ARDISTAN NEWS TODAY
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November 23, 2008 Well, in OTHER news ... Our barn is done! An "Affordable Barn" has appeared on our land! The structure was up in late summer, then the gravel fill went around the outside edges and the sand went into the stalls. Hay came from the neighbors to fill another stall and the tack room was put right. Then the poplar floors went down and Hey, Presto! the barn's done! Check it out!
October, 2008 Finally! Some GREAT news!! Temujin and I went to the London Canine Association shows in Tillsonburg southern Ontario and for the 2008 AMCC National Specialty. On Friday the 17th Temujin went BOS and scored big points as there was a large showing of Mals in preparation for the Nationals. Check out the pictures of Tem's show shots from this year!
July 30, 2008 There's a new horse here! Meet Scooter!
June 13, 2008 Well, sometimes you're lucky and disappoint the Angel of Death. In late April Berri came down with an illness. I could easily see she was not happy. I took her in the house and took her temperature and it was 107F!! With the advice of my regular on call vet, off to the emergency clinic we went. It did not look good. I had to leave her there after a time and I got home at 4AM. Next day she looked pretty ragged, I looked into her eyes expecting the tell tale "look", but instead I saw her say to me, "Hang on. I feel like crap, but I'm coming home." She gave me a weak kiss, a mere tip of the tongue on my cheek. I told the folks at the clinic to do whatever they had to. The following day she was up and stumbling around, but at least she looked at me, whined and wagged her tail as to say, "look! See, I'm getting better. I had expected some internal ailment, pancreas or liver, as she was very very ill. All the tests including the biopsy came back negative! In the end we don't know what it was. The fever should have killed her to begin with, but with her convalescing in the puppy room at home and getting better every day, it wasn't too long before I had my Berri back. It took a month before she wanted to go back to hang out with her brother, Buddy, in their kennel, and even then she didn't stay long. I stayed with her many a night as she slept beside me on the floor as I slept in my chair. All is good now. She's slowed down a bit, I think its cost her, but right now she's happy and healthy. I'm so glad I took the extra time to ask her what she wanted and that I listened.
Mar 18, 2008 Logan is growing up and doing well!
Mar 9, Jochi and Kid show that Malamutes can play with other dogs!
Jan 20, New feature - The Play page!
Check often as I will be adding to it regularly! It can also be found on the main menu inside the website
Jan 18, new pictures of Logan!
Jan 14, 2008 Happy New Year!
Bring it in with new Extended Family pictures of Nanook!!
Dec. 1, 2007 One day at the Calgary Kennel and Obedience Club show and Jochi takes the points with BW and BP
Nov 26, 2007 - Extended Family page updated with new pics of Tundra, Logan and Talisker
Nov 16, 17, 18 - The AMCC National in Winnipeg
Well, Khatun went on a plane ride with her cousin Temujin to the National Specialty and the WAMM Specialty in Winnipeg. Mercifully the flight was uneventful and the weather in 'Winterpeg' unseasonably warm! Khatun went second in the Jr Puppy Female class in the AMCC Sweepstakes, then third in Jr Puppy Female class in the AMCC National itself and second in her class in the WAMM Specialty. I was very proud of my little girl! Temujin again showed himself the consummate ambassador of Ardistan Kennel, he showed well, was a joy to show and got many compliments from competitors and spectators alike. I couldn't be prouder of him.
Nov 3 and 4, 2007 Not Bad in Red Deer either!
Now at 8 months both Jochi and Khatun are getting to be old hands in the ring! Khatun duplicated her wins from Camrose, Winners Bitch, Best of Winners, Best of Opposite Sex and Best Puppy on the one day and Jochi, Winners Dog and Best Puppy the other day!
Oct 13 and 14, 2007 Great show in Camrose!!
With their first shows as 7 month old pups Khatun and Jochi get their first points. On the Saturday Khat, Ardistan's Yeke Khatun, took Winners Bitch, Best of Winners, Best of Opposite Sex and Best Puppy! Jochi, Ardistan's Golden Khan, got Reserve Winners Dog. On the Sunday Jochi went Winners Dog, Best of Winners and Best Puppy. Khat was Reserve Winners Bitch So, all in all it was a successfull foray back into the ring after a lengthy absence for me and a GREAT day for the pups.
Next Show Red Deer, then the AMCC National with Temujin and Khatun, and then finally the Calgary show to round out the Fall season.
Sept 24th, 2007 Jochi and Khatun are seven months old !!
Feb. 24, 2007 Passion delivers 4 pups!!
Nov. 9, 2006 A friend and mentor in dogsledding, Marc Champagne, has passed away very unexpectedly. Please click here to visit my tribute to him
Aug. 24th Passion, is right on que, but has only one puppy!
