More Holiday Cheer from the Grayhart family!

 CeCe (Parker x Savi) helping TSWR gift wrap presents at Petco!

 Chloe (Summit x Jam) above and below - this is how they celebrate in NYC!

Ranger (Parker x Trixie) and his lovely family!

Memphis and littermate Savi, (Clay x Trixie)

 Logan (Trixie x Clay) and Ripley

Above, Henley (Parker x Savi) with his gorgeous family!

KellyAnn and Chris' card with Haze, Junie and CeCe in her holiday best!

A Christmas movie by Nina - Rigby (Summit x Jam) and Rocky love getting presents!

Party all night long

 The Rockstars partied like it was 1999, each celebrating their first birthday in their own way.  Above, Ember, Grayhart's Light My Fire, had a party that would make any pup envious.

Chloe, Grayhart's Walk this Way, our resident city girl, was a fashionista in her Princess attire, and yes, she wears that crown daily!

 Roxy, Grayhart's Silver Rocket, showing off one of the fabulous birthday presents, handmade tugs made by Rigby's mom, Nina, that she thoughtfully sent to all the littermates in colors that matched their original collars!

 Roxy enjoyed her frosty paws ice cream and then had even more fun destroying her party hat!

 Rigby, Grayhart's Rider on the Storm, had a birthday week which included a party at a lake, that's our beautiful girl on the dock and playing with her friends. She also got to go tracking with her mom and her tracking group.

Ella, Grayhart's How High the Moon, who was the first in the litter to get a title, her AKC STAR Puppy, had a great weekend home with her family.

Chase, Grayhart's Freeway Jam, got all kinds of fun presents and played with his BFF Mia.

Gabi, Grayhart's Something to Talk About, had a zen-like birthday doing yoga poses...

 and there is always one who parties a little too hard...sleep well Ember!

Happy 1st Birthday to our Rockstar litter!!!!

Where has the year gone?  This incredible litter was brought up during Hurricane Sandy and we lost power for 17 days!  We also learned about losing a life, little Miss Pink, no matter how much you do, it is the way of Mother Nature and tube feeding and nursing a baby boy round the clock, who was an amazing fighter and we never gave up on him.  They are truly Rockstars and make music wherever they go.  These talented pups have been busy training for show, tracking, agility, obedience and therapy dog work.

Happy Birthday to our Rockstars - Chase, Chloe, Ella, Ember, Gabi, Rigby and Roxy!!!

The Rockstar litter is sired by BIF BISS CH Pike's Peak Silversmith Summit, SH, SDX, NRD, V, BROM and  out of Jam, CH Grayhart's Purple Haze, CD, JH, AX, AXJ, SD, VX.

Rockstar Reunion

l-r: Chloe, Jam & Ember - our favorite pic from the day!

Last weekend was a super busy one with us competing at the Staten Island Dog Training Club Agility trial and we combined it on Sunday with a mini-Rockstar Litter Reunion. We love our puppy people and they cheered Jam and I on while we ran in Masters Standard and Jumpers courses.  A few of the pups are training for agility and they thought it was cool to see Mama Jam do her thing.  We didn't qualify but Jam ran with drive and great attitude. 

Chloe, aptly names Grayhart's Walk this Way, with Michael.

Chase and Ember...he's tough stuff!

Three of our Summit x Jam Rockstar pups!

A delicious picnic lunch for all to enjoy!

Jam looking regal

Michael, Rosalie and Chloe

Josh, Aimee and Ember

Michele and Chase

 And a few shots of Jam on the agility course

A group shot with our wonderful friends and their pups!

Thanks to Kelly Ann Kwiatek for all the great photos!  She was our pupparazzi for the day!

Snow?

Chloe, our NYC girl

I can eat it...but I don't quite understand it...

Puppies 1st Match Show

Chloe, Grayhart's Walk this Way

 Last weekend, we took a trip to Long Island to attend the Long Island Kennel Club AKC Sanctioned Match Show with two of our Rockstar litter (Summit x Jam) pups, Chloe and Ember.  A match show is an informal dog show where no champion points are awarded and usually dogs with major wins are not allowed to compete.  It is a great opportunity to introduce puppies to the show environment, with all the sounds, smells and distractions and get them in the show ring for training in a fun way. It was nice day for the puppy owners and friends who joined us to launch Ember and Chloe's show careers.

 We were thrilled with how well our pups did for their first time at a match show and first time worked with show leads on.  Our good friend, Bonnie Lane of HiBourne, handled Chloe while I handled Ember.  In the Weimaraner puppy class, Chloe beat Ember.  Then Chloe went on to earn a Puppy Sporting Group 3!

Ember, Grayhart's Light My Fire

Ember was entered in the Bred-by-Exhibitor class and was the only Weim so she went on to the BBE Sporting Group and won!  Ember and I had the chance to show in the big Best in Show ring and it was a blast.  She was by far the youngest but the cutest in my opinion.  She received many compliments from  a number of experienced breeders and we were proud of our little star.

Ember on the move, a little blurry but a cool shot while she struts her stuff and a video of her below:


We also had Jam, CH Grayhart's Purple Haze,CD,JH,OA,OAJ,SD,VX, (Parker x Trixie) there in the FEO or For Exhibition Only to get her ready for Westminster.  Jam has not been in the show ring since last summer and looks fabulous after having pups less than five months ago.  Steve Lane, owner of Jam's sire, Parker, handled Jam:

Busy bees

Wow, it has been absolutely non-stop busy here and updating the blog has fallen to the bottom of my to-do list.  We have lots of exciting news and stories to tell.  Agility news from Sky, training fabulosity from Rigby, puppy match wins for Chloe and Ember and a new Pet Partner Therapy Dog - Savi!
Until we have the full updates, here is a terrific shot from Central Park, where we took the pups on a beautiful Sunday afternoon.

From left to right: Chloe, Savi and Ember. Chloe and Ember are littermates from our Summit x Jam litter, now 4 1/2 months old.

Super Chloe

Caped crusader Chloe, Grayhart's Walk this Way (Summit x Jam). 

Keeping the citizens of Gotham safe at night!

Merry Christmas from Chloe

Chloe, Grayhart's Walk this Way, (Summit x Jam) 14 weeks old

Happy Thanksgiving!

Chloe, one of the Rockstars, getting into the holiday spirit!

Wishing all our friends and family a wonderful Thanksgiving!  

J-S Pups: The Rockstar 8 week stacks

When the Rockstar pups turned 8 weeks old, we invited a few breeder friends over to help with the conformation evaluation.  These are respected and experienced breeders who have had great success in their breeding programs with show and performance dogs.  Ultimately, the decision was mine on deciding which pup goes to which home, but their valuable advice along with the temperament testing, makes my task a lot easier.  Below are our show/performance prospects who will be hitting show rings around the east coast.

"Ember"  Grayhart's Light My Fire

 "Gabi"  Grayhart's Something to Talk About

 "Rigby"  Grayhart's Rider on the Storm

 "Chloe"  Grayhart's Walk this Way

"Ella"  Grayhart's How High the Moon

The Rockstars are Produced by:

CH Grayhart's Purple Haze, CD,JH,OA,OAJ,SD, CGC ,VX

"Jam" 

x

"Summit"

Futurity, Specialty & Multiple Group Winner... 

CH Pike's Peak Silversmith Summit, SH,SDX,NRD,V