Friday,
December 7, 2007. Wow, this last month has just flown by. I took
Sophie to a UKC show two weeks
ago so that we could try one out. It was the first UKC show I
had ever been to. It was a lot like a really large puppy match.
There were four shows in two days and that was probably the best
thing about the weekend. They also give out very nice ribbons. I
recommend it for practice with handling or for practicing with
young dogs, but it wasn't worth the time unless you need to
practice. Sophie had fun, though, and I was able to socialize
some puppies. She was the only English Cocker, but earned Group
placements at each of the shows and based on those wins, she
finished her UKC Championship. You can read about UKC at
www.ukcdogs.com
Our Puppy Questionnaire
is now available in an electronic format. If you fill it out,
please send me an e-mail at
calysoecs@yahoo.com to let me know, as I want to make sure
it is working properly.
Thursday,
November 22, 2007. Happy Thanksgiving!! Last Saturday, Jack,
Calypso's Fortunate Series Of Events,
went WD/BOS for 3 pts! Also, our Bella earned her 2nd and 3rd
Rally Novice legs last weekend to earn her Rally Novice title.
She is now Am/Can Ch Eden Hills
Attraction RN.
We have a 5 Month old show quality solid red male puppy
available to a pet or show home. Check the
Puppies page for more
information.
Friday,
November 16, 2007. Last Saturday,
Sophie and Marcus both
passed their Canine Good Citizen tests!! We are really proud of
them.
We have a 4 year old spayed red girl available who is a litter
sister to our Sophie. Check our
Available Adults
page for more information.
Friday,
November 9, 2007. Our Puppies
page is updated. We have a litter expected in January.
I have some really cute photos to share that have been sent to
me by the owners of English Cockers we have bred. Thanks
everyone for sending me photos!
Frasier, from the Wincent x
Bella litter.
Ginger, from the Hemi x Bella
litter.
Jeep, also from the Hemi x Bella
litter, and his BFF, Corky, owned by Michelle and Roger Eastman.
This is such a cute photo!
Sunday,
October 14, 2007. There is a new photo of
Marcus winning his second major on his page.
Saturday,
October 13, 2007. We recently returned from the English Cocker
Spaniel Club Of Canada National Specialty show in Cloverdale, BC
where we had a great time!! Our lovely red girl, Bella, went Winners Bitch at the National to finish her
Canadian Championship. She is now
Am/Can CH Eden Hills Attraction. Now it is on to performance
events for her. Our other brag is that our black dog,
Calypso's Fortunate Series Of Events
"Jack", who is co-owned with Bonnie and Larry Kost won his
Bred By Exhibitor class at the National and then went on to win
Winners Dog/Best Of Winners at the All Breed show the afternoon
after the National. That win gave him 5 points towards his
Canadian Championship!! Thanks for letting us borrow him for
these shows, Bonnie!
Jack is pictured below. Also,
Taffy has a new photo on her
page of her BOB win in Bozeman, MT.
Sunday, September 30, 2007.
Wincent went Winners Dog/Best Of Winners for 1 pt at the
Richland Kennel Club show. There is a new photo of
Finn on his page.
Tuesday,
September 25, 2007. Last Wednesday and Thursday we went to the
shows in Bozeman, MT. Calypso's
Element Of Attraction "Taffy" went WB/BOW/BOB on Wednesday
for 3 points and on Thursday
Calypso's Element Of Surprise "Marcus" went WD/BOW/BOB for 3
points. Also, Jack and
Taffy have new photos on their
pages.
Sunday,
September 16, 2007. Calypso's
Eveready Mischief "Finn" owned by Melissa Olivas went WD/BOW
at the Wenatchee Kennel Club show for 2 pts. Congratulations to
Melissa and Finn.
Monday,
September 10, 2007. New photos and video in the
Photo Gallery.
The Puppies page is also
updated.
Sunday, September 2, 2007. Calypso Cause I Can, Lovie, went
Winners Bitch for 1 pt at the Lexington, KY dog show.
Congratulations to her owner, Terry Jent, who also put points on
another of his dogs that weekend. Way to go!
Friday, August 31, 2007. This new version of our website is
being uploaded. We hope you like it! If you find any errors on
the new website, please feel free to e-mail and let us know
about them. Thanks!
Wednesday,
August 22, 2007. Wincent's OFA results are here. He has Hips OFA
Good, Elbows OFA Normal and Patellas OFA Normal (-: We have two
male puppies available. Please
check the
Puppies page for more information.
