2nd Wk September

Second Week of 2007

AROUND THE WORLD WITH THORNAPPLE IN 80 SECONDS!!!!!
A QUICK UPDATE ON THE WEEKEND NEWS WITH THE USUAL DETAILS TO FOLLOW!
September 15 & 16

DENMARK ***
DIABLO WINS BEST IN SHOW OVER 3500 ENTRIES!!!
Diablo's daughter, JADA & KATRINE TAKE BEST JUNIOR HANDLER!
DIABLO IS #1 ALL BREED IN DENMARK & KATRINE IS #1 JUNIOR HANDLER!

Michigan ***
Shayna Garrison takes her 5th & 6th BEST JUNIOR HANDLER AWARDS with Shamba!
and Shayna wins BEST PUPPY IN MATCH with her Minature Poodle, Giselle!
Shamba's son, Nero, is Best Of Winners on Saturday!
Diablo's daughter, Pucker, is Best Of Winners & Best Opposite Sex on Sunday!
Cruzan's son, Ruger, is Best Puppy & Herding Group 1 at the match on Saturday!

Indiana ***
Macy is BEST OF WINNERS for her second 3 point major!
Skylar is BEST OF BREED Saturday & BEST OF BREED/GROUP 3 on Sunday!

BRAZIL ***
BRAZ. AND ARG. CH. WIND SPIRIT KING´S HEIR TO THE THRONE,
out of Shamba & Kahlua was BEST IN SHOW IN AN INTERNATIONAL
FCI SHOW UNDER INTERNATIONAL JUDGE Mr. Jose Juan Vidal Montero.
And was RESERVE BIS IN SHOW WITH JUDGE MR. HENRIQUE FILIPINI!
And was 4th BIS under judge Mr. Carlos Manso.

California ***
CONGRATULATIONS, Amanda Hutchinson, on the birth of your 7 beautiful Cruzan babies!

The NEW USASA Journal is HOT off the press!
Watch for it with the latest NEWS updates!

IT WAS A FABULOUS THORNAPPLE WEEKEND!!!

Miss Hudsyn is too shy to ask ..... HOWEVER .....

CRAZY BABY is NOT!
Evan says GIVE UP your $$ to the USASA Junior Handler Committee ... OR ELSE!
The USASA Junior Handling Committee is THE #1 Junior Handler program of ALL AKC breeds!
www.usasajuniors.com

WHEATLAND MUSIC FESTIVAL 2007
34th Annual *** September 8 & 9
HAPPY WHEATLAND!
Wheatland is a weekend of Traditional Music & Dance that has been a Thornapple family tradition for 29 years!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY CHEVY ** WE LOVE YOU!
On September 10, 1996 a very special puppy was born. When he came into this world, God had a plan for this little blue boy.
God knew of a girl who would be in need of an angel soon. This girl lived in Texas, and this special puppy was born into a wonderful
family in Michigan. So many miles separated them, but they were destined for each other.This angel would be named "Chevy."
Before these 2 would meet, Chevy had places to go and shows to win! A couple of years later, this angel would "fly" to Texas to meet
the girl who so needed him. The two of them became inseparable....shows, obedience, therapy work. Soon, they had to pack up and move
to Alabama. Chevy was the strength the girl needed to get through this move. God knew of the rough roads this girl would have in her life.
He had a purpose for his special angel. He just did not know how much this girl would actually love and need her blue boy. He became her
heart and her soul. To this day, Chevy remains her special angel. But now he has another purpose....the best friend of a special 2 1/2 year
old boy. Chevy is truly my angel. Most people rescue dogs....but Chevy "rescued" me. Thank you, Ellen. He changed my world for the better,
and I can never thank you enough for him. HAPPY 11TH BIRTHDAY, CHEVY!!!!!!!! Many, many hugs, Christa

Chevy pictured with his best buddy, Zachary!

IT'S A DOUBLE PHOTO AWARD FOR AMI ROMANELLI!!!!

