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At one of our first Conformation shows of the 2008 year at Brome "Sandy" Albanor Sandpyper At Bonnijoy CD, took WD and BOW for his first 4 points!!!!!!!!!!!!

The it was off to another first when we brought out our little "Alba" Albanor A Skye Full O'Firsts, to her first conformation event at just over 6 months old. She entered the ring at Kars as if she had done it all of her life and took WB, BOW, BOB!!! and BPIB for her first 3 points!!!! She then showed like a real little trooper in the adult Group then immediately after in the Puppy Group rings and trotted away with BPIG!!!!!!!! The next day she started it all over again by taking WB, BOS and BPIB for another 2 points then went on once again to BPIG!!!!! 5 points in her first two shows as a 6 month old WoW!!!!!!!!!

Alba's mum "Luna" Albanor's Lunar Eclipse CD finally grew some coat back after her litter and stepped into the Conformation ring for the first time since last year. She along with her daughter Alba showed at Valley KC in Lombardy under the very well-respected UK Judge Frank Kane. After showing against some very tough competitors (including her daughter) our Luna took WB and BOS for another 3 points. This takes her up to 7 points now, we are getting closer!!! Not to be outdone little Alba took BPIB once again! As I said earlier WoW!!!!!!!!

Well the Albanor Clan had another great weekend at Mountain City Obedience Club. "Sandy" Albanor's Sandpiper at Bonnijoy got his final leg on his CD and went on to tack on three more bumper legs just for fun! Sandy was almost always in the ribbons and he certainly made his folks proud! Ozzie got her last two legs on her RA and although Mum was distracted little Ozzie showed beautifully. "Ozzie" is now Albanor's Moon Bandit CDX, RA.

"Scotty" Albanor Moon Beam Me Up CD got his last two legs on his RN finished it in style with two first places one of which with a perfect score of 100! He then bumped up to Advanced the next day and tucked his first leg on that title under his belt. As always Scotty did it with joy and a little too much enthusiasm.

Rhuari and Mara both started and finished their RA titles...with the old man Roo garnering two 3rd places in a highly competent class and little Mara taking two fourth places right behind him! "Rhuari" is now Ch. Albanor Ceilidh's Legacy CanAm CD, CanAm WC, RA, GRCC VC and "Mara" is Ch. Albanor Come Heather Hi Water CD, RA.

In all out of the 17 entries this weekend all 17 had qualifying scores and 5 titles!



Ozzie (Albanor's Moon Bandit CD) achieved her CDX at the Lakeshore Obedience Trials early in April. In all she got this title with two Second places and a Third place in a highly competitive class. In March Ozzie and her mum Rhonda travelled down to Belleville (where they got their 2nd CDX leg) and they tacked on their final two Rally Novice legs, bumped up to Advanced and tucked their first RA leg under their collar........... Ozzie had an excellent score for her first RN leg back in the Fall and she ended up in second place in that class, not easy to do in Rally!!!!!!!! So Ozzie is now Albanor's Moon Bandit CDX, RN Way to go team Ozzie!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Our wee Gillie did it! He got his CDX this past weekend at the CCSSA
trials in Dorval. Although he had his mind on other things (Luna!)
he managed to pull himself together and get those last two legs!
What a great end to a GREAT year! This year Albanor dogs got 2 CD's,
1 Championship, 2 RN's and a CDX! Not too shabby for non-performance
dogs eh?

On October 13th and 14th Rhuari shook off the cobwebs and joined Mara for the first time (theirs and Mine!) in the Rally rings. We had a blast and they both came home with 4 qualifying scores each and two new titles! Rhuari is now Ch. Albanor Ceilidh's Legacy Can Am CD, Can Am WC, GRCC VC, Can RN and Mara is now known as Ch. Albanor Come Heather Hi Water Can CD, Can RN

Not to be outdone by Roo and Mara our Scotty went to a local match this past weekend and had a great first time in the Graduate Novice class. Even though he had a little altercation with his dumbell he ended up with a wonderful score of 198 which landed him in First place and gave him Highest Score in the Unofficial classes!

Are we proud of these puppies!! Sandy (Albanor Sandpyper At Bonnijoy) and his loving owner Joy just got their first leg on his CD with an impressive first place finish! Can't wait to see what he does next!!!!

Scotty is our clown, our Dennis-the-Menace, our jokester and prankster....and he is now our new Canadian Champion! Scotty took WD and BOW on the Friday at SD&G and after two days of Reserves he once again rose to the top and finished his championship with a lovely WD win. Scotty is now Champion Albanor MoonBeam Me Up Can. C.D. What a year this loveable guy has had..now it is on to Open Obedience and Field training!!!!!

Luna (Albanor's Lunar Eclipse CD) made her debut in the conformation ring this past weekend in Brockville and delighted us by taking WB, BOS on Friday and WB again on Saturday! She now has 4 points toward her championship from her first two shows!

Although we have not been too busy on the website we have been busy in the rings.......

Both Scotty and Luna earned their CD very quickly this spring and did it in style with multiple placements. To top off their Novice career Luna took 1st Place at the GRCC National and the next day her brother Scotty took 1st Place at the GRCQ Regional Specialties.... Now it is on to Open training for both of them.

Luna will be coming out into the conformation rings later this summer but Scotty has tacked on another 4 points to bring his quest for a Championship to 6 points....only 4 to go!!!! Hopefully he will finish by the end of the year so he can start playing in the field and become acquainted with the Ducks ;-)

Have a look at the photo on the right... Here is the *real* Scotty!

HUGE Congratulations to Kathy and Judy of Shakeely Goldens as well as Dick and Pam (loving owners) who had an extremely exciting and successful two weekends of showing. Sam "Shakeely's Hot To Trot" (Rhuari x Lacey) came up from Vermont and blew us all away! In just two weekends of showing he started and finished his Championship with 3 BW, 2 BOB (over Specials) and a Group 2! As impressive as this boy was in the ring he made fans of us all with his joyful, accommodating and upbeat personality!!!!!

Our Pyper pups have been doing great this spring............ Ozzie Albanor's Moon Bandit achieved her CD in 3 out of 4 trials and placed second in her class all three qualifying times! Ozzie is owned and loved by Rhonda Amsel

*photo by Rhonda Amsel

Not to be overshadowed by her brother Gillie........Mara Ch. Albanor Come Heather Hi Water achieved her CD in her first three trials entered and won a run off for 3rd place on her first leg!

Well, we have started the year off with a bang! Gillie Ch. Albanor's Laird O'The Rings CD took BOB one day out of two at the Iberville Shows at the end of April. Then at his next show, Hochelaga Kennel Club, he went BOB under J. Rusby and on to a GROUP 4TH under M. Tougas!!!! What an exciting day that was!

*photo by Jack van Leeuwenkamp

We're proud to annonce that our Skye is now VCI (versatility certificate intermediate).
Way to go girl!

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Part of our 2000 Canadian National Specialty team!
Left to right top are:
Ch. Albanor's Celtic Jewel CD, WC - "Ruby"
Ch.O.T.Ch. Lyngold's Back To Albanor WC, Am.CD, CGC, HIT - "Skye"
Albanor Pyper's Legend CD - "Jura"
Albanor's Glengarry Pyper - "Pyper"
Lying in front:
OT.Ch. Albanor's Torran WC, Am.CDX, TT, CGC, HIT - "Torran"

"Skye" is the mom to Ruby, Jura & Pyper!