CASTASTAR Shepherds

German Shepherds & Belgian Malinois

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Photo : Lexi (Castastar Alexi) and Keisha (Castastar Acacia) at the 2012 German Shepherd National Show in the Hunter Valley, NSW

2012

December 31 - Ultrasounds confirm that both "Shimmy" and "Jazz" are expecting puppies in early February. "Jazz" will be bred under the Vanrusselhof Prefix

New Years Eve Show - "Lexi" gains the final points she needed with a 13pt Best of Breed under Mrs Sue Bruno, to become an Australian Champion....the very first one for Castastar Shepherds....a fantastic way to end the year
December 9 - "Jazz" and "Fonzie" have been mated...untrasounds will done in 4wks to confirm pregnancies.
December 8 - "Shimmy" and "Toby" have been mated
November 21 - "Shimmy" is in season and will be bred to * Toby von der Plassenburg (Imp Gmy) in the coming weeks...."Jazz" has also decided to come into season, so she will also be bred to "Fonzie", Ch Vanrusselhof Fonzerelli, in the coming weeks
October 28 - "Eli" gains his 3rd pass in Novice to gain his Companion Dog Obedience Title
October 21 - WDCQ Specialty Show - "Lexi" place 3rd Intermediate Bitch (Very Good) and "Blade" wins Minor Puppy Dog again (Very Promising) Thanks again to Peter for his supurb handling at both shows.
October 20 - Ipswich kennel Club Specialty - "Lexi" wins Intermediate Bitch (Very Good) and "Blade " wins Minor Puppy Dog (Very Promising). "Lexi" also exhibits in the All Breeds Championship Show and wins Challenge Bitch and R/up Best of Breed under Mr A B Santos III from the Phillipines
October 9 - Big Birthday cuddles to "Shimmy" who turns 4 years old today.....Happy Birthday my special girl xxx
October 6 - Dog of the Year Support Show - "Lexi" wins Runner Up to Best Exhibit in Group under Judge Mr J Rowles (NSW)
September 29 & 30 - ACT Double Specialty Shows in Canberra. On Saturday, "Lexi" at only 20mths places 8th in a very very nice class of 17 Intermediate Bitches, "Keisha" places 7th in the same class and "Blade" at only 6.5mths places 3rd in the Minor Puppy Dog Class. Sunday sees "Lexi" called out 1st, placing 3rd and "Keisha" places 6th. "Blade" places 2nd. A great week end of results for the Castastar kids
September 16 - GSDCQ State Breed Evaluation - "Blade" is the 2012 Minor Puppy Seiger, "Lexi" is the 2012 Reserve Intermediate Seigerin (Very Good MERIT), "Keisha" is the 2012 Intermediate Seigerin (Very Good MERIT), "Shimmer" places 6th Open Bitch (Excellent MERIT) and "Eli" places 8th Open Dog (Excellent MERIT).... OUTSTANDING results
September 15 - GSDCQ Breed Survey - "Lexi" and "Keisha" are both surveyed CLASS 1.
July 14 & 15 - GSDCQ Double Specialty Show - Saturday - "Blade"...2nd Baby Dog graded Very Promising, "Lexi"....1st Junior Bitch graded Very Good & JUNIOR IN SHOW, "Eli"....8th Open Dog graded Excellent. - Sunday - "Blade"....2nd Baby Dog graded very Promising, "Lexi"....1st Junior Bitch graded very Good & another JUNIOR IN SHOW, "Eli"....7th Open Dog graded Excellent and 1st in Junior handlers with Isabella de Lucia. Many thanks to those that handled for us....Peter Hersant, Keran Gilmore, Isabella de Lucia and Lyn McIntosh....thanks heaps guys.
May 22 - Castastar Brooke heads of to live with her Dad at Astasia Kennels and Castastar Blade will stay here with his Mum and big sister
May 18 - 20 - GSD National Show & Trial - held in the Hunter Valley, NSW. The Castastar "A" Litter make an memorable appearance in the Junior Bitch Class. "Keisha" Castastar Acacia, is called out first and finishes in 2nd place and "Lexi" Castastar Alexi, is called out 9th and works her way up to 5th place in a class of 34....great work girls. "Eli" places 16th in a very strong adult class and gets his grading of Excellent.
May 12 - Castastar Bella heads of with her new forever family to a farm in the Toowoomba foothills.
March 14 - Puppies ...Castastar "B" litter is here...2 boys and 4 girls
March 13 - Hip and Elbow results back for "Lexi" - 2:3 hips and 0:0 elbows
February 18 & 19 - Tasmanian GSD Club Double Specialty - Congratulations to Jan & Graeme Perkins & "Keisha" Castastar Acacia on placing 5th and 8th in the Junior Bitch class. There were 12 shown each day and "Keisha" was the youngest at only 2wks into the class. She recieved 2 gradings of Very Good and 2 very nice critiques.
February 10 - An ultrasound today confirms there are puppies on the way...yaah, aproximately 7 were seen.
January 27 - "Birthday Wishes" to little "Lexi" and the "A" Litter - a big 1 year old today. Happy Birthday baby girls....
January 13 - "Shimmy" has a successful rendezvous with "Zony". The Castastar "B" litter is hopefully on the way. An ultrasound will done in 4wks to confirm the pregnancy and all going well, puppies will arrive around the 16th March.
2011
December 30 - "Shimmy" is in season and will be bred to "Zony" in the coming weeks. This will be a repeat mating of the Castastar "A" Litter. Please refer to the GSD Puppies Page for more info.

