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Skylark Tollers

Dogs that hunt....naturally!

Laurie and Dave Geyer

skylark@mlgc.com

701-437-3952

Skylark Tollers is located in North Dakota, where we use our dogs to

hunt

upland game. I have been a member of the US Toller club for 15

years, owned

Tollers for 14 years and have been breeding them for 10

years. I started

showing dogs as a teenager and have been a member

of my local kennel club

for almost 30 years. I enjoy showing our dogs in

conformation and obedience,

and have started agility, but their main

reason for being is to hunt!

Occasionally we have puppies, and it is our

goal to produce Nova Scotia Duck

Tolling Retrievers that have the

hunting ability and structure to go a day in the

field, and the

temperament to be loving and beloved family pets.

Temperament and

health are so important to us, and our puppies are

raised with and loved

by our children. To meet our dogs and hear our

philosophy, click on

"Our dogs" and then click on their names.

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-19-2008 Ecco earns another title! I have trouble keeping up but the new title is an agility one, MXJ (Master Excellent Jumpers

With Weaves) and more MACH pts as well. She is

UKC CH Skylark's Dejavu All Over Again CD RAE AX

XJ OF OAP

OJP CGC TT

WC VCX plus more agility titles

and she is owned, trained and partner of Maureen Baumtrog in CO. Great job, girls!

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-2008 Lilly had six fat pups born in Woodbury MN! Four boys and two girls. Pictures

can be seen

here

14-2008 Under the full Harvest Moon, Murphy had her puppies! Seven new little "lunatics" join us, four boys and three girls.

Pictures can be seen

here

And now older and cuter, pictures also

here

9-6-2008 Casey earns her UKC SHR title in fine style at a difficult test, only 12 of 26 passed and Casey was one of them! Great job

Casey and owner Debbie Russell! And Debbie has trained Casey by herself with all positive methods. We are so proud of this team!

Casey is now SHR Skylark Star's Case In Point FMX WC (AKC Major Ptd).

2-2008 I can't believe I forgot to report that Casey earned her WC at the Backyard Classic! I got to see her do it even and was so

proud of how well Debbie and Casey did. Casey also got an honorable mention in the Steady Challenge competition. She also has 3

legs on her UKC Started Hunting Retriever title and needless to say, is enjoying the field work! Casey is also an awesome flyball dog.

She is Skylark Star's Case In Point FMX WC, owned and trained by Debbie Russell. Great teamwork Debbie and Casey!

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0-2008 Quite a few things to report....Vixen (UKC/Int'l CH Skylark's Crimson Encore RA WC VC CGC) and Ryan McMaines earned

their first Junior Hunter pass with nice scores from the judges. Great teamwork Vixen and Ryan! Sister Ecco earned her UKC SHR

title and her first JH pass as well. Ecco has so many titles it's hard to remember them all! Owner Maureen Baumtrog and Ecco make

a wonderful team to watch! Curry (Int'l CH Skylark's Mercury Rising CDX JH WCI FMX VC CGC) and Dan Rode earned her WCI

title.

Very nice Dan and Curry! Curry's daughter Snap (Water's Edge Snap To It WC) and Chive's daughter Ice (Water's Edge

Diamond

Mine WC) earned WCs as well. A great weekend for Dan and his girls!

8-3-2008 A couple of Rally results from the weekend. Vixen (UKC/Int'l CH Skylark's Crimson Encore RA WC VC CGC) finished her

RA title with a 2nd place in her class, and housemate Jet (UKC/Int'l CH Skylark's Breaking'Mach One RN CGC) earned a Rally

Advanced leg with a first place and his first time off leash! Vixen is handled by Sandie McMaines and Jet is handled by Jeff

McMaines. Great job guys! Also my little Kicks pup was Best of Breed from the puppy class under judge Keke Kahn. Kicks was a

naughty pup in the ring but Ms Kahn liked her anyway. Kicks is Water's Edge Skylark Frozen Assets.

26-2008 Two new Skylark WC's! Both dogs owned by Jen and Mike Coffey in Colorado, Skylark's Come And Go Molly WC CGC

"Molly" and Skylark's Dove And Ducks WC CGC "Kit" both passed the Working Certificate test in great style! Congratulations Jen and

Mike and Molly and Kit!

