A bright, sunny, warm (50 deg F) day today, and we had to say goodbye to our ``old man` Rocky - Ch, TCh Wimberway`s Helzapopin CD WC RE....almost 8 years to the day from when we lost our first TCh hopeful `Penny`. Rocky completed his Championship the day he turned 9 mos, with a Group 1st, at the Sault Ste Marie KC shows, went on to earn all 4 of his tracking titles very easily and very quickly - in 16 months with limited trialling, and yesterday was swimming and retrieving in the pond. We have sons and daughters of his, and his last litter was born two days ago. RIP Rocky - Aug 25, 2005 - May 19, 2017. Thankyou for sharing your life with us.

Happy Mother`s Day to all Mothers, Grandmothers, and great Grandmothers. Have a great day and enjoy it the way YOU want to.

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Congrats to Dawn and "Ollie", Wimberway's Oldfactory Wizard RN,RA,CD,TD.TDX,UTD, on completing his RE title at the Sudbury trials, Apr 15. He is working pm his UTDX title to complete his TCh title.

Congratulations to Carol Fletcher and her "bouncing boy" Wimberway's Lively Rockford on earning his Advanced and Excellent Rally titles at the Sudbury club's trials this w/e. , earning both titles in 3 straight trials. Way to go Carol and Rockford.

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Just back from the 6 Nickel District KC dog shows near Sudbury, and with 'early" judging each day, opted to stay over rather than get up at 5am each day and have a 2 hour drive each way........Shared a room with a friend who did well with her dogs, and "northern" dogs seemed to do well all weekend in their respective breeds or groups too. There were entries from Alberta, Quebec, Nova Scotia, USA, and all parts of Ontario including Thunder Bay. Richard Paquette kept the shows running smoothly and encouraged everyone to support the Zone 4 Junior handlers - the regional finals were held yesterday (Sat) for both Juniors in obedience and conformation. We did well....completing a Championship on "Otter", and taking Best of Breed 3 times - twice with "Otter (now Ch Wimberway's Otter Do It WC,) and once with Lucky (Wimberway's N Lucky Seven TDX UTD WC RI) and saw a half sister to Ivan's Golden Jilly, go Best Baby Puppy in Show today. The judges we had for the Labradors came from Australia, Manitowaning, Paris, and London, ON., and Nova Scotia, The Maritime judges may NOT be getting home tonight or tomorrow as many flights have been cancelled to the east coast due to the weather....and some exhibitors didn't get to the shows due to the weather in southern Ontario on Thurs/Fri.

EuroCan Manufacturing is voluntarily recalling multiple brands of pig ears because they have the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella bacteria. The pig ears were distributed throughout the U.S. and Canada. To learn which products are affected, please visit the following link: Multiple Brands of Pig Ears Recalled Due to Salmonella Please be sure to share the news of this alert with other pet owners.

Our thanks to Tony and Beth for transporting two Labrador pups from North Bay to Thunder Bay and their new owners.....Both have arrived safely and apparently behaved well on the long drive.

Eye clinic for dogs, new date: Sat, July 22, at Wimberway. Appointments required.

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