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News from Callicoma Kelpies:

10 January 2012
Never trust an ultrasound - Friday has 7 babies!! 2 black girls, 3 chocolate girls, 1 black boy, 1 chocolate boy
11 December 2011
Clarence Dog Sports annual awards presentation - Trick won Best Obedience Dog of the Year and Pepper won Best Show Dog under 18 months of the Year!

8 December 2011
Friday has her ultrasound and has 3 puppies on board (to Harry)
29 October 2011
Pepper wins BEST IN GROUP and Best Junior In Show at Bangalow Show!!
11th October 2011
Katie has finished the 2011 National Agility Competition in The Netherlands in 3rd place (in 2nd Grade for the whole country!) See her final run here: http://youtu.be/ZetuT3lcmkU

8th October 2011
Pepper wins BEST IN GROUP at Kyogle show!

5th October 2011
Ruby whelped 10 babies!!! - 5 boys (4 black, 1 chocolate) and 5 girls (2 black, 3 chocolate). Father is Smithy. (Photo below)
 

24th Sept 2011
Trumps whelped 8 babies - 6 boys (3 black, 3 chocolate) and 2 girls (both chocolate) - all doing well. Father is Jack .      (Photo at right)

Trick with her winnings from the years trials

 
17th & 18th Sept 2011
Harry won Best In the Working Dog Group on Saturday and Runner Up to Best in the Working Dog Group on Sunday at Coffs Harbour Show.

Trick won Novice Obedience, with a score of 186/200 !!

4th Sept 2011
Harry wins 2nd in Open Dog at the Australian Kelpie Club of NSW Championship show, from a big line up of very good dogs (beaten by Jack who went on to win Best In Show!) Pepper won 3rd in Junior Bitch and 2nd in Best Gaited.
3rd Sept 2011

Trick gets her CCD title :-)
2nd Sept 2011
Trumps and Ruby have had their ultrasound - Trumps is carrying 8 or 9 puppies (to Jack) and Ruby has 8 (to Smithy) - wow am I in for a busy time!!
23 July 2011
Quix gets his GD (Gamblers Dog) title
10 July 2011
Trumps and Friday both get their ET (Endurance Tested) title.
7th June 2011
After 5 selection trials, Katie qualifies in first place to compete in the Netherlands Championship of agility! And Flash qualifies for the European Open Agility Championships!

29 May 2011
Pepper wins Best Junior in Group at Dogs NSW Northern Region Show (and we get my favourite photo ever taken - thanks www.paul-s-photography.com )

Quix gets his PT title in herding!

12 May 2011
Katya has the million dollar baby (frozen semen AI and then a c-section!) - 1 puppy - Callicoma Million Dollar Baby, or "Dollar"
 
11 & 14 May 2011
Pepper wins Best Puppy in Group at Maclean Show, and Best Puppy In Show at Bonville Show.

 
30th April 2011
Pepper wins Best Puppy In Show at Nambucca Show!

6th March 2011

Pepper is just in to the puppy class and she won Runner Up To Best in the Working Dog Group at Casino show!


December 2010

Katie becomes Belgium Winner 2010 and also International Champion :-)


28th November 2010

Pepper's first show in the minor puppy class and she wins Best of Breed and Best Minor Puppy in the working dog group!


21st November 2010

Pepper's 5th show and 5th time of winning best baby puppy in the working dog group - we are in with the big kids in future shows - no more baby classes.
30th October 2010
Pepper's 4th show - and 4th best baby in the working dog group!
 
23rd October
Pepper's third show - Nth Coast National - best baby in the working dog group again!
 
9th October
Pepper's second show - Kyogle show - best baby puppy in the working dog group, and Trumps won best Intermediate in Group.
 
25th September
Pepper's first show  - Nimbin Show - best baby puppy in the working dog group
 
10th September
Katie becomes Netherlands Champion

11th &12th Sept 2010
We dare to have a go at a Dances With Dogs trial - very scary!! But Ruby passes both days and gets her DWDF.S title :-)

1st August 2010
Ruby wins 1st place in Excellent Agility 400 and gains her ADX title :-)

24th & 25th July
Trumps wins best of breed and Best Intermediate in Group both days at Coffs show - this gives her her Australian Championship title :-)

26th June 2010
Trumps wins runner up to best in group at Lismore show! Also best Intermediate in Group :-)

 

19/20 June 2010
Ruby gets 1st place Excellent Agility and 1st place Masters Jumping at Clarence District Kennel Club's trial.
 