24-2008 Some exciting news from some talented Tollers...Ecco (UKC CH Skylark's Dejavu All Over Again CD RAE AX AXJ OF OAP

IJOJP CGC TT WC VCX plus more agility titles) got her Versatility Excellent Certificate from the NSDTRC-USA! Great work Maureen

and Ecco! And despite having very few

opportunities to get qualified this year, both Ecco and Blaze are in the top 25 Agility Tollers

for AKC! Blaze is #20 with only two trials in Excellent B to get qualifying points from. Blaze is Skylark's Blaze Of Autumn

RN AX AXJ

AF CGC and is owned by Donna Murdoch. Very nice, Donna and Blaze. And Ecco, Blaze and Chili (Vermilion Skylark Fiery Spice

CDX RN AX AXJ OAP OJP WC) all have MACH points now!

13-2008 A very special day for a "family" of Skylark Tollers! Especially special to me, Sam (new CH Skylark's Winning Colors)

finished her AKC Championship with several majors. She is one dog who just can't stand wrong, and moves like a dream, and is just

so cute! We are very happy to have finished her out of

the Bred-by class. And we got news of her sister Ribbon earning her

Canadian Junior Hunter title with style! No surprise she is again breaking land speed records on her way out and back with the bird!

And to top off the family news, the mother of both Sam and Ribbon, "Teddy" (Skylark's Witchy Woman) gave birth to 6 new full siblings

(sired by CH Reddog's Peerless Parker CD JH WC TDI)! Pictures

ere

7-12-2008 Jet (UKC/Int'l CH Skylark's Breakin'Mach One RN CGC) earned his first UKC Started Hunting Retriever pass! Well done

Sandie McMaines and Jet!

15-2008 WOW! I'm still on Cloud 9 from being able to watch this team have such a great win! Chewy (CH Skylark's Spice Drop

Kid) and owner Vicky Spice-Dalgren were Best of Breed at the supported entry Backyard Classic show in IL, with an entry of over 40

Tollers! And they went on to earn a Group 4th in the Sporting Group! It is a huge show win for such a nicely presented young dog.

Chewy is not even two years old yet! Congratulations to Chewy and owners Vicky and Harold, and we expect many more such wins

from this handsome boy!

13-2008 PJ (Skylark's Cause For Applause) passes the BRT (Basic Retrieving and Tolling Test) at the Backyard Classic field tests

and he's only been swimming three times in his life! He shows TONS of natural ability! His owner Lauri Reiter handled him in the field

an this is her first try at such a thing as well. We couldn't be more proud of this pair! Great job PJ and Lauri!

4-2008 I'm a bit behind on some news... I'll try to catch up a bit. This weekend at an AKC show,

"Ray", NSDTRC/AKC CH

Vildandens Radon Af Nischi WC was Best of Breed over an entry of 11 Tollers, including 3 other Specials! We have not had any

shows in the area since January so it was nice to get some dogs out and see how they looked! At the same show,

"PJ" , Skylark's

Cause For

Applause, earned 6 points toward his Championship so now he sits at 13 points, with 3 majors. Sister "Sam", Skylark's

Winning

Colors, also picked up another 4 point major so they both have 13 points! Within the last 3 months or so, "Jet", UKC/Int'l CH

Skylark's

Breakin'Mach One RN CGC has earned his UKC Championship! Great job Sandie McMaines and Jet! "Casey", Skylarks

Star's Case

In Point FdCH, earned a UKC Started Hunting Retriever pass! Congrats Debbie Russell and Casey! "Blaze", Skylark's

Blaze Of

Autumn RN AX AXJ AF CGC earned some agility titles with great placements and also passed her CGC! Wonderful news,

Donna

Murdoch and Blaze! Sister "Chugach" also earned her first flyball titles and is a real speed demon! Well done, Amanda

Brandt and

Chugach! I'm sure I'm missing some news and I'll catch up as I remember.

4-6-2008 WOW Blitzen is now an AKC Senior Hunter! Officially he is now known as...

Skylark's Repete Adventure SH, NA, NAJ, NF, RN, WC, TNN, GS-N, JS-O, RS-N, owned, trained and handled by Mary deLamerens.