August 18th. The Buddy Missy pups are doing well.
Click the link above to see!
August 14th. Missy has two puppies.
As per usual Missy had a small litter, but I hadn't really imagined one that small! Two pups, one female and the other male. The female arrived at 9:40 PM and the male at 10:20, both were 17 ounces at birth. With only the two of them they should grow like weeds!!
We're still waiting .....
Aug 13th. 9:00 AM Missy's temperature fell this morning, the precursor to labour. So I suspect sometime tonight or early tomorrow morning she'll begin. To help you keep track of puppies click here, or click on Puppies on the Main Menu.
We are waiting and waiting and waiting ...
Its the 10th of August and Missy is due this Sunday, the 13th of August, 2006. To be followed by Passion on the 24th! The whelping room is nearly ready, one more day to get that done!
Good Days
Followed by the breeding of Buddy to Missy on June 10th and 11th, Passion was AI'd to Stoli on the 21st. Now we just have to wait to see if we have puppies expected on August 13th and the 24th! Stay tuned.
A Sad Day
Its been a rough week culminating on Wednesday May 31, 2006 with my beloved Junior (Can Ch Ardistan's Fraser Junior) crossing over the rainbow bridge. It is hard to believe when I look out to the kennel that he is not regally sitting on his doghouse, with his sister Passion close by, surveying his domain. As good friends Ron and Laurie said, "... we're just remembering a very cool dog." You will be missed my boy, you will be missed. Farewell.
Planning for Puppies
It's the 10th of May, 2006. We're waiting for the girls Missy and Passion to come into season! They should come in during May and June. To see what we're doing and who the males are go to the Puppy Announcement page.
The New Year is Very Different
The US National was a real eye opener. I ended up taking Temujin. He showed well, I was sorta okay and we had a great load of fun together! It was fabulous to meet in person all the names I have known over the internet. I also had a great time meeting new people. I learned much and with that changed a little of what I was planning for my own kennel. Cool. I'm going both inside and outside the box and then on down the road again. Thanks Indiana!!
Heading to the US National this year!
Well, finally I am in fact going to the Nov 2005 AMCA National Specialty in Columbus, Indiana (how many Columbus's are there in the US anyway?), my flights are booked and benching space reserved, hotel reserved, vehicular travel co-ordinated (all thanks to Laurie Newburn). Not sure who I'm taking yet, it's a toss up between Passion and her nephew Temujin . I'm leaning pretty heavily towards Passion actually, she's the best mover. Tem has more time on his hands and could use more maturity.
Passion does well at AKC summer shows!!
Well, we were entered in the 2005 Alberta Kennel Club summer show all four days; Friday July 29, 30, 31 and Aug 1st. But due to a scheduling foul-up of Mr Stanbridge's get 'em done so fast they create their own absenteeism and then we can go even faster! and the lack of nerve of the ring steward and organizers to maintain a decent schedule inspite of the rantings of this judge, we missed Sunday's show - with arguably the greatest spectator attendance and so most unfortunate for the Malamute spectators that day. Many exhibitors in Group 3 missed their times - what should have taken more than an hour and a half until Mals were up took only 45 minutes. And!!! we had showed up about 20 minutes ahead of schedule because of his reputation for racing through the schedule and still we were late by 10 to 15 minutes!!! It was a sham to say the least. Inspite of this setback, Passion was still able to shine on the other 3 days going Best Of Opposite each time. Her winning feature? Movement.
No Puppies!!
Maybe its the year 2005; the rain, the flooded and wrecked puppy room, the Pink Lady butterflies that came like snowflakes one day and flew by in the gazillions for a week, the fresh snow in the mountains in the middle of summer - I dunno ..... but we'll try again in the Fall.
1/200 year flood hits - 7 inches of rain in 36 hours just 10 days after 5 inches in three days!!
Check out these pages of flood pictures that I have taken June 17, 18, 19 and 21st
Buddy continues to shine while collecting his Can. Championship!!
Bud (Ch. Ardistan's Magical Buddy) is awarded Best of Winners on Saturday (March 12/05) and Sunday (March 13/05) of the Calgary Kennel and Obedience Club Shows to finish his Canadian Championship!! This makes him the 3rd son and 4th member of seven offspring of Fraser and Moe to finish. This is a wonderful legacy to their parents, particularly sire BISS Am/Can Ch Waterstone Meandering Fraser TT. I have to admit I was a little choked up when I was awarded the BW as I remembered Buddy's sire. As I looked into Bud's eyes I said under my breath, "You should be proud Frase, all of your sons and one daughter are finished Can. Champions." Not bad, not bad at all.
"Buddy" does well at Alberta Kennel Club shows!!!