del Rio kennels - home to belgian malinois » family matters http://www.delriokennels.com/blog home to belgian malinois Tue, 18 May 2010 03:41:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 BIG NEWS! Round ‘em Up Cowboy! http://www.delriokennels.com/blog/2010/05/malinois_big-news-round-em-up-cowboy/ http://www.delriokennels.com/blog/2010/05/malinois_big-news-round-em-up-cowboy/#comments Tue, 18 May 2010 03:41:57 +0000 Bobby http://www.delriokennels.com/blog/?p=965 We have some great news to share!  Cowboy [Allee Sablee Cheyenne del Rio], owned by Julie and David Marco was named Winner’s Dog at this year’s American Belgian Malinois Specialty.  And our little mess Bono [Ireland du Hameau St. Blaise] was named Reserve Winner’s Dog as a 10 month old puppy!

Thank you to Julie and David for what they have done with Cowboy!  They were able to go home with two very nice Rosettes!

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]]> http://www.delriokennels.com/blog/2010/02/malinois_snow-snow-snow-day/feed/ 1 Big Congrats to Sarah & Cambria http://www.delriokennels.com/blog/2009/07/malinois_big-congrats-to-sarah-cambria/ http://www.delriokennels.com/blog/2009/07/malinois_big-congrats-to-sarah-cambria/#comments Thu, 30 Jul 2009 01:18:05 +0000 Bobby http://www.delriokennels.com/blog/?p=804 Here’s Sarah’s email to us after her second Rally appearance Sunday:

I am so proud of our baby. The rally judge was a collie breeder and asked how old she was.  When I told her that she was only 8 months, she was super impressed.  She said that it was amazing that such a young Mal has that much focus and confidence.  It felt really good to hear the judge say that.  I know you guys are really happy with her and so are we but it makes it even better when a judge says so.  :) :) :)

Here are a couple pictures from Saturday’s performance.  We are SO proud of them!

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Vesper and Angela

Talli, head study

Talli, head study

Its a flying rabbit!

Its a flying rabbit!

Talli at rest

Talli at rest

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Cambria before Group

Cambria before Group

Cambria in Group

Cambria in Group

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]]> http://www.delriokennels.com/blog/2009/07/malinois_cowboy-hits-the-beach/feed/ 0 Dogs who are part of our family http://www.delriokennels.com/blog/2009/07/malinois_dogs-who-are-part-of-our-family/ http://www.delriokennels.com/blog/2009/07/malinois_dogs-who-are-part-of-our-family/#comments Fri, 17 Jul 2009 00:49:31 +0000 Bobby http://www.delriokennels.com/blog/?p=784 Our dear friend Sandy placed Star & Sequin  with our friends, Ann & Mike.  After Sandy passed away, they also took Avi, who has fit in well.  They are cherished members of their family and we love to see how well they are doing.  [click on the thumbnails to enlarge]

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Allee Sablee Cheyenne del Rio at 8 months

Allee Sablee Cheyenne del Rio at 8 months

]]> http://www.delriokennels.com/blog/2009/07/malinois_cowboy-july-2009/feed/ 0 Kudos to Brooklyn in Illinois! http://www.delriokennels.com/blog/2009/07/malinois_kudos-to-brooklyn-in-illinois/ http://www.delriokennels.com/blog/2009/07/malinois_kudos-to-brooklyn-in-illinois/#comments Sat, 11 Jul 2009 12:33:28 +0000 Bobby http://www.delriokennels.com/blog/?p=777 So this afternoon Miss Brooklyn ran in her first CPE trial.  We ran the standard course and jumped 16 inches.  Not only did she run perfectly, she had the best course time by more than 25 seconds at 30.07 seconds.  So we got a 1st place ribbon at her 1st run at her 1st trial!  She did even better than I expected her to do.  I knew she’d be ok with the obstacles and wouldn’t care that the judge was in the ring,  but she was even going out to jumps on her own when usually I have to be closer to them than I was.

