August Begins
USASA HALL OF FAME KENNEL #9
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** STEEL VALLEY
CLUSTER **
Canfield Fairgrounds * Canfield Ohio * July 30 & 31
*** August 1 & 2
Beautiful junior handling rosette waiting to be awarded on
Saturday!
CONGRATULATIONS
Shayna Garrison *
BEST Junior Handler !!!
54 Junior Handlers entered! *** Beaver County KC * August 1
A huge thank you to Junior Handling Judge Mr. Richard Terella!
Something to CROW about!
TWO NEW CHAMPIONS!!!!!
NEW CH Thornapple What's The Word "Lingo"
(file photo)
handled by Shayna Garrison * 2009 champion #10
Fort Steuben KC * July
30 * Judge Mr. Dana P. Cline
Winners Dog * Best Of Winners * Best Opposite Sex * 4 pt major!
NEW CH Thornapple Big Girls Don't Cry "Fergie"
(file photo)
handled by Victoria Davidson * 2009 champion #11
Columbiana County KC *
July 31 * Judge Mrs. Minna-Liisa Koltes
Winners Bitch * 4 pt major!
Erica Escalada
* 4th Place Open Senior
Handling
with Ch Thornapple Git R Done "Larry"
Fort Steuben KC * Thursday
July 30 * Judge Mr. Eugene Blake
The Mahonin-Shenango KC * Sunday August 2 * Judge Mr. Michael D. Buckley
Shayna
Garrison
* 1st Place Open
Intermediate Junior Handling
with Ch Thornapple Tougher Shade Of Red "Ringo"
Columbiana County KC *
Friday July 31 * Judge Mr. Walter R. Bebout
Best Junior Handler *
1st Place Open Intermediate Junior Handling
Beaver County KC * August 1
* Judge Mr. Richard Terella
Thornapple Uncensored
beats the heat in Canfield Ohio!
Vikki Davidson shares her ice cream with XXX. Erica Escalada shares her
lap with XXX!
Jonathon, Shayna, Plinko, Evan,
Fracas, Jenny Poe & Thomas ringside on Saturday in Canfield.
Thomas & Evan
3 laps around the fairgrounds
every night!
l-r Coretta, Jenny Poe, Dolce, Victoria Davidson, Fracas, XXX, Evan Brandenburg
Junior Handling competition at
the Steel Valley Cluster * Canfield Ohio
Junior Handling Seminar
Saturday
Saturday conformation photos are coming!
Torrential rains at the
Canfield shows makes departure difficult for many campers including ourselves!
The fairground's front end loader is on the job!
A quick tow .... we say goodbye to our mud puddle! We are heading for home! .... or so we
thought!!!
It's ALWAYS an "aventura"
when the Tapples travel! :)))
360 Fitness after hours gives Evan a huge parking lot to ride his scooter while
we wait for a wrecker.
SURPRISE SURPRISE! TWO sets of travel trailer wheel bearings burn up on
this trip! (new record!)
SMOKIN'
at our last toll booth on I-80! US 23, our highway home, is just ahead!
CRY as we crawl off the turnpike to park into the 360 Fitness parking lot.
A trip home tonight is not to be.
The wheel bearings are gone on the
front driver's side wheel.
Erica, Shayna & Evan play with
the dogs & Aaron rides his scooter while we wait hours for a wrecker.
After waiting for two
wreckers that never showed, finally a nice repair man with tools comes to our
rescue.
Unfortunately, due to the damage done to our wheel, he is unable to install
an extra hub we carry with as a spare.
A decision is made to remove the damaged tire & attempt to drive to Fowlerville
on 3 wheels.
Waiting patiently for the
repair is Erica Escalada & XXX - right Shayna Garrison & Ringo. Far right is
Libby.
PIZZA DELIVERY! DINING IN!
We order Marco's Pizza
delivered to our parking lot!
Finally --- 10pm Sunday --- On The Road Again!
$235 later, Amy white knuckles
the rig pulling the travel trailer on 3 wheels @ 55 mph!
About 15 miles down the road, much to Amy's amazement, BILLOWING SMOKE pours
out of the wheel on the opposite side! LO & BEHOLD -- A SECOND wheel BITES
the DUST!
Stranded on US 23 (1.5 hours from home) at an exit in the middle of nowhere, we
decide to
drive another 5 miles to Cabela's Sporting Goods in Dundee Michigan. Cabela's
has a huge
RV camping lot where RVers are welcome to make themselves at home. We potty dogs
at
midnight & prepare to hunker down for the night. Unfortunately our generator
will not run,
we've used the last of our dog water & Erica lost her cell phone somewhere in
this disaster.
It's an adventure!!!!
(Please pardon the large smudge in the middle of the camera lens :))
Man's work!
Once again, it's Grandpa Tom & Evan to the rescue! Tom drives to Dundee early
Monday AM armed with tools!
Tom and Evan repack all of our wheels best they can with the parts available
... good enough to get us home!
The GOOD NEWS is --- Thanks to Tom & Evan, we have NEW HEAVY DUTY 8500# rated
axels and huge new
tires that will be installed before our next trip. This should spell the END to all of our
bearing problems FOREVER!
