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Calypso news for 2008 is listed below.

05/11/2008 - Calypso's Hollywood Drama, Howard, went WD and BOW today for his first point at the Cabrillo Kennel Club show in Del Mar, California! Congratulations to Howard and his owners, the McKinley Family. Howard went RWD yesterday, his very first time in the show ring!

05/10/2008 - Jack went WD/BOW today for 1 pt in Klamath Falls, Oregon. Congratulations to his owner/handler, Bonnie Kost. Great job!

05/08/2008 - I just received the following news from Deb St. Meyer about Ryan's daughter, Sienna - Sienna finished her last leg of her Novice Fast title with 3 clean runs and 3 first places. Then placed first in Ex. Standard (1st leg) with a clean run....with a belly flopper onto the table...Although she recovered with a wiggly tail and a big stretch as if she planned it. Finally she earned her first leg in EX. Jumpers with another clean run and another 1st place.. What a great weekend. Congratulations to Deb and Sienna. We are really proud of you both! Sienna has also been Optigen tested recently for PRA and FN and is Normal/Clear on both. Great news!

Also, Jack, Calypso's Fortunate Series Of Events, went WD today in Klamath Falls, Oregon, for 1 pt. Congratulations to Jack and his owner/handler, Bonnie. That makes a total of eight points, including both majors for Jack.

05/04/2008 - Calypso Eveready Mischief, Finn, went WD for 1 point in Elma, Washington handled by his owner, Melissa Olivas. Congratulations to Melissa and Finn!

New photos on Marcus' and Jack's pages.

04/28/2008 -  Jennifer and I took some of our dogs to Marymoor Dog Park last Friday. I created a gallery of the photos I took while we were there and added a link to them on the Photo Gallery page. Pictured are Jennifer's three, Chloe, Halo and her golden retriever, Sadie, and most of my crew. Also, the owners of Chase, from the I Litter, have added some photos to his personal website. Click here to visit his site: Chase's Website

04/24/2008 - I finally added pages for the two newest members to our household. Lexi, Flyers Queens, flew here from Kennel Flyers in Finland at the age of 6 months. Other than my Sophie, I can't remember ever having been this in love with a dog. Lexi is super friendly, cheerful, funny, outgoing, etc. I just *love* her! Everyone should have a dog this charming and funny at some time in their lives (-: Our other newest member will be a surprise to those of you who don't know about her. We have our first parti-color, a lovely, chunky liver roan girl who Neil has named Mocha. She is very smart and very food driven. She is a super prospect for performance and Neil will have a blast training for and competing with her in agility, I am sure. Her registered name will be Terigen Larkspur Chocolatté. 

Mocha and Lexi

Mocha, Lexi and Jasmine

04/23/2008 - Most of the pages on this website have been updated. There are new photos on the Gallery of Boys and Gallery of Girls pages and also on many of the dogs' individual pages.

04/21/2008 - Our last day of shows (it was so nice to finally head home!) Halo, Calypso's Hidden Halo, was WD, BOW and BOB. Chloe, Calypso Can't Catch Me, was WB/BOS and Calypso's Golden Attraction, Gina, went RWB. My dogs were all tired and ready to go home, where they have room to run and play with their toys and friends. They did win a few new dog toys, which they were quite happy about. One has already been de-stuffed by Jasmine, our resident toy killer (-:

04/20/2008 - Day 3 of our four day dog show weekend (-: Wincent went BOB, Finn went WD, Halo was RWD, Jasmine was WB, BOW, and BOS, and Chloe was RWB.

04/19/2008 - Another day of dog shows. Wincent was Best of Breed, Calypso Eveready Mischief, Finn, was Winners Dog and Best Of Winners, Calypso's Hidden Halo, Halo, was RWD, Calypso's Hooligan, Jasmine, went WB/BOS and Calypso Can't Catch Me, Chloe, was RWB. Jasmine also was Best Bred By Exhibitor and went Group 4 in the Bred by Exhibitor Sporting Group.