December 20 - "Birthday Wishes" to "Eli" who turns 3 years old today....

December 3 - Ducklings, "Bill" and "Ben", the new drakes have been very busy.
The first of the eggs are hatching. Lots of lovely colours seem to be appearing from these 2 lovely boys

December 3 - With a heavy heart, I sadly said good-bye to my precious girl "Starr". She was not far from her 14th birthday. She is now an Angel, romping around Rainbow Bridge with her father "Carson"

* * * Obedience Champion Astasia Starr UDX ET AD JD HSAs BH TD 'A'Z' BSCl.1 * * *

28/02/1998 - 03/12/2011 (aged 13yrs 10mths)
November 1 - "Lexi" wins Best of Breed and PUPPY IN GROUP at the Melbourne Cup Show
October 16 - Working Dog Club (Q) Specialty Show - "Lexi" places 3rd in the Minor Puppy Bitch Class with another grading of Very Promising, and "Eli" places 2nd in the Intermediate Dog Class with a grading of Very Good, Thanks to Kylie for handling "Lexi" and Peter for handling "Eli".

Tasmanian State Breed Exhibition - "Keisha" (Castastar Acacia) wins the Minor Puppy Bitch Class and is the 2011 Minor Puppy Bitch Seigerin for Tasmania. Not bad....2 x Minor Puppy Seigerin's from 1 litter !!! What clever girls .....
October 15 - Ipswich Kennel Club Specialty Show - "Lexi" wins the Minor Puppy Bitch Class and then Minor of Breed with a grading of Very Promising. "Eli" wins the Intermediate Dog Class with a grading of Very Good. Many thanks to Peter Hersant for taking them both in their classes and to Nicole Hammond for taking "Lexi" into Group 5 Specials.
October - "Birthday Wishes" to my beautiful "Shimmy" who turns 3 years old on the 9th....one of my special girls
October 8th - German Shepherd Dog League (NSW) Specialty Show - "Eli" wins Intermediate Dog and Intermediate in Show under Judge - Louie Donald
October 1st & 2nd - ACT GSD Association Specialty Show - "Lexi" places 2nd on Saturday and 1st on Sunday in the Minor Puppy Bitch class with 2 x Very Promising gradings. "Eli" places 3rd & 5th in the Intermediate Dog class with 2x Very Good gradings. Both recieve great critiques which can be viewed on the Critiques page. Many thanks again to Kylie Bruno for handling Lexi, and to Peter Hersant for handling Eli.
September 11 - GSDCQ State Breed Evaluation - "Lexi" wins the Minor Puppy Bitch Class and is the 2011 Minor Puppy Bitch Seigerin. She is following in her mother's footsteps, as "Shimmy" was the 2009 Puppy Seigerin and the 2010 Reserve Intermediate Seigerin. This is the first Seigerin title for Castastar Kennels, hopefully many more to come.

