Available Vallhund Pups

I have been growing on three of the Hawk x Darby babies.  I adore them all. Because we have had some unexpected changes and a high maintenance senior dog returnes to me who requires special care, i have decided it is in the best interest of the puppies to place one or two. I would be thrilled to keep any one of them myself, so i will place the puppies that best match potential family situations.  The girl on the right in the photo would be an excellent obedience or agility prospect, she is not only agile,  but also a thinker.

 The puppies are so good and have had so many adventures,  but right now it is difficult to continue their education and further adventures. They need to be making new friends and charming people wherever they go.
Puppies will be matched up based on the personality and ideal environment for each puppy.  These very special babies are Hawk x Darby. (BISS GCH Skyview's Crimson Hawk RN HT x BISS GCHg Corval Bless Yer Cot"n Socks).

Puppies come from health tested parents with amazing temperaments, structure, and longevity. All puppies are fully vaccinated, microchipped, crate and leash trained. They have spent much of their very short lives traveling the country in our RV.  I support all my puppies for their lifetime.  Adaptable and up for adventure, great puppies with a solid foundation.

I am very particular about placement, as the right home situation is important for the well being if the dog and family.  For additional information, photos or videos, contact grayciemom @ hotmail . com

Hawk and Jasper. New HT for father and son

I know I all but abandoned the blogs. But now I have blogger mobile so I hope it will be easier to update.  Probably easier to have typos too.

Hawk and his son Jasper met near St. Louis at the end of April to give herding trials a try. Both were entered in HT for the first time.

The weather was less than perfect (the dogs didn't seem to mind), but the test sheep were great and we gave it a whirl.

I'm proud to say that Jasper and Amanda and Hawk and I made it through both days with very acceptable runs. So both Hawk and Jasper now have an HT behind their names!

Hawk now qualifies for the VSV versatility award from the parent club. He just needs to get his mom to go on and fill out the paperwork!

I'm hoping to have Hawk ready to attempt PT this fall. Just depends how many lessons we can get to!

Matilda and Rylee, 4 Months

Rylee (left) and Matilda (right) are growing into lovely little ladies. At four months old, it's becoming clear to me that Hawk continues to produce beautiful puppies with correct fronts, proper substance, and outstanding breed type. I think it was a nice combination between Darby and Hawk, they complement each other well, and the girls have some of the best qualities from each. Trying on coats at Jen's house. The pups did not object the way I thought they would!


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And now for the baby showdog photos.

RYLEE

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MATILDA

Really loving these girls. A Lot.

Vallpups Outside

Some photos of the 6 week old Vallbabies enjoying the beautiful fall weather on Saturday. They are getting cuter and sassier every day. They even like to chase after the cardipups. :-)

Vallbabies

Vallbabies are here. :-) I'm a bad blogger, and slow to post here, but Hawk and Darby are proud parents of puppies born August 30. The puppies are so cute, and they are becoming active little buggers at 4 weeks old. Fun with real food, toys, wrestling, and wagging are the favorite activies these days.

Some photos from tonight, after a belly full of goat milk puppy food.

Hawk's Herding Lesson!

Hawk had his first herding lesson today, aside from about 3 minutes in thick mud once this spring, he hasn't been in with sheep since just after I got him back in 2005. I had a great time seeing him light up and get to work. He did bite his tongue (it was already almost 90 degrees at 9am, so the tongue was flapping all over!), but he's fine. :-)

Hey There Baby Hawklet!

I just love this photo of Jazz. He looks so comfortable, with such a great smile, I'm sure he thinks standing up is so over-rated. :-) Love Jazzy!

I am so thankful for Brad and Sharon, and of course, Jazz's Dandie brother Sherman for making Jazzy the happiest Vallhund in the world. Love that smile!

The Many Faces of Darby

All photos of the same Darby, all taken within 20 seconds of the first photo. What a nut. She loves the top of the A-frame, so I lied to her and asked if she wanted a COOKIE (all in the spirit of getting a cute photo or two).

She starts out sweet.

"Why yes, I'd love to have a cookie, I'm so cute, and so sweet."

Then she starts having trouble concentrating on "pretending" to be cute and sweet...
By now, she's nearly in a panick to maintain the facade of cute and sweet.

Uh-oh, she's beginning to lose it!

Wait for it, wait for it...

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And there it is.

GIMME the BLASTED COOKIE, and I. MEAN. NOW... That's my girl!

More Family Photos

We ventured west to Greeley, CO for shows last weekend, and lo and behold, we got to meet boy #4 of 5 from the Hawk x Mele litter, Mr. Rugby!















What a handsome fella! It was great to meet him and his family.

Left: Hawk waiting patiently for his ring time. Above: Rugby goofing off and being a hambone!

All three boys together, L-R, Rugby, Hawk, Jazz.

And Jazz waiting not so patiently for his ring time!

What is SHE doing here?

Look, it's Olive on the Vallhund blog! Hi Olive!!!

