Tina entered Crickett, Kelby and Anna entered Arya and I entered Vullo and Spanky in the upcoming Herding Instinct Test in Shamong, NJ.
After all the rain, I was a bit worried we would all be covered in mud but, the place was pretty dry. Crickett was up first and caught on quickly showing off her stuff. With some nice words from those present, Crickett and Tina walked away with a new certificate...Herding Instinct Test passed!
Now she is PrideNJoyz Up All Night CGC, HIC!
Tina and Crickett won over the crowd (as usual) and showed them a Cane Corso is not an aggressive breed and can excel at many things beside guarding. She is really helping open people's eyes to our breed and I couldn't be more proud of all my puppy families for putting a positive spin on the Cane Corso.
Next up was Spanky...she is a momma's girl through and through. She smelled the sheep said "Hi" to all the people but, she decided herding sheep was not something she was interested in doing. After some coaxing the encouraging, nothing. LOL. We will find what she enjoys but, it is not herding. :)
Roby Giannuli, Vullo's breeder, is here for a few days and took Vullo in for his herding test. No surprise, he did fantastic. To quote the evaluator, he has "a lot of prey drive but, will only herd for someone he respects." He passed his HIC!
Now he is Ch Poseidon dell'Antiqua Apulia, TT, HIC!
After a little wait, Kelby and Anna showed up with Arya (Fuoco della Nevaia x PrideNJoyz Afterglow)after being stuck in Philly traffic (no surprise there!). Arya was a little hesitant at first and tried to play with the sheep, which was cute. Then with some running around a a few "good girl's" she was ready to go and did good. Another HIC pass!
Now she is PrideNJoyz Stark Lady of Swords, HIC!
What's next? Maybe CGC or RN...who knows...
Saturday, June 8, 2013
A lot has been happening her at the PrideNJoyz family!
Only a few months since the last post and there is so much to tell.
After Wally finished his AKC Championship he has been hanging at home relaxing. He loves been Greg's buddy.
Nationals was hectic! Had Jolayne here visiting from Canada, without Brinks, and Roby Giannuli from Antiqua Apulia kennel in Bari, Italy. The few dogs entered performed well despite training.
Now that busy season is over, we have ramped up dog season! I entered Glow in her final Rally Novice test and hoped we would pass. Of course, Glow performed fantastic and we walked away with a 3rd place ribbon and a toy! A big thank you to the Allentown Dog Training Club for putting on a well organized event! The judge even complimented Glow and we finished her Rally Novice title! Not too shabby for being away from rally for a few years. :)
After Glow finished her RN title, I entered Inky in the Coursing Ability Test in Freehold, NJ. I had a good feeling she would excel. She loves to run, is fast as a greyhound and has good drive. Tina and Crickett (Mar E Sol's Saggio x PrideNJoyz Aria) met us at the test. At first Crickett preferred staying with mom, after a few minutes of working with her, she got the idea and even caught the lure! Oops! The club let her rerun and she ran the course to get her first leg of three for the Coursing Ability title! Go Tina and Crickett! Inky was incredible and after two easy runs on Saturday and one on Sunday, she completed her Coursing Ability title! It was a super hot day and the dogs performed great and set very good examples for the breed. I had a lot of fun hanging out with Tina and Crickett and look forward to the next time.
Now we have:
After Wally finished his AKC Championship he has been hanging at home relaxing. He loves been Greg's buddy.
Nationals was hectic! Had Jolayne here visiting from Canada, without Brinks, and Roby Giannuli from Antiqua Apulia kennel in Bari, Italy. The few dogs entered performed well despite training.
Now that busy season is over, we have ramped up dog season! I entered Glow in her final Rally Novice test and hoped we would pass. Of course, Glow performed fantastic and we walked away with a 3rd place ribbon and a toy! A big thank you to the Allentown Dog Training Club for putting on a well organized event! The judge even complimented Glow and we finished her Rally Novice title! Not too shabby for being away from rally for a few years. :)
After Glow finished her RN title, I entered Inky in the Coursing Ability Test in Freehold, NJ. I had a good feeling she would excel. She loves to run, is fast as a greyhound and has good drive. Tina and Crickett (Mar E Sol's Saggio x PrideNJoyz Aria) met us at the test. At first Crickett preferred staying with mom, after a few minutes of working with her, she got the idea and even caught the lure! Oops! The club let her rerun and she ran the course to get her first leg of three for the Coursing Ability title! Go Tina and Crickett! Inky was incredible and after two easy runs on Saturday and one on Sunday, she completed her Coursing Ability title! It was a super hot day and the dogs performed great and set very good examples for the breed. I had a lot of fun hanging out with Tina and Crickett and look forward to the next time.
Now we have:
G Ch PrideNJoyz Afterglow RN, CGC, TDI, HIC
PrideNJoyz The Fine Print CA
Saturday, April 27, 2013
Other 2013 Plans
We have decided this year to work more towards titles other than conformation titles. Glow needs one leg to get her Rally Novice title and we are planning on getting a few of the younger dogs their CGC and RN titles this year.
We will see what happens...
We will see what happens...
2013 Breedings
We are planning to bred Glow to Daitan della Valle Dei Lord, owned by Dal Mare Cane Corso. Glow tends to come in season at her own pace unfortunately. We are estimating puppies around October or November.