Judge Russell Wenham gave her a fabulous critique which can be viewed on the Critiques page. Little Lexi attracted alot of attention. Many thanks to Kylie Bruno for handling her in Zony's progeny group as well as taking her all the way to Seigerin.
July 31 - Ipswich Dog Obedience Club Endurance Test Both "Shimmy" and "Eli" tackled the 20km test today.....both passed with flying colours to gain their ET titles.
July 9 & 10 - German Shepherd Dog Club (Q) double specialty show. "Lexi" places 3rd on the Saturday and 2nd on the Sunday out of 15 entries in the Baby Puppy Bitch class. Both German SV judges give her a great critique and 2 Very Promising gradings. "Shimmy" has her first run in the Open Bitch class at 2yrs & 9mths. She is still not back in full coat, but she placed 11th both days out of 15 entries and received 2 EXCELLENT gradings, her very first ones. "Eli" has a run in Intermediate Dog on Saturday only, and placed 6th out of 9 entries with a grading of Very Good. Very pleased with the kids....
May 21st "Jazz" has a ceaserean today as she was due yesterday. She has 1 lone baby boy puppy. He is the first and only progeny from "Zulu" in Australia at present.
May 17th & 18th - Grafton GSD Specialty Show. "Lexi" has her very first specialty show in the Baby Bitch Class at 3.5mths old. On the Saturday she places 2nd out of 2 entries, but on the Sunday, she wins Baby Bitch and then Baby of Breed. She really gathered attention as she is such a dag, over zealous with her cuddles and extremely friendly to all she met. "Shimmy" was still far too out of coat to show, but "Eli" won Intermediate Dog, and then Challenge Dog and Runner Up Best of Breed. On the Sunday he placed 2nd in the Intermediate Class. Both days he recieved gradings of Very Good.
April - The puppies are all registered and off to their new families. Castastar Alexi "Lexi" will stay here with her mum, Castastar Ariel "Ari" will harrass the West Family at Runcorn in Brisbane, Castastar Akeisha "Keisha" will be loved by the Charlton Family at Currumbin on the Gold Coast, and Castastar Acacia "Keisha" will be travelling to Launceston in Tasmania to live with the Perkins Family at Janeme Kennels. We wish all our babies and their new families a lifetime of licks and kisses.
February 28th - The very BIGGEST of Birthday cuddles to my beautiful "Starr", she turns 13 years old today. She is starting to feel her age, but she still keeps the young ones in line. You go girl.....
January - 27th, Puppies are here. After an emergency ceaserean, "Shimmy" was found to have 4 live puppies and 5 deceased puppies. All the living puppies are female. Mum and bubs are all doing well.
2010
December - "Birthday Wishes" - Happy Birthday to "Eli" who turns 2 years old on the 20th.
November - 23rd, "Shimmy" and "Zony" have their first successful rendezvous, so the Castastar A Litter is on its way. All going well, the puppies will be due around the 25th of January 2011.
October - "Birthday Wishes" - Happy Birthday to my sweet "Shimmy" who turns 2 years old on the 9th
September - Puppies are here - "Jazz" has her babies. 4 boys and 2 girls
July - GSDCQ Breed Survey - "Eli" is presented for Survey and recieves a Class 1 (Mr L Donald)
July 15th - "Jazz" is in season and will be bred to "Jordan" Revloch Yesterday (Imp Ire) in the coming weeks
May - "Eli" gains the final points required to become an Australian Champion.
2010 German Shepherd National Show & Trial sees "Eli" win the Junior Dog class. (see Critiques page for Photo)
April - 17th GSDCQ Breed Survey - "Shimmy" is presented for Survey and receives a Class 1 (Mr B O'Rourke)
German Shepherd Dog League Easter Show in Sydney on the 3rd and 4th April. Saturday sees "Shimmy" place 5th in the Junior Bitch class from an entry of 18 bitches. The German SV Judge noted that the top 5 bitches were a class above the rest. Sunday sees "Eli" win the Junior Dog class from an entry of 3 dogs. Both "Shim" and "Eli" were very capably handled by Peter Hersant, with Lyn McIntosh taking "Eli" in for the Challenge line up as Peter had another dog. Thanks heaps guys.
February - "Birthday Wishes" - Happy Birthday to my precious "Starr". She was 12 years young on the 28th and still looking fabulous. Hopefully many more birthdays to come.

