Celebrating Monkey!

It's Monkey's 5th Gotcha Day! It's been a wild ride, from the first day when he growled at me for several hours, until just now when he was curled up by my side. He's still got issues but don't we all?


He was my 2nd foster and I fostered him from early June until that evening in mid-August when I realized he was home. Amazingly I had a camera handy when that realization came upon me so I snapped a few photos of Monkey (fka Jared) curled up on a pillow with Fred and Zoya.

Monkey's full name with titles is Col Potter's Monkey B, MB-RAE, CGC. He's registered in the Mixed Breed Dog Club and the AKC Mixed Breed Program. I had hoped to get him into agility and start working on his AKC rally titles. Once I get a job, I think we'll get back to those goals. And now that the Mixed Breed Dog Club has revamped their conformation rules, we may have a chance at a MB conformation title!

Denise
Citrus Heights, CA
Fred CGC - cairn wanna be
Monkey MB-RAE, CGC - cairn athlete

Monkey's 4th "Gotcha Day" Anniversary

Forever Mom Denise F in Citrus Heights, CA wrote:

Today is Monkey's 4th Gotcha Day. Last night I took him over to PetSmart and we picked out two toys and one of those spill proof bowls for travel. Not sure what we'll do today but I'm considering picking up a plain cheeseburger and letting the fur-butts (Fred CGC - cairn wanna be, Zoya HRH - cairn princess) share it.

Monkey is multi-talented as a Canine Good Citizen (CGC) and rally expert.

Happy Gotcha Day Monkey!!

Monkey and the Mixed Breed National Speciality

Monkey is quite the "cairn athlete"!! Monkey is owned by Denise F in Citrus Heights, CA. This weekend he participated at his first ever Mixed Breed Dog Club National Specialty, where he earned two Rally Advanced/Excellent (MB-RAE) legs on Saturday.

He took first place in both Excellent B rings, second place in one of the Advanced B ring. Monkey also took 1st place in Conformation, Class I Dogs. He got Reserve Dog as well which earned him his first ever trophy! He also won highest MB-RAE score of the day earning him a plaque and a rosette.

All in all, it was great. On Saturday, Denise and Monkey took home 10 rosettes, 3 plaques and 1 trophy!
"Monkey was just amazing! He pranced, looked right at Denise waiting for cues, and was just terrific!" said fellow cairn lover Carol
On Sunday, Monkey had another great day. On the Rally Advanced/Excellent they got 2nd place in Excellent and 1st place (with a score of 99!) in Advanced. In Conformation Monkey got 1st place in Class I dogs and Reserve Dog.

Denise said "He really seemed to enjoy himself, even to the point he tried to get back on the table after our turn was over! We didn't do so well in Rally T Challenge and Team Rally. Fortunately we did the MB-RAE runs first because on the Challenge it was pretty obvious that Monkey was done with Rally for the day. Out of 5 dogs (one of which ran out of the ring and got a 0), we got 4th place."

All in all it was a great weekend for Denise and Monkey. They earned 3 MB-RAE legs, and of the 6 classes they did to earn those legs, they got three 1st places and two 2nd places. In conformation Monkey got Reserve Dog both days with two different judges. I even won a few raffle prizes.

Grand total: 18 rosettes, 4 plaques and 2 trophies.

Cairngratulations to Monkey and Denise!!