ISSDC PNW/West

2011 Play Day

noreply@blogger.com (wildeoffice) — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 23:15:00 +0000

2011 Shiloh Play Day - Martinez, California

The people and dogs in the photo from left to right are: Suzie Batt w/Baby Bear; Karen Emery w/Annie & Apline; Lauren Mills w/Tucker; Bev Roth w/Wrangler; Debbie Stanton w/Tatum; Pam Currin w/Ty Ty & Brooke; Clare Robinson w/Lucy & Petra; Ron Silveira w/Rosie; Pat Bean w/Cheyenne; Nadia Akel w/Kirra; Roxanne w/Shelbee; Barbara Lynn w/Bully; Barry Lynn w/Bobbie; Bonnie Lynn; Janice & Joshua; Paul Wood w/Indy & Rogue; Susi Ramstead; Joy Dardin w/Ripley; Pat Kennedy w/Moose, Jasmine, Nash & Moose: Brennan; Morgan; Linda Kennedy; Nina McQueen w/Chance; Linda Robinson w/Libby; Nathan & Emily Siebach w/Asali; Becky & Hanna Hernandez w/Teo; and Katherine Edison w/Chiara.

23 Shilohs + 5 other breeds

Summer Fun in the PNW

noreply@blogger.com (issdcwest) — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 05:49:00 +0000

Summer is here and the West Coast Pack, Milo, Rigby and Coda are enjoying the warm weather and out of doors. They even took off for a week-long camping trip with Mom and Dad! Thanks for sharing your summer photos, Lisa!

Introducing Tally!

noreply@blogger.com (issdcwest) — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 05:29:00 +0000

Welcome to our newest western puppy, Talus (Gracie/Groban.) Tally came to California all the way from Canada, and was welcomed by his new family--Sharon, Todd, Colin and Vienna. Talus (Tally) is a plush golden sable with a sweet personality. He is so soft and fluffy that everyone who meets him wants to give him a big hug! Tally moved to California after his family met Bully, and said, "Hey! We need one of those!"

Shiloh Play Day :September 19, 2009

noreply@blogger.com (wildeoffice) — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 18:13:00 +0000

Mark your calendars! The fourth annual West Coast Shiloh Play Day will be Saturday, September 19, 2009 from 10AM-3PM.

This year, instead of the Paw Patch, we will be at the Martinez Regional Shoreline Park. For more information on our new venue, go to: http://www.ebparks.org/parks/martinez

I’m excited about the new venue. I’m friends with the park supervisor, Bill Nichols. He has set us up with a really nice spot. There is plenty of shade, picnic tables, BBQ pits, close parking and close restrooms—many of the amenities our last venue was missing. The Martinez Regional Shoreline Park does not have an official dog park, but don’t worry. I’ll have a large safely fenced area for the dog to play off leash.

The Shiloh Play Day is always great fun. I sure hope you plan to attend.

Call or email me and I will add you the growing list of attendees for Play Day 2009.

The more the merrier!

Joy Dardin
W: (925) 229-1000 x1274
H: (925) 689-7213
jdardin@4cd.edu

Happy Birthday Bobbie!

noreply@blogger.com (issdcwest) — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 03:40:00 +0000

Now you are three! How did that happen? Many birthday greetings to Glorious Bobbie Z Bear from your ISSDC West/PNW Family. Hope your day is filled with happy fun, many treats, scritches, and belly rubs.

Pretty Bobbie, you don't look a day over 2!

Hangin' out, lookin' good. OK, where is the cake?

Bobbie sleeps in with her favorite stuffed toy on her birthday

Bobbie poses for her birthday photos

Photos courtesy of Barry X Lynn

Welcome Spring!

noreply@blogger.com (issdcwest) — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 03:08:00 +0000

Annie catches some rays in the backyard

Berry loves the warm spring day

Today is the first day of Spring, and here in the Sierra Nevada Foothills, Spring has really arrived! Berry, Sophie and Annie spent the day on a long walk, and enjoyed every new blade of grass, every new flower, and every newly leafy tree.

We Have Western Puppies Coming....

noreply@blogger.com (issdcwest) — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 03:48:00 +0000

Bolo's Siskiyou Summit

Dad to Be, Summit

NS bCanCH Miracle's Island Mist, TT

Island Mist Shilohs and Siskiyou Shepherds announce the upcoming breeding of Misty and Summit this Spring/Summer. Beautiful Misty (Lily/Denver) is a Breed and Canadian Champion; she has also passed a Temperament Test. Due to her conformation achievements during the 2007 show year, Misty was honored as a National Select (i.e., one of the top Shilohs in the breed) by both theShiloh Shepherd Breed Association (SSBA) and the International Shiloh Shepherd Dog Club (ISSDC.)