The above is from Brooklyn’s owner, Kristen, who has been training her for some time.  Additionally, Brooklyn passed her herding Instinct Test and below are the photos from that.

Brooklyn making a face

Brooklyn making a face

Ok, now I'm getting it!

Ok, now I'm getting it!

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]]> http://www.delriokennels.com/blog/2009/07/malinois_tammy-and-vesper-at-play/feed/ 0 Visits with Cara and India http://www.delriokennels.com/blog/2009/05/malinois_visits-with-cara-and-india/ http://www.delriokennels.com/blog/2009/05/malinois_visits-with-cara-and-india/#comments Sat, 09 May 2009 23:31:44 +0000 Bobby http://www.delriokennels.com/blog/?p=709 We took some time today to visit Cara [Green Girl] and India [Fuzzy Tervlet]. We took Vesper along with us so she could meet her C litter sisters.

and Vesper [right]“] Cara [left] and Vesper [right]

Cara coming at the camera

Cara coming at the camera

India sitting for her picture

India sitting for her picture

India showing me her play drive

India showing me her play drive

Fuzzy Wuzzy Tervlet

Fuzzy Wuzzy Tervlet

Vesper and India playing

Vesper and India playing

]]> http://www.delriokennels.com/blog/2009/05/malinois_visits-with-cara-and-india/feed/ 1 The C Litter Turns Six Months http://www.delriokennels.com/blog/2009/05/malinois_the-c-litter-turns-six-months/ http://www.delriokennels.com/blog/2009/05/malinois_the-c-litter-turns-six-months/#comments Mon, 04 May 2009 01:12:40 +0000 Bobby http://www.delriokennels.com/blog/?p=706 The little monkeys from the C Litter will be six months old tomorrow. We took VP [short for VesPer] out to Petsmart but before we did, I caught her in a short video clip with a phone in her mouth.
She’s very much the talkative pup!

]]> http://www.delriokennels.com/blog/2009/05/malinois_the-c-litter-turns-six-months/feed/ 0 Up Close and Personal with Cowboy http://www.delriokennels.com/blog/2009/04/malinois_up-close-and-personal-with-cowboy/ http://www.delriokennels.com/blog/2009/04/malinois_up-close-and-personal-with-cowboy/#comments Sun, 12 Apr 2009 01:27:00 +0000 Bobby http://www.delriokennels.com/blog/?p=697 Cowboy chilling out at home in Florida.

Cowboy, lookin' good.

Cowboy, lookin' good.

Ball obssessed, just like his sister Vesper

Ball obssessed, just like his sister Vesper

]]> http://www.delriokennels.com/blog/2009/04/malinois_up-close-and-personal-with-cowboy/feed/ 0 Love and Rockets http://www.delriokennels.com/blog/2009/03/malinois_love-and-rockets/ http://www.delriokennels.com/blog/2009/03/malinois_love-and-rockets/#comments Sun, 08 Mar 2009 00:21:47 +0000 Bobby http://www.delriokennels.com/blog/?p=609 The sun melted the snow away today revealing a bit of what nature has in store for us. I was able to pull my camera out and shoot a bit. Through observation of my furry loves, I was able to find the song that I had been straining to hear the last few days. With each click of the shutter, the chorus grew stronger – I was not the conductor by any means. The dogs wove the notes through the dappled sunlight and I was able to absorb my inspiration.

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My ultimate inspiration

My ultimate inspiration

]]> http://www.delriokennels.com/blog/2009/03/malinois_love-and-rockets/feed/ 0 Winter Wonderland – before and after http://www.delriokennels.com/blog/2009/03/malinois_winter-wonderland-before-and-after/ http://www.delriokennels.com/blog/2009/03/malinois_winter-wonderland-before-and-after/#comments Mon, 02 Mar 2009 17:45:28 +0000 Bobby http://www.delriokennels.com/blog/?p=591 I thought this might make a decent before and after – so I took a snapshot of the house before it snowed and after it snowed.  And a few of my Thai running toward me.

Sunday Afternoon

Sunday Afternoon

Monday morning

Monday morning

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