April Begins

APRIL BEGINS 2008

Photo Credit Ami Romanelli *** Mercury Aussies

My sweet girl, pretty in PINK. · Love and Best Wishes Jenny and Nell Wishing Miss Nell a speedy recovery!

We hope Nell makes it back to the agility ring soon!

Hugs & Kisses, sweet Nell!

(it's Spring in Georgia .... feeling hopeless here in Michigan!)

I send U a few new photos of Vito, I hope I'm not disturbing U, I know that U often receive letters from overseas from the owners of your "sons" and "daughters", so do not feel bad if U haven't got enough time to reply...

I send U just for enjoy them, I hope U will ....Best, Barbi THANK YOU, BARBI .... WE ALWAYS LOVE PHOTOS!

It is Spring in Hungary too ... Hopefully, Spring will come to Michigan soon!

Spring in England ... Lambing Time!!!

Thank you, Jayne Holligan, for sharing photos of your darling babies!!!

Sandy Sharp of Sandstone Aussies shares spring photos from South Carolina! The dove babies have hatched!

Our Michigan doves perch on our trees & shiver!

G'day Amy and Ellen :)

I thought I would share some photos with you of Venti we took today. He is coming along nicely.

Cruzan son, Camp *** Photo Credit Shelly Hollen

Here are some photos of Camp that Shelly took last week. I think Camp is more like his daddy and Venti more a combination of the Cruzan and Min.

We are both really happy with the way these two boys are turning out and the temperament on the two of them is just awesome. Both extremely happy go lucky boys. I don't think V has ever woken up without a smile on his face a pep in his step. By the way V learned to swim yesterday and was dock diving off the dock with my girlfriend's Flatcoats after about 15 minutes. He did great and had a ball. Nothing ever really throws him off balance, except he isn't so sure about dogs with tails! Amanda IT IS FALL IN CHILE! THORNAPPLE MUD PUPPIES, ICON & HUMMER, LOVE to SWIM & play in the MUD!

Thank you for sharing, Alejandra!

Dreamy & Hummer enjoy a fall day in Chile under their palm tree!

Bitta shares a photo of our beautiful Thornapple Cuba Blue!

Cuba is living with Bitta preparing for shows in Denmark.

Cuba is a litter brother to Ch Thornapple Dr Thunder who is being shown by Easy Aussies in Sweden.

Thank you, Anna-Lena, for sharing a photo of Boom!

This weekend Ice took a break from looking stunning in the conformation rings to prove he has the brains as well.

Ice and Eileen successfully completed the requirements to achieve his Canine Good Citizen CGC title today at just 7 months old!

Eileen says he is a quick study and taking to performance work like a fish to water. Now he is Thornapple Mercury Arctic Shake CGC.

HUGE CONGRATS, ICE & EILEEN!!!

Ice poses with beautiful Spring Wild Flowers in Texas!

Congratulations Thornapple Mercury Hotshot "Jackson"!

Reserve Winners Dog!

Dubuque Kennel Club *** Judge Ms. Edweena (Teddy) McDowell

Blush

Blush (Thornapple Mercury Rising) enjoyed her first AKC show thoroughly... by JUMPING over the ends of the mats... and giving the judge many kisses.

And sister Annie is enjoying herself as well! Watching her cows and horses. They head to Perry for the Peach Blossom Cluster this coming weekend.

Annie

April 5 & 6 *** The puppies take the dog majors at the Saginaw Valley KC Dog Shows in Birch Run, Michigan!

Thornapple Locked N Loaded "Ruger" (Ch Thornapple Single Barrel x Thornapple Flirtin' With Fire)

Winners Dog for a 3 point major from the 9-12 puppy class! Judge Mr. Donavon Thompson.

Thank you for showing Ruger to his best, Stephanie Hentschel!

WATCH FOR RUGER AT THE 2008 USASA NATIONAL SPECIALTY!

Thornapple Cold As Ice "Ice" (Ch Thornapple Tandem Axel x Ch Thornapple Russian ToA Party)

Winners Dog *** Best Of Winners *** from the 6-9 puppy class *** 4 point major on his first weekend out!

