MISCHA - NEUTER IN SHOW AT BENDIGO AND MULTIPLE NEUTER IN GROUPS
19/6/16 - I have had the worst year for health and after spending a day in the Emergency Department and being kept overnight for observation and with surgery scheduled in my near future I really didn't feel up to a weekend away that i'd been looking forward to for weeks.

But as i knew Robyn (Janoby) was heading away to the same weekend, I thought i'd be cheeky and ask her if she'd like to take Mischa away for the weekend. Robyn already had 2 of her own dogs going but happily agreed to take Mish along. Our blonde bombshell has made herself a lot of fans over the years and firmly won over Robyn months ago.

And so Mischa headed off on an adventure without me and i'm so glad i sent her along for the weekend.
On Friday night at the Bendigo KC Show she was awarded Best Neuter in Group 5 and then Best Neuter in Show.
At the Eaglehawke PM Show on Saturday she was again awarded Best Neuter in Group.
And on top of everything, she was happy and loved her weekend holiday with Robyn and 2 of her kids: Ryan and Indy. Mish adores kids and so was thrilled to pieces to enjoy cuddles on the bed with the kids at the end of each night. She's a funny, adorable, diva, princess. And I love her madly.
So thankful to Robyn for agreeing to take away our pretty blonde for a show holiday. I've already had Indy asking when she can borrow Mischa again.

26/6/16 - Whilst i was laid up in hospital, Mischa once again hit the show ring with Robyn.
Once again she was awarded Neuter in Group. She showed like an absolute star and made friends with the judge, showing off her tricks.
I love this pretty little blonde. She's a brat and a princess, but she's gorgeous and sweet and now loves Robyn, possibly due to all the chicken she gets fed. Thanks again to Robyn for taking our blonde out for a spin.

18/7/16 - There's not much we haven't already said about Mischa. We love this little blonde bombshell. And it seemed it was love for the judge also. She complimented Mischa on being so very beautiful and being in such great condition. Great praise from Border Collie specialist judge, Mrs Joyce Sullivan. I'm recovering after surgery so Robyn still has the reins. I'm not sure either of the girls will want to give them back to me. Mish has a new best friend in Robyn.

VEGAS - FIRST BEST OF BREED
18/7/16 This show also saw the judge award our Puppy, Vegas, his first Best of Breed. These are his first points. The little guy is really putting it together now though he's a long way from a finished product. But the judge couldn't look past him on the day and we were thrilled to receive her opinion of our future shining star.

VADER - BABY IN GROUP
19/6/16 In her last week as a Baby Puppy, Vader decided to give it all she had and took away the Baby Puppy in Group award at the Parramatta and District All Breeds Kennel Club Show on the 19th June in Sydney. The judge complimented Vader on her lovely movement which is great to hear in such a promising youngster. Kira and Vader have been training hard and it's all paying off at the moment with Vader learning to let the judge examine her without fidgeting and she's even learnt to stand still.....for a little while at least.
We're so excited for Kira and Vader and just love this little Black Beauty. Well done!

LEXIE - RALLY NOVICE TITLE AND LURE COURSING TITLE 
18/6/16 Lexie earned her 3rd qualification for Rally Obedience - Novice and earned her Rally Novice title. Lexie only entered her first trial in May, with her training interrupted by seasons and babies and Jeanette says it was great to get the first one under her belt. There will no doubt be a slight pause as she progresses to the Advanced level where everything is done off lead and the courses become longer and more complex. But we've no doubt they'll get there. Jeanette and Lexie make an amazing team. We are so proud of them both.

19/6/16 NSW Lure Coursing Assoc Inc Lure Coursing Trial
Judges R Jewels and L Perry. Junior Courser - Ch Caleebra Armani Acqua RN* "Lexie" 165.5/200
​Lure Coursing is a newly recognised sport in Australia. With a trial close to home Shell Gurney offered to take Lexie for her first look at the sport. Lexie was a little powerhouse, completing two runs in great time and being very focussed on the lure. She can't wait to have another go. She earned her first pass in Junior Courser and came home with a ribbon.

24/7/2016 
With a very recent rule review (July 2016) The ANKC will soon be offering Junior Courser titles to those dogs who have successfully competed at 2 meets (2 runs per meet) with a combined score of at least 150 points at each meet. The new rule will come into effect in October and so Jeanette will be submitting a title application for Lexie who qualified at her 2nd meet today and will soon be known as Ch. Caleebra Armani Acqua RN JC. Way to go Jeanette. So proud of you both.

