So much for Keeping Updated! Fall 2026 update

We had two big milestones occur between Soda's championship finish and all the upcoming Texas shows in Belton and Houston, and they are: a) we sent one of the KT/Perkins puppies, Patrick, to Australia, and b) we had a big showing extravaganza in August between Waco, Houston Toy, and Lexington KY.

What we DIDN'T have in all those months was for KT to come into season again, but it looks like she is going to grace us with her hormones imminently, so December puppies it might be!

So first let's talk about the newest TMT/ETT in Oz. Ch Texangals I'm Howdy-licious wended his way over sea and land to join the Hunterval Kennels in New South Wales. He has participated in a couple of shows already and picked up points toward his Australian championship. I love to see his graceful lines and that he's turned out to be a stately boy in a little package.

Next, the massive road trip to picking up ribbons and points. At the Waco show, Perkins took Best of Variety each day and a good selection of OH group placements, and meanwhile, the three girls - KT, Poppet, and Soda - took turns going OP. Houston Toy, Perkins again took BOV and got OH placements while Soda took BOS each time.

Out in Lexington, it wasn't quite as lucrative as I'd hoped, but Perkins still picked up a number of Select Dogs toward his grand-silver that we're aiming for this year, and was quite impressive in the Bred-by group, taking a placement each day he qualified, and ultimately going BBE Group 1.

As I'd said, we'll be entering a few clusters in Texas over the next couple of months, and meanwhile, we're just chilling as the summer heat finally breaks and everybody is enjoying their days rolling in the grass.

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Texangals Are Expecting!

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It’s the big, big thing on Facebook right now, showing a photo of your dog with another beside it that relates to your dog’s name. I have been wary of joining in: these Facebook things are ways of data gathering, and I’m very suspicious of them. Also, you may be hard-pressed to work out most of mine! So for your viewing pleasure (or not), here is the dog name challenge for Texangals while I’m down to just the three girls.

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