We have 4 week photos of the Jake & Chante photo, courtesy of Ami!
These photos were shot on film because Ami's digital camera is in the shop for repair.
Thank you for crawling on the ground to take these awesome photos. Ami!
(Ami tells us the neighbors wonder about her!)
http://mandolynjake.tripod.com Mercuryaussies@hotmail.com
Black Tri Male (Full Collar) - Parker - available
Black Tri Male (Partial Collar/SS) - Sawyer - available
Red Tri Male - Jimmy Conrad
Red Tri Bitch - Macy
Red Merle Bitch - Blush

Pontiac Kennel Club * September 8 * Judge Mrs. Cathy H. Daugherty
Thornapple Shake Down "Akon" * Reserve Winners Dog * Best of Breed Puppy * 2nd Place Puppy Herding Group
Akon handled by Shayna Garrison

Shayna Garrison * 1st Place Open Junior Handling * BEST JUNIOR HANDLER with Shamba
Judge Mr. Delbert L. Hacker

Pontiac Kennel Club * September 9 * Junior handling Judge Mrs. Bettyann P. Hale

Shayna Garrison * 1st Place Open Junior Handling * BEST JUNIOR HANDLER with Shamba
Mrs. Hale commented Shayna is the total package ... attire, hair, skill, attitude, love of the show ring!
Mrs. Hale looks for a Junior Handler who projects his/her love of showing their dog. Shayna was that Junior on Sunday!
CONGRATULATIONS, SHAYNA, ON YOUR 5TH BACK TO BACK BEST JUNIOR HANDLER WIN!!!!

Clermont Kennel Club * September 9 * Judge Mrs. June Penta
Thornapple Ooo La La "Paris" * Reserve Winners Bitch
CH Thornapple Sky's The Limit "Skylar" * BEST OF BREED
Paris & Skylar handled by Maria Neff
Maria Neff * 2nd Place Open Senior Handling with Skylar * Judge Rachel Rehberg Gongre
Maria ran to the Junior Ring from the Breed Classes. The judge was very nice to allow Maria to enter
her class at the last moment. Maria did a down and back then the Judge awarded Maria 2nd in her class.

Clermont Kennel Club * September 10 * Judge Mrs. Lee Canalizo

Thornapple Ooo La La "Paris" * WINNERS BITCH, BEST OF WINNERS & BEST OF BREED!!!
Mrs. Canalizo told Maria "to watch this bitch go around the ring gives me chills!" She stated that Skylar has beautiful movement, but
Paris has even better movement. Maria commented to Mrs. Canalizo that it is difficult to win with Paris because she does not have lots of
white trim. Mrs. Canalizo replied "Take her to a movement judge and they will love her!" Later, as Maria was walking back to her setup
with Paris, Mrs. Canalizo whizzed by Maria in her golf cart. She smiled at Maria & stated "THAT'S A BEAUTIFUL BITCH!"
CH Thornapple Sky's The Limit "Skylar" * Best Opposite Sex
Thank you, Sam Miceli, for lending Maria a helping hand by showing Paris in the Best of Breed class.
And CONGRATS, Sam Miceli, on your Best Junior Handler win! The Aussie Juniors ruled in Ohio!
Maria Neff * 1st Place Open Senior Handling with Skylar * Judge Mrs. Bruce N. Lorenzen

September 9, 2007
CONGRATULATIONS, Anna-Lena & Niklas on Group 1 and BEST IN SHOW 2 with Damon!

CH Thornapple Oh Brother "Damon" *** Best in Show 2

CONGRATULATIONS Marie Samuelson on taking Best Opposite Sex with Lucy to Damon at the show in Sweden!
Marie tells us Lucy ** Thornapple Ruby Passion ** now has 10 ccs towards her Swedish title!

Best In Show Winner Ch Thornapple Aftershock
Always owner handled by Bitta Wohliche ** Denmark

CONGRATULATIONS, Bitta, on Best Of Breed/Group 2 on Saturday &
Best of Breed/Group 1 on Sunday with DIABLO in Germany this weekend!
The 8 & 9 September 2007 took Diablo and I to Leipzig in Germany. Diablo just need 2 more CC’s –
then he would become German Champion as the first Danish Aussie!
As you know ... Diablo love to be the first Aussie in a lot of things here in Denmark J
The 8 of September – International Dog Show. Best of breed, Cabib, CC and BIG 2
Breed judge: Mr. Christofer Habig from Germany ... Group judge:???
The 9 of September – National Dog Show ... Best of Breed, CC (new German champion) and BIG!!!!
Breed judge: Mr. Dr. Wilfried Peper from Germany ... Group judge: Mr. Dr. Wilfried Peper
Judge Mr. Dr. Wilfroed Peper was the judge that gave Diablo his first and his last German CC J
Judge Mr. Christofer Habig came over to me on Sunday and say “This dog is a best in show dog –
He should have won the show Saturday!!!” …. Wow that made me very proud J
Here is some pictures from the show ... Big Hug from Bitta and Diablo

