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| Sargeant Major Christmas 2011 |
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| Toyota Tundra Christmas 2011 |
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| Shelby Mustang Christmas 2011 |
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| Revvy Christmas 2011 |
We know it has been awhile since our last post, but there has been so much going on we just don't know where to start. We added a new pup to our pack- Revvy- who came to us at 5 1/2 months old after being dropped off in a ditch by her previous family. She is exceptionally bright and intelligent and has been working hard on her pull training. Revvy is showing lead potential and we have begun her with some light "Gee" and "Haw" training with our trail leader, Shelby. In addition to the new pup, we have accepted the loan of a great gal named Kamrie, who will condition with us as our fourth for the season and keep the "wheels" of the sled in motion. Kamrie is an awesome pulling machine. Between Toyota Kamrie and our own Toyota Tundra in wheel position, we love have our own Toyota engine...going strong, lasting the distance, and taking us to the finish!
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| Toyota Kamrie (left) and Toyota Tundra (right) on a bikejor training run |
Our Sibes have been extremely busy gearing up and conditioning for what looks to be an almost never-ending dryland season...the snow seems to have taken a holiday for December. This time last year we had the sled out two weeks before Christmas, but apparently this December we will be lucky if we can just keep the house mud-free. Thus far this year, we have logged almost forty miles bikejoring and hope to triple that number if we can get the sled going soon. Not bad for my young team...not bad at all!
Because our dogs have tired of running the home route so often, SilverStar Siberians has taken our show on the road to give the dogs new places to run. Shelby and Tundra ran the Trailbreaker's Dryland course after the club's annual race in preparation for our next year's race entry. Revvy and Kamrie both attended the race as well for some socialization, but neither were quite trained enough to run in such a distracting environment. We have also made a trip to run at Carlisle and we were able to hitch Revvy into Chris Seminatore's team, SemiSiberians, next to his leader to give her some new experiences. Chris reports that she did very well once the team settled out from having the newbie join them. Thank you Chris for your generosity and taking the time to help my young team!
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| Front to back: Toyota Kamrie, Toyota Tundra, Revvy, Shelby Mustang |
SilverStar German Shepherds is happy to report that Sarge has finished his 2011 trial season and has only a few more Q's before he is completely in CPE's level 4. Translation is that he has two more levels to go before his first championship. Everyone is so excited about how far he has come in just one year of competition! We are currently on a scheduled break from our agility group and will resume his classes in March 2012. Sarge may continue to trial in the meantime depending on if we can continue to practice at home. The list of his current titles has been updated on our new website at http://silvrstarkennel.webs.com/ under Our Dogs>SilverStar German Shepherds, for those of you interested.
During this special, we would like to once again like to send our wishes to you for a bright and merry holiday season!
