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A Milestone in Abilene

        Left: Soda wins 2nd place in Owner-handled Toy Group;  Right: Soda won 1st place in Open Bitch, Best of Winners, Owner-handled Best of Variety, and Best of Variety. One of my current show puppies came away from the cluster of shows in Harrisburg with only one more point to go before she finished her championship, so I made a rash plan: a one-day dash to Abilene TX to see if she could beat her sister head-to-head and secure that last point. Long story short, Soda did it! So that gives her the 15 points and 2 majors that a dog needs to finish her championship according to AKC rules, and so she will now have a title at the front of her name: CH Texangals I'M Sodalicious Also, when your dog wins the breed competition at a show, then you advance to the group phase toward the end of the day where you compete against other Toy dogs that won their breed: that would be breeds like pugs and Italian greyhounds and chihuahuas and Yorkshire terriers and such. There's...
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Apologies - ignored the website for too long!

Grand Champion and Westminster breed winner Perkins shows off his champion puppies Poppet, Soda, and Patrick Well, hello again, Everybody. You've probably thought that Texangals had gone to ground with as little attention I've been giving to the website, but no - I've just been super active on Instagram instead , yet it should have been obvious to me that not everybody frequents Instagram, and so your assumption that I'd just dropped off the face of the earth was warranted. I don't even really know when the last time I posted something here, so let's just start over. Texangals TMTs is based in Round Rock, Texas, as of April 2026. We're an AKC Breeder of Merit, and have been showing and breeding since 2014. Some of our highest accolades include receiving Brood Bitch of the Year at the Manchester national in 2022; winning the breed Owner-handled final (also in 2022) as well as the FastCAT final, both in Orlando and on the same day; Reserve Best in Show winner ...
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Apologies for Radio Silence - May 2023 update

I can't believe that I haven't posted on here since November 2022, and not been bragging from the rooftops that Katie is now the top bitch in the country! We took a big trip up to Pennsylvania in April where not only did Katie grab a Select Bitch, a Best of Variety, and an Owner-Handled Group 1, but she earned enough points to achieve the Silver level of her grand champion title. If you're not a show person yourself, you're probably sort of glazing over - blah blah blah blah. The short version, she's been doing really well in the show ring, and I'm super proud of her. Also at home are my foundation bitch, Bonnie, who is enjoying retirement; Larwood, the boy from England, who finished his championship and has had his first taster of the running event called FastCAT; and Hermia, who is one "major" away from her own championship. Larwood is also going to be a daddy soon, all being well. We bred him to Zoot (who lives with my mom) and are expecting puppies...
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Newest Texangal hits the ring!

Texangals Though She Be But Little, AKA "Hermia", made her debut at the Stephenville Kennel Club show in Belton TX on Friday Oct 21st in the Beginner Puppy class, and surprised me on her first down-and-back ever that she gave a most-professional stack in front of the judge. She went on to win the BP group, and best of all, seemed to have fun doing it! Two days later, she turned 6 months old and won 1st in her Bred By Exhibitor. Hopefully, this is the start of many ribbons to come!
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Katie gets her Silver NOHS level

  Achieving the 500 points for the NOHS silver level seemed to just come out of the blue Like most people who have been reeling from the rise in prices and the cost of gas, we've dialed down our showing schedule quite a bit since the AMTC national in Houston in July, but the highlight was definitely getting the silver badge for Katie's owner-handled successes over the past year. Going against the big guns at the national was quite daunting, but Katie made the cut twice in a deep, deep field. She then picked up some points and an owner-handled placement at Longview and again at Little Rock before winning the breed at Houston Toy. She took off her showing efforts for all of September and will hit the ring again for a few times between now and the Orlando NOHS finals in December.
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Katie is Double-Bronze!

  Texangals Killing Time achieved two milestones in April 2022 when she accumulated 100 Grand Champion points for her bronze level, and 250 owner-handled points for her bronze level in the National Owner Handled Series. Nationally, she stands at #3 owner-handled Toy Manchester, and is the highest owner-handled Toy Manchester at #7 in the breed. I remember when I realized that this little girl was something really special: when judge Linda Hurlebaus awarded her Best in Show Bred-By Exhibitor at Dallas in July 2021, and a Group 4 under judge Charlotte Patterson at Belton in October 2021. She has gone on to win 20 Best of Varieties and numerous Owner-Handled group placements, including half a dozen Group 1s. "KT" or "Katie" was by Ch Marler Hill Jumpin' Jack Flash and out of Ch Texangals Theodora "Ted" Logan. She has two other champion siblings, Flicka and Alfie, and another who is grand champion, Bumble. I'm looking forward to July 2022 when she'...
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November 2021

 I can't believe how much has happened and I've not been writing about it! Champions then Grand Champions and more puppies: really, what have I been doing, sitting on all these great brags? Let's work our way backwards, starting with the latest little bundle of scrumptiousness, our little Carpe Diem baby, "DJ" - he is the last puppy of our foundation dam, Grand Champion Bluebonnet Dreaming Spires at Texangals TKN. We bred her to her grandson, Grand Champion Texangals Diego's Got His Knives Out, to solidify those English genes before I spay and retire her. Family Portrait: Bonnie with DJ and Diego We had another set of puppies in July when we bred Champion Texangals Zoot Just Zoot to Texangals Rohan Heavens Door: Lois Lane and Jimmy Olsen. Lois is now called Lucy and already starting off her promising show career; Jimmy is now called Winston and is enjoying his life near Dallas as a man of leisure! Texangals Little Miss Lois Lane Our other big news recently com...
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