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July 2008: Aubrey and Bravo attend their second UKC show weekend. 4 shows, 4 BOB's, 4 Group I's and 3 Best in Shows! In 8 shows Bravo has won Best In Show 5 Times. We are so proud of Aubrey and Bravo. They also obtained one Novice Senior win in UKC needing only two more to move up to Open Senior.

June 2008: Aubrey and Bravo go to Florida for the summer. On Sunday, June 22 Bravo goes BOB over a large Dalmatian entry of 20, two of them ranked specials. The next weekend Aubrey and Bravo try out UKC and leave with a new Championship. 4 shows, 4 BOB's, 3 Group I's, a Group II and two BEST IN SHOWS! Bravo is now: AKC CH/UKC Multi BIS CH HiSpot's Cause For Applause.

June starts out with a BANG! Bravo goes to the Moberly, MO show on Saturday and comes home with a BOB and Group 3!! This was his first time out as a special and he brings home a group placement. Way to go! Aubrey shows Mason in the puppy match and gets BOV and Group I. Mariah showed Halle in the Juniors classes at the match and got Best Junior Handler. We were only entered for Saturday but what a day!

May 2008: Memorial Day weekend Moya and Aubrey win Best Junior Handler at the Bloomington, IL cluster and bring home a $500 scholarship! Bravo picks up one more point at the Gray Summit shows the weekend after the Dalmatian National Specialty by going WD/BOW. Aubrey and Moya went 1st in Open Senior and then onto Best Junior Handler in Gray Summit. On May 17th Bravo finishes his Championship, winning his final two points by going WD/BOW at the Sunflower Kennel Club shows in Gardner, KS. Aubrey and Moya made the cut in Juniors and Bravo showed well as a move up on Sunday.

April 2008: We had a great DCA! On Sunday, Aubrey and Bravo won the 12-14 mos sweeps class with some very stiff competition. They came down to the final selection for Best Senior in Sweepstakes. Howe exciting! On Monday they made two cuts in their class and were placed 5th in 12-15 mos Futurity. Aubrey was honored that Diana Skibinski of Folklore Dalmatians asked her to show Bravo with Caddy in the Stud Dog class. Aubrey and Bravo made the cut in Junior. To go to the National Specialty and show well is awesome. We received many nice comments about Bravo and are thrilled with him.

March 2008: And it just keeps getting better! Aubrey and Bravo hit the ring at the St. Louis Dalmatian Specialty and bring home Best in Sweepstakes and a 2nd in Juniors (Open Senior). We then headed over to Columbia, MO on Sunday and garner WD/BOW for another point bringing Bravo's total to 12 points 3 majors at only 12 mos of age. He is showing on a very limited basis until after nationals. Aubrey and Moya bring home a 3rd in a VERY competitive Open Senior class of 10 from Columbia, MO on Sunday.

February 2008: What a way to start the year! Aubrey shows EZ in Juniors at the St. Joseph Kennel club shows and is in the ribbons 2 out of 4 days with a 3rd and a 4th place.

The following weekend we are off to Indianapolis for the Dalmatian Club of Greater Indianapolis Specialty. On Saturday Aubrey and Bravo gave an excellent performance and went WD/BOW/BOBPuppy/Puppy Group I. WD was in stiff competition and a 4 pt major! This makes 11 points for Bravo and 3 majors. We are thrilled. Bravo earned a well deserved break on Sunday and didn't show in breed with such a long day on Saturday all the way to the Best Puppy in Show... The Rottie puppy won :D

December 2007: Wow what a year! Best Junior Handler, Best in Sweepstakes, Back to back majors, Six match group ones! All these were accomplished at the end of 2007 so we are looking for 2008 to be an exciting year! Show wise we took the month of December off to relax. We had a great holiday season and are gearing up for our first show of the year at the beginning of February.

Bravo's litter brother, "Rebel" is now CH HiSpot Montazh Master Authority. Finishing his championship at 9 mos and 2 days old. Congrats to Angie, Paula and Rebel!