There was a puppy match after the show and I entered our little red girl from Finland, Lexi, to see how she would do. She had a blast and absolutely *loves* dog shows. She went Group 2 in the puppy sporting group behind a very cute golden retriever puppy. She moved beautifully, wagged her tail the whole time, and overall really enjoyed the experience. She will make her debut in a "real" show soon and I hope she does as well then!

04/18/2008 - We attended a dog show in Lewiston, Washington. Wincent went Winners Dog, Best Of Winners, and Best Of Breed and won the final point he needed to finish his Championship. He is now Ch Lagromi Play It Again. He is practicing a little obedience and will be in the Novice Rally ring this fall (-: Reserve WD went to Calypso's Hidden Halo, WB was Calypso's Golden Attraction, Gina, and RWB was Calypso Can't Catch Me, Chloe. Gina also went best puppy and Group 2 in the puppy Sporting Group.

04/12-13/2008 - We went to dog shows in Moses Lake this weekend. Wincent, Lagromi Play It Again, went Winners Dog for 1 pt on Saturday and 1 pt on Sunday. He now needs just one more point to finish his Championship! Finn, Calypso Eveready Mischief was RWD both days. Gina, Calypso's Golden Attraction, was WB and BOW both days for her first two points. She had a hard time keeping four on the floor, but she had fun (-: Look below to see a photo of my handsome Winnie-The-Pooh!

03/19/2008 - Portia's pedigree and a photo of her sire have been added to her page.

03/13/2008 - The links on the F litter page are finally working. They have not worked since I uploaded this version of our website as a few pages didn't get transferred when we made the change to the new site. I also transferred our 2006 News page.

03/12/2007 - Sophie's puppies are all in their new homes. Here is a link to Green Boy, Ian, now called Chase's web page: Following Chase

Calypso Can't Catch Me, Chloe, passed her Canine Good Citizen test. Way to go, Chloe! Chloe is owned by Jennifer Vandecar and is a half sister to my Sophie.

I received this great photo of Roxanne, who lives in California with her owner, Nancy Asner. Roxanne is from our H Litter.

And another great photo from Cory and Frasier! Spoiled?... you tell me (-:

Last, but not least, Gina and Jack. Gina went to play with Jack at Bonnie's house for two weeks and had a great time! This is a photo Bonnie sent of them playing.

03/02/3008 - Marcus went Winners Dog, Best Of Winners and Best Of Opposite Sex for 5 points! This finished his Canadian Championship. Sophie qualified in Rally for her 3rd Rally Novice leg with a score of 96 out of a possible 100. This finished her Canadian Rally Novice title!

03/01/2008 - Marcus went Best In Puppy Sweeps and Reserve Winners Dog at the BC Cocker Specialty show. Sophie went High In Trial with a score of 196 from the Novice B Class for her first Can CD leg. She also qualified again in Rally for her second Rally leg. Taffy went 1st in both her regular 12-18 mth class and her sweepstakes class.

02/29/2008 - Marcus went Winners Dog for 2 points at the Lower Mainland Dog Fanciers Of BC show in Cloverdale. Sophie qualified in Novice Rally with 2nd place and a score of 95 for her first Canadian RN leg.

02/27/2008 - I have two photo albums of my Sophie puppies to share: Sophie Puppies 7 Weeks, Sophie Puppies Playing.

I also wanted to share these photos of Taffy taken at her first fun match in April of 2007. I think she was about 5 1/2 months old. I can't believe Marcus and Taffy are almost 16 months old. They grew up too fast )-: They had to be the cutest puppies I have ever had.

02/21/2008 - Lovey now has her own page. Wincent, Jack and Sophie have all had new photos added to their pages.

02/13/2008 - The puppies had baths and their first haircuts tonight. Here are their photos at 5.5 Weeks: I Litter - 5.5 Weeks I cannot even begin to describe how lovely it is to only have four puppies. I am enjoying this litter so much. They are a very friendly and funny group of puppies. Irving is so, so funny, very chunky with a healthy appetite. He is always groaning when having his hair cut or getting his nails trimmed, but does not pull away at all. Ian reminds me of his mom (my darling Sophie who I adore!) and I think will be the best of the two boys for performance. I think the two girls will be my picks in the litter for show. They are both really lovely. I have a hard time deciding which I like best. I can't wait until they are a week or two older and I can see a bit more of how they will turn out.

