November, 2006

Good news from 2 of my dogs.
Nike placed 3rd out of 10 in the Champion class at the World Show in Poznan, Poland
and Eli took another Group 4th at the Whidbey Island shows in WA.

Ch Dalghani's Ma Ni Kar Lo

Ch Dalghani's Khela Khen

October 21, 2006

September 5, 2006

Candace and Eli won the Open Senior class at their very first Juniors competition.
Congratulations, we are so proud of both of you.

Longview-Kelso KC, OR - September 3, 06	Best Friends	1st Place in Open Senior

August 23, 2006

Our puppies are 2 weeks old today.
Take a look at our Current Puppies page.

August 9, 2006

We have puppies!
The first Dalghani litter since 2004 has arrived.
Read all about it.

July 12, 2006

Our original website had a large puppy section with frequent updates when we had litters. We did not breed since Pete died in 2004 but there may be puppies at Dalghani again this summer.
So we revived our "Puppies" section, take a look.

July 8, 2006

Harley's leg coat is slowly growing back. I put up a few new pictures on his page.

May 16 to 20, 2006

2006 TTCA National Specialty - San Francisco, California

I was finally able to attend an American TT Specialty, held in San Francisco this year. What a fabulous event, I thoroughly enjoyed every minute. I met old friends and some that I only knew from emails. Besides I made many new acquaintances.
Unfortunately I had problems with my leg again. It was terribly swollen and I spent many hours in my room elevating and icing it. As if that was not enough, the last afternoon I accidentally got kicked in the sore leg and spent a long time stopping the bleeding. The wound is just an inch from the one I received in Germany in December and may be just as slow healing.
But those things are minor and only put a small damper on the otherwise exciting event. I would certainly love to attend another TTCA Specialty in the future.

All events took place in the Crowne Plaza Hotel close to the Airport. Wednesday was taken up by a very interesting all day Breeders' Seminar. We received lots of material to study. Thursday's judging consisted of Futurity (judge-Brenda Brown) and Sweepstakes (judge-Angela Brueggemann). In the evening after a buffet supper the Auction brought in lots of money for next year's Specialty. I missed out on some nice things but managed to come home with 5 treasures. On Friday the regular classes were judged by Margareta Sundqvist. She seemed to enjoy her assignment and was very thorough. The high quality of entries often made decisions and placings a challenge.

The trophy table, Brenda B. and Margareta S.	Sweepstakes - Angela B.

Left: Best of Breed Ch Barnstorms Bewitching By Dzine     Right: Invitational Winner Ch Players Prodigy

The last exciting event took place Friday evening, the Top 20 Invitational followed by a delicious dinner. Eli had qualified for the Top 20 and received an invitation. Unfortunately Candace, his new co-owner from WA, could not bring him although she would have loved to. So I brought his huge rosette (28") and the 2006 certificates home for him. Eli also had his picture and a short write-up in the Invitational booklet , which is a nice keepsake. Nine qualifiers took part in the Invitational, all received much deserved applause. The winner was Ch Players Prodigy.

April 25, 2006

Our Italian boy "Nike", Ch. Dalghani's Ma Ni Kar Lo, had a successful day at the Carru show in Northern Italy.
Nike was shown by Fabrizio and a very excited Lisa sent the pictures taken by the club (breed) and Silvia Saponi (group).
The breed judge was Ken Sinclair (Araki) and ?Nethercott, also from the UK, judged the group.

Nike- BOB, judge Ken Sinclair, Silvia's female-BOS	Nike - 3rd in Group 9

April 23, 2006

I had a wonderful day at Toodie Connor's annual Easter egg hunt at her Emerald Glen Farm in Monroe, WA.
Not only was the weather absolutely gorgeous, but I also finally got to meet Annette and Candace who had brought Eli for our first reunion since 2004.
Dogs and owners had come from near and far and everyone had a great time. After the TTs had found and devoured the brightly coloured eggs (some ate more than others!), the humans enjoyed a scrumptious pot-luck, some fine wines and other refreshments. It was nice to meet old friends and make new acquaintances. A big 'thank you' goes out to the hostess who had spared no effort to make all of us feel welcome.

TTs hunting for eggs	Candace, Jo and Eli (in the shade under a tree)

April 14, 2006

Good News!!
Candace and Eli get their first group placing, a 4th under judge Sue Weiss, at the Timberland Valley Dog Fanciers show in Centralia, WA on April 9.

The pictures are up on Eli's page 3, take a look.

I have received lots of nice pictures since Eli moved in with Candace and her family. Eli's single page had to be expanded to 3 pages to avoid a lot of scrolling.

Eli's newest photos with Candace and Max, the Papillon, can be seen on Eli's page 3.

February 20,
2006

Eli has found a new friend. He moved in with Candace, her family and the resident Papillons shortly after the Westminster Shows.
Candace is an accomplished Junior Handler who is planning to show Eli in Breed, Juniors and maybe even Obedience.
She is spending many hours grooming and training and hopes to have Eli ready for shows by March. Eli is of course enjoying all the extra attention.

Good luck, Candace, I look forward to seeing Eli in the ring.

January 10, 2006

Poor Harley!!

Harley had to have his leg shaved and is wearing a cone quite often.
I took a picture, take a look at it on Harley's page.

Happy New Year to all those visiting my site.

I hope 2006 brings better health for me and finally puppies again from Willa and Harley later on in the Spring.
My leg still gets cleaned and bandaged regularly but is finally healing. Who would have thought that the freak little accident would have such long-lasting consequences.

December 24, 2005

I am back home after a wonderful 3-week trip to Germany, the second one for this year. I visited relatives and friends and took in many Christmas Markets. Of course a trip to Germany is never complete without a dog show. This time Angela Brueggemann invited me to her home for a weekend and we attended the Amsterdam shows with two of her dogs. Angela and Henry's hospitality was out of this world and Henry even put his First Aid kit to good use.

Anke Peine also invited me to a show but I had already made plans to spend that weekend in what used to be East Germany with my friends Mario and Bianka who have Shikar from us. We visited the historic city of Dresden which attracts huge crowds since the Frauenkirche has been restored. It took well over an hour to get parking spot in an out of the way residential area! And the Striezelmarkt was so packed that you could hardly see what the vendors had to offer. It was fun to spend time with their dogs and meet their friends who also have Shikar puppies. And again I was spoiled with wonderful meals, a treat for someone who does not cook.

Left: Jo, Angela and Daniela with Holly, Dari and Raven in Amsterdam. Right: In Halle at Mario and Bianka's with one of the Shikar babies.

Unfortunately I got hurt stepping into a train and had to be treated at the hospital near Angela's home and later at the doctor's in Dortmund. It did not slow me down though and I still did everything I had planned to do but by the time I got home my leg was badly infected and I still get it cleaned and re-bandaged every second day. The arm is better but the leg will take time. I have appointments for bandaging well into the new year. I hope to be healthy again one of these days.