February 27th sees "Legend" gain his 1000pts that would have made him an Australian GRAND Champion if the rules had not changed on the January 1,2010 to specify that he must have a Best in Show or 4 x Best in Group (or 4 x 25pt challenges). These new rules now discriminate against the rare breeds as they do not have the numbers to make 25pts challenges and it is almost unheard of for a Malinois to get a Best in Group. "Legend", you are a GRAND Champion to us, officially or unofficially.

GSDCQ Double Open Specialty - Show #1, "Eli" places 2nd in Junior Dog (2 entries)
Show #2, "Eli" wins Junior Dog (2 entries) and then gets Reserve Dog, and "Shimmy" wins Junior Bitch after an oustanding gaiting lap (3 entries)
January 28 - "Eli" officially gains his 'A''Z' stamp for hips and elbows
January 15 - We sadly say good-bye to "Enya". She had lumps removed from her tummy in November, but sadly cancer tackled her again. She only showed signs of being unwell on the 5th January, and after 2 different treatments, she sadly went to play at Rainbow Bridge today.
* * * Aust. Champion Astasia Enya CDX ET HT 'A''Z' BSCl.1 Multi Excellent Graded * * *
30/09/1999 - 15/01/2010 (aged 10yrs 3mths)
January 14 - The ultrasound shows no puppies for "Jazz". Looks like she will just have to get pregnant the "old fashioned" way in future
January 3 & 4 - Maryborough Kennel Club sees Eli pick up a 10pt Best of Breed, 1 x RESERVE in GROUP & 2 x AUSTRALIAN BRED in GROUP. "Shimmy" also picks up an 8pt Bitch Challenge with absolutely NO coat. "Legend" gets Best of Breed both days. A really great week end away.
2009
December "Birthday Wishes" - Happy 1st Birthday to "Eli". 1 year old on the 20th
"Jazz" is artificially inseminated today with frozen semen from "Zulu" Zulu Van Balderlo (Blg) An ultrasound will be done on the 4th of January 2010
After a chance perusal of "Starr's" qualifing cards, I found an extra qualify in Herding Started that I had forgotten about. It was a few years old, but still a pass. "Starr" has now been awarded her HSAs title (Herding Started A Course on sheep), so she is now known as,