She has done a wonderful job with this boy in the field, agility and obedience rings. Congratulations Mary and Blitzen! He is a brother

to Ecco who is also out showing the world what a Toller can do in performance events. The parents to these great working dogs are

Pete and Corrie.

22-2008 Aker earns his Novice Agility title! What a great dog...it's not the biggest accomplishment until you know he has not seen

an A-frame or teeter for 5 months and only been in the weave poles twice in the last five months. He had two sessions of classes a

year ago, one run through (minus the A-frame and teeter) the day before the trial, and he goes and finishes his title and makes it look

easy! He is so willing and athletic, and I just appreciate his great attitude and teamwork. Good boy, Aker!

9-2008 Ecco never stops! She earned her UKC Championship with a Group placement and also qualifying in obedience at the

same show, earning a Total Dog Award in the process! The next day, she ran in AKC agility and Q'd in all 3 Excellent runs

and got their first double Q (qualifying in both standard and JWW in Excellent B on

the same day).

Her

3rd run was Excellent A

FAST. It was a very difficult

"Send". Only 4 Excellent 20" dogs qualified. Ecco not only did the

send, but took first place!! Wow, Ecco

and Maureen, you never cease to amaze! Congratulations on this fine team!

3-9-2008 Nitro earns his UKC Started Hunting Retriever title with 4 straight passes! He was handled by Paul Kartes and is owned by

Michele Berndt and Kathy Koebensky-Como, and is a son of Aker from the famous Aker/Madra litter. Great job, Nitro and crew!

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-2008 Nitro passes 2 Junior Hunt tests...nice weekend for him, being a new daddy and getting to fetch birds! I can tell you which

of those means more to him! But we are very excited to hear how well he is doing, as well as very excited to see how his babies turn

out! Nitro is NSDTRC/AKC CH Vermilion's Hue Of Cinnabar, son of our Aker and Cricket's daughter Madra. He is owned by Michele

Berndt and Kathy Koebensky-Como and was handled to these field passes by Paul Kartes of Lakota Retrievers. Good job to all

involved!

3-2-2008 Corrie had her puppies! Two girls and six boys, sired by NSDTRC/AKC CH Vermilion's Hue Of Cinnabar. Pictures can be

seen

here

16-2008 Ecco goes Best of Breed at the Denver show! She is Skylark's Dejavu All Over Again CD RAE AX AXJ OF OAP OJP TT

WC VC, and she also finished her Open Fast agility title the same weekend. Well done as always, Maureen Baumtrog and Ecco!

2-10-2008 Nitro earns his US Club Championship with passes toward his UKC Started Hunting Retriever title. He is the son of Aker

and is NSDTRC/AKC CH Vermilion's Hue Of Cinnabar, from the awesome litter with Can/Int'l CH Skylark Vermilion Madra Zev. Nitro is

also expecting his first litter here with Corrie! Congratulations Nitro, owners Michele Berndt and Kathy Koebensky-Como, breeders

Vermilion kennel, and Paul Kartes who handed him to the field pass!

2-2-2008 Blitzen earns his first Senior Hunter leg! He is officially Skylark's Repete Adventure NA NAJ NF JH WC and is owned by

Mary and Art deLamerens. He is a son of Pete and Corrie and he loves his field work! Great job Mary and Blitzen!

25-2008 Corrie is pregnant! Pups will be due early March, ready for homes in May just in time for summer!

Sire is a son of our

Aker, from the very successful litter with Madra (who is Cricket's daughter), CH Vermilion's Hue Of Cinnabar, called Nitro. Corrie has

produced some very successful offspring, with titles and high success in the show ring, field tests, obedience, agility, rally, and

hunting dogs and wonderful family pets.

0-2008 Ecco earns another title and a biggie...RAE!! (Rally Advanced Excellent) She is a Pete/Corrie daughter, just three years

old, and owned and trained by Maureen Baumtrog. Officially her name is Skylarks Dejavu All Over Again "Ecco"

CD RAE AX AXJ NF

OAP OJP CGC TT NSDTRC-USA WC VC

O-NAC NCC WV-N NJC TG-N

C-BSA C-BTA C-BSLA

2008 A new year and a new addition to our canine family...KICKS! See her page

here

6-08 WOW what a winning weekend at the Land O'Lakes Kennel Club dog show was had by Skylark dogs! It is traditionally a show

with high Toller entries and this year was no different. Skylark's Cause For Applause, "PJ", owned by Lauri Reiter, started off by

going Winners Dog for his first major, and sister Sam was Reserve Winners Bitch but Winners Bitch was another Skylark dog, Skylark

