill, PA where the American Bloodhound Club’s National Specialty dog show will be held. We have Fin entered in tracking, Little Bit entered in mantrailing & conformation and Visa entered in conformation. It will be a busy week for us all. We are REALLY looking forward to getting to see most of the Rio/Price litter as most of those puppies will be there. Can’t wait!

… sometimes you have one of those dogs that worms their way into the depths of your soul. I have that dog – his name is FIN! – but I have been blessed with another. Though nothing can come as far as Fin, this is the bitch I’ve said for years I’d never have.  I prefer boys, hands down and I make no bones about it. But as a breeder, you can’t have just boys 🙂 I never thought I’d gravitate to a bitch like I have this girl. She is a blessing and a lesson from above that I needed. I will still always prefer the boys BUT this girl … you truly CAN’T put a price on her!

M&M’s Can’t Put A Price On It, EECT – Little Bit – 1yr old

Another HUGE weekend for us at these shows! Thank you again to John & Cathy Houser for hosting us in your home for the weekend. It was a lovely time and a fantastic Bloodhound weekend.  Saturday’s show – Little Bit took WB/BOW/BOB/BBBE (3pt cross over major), Visa took WD/BOS (3pt major) , Beau took RWD and Kennedy RWB – what a day! Sunday’s show Visa took WD/BOW/BOB for another 3pt major and Kennedy RWB. It was an awesome show for us! This was only Visa & Little Bit’s second show weekend ever, the first was in April. On this weekend too, we celebrated the puppies’ 1st birthday! Where does time go!?

We got some fun pictures!

Finny

saggy britches! London & Little Bit

Beautiful Visa!

Salem

Little Bit

London

It was SUCH a fabulous idea that Beth Mares had when she suggested that she drive down with Sherman and Bert for a visit on her time off. We had been talking for a couple years now about getting together for some rally obedience brush up training and also some mantrailing. It happened to be that the time she had off was my birthday weekend. I can’t think of any other way I would want to spend my birthday than a leisurely weekend, with no schedule, playing with our hounds and hanging with our friends! THANK you Beth for all the fun we had, for your gracious birthday gift and for your help with obedience. Thank you to Melissa, Mike & Paula and Bev for a wonderful birthday. It was so much fun! Here are some pictures from our fun obedience time!

Teaching Kennedy about jumps

playtime!

Handsome Bentley

handsome Bert working with Michael

Higgins and Bev learning

the handsome Sherman on a sit stay

and then the recall!

Sherman has excellent attention!

Fin waiting for me to say "Forward!"

"Finny OVER!"

You make me SO proud ... WHAT a dog!

and my ALL time favorite picture that just made my weekend … brothers: “Sherman”  – HIT Sherick M&M’s Red Hot Howitzer, CDX, RE Am/Can MT, Can RN, WDHOF and “Fin” – Sherick M&M’s Finally Red Hot!, RN, MT, MTI, MTX

Sherman & Fin

Congratulations to Little Bit & Visa on passing the entry level to mantrailing through the American Bloodhound Club! Now they are eligible to enter for the MT (mantrailer) test. We plan to enter them at our National Specialty this fall!

It’s been forever since we’ve heard from them (and we LOVE to hear from puppy people!!) and we got an email from Blossom’s owners. Blossom is a littermate to Higgins, Price, Journey, etc. and is a dear girl who lives in Canada. She loves to go on long walks, loves other dogs and looks like she’s comfy being queen of the couch. 🙂 Thanks for the update y’all!

Yes, every now and again we do things without our dogs. We were very fortunate to spend a week at Oak Island, NC with our best friends and their two children who are our God children. Here is a night out for ice cream with Molly & Olivia 🙂

To say we are proud of their accomplishment just can’t touch the way we feel! To do general obedience with our breed isn’t the easiest thing to do, but to compete in traditional AKC obedience with a Bloodhound is a huge accomplishment. Beth and Sherman make one of the best teams we’ve ever seen. This Companion Dog Excellent obedience title is a feat all in its own but this was the title he got that inducted him into the American Bloodhound Club’s Working Dog Hall of Fame … this just makes our hearts sing! CONGRATULATIONS!!!!

HIT Sherick M&M’s Red Hot Howitzer, CDX, RE, Am/Can MT, Can RN, WDHOF