2009 Eukanuba National Championship

Mele Kalikimaka

Bean has been entered in the 2009 Eukanuba National Championship.

The show is located at the Long Beach Convention Center on December 12th and 13th, 2009, and will be televised in February 2010.

Boston Terriers show Saturday, December 12th at 8:00am in Ring 11.

Puppies Are Here!!!!!

Bean's sister (or is it her brother) has arrived!!! Bean's dam, Bossie, had her litter of three healthy puppies on Saturday, November 28, 2009. Two girls and a boy. Apparently everything went as expected and both mom and babies are doing nicely. While we won't be making our "picks" until the end of January, I am working on names already, and barely sleeping with anticipation of meeting them January 9th at the Indio dog show!!!

Black Mount KC, Primm, NV, Oct. 2009

These are the most recent wins. No Reserves, real wins! Points!!!!

Sunday, 10/10/09, Winners Bitch and Best of Winners.

Saturday, 10/11/09, Winners Bitch and Best of Opposite Sex. What a coup!!!

South Bay Kennel Club, Sept. 2009

While this was not much of a win, only a Resever Winners Bitch, the photo is lovely.

West LA Boston Terrier Meet-Up Group, 10/18/09

What Bean does when she thinks no one is looking

A day at the park with the Boston Terrier Group

South Bay Kennel Club

Reserve Winners Bitch. Two days in a row. It may not be Winners Bitch or BoB, but it sure means the judge is paying attention to her. And this is only our third show in the ring together, with a reserve each weekend we've shown as a team. We're having fun, Bean and I, that's really what counts. Oh...and the photos, of course!!!!

South Bay Kennel Club

Day one of the South Bay Kennel Club show in Torrance, CA. Bean's sisters are not showing this weekend, so we thought we stood a good chance of getting somewhere. Alas, always a bridesmaid, never a bride...We took Reserve Winners Bitch again. The girly that took Winners Bitch was a very nice little tiny girly. Tomorrow is another chance. Fingers crossed.

The Art of Beating up an Aussie

Dinner Time

Fun with Frisbees and Water

Water Dogs

Summerfest, Ventura, July 4th weekend, 2009

Reserve Winners Bitch

Beaten by her sister, the pick of the litter again!

We're looking forward to the South Bay Kennel Club show in Torrance at North High School August 8th and 9th. It's an out-door show and no sisters there, so maybe Bean has a better chance of doing something great!

A little video of Bean and me going around the ring over July 4th weekend in Ventura. It was not our big win of the weekend, but it was the one showing that we got video of!

Bean, Autumn and I went to the Summerfest cluster in Ventura over the July4th weekend. The weather was lovely, a bit overcast, breezy and cool. Bostons were in the ring by 8am all three mornings. WE learned a few things and got some great tips. We took reserve to sister Jazz on Friday and nothing else all weekend, but we had a blast. Autumn was the big winner, though. She came home with a new toy that will keep her little tummy happy and her obsessive behaviors busy. "Bob-a-Lot".

Autumn, Bean and I went to a photo shoot with Pam Marks of Pawprince Studio photography, http://www.pawprincestudios.com/ at Gabriolena Park in Lake View Terrace on June 14th. What a great job Pam does. A couple of times a year Pam puts out a call for her calendar shoot for purebred dogs. She is so generous, giving owners copies of her fabulous photos. Couldn't get such a nice professional photo taken for less. Here are the best (in my humble opinion) of my girls, Autumn and Bean.

Our first Show Photo together as dog and handler, Bean and I after her Revserve Winners on Sunday at Mission Circuit.

