Wishing everyone a Merry Christmas and a safe and happy 2009!

A very busy finish to the year, with a great trip to Honolulu and a cruise throughout the Hawaiian Islands aboard the Pride of America!

New Years Eve this year will be celebrated in Australia's beautiful red centre - Ularu (Ayers Rock!), with friends.

Thanks again to the dogs' regular adopted families - Jason and Kelly, Luke, and Alexa!

Our new years resolution is to keep this site regularly updated!

Cheers!

More SACA Top Agility Dog of the Year Awards!

A further surprise with news that Lara also won the Top Masters Agility Dog Award for 2008!

SACA Top Agility Dog of the Year Awards!

A pleasant surprise in the mail during the week - a letter informing me that Tully has won the 2008 Top Masters Jumping Title Award, and that Mirri has won the 2008 Top Novice Agility Dog Title Award.

The dogs and I will attend an awards night in the next few weeks.

A great way to finish the year!

So much to tell...

A busy end to year means this news reel has been neglected of late. Our apologies!

Success for the calanais team has continued though, with some great results.

Ellie has well and truly returned to form after her litter, with some more lovely runs, wins and her AD title.

Tully and Fraser gained the final qualification required for their SPDX title.

Lara and her new partner Jillaru are also racing through the SPDX class with another qualification.

Sian is closing in on all her Masters titles in games, with just a few passes to go.

Toby has been running beautifully lately with a win in Excellent Gamblers and a second in Open agility.

Jet made some appearances in the show ring with three Best of Breeds. He is now half way to his title, and we are excited about getting him out more to finish it soon!

A few updates!

A new job for me and all sorts of other things have ensured that we have been very busy of late! However, I have finally added a few new pages. One for our special girl Spice, who has now made her way to Singapore, and another page for Samantha the puppy we have retained. We hope to post some results soon, when Sammi makes her show ring debut!

Meanwhile, Gamble has had a successful start to his campaign in QLD with a Baby Puppy of Breed win at his first show against some nice babies. Congratulations also to Tully's daughter Mia - Classicyds Cool To Be Mi - on her recent Junior in Group award. Mia also won Champion Puppy in Show at the BCCQ Specialty Show under breed specialist Lauren Somers. Well done to Nadia and David on these great results!

GSDCSA and SACA Games State Championships!

A busy few weeks have passed us by, with some great results across the board!

The GSDCA agility trials saw Toby gain a qualification and first place, for his ADX title!

Fraser also qualified in Excellent Agility, gaining second place!

Lara gained her Masters Agility title with a second place!

Ellie won the Novice Jumping class for her JD title!

The SACA State Games Championships were held on Saturday the 20th.

Toby followed up his incredible Nationals Snooker Excellent title by WINNING the SA Snooker Excellent title, cementing his place as a true Snooker Champion!

Sian and her partner Hollie ran well WINNING the Masters Strategic Pairs State title.

Lara and her new partner OC Jilaru WON the Excellent Strategic Pairs State title.

Sian also placed third in the Masters Gamblers.

Lara placed second in the Masters Snooker.

Toby placed second in the Novice Gamblers.

I also ran Ag. Ch. Hollie (for owner Wendy Horne) in the Masters Gamblers and Masters Snooker WINNING both State Championship titles!

2008 Agility and Jumping Nationals - Victoria ( 29-31/08/08)!

This past weekend was the 2008 Nationals. This year they were held in Victoria, so Luke Johanson and I, along with 5 dogs made the journey to Cranbourne. It was a very busy three days of competition, with the Sunday afternoon comprising the national finals. Coincidentally, the Sunday afternoon also produced the worst weather of the weekend, with heavy rain, thunder and even hail! A few tents/gazebos (ours included) were blown down and damaged, but other than this everyone seemed to escape unharmed!!!

The dogs accounted for themselves very well, with Sian, Tully, Miranda and Gary and Lee-Anne's Toby all qualifying for their respective National finals. This year the top seven dogs from each heat went through to the finals. This was not easy - given the large size of the classes at this year's event.