TILLY -  AWARDED TWO BEST MINOR PUPPY IN GROUP AND A BEST PUPPY IN GROUP AWARDS
12/6/16 Matilda (Caleebra Elixir of Love (AI)) turned 6 months old on the 11th June and was suddenly eligible for points.
But Matilda decided not to stop at points and thrilled her mum (and us) by taking 3rd place in the 6-12 months Sweepstakes and also being awarded the Best Minor Puppy in Group 5.
Great results for only her 2nd day in the class.

17/6/16 To prove it wasn't a fluke, Mr B Walkey from Canada awarded Tilly her second Minor Puppy in Group. Tilly was very pleased with her fringie but happier with the toy bought with her prize money.
One things for sure, she's certainly going to get accustomed to posing.
Congratulations Jeanette and Tilly.

27/6/16
Jeanette was making a trip to Sydney to catch up with the extended Lappie family for a show.
While she was there, Tilly blew us all away by taking Best of Breed from the Puppy Class at only 6.5 months old.

The judge loved her and commented that she was such a promising puppy and encouraged Jeanette to continue showing her and hoped to see her again in the future.
Tilly then took out the Puppy in Group. So excited for such a young pup. She'd only moved out of Minor so as not to clash with the younger Vader, and no one was expecting much from a little 6.5 month old in the breed line up, let alone the Puppy in Group line up.

Tilly beat her Mum who was plainly not in the mood at all. Seems Lexie has found more interesting pursuits in Rally and Lure Coursing and finds the ring a little boring. But not Tilly. She loves it. Any opportunity to earn some food. She's a little food fiend and loves strutting around and preening for the judges.

I couldn't be more pleased for Jeanette who is just thrilled with her little girl. Well done

What a mash up of shows we've had this last week. All the shows overlapped each other, owners were getting confused about which dogs had done what. Who had to go back in and for what class.
It was organised chaos, but a lot of fun.

(Saturday)
Working Dog Champ Show
Working Dog Open Show
(Monday)
Spitz Breed Champ Show
FLCV Lappie Specialty Open Show.

Vegas Won the Baby Dog Class at 3 of the 4 shows. He took Baby of Breed at the Working Dog Open Show and Opposite Baby in Show at the FLCV Show. He was a star, a tired star, by the end of the weekend. So proud of him.

Summer,
Reserve Bitch at the Working Champ show
BOB at the Working Open Show
Reserve Bitch and Opposite Open in Show at the FLCV Show - She had a great weekend and was great to show

Mischa
Neuter of Breed at the Working Champ Show and won a bottle of wine
(no neuter at the Open Show)
and Neuter in Show at the FLCV Show. She was also a star all weekend.

Other Caleebra highlights included Sheya taking 2nd in Baby Bitch at the FLCV Show,
Fenix taking a 4th of 7 in the FLCV Show Intermediate Class
Aslak taking a 2nd of 6 in the Spitz Show Intermediate Class
and visits from Alleria (who came into season the day before so was scratched) and Mimi

We may have had a slow start to the showring this year, our first shows being last weekend, but we're blowing out the cobwebs and I'm really proud of all our Lappies, especially this weekend.
Vegas (Caleebra Diamond in the Ruff) is really putting it together and even stacked in Breed and the Baby in Group lineup today as well as gaiting like a star. 1st place Baby Puppy Dog and Baby of Breed.
Fenix (Caleebra Armani Junior) also did better than last week with 1st place Aus Bred Dog and Reserve Challenge.
Summer (Ch. Lecibsin Sametti (Imp UK)) pushed through her phantom pregnancy to take 1st place Open Bitch, Bitch Challenge and Best of Breed.
And Mischa (Ch. Neut Ch. Armahani Bloodstone Bilaidit RE) showed them how it's done with 1st place Open Neuter Bitch, Neuter of Breed and Neuter in Group.
Big Thanks to Robyn for handling the girls for me today. She made them shine. :)

Elsewhere, Tawnee (Caleebra Diamonds are Forever) at her very first show was awarded Baby Puppy in Group.
And Lexie (Ch. Caleebra Armani Acqua) took 1st place in her Obedience Club's competition. So proud and excited to receive the messages from their owners. I love good report cards ;)
Everyone deserves lots of cuddles and treats for their efforts.

And we've just been informed we have to move house so we'll be forced to take a bit of a break while we relocate everyone.

Sydney Royal was coupled with the FLCNSW Specialty this year.
The timing was unfortunate as Summer was being a right hormonal mess, in a full blown phantom, but we made the trip anyway as we wanted to catch up with friends and see our puppies strutting their stuff.

