Photo : Ch & O.Ch Astasia Carson UD ET PT "Carson" & Abhaben Noah AOC UD TDX "Sabre" (January 2001)

Welcome to our web site. We hope you enjoy your visit. Feel free to have a look around and contact us if you would like to know more!

We are Exhibitors, Trainers and Triallers of German Shepherds, Belgian Shepherd Malinois and Bouvier des Flandres. We love our dogs, they love to compete, but most of all they are a part of our family and have been raised with our children and other pets. Our Rainbow Bridge page is dedicated to our loving friends who have already sadly left us and we have also included some  pages that show photos of our dogs at work in varying disciplines.  We will update as they try new things. A special page has been included to allow us to show "Jazz" on her road to recovery after undergoing surgery for a very nasty injury in 2005.  This way we can thank all those that have put so much time into her rehabilitation.

2010 - A New Year

Well 2010 saw a good start to showing for "Eli" - Runner Up in Group at Maryborough Show - and "Shimmy" Challenge Bitch  

"Jazz" will be bred to "Jordan" Revloch Yesterday (Imp Ire) when she comes in season in July.  Hopefully all will go well this time.

2009 - New Beginnings....

* * * FOR SALE ..... Indian Runner Ducks..... Ducklings & Fertile Eggs * * *

To mark the arrival of the first of our new Shepherd babies, a new page has been added to allow you to see how they are growing.  This year will see both Warren and I heading back to German Shepherd Specialty Show Ring....I know I will certainly need to be fitter for that.

The first six months of 2009 has been very eventful. "Starr" has outperformed the rest of the household by gaining her TD tracking title, winning the UDX obedience class, winning the herding trial, winning High in Herding Trial, and winning the SILVER medal for obedience, all at the GSD Nationals.  The new shepherd babies, now no longer babies, are shining in the showring, both Specialty and All Breeds, and our "Jazz" managed to finally get pregnant.  "Legend" won Best of Breed at the Toowoomba Royal and is well on his way to achieving his GRAND Champion title.

 * * * PUPPIES * * *

At last "Jazz" has some puppies.  She and "Legend" may have organised this litter themselves, but on the 15th of July, she whelped 7 healthy little bundles of joy, we have 5 boys and 2 girls.  To learn about these precious babies please follow this link

http://www.malinois.net.au/Puppies.htm

As 2009 comes to a close, we wait on an Ultrasound in January 2010 to see if an Artificial Insemination worked with "Jazz".  This will be an exciting litter if all goes well.  "Shimmy" & "Eli" have done well in the All-Breeds show ring, at the end of the year are sitting on 46 & 51 points respectivley, plus 3 Minor in Groups, 4 Puppy in Groups, a Reserve Dog Challenge and Puppy of Breed at the Brisbane Royal. Specialty showing has gone extremely well with "Shimmy" winning 2009 QLD Puppy Seigerine and "Eli" winning 2009 QLD Minor Puppy Seiger  and both shine at the Spring Fair.  "Shimmy" gets her 'A''Z' stamp and also her Tooth Certificate. "Enya" had a close call with cancer, but luckily the sizable lumps were removed.

"Starr" is awarded her Herding Started A Course Title, making her now known as

O.Ch Astasia Starr UDX ET AD JD TD HSAs BH 'A''Z' BSCL.1      What a girl !!!!

All in all, a very good year..................

2008 - Here we go again !!!

Well here we go again.  After a well earned house move in December, the loss of Carson, and some very busy work schedules, we get ready for another hectic year.  Tracking will be the main focus of the year for "Starr", "Enya" and "Jazz", and "Legend" will have another go at his UD training (my time permitting).  It seems after attending our first tracking trial for the year, "Jazz" has gained a new nickname ...."Jack-rabbit Jazz".... after tracking through grass that was up to my waist. She had to leap through the grass like a rabbit to follow the track, and boy she can move quick. Our title hopes for this year are, a TD for "Starr", a third pass in CD for her title and a TD for "Jazz", "Legend" is just out to have fun, and "Enya" will hopefully gain her UD and TD also. All we can do is make the Goal and aim for it. Should time become available, Herding will return to the To-Do List.

The first half of the year has been fairly quiet.  "Starr" & "Jazz" have settled into tracking well with "Starr" passing her TD1.  "Jazz" will have to put things on hold as we try again for puppies.  June 1 sees us lose one of our cats.  "Jess" the Siamese passed away at the age of 15.5 yrs.

The rest of the year has been really quiet with work taking alot of our 'doggie time' away. After 2 attempts this year to have puppies from "Jazz", and nothing to show, we have to leave things for a while.  Not sure why she doesn't want puppies, but she certainly is determined not to.

"Monet" came to visit for 5mths and while she was with us, she gained her CCD & ET titles easily and won Challenge Bitch & R/Up Best of Breed at the Brisbane Royal. In December she returned home for maternal duties.  "Legend" finished up the year with 600+ challenge points, so with the change of rules for Grand Champions coming in 2010, we will need to combine efforts and get him to as many shows as possible to pick up the extra points he requires.

2007 - The Start of Another Year !!!

It seems like we have only just finished up with 2006 and 2007 is here already.  The year started well with the CCCQ Dinner Dance, and "Starr" being awarded the Queensland Obedience, Vikings Muzzles Open Dog of the Year for 2006, not bad for an almost 9yr old dog. Tracking training has resumed with both "Starr" and "Enya" remembering their training after a long break and dragging us to the start peg rearing to go, and then "Jazz" and "Scaddan" trying their first tracks and looking VERY promising. Herding training starts up again early January, we have a PT and a HSAs to work on, and we are even looking at Sledding, or Gig-Racing as it is officially called, this year for "Legend" and "Scaddan". A very big thank you to Maranda who has kindly allowed us to use her equipment, so we have harnesses all fitted and ready to go.