Friday,
August 10, 2007. It has been super busy here, so no recent
updates to my website. Sorry )-: Taffy earned a point at the
Hurricane Ridge show in Sequim, WA the weekend before last under
judge Pat Trotter. She is looking soooo cute! We will be at the
Cascade English Cocker Spaniel Fanciers Regional Specialty show
in Enumclaw, WA next Friday and will be at the two days of
all-breed shows to follow. There will be a large entry of
English Cockers, so come watch!
I have a lot of new puppy photos to share. Here
are the Bella puppies at 7.5 weeks:
Bella Puppies Album Here are
the Sophie puppies at 6 Weeks:
Sophie Puppies Album
Saturday,
July 14, 2007. Wincent has a new photo album. Click here to see
it:
Wincent's Album. Also, I
started a blog:
www.speakspaniel.blogspot.com
Tuesday,
July 10, 2007. Last weekend Jack, Calypso's Fortunate Series Of
Events, owned by Bonnie Kost went WD and BOW in Bandon, Oregon
for his first point from the 6-9 month class. This is Bonnie's
first show dog, so it was her first point as well. Way to go,
Bonnie and Jack!!!
There are new photos of our Bella/Hemi puppies
posted. You can see them by going to our
Puppies page or by clicking here:
G Litter.
Wednesday,
July 4, 2007. Happy 4th of July!! Here is a link to view some
photos of our most recent trip to the dog park:
Dog Park Photos
Also, here is a link to join a Yahoo Group that
I currently moderate called English Cocker Spaniel Fanciers. It
is geared more towards the pet owner. If you are a serious
breeder/exhibitor, you would probably enjoy the ECFanciers list
more, but this list is great for owners wanting to chat about
their English Cockers or for anyone who does not own an English
Cocker that would like to get more information about the breed.
Click to join englishcockerspanielfanciers
Sunday,
July 1st, 2007. Bella's puppies are 2 Weeks old today. You can
see photos of them taken today by clicking here:
G Litter 2 Weeks.
Neil took Taffy (Calypso's Element Of
Attraction) and Marcus (Calypso's Element Of Surprise) to a dog
show in Oregon the weekend of June 23rd and 24th, while I stayed
home to puppy sit. Marcus went Winners Dog and Best of Winners
both days and Taffy went Winners Bitch and Best of Opposite Sex
on Saturday and Reserve WB on Sunday. Not too bad for 7 month
old puppies!!
Sophie whelped her litter on Tuesday, June 26th.
She had 3 Red Boys, 1Red Girl, 2 Black Boys and 1 Black Girl.
Sadly, we lost one of the black boys shortly after birth.
Tuesday,
June 19th, 2007. I have quite a bit of news to share. First,
Bella whelped her litter on Sunday, June 17th. She has five red
girls and four red boys. They are beautiful puppies and we can't
wait to see how they turn out! Second, one of Bella's puppies
from her previous litter, Calypso's Embrace The Moment "Teagan",
went to a show with his owner Cheyenne Schlect this last
weekend. Cheyenne showed him in Junior Showmanship and won her
class twice. Teagan is only seven months old. We are really
impressed as this shows how much she has worked with Teagan and
also what a superb handler she is. Way to go, Cheyenne!! Also,
Teagan went Winners Dog twice handled by Cheyanne to earn his
first two points towards his championship.
A very tired Bella and her nine puppies on
Sunday, June 17th.
Monday,
June 4, 2007. We went to a dog show Saturday in Yakima, WA. It
was soooo hot!!! We did pretty well, so I won't complain too
much (-: Wincent went Winners Dog for 2 pts towards his Championship and
Sophie
qualified in Rally for her 3rd leg towards her Rally Novice
title. Sophie is now
Am/Can CH Calypso
Audacity Strikes CD RN WD. She will be out in the obedience
ring this fall after her puppies have been weaned working
towards her CDX. My goal is to have her ready for Open at our
Cascade Specialty Show in August.
Thursday,
May 31, 2007. Last weekend Lovey, Calypso Cause I Can, went
WB/BOS on Saturday in Cincinnati, OH, for 1 pt and then went
WB/BOW/BOS on Sunday for another point. Congratulations to her
owner, Terry Jent! Marcus has his own web page now. Click here
to see it:
Marcus.
Friday,
May 25, 2007. Lots of news to share! This last weekend our 6
month old Wincent/Bella son, Marcus, had lots of success in
Canada his first weekend out at an All Breed show. He went
Winners dog, Best of Winners, and Best of Breed on Saturday!! He
went on to win Best Puppy In Sporting Group under judge John
Rowton. On Sunday, Marcus went Winners Dog again for a total of
5 pts. Bella was also shown and was WB/BOW on Monday for 2 pts.
We have some new information on our
puppies page about our upcoming litters.
