Berrypoint's Bichon Buzz

Summer Update

2010-09-16T10:43:00.000-07:00

Well it certainly was our intention to attend some summer shows but Bob and I decided to go to Europe for a 3 week holiday. My sister kindly volunteered to stay at the house and look after and spoil the dogs. We did support our local kennel club and took Berrypoint’s Rock On Houston to attend a Parade of Breeds event held at the VIEX in mid August. Houston met all sorts of people and animals. He was a great meet and greet ambassador for the breed and came home exhausted.

Houston will be attending obedience and handling classes this fall and hopefully we’ll get him back into the show ring in the winter. It was a wonderful holiday and I can hardly wait to go back to Paris.

We wish you all a very Happy and Safe Thanksgiving.

Spring 2010

2010-06-21T04:57:00.000-07:00

Berrypoint’s Rock On Houston attended his very first show and it was the American National Bichon Specialty held in Indianapolis at the beginning of May. We had so much fun and met many wonderful Bichon breeders and enthusiasts. Houston has great show spirit and attitude. He placed 4th in his Puppy Sweeps with me handling him. There are so many people to thank and especially to Dale Cheryl and Sandy.

Houston at 10 months now has 3 points towards his Canadian Championship. He took Winners one day at the Tyee show and also took second out of 11 in his Puppy Sweeps. In the Nanaimo show he took Best of Winners one day and again second in his Puppy Sweeps. We also won first in the Senior Puppy Class at the Breeder’s Classic.
Cricket also attended the Nanaimo show and for her first time out she showed well. Another of our Bichons was entered and finished her championship. We hope to get Rock It out this summer.

While at the Nanaimo show we met Colin and Christine Mills and their daughter Claire who breed Bichons under the Scotclan kennel name. They were here on a 3 week holiday from Scotland and decided to attend the dog show on the Sunday and watch our Canadian Bichons. Claire had been involved in Junior Handling and now as an adult is a member of the Scotland Bichon Club. She took a liking to Houston so I asked her if she was interested in showing him…hey you can’t come all the way from Scotland just to watch a show. Claire did a marvelous job handling the little fellow and took two points! We had a lovely visit and hope to keep in touch.

Summer shows are just around the corner. My sister is handling Rock It and has told me that the competition is on. Have a safe and wonderful summer everyone.

Winter Update

2010-03-09T18:27:00.000-08:00

Three of the puppies should be making their show debuts later this spring. We have been practicing our stacking and focus exercises on the table. Cheryl kindly groomed Houston, Rock It and Crystal in January. The puppies have all enjoyed playing outside, but my goodness it does not take them long to get dirty. What surprises me though is how quickly their coats dry and once again they appear to be clean. They are best friends with our older newfie Taylor. It amazes me how chivalrous Taylor is with these little monkeys.Tidal and Macey were neutered/spayed and are valued members of their families.

We had all 4 bichons over visiting my parents in Vancouver and they were very well behaved little visitors. My sister and I were touring the Olypmic sites and venues. We have been watching the Olympics and rooting for all of our Canadian Athletes. Did you know that Bichons watch TV? Little Rock It enjoys watching himself on the computer video – he’s a very smart little cookie. This little fellow has a huge repertoire of tricks i.e. spins, circles, boxes, stamps his feet, jumps – he loves to learn new things.

Well this certainly has been the warmest winter that we can remember. Our lilac trees have started to bud and we have dandelions and little daisies in the lawn…rather nice to see this time of year! The bichons are either outside playing or inside where they spend time staring out the window while perched on ‘their’ chair.

Can you believe it will be spring in only a couple of months? Happy Spring everyone!

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2010-02-11T18:33:00.000-08:00

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2010-02-03T16:56:00.000-08:00

Fall 2009 Update

2009-12-15T14:20:00.000-08:00

Lacey and Chip’s puppies are all so lucky to be in very loving homes. We receive updates from all of their new families. One of the female puppies proudly wears a sweater on cold days. I See cuddles daily with a Standard Poodle named Cando. Macey goes to school most days to pick up her 3 two-legged buddies…and apparently is great company for her mom, Heather. Tidal Wave has discovered snow in Calgary! Rock It and Houston visited their dad Chip for a week in November. I was so impressed with Chip’s sweet personality with our boys. We watched as Rock It and Houston pulled fur and jumped all around Chip. He even delighted in playing with them! Thank you to Cheryl for kindly looking after these two little boys while Bob and I escaped to Mexico for a few days of sun.

Rock It and Houston will attend obedience and show classes in January.

We would like to take this time to wish you all a very happy and healthy New Year!