We are also potentially planning a dual sired litter with Inky the end of 2013. We would like to breed her to Vullo and potentially another male and then place her in a pet home. She has a wonderful, happy temperament. We are sad that her bite went undershot beyond the standard. We feel finding her a great pet home (after she has one litter...hopefully) where she can get all the love and attention she desires would be the greatest gift for her. We realize that not all dogs were meant to be show dogs or turn out the way we hoped. Rather than take the risk of her getting disqualified for her bite we feel she can hopefully bless us with fantastic puppies and retire.
We are also potentially planning a dual sired litter with Inky the end of 2013. We would like to breed her to Vullo and potentially another male and then place her in a pet home. She has a wonderful, happy temperament. We are sad that her bite went undershot beyond the standard. We feel finding her a great pet home (after she has one litter...hopefully) where she can get all the love and attention she desires would be the greatest gift for her. We realize that not all dogs were meant to be show dogs or turn out the way we hoped. Rather than take the risk of her getting disqualified for her bite we feel she can hopefully bless us with fantastic puppies and retire.
New AKC Champion!
We are happy to announce in March, I think, Wally aka PrideNJoyz No Autographs Please, become a new AKC Champion with a major! He is growing into a nice boy with an amazing body and bone.
Thank you Ashley Cuzzolino for handling him and to all the judges who made it happen!
Thank you Ashley Cuzzolino for handling him and to all the judges who made it happen!
The end of busy season and Nationals
Now that busy season at work is over, I can catch up on some much needed website updates, updating the blog, playing with the dogs, and other things that get put off from January to April.
Busy season was hard on everyone this year. The most trying times came right at the end of busy season. The CCAA, AKC parent club, had their Nationals week from April 11-14th. This was my first year with the club as Treasurer and I learned a lot. It was a bit overwhelming. The great news is that Roby Giannuli and Jolayne Moryski were coming to visit during Nationals! Roby is from the kennel Antiqua Apulia in Bari, Italy and Jolayne is the owner of our very own Brinks who lives in Alberta, Canada. It was great having them here to help and I wish I had more time to hang out with them.
Thursday after a long day of traveling on Wednesday for Roby, he was kind enough to take Vullo to the CCAA sponsored ATTS test. ATTS is a test certified by the American Temperament Test Society. Vullo passed with flying colors but, that isn't a surprise. We already knew he is great. :) We did get a few nice photos of him from the test that I will be posting on his page. As a favor to me, Roby volunteered to translate for FCI Judge Danilo Giorgio (IT) for the Breeders Cup. The club had the great honor of having Danilo Giorgio and Sarka Bajerova, a well known and respected breeder of Cane Corso from Czech Republic here to judge some of the breeds top dogs/bitches.
Thursday night Jolayne arrived safely. While I went to work on Friday, Jolayne and Roby took Vullo and Spanky to Nationals in Harrisburg, PA for written critiques from Danilo and Sarka. I was very pleased with their comments. Overall Danilo gave Vullo and Excellent and Sarka gave him a Very Good. Both liked Spanky but noted she needed more bone and hoped her topline would firm up around as she got old but gave her very good remarks.
Saturday night was the banquet and all three of us went with Oz, Arya (Fuoco x Glow pup) and Vullo in tow for Sundays show. The banquet was a lot of fun and met lots of other Corso lovers.
Sunday everyone did their best. We didn't walk away with any prizes but I was very proud. We were happy to support the club.
Busy season was hard on everyone this year. The most trying times came right at the end of busy season. The CCAA, AKC parent club, had their Nationals week from April 11-14th. This was my first year with the club as Treasurer and I learned a lot. It was a bit overwhelming. The great news is that Roby Giannuli and Jolayne Moryski were coming to visit during Nationals! Roby is from the kennel Antiqua Apulia in Bari, Italy and Jolayne is the owner of our very own Brinks who lives in Alberta, Canada. It was great having them here to help and I wish I had more time to hang out with them.
Thursday after a long day of traveling on Wednesday for Roby, he was kind enough to take Vullo to the CCAA sponsored ATTS test. ATTS is a test certified by the American Temperament Test Society. Vullo passed with flying colors but, that isn't a surprise. We already knew he is great. :) We did get a few nice photos of him from the test that I will be posting on his page. As a favor to me, Roby volunteered to translate for FCI Judge Danilo Giorgio (IT) for the Breeders Cup. The club had the great honor of having Danilo Giorgio and Sarka Bajerova, a well known and respected breeder of Cane Corso from Czech Republic here to judge some of the breeds top dogs/bitches.
Thursday night Jolayne arrived safely. While I went to work on Friday, Jolayne and Roby took Vullo and Spanky to Nationals in Harrisburg, PA for written critiques from Danilo and Sarka. I was very pleased with their comments. Overall Danilo gave Vullo and Excellent and Sarka gave him a Very Good. Both liked Spanky but noted she needed more bone and hoped her topline would firm up around as she got old but gave her very good remarks.
Saturday night was the banquet and all three of us went with Oz, Arya (Fuoco x Glow pup) and Vullo in tow for Sundays show. The banquet was a lot of fun and met lots of other Corso lovers.
Sunday everyone did their best. We didn't walk away with any prizes but I was very proud. We were happy to support the club.
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