O.Ch Astasia Starr UDX AD JD TD HSAs ET BH 'A''Z' BSCl.1

She will be 12yrs old in February and she is titled in every working discipline available to her (Obedience, Agility, Jumpers,Tracking, Herding, Endurance and Shutzhund Obedience) and she is Breed Surveyed Class 1.
Spring Fair GSD Specialty Shows in Sydney on the 21st & 22nd November. Day 1 : "Eli" wins Puppy Dog from an entry of 5, with a grading of Very Promising. "Shimmy" places 3rd in Junior Bitch from an entry of 16, with a grading of Very Good. Day 2 : "Eli" places 2nd from an entry of 5, with another grading of Very Promising. "Shimmy" places 4th in the Junior Bitch class from an entry of 13, with another grading of Very Good. "Shimmy" did extremely well as she was only 13.5mths in the 12mth - 18mth age group, so most of the other bitches were much older and more mature. New photos have been placed on their profiles and the "Watch our Babies Grow" page
November - Tweed Valley Agricultural Show, sees "Eli" pick up a Puppy in Group.
November 14th sees our first naturally hatched Indian Runner Ducklings. "Gertie", the sitting mummy, has been nesting for just over 4 weeks and today she hatched 6 little ducklings, 2 blackish-brown and 4 yellow. The yellow ones will eventually be white and I think the other 2 will be brown like their mum. This is so exciting as indian runners do not brood, that is they don't hatch their eggs. This is why I have been sending the eggs off to the incubator. She still has 4 eggs that she laid about 2 weeks after the rest, and she is still happy to sit on them, so we will leave them to see what happens. As soon as I download the photos, I shall pop them up on the "Ducky" page
After X-rays and a Veterinary Dental Specialist visit, "Shimmy" recieves a GSDCA Tooth Certifcate for a P2 that is broken under the gumline. This apparantly must have occured when as a youngster, she stuck her head into the 'old girls' food bowl and recieved a hard bump to the face and a tooth through the muzzle. But, it was a lesson learned......even if it was the hard way !!!!
"Shimmy" has her xrays done and everything looks terrific...just waiting for scores now. UPDATE : Scores are back and "Shimmy" offically gains her 'A''Z' stamp
"Birthday Wishes" Happy 1st Birthday to my baby girl "Shimmy". 1 year old already on the 9th.
ACT GSD Specialty in Canberra on 3rd and 4th. Day 1 : "Eli" wins the Puppy Dog class from an entry of 3, and "Shimmy" places 2nd in the Puppy Bitch class from an entry of 10. Day 2 : "Eli" wins his Puppy class again from an entry of 3, and "Shimmy" wins her Puppy Bitch class from an entry of 7. Both recieved gradings of Very Promising on both days. After a long drive home the pups were ready for a good run.
September - Maree Kennel Club sees "Shimmy" pick up her 3rd Puppy in Group. That's 3 group wins in 3 week-ends out of 4 shows, and another big thank you to Colin Greer for handling her again today. The GSDCQ also held a Herding Test today and "Eli" gained his Herding Instinct Certificate.
"Birthday Wishes" Happy Birthday to "Enya", 10 years old on the 30th.
Darling Downs Kennel Club sees "Shimmy" pick up another Puppy in Group, a very big thank you to Colin Greer for handling her today.
2009 QSDCQ State Breed Evaluation
"Shimmy" wins 1st place in the Puppy Bitch class and is the 2009 Queensland Puppy Siegerin and "Eli" wins 1st place in the Minor Puppy Dog class and is the 2009 Qeensland Minor Puppy Sieger. Both are graded Very Promising and recieve great critiques from the judge, Mr Barry O'Rourke
Beaudesert Agricultural Show sees "Eli" win Minor Puppy in Group and then "Shim" wins Puppy in Group
2009 Brisbane Royal Agricultural Show
August 10 - German Shepherd Day. "Eli" wins Minor Puppy Dog (2 entries) and then picks up Reserve Challenge Dog at just 8 mths of age. "Shim" wins Puppy Bitch (3 entries), plays up for the Challenge line up, but pulls it back together to win BEST German Shepherd Puppy when she had to run against "Eli"
August 9 - Belgian Shepherd Day & "Legend" wins Challenge Dog and Runner Up Best of Breed
July 15th - "Jazz" has her puppies...5 boys and 2 girls
June - "Eli" wins Minor Puppy in Group at his first show in the Minor Puppy Class, and collects 25pts in Challenges from one weekend. "Shim" and "Eli" also take home a Best of Breed & a R/Up Best of Breed each.