Star's Case In Point, "Casey", owned by Debbie Russell and this was Casey's second major! She has been very consistent lately,

never coming in worse than Reseve when she has been shown. Casey is a daughter of Nacho and Star. The next day, PJ was again

Winners Dog for his second major. What a nice weekend for this son of NSDTRC/AKC CH Reddog's Peerless Parker CD JH WC and

Skylark's Witchy Woman. And then sister Sam (Skylark's Winning Colors) was Winners Bitch and Best of Winners, and this was Sam's

second major as well! With Casey getting Reserve winners to Sam this time. WOW! And to top off the weekend, our Swedish import

"Ray", NSDTRC/AKC CH Vildandens Radon Af Nischi WC, was BOS over two other nice male Specials. A great way to start the new

year!

2-07 More reports of performance titles. Blaze, daughter of Aker and Murphy and owned by Donna Murdoch can now add some

new agility titles to her name, so she is officially Skylark's Blaze of Autumn

RN OA AXJ OF CGC

. She is turning into quite a good

working dog. Congratulations Donna and Blaze! And Pete's son Chili,

Vermilion Skylark Fiery Spice CD NA NAJ OAP NJP WC

has

added some agility titles as well. Great work Kathy and Chili! Also another Pete son finished his AKC CH, he is CH U-CD Vermilion's

LBM Jeb Stuart CD. Nice job Lori and Stuart!

5-2007 More titles for Ecco! She is now Skylarks Dejavu All Over Again CD RE AX AXJ NF OAP OJP CGC TT WC VC

O-NAC NCC WV-N

C-BSA C-BTA C-BSLA although I can't say I understand all of those last ones! Her ambitious owner is Maureen

Baumtrog and Ecco is also getting a few points toward her AKC Championship when she finds spare time to look pretty! Well done,

Maureen and Ecco!

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4-2007 Chewy finished his AKC Championship today! He is now CH Skylarks Spice Drop Kid (sired by Vermilion's Kid Cooper

out of Can CH Lennoxlove Encore at Skylark) and owned by Vicky Spice-Dalgren and Harold Dalgren. Chewy is just under 13 months

old and finished with 4 majors. CONGRATULATIONS Chewy and Vicky!

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7 Jet and Vixen have been busy at an IABCA show this weekend! Jet completed his International Championship and Vixen

completed her National Championship, with Jet going Best of Breed at three shows and Vixen was Best of Breed at one show. Jet is

IABCA Int'l CH Skylark's Breaking'Mach One RN CGC and is owned by Sandie McMaines, and Vixen is IABCA Int'l/Nat'l CH Skylark's

Crimson Encore RN WC CGC and she is owned by Ryan McMaines and myself, and shown by Sandie McMaines. Congratulations

Sandie and Jet and Vixen!!

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7 Aker got his second Novice Agility leg with a 2nd place in the 20" Standard Nov B class. Best of all he had a wagging tail

and very fun attitude about the whole thing. He's had very little agility training but he takes it all in stride as he just loves to please!

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0-2007 It's been a while, again, since I've updated. I'm sure I'll have trouble remembering but I'll try. Maureen Baumtrog and

Ecco have some new titles. Ecco is Skylark's Dejavu All Over Again and she got her OAP and OJP titles as well as her TT

(Temperament Tested) pass from the American Temperament Test Society. She passed with glowing comments from the judges and

the passing rate for Tollers is not usually very high (8 have taken the test, 5 failed) as it is not an easy test! Great job Maureen and

Ecco! Ecco is also racking up the RAE rally legs and it won't be long before she reaches that goal, too! And Ecco's sister Vixen went

to some UKC shows and is now a UKC Champion! Vixen is UKC/IABCA CH Skylark's Crimson Encore RN WC CGC and she is owned

by Ryan McMaines and myself but shown in conformation by Sandie McMaines. Nice work, Sandie and Vixen! Even better for Vixen,

it's hunting season and she's been out with Ryan looking for pretty birds! Not a Skylark dog but sired by our Aker, "Nitro" (CH