Summit (Fuji/Bama) is a big, gorgeous white Shiloh residing at Siskiyou Shepherds in Bend, Oregon. I am sure we all look forward to this western pairing.

To get your puppy fix in the next few months, check out Island Mist Shilohs website at:

www.islandmistshilohs.com

Photos courtesy of Siskiyou Shepherds and Island Mist Shilohs

Introducing Island Mist Shilohs

noreply@blogger.com (issdcwest) — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 03:11:00 +0000

Misty and her Ribbon for Best of Winners

Welcome to Sherry and Joe Drebnicki, new members of the ISSDC West/PNW group. Sherry and Joe have been active members in the ISSDC group for several years. The Drebnickis share our lives with three Shilohs; Misty (Lily/Denver 06), Nimbus (Sequoia/Storm 06) and Halla (Misty/Odin 08.)

After a much quicker than expected house sale this past summer, the Drebnickis found themselves driving cross country with their pregnant dog, Misty, to live in their daughter's family room on Vancouver Island. Luckily Misty waited to whelp her litter of ten beautiful puppies until ten days after the Drebnicki's arrival in British Columbia.

Halla, Miss Red, a beautiful grey sable is the keeper from this litter, and Island Mist puppies are now living all across Canada, with one puppy making its forever home in Florida!

Thankfully Sherry and Joe have now settled into their new forever home, just in time to announce the upcoming breeding of Misty to the handsome Summit. We welcome them to our group.NS bCanCH Miracle's Island Mist, TT (Misty)

bCanCH Ptd. Sequoia Windsong Nimbus Storm (Nimbus)

Halla

Photos courtesy of Island Mist Shilohs

Hunky Koda Valentino

noreply@blogger.com (issdcwest) — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 18:16:00 +0000

Koda, Hau Koda of Sierra, sends Valentine's greetings to his fans. Koda is 27 months old, 28 1/2 inches, and 100 pounds--a perfect Valentine Pinup Boy!

Annie and Coda Do It Again!

noreply@blogger.com (issdcwest) — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 17:35:00 +0000

Annie, Shenandoahs Spirit of the West, and Coda, Shenandoah's Mountain Melody traveled to the Enumclaw, WA IABCA show February 21 and 22, 2009. This was a huge show for the West Coast with sixteen Shilohs showing. Annie won Best of Breed twice, and Coda won the Junghund Class three times! We all had fun!

IABCA National and International Champion Shenandoah's Mountain Melody

Coda stacks for the judge's evaluation.

Annie greets the judge.

Annie competes for Best of Breed.

First High Sierra Snow Day

noreply@blogger.com (issdcwest) — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 05:29:00 +0000

Berry, Sophie, and Annie took off on a hike to enjoy the woods after the first Winter snowfall. The trail was covered by the snow, and their woods looked very different, but the girls found their way, stopping frequently to eat, roll in, and dig in the snow. There is nothing that Shilohs like better than snow!

Ripley Demonstrates Herding Potential

noreply@blogger.com (issdcwest) — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 05:13:00 +0000

As some of you know, Ripley went for his herding instinct test
Saturday, January 17, 2009. We had an awesome time!

What is so neat about Herding-4-Ewe in Vacaville is that they accept
all breeds. (Some herding facilities only accep Border Collies.)
Ripley was joined by a Schnauzer, a Bearded Collie, a
Rough-Coated Collie, a Canaan Dog, a Belgian Malanois, two Australian
Shepherds, two Swiss Mountain Dogs, two Border Collies, and four
German Shepherds. In all, there were seventeen dogs there for testing
Saturday morning.

For a fee of $35, the day's activities included registration, a group
instructional session with the dogs, a group class on herding breeds
in the indoor arena without the dogs, a demonstration by one of
instructor's dogs, and then a private session with the sheep and
trainer and written evaluation of your dog. It was the best $35 I
have ever spent! I would have paid more. Ripley and I were there
the entire day and we had a blast!

What was so fun was watching the different breeds work the sheep.
Each breed has a different style. As Debbie Pollard, founder of
Herding-4-Ewe, explained, German Shepherds have an aggressive style.
This proved true for Ripley. He used his body, teeth, and bark to
move the sheep. I was taken aback by his boldness. Deb explained
that Ripley wasn't being indiscriminate in his actions. He used each
behavior judiciously keeping the sheep together and then moving them
out as instructed.

To an untrained eye, it looked like Ripley was just having fun. But
Deb knows what she's looking for. She assured me Ripley was showing
her his potential. She said he took direction well and with training
he could be fantastic. In the comments section of his evaluation she
wrote that Ripley was a wonderful ambassador for his breed and that
he had HUGE herding potential! Cool, huh?

