I hope this Blog proves to be both fun and educational for anyone interested in Showing and/or Breeding Dogs. Spend some time with us and you will really understand the time and effort and emotions that goes into this hobby. Join me here for the good times and bad times, the joys and sorrows, the wins and losses. Welcome to life at Vista Dei!

Here is a video of Dave and Drifter in their qualifying run this past weekend.  They make it look so easy, but it has really taken about 2 years to get to this stage!  I am really excited at the progress they have made as a team, up until the last few months Drifter has been very fast but out of control sometimes and not qualifying for little errors here and there.  Now the two of them are starting to work as a calm and deliberate team, and still making incredible time, I believe this run was done in 42.6 seconds on a course with a standard course time of 69 seconds and earning a first place ribbon as well as a qualifying score...

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It's been another great agility weekend!!  At the Beaver County Kennel Club Trials in Neville Island PA

• Darby finished his Open Standard Title with a Third Place Ribbon
• Genni qualified in Open Standard with a Second Place Ribbon - great run Shawn and Genni, placed over your daddy this time girl!
• DRIFTER QUALIFIED IN OPEN STANDARD WITH A FIRST PLACE RIBBON!! (yup I am really excited by that, the cap lock didn't stick!)  Dave told me something I didn't know, that every run Drifter has qualified on have all been first placements.  I don't have the time on this run - bet Dave will send it to me, but I know it wasn't much over 1/2 course time.. I actually DID do the happy dance on this one!
• Regis picked up TWO MORE double Q's this weekend - guess we are going to be starting the countdown towards his MACH2 - he only needs 18 more!! hahahha  Way to go guys!!
• Hector came to visit on Saturday, what a sweet little boy he is, and Kiwi was there on Saturday too both of them taking in the sights and sounds, they will be our next generation of competitors, nice to see them doing well in the noisy and stressfull enviroment.

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MACH Vista Dei Luvme Like A Rock XF

"Regis"

On Friday Morning, Sept 7, 2007 at Cleveland All Breed Training club trials in North Olmstead OH, Regis finished his Master Agility Championship, becoming the first MACH and the first AKC Champion bred by Vista Dei.  Thanks soooo much to Tim for his commitment and expert handling taking Regis from first time in the ring to MACH in only 17 months of trials, thanks to Tim's wife Christy for all the behind the scenes support that I am sure made it possible and certainly kept me updated.  And thank you Regis for waiting until I could be there to watch you run.  Held my breath the whole time, and when I remembered to breath, yup got some tears in my eyes.. beautiful runs, from a dog with a heart and drive bigger than he is..

Not to be out-done, in the Evening of Sept 7, 2007 at the Carnation City Kennel Club in Randolph OH.. Regis's mother, Misty finished her UKC Conformation Championship becoming

U-Ch. Millcreek Mystical Moment

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Update.. Regis did NOT get the MACH today, I am so happy as I will be able to be there for any of his next 6 runs, soooooo while I can't wait for the big day, I am happy that I will be able to come watch and it wasn't today!! Onto Cleaveland next week!!!  yaaaaaa hoooooo...

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WOOOOO HOOOOOO!!! Just got the phone call that Regis got QQ #19~~~  (he got #18 last week as well as another leg on FAST titles)  ONE MORE DOUBLE Q FOR THE MACH!!!

Now, of course tomarrow, Labor day is THE ONLY DAY for the next several weeks that I can not go to see him run, as I am scheduled to work so that I could have 3 weekends off.. I know I know.. but the shows are ALWAYS Fri/Sat/Sun.. NOT MONDAYS!!  I am sooooo bummed!  Hopefully Tim's mom will be running the video tape just incase tomarrow is the big day!!  I wish them both luck but won't be toooo disappointed if they wait till I can be there!!

GOOD LUCK GUYS!!!!

Our UKC weekend wasn't all that good, showed 4 shows, poor Mysty took reserve in 3 of them and got dumped in one, at least she beat another bitch who has 11 AKC points and both majors the one day.. small victory, but we did need the points from that class win, now she just needs to go Best Female ONE MORE TIME to finish her CH.. maybe next weekend??  I was proud of her tho, she did a GREAT job, showed her little heart out in the heat and looked the best she ever has.. it will happen, just hope that it is this year, as next weekend is the last set of UKC shows around here till May 2008

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