2009 German Shepherd National Show & Trial
June 21 - Day 3, "Starr" wins the SILVER Medal in the Obedience run-offs against much younger dogs
June 20 - Day 2, "Starr" wins UDX Class on 190pts winning an EXCELLENT Medallion. "Eli" presents in his Sire's Progeny Group, *Mika vom Overledingerland (Imp Gmy) and "Shimmy" presents in her Sire's Progeny Group, *Cayos von der Noriswand (Imp Gmy)
June 19 - Day 1, "Eli" places 3rd from 10 entries in the Baby Dog Class with a grading of Very Promising, "Shimmy" places 5th from 34 entries in the Minor Puppy Bitch Class with a grading of Very Promising, and "Starr" gains her 2nd pass in Herding Started A Course with a score of 72.5 and a HIGH IN TRIAL
June 18 - An ultrasound today confirms that "Jazz" and "Legend" have been up to funny business. "Jazz" snuck into season 3 wks early and caught us by surprise. She is approx. 5 weeks now and the puppies are due around the 15th of July. If you are interested in a quality Malinois puppy please contact Amanda Camiller of Vanrusselhof Kennels malinois@malinois.net.au
June 14 - "Shim" wins Minor Puppy in Group from a full line up at Durack.
May 9th/10th - What a week-end !! "Legend" and "Shim" go to NSW to the Clarence District Kennel Club for 2 shows with a GSD Specialty. "Legend" comes away with 2 x Best of Breeds & "Shim" wins 1st place in the Minor Puppy Bitch class both days from 4 entries and then takes 2 x Minor Puppy of Breed. She is graded Very Promising on both days. "Starr" gains her TD tracking title at All Breeds Tracking Trial with a grading of Good on a TD3 track. Many thanks to Warren's capable and experienced handling. Not bad considering she is 11yrs & 3mths (but she didn't start tracking until she was 8)
April 30th - Baby Ducks at last. The first of the eggs are hatching - please see the ducky page for day old photos.
Birthday Wishes : Happy Birthday to "Legend" - 6 years old on the 13th
Belgian Shepherd Dog Club (Q) Herding Trial. "Shim" passes her Instinct Test (HIC) at the tender age of 6 mths and 1 week, and after only meeting sheep twice. Some photos of her herding have been placed on the herding page.
March - Toowoomba Royal Show, "Legend" wins Challenge Dog and Best of Breed
March - "Shim" meets sheep for the first time in preparation for her first herding trial, and boy didn't she love it. She showed some very nice instinct, and calm work (also some very wild stuff too...)
March - Newcastle & Hunter Region GSD Specialty Show, Warren takes "Shim" as I had to work and she places 5th out of 14 entries in the Baby Bitch Class with a grading of Very Promising. I think someone else needs to be fitter too...
February - The arrival of the second of our new additions. We welcome Astasia Eli, "Eli". Warren will be in charge of this young man
February - Birthday Wishes : Happy Birthday to "Starr" - a youthful 11 years young on the 28th and still "The Boss"
February - German Shepherd Dog Club (Q) Specialty Open Show. "Shimmer" attends her very first show and wins 1st place in the Baby Puppy Bitch Class from 4 entries, all of which were older. She was such a good girl, and mummy was so proud and out of breath. I will need to be much fitter to double handle at specialty.
2008
December - The first of our new addition arrives. We welcome Astasia Cinnamon, "Shimmer". Mandy will be trained by this little girl.
December - "Monet" heads home for maternal duties.
October - "Monet" gains 3 passes in 2 days for her Community Companion Dog Title
August - "Monet" passes her Endurance Test for her ET Title
August - 2008 Brisbane Royal - "Legend" wins Challenge Dog and "Jazz" wins her class. "Monet" wins Challenge Bitch & R/Up Best of Breed.
July- 2 Ultrasounds reveal no puppies again for "Jazz". Back to the drawing board.
June 7, 2008 - "Jazz" has a successful rendevouz with "Dino" Aust. Grand Champion & QLCA F.Ch Champshep Dare Devil CD ET HT. We will do an ultrasound in 4wks to see if we will have puppies due in August. Fingers crossed as she missed out last time as the scan showed there to be no puppies.
Ch. Mirribandi Mon Amour HIC "Monet" comes to stay. While she is with us, "Monet" will work towards her CCD,CD and ET titles.
2008 Belgian Shepherd Dog Club (Q) Specialty Championship Show. "Jazz" wins 1st Aust. Bred Bitch Class, Reserve Challenge Bitch and Aust. Bred of Breed, Graded Excellent. "Legend" wins 1st Open Dog, Reserve Challenge and Graded Excellent. This was an good result from a record entry of Malinois this year.
