1st December - The Xmas Season is ALMOST Upon Us!!
It is certainly hard to believe that its now December and Christmas is almost upon us!!
As we eagerly await the arrival of our first 'human' baby (fingers crossed just in time for Christmas), we also welcomed a new addition to our doggy family.
Ralph (Tukeglen Talk To The Hand) has just arrived from Helen McCready's Tukeglen Kennels. This spunky young man comes from a long line of Multi BIS winners and we hope that he too can follow in their pawprints.
Set to debut early in 2012, he will be shown alongside our young girl Vogue, as we try our hand at juggling dog shows and our new baby :)
24th November - THANKSGIVING
Sending birthday wishes across the sea to our Yankee boy Gravy (Penzance Tainted Love at Aspyre) and his siblings!!
Hope you all get spoilt on your birthday with yummy Thanksgiving leftovers xxx
** HAPPY BIRTHDAY G-MAN **
November Grand-Pupdates
We were very pleased this month to welcome two litters of Grandpuppies to the world.
The first litter arrived at Hollie & Ben Clarke's Zensu Pointers in South Australia. The proud parents are Aust Ch Aspyre Miss Goody Two Shoes (Kenzie) and Aust Gr Ch Beautelle Bee Ware (Ryan). They very excitedly welcomed: 2 x Black & White boys; 1 x Black & White girl; 1 x Orange & White boy; and 2 x Liver & White girls. We wish them the best of luck with this litter, and hope that they all get what they want :)
The second litter arrived up in NSW with Ashleigh Barber (Nevafollo) from her girl Aspyre With Flyin Colours (Kite) and sired by our boy Huan (Hyborn Hid'n Mr-E of Aspyre - Imp NZ). This was Asheligh's first litter and we were all excited to welcome 7 x Orange & White babies. We look forward to watching these babies grow.
20th October - Happy Birthday Hippy
Another birthday for another of our kiddies today!!
Happy 4th Birthday to Islay (Rhyll Toe To Toe) hope you have a super wonderful day with your lovely family Adam, Marta & Ponto xx
8th October - HAPPY BIRTHDAY OL' GIRL
Happy Birthday to our lovely girly Lacey (Aust CH Sgurr Fly'n Mystical Charm - Imp NZ).
Hope you enjoyed your day romping in the paddock with your minions... I mean the rest of the Aspyre pointees!!
12th September - News from the UK
Needless to say we are very proud of our UK girlie Flirt (Aspyre Flyin With Luv to Tomlow - Exp UK) for her 2nd at Richmond Championship show today behind the eventual CC/ BOB winner.
Crufts 2012 here we come :)
3-4th September - East Gippsland
Another great weekend away with the kids, despite the horrid HOT weather on the Sunday, and our early departure that afternoon, due to James becoming ill.
Vogue was the star of the weekend taking out 2 x BEST MINOR PUPPY IN GROUPS and 2 x RCC's.
Frank was also shown this weekend also for 2 x RCC's.
Not sure how many shows we will have left for the rest of the year, as I am now finding it quite hard to keep up with the older dogs in the ring, as my baby bump gets larger!!
27-28th August - Sale/Maffra weekend
Had a good weekend away -
Vogue 1 x RCC & Reserve of Breed, 3 x Best Minor Puppy of Breed
Frank (A. Two Be Quite Frank) who is down here on holidays was DCC; and
the ol'girl Lacey made her first appearance after all her injuries for RCC.
Its been a while since our last shows, but we are looking forward to doing it all again next weekend :)
6th August - New Champion
HUGE congrats to Hollie & Ben Clarke (Zensu Pointers) on gaining Kenzie's Australian Championship today with another CC and Best of Breed!! So she will now be known as Aust. CH Aspyre Miss Goody Two Shoes!!!
24th July - Interstate Winter Winners
Very proud of Kenzie (A. Miss Goody Two Shoes) owned by Hollie & Ben Clarke (Zensu) for taking out BEST OF BREED yesterday in Adelaide at the Internationals!! This was her first champ show since April!!!
And follows up from her Best of Breed & Junior In Show at the Gundog Club Open show last weekend.