Vermilion's Hue Of Cinnabar) owned by Michele Berndt and Kathy Koebensky-Como and Jamie Como finished his AKC

Championship, making him the FOURTH Champion from that litter of five pups! Very nice litter, with the fifth pup having a WC and in

a hunting home. Nitro also made the cut as a Special in the US Club National Specialty in a huge group of Specials. Another

conformation win goes to Skylark Star's Case In Point, "Casey", owned by Debbie Russell and myself, and Casey got her first major

at the Wright County KC show. Great to see another Star pup out there doing well. Congrats Debbie and Casey! From the home

front, Sam (Skylark's Winning Colors) went Best of Breed and got her first major at the Wright County KC show and then Becky's

beagle, Vijam's Triple Threat "Riley" also went BOB for a major! It was a good day for me at that show! Both Sam and Riley are such

fun to show...they stop in perfect position and have such great attitudes that we all have fun! And lastly, Aker got his first agility leg

with a first place in the 20" Nov B Standard class! Aker is a dog who loves to work whatever the job, so agility is new to him b

ut he

seems to enjoy it.

15-2007 Results are in for the parentage of our two-sire litter with Wren and Quincy and Ray. It is allowed by AKC and DNA i

done on each puppy to determine the sire. Click

HERE

to see the answers.

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Several Skylark dogs had a good weekend at the Bismarck Kennel Club AKC show. Sam (Skylark's Winning Colors) was

Winners Bitch for 2 points on Saturday, and then in the Bred-By Exhibitor Sporting Group she took a 4th place! Even more exciting,

Jean and Jon Gravning's boy Quincy (SR NSDTRC/AKC/Can CH Skylark's Rowdy Riverdancer CDX WC VC ) got Sporting Group 4th!

Quincy was BOB all three days. Other Skylark dogs in the ribbons: Skylark's Crimson Encore WC "Vixen" was WB on Friday and her

sister Skylark's Dejavu All Over Again CD RE OA OAJ NF NAP NJP WC O-NAC NCC WV-N "Ecco" was WB on Sunday. Skylark's

Breaking'Mach One "Jet" was WD and BOW on Sunday. And in the Rally ring, Ecco earned three RAE legs over the weekend...great

job Maureen Baumtrog and Ecco! Both Vixen and Jet earned their Rally Novice titles, with Sandie McMaines handling Vixen and Jeff

McMaines handling Jet (who got a 1st place with a score of 100 one of the days)! Well done Sandie and Vixen and Jeff and Jet!

Not a Toller but exciting for me all the same...my daughter lets me show her beagle Riley and she got a Hound Group 3rd from the

classes on Sunday! Riley is a born show dog and lots of fun, and the judge really liked her in the breed ring but it was still a nice

surprise to place in Group! Riley is Vijam's Triple Threat.

28-2007 Ray passed the Working Certificate test so he is now a NSDTRC-USA Champion as well! He did a great job, bringing the

nice big ducks back naturally to hand and this time his tolling was picture-perfect and he did well on the water birds as well. So he is

NSDTRC/AKC CH Vildandens Radon Af Nischi WC (pending club approval of course) and we couldn't be more proud of him! Thanks

again to Anette Bjorgell for allowing this boy to come all the way from Sweden to join our family!

Also passing the Working Test was a couple of Pete/Corrie kids...Maureen Baumtrog with Ecco, who is now Skylarks Dejavu All Over

Again CD RE OA OAJ NF NAP NJP WC CGC O-NAC NCC WV-N (whew, don't know how we'll keep up with this girl!), and Ryan

McMaines with Vixen who is now Int'l CH Skylark's Crimson Encore WC CGC! Both of these high energy girls did great jobs in the field

and I'm very proud of them and their owners! Aker (NSDTRC/AKC/Can CH Sienna-Red Navigator WC) passed the WCI on land the

first day and on water the second day, but he'll need to put it all together in one day to get the title. His day will come and until then,

we'll continue to have fun. He loves field work and is such a willing worker!

7-8-2007 (sorry to be late in reporting) Blaze earned another agility title (AKC Open Jumpers) and is now Skylark's Blaze Of Autumn

RN NA OAJ NF! She is owned by Donna Murdoch and they sound like quite a great working pair! Congrats on the new title and we'll

look forward to many new things to come with this pair!