Sunday, May 6, 2007. Taffy, Calypso's Element Of Attraction,
went WB/BOW/BOS her first weekend out in the show ring for 2
pts. We are so proud of her!!! Also, I have a photo I want to
share of Calypso's Fortunate Series Of Events "Jack" who lives
in Oregon and is owned by Bonnie Kost. We think he is a handsome
boy! Jack is out of Quinlan Calypso
Dark Angel "Maxine" and sired by
Lagromi Play It
Again "Wincent."
Tuesday,
May 1, 2007. This last Saturday we showed at the Walla Walla
Kennel Club show.
Portia, Calypso's Don't Make Me Beg, went WB/BOW for 1 pt.
She also was Best Bred By Exhibitor and Bred By Exhibitor
Sporting Group 4. We also entered our puppies in the puppy match
that was 1/2 hour after Best In Show. Taffy surprised us all
with her showy attitude, which earned her BOB over her brothers
and then Sporting Group 1 in the puppy match. It was very cute
watching her in the ring with Neil, whom she adores. We didn't
enter Sunday as we wanted to visit with family that we have in
Eastern WA. I have included some pictures of the Wincent/Bella
puppies below. I'm working on figuring out how to add some short
video clips to my website so that you can see them in action!
I found a great site yesterday listing classes
in the Pacific Northwest area:
http://members.aol.com/daynakin/page1.html
Also, thanks Bonnie for sharing this neat site:
http://www.showdays.info/
Calypso's Element Of Attraction "Taffy"
Calypso's Eveready Mischief "Finn"
Calypso's Element Of Surprise "Marcus"
Friday, April 13, 2007. We took
Bella and
Wincent to
Canada last weekend for a few shows.
Wincent went
WD on Friday for 1 pt and
Bella went WB
on Saturday for 2 pts. We had a photo taken of
Wincent as
he is now looking so much more grown up. You can see his new
photo on his webpage. My two
Wincent/Bella
puppies who are growing up here are looking lovely. They will
both be making their show debuts in May. I'll try to add some
stacked photos of them to my News page within the next few days.
Tuesday, April 3, 2007.
Sophie's new
CD photo arrived!
Thursday,
March 22, 2006. I have just added some photos of my puppies out
on a clipped wing pigeon for the first time. Click here to see
them:
Puppies N Birds.
Thursday,
March 15, 2007. I have a lot of news to share. I haven't been
keeping this site up to date recently as I have been out of town
for almost three weeks. I visited an English Cocker specialty in
SC and one in WI and had a great visit with Debbie O. Thanks so
much, Debbie, for having me for such a long visit! You can check
out Debbie's website at
www.goldengaitecs.com
Sophie traveled with me and, while on our trip,
she earned 3 legs towards her CD and finished her title, earning
High Scoring English Cocker at an ECSCA supported entry show.
She won a neat little plaque and a dog bed, which she loves! She
was also entered for one day of Rally Novice and she qualified
in that as well.
While I was out of town, Neil stayed at home to
take care of the canine crew. He took Bella to a Canine Good
Citizen Test on Friday, March 2, 2007, which she passed.
On March 11, after I returned from my trip, Neil
and I entered one day of Rally Novice with Bella and Sophie.
They both qualified, so Bella earned her first leg towards her
RN title and Sophie earned her 2nd leg. We plan to do Rally with
them both at the Puyallup shows in June.
March 11th was also a great day for a couple of
puppies that we bred. Anita and Paul Pennell's Calypso The Black
Pearl "Legend" went WB/BOW/BOS for a 3 pt Major in SC at the
Hilton Head Kennel Club show and Shannon Bishop's Calypso's
Chasing The Wind "Chase" won his first point at the Nashville
Kennel Club show in TN. Legend is out of our Jiffy x Sophie
litter and Chase is out of our Jiffy x Mandy litter.
Congratulations to both Anita and Shannon. We wish you the best
of luck with your puppies!
Thursday,
January 18, 2007. New pictures of our Wincent/Bella puppies have
been uploaded. Click on the link to see the puppies:
Wincent/Bella Puppies 10.5 Weeks
Monday,
January 15, 2007. Ryan's daughter, Sienna, had a great weekend
at the Puyallup, WA shows. She placed 1st in her open class of 7
on Friday and 1st in her open class of 6 on Sunday. She also had
3 clean runs in agility. Way to go Deb and Sienna!!/p>
Friday,
January 5, 2007. Lovey, Calypso Cause I Can, owned by Terry Jent
went first in her 6-9 mth sweeps class at ASC. Portia, Calypso's
Don't Make Me Beg, went second in the same class. Thanks to
judge Debbie Mason for those nice placements. Lovey is pictured
below.
