Knight (DC Lieblinghs Odyssey Air Jordan JH x CH AFC Madrone Southwind Chime MH AX MXJ) finished his RN title at the Cypress Creek KC show in Houston on November 8th.

 

Halo (DC Lieblinghs Odyssey Air Jordan JH x CH AFC Madrone Southwind Chime MH AX MXJ)  beat almost 200 photos of GSPs to win Best German Shorthaired Pointer in the contest sponsored by the Austin (TX) American Statesman. ( November 2008)

 

Halo (DC Lieblinghs Odyssey Air Jordan JH x CH AFC Madrone Southwind Chime MH AX MXJ) earned the first two legs of her CD at the Shetland Sheepdog Club of Austin trials in Hutto, TX  on November 1st and 2nd.  On November 2nd, she took 4th place in her class.

 

Halo (DC Lieblinghs Odyssey Air Jordan JH x CH AFC Madrone Southwind Chime MH AX MXJ) got WB & BOW at the German Shorthaired Pointer Club of San Antonio’s fall specialty on October 24th for an additional 2 points towards her championship.

 

Chime (DC Lieblinghs Odyssey Air Jordan JH x CH AFC Madrone Southwind Chime MH AX MXJ) finished her Senior Hunter title

at the hunt test in Highland, Michigan on October 5th.

 

Ring gave birth to 10 puppies (6 girls and 4 boys) on May 30.  The father is DC/AFC 3 x NSTRA CH Gambel’s Odyssey Fritz MH RD VCX NAVHDA Utility Prize II. 

 

Ring had an ultrasound on April 27th and she’s definitely pregnant.  The vet found at least six puppies (which means there’s probably more).  Her due date is around June 1st.

 

Chime  (DC Lieblinghs Odyssey Air Jordan JH x CH AFC Madrone Southwind Chime MH AX MXJ) won WB at the Saginaw Valley Kennel Club show for two points.  Chime only needs a major to finish her championship.

 

Ring has been bred to DC/AFC/3 x NSTRA CH Gamble’s Odyssey Fritz MH RD VCX NAVHDA UT Prize II.

 

Ring qualified in Excellent Jumpers at the Alamo Dog Obedience Club agility trial on March 16 to finish her Master Excellent Jumpers title.

 

Madrone Heavenly Halo (DC Lieblinghs Odyssey Air Jordan JH x CH AFC Madrone Southwind Chime MH AX MXJ) won WB & BOW for a 3 pt. major at the San Antonio KC show on March 9th. 

 

Optigen Laboratory has informed us that Dizzy’s CD (cone degeneration) test is normal.  That means she does not carry the gene for CD and can never produce a puppy affected by it.

 

Ring placed 4th in Open Gun Dog in a 5 point major (26 dogs) at the Bluebonnet Brittany Trial in Brownwood, TX on February 23rd.

 

Ring placed 2nd in Open Gun Dog at the GSPC of San Antonio walking field trial on January 27.

 

Dizzy placed 4th in both Amateur Gun Dog and Open Gun Dog at the Hill Country Pointing Dog Trial in Brownwood, TX

on January 12 & 13th

 

Ring placed 2nd in Open Gun Dog at the Gulf Coast GSPC walking field trial  on January 6th.

 

Ring qualified in Excellent Standard at the Austin Golden Retriever Agility Trial in Hutto, TX on December 8th.

 

Dizzy placed 4th in Amateur Gun Dog at the GSPC of San Antonio field trial on December 1st.

 

Ring placed 4th in Open Gun Dog at the Gulf Coast GSPC field trial on November 18.

 

Ring placed 3rd in Open Gun Dog at the Bluebonnet Brittany field trial on November 16.

 

Ring placed 3rd in Open Gun Dog at the Lone Star GSPC field trial on November 4th.

Ring qualified in both Excellent Standard and Excellent Jumpers with Weaves on Saturday, October 27 at the Flashpaws agility trial in Houston, TX.  She needs only one more Jumpers leg to finish her MXJ and two more Standard legs to finish her  MX title.

 

Dizzy won WB and 1 pt. in Belton, TX at the Fun-tier KC show on October 21st.

 

Madrone Heavenly Halo won Best of Breed from the classes over four Specials at the Fun-tier KC show in Belton, TX on October 20th.

 

Whole Foods has announced that the cover dog you see on the package of their new holistic dog food will be none other than Madrone Heavenly Halo (DC Lieblinghs Odyssey Air Jordan JH x CH AFC Madrone Southwind Chime MH AX AXJ).  Halo’s picture won over hundreds of pictures submitted to Whole Foods and will be on their shelves nationwide when the dog food is introduced in November or December.

 

Madrone Commontion In Motion RD “Chime” (DC Lieblinghs Odyssey Air Jordan JH x CH AFC Madrone Southwind Chime MH AX AXJ) earned her RDX at the Southern Michigan Weimaraner Club’s annual water test on July 29.

 

Ring qualified in 20” Excellent B Standard at the Austin Golden Retriever Club trial in Hutto, TX on July 29 for her 7th MX leg.  She was almost 10 seconds under time and gained 9 points toward her MACH. 

 

Madrone Celestial Knight “Knight” (DC Lieblinghs Odyssey Air Jordan JH x CH AFC Madrone Southwind Chime MH AX AXJ) finished his Show Championship at the Houston Kennel Club show on July 19th.

 

Ring qualified in 20” Excellent B Standard at the Houston Kennel Club show on July, 19th for her sixth MX leg  and another 5 points towards her MACH.

 

Czar crossed over the rainbow bridge on July 7.  We will miss him terribly.

 

Ring qualified in Excellent Standard B at the Collie Club of Austin agility trial in Hutto, TX on June 17 for the fifth leg of her MX title.  She also received 5 points towards her MACH.

 

We received news from the Orthopedic Foundation for Animals that Dizzy is OFA Excellent!  Her elbows were also evaluated and were rated Normal.

 

Ring had an ultrasound on April 30 and, unfortunately, she’s not pregnant.

 

CH AFC Madrone Southwind Chime MH AX AXJ was bred to FC/ 3 x NSTRA CH Gambel’s Odyssey Fritz MH on April 3, 2007.