Sian ran beautifully all weekend, and as always seemed to display a desire to win, matched only by her desire NOT to 'stay' at the start line!!! Amazing, how the nationals seems to bring out both the best and worst in her!!

Regardless, she had some great results...

WINNER of the Masters Jumping Heat 1 from an entry of 176 dogs!

WINNER of the Master Agility Heat 3 from an entry of 164 dogs! Amazingly, Sian won this ring by over 5 seconds!!!

Fourth place qualifier in Open Agility Heat 2 from an entry of 149!

Sian also qualified in sixth place in Heat 3 of the Masters Jumping from an entry of 189!

In the finals, Sian finished up fourth in the Masters Jumping, with a knocked bar in the other two classes ending our chances.

Tully ran well on the weekend also, despite me discovering a few areas that need work!

He was the sixth ranked qualifier in the Open Jumping Heat 2, from an entry of 175!

In his final, Tully unfortunately took an out of order obstacle on a very tough open course. The winner of the final was in fact the only dog NOT disqualified!!

Miranda was a star on the weekend. From such limited experience in the trial ring, I wasn't sure what to expect from her, but she ran really well - the best she has run to date.

She was competing in a very tough novice class at this year's event.

Second place in Novice Agility Heat 2 from an entry of 106!

Second place in Novice Jumping Heat 2 from an entry of 70.

Fourth place in Novice Agility Heat 3 from an entry of 101.

Unfortunately, no luck for Mirri in the finals, with a knocked bar in the Agility final ending our chances, and a run past in the Jumping, but some great signs of good things to come!

Toby was brilliant all weekend. Gary and Lee-Anne have put so much work in to Toby, and this was evident by the great results achieved. We are very proud of 'Scrubs'!

EXCELLENT SNOOKER NATIONAL CHAMPION!

WINNER Excellent Agility Heat 2 from an entry of 91!

WINNER Excellent Agility Heat 3 from an entry of 86!

Fifth placed qualifier in Excellent Jumping Heat 3 from an entry of 109!

In the finals Toby again ran beautifully finishing up -

RUNNER UP EXCELLENT AGILITY NATIONAL CHAMPION!

THIRD PLACE EXCELLENT JUMPING!

Calanais Look At Me CCD AD JD SD

'Toby'

Home sweet home (16/08/08)!

We say goodbye to our latest babies, as they join their new families.

Calanais What Happens In Vegas - Gamble - will be hitting the show ring soon, as will one of his yet-to-be-named sisters! Check him out through the 'Our Dogs' page!

On the same day, Ellie headed off to an Obedience trial with Alexa. Obviously happy to be free of her maternal obligations, she passed the CDX class with a score of 188, gaining her first qualification! Not bad considering she has had only one training session in about three months!!!

Calanais What Happens In Vegas

'Gamble'

Success for Tully progeny at Brisbane Royal (10/08/08)!

Congratulations from Tully and I to Nadia and David Radcliffe on their brilliant results at Brisbane Royal this year!

Their three Tully 'kids' all won their classes, with Mia (Classicyds Cool To Be Mi) being awarded Reserve Puppy of Breed.

All three of these puppies are now also multiple class in group winners, and we look forward to hearing more news of their success!

Pictured below from left to right is Mia, Bob and Lola.

Southern Districts Kennel and Obedience Dog Club (10/08/08)!

Another successful day for the dogs at our first show in a month. We were lucky to avoid the huge down pour, and stayed dry for the judging!

Miranda was Best of Breed (12pts) and INTERMEDIATE IN GROUP!

Jet was Challenge Dog (8pts) and Runner Up Best of Breed!

Agility Dog Club (02/08/08)!

A great day today, with Sian making her return to the ring. Thankfully, she has made a full recovery from her slip at training and ran beautifully, despite her limited training.

Sian wins the Masters Jumping and places second in Masters Agility!

Toby qualified in Excellent Jumping, winning the class!

Miranda won the Novice Agility and Novice Jumping classes for her Novice Agility title - gained with three first places!

Lara qualified in Masters Jumping!

Munno Para Obedience Dog Club (26/07/08)!