Olive gets to visit the Vallhund blog because she's now part of the Vallhund extended family. On Saturday, we drove to Indiana to meet with Loki and his mom and dad, Liz and Anthony. Olive decided she liked it there, and she's joined their family. Here she is, giving a guided tour of her new back yard to Hawk, Jazz, and Brecon, with Loki following up behind the tour. And here's a sweet photo Liz sent from yesterday, Loki and Olive spending some time together on the sofa.

I have lots of photos to share of the double event, the reunion of Hawk, Loki, and Jazz, and the transition for Olive to her new family. Stay tuned for the photos, I'll share them as soon as I get them uploaded.

I already miss Olive terribly, but somehow, I don't think that she misses me. :-)

Hawkdaddy-His Yearlings

I am so happy to be connected to many of the Hawk puppy families. Since I'm just the "sire owner" it has been lovely to get to know and meet so many of the people and their Vallhund kids.

Now that the Hawk x Mele pups are a year old, I thought I'd post the most recent photos I have to share.

First up is Acorn, Hawk's daughter. I haven't gotten lots of photos of her this year, but Linda was kind enough to share some from Acorn's first/second shows in late May. Hello, beautiful! I see Hawk in that sweet face and expression.
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Next, we had a reunion of sorts in Flagstaff, although Jazz and Kash are the only two of the bunch who have ever met each other before. :-P

I'm pretty sure the scene went something like, "Hi Doreen, lovely to meet you, can you please hold a dog, or two, or three?" Here is Doreen with (L-R) Kash, Hawk, and Jazz. I'm wondering if it would ever be possible that they all three look the same direction? Probably not! It was great to meet Kash in person. He was completely out of coat, but there was no mistaking his sound and pretty structure without hair to hide anything. :-)
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I really enjoyed meeting Stephanie and Doreen also (photos taken by Stephanie). It had nothing to do with Stephanie's opinion that Hawk was the most beautiful Vallhund. Really. I'm so glad Kash found a home with such capable ladies as Stephanie and Doreen to drive his RV around to the destinations of his choosing. Thanks ladies, I'm so glad you could motor up to Flagstaff so we could attempt the family portrait!.
Oh dear, snort alert! Kash (AKA Destroyer of Toys) was NOT happy about the whole birthday hat idea. And sadly, I totally see his daddy's eyes in this photo! Kash, you still look so handsome, even while you pout!

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Not to be outdone by his brother, here's Loki. What a happy (he's probably thankful nobody stuck a hat on him!), and handsome, boy he is too! I'm very excited that I get to meet Loki, his humans, his Pembroke, and his kitties this weekend! Can't wait, and will have much more to report about that later.. In this photo, Loki could nearly be a mirror image of Hawk.

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Oh, and then there's this squinty character, you might have heard a thing or two about Jasper, AKA Jazz. He and Syd are currently perfecting their Synchronized Aframe routine, soon to be seen on Syd's blog sometime this week ...

In the next post, I will have updates from the younger litter, the Hawk x Nikita puppies who are growing along nicely at just over 8 months old.

Overall, I'm so pleased with what Hawk is producing with puppies from three very different bitches (can't forget Frankie the singleton!). The pups appear to be very consistent, with beautiful fronts, lovely bone and substance, and IMO, lovely breed type. And of course, I love to see so much of Hawk in their heads and expressions. I can't wait to see how these kids continue to grow on and mature.

Birthday Wrestling

Jazz and Darby enjoying a wrestling match on Jazz's birthday. Except that Jazz forgot to get Darby's consent before the wrestling began. . .

Smile

Hawk has a great smile, and he has a lot to smile about!

Official Champion

It's official, Mr. Jazz is now a Champion. And I guess he earned a Gr CH major his first day as a move-up. Because as you all know, I refuse to learn the point system for Gr CH! haa.

CH Caval Outrun The Sun At Hurrikane - DN25330202

Conformation - Awards Processed Through 30-MAY-2010

CH
Number of Points 15
Number Major Wins 3
Number Major Judges 3
Total Number Judges 6

GCH
Number of Points 3
Number Major Wins 1
Number Major Judges 1
Total Number Judges 1

A Good Trip to Flagstaff!

We had a great (although very quick) trip to Flagstaff, AZ for the Swedish Vallhund Club of America National Specialty.

Because Jazz finished in Bloomington, IL a few weeks ago, I opted to move him up to BOB and not keep him in the classes for the specialty. I was torn about it, because at 11 months, I felt it wasn't exactly fair to ask him to compete with the specials. But I moved him up, and it turned out pretty well!

The results for Team Hurrikane were pretty good!

Hawk won BEST OF BREED, and BEST STUD DOG (thanks to son Jazz and daughter Fancy).

Jazz won SELECT DOG and he also won BEST PUPPY IN SWEEPS (under judge Earl Karas).

Our judge was breed specialist judge Mr. Christopher Millard from the UK. After the judging was over, and I was thanking Mr. Millard for the thousandth time, he said he had a hard time choosing between the two boys for Best of Breed. I told him they were father and son, and he said that was good, and made him feel better about his judging consistency!

I hope to have some pictures soon, and I hope above all hopes that Hawk *might* have taken his first good show photo ever for this big win. sigh.....

