News 2009
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November 19 - 22, 2009
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2009 Thanksgiving Classic,
South Windsor
KC dog show (NEFCRC supported entry) - Lylah finishes 4th in a large open bitch class under judge Sandra Goose Allen.
Islandflats
good friend Chance, CH TLC Carry the Torch Chance CD *NAP* RA earns a new title in Novice Agility Preferred. Crystal is
very proud of her older brother.
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October 31 - November 1, 2009
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Back Mountain KC Dog Shows - Bloomsburg, PA: A busy weekend for the Islandflats crew ... Sat, Oct 31: A NEW TITLE FOR Lylah !!! With another qualifying score in the obedience ring (handled by Terry), Lylah earned her third leg in Novice Obedience and with that comes the title: Companion Dog (CD). She is now known as Islandflats American Pie *CD* RN CGC. Logan showed in best of breed, but he wasn't chosen this time. Sun, Nov 1: Lylah won Reserve Winners Bitch to a 5 point major! Still no points, but a very impressive conformation showing. Afterwards, she earned another qualifying score (an insurance leg) in obedience! Also, Crystal earned high qualifying scores in Rally Excellent (handled by Terry) and in Rally Advanced (handled by Margaret) to earn another leg towards her RAE title. Dog juggling in PA. - WOW! |
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October
17, 2009
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Skyline Agility Club of Northern New Jersey agility trials, Yorktown Heights, NY: Another qualifying score in Excellent
Jumpers for Crystal. That's 6 legs towards her Master's Jumpers title (4 to go).
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October 11, 2009
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Ramapo KC dog show - Augusta NJ: It's Crystal's turn in the Rally ring again. Handled by Terry, Crystal earns a qualifying score in the Excellent class, and then earns another qualifying score and a third place finish in the Advanced class! That's another leg towards her RAE title - only 8 more to go ... |
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October 10, 2009
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Palisades KC dog show - Augusta NJ: After a long hiatus, Logan enters the conformation ring and wins Best of Breed under judge Betsy Yates. He strutted his stuff flawlessly, in a large entry to get the rosette. Speaking of large entries, Lylah won Reserve Winners Bitch to a 4 pt major. That means that although she didn't earn any championship points, she beat a lot of other dogs in the ring. We're so proud of our "L" dogs! |
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October 4, 2009
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Ladies Kennel Association Agility trials - Old Westbury, NY: Crystal earns another leg towards her MXJ with a qualifying score and a sixth place finish in the Excellent Jumpers class. Keep it up Crystal, the next title is just around the corner ... |
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September 14, 2009
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It's Logan's Birthday! The Logan-ator is now 5 years old (wow ... how time flies)! The Islandflats crew wishes a Happy Birthday, and great things for the future to our boy Logan and all his littermates. |
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September 12 - 13, 2009
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Princeton DTC Agility Trials - Jamesburg, NJ: |
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August 23, 2009
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Staten Island Obedience Training Club's NADAC
trial - Staten Island, NY: Crystal became TLC Starlite's First Gleaming CD RE OA AXJ NAC *TN-N* RL1 CGC achieving herNovice Tunnelers Title in NADAC; she also got her 7th O-NAC leg (Outstanding Novice Agility). |
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July 3 - 4, 2009
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The Yankee Classic, West Springfield, MA: Friday, July 3: Kennelworth KC Obedience Trial: Lylah enters the obedience ring with Terry, for her first ever obedience trial and earns a qualifying score in the Novice class! OK, so the performance was sloppy, and her score was a bare minimum qualify but we'll take it. Maybe we'll do better next time ... Saturday, July 4 (Happy Birthday America) Farmington Valley KC Obedience and Rally Trials: Crystal sets out on a new venture; the RAE title in Rally O. Handled by Margaret, Crystal earns a qualifying score in Excellent, and a qualifying score in Advanced, with a fourth place finish! She just missed a perfect score. Only 9 more QQs needed for the new title. At the same time, in another ring, Lylah was doing novice obedience with Terry. They did better than yesterday and earned their second qualifying score for the CD title. One more to go ... Later that night the Islandflats crew celebrated with fireworks, barbeque, and cool libations (what else)! |
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May 31 - June 5, 2009
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2009 Flat-Coated Retriever Society
of America National Specialty - Warwick, RI: The Islandflats crew heads to our breed nationals. All our dogs were entered
in several events. Crystal in Agility and Veteran Sweeps. Logan in Brace Conformation (with Lylah), Rally-O, and BOB. Lylah in
Obedience, Brace Conformation (with Logan), and Open Bitch. The minute we arrived, Lylah goes into season ... scratch obedience and
brace conformation. Crystal has problems running agility, but she does earn a Special Veteran's medal in veteran sweeps. Logan
earns a qualifying score and rosette in Rally; and that's about it. Even though the judges didn't favor our dogs in the
conformation events, we all had such a great time! Kudos to the NEFCRC for planning and organizing an event that will always carry
happy, long lasting memories at Islandflats.
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May 23, 2009
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Monmouth County KC dog show - Freehold, NJ: A new rally tiltle
for Crystal! Handled by Terry, Crystal earns her third leg in Rally Excellent and with that comes a new title ... TLC Starlite's
First Gleaming CD *RE* OA AXJ NAC RL1 CGC. What to do next? More Rally? Agility? Something else ...
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May 9, 2009
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Port Chester
OTC Agility trials - Yorktown Heights, NY: Crystal and Margaret doing agility again ... This time Crystal earns a few more
MACH points as she earns another qualifying score in Excellent B Jumpers. She still needs only 1 more qualifier in Standard to complete
her AX title, but today wouldn't be the day. Maybe next time ...
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April 19, 2009
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SOTC Agility Trials, Yaphank, NY: After a long winter with limited training, Margaret & Crystal are back in the agility ring. Today, Crystal earns her first ever MACH points with a qualifying score in Excellent B jumpers. OK so we don't exactly have aspirations to go MACH, but Crystal showed she has what it takes by placing fifth in a tough class, on a difficult course. We definitely see more such points in her future! |
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April 7, 2009
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We celebrate another birthday! Lylah turns three today! Islandflats sends happy birthday wishes to Lylah and her littermates:Piper, C.J., and Rasta. Happy birthday to the Islandflats Rock N Roll "A" litter! |
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March 27 - 28, 2009
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I love my calendar girl ...Piper Islandflats All U Need is Love, is the featured puppy in the 365 Puppies A Year 2009 Calendar (Workman Publishing). Few pups in the calendar have their photo plastered across two days, but Piper was so cute in that shot (taken 2006), the publishers just couldn't resist. Once an adorable puppy, Piper is now a beautful dog. Piper ... America's next top model? |
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March 7, 2009
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Northeast
Flat-Coated Retriever Club Winter Meeting, |
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February 22, 2009
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Rockland County Kennel Club dog show, |
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February 14, 2009
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Staten
Island Companion Dog Training Club show, Happy Valentine's Day |
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February
1, 2009
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A new Veteran! Happy Birthday Crystal, and Happy Birthday to |
