Firstly, a huge "CONGRATULATIONS" to Cheryl on Maloo completing his show title just recently, with a very impressive 17 point Best of Breed award! Maloo will now be officially known as Ch Oakridge Tanagra.
A number of "Oakridge" dogs featured in the GSP Club SA annual awards for 2017:
Dean's Oakridge Quadroneur CCD was awarded Top Obedience Dog, Neville's Oakridge Lochinvar NRA QC was awarded Top Retrieving Dog, and my own girl Oakridge Panache ORA CCD gained the Top Retrieving Bitch award. "CONGRATULATIONS" to Dean and Neville!
Not a lot else happening over summer, apart from a bit of training in preparation for the upcoming retrieving season, although I did attend a few shows with the youngsters. Kimmi (Itsgottabe Never Say Never Imp NZ) is now well on the way to achieving her show Championship title, with a number of classes in group and a nice Reserve Best in Group award under her belt.
Dewey (Oakridge Ungaro) has also added to his points tally towards his title, and collected a few class in group awards along the way.
We have some training days coming up shortly, before seriously launching into the trialling season. This will be quite a treat, after I had to sit out most of last season due to a knee injury.
My first litter in over 18 months should be arriving late next month, too, which I am really looking forward to!