Darby was, um, let's see, how did Mr. Millard put it? "Totally devoid of coat" is how he put it, and he was absolutely right. Poor Darbs, not even an illusion of hair was possible, no fringe on her pants, no neck fur. The nice thing is that the judge said not to worry about it, he was so happy to see the dogs, and he understood about bitches being out of coat. She got an Excellent rating, just as the two boys did. He was very complimentary in his critique (will be able to post judge comments once they are transcribed), and explained to the judges ed gallery that the coat should not be penalized, but that the dog just doesn't have that same sparkle and polish without hair!

Missing from the photos is the big rosette for Best Stud Dog. I have no idea where that went, because it's not in my stack of rosettes, and it is not in the van anywhere. I'm hoping if I left it in the photo area or meeting room that someone picked it up for me.

And a special thanks to Jennifer Roberson for helping show Jazz, and showing him to Select Dog!

Stolen Vallhund Friends

I wish it weren't true, but five of our Vallhund friends are missing (and two of their beagle friends). The humans had them loaded in the van, ready to continue on their trip to the Swedish Vallhund national specialty in Flagstaff. Just a couple of minutes away from the van, Richard Hooper came back to find the van gone, with all the dogs inside.

Click HERE to read the news story.

I know many of you have already heard this story, and I'm really encouraged to see how many times this has been forwarded to me via different lists and friends who have other breeds, so people are definitely spreading the word around the dog community. Please share this with others, whether they are "dog people" or not, and we just hope for the safe return of the dogs.

And the winner is...

Generated via Random.org.......

#10 AMANDA!!!

1. Mami2jcn


2. Claudia


3. Janet


4. Red Dog Mom


5. Ashley


6. susitravl


7. SolDucky


8. coopercreek


9. Pixie


10. Amanda


11. Melisse


12. Lybertygirl


13. Lybertygirl


14. Jinnie


15. Liam’s Mommy


16. Debbie


17. Cindy

Thanks everyone for your comments, I will be getting some ideas together for some summer projects, since I am taking most of the summer off from all things dog show related.

And please keep an eye on the other Hurrikane blogs, as there will be additional giveaways there later today and tomorrow!!!!

Time's Up!-It's GIVEAWAY Time!!!!

Winner will be announced later today, and watch for two NEW giveaways to be posted to the Hurrikane Chronicles and Hurrikane Puppy blogs (links on the right sidebar).

It's not specifically Vallhund related (although you can buy something for your Vallhund if you win!), but here comes the first of the $40 CSN Stores giveaway blog posts.
You'll have to keep up with the other Hurrikane blogs, as two of our other blogs will feature giveaways as well. You can use your gift card at any of the over 200 CSN stores.

Since Janet did her blog giveaway, I have been poking around at all the CSN online stores, in hopes that maybe this year, I can get serious about giving my little house a makeover, one room at a time.

So, first things first, my living room has always bothered me, because there is NO lighting. It's a small room, it never gets much natural light, and there are no fixtures. I'm thinking that perhaps the way to go in my living room, to save space and create more uniform lighting, might be Track Lighting. What do you all think? Looking around at the website, I am leaning toward one of the Track Lighting Kits, so that I know I have all the pieces and parts that I need. I think the pendant globe lights above are ultra cool, but they probably wouldn't be right for my living room. It has low celings, and I'm a pretty tall person.
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I should probably stick with something a bit more traditional, not too flashy, clean lines.

Now on to the important part: HOW TO WIN!!!

First, since I'm completely indecisive about important things like what to eat for lunch on any given day, I can't possibly be trusted to pick out something important like permanent lighting for my living room. So, you'll have to go to the CSN store for Track Lighting and leave me a comment telling me which Track Lighting KIT (there's a link specifically to narrow down to kits) I should consider for a small room, low ceilings.

Or, you can just leave me a comment telling me you don't care about track lighting, and put a link to this post on YOUR blog (you have to let me know you did it!).

Second, hold your tongue to the left, blink three times while hopping around on one foot, chanting, "I want to win the giveaway" 800 times.

See, it's pretty easy, and I'll leave the giveaway open through the weekend, and we'll close it out on Monday, at 10 PM CENTRAL time! The winner can use their gift certificate at any of the over 200 CSN stores, including pet supplies.

For Swedish Vallhund content, Darby would like to suggest that the winner use their gift card toward a purchase of this fit-for-a-princess chaise lounge, and have it shipped directly to her!

For those who liked the little white ex-pens I used for my puppy pens, well, those came from CSN.

Good luck, the winner will be chosen at random, and announced by Tuesday morning!

*Also, please remember you may have shipping charges, or if the winner is from Canada, international fees.

New CHampion, Hawklet

Jazz and I went to Bloomington, IL this weekend, and the little guy picked up his third major and his championship the first day of the cluster. He also picked up BOW over his baby 1/2 sister, Triskit, who was WB/BOS for her first major! It was a fun day for the Hawk kids. Saturday I moved Jazz up and he was Select Dog for his first Gr CH points. Saturday afternoon, we packed it up and drove home. It was a very good trip to Illinois. :-)

Jazz At The Show

Jazz baby showing in Perry, Georgia last weekend, shown by Cheryl Rolfe. He's a good boy. :-)