Judge Mr. Carl J. Anderson ** Owned/Loved & Handled by Kristen Tymczak Watch for Ice's page on Future Stars when we return from Nationals.

Best Of Breed Puppy *** Herding Group 1 *** Ann Arbor Kennel Club Puppy Match Thornapple Seduction "Reese" *** Handled by Aaron Brandenburg

NEWS FROM SANDSTONE AUSSIES ON SOUTH CAROLINA!

Just wanted to let you know the results of the show this past weekend in Charlotte, NC.

Well, Miss Dolly won Best Puppy and a Puppy Group 2 on Saturday. The judges loved her. She had a blast too.

I had a picture taken, so when it comes in I will send you a copy. OH, forgot....Miss Dolly beat seven puppies in Breed and a HUGE herding group. The puppy herding group was so big it took just about the whole ring.

The sheltie ended up with the Group 1, but Miss Dolly was pulled out first!!!! We thought we had the Group 1, I almost fainted. But the Group 2 was excellent. We were soooooo proud of her. Thanks sooo much for my beautiful little Dolly. Wish you could have been there. Her personality is just awesome.

THORNAPPLES MUCH SUCCESS AT THE 2008 NATIONALS, wish we could go to Colorado too. I would love to see it.

Take care Mother T !!!!!!!! Love, Sandy, Russell, Armani and Dolly Congratulations Sandy & Russell! We are very proud of Miss Dolly!

Dolly is a full litter sister to Thornapple Locked N Loaded & Thornapple I Call The Shots.

HOLLYWOOD NEWS!!!!!

Attached are some photos from Frisbee play this morning and a few from the Marley and Me rehearsal!

Abby - Mercury Thornapple Shaken Not Stirred - is handled by Chris M. (Nikki's neighbor). He and Abby are sitting RIGHT NEXT TO MARLEY for the scene! They were perfect Nikki said. Cannot wait to hear how she does!!! Anyhow, enjoy. Ami

MORE beautiful photos from Crufts 2008!

I came across your website via one of my clients and saw that a beautiful Aussie that we all admired so much at Crufts was bred at your kennel.

Attached please find some photos of questionable quality of him and his lovely handler in the breed and group ring :) I have been admiring aussies from the distance and in the past couple of years this distance has been getting getting shorter. It still might take me a couple of years before I make a commitment to a dog of this size, but who knows... Maybe this is the first step :) I have two schipperkes and show them both in Europe and the US (put 9 points on the bitch at the Florida cluster in January). I am not a breeder - just love dog shows and travel a lot with my cameras and dogs around the world. Before moving to be with my husband to a small country of Lithuania 6 years ago, I lived in the US. Please accept my respect for doing such a beautiful job with your dogs - I can not even imagine what it takes to take care of a large kennel and have the time to groom, clean and most importantly love all dogs that live with you. I am looking forward to hearing from you, Lana Valueva *** Vilnius, Lithuania

Thank you, Lana, for sending us your wonderful photos!

All Photo Credits Svetlana Valueva of Didysis Suo magazine, Vilnius, Lithuania.

Photo Credits Svetlana Valueva of Didysis Suo magazine, Vilnius, Lithuania.

FROM MARIE IN FINLAND!

Hi Amy, About grooming, have you do a video ? Do that, I will buy it today !!! :-)

If you have the time, do a video for us who still need good ideas about grooming.

We have was in a weeks holiday in Spain, Fuerteventura. It was nice, I send you some pictures from the holidayand some puppy pictures, the Katalin x Jag puppies.

Jag not go to the World Winner dog show, not Katalin or Jenny. To the World Winner Dog Show I will go with one Jag offspring who is champion girl and one Lorenzo offspring who is in the open class, two girl! I plan to show one good looking young male born with NBT too at the show. We will see if my ill back will be good to July. Hugs Marie Ekholm Finland *** Kennel Gun Lake · www.gunlake.ax [email removed] · Great idea! How about it, Amy?

We love your Jag & Katalin babies, Marie!

Thank you for sharing your vacation photos, Marie!

He's so cute!