I didn't have a blog from 2009-2015 and didn't keep up with the blog in 2016-2017 so I'm going to copy and paste some comments from my Facebook page that will at least in part chronicle the happenings of Chimini Siberians during this time. I'm hoping in 2018 to keep a better blog.
29 December 2009 · Bike Runs: Dec. 28th & 29th, 2009 Ali's first team run
27 December 2009 · RIP Big Purple Octopus. Ali is the first puppy that I've raised that has been deathly on stuffie toys. She sneaks off with them to the back deck and distroyes them. The other dogs are NOT happy with her as most of the stuffies have now been taken up but she has been ok with larger stuffies so thought she would ok with the octopus. It just made a much bigger mess for me to clean up.
Christmas 2009 photos
Christmas morning 2009
24 December 2009 · Levi, Jive, Pippin and Ali patiently waiting for Christmas to come!
2 December 2009 I love it when my puppy people keep in touch with me. This is almost 12 year old Cammy, Levi's brother who lives in Newfoundland and is obviously WELL loved.
17 November 2009 · Thanks to all the Siberian people at the Delaware Specialty for their WONDERFUL hospitality! Special thanks to judge Sheri Wright for recognizing Pippin and Jive's qualities with Winners Male and Reserve Winners Bitch and to Lyndsay for doing such a WONDERFUL job of handling them and all the laughs we had on the road! On Sun. Pippin took 2nd in Open and Jive Reserve Winners Bitch to a major again. GREAT trip!!
14 November 2009 · GREAT day at the Delaware Siberian Specialty. Pippin went Winners Dog for a 4 point major and his mom, Jive, went Reserve Winners Bitch to a 4 point major!! Both dogs were handled local talent, Lyndsay Moxon, who did a wonderful job!
9 November 2009 · Carolyn and Peter came in this weekend and we had a great time training the dogs! These are pictures from our run on Sunday Nov. 8th, 2009. We did the same run the day before. The team - Lead Jive and Isis and wheel Pippin and Josie. Our small but "mighty" team. Carolyn is driving the team, I'm in rear taking pics while Peter at this point is running off to the gas station to get some stuff to fix the flat tire on the ATV.
7 November 2009 · I have a bit of a tradition of taking pictures of my dogs at this rock area at Point Pleasant Park. Jive is going to start her serious show career in Canada and the US so thought I would try to get some pics today. Will try again for that "perfect shot" but I think these are pretty nice. Also including a pic of her father Levi and grandmother Siri at same location.
28 October 2009 · Did the whole Main St. trail this morning. This is just a 4 1/2 mile run but it is one hill after another, after another and some of them are pretty big. No pictures today but you can see pictures from last year. the dogs now wear harnesses from dogbottie.com rather then the walking harness seen in these pictures: http://picasaweb.google.ca/Chimini12345/YESTHEYCAN#
23 October 2009 · SO proud of 4 1/2 month old Expiali! I taught her not to leave her crate until I give her the ok and it may have saved her life this afternoon as I was out running the dogs. Didn't realize her crate door was open when a car went by. Instead of darting out of the crate she just waited for me to give her the ok to come out. GOOD girl!
18 October 2009 · Pictures of Expiali "Ali" (Pippin x Ceildh) taken today
18 October 2009 · Jive finished her CFC Elite Championship title this morning. smile emoticon She has been to a total of 7 CFC shows earning - 7 consecutive "Excellent" rating Cards, 5 Group 1st wins, 1 Group 2nd and 1 Group 4th giving her a CFC Championship and an Elite Championship title. Pictures coming soon.
17 October 2009 · Jive had a very good day at the CFC (Canine Federation of Canada) shows picking up 2 more CACSC Excellent cards towards her CFC Elite Ch. title, along with a Group 1st and Group 4th win. She has 3 cards now, just one more to go for her Elite title. I truly do LOVE this bitch!
Team Run.
12 October 2009 · This is the first weekend running of all 4 dogs together. Isis (pie), Jive (black), Josie (grey) and Pippin (red). Carolyn and I are training two dogs each separately and then getting together when we can. A lot of work on gee overs and stay out of the ditch when we stop but it all paid off at the end of the run!
12 October 2009 · This is the first weekend running of all 4 dogs together. Isis (pie), Jive (black), Josie (grey) and Pippin (red). Carolyn and I are training two dogs each separately and then getting together when we can. A lot of work on gee overs and stay out of the ditch when we stop but it all paid off at the end of the run!
7 October 2009 · Silly Pippin
3 October 2009 · 6 mile run with Jive and Pippin on the Hubley trail, then hour walk/run in the park with Jive and Expiali and finaly of to the Main St. trial for 1/2 hour bike ride with Levi. I'm home having blueberry pancakes and thinking I need a little down time before starting to stew my tomatoes.
30 September 2009 · Talk about "on-bys"! Jive and Pippin went on-by a trop of soldiers in full combat gear marching on the trail this morning. They "geed over" and the dogs just went on-by. smile emoticon Really pleased! And they did another 5 mile run, so 15 miles in since Saturday. smile emoticon
27 September 2009 · Another good 5 mile run. Ran *really* stong on the way out, brake well on the whole way. Little tired on the way back, needed a couple breaks but still had brake on. All in all, quite pleased for their first back to back 5 mile runs of the season. smile emoticon Pippin needs to learn to pace himself better, that will come with age, but boy he is strong and Jive, well she really makes me smile this year. :))
26 September 2009 · A very nice 5 mile run with the dogs this morning. smile emoticon Then went looking at an old trail we use to run on 10 years ago and a house for sale. No luck with the house and the old trail no longer allows ATVs on at least for part of it. That really decreases the interest of buying a house in that area. Real bummer! frown emoticon I was hoping for it all - view of the ocean and a couple great trails nearby.