A nice day at MPDOC, with some success for Lara, Miranda and Toby.

Toby qualified in Excellent Agility with a second place!

Miranda won the Novice Agility and Novice Jumping!

Lara qualified in Masters Agility!

SACA State Championships (19 -20/07/08)!

This weekend was the State Championships. We had a good time, despite the average weather (and somewhat average results - for our dogs at least!). Sian is still being rested, so stayed at home with Katie, though thankfully she seems to have made a full recovery and will be back in the ring soon!

Tully qualified in both Masters Agility and Open Jumping.

Toby won the Excellent Jumping with Lee-Anne on Saturday and then ran with Gary on Sunday, winning the class again!

Fraser ran beautifully all weekend, winning the Novice agility class and gaining his AD title.

Miranda was entered in Agility for the first time on Saturday only, winning the Novice agility class and gaining her first qualification.

German Shepherd Dog Club of SA (12/07/08)!

Today Tully and I headed to an Agility and Jumping trial. Unfortunately, after slipping at training, Sian had hurt her leg, so is having a few weeks off - just to be on the safe side before the nationals!

Tully won the Open Jumping and gained another qualification in Masters Agility.

Lara won the Masters Agility, and also qualified in the next Masters Agility.

Toby won the Excellent Jumping with Gary, and then qualified in second place with Lee-Anne in the Excellent Agility!

A busy weekend for Mirri! (05-06/07/08)!

On Saturday, Mirri, Jet and I headed to our first dog show in months!

Mirri was awarded bitch challenge, Runner Up Best of Breed and INTERMEDIATE IN GROUP!

Jet was reserve challenge dog. Visit his page for some new pictures.

On Sunday we headed north to the Gawler Dog Training Club for their games trials.

Mirri had her second go at Novice Gamblers, winning the class!

Tully also won the Excellent Gamblers and gained his GDX title! He also gained another Snooker Dog Master qualification!

Mirri left and Jet on the move

The first Calanais Obedience CHAMPION! (05/07/08)!

An exciting day today, with Lara being awarded her OBEDIENCE CHAMPION title! Lara has just turned four and is owned by Alexa McKenzie. Congratulations to Alexa on achieving another 'first' with a Calanais dog.

The first baby photos (28/06/08)!

Please check out our new babies! See the puppies page for the first photos!

Agility Dog Club of SA - Games Trial (27/06/08)!

Mirri's debut in the trialling ring!

Tonight, Mirri had her first go at Novice Gamblers. She ran beautifully picking up her first qualification and third place!

Toby also gained a qualification in Novice Gamblers, picking up his second leg. He also passed Novice Snooker in third place, gaining his SD title!

Fraser and Tully gained their SEVENTH consecutive pass in Strategic Pairs, picking up their fourth leg in Excellent. They also won the class! Fraser also gained his Novice Gamblers title!

Sian starred again - winning the Masters Snooker and gaining another Masters Gamblers pass!

Gawler Dog Training Club - Agility and Jumping Trials (22/06/08)

Another great day for Sian, with three out of four passes!

First in Masters Jumping, and second in both Masters Agility and Masters Jumping!

The babies have arrived (21/06/08)!

Saturday morning saw the latest Calanais babies arrive!

7 black and white babies - 5 girls and 2 boys!

First time mother, Ellie is doing a wonderful job with her new family. Thanks once again to Lynn and Bill Harrison from Tullacrest and congratulations to new dad, Liam - Tullacrest Ice Man (AI).

Some individual shots will be added to the puppies page soon!

Agility Dog Club of SA - Agility and Jumping Trials (14/06/08)

A great day of trialling - good weather and some great results!

Toby was the star of the day picking up THREE first places and both his AD and JD titles! Congratulations to Gary and Lee-Anne, and of course 'Scrubs'!

Sian ran nicely all day also, with third and first places respectively in the two Masters Jumping rings.

Lara gained qualifications in Masters Jumping and Masters Agility.

Calanais Look At Me CCD AD JD

Some new photos in our gallery! (06/06/08)

At long last the gallery has been updated! Check out some of the new pictures!

