All of the Montana shows were blah.  Priscilla got second 4 days out of five and she didn’t show the other day because she was feeling phewnie.

I’ve got more news about show entries.  This weekend is a large show in Ventura.  All three days are majors so I’ve got Priscilla and Archie entered and showing.  The following weekend I’ve got Archie and Priscilla entered in the Del Monte KC show in Monterey .  I don’t know if I’ll show one or the other until the entry numbers are announced later this week or next.  With any luck I could finish Archie or Priscilla in Ventura .  I don’t have much faith though.  But that is why we continue to show, we may be surprised some day.

I’ll hopefully have some puppy news soon too.  I’ve bred Leo to both Rose and Bessie a couple of weeks ago and I’ll do a pregnancy test on both soon to see if anything stuck.  As of now neither looks pregnant, but a couple of other mastiff breeders I know said that it may be too soon to tell right now.  More news to come soon.
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I've had a couple of emails from Cheryl Cates with the past two days dog show results. Her boxers (8 of them) were either 1st in their classes or 1st in the breed. Her Rottweiler's had the same results. Then there is Priscilla, she has gotten 2nd place each day, she's such a loser. Three more days to go, hopefully she'll get her s..t together. These are small shows so no majors are attainable, just points. I'll keep you updated when I hear more.

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I have bred Leo to Bessie three times this past week.  If this breeding sticks she should deliver her puppies in the first week of August.  There could be brindles and fawns in this litter.  These puppies will have great movement, straight backs, great heads and straight legs.  I’m really excited about this litter because Bessie and Leo have very similar traits that will make wonderful mastiff puppies.

I’m breeding Rose this week to Leo.  They have bred twice this week with probably two more times to go.  I’m excited about his breeding too.  Both of these dogs I’ve shown and finished as champions.  They will make large mastiffs that will either be apricot or fawn colored.  This litter, if it sticks will be born right after Bessie and Leo’s.  I could have a lot of puppies on the ground at once if both pairs produce puppies.

I will probably enter the Ventura KC dog show in the middle of July.  I’ll enter both Archie and Pricilla because that show had majors last year.  I hope they have majors again this year.  I’ll let you know more later.

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We just got the results from the Yosemite KC and the Sierra-Tuolumne KC.  The 2 shows yielded 2 points for Priscilla on Saturday and that gives her 8 points now.  Archie only showed Friday because there weren't enough dogs for a major on the other days.  The points update for Archie stands at 12 points with one major, all he needs now is his second major and he can relax and hang out at the pool.  Priscilla needs both of her majors and 7 more points before we have our 4th and 5th champion mastiff.  Priscilla is going to the Chief Solano KC show with Cheryl Cates later this month.  That show is in Vallejo at the Solano County Fairgrounds on April 24th and 25th.  Cheryl wanted to take Priscilla along with her boxer dogs to help Priscilla feel a little more comfortable on the road with strangers and other dogs too.  The next dog show for both dogs we've entered is the Gavalin KC in Hollister.  The show dates are May 1st and 2nd at Balado Park east of Hollister.

News from the final Hanford show day. Priscilla was "Winners Bitch" on Thursday and Saturday. She was "Reserve Winners Bitch" on Friday and Sunday. Not a bad weekend. Only one point was earned this weekend because it was a small gathering of mastiff dogs. Archie didn't show because of the limited numbers, he'll be competing when there are enough dogs for a major. Dexter, owned by Paul DaLuz, was third on Saturday, not a bad showing for the first time in the ring. We didn't have any pictures taken this weekend, I'll wait until there are more mastiffs entered.

Good news from Del Mar.  Archie is the "Winners Dog" at the Silver Bay
Kennel Club's Saturday show.  Priscilla is the "Winners Bitch" from the same
show and the same day.  Priscilla then went on to to beat her father and was
awarded "Best of Winners".  They each received a point for their efforts.
That puts Archie ahead in the race over Priscilla to become a champion first.
Archie now has 12 points and one major, of the two needed.  Three more
points; which is the minimum needed to be a major, and Archie is a champion.
Archie will now only be shown in the larger dog shows where there will be
majors.  Priscilla has four points now, with no majors, but she has beat her
dad at the last two shows they have been entered in together.  First dog to
receive 15 points and two majors becomes a champion.

I have attached a picture of Archie's grandson Malachy:

He is with his mother Maiden and he's 3 weeks old at the time of the picture.  Malachy is going to be another of the Mtn Oak N Ringsides line that will be in the dog show "Winners Circle".  Watch for more information and pictures about Malachy.

This week we travel to Hanford for the Sequoia and Kings Kennel Club shows.
There aren't majors at these shows so Priscilla will be the only dog to show
off.  She may meet her litter mate Dexter who is making his dog show debut.
Archie gets this weekend off and we'll wait until we can find a major for
him to compete in.