New Champion!

I can't believe how fast the days have flown by and that summer is coming to an end already!

Hazel and I have had a whirl-wind of a summer and have some great news to post! The last weekend of August we traveled up to Cumberland, Maine for a three day dog show. The weather was beautiful on Friday, but alas, we didn't do too well in the show, we got third place. Oh well, ya can't win them all! So then we headed into nearby Boothbay Harbor for some sight seeing and good food and drink, making sure that the day wasn't a total loss!

The show on Saturday was a supported entry by the American Chesapeake Club, and the judge was Nat Horn, a longtime breeder/exhibitor of Chesapeakes himself. Saturday's weather was cold and rainy, but Hazel loved it! She strutted her stuff around the ring in the rain and won the class along with a 4 point major, which finished up her points needed for a Championship title!
I was (and am) SO proud of my little girl!!!
Then there was a dinner that evening at Safe Harbor Chesapeake Rescue which was absolutely fabulous! Lobster, steak, clams, corn on the cob....all you could eat.....thank you to Jane and Ron Peabody for being such gracious hosts and having all us wet folks in your beautiful home! It was the perfect end to a perfect day!

On Sunday Hazel competed in the Best of Breed class with the other Champions, and although she had fun, the class was won by a lovely bitch (CH. Poisett's Following Sea) and her very talented Jr. Handler - Annie Henshaw. Congrats to the both of them!
On the way home we stopped in Wells Beach for some clam chowder and to take some photos of the ocean! All in all it was a wonderful weekend!

Whoo -hoo!! New Champion!!!
With a very damp (but happy) Mom!

Mom and me practicing our synchronized trotting!

Dad and me in Boothbay Harbor

The Tugboat Inn in Boothbay Harbor

Getting ready for Dinner (and a good one it was!)

I can smell the ocean from here!!!
Hurry, lets go!!

Ohhhhh.....That looks like fun down there!

Please can I go down there????
Pretty please????

Showing off my Maine "bling"!

Ahhhhhhhh...........

Champion Hazel!!!
CH Blucollars Hocus Pocus CD, JH, RN

And a couple of weeks before our Maine trip, we were in Fitchburg , MA where Hazel and I competed for the first time ever in a Rally Advanced obedience class. Not only did she get 1st place out of the 33 dogs in the class, but she was the only dog to score a perfect 100!

Mom says I'm pretty AND smart!
Really all I want to do is get the ball
that dad is taunting me with while taking this picture!


Our next adventure starts this weekend (Sept. 13) when we head off once again to Maine to watch the American Chesapeake Clubs National Field Trial Specialty. No competing this time, just watching, learning and keeping an eye out for handsome young Chesapeake boys!!! ;-)