Way to go Rabbit - not many more points to get her Show Championship title now :)
Some more good news to share:
Frank (A. Two Be Quite Frank) won another
RCC and Reserve Of Breed with his human Andrew Parkes. We know Andy & Kristy are planning their own wedding soon but Frank really needs to stop playing bridesmaid ;)
26th June - American MAJORS
What a weekend for Gravy in the USA!!!
3 x Winners Dog (ALL Majors!!) for 11pts!!!
Only 4pts to go on his American Championship!!!
THANKS to co-owner Maggie Platt and also Alessandra Folz for handling him to these wins!!
13th June - News from the USA
Our young boy Gravy (Penzance Tainted Love at Aspyre) had his first shows this weekend (at only 6mths) and was Winners Dog for 2pts .
Read more about our exciting new addition on his own page.
HUGE thanks to his co-owner/breeder Maggie Platt , and his co-breeders Sarah Terns, Nanners Thompson for letting this young boy join our family here at Aspyre :)
Gravy will be campaigned in the USA to his American Championship before joining us downunder.
3rd June - TWO success
We are very excited to report that tonight Frank (A. Two Be Quite Frank) was awarded DogCC & BEST OF BREED!!! With his littermate Audrey (A. Two Ruffle Ur Feathers) taking out the BitchCC!!!
Very proud of their owners Andrew Parkes, Kristy Hiles & Ashleigh Barber!!
1st June - RENOVATIONS & RAIN!!
The kids now have a few weeks off, while we get some serious renovations underway!! We also have few exciting plans that are now underway, more details soon :)
29-30th May - Autumn Extravaganza
We had a fabulous weekend catching up with Ashleigh, Mothership, Steph, T & Adam!! It was great having our first visitors to our new place, and dispite the weather we all had a great time.
Bart was Dog Challenge both days and RESERVE BEST OF BREED on Saturday. Frog baby of breed and Final 3 for Baby In Group on Sunday, Phoebe won her class & Aus Bred of breed both days, and Lacey spent the weekend tormenting the boys!!
Now to tackle the washing!!!
21st May - Showtime... INDOORS???
We had two shows yesterday, we had a good entry of pointers at both shows! I think it will take us a little while to get used to showing indoors, the dogs dont seem to mind, but we still find it odd that we dont have to pack EVERYTHING that we usually do, just the crates and chairs!!
Bart (Aust Gr Ch Hyborn Hidden Imperial with Tukeglen - Imp NZ) who has joined us for a little while from Helen McCready's Tukeglen Pointers in QLD made a good debut. He won both Dog Challenges & 2 x Reserve Best of Breeds. Phoebe won 2 x Reserve Challenges, and Frog 2 x Baby Puppy of Breeds.
Today we enjoyed a lazy day on the farm with the rest of the team... Preparing for the big International shows and our visitors next weekend!!!!
8th May - A Frank-date
HUGE congratulations to Andy, Kristy & Frank (Aspyre Two Be Quite Frank) on his RESERVE CC on the weekend under a Gundog Specialist, Esther Joseph (Triseter Gordon Setters). Superbly handled by Claire Parker, I am told - Thanks Claire :)
7-8th May - Venturing North!!!
The best thing about showing in a new state is being able to visit new places!!
This weekend we headed North to Shepparton & Euroa.
Lacey - 1x Bitch Challenge, 1x Reserve Challenge, 2x Reserve of Breed;
Phoebe - 1x Reserve Challenge, 2x Junior of Breed;
Vogue - Gundog Sweepstakes Winner, Baby Puppy of Breed.
Can't wait to get our newest team member out soon, he definitely had some wonderful comments this weekend!!!
4th May - HAPPY BIRTHDAY TWO YOU ALL
Happy 1st Birthday to Audrey, Frank, Kenzie, Phoebe, Hootie, Flo & Tilly!!!! Our "Two" litter from Islay & Zorro!!
Very proud of of these kids, whether the are show dogs, much loved pets or both!!
24th April - KCC Easter Festival
Our latest addition, Vogue (aka Frog) strutted her stuff well today taking out BEST BABY PUPPY IN GROUP today here in Melbourne.