25th May 2010
Billee had babies - two boys (both black) and two girls (one black and one chocolate) - all are doing well.
 
23rd May 2010
Tigger got her CD obedience title in Perth :-)
 
22 May 2010
Friday has been mated to Harry - puppies due 24 July
 
14 - 21 May 2010
It is birthday week - happy 1st birthday to the Lollies litter (14th), happy 11th birthday to Chief (15th), happy second birthday to the Proteas litter (21st)
 
1 & 2 May 2010
What a weekend for winning for the Callicomas, not only all over Australia, but all over the world - Flash trialled in agility in Luxemburg and won 2 x 1st place and 1 x 2nd place in agility and 2 x 1st place in jumping.

30 April & 2 May 2010
Trumps wins Best Intermediate in the Working Group at Clarence P & A and Clarence District Kennel Club.

30 April 2010
Quix got  a quali and 4th place at the Agility Nationals in Perth and qualified for the finals. Sadly not so good in the final - oh well. Whist, Capella and Kelly also got qualis at the Nationals, but did not make the finals.

19 April 2010
Billee has been ultrasounded - 4 puppies seen :-)

 

Flash, her son Ready and Xanatos at the trial 2nd May

22 March 2010
Billee has been mated to Jack - Grand Champion Mountainmist Mandingo PT (we flew him up from Melbourne and he lived here for a week). He was a joy to have around. Puppies due 24th May.

11 March 2010
Jive has 8 babies - 5 girls and 3 boys

13 January 2010
Ultrasound shows Linne is not pregnant :-(

11th January 2010
Jive has been mated to Harry - puppies due 15th March

17 December 2009
Linne has been artificially inseminated with frozen semen from Jack - puppies due 17 February!!

Jack when he was staying here

 
12 December 2009
Katie has done it again - Best of Breed at the Brussels Dog Show in Belgium. This gave her the title Belgium Winner 09.

22nd November 2009
Katie wins Best of Breed at the Australian Cattle Dog and Kelpie Club show in the Netherlands
(32 kelpies entered!!!)

18 October 2009
Happy 1st Birthday to the Card Games litter!!

17 October 2009
Trumps won Best Puppy in the Working Dog Group at Casino show. Katie won best of breed at the Nationale Ausstelling in Germany.

Katie and her winnings from one weekend of showing!

16 October 2009
Katie wins best of breed at the Bundessieger show in Dortmund Germany. This gave her the title of Bundejugendsieger 09 (Junior Bundessieger Winner 2009).
 
September 2009
We have just had two health scares: Choc got a paralysis tick and had to receive anti-serum, but is OK now after a few days at the vets, and Willow got parvo virus!! - agh! - despite receiving her vaccinations she managed to contract this often fatal disease. 8 days in intensive care, and a blood transfusion, but she is now back to her normal self - phew!
 
20th September 2009
Starr got his GD (Gamblers Dog) title at Coffs Harbour agility trial.
 
15th September 2009
No puppies :-(  Friday did not get pregnant.
 
6th September 2009
Australian Kelpie Club of NSW speciality show:
Harry won 1st place Open Dog & Reserve Challenge Dog
Billee won 1st place Open Bitch & Best Open in Show & Champion Headed of Show
Trumps won 1st place Puppy Bitch & Best Puppy in Show
We also won the breeders group with Bundy, Billee and Trumps!

30 August 2009
Trumps won best puppy in group at Coffs Harbour Kennel Club show

2nd August 2009
Ruby won 1st place in Excellent Agility (400) both today and yesterday!!
 

18 July 2009
Ruby got her JDX and SD titles at Coffs Harbour trial

14 July 2009
Friday has been mated to Bundy - puppies due 15th Sept 2009.

 

 
5 July 2009
Ruby got her SPD and GD title at Grafton trial

 

I only started reporting the news in July 2009 so nothing written before then - sorry!