Mid July

MID JULY 2008

HAPPY FIESTA DE LA TIRANA!

MAY 16th *** We are in holiday today, it is a religion Holiday and we have the "Fiesta de La Tirana"
in the North Of Chile, it is a very typical celebration.......here I send you some photos. Ale
Thank you for sharing Alejandra! Evan LOVES the devil pictured above!

GOOD NEWS FROM BITTA!!!!
Good news from Denmark!!!! Jada, Cuba and Sycamore was at the national dogs show here in Denmark.
Jada went BOB and later she took the group! Cuba went BOS and Sycamore was 2nd Best Bitch with CC!!
She is on her way to become Danish Champion. We also took some new pictures of Cuba and Sycamore.
Hug from a proud Bitta
HUGE CONGRATS BITTA!!!!!

Thornapple What The Doc Ordered "Jada"

Thornapple Queen Of Diamonds "Sycamore"

file photo *** Thornapple Hot Night Crash
Battle Creek Kennel Club *** July 12th *** Judge Mrs. Linda C. More
Thornapple Hot Night Crash *** Winners Dog *** Best Of Winners *** 3 point major!
handled by Maria Neff
1 point to go to finish his championship - all wins from the puppy class!
CONGRATULATIONS STEPHANIE HENTSCHEL ON BEST JUNIOR HANDLER AT THE FRIDAY SHOW!!!!!

GOOD NEWS FROM IWONA & SLASH IN POLAND!

Polish Junior Champion Thornapple Shakin' All Over "Slash" (file photo)
Last weekend (for 3 days) we had International Dog Show in Warsaw.
For first two days I was working on the ring with another judges as an
assistant. Wonderful experience. Today I was showing Slash in junior
class. The judge was Mrs. J-P Korozs from Hungary. Slash with today's
winning Best Junior in Breed to become Junior Champion of Poland!!! Iwona
CONGRATULATIONS IWONA!

And GOOD NEWS FROM SWEDEN! Marie reports in:
This weekend AL and I went to two dog shows here in Sweden. We stayed at a beautiful hotel
by the ocean and we had a wonderful time. At the Friday show OLIVIA became third best bitch
and ENYA BOB and later the day she became BIG 3. The judge name in the breed and group was
Jochen Eberhardt. At the Saturday show CHAUNCEY got CC and became BOS. The bitches were
placed like this: OLIVIA third bitch with CC, ENYA second bitch and LUCY best bitch and BOB. The
judge Gunnel Holm from Finland LOVED LUCY !! Later that day LUCY became BIG 3. The judge name
in the group was Benny Blid von Schedwin. Hug Marie, Lucy and Olivia
CONGRATULATIONS Marie & Anna-Lena! Job well done!!!

Thornapple Ruby Passion "Lucy"

Thornapple Black Power "Olivia"
Thank you for photos Marie!

Lincoln arrived yesterday at 1:25pm. He weighs 5# 15oz and is 18.5" long!
We are both doing great! Zachary came to the hospital today and met his
new baby brother. It was awesome! I will NEVER forget that moment as
long as I live! I can't wait to introduce Lincoln to sweet Chevy! I'll let
you know how that goes ... with lots of pictures! Hugs Christa

Lincoln can't wait to meet Ch Thornapple Like A Rock "Chevy"

Thornapple America The Beautiful "Maris"
Congratulations Marko Ljutic of Croatia on your BEAUTIFUL new girl!!!!
Maris is sired by Ch Thornapple Single Barrel ** Her dam is Ch Thornapple Russian ToA Party
International pages coming for Maris & her brother in Chile Thornapple Uncle Sam Wants You "Patriot!"

BEAUTIFUL MARIS!
Maris leaves for Croatia July 18th!

NEWS from Addie!!!

Hi Granny T, AddieTude - here. Sorry for the long time between communications, but these Inch people keep me very busy.
They are always taking vacations and are still being resistant to my training techniques. I am making some headway with
them though, but you sure gave me a hard couple to bring around to my way of thinking. I got my rabies shots this week and
have received my tags and can now visit the dogs at the local dog park. I am up to 28 pounds and growing by the minute. I look
kind of out of proportion and kind of funny at the moment. I know that I will be awesome looking soon since I am a Thornapple Aussie.

Michael is going to take me to school in the fall when the local classes start. I hope he learns something.

These are the new tricks that I have learned;

Run with the toilet paper when Michael is not looking until there is no more on the roll. Pretty cool, Eh?
Unzip the cover on my crate mattress and tear up the foam stuff inside and spit it out of the crate.
Foam pads are meant to be shredded.
Bark at any thing that Michael pushes with wheels. I keep telling him to get me some sheep.
Make as many brown spots on Michael's grass as possible. He should paint smiley faces on them for fun.
The Invisible Fence rules. I respect and obey the flags and have lots of fun running around inside of the flags.
Grasshoppers taste bad. No puking though.
I don't want to play at 2:30 in the morning when Diann gets up to go to work sometimes. Let me sleep.
I scare myself in the windows sometime. I look like a scary dog until I figure out it is me. Duh!
I don't mind the fireworks and thunderstorms. I just ignore them. No big deal.

Have a great Summer Granny T. I keep asking the Inches to take me to see you at a show or something, but Michael keeps saying
something about fishing is his current priority. Whatever. I am not impressed by the fish he has shown me, but they smell good
when he is cooking them. I have not had a taste yet. Stingy guy. Love, Addie(tude)
Now you listen to your Granny, Miss Addie. Granny wants you to be nice to the Inches!
They are trying their best! It's been a long time since a puppy invaded their territory!
They can't remember things like puppies love to shred their beds!
No one told them that old bath towels make PERFECT puppy bedding.
Just you wait for obedience school Missy! The times they are be a changin'!
Love, Your Granny T

Growing up nicely! Thornapple Mercury All Jacked Up "Jack"

Jack is sired by Ch Thornapple All Fired Up. His dam is Ch Thornapple Straight Up.

Roxy & Gunner looking good too!
Mercury Thornapple Turn It Up & Thornapple Mercury Crossfire *** littermates to Jack
Roxy is owned by Ami Romanelli & Brandy Dirksen. Gunner is co-owned with Ami Romanelli.
Photo Credit Brandy Dirksen

WINTER FUN IN CHILE!

Icon & Hummer make a new friend at the dog park in Chile!

Hummer & Icon play ball with Gaspar! Watch out Mom!!!

Hummer & Dreamy play WWF Wrestling (L) *** Beautiful Hummer *** Sweet Patriot chews on his stick!
It's a beautiful winter day in Chile!

Enjoying a warm winter sun in July!

Nighty Night! Thank you for sharing photos, Alejandra!

The THORNAPPLE SMILE!
"One thing we have control over in our lives is our attitude ... Get Your Smile On."
Country Music Star Clay Walker ** March 22, 2008 ** in an interview on Fox News about his battle with Multiple Sclerosis.