27-2007 Oops! My mistake in reporting Riot's litter...five girls and TWO boys, all are doing well and growing and getting cute and

interactive!

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2-2007 Riot has new puppies! Five girls and one boy sired by Ray! Pictures can be seen

here

30-2007 Wren has new puppies! Four boys and one girl! Wren is a daughter of Aker and Star and we leased her for a litter.

Pictures can be seen

here

6-24-2007 I got a chance to go to a Flyball Tournament and WOW what fun! I now see why so many people enjoy this sport with

their Tollers (and all breeds and mixed breeds)! Special to me was I got to watch three Skylark Tollers run, and all are Star's

daughters. Murphy (Skylark's Fire Cracker FDCH-S) owned by Elizabeth Theesfeld, Casey (Skylarks Star's Case In Point FDCH-S)

owned by Debbie Russel, and Chive (NSDTRC/AKC CH Skylark's Chive At Water's Edge WC FMCH) owned by Dan Rode. I even got

to get a close view of the activity (Thanks Dan!) and would love to do flyball if there was enough interest around where I live (and

more hours in the day, of course). But it is great fun and I would encourage anyone to check it out if it's in your area. You can go to

the website for the North American Flyball Association to see if there is a team in your area http://www.flyball.org/

Much has happened since my last update, due to computer problems I've been slow to report all the great news. Not in any special

order, here are some of the latest accomplishments and updates: Skylark's Crimson Encore "Vixen" is now an IABCA International

Champion, as she earned three V1 ratings at the recent IABCA show she went to. She is owned by Ryan McMaines and myself and

was shown by Sandie McMaines. Her housemate, "Jet", Skylark's Breaking'Mach One, is now an IABCA Youth CH. He is owned and

shown by Sandie McMaines. Good job Sandie and Vixen and Jet!

Some Pete and Aker kids have been earning some titles....Pimu is now a WCX! And a Mexican CH when he completes his hip

clearance. He is Vermilion's Fuego At Zibal CD JH WCX and is owned and trained by Birgit Steinich. What a wonderful pair! Pimu's

brother Chili earned his WC! He is Vermilion Skylark Fiery Spice CD NAP NJP WC and is owned by Kathy Gibson and myself. Great

job Kathy to venture into the field with Chili! Aker's talented daughter Hannah earned her WCI and AKC JH! Hannah is NSDTRC/AKC

CH Vermilion's Holy Hannah RN JH WCI and she is handled by Kathy Koebensky-Como and owned by Dan Lind, Kathy Koebensky-

Como and Jamie Como. Maureen Baumtrog and Ecco earned her first CH points at an AKC show in CO. Ecco is a daughter of Pete

and Corrie and her registered name is Skylarks Dejavu All Over Again CD RA OA OAJNF NAP NJP CGC O-NAC NCC WV-N (phew!)

and then Ecco got a 4-pt major reserve! Great news Maureen and Ecco! Ecco's littermate got the 4-pt major! She is Skylark's Ditto

Megan Rose and she is owned by Henry Rhone and myself. Well done Henry and Megan! Pete and Corrie's son Truman earned his

CGC and TDI. He is Skylark's Summer Song TDI CGC and is owned by Bobbie Sweeney. Great news, Bobbie and Truman. A son of

Corrie and Cooper (Vermilion's Kid Cooper) is burning up the show rings! Skylarks Spice Drop Kid, "Chewy", owned by Vicky Spice-

Dalgren and Harold Dalgren, at the tender age of 7 months, earned 13 pts and 3 majors toward his AKC CH in just two show

weekends! WOW Vicky and Chewy! And Aker's son Nitro, Vermilion's Hue Of Cinnabar, earned a major and a couple of major

reserves toward his AKC CH. He is just filling out and boy can that boy move! He is owned by Michele Berndt, Kathy Koebensky-

Como and Jamie Como and is shown by Kathy in the Bred-by class. And our girl Sam got her first AKC pts and some reserves, and

she is Skylark's Winning Colors. Her brother PJ also got a major reserve. He is Skylark's Cause For Applause and he is owned by

Lauri Reiter but she is nice enough to bring him to shows for me! Thanks Lauri!

