NATCH Jinn!!

My darling no-longer-baby-dog Jinn finally got her last needed Chances leg to finish her very first NATCH at the Canines in Action trial this past Saturday, the 27th of April. It has been a long and bumpy road with this girl, but she has really blossomed into a pretty consistent and honest teammate. I am so very proud of her. Now just onward and upward to Versatility NATCH and then beyond!

Jinn and I posing with Judge Jim Nally and the very pretty NATCH ribbon :)

Jinn AXJ and OF!!

We only got into Friday of the Dauphin AKC trial at In the Net in Palmyra, PA. It has been a while since Jinn has been in that building and she was terribly spooky on her first run in Standard. But by the middle of the run with some encouragement from me she pulled it together and ended happy. I guess that good feeling stuck around because she went on to finish her Open FAST title and her Excellent Jumpers title later that morning!! The Jumpers course was tight and twisty and she worked very hard to stay on course and qualify. She is such a good and honest girl. She just worries sometimes...

Photo by Rich Knecht

This was her first trial since her new little brother Loki came home, so I am very pleased to see that she isn't  holding too much of a grudge. Far from it in fact they are best friends!!

Welcome to our newest addition!

On the day before Easter, my fantastic husband Josh flew out to Las Vegas and back to pick up our newest family member. He is a Borderstaffy from Lisa Kronz. His name is On Target's Mischief Managed, known to the rest of the world as Loki!! We also call him Bacon. :)

I was looking for something smaller, fast and fun that had a smooth coat. It also had to be tough enough to live in a house full of Dobermans! My friend Tracy has a half brother to Loki who I fell in love with a few years ago and I had to have one like him.

I am still a Doberman girl through and through, and there will be many more Dobes in our future. But this time around it was time for something a little different. I am very excited to learn all of the lessons that Loki has to teach me and to see where our journey together takes us.