20th April - SYDNEY ROYAL
We headed off extra early this morning having to catch a plane to get to the show this year!!
The Sydney Royal is one of the BIG prestigeous shows that everyone wants to win. This was the first year that an Aspyre bred baby was entered, and infact we had two Aspyre kids representing us in Winston and Audrey.
We were VERY proud that Winston (Ch Aspyre Flyin Without Wings) was RESERVE CHALLENGE DOG with tough competition!!!! And Audrey (Aspyre Two Ruffle Ur Feathers) was 2nd in Junior Bitch!! Well done Karen, James & Ashleigh xx
We had a wonderful day catching up with our friends & family in Sydney, and also had the great pleasure of spending time with Maggie Platt (Penzance Pointers) and Alessandra Folz from the USA.
It was a very loooong day but definitely worth the trip this year :)
17th April - The Rabbit of the Ring
No shows for us this weekend, as we have just begun the exciting challenge of renovating our new property, both inside and out!!
The only Aspyreee out and about this weekend was Miss Kenzie with Zensu Pointers who managed CC & Reserve of Breed on Saturday and Reserve CC on Sunday :)
8th April - Autumn Updates!
Well I have finally managed to find a few spare minutes to update some of our pages. So have a look through and see how our kids are growing!!!
Today also marks the day where we pick up the keys to our new house!! We simply cant wait to move in and enjoy having all that space for the dogs & horses to roam in.
We are also extremely proud to announce that our first grandpups made their showring debut today.
CONGRATULATIONS TO JAMES & KAREN MACKENZIE-SMITH (Whitford Park)
Whitford Park You Talkin To Me (aka Deniro) was awarded BEST BABY PUPPY IN GROUP at his first show!!!
His sister Zahra (Whitford Park Seize The Day) was placed 1st Baby Puppy Bitch class.
These puppies are sired by our lovely boy Winston (Ch Aspyre Flyin WIthout Wings) from Prada (Ch Robwyn Fashion Statement). We look forward to hearing more results from Deniro, Ella, Vogue & Zahra soon.
18-20th March - The BIG Cohuna
We had a great start to the weekend and we are extremely excited to announce that our lovely pommy girl Karma is now an AUSTRALIAN CHAMPION!!
Gaining the final points needed for her title with another Best of Breed. Thanks to everyone that has made this possible, and a special THANK YOU to Karen Sillince for allowing us to have her in the first place xx
The rest of the weekend was just a nice, with Phoebe picking up the other 3 x Best of Breeds that were on offer, and Karma going RCC and Reserve of Breed, despite having to cope with extremely hot weather, fireworks and dunk hunters at 5am 
Our team will now enjoy a few weeks off, while we make some renovations to the new house, and eventually move in!!
So show wise it will be a quiet time for us over the next month or so.
1st March - Autumn's here ALREADY!!!
The first part of the year has just flown by, and its hard to believe that we are already in March!!!
Another quiet start to the year for our team, only attending a few shows here and there;
Phoebe has continued doing well winning BEST MINOR PUPPY IN GROUP at The South East Kennel Club International show, also bringing home 1 x CC and 1 x RCC!! Our little 'sheep' is doing quiet well, and we are looking forward to this year when she moves up to the big girl classes.
Audrey has now gone back to NSW to join Ashleigh Barber (Nevafollo) & Kite. Since her return she has already picked up several large BEST OF BREEDS and multiple Classes in Group!! We look forward to hearing more news from NSW soon.
Poppin (our weekend dog) has also had some nice results, and while I dont ever think she will behave, she has picked up a couple of Best of Breeds & CC's as well.
Huey has been hitting both the show ring and obedience ring this year, and doing well in both!! Well done Lynne keep up the good work!!
Lacey, Morgan & Karma are taking some time out but will be back in the ring later in the year.
Freya is eagerly awaiting her date with a VERY handsome squishy-boy and we hope to see some lovely pups from her soon.
In other news...
We have just managed to purchase a new house on acreage, in the lovely Dandenong Ranges just east of Melbourne, which is all set to become our Aspyre pointer paradise!!! We are all very excited and the girls cant wait to spend their days running through the paddocks, and swimming in the creek!!!
