Memorial Weekend!

Today our youngest child turned 16. Today our youngest grandchild celebrated his 6th birthday. It is pure joy to be able to be a part of watching a child grow. They are pure, fun, exciting and new. Tom and I are blessed to have such a wonderful family. Our 16 year old invited several of his friends to go paint balling. They were there all day. No injuries thankfully! They had a great time. Dad was with them but didn't "play", instead he read a book and got to relax for several hours, something he needed. I attended our grandson's party along with mom, and our other two adult children. The food was delicious! Our oldest son has a fabulous recipe for a marinated chicken, oh YUM!!!! It was nice to see everyone and watch our youngest grandchild be the VIP for the day. He plays that role very well.

After we got home, played with the puppies and got a chance for some R & R myself before Tom and 5 teen boys arrived back here for pizza and ice cream cake and lots of video gaming!

May has brought tears of joy and tears of heartache. Dreamer getting a BIS made us all cry tears of joy. I realized the other day that Dreamer getting a BIS means his mother has produced 2 Havanese Best In Show winners. Not sure any other Havanese has accomplished that. Then shortly after that "high" we learned that my daughters Biewer Terrier has LCP and will need to have surgery, which of course brought tears of heartache. He started limping in severe pain suddenly so she took him to her vet having no idea what could be wrong. Who would ever think when they see a limping dog that they have some kind of genetic defect??? We sure didn't!!! We got a second opinion to be sure. Yes, she has a contract covering this type of genetic issue with the breeder, but.....doesn't seem to matter. This month we also learned that mom was given a clean bill of being cancer free, which brought more tears of joy! Her oncologist had felt all along that even though the biopsy's had shown no cancer that she still did in fact have cancer. Well, after a couple more tests this month, he now believes she does NOT have cancer at all!

Some of the puppies have gone to their new homes and some are still here waiting for pick-up. I love watching them and am pleased with how nice they have all turned out. I plan on taking them one at a time out front to work on their lead training this weekend since the weather is suppose to be nice and they have had their second shot.

BIS

Yesterday was such a wonderful day. Dreamer, CH Bellatak McDreamy, was chosen by Judge Robert Slay as his choice for Best In Show at the Rio Honda KC show in Pomona, California. Dreamer is exclusively handled by David Murray and owned by John Oakes, his wonderful wife Carole Shea, Jane Samson and Tom and I. John and Jane were at the show to see it too, which is even better. Both Jane and John had thought of leaving the show after the Toy Group, but thankfully they decided to stay. Dreamer is the first Havanese to ever win a BIS in California and he is the first Havanese of 2010 to win a Best In Show. We are all so very proud of Dreamer as he just started his "special" career in January at the Palm Springs Toy Specialty show where he won Best In Specialty Show his first weekend out!

Dreamer is a half sister to Vallee, CH Bellatak My Funny Valentine, who won 2 BIS's in her show career and broke many breed records. Both Dreamer and Vallee are out of our awesome Molly, CH Amor Good Golly Ms Molly. Molly has produced many very nice Havanese. Dreamer seems to have a desire to out do his sister, which is fine with all of us who own him and love him!!! Dreamer is a great example of what a Havanese should look like and move like.

We are all on a natural high to say the least!!!

All the puppies are doing great and some of them will be leaving for their future homes very soon. All puppies have been spoken for more or less, it's just a matter of us deciding which ones to keep. A decision that is proving to not be easy.

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY to all you wonderful mom's.