Shows/Activities 2008

The shows and activities we did with our berners in 2008:

FALL WALK WITH THE BERNESE MOUNTAIN DOG CLUB OF QUEBEC AT STE-MARCELLINE 9 NOVEMBER 2008 A beautiful automne day surrounded with lots of berners, what can we ask more :) We were very fortunate with beautiful weather and lots of doggy activities on the site, cani-cross, drafting and lots of people ! Our berners and friends were so happy to be outside in the fresh air surrounded by lots of doggy friends and friendly human affection from everyone... I was also very happy to see that 10 'Belnois' came to join us and spend the day with us!!! What a pleasure to be able to see our 'Belnois' grow with their families :) I brought with me for this wonderful day, Eulis, Flicka, Unik and Amaze. I have joined a few pictures of the 'Belnois' berners who was present: In order, Zola and his father Eulis, Zola 3 months again, Trixie 1 year, Charlotte 6 months (2x), Elvis 4 months (2x) and Taxi 1 year with his brand new cart :) I can't wait to see everyone again in 2009 !!!

DRAFT TEST IN JANETVILLE, ONTARIO 5 OCTOBER 2008 Eulis earns with perfection his 'DD' Draft Dog title at the Newfoundland dog club of Canada draft test held in Janetville Ontario ! I was so proud of Eulis after his amazing performance all morning, all the juges agreed and said he was simply beautiful to watch at work :) Eulis was honored with a beautiful medallion and is now qualified as a 'BMDCC Versatility Dog' !!! Thanks to the NCC-SEOR for such a wonderful welcome and thanks to the juges for making this a memorable day for me and Eulis :)

BERNESE MOUNTAIN DOG CLUB OF ONTARIO SPECIALTY, PORT HOPE 4 OCTOBER 2008 A beautiful weekend filled with wonderful old and new friends, discussions, laughs and lots and lots of beautiful bernese :) I was very happy to see Eulis making the cut for final selection (58 berners entered), he was standing in line with so many nice berners where the juge had to make the difficult decision of 'Best of Breed'. Gabby also got very nice comments as a puppy, the only 'specials(Champions) puppy! Ma daugther Kelly-Ann came along with me and handle Eulis so beautifully for me in the all-breed ring :)

LAVAL SHOW 19-20-21 SEPTEMBER 2008 What an incredible weekend for my 'Belnois' :) They earned more than 4 titles in this single weekend! Friday, Gabrielle finishes her Canadien championship in conformation with 'Best of Opposite Sexe' and ont he 3 days 'Best puppy'! Saturday, Joy earns her 2 titles: 'CD' in obedience and 'RA' in Rally-O Advanced. And sunday, Trinity also earns her title 'RA' in Rally-O and she also qualified her 1st leg on earning her 'RE' Rally-O Excellent title ! We are already very excited to continue having so much fun next year :)

STE-MARIE DE BEAUCE SHOW 9-10 AUGUST 2008 The weekend starts great with Gabby honored 'Best of Breed', 'Best puppy in Breed' AND 'Best puppy in Group'... Wow !!! Thanks to the wonderful juge Mrs.Janet Lobb who recognized Gabby's beautiful qualities and a BIG thanks to Simon Verge who handle Gabby for me for the 'Puppy Group' jugement since I was stuck in the next ring in an obedience exercise, long sit/long down 3minutes, with my other 'belnois' girl Trinity. But I could watch this wonderful win of Gabby getting 'Best puppy in Group' from the neighbor ring. Et what can I say about my wonderful Trinity too, Bravo! She earns 3x in a row 'High in Class' 1st place and earns her 'CD' obedience title !!!

