http://wm.fhlou.com/wordpress West Mesa news, brags, info and more Sat, 24 Apr 2010 19:37:58 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Due to health problems the school will be closed from April 8 to April 27th.  This closure will not effect Ellen's classes (Tutor Prep) or Kathy's classes (Rally) and the GP (Best Friends) classes will continue as scheduled. http://wm.fhlou.com/wordpress/?p=106 Congrats to all the handlers and teams that passed the CGC test at West Mesa last Wednesday.  And thanks to everyone that helped. http://wm.fhlou.com/wordpress/?p=104 Here are the brags I know about from the Albuquerque show. Please feel free to let me know any that I need to add: Susan B. and Lily (Papillion) earned a CD title on Monday. They scored a 191 and took second place.  (The video is up on You Tube ... http://wm.fhlou.com/wordpress/?p=98 [caption id="attachment_102" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Tex wins his Group in Elk City"][/caption] Congrats to Bill Burns and Tex (Bassett Hound). Tex and Bill won Best of the Hound Group in Elk City, OK a few weeks back. Yeeee Haaawww! http://wm.fhlou.com/wordpress/?p=96 Some beautiful thoughts from Susan Boswell. RESCUED My heart leaps at the sight of a puppy, any puppy.  The intoxicating perfume of puppy breath can leave me smiling for hours.  Defenseless, precious, a new beginning, endless possibilities. Nothing beats a lap full of puppies. When I see the unwanted, discarded, used, elderly and ... http://wm.fhlou.com/wordpress/?p=95 I've set up an account on YouTube.com where I've uploaded some videos from various dog shows and events.  You can most get to all the videos by either looking for the WestMesaDogs account or using the following link: http://www.youtube.com/WestMesaDogs  http://wm.fhlou.com/wordpress/?p=94 West Mesa sent a Sheltie Drill team and several freestyle doggie dance teams to the Celtic Festival at Balloon Fiesta park to demonstrate the great things that Celtic dogs can do (and one honorary Celtic dog). I've created a page on the website with the videos that were taken of the ... http://wm.fhlou.com/wordpress/?p=93 From Claudia and upgraded to a full post since I noticed the "comments/Discussion" part of the blog aren't really highlighted. CNMGSD Club show brag: Claudia and Kati got their first RA leg with a 1st place and a 2nd overall on Saturday. Chris and Leo also got their first RA leg with a ... http://wm.fhlou.com/wordpress/?p=92 Congradulations to Jeff's Newfoundland Dublin, who became an offiicially titled Drafting Dog up in snowy Colorado recently. Here's Dublin showing off his beautiful Daisy hat. You can find more photos from the other drafting dogs visit to Abq Uptown right before Easter at the following link: http://lou.fhlou.com/PhotoAlbums/Dogs/Carting%20in%20ABQ%20Uptown/index.html http://wm.fhlou.com/wordpress/?p=91 Congrats to Kathy R. and her collie Krista for passing the CGC test. Jan's St. Bernard Gus also passed. Here's Gus on a rainy day before Easter http://wm.fhlou.com/wordpress/?p=88