June 1, 2008 - We sadly say good-bye to my beloved Siamese Cat "Jess". My Jess was 15.5yrs old and very special.
June - Birthday Wishes : Happy Birthday to "Jazz" - 3 years old on the 16th
April - All Breeds Tracking Trial sees "Starr" pass her TD1 Track with a grading of Very Good.
April - Birthday Wishes : Happy Birthday to "Legend" - 5 years old on the 13th
April - 2008 Toowoomba Royal - "Legend" wins Challenge Dog and Runner Up Best of Breed, and "Jazz" wins Reserve Challenge Bitch. "Jazz" was dreadfully out of coat again, she picks the worst times to loose coat.
February - Birthday Wishes : Happy Birthday to "Starr" - 10 years old on the 28th
January - "Legend" recieves a Gold Dumbbell Pin Award for Open Obedience (for obtaining 6 qualifying scores of 190+ in the Open class during 2007), and "Enya" recieves a Silver Dumbbell Pin Award for Open Obedience (for obtaining 6 qualifying scores of 185+ in the Open class during 2007).These were awarded at the South East Queensland Obedience Clubs Dinner Dance.
After the final points tally, "Jazz" is named Queensland's Top Tracking Dog in 2007 (Showdogs Pointscore 2007) and in the Top Obedience Dog for 2007 Australia Wide, "Starr" is 2nd, "Enya" is 4th, "Legend" is 5th and "Jazz" is 20th (Showdogs Pointscore 2007)
2007
December 16, 2007 - We sadly say Good Bye to "Carson" at the age of 12.5 yrs
December - "Jazz" wins another Intermediate in Group at the Lockyer Valley Kennel Club Championship Show. The Judges' comments were "...what a beautiful bitch, just lovely ..." That is 2 group wins from 3 outings in 2 week-ends.
December - "Legend" is awarded Top Obedience Dog for 2007 at Redlands Dog Obedience Club. "Starr" won this in 2004, 2005 and 2006.
November - "Jazz" wins Intermediate in Group at the Sunshine Coast Kennel Club Championship Show from another full line-up.
September - Birthday Wishes : Happy Birthday to "Enya" - 8 years old on the 30th
August - 2007 Royal Brisbane Show - "Jazz" places 1st in Intermediate Bitch & Reserve Challenge, and "Legend" places 2nd in Aust. Bred Dog and Reserve Challenge Dog.
Belgian Spepherd Dog Club of NSW Specialty Show under Breed Specialist Mr Firmin Aertgeerts from Belgium. "Jazz" wins Challenge Bitch (9pts), Runner Up Best of Breed, and another Excellent Grading and Critique. She only just misses out on Best of Breed when my double handling (or lack off) let us down. "Legend" wins his class and then Reserve Challenge Dog.
July - "Starr" gains her Utility Dog Excellent Obedience Title (UDX) at Bundaberg Obedience Trial. "Jazz" passes her Novice Sweepstakes at Southside Dog Club and also passes her ET for her Title.
Birthday Wishes : Happy Birthday to "Scaddan" - 3 years old on the 24th
June - "Jazz" passes her Tracking (TQT) Test Qualification Track
Birthday Wishes : Happy Birthday to "Carson" - 12 years old on the 12th, & Happy Birthday to "Jazz", 2 years old on the 16th.
National Obedience Trials - "Enya" qualifies in the Open Class.
Belgian Shepherd Dog Club (Q) Specialty Champ. Show. "Jazz" wins Best of Breed with a 13pt Challenge, and "Legend" wins his class. Both dogs recieved Excellent Critiques. (See Photo at right with Judge, Sonny Strom from Sweden)
Queensland State Obedience Trials - "Enya" wins the Open 2 Class and becomes the Highest Scoring GSD in Trial, and the 2007 Queensland State Obedience, Open Bitch Class Champion. "Starr" places 3rd in UDX after her mother couldn't stay to do groups (off to the Belgian Specialty) and someone else took her in. She moved and was knocked from 1st place to 3rd. Oops.....
April - Birthday Wishes : Happy Birthday to "Legend", 4 years old on the 13th.
March - 2007 Belgian Shepherd Dog Club (Q) Open Show. "Legend" wins Best Male Malinois and Best of Breed, and "Jazz" wins R/Up Best Female Malinois. Her coat is coming back slowly, but, she is not a bald as she was 2 wks ago.
2007 Royal Toowoomba Show - "Legend" and "Jazz" both come home with Reserve Challenges. Both performed well and won their age and breed classes against good competetion. A good day out was had by all.
February - 2007 Royal Canberra Show -
"Legend" wins Best of Breed, and gets a good look for Aust. Bred in Group, and "Jazz" wins Challenge Bitch. "Starr" wins UDX Class in the Obedience and "Legend" places 3rd in the Open Class. A great week-end away with some terrific results.