19 September 2009 · Really nice run with the Jive and Pippin this morning. Upped the mileage and the dogs did great! Then took Levi and Expiali for a little run and then to the park with Jive and Expiali. Home for a little rest and then harvested the garden. Lots of green tomatoes! Now cooking a pork roast. Knee is really sore but still LOVE these kind of days.
14 September 2009 · Just authorized disposal of Levi’s frozen semen. frown emoticon A lot of heartache but I feel blessed to have his two sons and two daughters and now a number of grandkids and even a few great grandkids. He will live on, as does his mother, Siri, through him. [reason for doing this was because the semen wasn't working]
6 September 2009 · Long, but very exciting day at the show today. Pippin got his first Group 1st win! Didn't take BIS but I'm confident that he and Colton will see the BIS ring again and one day there will be another BIS ribbon on my wall with his name on it.
5 September 2009 · Pippin got a Group 4th today in a tough group after being out of the show ring for a few months while growing a new coat. Judge Paul Stanton from Sweden. Way to go Colton and Pippin!
9 August 2009 · Had a really nice run with the dogs this morning and then a nice walk in the park with Expiali and her grandmother Jive. Colton, my junior handler friend, tells me that I'm keeping Expiali. That he loves Ali. She was a very good girl at the park. We will see. [Included here are also picture from Aug. 16th and at my mom's cottage]
6 July 2009 · Pippin x Ceilidh Pups at 5 weeks
28 June 2009 Jive x Wolvie pups at 7 weeks
06/03/2009
Wolvie x Jive pups at 3 weeks
Wolvie x Jive pups at 3 weeks
06/02/2009
Pictures of Pippin x Ceilidh pups born May 30th. I went with a Mary Poppins Theme for this litter so the pups are "Super Cali", "Fragilistic", "Expiali", "Docious".
Pictures of Pippin x Ceilidh pups born May 30th. I went with a Mary Poppins Theme for this litter so the pups are "Super Cali", "Fragilistic", "Expiali", "Docious".
Super Cali: b/w girl
Fragilistic: g/w boy
Expiali: g/w girl
Docious: g/w boy
05/25/2009
Congratulations to Carolyn Martin and her girl Josie "Chimini's Dancing With T'Stars who took two Group 4ths at the dog shows in Barthurst yesterday! Judges were Sandra Lex and Fred Dewsbury
Congratulations to Carolyn Martin and her girl Josie "Chimini's Dancing With T'Stars who took two Group 4ths at the dog shows in Barthurst yesterday! Judges were Sandra Lex and Fred Dewsbury
05/23/1009
Isis is here! :)
Isis is here! :)
05/17/2009
05/11/2009
Jives pups 1st week
Jives pups 1st week
05/07/2009
Jive's pups are finally here!
05/06/2009
Waiting, waiting, waiting ..... for puppies to arrive with a cough, cough, coughing my head off BAD cold. All I want to do is to go to bed but no one told Jive that when you have a frozen semen litter you are suppose to have your puppies 63 days past ovulation. .... Had her to the vet's this afternoon. He thinks tonight, maybe tomorrow morning. I sure hope so!
04/15/2009
Had a scary night with pregnant Jive into the vets and then home on IV fluids all night. Still not sure what happened, hoping just some kind of gastric upset. Bloodtests good, ultrasound show puppies appear to be ok. She seems to be feeling better this morning.
Our best guess is that she got into something she shouldn't have. I know she did eat something in the yard before I could get to her so we are figuring that is what happened. She was throwing up and got herself really dehydrated and weak. Had to carry her into the vets. This all happened within an hour of her being fine! Very scary!!
Jive's pups are finally here!
05/06/2009
Waiting, waiting, waiting ..... for puppies to arrive with a cough, cough, coughing my head off BAD cold. All I want to do is to go to bed but no one told Jive that when you have a frozen semen litter you are suppose to have your puppies 63 days past ovulation. .... Had her to the vet's this afternoon. He thinks tonight, maybe tomorrow morning. I sure hope so!
04/15/2009
Had a scary night with pregnant Jive into the vets and then home on IV fluids all night. Still not sure what happened, hoping just some kind of gastric upset. Bloodtests good, ultrasound show puppies appear to be ok. She seems to be feeling better this morning.
Our best guess is that she got into something she shouldn't have. I know she did eat something in the yard before I could get to her so we are figuring that is what happened. She was throwing up and got herself really dehydrated and weak. Had to carry her into the vets. This all happened within an hour of her being fine! Very scary!!
03/31/2009
Pippin and Arwen at the Truro show. Unfortunately didn't get a good picture of Hobie. Pippin took a Group 2nd.
Pippin and Arwen at the Truro show. Unfortunately didn't get a good picture of Hobie. Pippin took a Group 2nd.
03/05/2009
excited that tomorrow is Jive's frozen semen implant surgery. Figures crossed that all goes well.
excited that tomorrow is Jive's frozen semen implant surgery. Figures crossed that all goes well.
14 February 2009 · is had a clean sweep at the show today Hobie WD, Arwen WB,BW,BOS over a special Bitch and Pippin BB and made the cut to 6 in a group of 17 breeds
4 February 2009 Training season 2009. Working with just a four dog team. Jive / Pippin in lead with new comers Arwen and Hobie (Jive's other two kids) in wheel. I'm driving with my junior handler friend Colton in the basket.
3 February 2009 · Pictures of my Siberians
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