Mid January

Come on everyone, dig deep into your pockets!
Support the AWESOME USASA Junior Handlers!

Exciting news from Bitta & Sycamore in Denmark * January 8!
(Danity's sister ... Sycamore's International page coming soon!)
I don’t have any show news yet, but just want to say that Sycamore is going
to be a TV star the 11 of January. The TV program needed a puppy that came
from a super breeder ..…and they took Sycamore : - ) . She is just in the
program for a very short time, but I am so proud of her : - ) the program is
about “buying a puppy from a good breeder and not from a puppy fabric.”
I hope everybody came in to the new year with no problems!
Love , Bitta and little Miss TV Star : - )

Great News from Jenny & Nell!
Yesterday, Nell & I received a TOP TEN Rally Obedience Award! 3rd Place United States Australian Shepherd Association!
We are very proud! We love our Thornapple Family! Jenny & Nell CONGRATULATIONS! WE ARE THRILLED FOR YOU!

Glidden wins in Sweden! Best Of Breed and Group 3 January 5th!
Congratulations, Damon on Best Of Breed and Group 1 January 6th!
Great Job Anna-Lena & Niklas!

We are happy to report that Gabby did well this weekend (Jan 5 & 6) at the AKC show in Deland.
She was WB/BOS under Judge LLoyd Graser, Jr. today. Now she needs two singles & she will be done :)
Erica took BJH with Diesel today under Judge Donavan Thompson today out of 29 entries. Yeah!
On Sat. she took 3rd with him in her class. Dianne

INCREDIBLE NEWS from Eszter & Dora!!!!
Here in Hungary every year there is a "End Of the Year" dinner which
the English Shepherd Club (www.club-info.hu). Here in Hungary the
Aussies belong in to that club. In every year out of the shows the dogs
earn points, and in this dinner those dogs that earn the most
points, gets awarded. In this year a new award type was created, for
the most points earned male and female dogs, out of each type of dogs
that are in the Club: (Bearded collie, Collie, Border collie,
Shelite, Bobtail, Corgi, Australian Kelpi and Australian shepherd)

THIS AWARD WAS GIVEN OUT TO LATTE!!!!!!!!!!!!

WE ARE VERY HAPPY, because this year was GREAT and whit this me
finished the year on the TOP. I send pictures of Dorus,the sponzor-of
the award Zsuzsa Voros and me.:-)Also I send Pictures of Latte and
the puppys. They are beautiful puppys. Hugs and Love, Eszter and Dóra

Latte is taking maternity leave to raise her gorgeous babies!
Thank you for sharing photos, Eszter and Dora!

Dear Friends, State legislatures are reconvening. Please be alert to animal rightist bills, share information
and work with other animal owners to protect yourselves and your sport. Sincerely, Bob Kane
Sportsmen's and Animal Owners' Voting Alliance -
Issue lobbying and working to identify and elect supportive legislators
Assist our pro-active advocacy via PayPal at http://saova.org

As many as 340,000 cows and steers have been left stranded by southeastern Colorado's most recent snowstorm,
and National Guard units are helping ranchers in a frantic bid to save the freezing animals. Faced with 15-foot
snowdrifts, rescuers are airlifting bales of hay and hoping for the best. But as Coloradans are learning, the
wealthy People For The Ethical Treatment Of Animals (PETA) isn't about to lift a finger. Not for those animals --
the ones destined to be flame-broiled, grilled, or roasted. Appearing on Denver radio station KRFX yesterday
morning, Colorado Governor Bill Owens spoke for all of us. PETA, he declared, are "a bunch of losers" & frauds.

The dustup started when KRFX morning hosts Rick Lewis & Michael Floorwax (yes, that's his real name) called
PETA to ask if the group would help feed and rescue the snowbound herds. PETA spokeswoman Reannon Peterson
took the call, and bluntly replied: "You're going to save them, and then in 6 months they're going to be killed
and end up on someone's plate. So I don't know that it's really the most noble cause."

Peterson added that wild animals caught in the blizzard's wake -- the same animals that PETA routinely criticizes
hunters for bagging -- also weren't worth spending PETA's money to save. "It's an act of God," she said, "There's
really nothing to be done."

Enter Governor Owens. In addition to labeling PETA "losers" and "frauds," he expressed amazement that "PETA
doesn't want us to feed freezing cattle" and stated that "it's symbolic of what PETA stands for." Finally, Owens declared
that PETA is "a strange group of people. Don't send money to PETA." Asked a few hours later by KRFX sister-station
KOA-AM to reiterate his position on PETA, he put it plainly: "What a bunch of losers. Don't give your money to PETA."

Quote from www.consumerfreedom.com -- We couldn't agree more. As we're telling the media today, the Colorado snowstorm is
exactly the kind of emergency that should send PETA into action. But PETA -- whose president publicly wished for a foot-and-mouth
epidemic in 2001 -- has a stubborn anti-meat bias. To this group of tofu-devouring loonies, seeing the livelihood of cattle ranchers evaporate
is a cheap thrill. This may also be the reason why the vegetarian-oriented Humane Society of the United States isn't
spending any of the $145 million it raised last year on Colorado helicopter rentals and hay bales.

Louisville Mayor, Jerry Abramson, has signed an anti-pet ordinance into law despite overwhelming opposition!

This law affects ALL of us! Louisville Kentucky is home to one of the largest dog show clusters in our country!
Your intact show dog COULD be CONFISCATED in Louisville, Kentucky!
For more information, please visit:

The time is NOW to fight legislation like this all around our country AND the world!!
It CAN and HAS happened all over our country!
Do not spend your hard earned dollars in Louisville, Kentucky!
Send Louisville representatives and mayor Letters and emails to express your views!
VOTE legislators with an animal rights agenda OUT of office!

Diesel send Happy New Year wishes from sunny warm Florida!
He also sends a reminder to celebrate responsibly!