Half way through the year already. "Legend", "Starr" & "Enya" are doing well in the obedience rings with both "Legend" & "Enya" well on their way to gaining their Dumbbell Pin Awards. "Enya" performed well in the Open Class at the State & National Obedience Trials. She qualified and won the Open Bitch ring in the State, making her the 2007 Queensland State Obedience Open Bitch Champion, and qualified in the Nationals. On the 30th of June, "Starr" gained her 100th qualifying score in the Open Obedience Class, what an achievement. She will now retire from the Open ring after completing any remaining entries, and continue with UDX where there isn't any jumping required. This will stop her from injuring herself as she enters her twilight years.  "Jazz" has won several Best of Breeds under International Judges, in both Specialty & All Breeds, and has also passed her Tracking (TQT) Test Qualification Track, with a great rave from the Judge. Now onto TD1 with both "Starr" & "Jazz". All this in only 6 months, what will the next 6 months bring ???

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"Starr" gains her UDX Title (1 of only a select few in Australia)

July also sees "Jazz" pass her Novice Obedience Sweepstakes AND pass her 20km Endurance Test for her ET Title.

"Legend" finishes off his year well by winning the Top Obedience Dog for 2007 at the Redlands Dog Obedience Club.  "Enya" gains her Silver Dumbbell Pin (scores of 185+) Award for Open Obedience, and    "Legend" gains his Gold Dumbbell Pin (scores of 190+). 

"Puppies"

Later this year "Jazz" will have some maternity leave.  She will be mated, all going as planned, to "Eros" (SR Yale du Hameau St Blaise [Imp Blg]) 

An Ultrasound reveals that there are no puppies.....we will try again in June

VALE - On the 16th of December 2007 we said good bye to "Carson". Sadly age caught up with him and at 12.5 years old, the mind was willing, but the body was not.  We will miss him dearly, but his memory lives on in his children, especially "Starr". Farewell old boy, our Champion forever

...... Ch & O.Ch * Astasia Carson UD ET PT 'A''Z' .......

2006 - What a Year it Was !!!

Well 2006 started with a BANG !!!  "Scaddan" marched into the obedience ring to gain his sweepstakes in February, and then straight into the Trial Ring gaining his CD Title in July.  "Jazz", after lots of physio,  bounced back to the conformation ring, and achieved a Puppy in Show at Specialty and Puppy in Group at All Breeds, both in her first three outings back from injury. "Starr" & "Enya" are tracking well and "Starr" has already passed her Test Track and is ready to go (we just need more hours in a day). "Starr" started well in the new UDX obedience class, and finished the year off with 1 pass and several near misses.

 "Starr" passed her BH Schutzund Obedience and was awarded Best BH, and then the following day won High in Trial at a Herding Trial and became the first German Shepherd in Queensland to qualify at Started Trial Level. "Jazz" leapt back into work mode for herding and obedience, and also became an Australian Champion. That's 4 titles (HIC, HT, CCD & Aust. Ch.) in 6mths, which is extra special after breaking her knee.  

Toowoomba and Brisbane Royals are a success.  "Legend" won Best of Breed at both, taking his Royal tally to three. "Jazz" only attended the Brisbane Royal but won her class (dreadfully out of coat). This was a real achievement after what she has been through. We may try to attend a couple more next year.

With the future in mind, 2007 is shaping up to be busier than ever.  We plan to have some dogs tracking, some doing agility / jumpers, some continuing with their herding, and of course all will be furthering their obedience careers in both ANKC and Working Trials (We are hoping for 3 x BH's and an OB1).  "Starr" will continue in UDX, "Legend" will start his UD training, "Scaddan" will start in Open, "Enya" will go back to UD and "Jazz" will start her Novice. With the State & National Obedience Trials, and the Schutzund Nationals being held in Brisbane in 2007, we are hoping for some great results. As far as Showing is concerned "Legend" & "Jazz" will continue to be shown and we will venture to more Royal's where possible.  As they say "....the best laid plans...."

2005 in Review

2005 has been a year of ups and downs for our dogs.  It has seen "Starr" win at the Brisbane Royal Obedience Trials in both the Open & Utility rings (as far as we know, she is the first dog to do this at the Brisbane Royal), and Utility Bitch at the State Obedience Trials. It has seen "Carson" gain herding titles at the age of 10 yrs old. "Legend" has gained 4 titles (CD, CDX, ET & PT) in 6mths, and "Jazz" joined the family, only to break her knee at the age of 6 mths. On a sadder note, 2005 also saw us lose our Bouvier, "Sierra", after finding she had an injury that could not be repaired enough to keep her painfree. "Starr" retired from competitive obedience, but will return for the new UDX class in July 2006. 

On a wider scale, 2006 will see the start of new obedience, agility and tracking rules, and herding in Queensland has taken off in a really big way.  2006 will also see Warren trying his hand at herding with "Scaddan" and I will try my hand at tracking with "Starr" and agility with "Legend".  Hopefully we will see "Jazz" recover completely from her surgery and all will be well. "Legend" & "Jazz" will continue with conformation and we may see a new Australian Champion with "Jazz".

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