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	Scotty was awesome!!!! He finally pulled it all together and nailed all four marks for two legs on his JH! Now we have to wait until next year to try for that third!

THEY DID IT!!!!!!! We are so happy to announce that team Garrow has a New Champion in their home! "Sandy" is now Canadian Champion Sandpyper At Bonnijoy C.D. We all knew this boy could do it but the stars just never seemed to align for him.....he sat on those dreaded nine points for too long but this weekend on his first time out in the ring at SD&G he came home with more than enough points to finish his title! He will be so thrilled to get back into the obedience ring now. Huge congratulations to his owners Joy and Willy Garrow who never gave up on him and to Graeme for taking him on and showing him to perfection. Out of two litters his mum Pyper now has 5 Champions and two OTCh's

I am so far behind in updating my brags this year........but to start the year off right our Scotty Ch. Albanor MoonBeam Me UP RA, WC achieved his OTCh. title in just 4 shows!!!!! He is our fourth OTCh Albanor dog............and now he will try his paw at a JH and mayyyybe an OTChX!!!!

Ozzie Albanor's Moon Bandit RE, CDX held in there along with her mum, Rhonda and their ever patient support group, David.........to succeed in two back to back trials in June at Brome and add that wonderful OTCh. to the front of her name. Ozzie wasn't too sure what all the fuss was about, she was just happy to get out of the ring ;-) Ozzie is the first Albanor dog not breeder-owned to achieve this title and we could not be more over the "moon" for them.............. On top of all this her Obedience Trial Championship makes her real mum "Pyper" Ch. Albanor's Glengarry Pyper and Outstanding Dam..............we miss her dearly but could not think of a better tribute for her..............

Although her heart is in the agility fields....little Drue Albanor's Full Circle showed with pizzazz at the CVKC shows and walked away with WB three out of the four shows also taking BW and BOB in the first show!!! She did all this naked as a jaybird....she is now up to 8 points and will hopefully grow some coat for the Fall shows! Her little brother Taggart also did well although was shown in his underwear too and took BPIB his past 6 shows.............he still doesn't know that this is work though so shhhhhh don't tell him ;-) ;-)

Tag & Dad (Brooker)

Four of the Albanor clan trekked down to Dreamfields in June and they made us proud...
Tara (Albanor Tara's Mystic Moon-Christine), Drue (Albanor Full Circle-Christine), Boone (Albanor's Mysterious Island-Brenda) and Marley (Ch. Albanor's Full O'The Spirit-Lindsay) all did an excellent job with Tara, Boone and Marley bringing home 4 CKC Agility titles and 19 Qualifying legs in the two days!!!! Tara was the only dog to Q in one run and Boone Q'd in all 8 of his runs.........way to go Albanor's Dream Team!!!!! We cannot tell you how exciting it is to watch these dogs run...............takes your breath away!

Another great weekend in Maxville at the OVGRC Working Certificate trials!!!!! Our "Scotty" Ch. Albanor MoonBeam Me Up CDX, RA made his first attempt in the field and came home with his WC!!! He has had minimal training and thanks to Kathy and Rhona we managed to get a few days out in the fields and ponds...........we could not have done it without them! He was awesome............solid on land and in the water, we are so proud of this little guy!!!!

We have huge congratulations to send out to Lindsay, JC and grammas Kathy and Judy! Albanor's Full O'The Spirit "Marley" only started his show career this year and in three show weekends he attained his Canadian Championship! He showed beautifully for the first time at the GRCQ Specialty in April, tucked a few points under his belt at HKC in May then went WD,BW,BOB and GROUP 1st to finish his Championship at CVKC in July! Ch. Marley is out of Kathy and Judy's Brooker and our Luna and is the second pup from that litter to finish before their 18 month birthday!

Wow! This has been a great year! And recently it was made even better with our "vocal" girl Luna achieving her CDX title! Luna is now Ch. Albanor's Lunar Eclipse CDX and although she has had minimal training Luna managed to get her final CDX leg at the Valley Kennel Club shows in Lombardy. Luna likes to "talk" while she works but when she is ON she is really ON! I guess she wasn't going to let her kids outshine her this year! It was just in time too as she will be coming into heat soon and most likely have to take some maternity time off again! Way to go Rhona and wee Luna!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We are so proud of you!

Our littlest but feistiest pup from Brooker x Luna is Albanor's Full Circle "Drue"! She has taken a bit of time to mature and still has some growing to do but she has been out and about at a show here and there. She showed wonderfully at the CVKC shows in July and took her first 2 points and was BOS to her brother Marley. Christine is looking forward to working her in Agility and we just know this little girl with a huge heart can do anything!

With heavy hearts and many tears we have had to say goodbye to our lovely Pyper. Pyper was our "middle child" always happy, aways just there in the herd. She was the sweetest and most amazingly "golden" of our Goldens. Her joys in life were her family, her kongs and her schmoozing.......and oh how she could schmooze! She would have been the most unbelievable therapy dog and could sit quietly for hours if someone was patting her. She was a fabulous mother and gave us two wonderful litters. Nothing will be as bright at Albanor again without the gentle light that shone from her eyes and her soul. We know she is racing through the fields with Rhuari, we will miss you our sweet, sweet Pyper.............April 14, 1999-May 27, 2009

Ozzie (Albanor's Moon Bandit CDX, RE, conf. pointed) is working on her Utility title right now but in the meantime she achieved her Rally Excellent title down at the shows in Belleville early in 2009.......... Rhonda and Ozzie have a great partnership and both of them are a joy to be around! You go Girls!!!

It is with deep, deep sadness that we announce the passing of our beloved Rhuari. I have often said that if he was not a dog he'd be a cat! He certainly marched to his own drummer but his sweetness, joy of life and devotion was unrivalled. He had a quirky sense of humour, a nose that could detect the smallest wound on any other dog and a drive in the field that was breathtaking. The world revolved around Roo and he made sure that everyone knew that. He is and will always be one of the "prettiest" dogs we have ever had...he was our first homebred Champion. Roo was always willing to go anywhere and rode shotgun whenever possible. I will miss my co-pilot terribly and cannot believe he will not be peeking at me in the shower anymore. Rest well my Roo I hope there are Flocks of ducks for you wherever you are!!!!!!!

We had a wonderful time at the GRCQ Specialty at Sherbrooke in April and Christines little "smiley" Tara got her first points from the Altered classes and ended up taking Best Altered in Specialty! Tara is Albanor Tara's Mystic Moon AgN, SADC

While Christine and Tara were outside getting drenched in the Agility rings Marley was inside warm and dry and competing at only his second conformation show. He showed wonderfully and came away with the points two out of the three days with WD and BOS on Sunday and Monday at the HKC show! He was shown by Gramma Kathy and you can bet that his owner Lindsay is as proud as punch with her boy!!!

We are so happy with Christine and her Tara! They not only braved horrible weather to run two Agility courses BUT achieved their SADC title and did it in style with two 1st place finishes!!!!!! They are a joy to watch out on the course.

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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!