Birthday Wishes : Happy Birthday to "Starr", 9 years old on the 28th of February.
January - At the Combined Obedience Clubs Dinner Dance, "Starr" is announced as the 2006 Vikings Muzzles, QLD Open Obedience Dog of the Year. Well done girl, you were unbeatable and the BEST!
After the final points tally, "Legend" is named Australia's #1 Malinois in 2006 (Dogzonline Pointscore 2006)
2006
December 2006 - "Jazz" wins Junior in Group at the Combined CCC Clubs Sub-Committee Championship Show from a full line-up at Durack Showgrounds.
December 2006 - "Starr" is awarded Top Obedience Dog for 2006 at Redlands Dog Obedience Club. This is the third year in a row she has won it.
October 2006 - "Jazz" gains the finals points needed to become an Australian Champion
September 2006 - "Jazz" gains her Community Companion Dog Obedience Title (CCD) at Hervey Bay Obedience Trial.
September 2006 - "Jazz" passes the 2 required tests to gain her Herding Test Title (HT) at the WDCQ Herding Trial.
August 2006 - Health Tests : Clear yearly eye tests for "Legend" and "Jazz". Hip & elbow scores back for "Jazz". Due to her pelvis being out at time of x-raying, she has a total hip score of 11 (6,5) and elbows 0,0 (the hips are actually very good & we may redo the X-rays at a later date to reflect the true score)
August 2006 - Brisbane Royal - "Legend" wins Best of Breed with a 13pt Challenge, and "Jazz" wins Junior Bitch at her first Royal.
July 2006 - Bundaberg Dog Obedience Club Trial sees "Scaddan" gain his Novice Obedience Title.
June 2006 - Belgian Shepherd Dog Club (Q) Championship Specialty Show with Judge Mdme Anny De Prez from Belgium. "Legend" & "Jazz" both graded EXCELLENT, both winning their classes, both winning Reserve Challenges and "Legend" winning R/Up Best of Breed, to none other than, Jazz's father (Allianse Lord OValkyrie)
May 2006 - "Starr" passes her Tracking (TQT) Test Qualification Track
April 2006 - "Jazz" wins Puppy in Group at CCCQ Canine Health Sub-Committee Championship Show from a full line-up at Durack Showgrounds. "Starr" passes her BH Schutzhund Obedience and wins Best BH. "Jazz" passes her first and second tests for her Herding Instinct Certificate (HIC) and "Starr" qualifies in Herding Started A Course (sheep) with a first place and High in Trial at the GSDCQ Herding Trial
March 2006 - "Jazz" wins Puppy in Show at the Belgian Shepherd Dog Club (Q) Open Show (See photo at right) and "Legend" wins Best of Breed and a 12pt Challenge at the Toowoomba Royal.
February 2006 - "Scaddan" passes his Obedience Sweepstakes with a 1st Place and 183pts, "Jazz" starts herding training for her HIC title.
January 2006 - "Legend" runs in his first Agility / Jumpers Trial. A clear round but overtime. We decided to take it slow to make sure every obstacle was tackled correctly, speed will come after accuracy.
January 2006 - "Starr" recieves a Gold Dumbbell Pin Award for Open Obedience at the South East Queensland Obedience Clubs Dinner Dance. This award is for obtaining 6 qualifying scores of 190+ in the Open class during 2005.
2005
December 2005 - "Jazz" breaks her knee in a freak accident
December 2005 - "Starr" is awarded Top Obedience Dog for 2005 at Redlands Dog Obedience Club. This makes it 2 in a row.
November 2005 - Sunshine Coast Obedience Trial sees "Starr" retire from UD Class on a score of 196 and a first place
October 2005 - "Legend" gains his CDX Open Obedience Title at Pine Rivers Dog Obedience Club Trial. That's a tally of 4 titles in 6 months
October 2005 - "Jazz" enters the Conformation Ring for the first time and gets run for Baby Puppy in Group
August 2005 - Brisbane Royal Obedience Trial - "Starr" wins both Open Bitch & Utility Bitch classes on scores of 192 and 193. As far as we know, this makes her the first dog to ever win both classes at the Brisbane RNA Obedience Trial.
July 2005 - "Carson" gains his Pre-Trial (PT) herding title with a Runner Up High in Test at the age of 10 yrs
June 2005 - "Starr" is crowned 2005 Queensland State Obedience Utility Bitch Champion at the CCC State Dual Obedience Challenge (State Trials)

Contact Details
Warren & Mandy Doyle
Jimboomba, QLD, Australia
Phone : 0418 983 701
Email : wdoyle@launch.net.au

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