It struck me how natural the dogs were with sheep. Most of these dogs
had no prior experience—Ripley included. I thought some of the dogs
might be afraid. The sheep weigh between 150-300 lbs. But they
weren't. With encouragement and guidance from Deb, all the dogs took
to the sheep like ducks to water. It was incredible!

I can't say enough about how wonderful Debbie is or how much fun we
had. If you ever get the chance, have your Shiloh tested by Debbie
Pollard at Herding-4-Ewe. You won't regret it. It is an experience
you'll remember forever.

Joy & Ripley

Joy and Ripley show off the Herding Instinct Certificate

Ripley runs down a woolie!

Ripley gathers them up!

The B Family

noreply@blogger.com (issdcwest) — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 04:42:00 +0000

Just had to post some new updated pictures of the B family, Beautiful Bobbie Z, Hunky Brother Bullwinkle, and Barry and Barbara.

Pretty Bobbie
Bully

Christmas Day Snow Shoe

noreply@blogger.com (issdcwest) — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 20:39:00 +0000

Each Christmas we like to take a trip up the mountain to snow shoe...to enjoy the beautiful snow-covered forest...

and stunning vistas that await us around each bend.
We hope the snow-gods will shine upon us and the big storm expected on Sunday will dump tons of snow on the mountain so we can once again enjoy our family tradition of a Christmas Snow Shoe.

Jacki, Tyree and Lily, too

Samson Celebrates Christmas Western Style

noreply@blogger.com (issdcwest) — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 19:33:00 +0000

Santa Meets Roscoe and Copper

noreply@blogger.com (issdcwest) — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 19:27:00 +0000

Maddi's First Christmas

noreply@blogger.com (issdcwest) — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 19:09:00 +0000

Maddi celebrated her Very First Christmas by visiting with Santa. Ask Maddi about the special surprise she gave to Santa Claus!

Koda Sends Holiday Wishes

noreply@blogger.com (issdcwest) — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 05:32:00 +0000

Santa, I've been very GOOD!

Happy Holidays from the Emery Pack

noreply@blogger.com (issdcwest) — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 05:27:00 +0000

Merry Christmas From the West Coast Pack

noreply@blogger.com (issdcwest) — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 05:21:00 +0000

Dog Paddlin'

noreply@blogger.com (issdcwest) — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 04:43:00 +0000

Recently Rigby and Coda have taken up the sport of swimming.

Happy Rigby has taken to swimming like a champ!

Coda, LOL, not so much!

But, with the addition of a life jacket, Coda learns to swim!

A proud Coda after her lesson!

Coda and Annie IABCA Enumclaw, WA

noreply@blogger.com (issdcwest) — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 04:23:00 +0000

Coda and Annie traveled to the IABCA Show in Enumclaw, WA October 18-19, 2008. The weather was clear and cold, OK, there was a little rain. It is the Pacific Northwest after all! We were lucky that several other Shilohs attended the show.

Above is Coda, handled by Mom, Lisa, posing in a beautiful stack. Coda won Best of Breed Puppy and then took Reserve Best in Show! Good Job Lisa and Coda!

Karen and Annie running around the ring. Annie won Best of Breed!

Maddi Wins Big At IABCA, Antioch

noreply@blogger.com (issdcwest) — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 03:37:00 +0000

Maddi and Mom, Laura, entered their first dog show ever at the IABCA show in Antioch, CA, September 27, 2008.

Laura reports that Maddi won two gold medals and a bronze at the IABCA show. Since Maddi was the only Shiloh puppy, she won best in breed, but she got two SG-1 ratings, the highest rating a puppy can receive, and some really nice comments from the judges. Then she won a bronze, (third place!) for the group event in the first show.

Laura admitted that the group placement, "really shocked me since I had no
real idea what I was doing. I had some help though as there were a few
Shiloh people there to root me on and help me out. There was only one
other Shiloh showing though. "

Laura added, "It was hot out there in Antioch, but it was a lot of fun. Maddi did
great and was one tired pup when it was all over."

Congratulations to Laura and Maddi on their great first outing in the dog show world!

Welcome Maddi!

noreply@blogger.com (issdcwest) — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 03:22:00 +0000

A big welcome to Maddi, (Krissy/Tree), a new ISSDC PNW/West member. Maddi, a total cutie, is newly arrived from Texas. Welcome also, to Maddi's Mom, Laura. We look forward to seeing Maddi and Laura at many of our PNW/West events!

2008 Shiloh Play Day

noreply@blogger.com (wildeoffice) — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 20:58:00 +0000