More success for 'Tully daughter' - Lola! (06/06/08)

Great news from Queensland, with Tully's lovely daughter Lola (Classicyds Copacabana) going Best Baby Puppy in Show at Caboolture!

Congratulations to Nadia and David!

Happy Birthday to the first Calanais Litter (04/06/08)

It has been four years since the arrival of our first litter. It feels like a life time ago though, and it is hard to imagine life without these dogs around us!

Happy Birthday 4th birthday to -

Tully - Ch. Calanais Cool As Ice ADX JDM GD SDX SPD ET

Fraser - Calanais Fast N Furious CD SPD ET

Lara - Calanais One Fine Day UD ADX JDX GD SDX SPD

Maggie - Calanais Kellies Choice

Meeko - Calanais Dark Angel

Elliot - Calanais Man O Steele

Max - Calanais Midnite Cowboy

Thanks to the owners of these dogs for providing such great homes!

Para District Obedience Dog Club - Agility, Jumping & Games (31/05/08)

A great day for the Calanais kids, with success across the board!

Tully won the Masters Snooker and Excellent Gamblers! He also qualified and placed third in Strategic Pairs Excellent with his brother Fraser!

Sian won the Masters Jumping and Masters Gamblers!

Lara won the Excellent Strategic Pairs (with OC Jilaroo owned by M. Vasey-McGuinness) and qualified in Masters Agility and Excellent Gamblers!

Fraser had a good day also, qualifying third with Tully in Strategic Pairs Excellent (their SIXTH consecutive qualification in Strategic Pairs!). He also qualified in Novice Gamblers!

Toby had a successful return to the ring with a win in Novice Jumping, a win in Novice Snooker and a second place in Novice Agility. He also won the Peter Foord Memorial Trophy for best performance by a Border Collie in Novice Agility and Novice Jumping.

Lara

Sian

Penny's first show! (25/05/08)

Today was Penny (Tanjirra Almost Famous), our Ragdoll kitten's first show!

She behaved as though she had done it all a dozen times before - allowing the judge to examine her and relaxing happily in her cage for what was a long day.

With 13 Ragdoll/Birman kittens entered, we were not overly confident. However, we were thrilled when Penny was awarded Reserve Ragdoll/Birman kitten and 5th Best Kitten in Group 1. She was then awarded Best Coat Colour and Texture of all the Group 1 kittens! Being one of the youngest in the group made it even more exciting.

Puppies are on the horizon! (22/05/08)

We can now confirm that Ellie is in whelp!

Sire of this litter is Lynn and Bill Harrison's youngster Liam - Tullacrest Ice Man (A.I.) - Ch. Tullacrest Thiefa Hearts x Ch. Tullacrest Insatiable.

More success for the extended family! (18/05/08)

Well done to Tully's lovely daughter 'Lola' - Classicyds Copacabana on winning two more Baby in Group awards during May!

Congratulations Nadia and David!

Riverland Kennel and Obedience Club - Weekend of Agility and Jumping (3/5/08-4/5/08)

A great weekend of Agility and Jumping this weekend, with the RK & OC holding their inaugural trials. We really enjoyed the weekend. Particularly, the relaxed and fun atmosphere at the trials and the great opportunity to sit down and chat up with friends. The homemade cheesecake for sale was also pretty memorable!

Our dogs dominated the masters classes, winning 7 of the 8 rings!

Sian won Masters Agility three times and Masters Jumping three times.

Tully won Masters Jumping once and placed second to Sian twice, gaining his JDM title!

We are expecting puppies!

Ellie (Ch. Calanais Kinky Boots CD) has recently been mated!

All things going to plan (fingers crossed!), we should be expecting puppies in June! While this is a ways off yet, interested parties should make contact early.

Ellie is best described as a pocket rocket! She has been successful in the Conformation, Agility, Jumping and Obedience rings. She has won in them all!

More information (including details of the sire) will be made available when the pregnancy has been confirmed.

Munno Para Dog Obedience Club - Agility and Jumping trial (26/4/08)

Sian wins the Masters Agility!