The highlight for us was seeing the siblings: Leo and Tilly, Caleebra Elixir of Strength (AI) and Caleebra Elixir of Love (AI) as well as little Vader (Caleebra Diamond Empress) who was too young to enter but enjoyed the day out being cuddled and adored by almost everyone.

Show highlights came from Tilly - taking 1st in the Sydney Royal Baby Puppy Bitch Class and having the judge coo over how pretty she was. She strutted her stuff with her owner, Jeanette and had a fantastic day at the show. She was 2nd in the FLCNSW show but she was still behaving like a little star

Leo gave it his all, placing 2nd behind an older Baby at both shows.. Rather particular about toileting on the grass used by so many dogs, he waited til we were in the ring and in front of the entire crowd. Not once. But twice. He's the sweetest little boy and didn't care about peeing in front of the crowd. When you've gotta go, you've gotta go.

Summer managed a respectable 2nd in Open Bitch behind the RUBOB in the Royal but by the Specialty she was done and was unplaced.

Mischa gave it her all at the FLCNSW show only (Neuters don't compete at Royals) after waiting around all day for her turn, but she wasn't the judges cup of tea. Still, she won a couple of show prizes including a cute pink toy and a handmade lead, taking Opposite Neuter in Show

We had a very busy couple of months with not 1 but 2 litters being born in December.
It had always been our plan to mate Alleria first, but when her sister Lexie came into season before her, our plans for Lexie were brought forward. We had discussed though, that up until the day of insemination for Lexie, if Alleria came into season we would postpone Lexie's litter. So imagine my sudden conundrum when the day AFTER the artificial insemination for Lexie, Alleria came into season.

After plenty of discussion and my mentor talking me around, we decided to go for it. The girls would be due over the Christmas break, which worked out great for their owners, and honestly, it worked out well for everyone.

Lexie was due on the 12th. Her mum would be making the drive from Canberra as soon as school let out on the 11th. But do you think Lexie was going to wait? No. She whelped her litter during the day, finishing up about an hour before her mum arrived. It meant that she was all cleaned up, the whelping box was also cleaned up, all the puppies were dry, feeding, warm and content and Lexie was also settling into motherhood like a natural. When her mum arrived, she temporarily forgot anything but the joy of the reunion and immediately jumped out of the box, tail wagging crazily, then popping back into the box to show her mum what she'd been busy making.

Alleria decided that Christmas Day wasn't already a big enough day and decided to welcome her babies 2 days early on Christmas evening. Fortunately i'd already picked up Glen from celebrations and had just finished the worming, weighing and nail clipping for Lexie's 2 week old puppies when Alleria made a tiny sound to alert me that she'd decided to go into Labor. She'd given me none of the usual signs, but suddenly and without any fuss, she was whelping her first puppy.
Again, in truly spectacular form, her mum was due to arrive the following day, and we'd calculated that Alleria's earliest due date was the 27th so it was a bit of a surprise. Once again mum arrived to be greeted by a very happy girl, proud to show off her new friends she had made all for herself.

And so we found ourselves welcoming the New Year with 13 brand new puppies. The Elixir litter were named for Grey's Anatomy and the Diamonds were named after Star Wars characters.

12 weeks later all the puppies have left home on their own adventures.

We'd like to introduce The Elixir Litter from Hugo x Lexie (Fi Ch Shacal Tiku x Ch Caleebra Armani Acqua)

#1 Izzy now Tilly - Caleebra Elixir of Love (AI)
#2 Mc Dreamy now Leo - Caleebra Elixir of Strength (AI)
#3 Mc Steamy now Wookie - Caleebra Elixir of Courage (AI)
#4 Meredith now Akira - Caleebra Elixir of Joy (AI)
#5 Cristina now Josie - Caleebra Elixir of Life (AI)
#6 Callie now Storm - Caleebra Elixir of Charm (AI)

The Diamonds from Lumi x Alleria (Ch. Armahani Diamond Davvir CD RA JD AD x Ch. Caleebra Armani Diamond RN)

#1 Vader - Caleebra Diamond Empress
#2 Trooper is now Ollie - Caleebra Diamond Dog
#3 Rey is now Mimi - Caleebra Diamonds and Lace
#4 Leia is now Tawnee - Caleebra Diamonds are Forever
#5 Chewie is now Sheya - Caleebra Diamonds that Sparkle
#6 Luke is now Usva - Caleebra Diamonds in the Sky
#7 Kylos is Vegas - Caleebra Diamond in the Ruff