02/11/2008 - Neil took a few of our dogs to Albany, Oregon for two days of shows this weekend. I stayed home with the puppies, who turned 5 weeks old on Friday. On Saturday, Neil showed Wincent and Taffy. Wincent went Winners Dog for a 3 point major and Taffy went RWB. On Sunday, Neil showed Marcus and Taffy. Marcus went Winners Dog and Best Of Opposite Sex, Taffy went Winners Bitch, Best Of Winners and Best Of Breed! They both won 2 points. These points finished Marcus' Championship, so he is now Ch Calypso's Element Of Surprise. Also, Marcus and Taffy's half brother, Jack, went Reserve Winners Dog. Thank you to judges Karen Ericson and Sandy Olsen for these nice wins!

01/30/2008 - Here is a cute video clip I wanted to share. I hope it works. If you have time, send me an e-mail and let me know how it works for you (too slow, didn't work at all, etc.)

First, I want to say #1 Obviously, we do not park our cars in the garage (-: It is an area devoted almost completely to our cockers. #2 English Cockers create their own Rainy Day entertainment, and thank goodness they do, since we live in the rainy Pacific Northwest. #3 I put my BA in Elementary Education to good use these days. My dogs think I know the very best games (-:

Rainy Day Play

Okay, here is another video clip. This one turned out at a larger upload size, so I have no idea how well this will work. Let me know how it works for you!

Rainy Day Play 2

01/29/2008 - I added a page for Ginger and I also added a gallery of photos to the Photo Gallery page. The photos were taken on a Friday in December of 2007 when Jennifer and I took our dogs to the dog park in the Lakewood / Tacoma area. The dogs had fun, but I spent all afternoon bathing them (-: Pictured are Marcus, Jasmine, Gina, Casey, and Jennifer's three, Chloe, Halo, and her golden retriever, Sadie. I made the gallery while experimenting with the photo gallery feature on Adobe Photoshop. I was not impressed with how the gallery turned out (the photos are too small), but I decided to include it on my photo gallery page anyway.

01/28/2008 - We have snow (our first snow fall of the year)!! My dogs are beyond thrilled and spent several hours this morning playing in the snow. Check out our Snow Album to see photos of Bella, Marcus, Taffy, Gina and Jasmine playing in the snow. There are five pages of photos, so take a look at them all. There are some cute shots of Gina on the teeter and of the whole group wrestling together. They had a really good time and have been sleeping all afternoon.

01/25/2008 - New photos of our January litter have been uploaded. They are looking sooo cute. I am in love with the little No Collar Boy (what a mushy face) and with the little black girl. They are all really cute, healthy, and keep me very entertained. Sophie is still very in love with them and will lay in their box with them and lick their little faces. Sophie's Litter

01/23/2008 - The photo from Marcus' win at Puyallup has been added to his page. Jasmine's 8 week photos were added to her page and many other pages have been updated as well.

01/21/2008 - Jack, Calypso's Fortunate Series Of Events, went WD for a 3 pt major win handled by his owner, Bonnie Kost. Congratulations, Bonnie!!!

01/19/2008 - Jasmine, Calypso's Hooligan, went RWB from the 6-9 mth class under judge Bud Didonato.

01/18/2008 - Marcus went WD/BOW for his 4th major win under judge Desmond J Murphy. Jack, Calypso's Fortunate Series Of Events, was RWD. Gina, Calypso's Golden Attraction, was RWB from the 6-9 mth class her very first time in the show ring!

01/13/2007 - Wincent, Lagromi Play It Again, was RWD to a 4 pt major under judge Honey Glendinning.

01/11/2008 - Today Marcus, Calypso's Element Of Surprise, went Winners Dog in Puyallup, Wa for a 3 point major. This is his 3rd major win!

01/04/2008 - We started the new year with a new litter. My lovely Sophie, Am/Can Ch Calypso Audacity Strikes CD RN WD, gave birth to four beautiful babies. We had 2 black boys, 1 black girl and 1 red girl. They are so lovely and chunky. Here is a link to photos of the new babies: Sophie's Puppies.