Mission Circuit Results

Well, Bean and I didn't win anything much worth mentioning at Mission Circuit. Her biggest win was Reserve Winners Bitch on Sunday. The best thing out of the weekend was seeing her strut her stuff like she was the BoB. She loves being out there. She was competing against her two sisters in the 9-12 month old puppy class all weekend. "Pick of the litter", Jezabella beat her twice and she beat Jezabella twice. Julie handled her on Friday, which was one of the days she beat Jez, but Julie had handling conflicts the rest of the weekend. So, I handled Bean Saturday, Sunday and Monday. And apparently I didn't do to bad. I felt ok and even enjoyed being in the ring with my little dog. We've decided that I will handle her from now on. We took a professional photo for Reserve Winners Bitch and will post it when I receive it. For now, Julie took some lovely photos of Bean in the grassy area.

http://www.jbradshaw.com/25/pl.PDF


Mission Circuit is just around the corner. I have found that Bean's schedule has several conflicts with Julie's other dog's schedules. This means that I will probably be showing my own dog at least two out of the four days. The best thing about this is that if we happen to pull off any kind of win, it will be a very proud moment for Bean and me . If we don't fall on our faces, it will be a very proud moment for me. At the very least, it will be a learning experience for me and hopefully she will make me look good!

Bean's second show the weekend of 04/18 & 19. She didn't wow the first judge, but she took Reserve Winners Bitch on Sunday with a compliment from the judge.

Bean and her Kitty Games:

Bean's Daddy. Bar None World Class Traveler, "Atlas"

So...That's where she gets her good looks!

AKC National Agility Championship

Our pal, Daneen is in North Carolina this weekend showing her monster Papillon, "Masher" in the AKC National Agility Championship. Go Mash!!! She took our little Bean's Handler Extraordinaire, Julie with her. Have fun Julie!

See Masher in action:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aO7nhubZh30

AKC will have event updates and live streaming video over the weekend. Check out the website for more information and maybe a glimpse of the Monster Mash winning (fingers crossed).

http://www.akc.org/events/agility/national_agility_championship/

Apple Valley Kennel Club All Breed Show, March 7-8, 2009

Bean's first show. Looks like we've a winner on our hands with this little block head!!!

Saturday, March 7, 2009. Best of Breed.

Sunday, March 8, 2009. Winner's Bitch.

Now Bean enters the ring for the "Winners Bitch" competition. Don't worry kiddies, in the conformation world the word "Dog" refers to a male canine, the word "Bitch" refers to a female canine. We're not calling any of our pooches by dirty names!!! Here is Bean's competition with the rest of the Boston Terrier Bitches.

Perennial's Magical Fruit, "Bean" the Show Dog

Bean was entered into an all breed dog show March 7 and 8, 2009 in Victorville, CA hosted by the Apple Valley Kennel Club. At 7 months old, she was competing in the 6-9 month old puppy class. The following video tells this story.

Bean and the Aussies

The Bostons at Play

Bean and her new found Boston buddies with the Santa Monica Boston Terrier Group having some rough and tumble fun at a wonderful little dog park in Play Vista on Saturday, February 21, 2009.

Boston Meet

Well, Bean and Autumn and I were set to join a Boston Terrier play group this morning with a friend and her Boston...Allison and Rosie. We were all pretty excited. Autumn and I have been attending Pomeranian parties with a wonderful Pom group for a couple of years...but since they are Poms only, Bean cannot attend those parties. It was a very small group scheduled to meet at the Van Nuys Dog park this morning, but we were excited nonetheless.

Alli, Rosie, Bean and I were the only ones to show up!!! The hostess stood us up. Or at least we think she did. We don't really know what happened and we certainly hope nothing bad happened to her. But it got me to thinking...why not start a Boston Tea Party myself!

So, please watch the blog for the inaugural Boston Tea Party schedule. My yard is secure and there is plenty of parking on the property so I will probably schedule the event at my house in Northridge. Though it will have to wait for some weeks or even months since I don't have much lawn and am just now getting the yard to look nice. Maybe in the spring.

Any suggestions, please feel free to email me at perennialpooches@yahoo.com

Autumn celebrates her 10th birthday on January 15th.

Bean celebrated her 5 month birthday over the Christmas Weekend.

Growing Antlers

Thanks to my fun loving co-worker and friend, Vaniesha, TaTa and the Bean have grown antlers. Maybe next Christmas they can where their antlers for their Christmas photo! TaTa knows how to where antlers, doesn't she? Bean, on the other hand is still learning that head gear is as fun as clothing!