CH Thornapple End Of The Rainbow CD CGC ThD RN

GOOD NEWS from BETSY HAMKENS & RAIN ***
Well, this was quite an exciting weekend or should I say interesting.:))) Friday evening before the weekend shows I was doing a CGC evaluation for the club. The last dog was the weekend judge who joked he was judging this weekend so I should be very careful how I judged him so I told him if he passed me on Saturday, I would pass him on his CGC test. I no sooner got that out of my mouth when I tripped on a mat and fractured my wrist. Needless to say, after all the training I have been doing with Rain, I bought a wrist splint and visited a couple nurses at the show and chose to stay at the show to compete in 4 events. Can't keep a dog person down! On Saturday, there was a four way runoff for first place and Rain was in that. He did a SPECTACULAR job on his run out but come time for the runoff of which we were not prepared was eventful. Mr. Rain decided it was lap time:))) We ended up with 4th place out of 16 dogs so I was well pleased. He received a perfect score in Rally. There were 5 perfect scores out of 15 dogs so they went by time and there was only about 1 tenth of a second between all 5 of us so Rain received a number 4 placing in that event. Sunday, Rain was loaded for bear. You might say, since it was a cool beautiful day and he was feeling his oats so I was worried about losing him on the off leash part of the performance. He was HOT TO TROT but was able to compose himself and earn a 3rd place again out of 16 dogs. The Rally he did very well but his handler (yours truly) lost him some points or again, he would have had a perfect score. Well, to sum it up, we had a GREAT weekend aside from the wrist, so Rain earned his Companion Dog Title with wonderful runs! Did it in three shows, too! So, you can add a CD to his name:))) Hope you had as good a weekend as Rain and I did. Thanks for letting me share. Betsy
We are thrilled to hear of Rain's new title! So sorry to hear of your wrist injury!
You are a true believer of the Show Must Go On, Betsy!
CONGRATULATIONS, Betsy & Rain!

Here is Ditto, a Tilley x Courage daughter.
She turned 1yr old on saturday and we took these yesterday (Monday).
Cuebiyar Heart N Soul ** Date of Birth: 8/9/2006 ** Colour & Markings: Black Tri
    +--Aust Ch Thornapple Sub Zero (imp USA)
+--Cuebiyar Heart N Soul
    +--Aust/Am/ASCA Ch McMatt Lovely Lily (imp USA)
What do you think? Amanda
We think she is stunning, Amanda!   Thank you for sharing!
Courage ** Australian CH Thornapple Sub Zero ** has produced very well in Australia.

Anya won baby puppy of breed and Bond won the baby puppy dog class.
Denver won Junior of Breed both days but did no more, but I was very
proud of him as he went really well and is such a good boy. Take care, Coralee
CONGRATULATIONS on your wins at the New Zealand dog show September 9th, Coralee!
Zippo ** CH Thornapple Red Hot Temptation ** should be very proud of his kids!

September 10, 2007

The Book PETA and HSUS Don’t Want You to Read
We never thought we’d wade into the politics of pet shelters, but the decidedly unethical treatment of a van-load of pound puppies in 2005 by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) employees radicalized us. Despite PETA’s habit of killing upwards of 90 percent of the dogs, cats, puppies, and kittens it takes in, PETA president Ingrid Newkirk conceded in 2000 that her organization “could become a no-kill shelter immediately.” (Such a shift of budget priorities, of course, would require the jettisoning of some of PETA’s more obnoxious campaigns and obnoxious campaigners.) The image of PETA blissfully slaughtering adoptable pets is a fair definition of hypocrisy. But just when we thought we had heard the worst of it, along comes Nathan Winograd.
Winograd’s book, available for purchase this month, is titled Redemption. He argues, quite effectively, that the concept of “pet overpopulation” in the United States -- that bogeyman that PETA and the Humane Society of the United States constantly use to justify an inordinate focus on dispatching dogs and cats to the great beyond -- is a myth. Every year, Winograd claims, there are actually more Americans looking for pets than animals needlessly killed in shelters.We read Redemption and we absorbed Winograd's prescriptions for change. We were touched. We asked the author to answer some tough questions about his claims. And he said yes.
Click here to read the Consumer Freedom interview with Nathan Winograd. And click here to buy his book. It’s the one thing PETA and HSUS are hoping you won’t read this year.