November 2007: Aubrey handles Bravo to another point in Springfield, MO for a total of 7 pts and both majors at 8 mos old. Bravo also obtains a Reserve Winner's dog to his littermate "Rebel" that goes onto WD/BOW/BOB over specials from the classes. Way to go Rebel! Bravo and Rebel fo head to head in the puppy 6-9 class in Tulsa and Rebel being a little more mature at the time garners 11 points in just two weekends!

October 2007: We attended the Lawrence KS shows and Heartland Dalmatian Club Specialty. Bravo got third in his class for sweeps and 2nd in regular classes for Friday but on Saturday he won Best in Sweepstakes and then 1st for 6-9 puppy, Best of Breed puppy and then a Puppy Group I. This is the 6th time into the group ring and his 6th Group I.

Aubrey and EZ go Best Junior Handler Friday 10/12 and Saturday 10/13/2007! This was only their second show weekend out. What a weekend. Bravo's full brother "Louie" AKC BISS CH/ INT BIS CH HiSpot's Simply Sublime won Best in Specialty on Saturday.

September 2007: Salina, KS shows. Bravo brings home back to back three point majors! We are so proud. If this first trip into th ering is any indication of what to expect... fasten your seat belts! Aubrey and EZ get 3rd in Open Senior first time in the ring together.

Bravo attends our local communities RiverFest and visits the fire truck. Everyone was amazed at how well behaved he was and he got some positive breed information out there. Not all Dalmatians are hyper and ill behaved. We got some beautiful photos. You can see them here.

August 2007: Bravo attends the Topeka Kannel Club match and goes BOB over an entry of 9 Dalmatian puppies. He then goes on to earn his 5th Non-Sporting Group I. Aubrey handled him beautifully, mom however, forgot the camera. DOH!

Aubrey and Moya go 2nd out of a very competitive Open Senior class of 9, including some top nationally ranked juniors. Also, we've added a Juniors page to list all of Aubrey's Juniors accomplishments. Click here.

Bravo attends another match weekend in Oklahoma City at the OKC Kennel Club. AT just 5 mos of age he provides another command performance obtaining Group I's both Saturday 8/4 and Sunday 8/5. He received MANY nice comments. Everybody just loves him. Aubrey took him in for Best in Match on Sunday and gave quite the show!

July 2007: Aubrey and Moya show in Owensboro, KY. With a very competitive Open Intermediate class of 11 Juniors and get 4th place on Sunday!

June 2007: Aubrey and Moya hit the ring again in Paducah, KY picking up their third win to move them up to Open. Saturday they were 1st in Novice Intermediate and Sunday 2nd in Open Intermediate. Look for them in Open Senior starting in August.

Bravo has his first puppy match at barely 3.5 mos old and gets BOB/Group I. We are so proud of him. The group consisted of: Bichon Frise, Chinese Shar Pei, Chow Chow, Dalmatian and Standard Poodle. Three of them were already show age.. so this was a great honor. Then Bravo goes Group I again on Sunday at the Leavenworth Kennel Club match. Way to go Bravo!

May 2007: Aubrey and Moya earn two wins in Juniors. In order to move to the Open class a Junior must earn three wins in the Novice classes with competition. At the Gardner, KS shows Aubrey and Moya win the Novice Intermediate class both days. Good job Girls!

April 2007: We attended our first DCA national specialty. What a great time! We got to see some beautiful dogs and met many new friends that we look forward to getting together with again next year. Aubrey and Mark placed 1st in Novice Intermediate and Mark's brother Max placed first in Open Black. The Top Twenty event was beautiful. WE also brought home our second Dal. Bravo! He is from Angie's recent litter from Caddy. Xhilli and we are having a ball with im. Watch for great things from this beautiful little boy.

March 2007: We are now member of the Dalmatian Club of America.

December 2006: Happy Holidays! Marks' 10 generation pedigree is complete.I am now working on his 15 generation pedigree. If you have a database with infomration on dogs that are older please take a look at my list of dogs needed to see if you have any of the needed information. Mark will start an obedience class at the end of this month. He already knows several commands but it never hurts to practice in a class setting. mark is also going to conformationclasses on Monday nights. We are having a blast! Aubrey and Moya are also attending classes with us.