And news on the puppy front, we did a two-sire breeding with Lilly and Aker and Pete, but the boys were bred days apart and all the

pups turned out to be Aker's. A very nice litter though and we are very happy with them! We did another two-sire litter, this time by AI

so both boys at the same time, and Wren's pups were born 6-30-2007 so we'll have to wait a bit to see if we were more successful at

getting pups from both males this time. For this breeding, Wren was bred to our Ray, and NSDTRC/AKC/Can CH Skylark's Rowdy

Riverdancer CDX WC VC CGC "Quincy". We hope for some nice pups from both boys! And Riot is pregnant, due July 9, and she

was bred to Ray. (AKC CH Vildandens Radon Af Nischi)

29-2007 Lilly's pups are born! Lilly is Skylark Vermilion Wink'N A Smile and she is a daughter of Can CH Jagador's Captain Slocum

Sagewood and AKC/UKC CH Skylark's Vermilion Pegasus CD, and we leased her for a litter. Lilly had two boys and four girls and the

girls all take after their mom, flashy! Pictures can be seen

here

4-28-2007 Chili (Vermilion Skylark Fiery Spice CD NAP NJP passes the BRT in southern California! Well done Kathy Gibson and

Chili! Chili also earned his CD with great scores this spring and this team is one to watch for in the future! Chili is a son of Pete and

Bet. Chili's brother, Pimu (Vermilion's Fuego At Zibal CD JH WC recently earned his AKC JH title, so also a big congratulations to his

owner Birgit Steinich as Pimu is always trained and handled by his owner. Pimu and Birgit make quite an impressive team!

-18-2007 Sadly Cricket passed away from cancer. She was over 12 years old and yet it seems just yesterday that she was a fluffy

puppy full of attitude and sharp teeth! We miss her more than words can convey. She was one-of-a-kind and we were so lucky to

have shared her life with her. She left us with so many wonderful memories, and also made an impact with her children and

grandchildren, and hopefully they will carry a little of Cricket's spirit forward into the world. Click

here

for an album of her life.

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1-2007 Another Aker daughter finishes her AKC Championship! That makes five pretty girls to finish in 10 months time! This time

it was "Hailey", CH Vermilion's Hailey of Doxikota owned by Pam Bethke and the Comos. She is from the successful "H" litter at

Vermilion, out of Can/Int'l CH Skylark Vermilion Madra Zev and bred by Vermilion Tollers, Kathy Koebensky-Como and Jamie Como.

Three girls (out of five pups) have finished from this litter and the other two Aker daughters to finish Championships are out of

Skylark's Genuine Risk "Star", who is Madra's sister. So this combination apparently works! Hailey finished her Championship

handled by friends of the owner, who had surgery that prevented her keeping up with smooth-moving Hailey in the ring. Judge Ms

Marg

orie

Martorella, who judged bitches at our 06 National, remarked to the handler that she wished Hailey had been at the National,

and that Hailey was a beautiful mover and they didn't come any prettier! Nice complements from someone who's had hands on lots of

Tollers!

3-11-2007 OK, now I'm having trouble keeping up with this pair...Maureen Baumtrog and Ecco have added TWO MORE titles to

Ecco's name! Open Agility and Novice FAST agility! They are really doing well in the performance rings. We are so proud of this

team! Ecco is a daughter of Pete and Corrie and her name is now Skylark's Dejavu All Over Again CD RN OA NAJ NF NAP NJP NAC

CGC. Whew, that's a long name! Great news!

3-11-2007 Not Skylark dogs but relatives...Pete's daughter Foxy and Cricket's granddaughter Ginger earned their Companion Do

obedience titles with placements. This title will make Ginger a Rusty Jones Award winner and NSDTRC-USA Versatility Certificate

holder! Owners are Paula and Mike Wortman. Great job guys! Official names are SHR Vermilion's Fox Fireopal CD WC "Foxy" and

SHR NSDTRC/AKC CH Vermilion's High Roller CD WCI, "Ginger".

2007 WOW Skylark's Blaze of Autumn RN NAJ NF is on a roll with her agility! Donna Murdoch and this daughter of Aker and

Murphy went to the huge Scottsdale AZ show/trial and Blaze earned her NAJ with placements and also her Novice FAST title both from

the B classes. Congratulations Donna and Blaze! Blaze also earned her first Open Jumpers leg as well, with a 2nd place. We'll hear