January #2 2005

BROOKSVILLE CLUSTERS January 2005

Ch Thornapple King Of Diamonds in best of breed competition under Mr. Lester Mapes

Mr. Lester Mapes dresses warm for a chilly Florida day of Aussie judging!

Shamba in group competition

Mr. Robert C. Thomas examines Shamba before awarding him Best of Breed.

Ch Thornapple King Of Diamonds wins Group 2 against the toughest competition in the country!

Thank you Mrs. Robert C. Thomas!

Shamba took Best Of Breed wins under Judges Mrs. Joan Zielinski & Mr. Lee Herr

at the Sarasota shows. At the Brooksville Cluster, we cheered Shamba on to

3 Best Of Breed wins under Judges, Mr. Lester C. Mapes, Mr. Robert C. Thomas

& Mrs. Sondra Joy Esporite. Shamba was awarded Group Two placements under

Judges, Mrs. Robert C. Thomas & Mr. P. Levi Marsman over #1 ranked breed dogs

in the Herding group.

Thornapple Hot Temptation "Zippo" shown with Maria Neff on Monday.

Zippo was handled to Winners Dog and Best of Winners by Coleen Zartman on Tuesday.

Thornapple Hot Temptation "Zippo" took Winners Dog & Best Of Winners

under Judge Mrs. Sondra Joy Esporite. Zippo is owned by Di & Alan Falconer, New Zealand.

Thornapple Sweet Magnolia Wine "Maggie" in Best of Breed * handled by Coleen Zartman.

Thornapple Sweet Magnolia Wine took Winners Bitch under Judge Mr. Lester Mapes.

Maggie is owned by Candy & Erika Prince of Boon, Michigan.

Thornapple Moon On Fire "Lunar" turned 6 months old the 1st day of the Brooksville shows!

Lunar won his puppy class each day! Lunar is owned by Anna-Lena & Niklas Munkvall * Sweden

NOVI MICHIGAN January 2005

Thornapple Duramax "Diesel" handled to two 4 point majors by Amy.

January 21, 22 & 23 ***** In Novi, Michigan, Thornapple Duramax took two 4 point majors

Co-owned with Kim Cochran * Mythical Aussies * Diesel needs 1 point to finish his championship.

Shirley

Thornapple Kiddie Cocktail "Shirley" handled to Best of Breed Puppy by Amy

Thornapple Kiddie Cocktail took Best Of Breed Puppy on Saturday.

Shayna & Chante wait patiently with Grandpa Jim and brother Austen.

In Novi, Michigan, Miss Shayna Garrison enjoyed her big debut in the Junior Ring!

Shayna did an awesome job with Chante to take a 2nd place on Friday,

1st place on Saturday and 2nd place on Sunday over a large entry of 9 Novice Juniors!

You've come a long way baby!

Shayna pictured at the Greeley, Colorado, 1998 ASCA Nationals

with Ch Thornapple My Baby Loves Me.

We are very proud of our Shayna Melinda Garrison!

AKC JUNIOR HANDLER EXTRAORDINAIRE!

Maria Neff took a 1st place award on Friday in Open Senior.

Erika Prince took a 2nd place award on Sunday in Open Intermediate.

Erika also won Winners Dog Sat & Sun, Best Puppy & Puppy Group 3

with her Lowchen, Maverick! (Erika's photo credits Candy Prince)

Congratulations Erika!

And Congratulations to all of our Junior Handlers on a job WELL DONE!!!!

On Sunday, January 9, we entered our puppies in the MSU Puppy Match.

The puppies had a blast and we took lots of photos!

Check out our new Photo Album #15

The newest Thornapple! Introducing Zachary Daniel Marik!

Proud parents Christa and Jonathon Marik.

Chevy (Ch Thornapple Like A Rock) loves his new "baby brother!"

Congratulations Bianca & Jacco Heideveld on your beautiful new girl Bliss!

SAFETY FIRST AT THE NEFF'S!

A devastating ice storm in Ohio left the Neff's beautiful trees shattered and destroyed.

Thanks to Maria's hard hat, none of those crashing branches caused her bodily harm!

Maria visits the Thornapples!

Maria & Debbie Neff & Jenny Poe spent Christmas week with us.

We kept busy with eye checks, puppy pictures & lots of shopping!

Check out Photo Albums #13 & #14 to see all of our work.

Maria stayed on to celebrate New Year's Eve with us! Thanks Debbie!

Maria is pictured with Thornapple Razzle Dazzle Em

L-R Thornapple Pitch Black, Baja Blast, Pot Of Gold, & Live Wire

News from Betsy and Rain:

How exciting to get to a show with Shamba. What a marvelous dog. I wish everything great for him here in the

good old USA. This morning Rain appeared on tv for the KFYR "Country Morning Show". We did a talk on my

Puppy Dynamics Class and Rain was an instant hit. He was an excellent boy!! The farm director on the show was really

taken in with Rain. I did of course put a good word in that breeding and proper training and environment play a large part

in how a dog develops and of course Thornapple kennel was definitely mentioned. Rain and I have also been invited to

put on a presentation for KFYR Ag Days in February. We will be doing obedience and agility. Best Wishes to all.

Betsy & Rain p.s. cross your fingers, toes and eyes that we will do well at Land O' Lakes.

Lots of Snow in OHIO!!!!!!

2 feet of snow! Maria & Mira shoveled out the door to the kennel.

Scorch helped fill the path back in! Maria calls him Doof! We wonder why?

SO MANY TOYS! SO LITTLE TIME! Santa was good to Cheyenne!

Thornapple Mythical War Paint

Cheyenne owned by Penny & Randy Barnhart * Battle Creek Michigan

Thanks Randy for the "Photo of the Week!"

Riot sends his well wishes from sunny Florida! As you

can see it feels like spring time here, we wish we had

snow. Oh well, if you can not beat em' join em'... we

are off to the beach tomorrow! Happy New Year!

Ami Jordan and Ryeman

CH Thornapple Hope Diamond with her "baby" Matthew.

Hope, Reno's sister, has adopted an orphan lamb.

From Heidi & James Smith:

DIABLO WISHES HIS FRIEND LONI A HAPPY 10TH BIRTHDAY!!! THE PARTY WAS WELL

ATTENDED DUE TO THE WONDERFUL CUPCAKES MADE BY HOSTESS!

A FUN TIME WAS HAD BY ALL!