We took the opportunity of our surprise "vacation" day to take Evan inside
Cabela's.
He loves the fresh water aquariums and all of the stuffed big game animals!
After Cabela's, while Tom slaved, we enjoyed a nice walk to Bob Evan's for
breakfast. 1:00 pm & a turkey sandwich later for Tom, we are on the road again!
Tom tows the travel trailer with his truck leaving us in the white van headed
for home. We arrive home safely late Monday afternoon!
Thank you TOM for skipping work once again to bail us out!
On the road again! Thank you Grampy!
THE MICHIGAN SUMMER CLASSIC *** Calhoun County Fairgrounds *** Marshall Michigan
Thursday July 30 *
CH Thornapple Dirty Mind "Brock" * Best Of
Breed
handled by Maria Neff
Thornapple Hey There Delilah "Delilah" *
Reserve Winners Bitch
handled by Taylor
Crisman
Jaxon Kennel Club *
Judge Mr. Richard Mullen
Taylor Crisman * 2nd Open
Intermediate Junior Handling
Judge Melinda L. Lyon
Saturday August 1 *
Thornapple Seduction "Reese" * Winners Bitch
handled by Aaron
Brandenburg
CH Thornapple Dirty Mind "Brock" * Best Of Breed
handled by Maria Neff
Sturgis Kennel Club *
Judge Mr. Lawrence C. Terricone
Taylor Crisman * 1st Open
Intermediate Junior Handling
Judge Mr. Lawrence C.
Terricone
Sunday August 2 * Taylor Crisman *
2nd Open Intermediate Junior Handling
Judge Mr. Wayne E. Bousek
AKC/ASCA CH Thornapple
Mercury Hotshot "Jackson"
(file photo)
We are very proud to announce that Jackson is now a dual Champion.
http://www.navrockaussies.com/jackson.html
Jackson will continue
training in obedience and herding in hopes of adding some titles to the other
end of his name!
He finished in ASCA under Judge Herman Stiefferman at the Sunday afternoon show
in Wentzville, MO.
Thanks to Gateway ASC for a great weekend. Good to finally make it down that way
again! Brandy Dirksen
Navrock Australian Shepherds
http://www.navrockaussies.com
August 2 * Hi Amy, I told
you I would send you pictures of the Sinatra son in Arizona.
...Here they are. His name is RisingStar's Wiggle Me Quigley CGC RN GS-N STDs
OFTDs PT. Sarah
www.risingstaraussies.com/risingstar/quigley1.htm
Quigley's dam is AKC CH
RisingStar's Sweet Serenity.
He is sired by Thornapple That's Showbiz "Sinatra."
Quigley is owned by
Tammy Pachura *
mrsrama1979@cox.net
Danish CH Thornapple Queen Of Diamonds "Sycamore"
August 2 ** HUGE NEWS from
Bitta in Denmark!
Wow wow wow……. I am over
the moon!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sycamore is now Danish champion!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Jubiii!
And not only that, she took BOS!!!! And BIS/BOS!!!!!!!!!
Night night Bitta
CONGRATULATIONS BITTA!!!!
Bitta Wöhliche
Dyreoasen v.
www.Dyreoasen.dk
Mine hunde:
www.Leading-Angels.dk
Leading Angel's Pure
Thornapple "Summer"
Good news – summer took BOB
puppy and BIS today!!!!! I am so proud of our breeding. :)
Thank Ellen & Amy for this stunning litter. Hug Bitta
GREAT JOB Bitta! Summer is
stunning!
Summer is sired by Ch
Thornapple Single Barrel. Her dam is Thornapple Ante Up.
Czech Republic CH Thornapple
Premonition "Cherry"
GOOD NEWS from Iva & Cherry
in Czech Republic!
August 2, 2009 National Dog
Show Bremen , Judge Mrs. Phyllis Poduschka-Aigner (A)
Cherry Excellent 1, Anw.Dt.Jgd.Ch.VDH, Jgd.CAC, Junior Best Of Breed, Best Of
Breed -BOB.
Respected title Deutscher Jugend-Champion VDH. WOW WOW!
18 x Australian Shepherd *** 5x bitch jugend klasse
CONGRATULATIONS Iva!
Good News from Jenny & TJ in Germany!
Today we went to our
Vet to Check TJ's Eyes!
Her were clear of all and we were VERY Happy!
With 18 months we will check his hips and elbows.
We were really very happy about our sweet Boy!
Greetings Jenny
Good News Indeed
Jenny!
Thornapple Thunder Jam "TJ"
August 2 * Another awesome
weekend for Anna-Lena * Easy Aussies in Sweden!
Anna-Lena reports that
Boom - Ch Thornapple Dr Thunder - won Best of
Breed & Group 5!
Shayna Garrison * Evan Brandenburg
* Erica Escalada
pose with the moose antlers at Cabela's Sporting Goods!
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.
Pretty Thornapple Smile!
Jenny Poe joined us for the
Canfield Ohio shows.