STE-FOY SHOW 1-2-3 AUGUST 2008 Gabby, now 9 months, receives the honors of 'Best of opposite sexe' and 'Best puppy' on Friday and saturday, and on sunday, we are happy to get the honor of 'Best of Breed' ! And what can I say of Trinity who perfectly flew from one ring to another, happy wagging her tail, and gets on top of that, many 1st places in obedience and rally-O !!! Like father (Eulis), like daugther (Trinity), they are a joy to work with :)

EULIS, TRINITY AND KELLY-ANN START HAVING FUN WITH AGILITY!!! JULY 2008 We always wanted to have fun with our berners in agility, finally the practices begin, hopefully to be ready for 2009. It is a true pleasure and hilarious to see our big tri-color bears run around the obstacle course usually with these tiny active dogs... Kelly-Ann had lots of fun and mostly loves to do the obstacles herself (without a dog) instead of getting the dog to do it... kids..lol  :) More news in 2009 !!!

ST-ANTOINE D'ABBÉ SHOW 6 JULY 2008 In just one single day of show, Gabby is honored with 2x 'Best of Breed' at only 8 months of age, Joy and Trinity qualify both 2x in Rally-O for their 'RN' title !!! Congratulations to my wonderful 'Belnois' girls, 6 beautiful ribbons for them in one day :)

BERNESE MOUNTAIN DOG QUEBEC CLUB REGIONAL SPECIALTY AND TROIS-RIVIERES SHOW 27-28-29 JUNE 2008 Gabrielle, at only 7 months, wins 'Best puppy in Breed' over many entries all 3 show days and in the puppy sweepstakes, she wins 'Best of Opposite Sexe' (Best female) from all the puppies entered of 6-18 months!!! What a great start for her :)

BRÔME SHOW 15 JUNE 2008 Trinity qualifies both the 2 trials of Rally-O that same day with 2nd place ribbons over many entries with 99 and 97 points on 100 !!! She was with her father Eulis who also qualified both 2 trials in Rally-O too with 3rd and 4th place ribbons :) A great father-daugther team wonderful to watch who will have fun in many acticities in the futur!

OBEDIENCE AND RALLY-O MOUNTAIN CITY OBEDIENCE CLUB SHOW, MONTREAL 24 MAY 2008 Unfortunately, I forgot my camera for this wonderful day of Rally-O with Eulis. But, baby William accompanied mommy that day and I had to add a ^picture of the same happy face he had watching mommy and Eulis working in the ring :) With this cutest fan (baby William) encouraging us, we couldn't let him down and Eulis qualified both trials with 94 and 96 points and got two qualifications for his 'RN' title!

DRAFT TEST IN SIMCOE, ONTARIO 4 MAY 2008 After 12 hours drive, Eulis and Charlotte were very happy to get out of the car and lay down in the hotel room :) The next day, we had a VERY nice day for the draft test that had 14 entries, the test went from 9am to 4pm !!! As usual, Eulis did the draft test perfectly, happy all the way and without any mistakes, what a pro :)  While Charlotte impressed me alot with her beautiful natural talents for drafting, but unfortunately did 2 little mistakes in the long down group and the stand-stay for hitching exercises. Charlotte will try again another time.... I am confiant she will pass, it is not easy this draft test... So, I had a wonderful weekend with my 2 wonderful berners, Eulis and Charlotte, and I thank my daugther Kelly-Ann and my parents who came along the trip to the ouest of ontario across Toronto to encourage us... In 2009, there will be the 1st draft test at Trois-Rivières Quebec on June 26 with the BMDCC specialty, the trip will be shorter :)... and if all goes well, hopefully we will have a draft test in Quebec every year!

BERNER FUN DAY IN MONT-TREMBLANT! 23 FEBUARY 2008 A magical day for the Bernese Mountain Dog club of Quebec!!! We had more than 25 berners come and join us and share this wonderful perfect day in perfect weather, fun games, a wonderful outdoor day on a wonderful site in Mont-Tremblant! Many 'Belnois' families join us!

NEW IMPORT: GABRIELLE VAN'T PACHTHOF ARRIVES HOME! 4 JANUARY 2008 We are very happy to welcome our new beautiful import from Belgium 'Gabrielle van't Pachthof'! She is all we wanted and we think she has a promising futur. She is perfect for our family, i couldn't of asked for a better match. Thank you Christine for letting me have this wonderful girl in Canada! See 'Gabby' page