Tully places third in Masters Agility gaining his first leg!

SA Obedience Dog Club - Double Agility and Jumping trial (13/04/08)

An agility trial after what seems to have been a huge break!

Sian ran beautifully all day with a WIN in Masters Agility and a qualification (4th) in Masters Jumping.

Success for the extended family! (13/04/08)

Well done to Tully's lovely daughter 'Mia' - Classicyds Cool To Be Mi - owned by David and Nadia Radcliffe in Brisbane, on her recent show ring achievements. Mia won Baby of Breed at the Toowoomba Royal and Baby in Group under a breed specialist at Pine Rivers!

Another CDX pass for Roo!

A big congratulations to Irene and Wally on another great day in the obedience rings with Roo! Another CDX pass and another first place (score of 186). Just one more to go!

No news is good news...

Not a lot happening lately with our own dogs, with many a weekend being spent relaxing and enjoying our new home.

The other Calanais dogs have been shining though, with Roo (C. White Rainbow CD - pictured below) owned by Irene and Wally Doburzynski gaining the first leg of her CDX title with a score of 193 and a first place!

Lara is also continuing her winning ways gaining another leg towards her Obedience Champion title with a brilliant score of 197!!! Well done to Alexa McKenzie!

Life with a cat...

Penny our ragdoll cat has settled in well. She enjoys playing with the dogs and seems to have established her place as the 'boss' - both of the dogs, and of us! She has already learned to 'turn', 'stand' and even 'play the piano'!

This weekend she enjoyed a play date with 'Lily', our friends Jason and Kelly's new Shetland Sheepdog puppy!

A present for Tully!

Thanks to our good friend Tamara for making Tully this great blanket!

All Breeds Dog Club of SA (16/03/08)

Another good day with the dogs.

Ellie Bitch challenge and Best of Breed

Jet Dog Challenge and Runner Up Best of Breed

I also handled 'Casey' the German Shepherd to her third Puppy in Group award!

A new addition to our family! (14/03/08)

We welcome Tanjirra Almost Famous to our home (Gr Ch. Fancyrags Makybee Magic x Gr Ch. Kyeema Queen Sheba).

'Penny' is a Seal Point Ragdoll from Brian and Ann Cotton of Tanjirra. We will wait and see how she turns out, but Penny may be Katie's first show cat!

Pedigree Autumn International Festival - Agility & Jumping (10/03/08)

A great day trialling at this years Autumn International amongst many of the countries top dogs. This year we also had an international judge (Mr. L. Sayers from New Zealand) judging some of the courses, so it was a great opportunity to see the type of courses being run overseas.

Sian WINS the Masters Agility.

Ellie WINS the Novice Agility and Novice Jumping.

Tully qualifies in Masters Jumping.

Lara qualifies in Masters Jumping and Masters Agility.

South Australian Obedience Dog Club - Obedience trial (1/3/08)

Two passes in two weekends!

Big congratulations to Toby - Calanais Look At Me CCD - on gaining his first CD obedience pass, just one week after gaining his CCD title!

Well done to Lee-Anne Roe on another great achievement!

Toby's big sister Kira also gained her second consecutive CDX pass - well done 'Moo'!

Naracoorte Kennel Club (23-24/02/08)

What a debut for Jet!

After one show as a baby puppy (winning Baby in Group) and one show as a Puppy (winning the Puppy Dog class at the Royal Adelaide Show - 2006), Jet made his return to the show ring at exactly 2 years of age!

He showed beautifully all weekend, with a fantastic Best of Breed (16 pts) win on Sunday!

Our thanks to Margaret and Jo for all the wonderful care they have given Jet over the past 18 months.

Calanais Unleashed

Gawler Dog Training Club - Obedience Trial (23/02/08)

Toby gains the final leg of his CCD title with a score of 95 out of 100. Well done to Lee-Anne Roe on some great handling and training!

Well done also to Toby's big 'sister' Kira on her first CDX pass!

New Champion! (02/02/08)

Another really exciting day with Ellie becoming the latest Calanais Australian Champion, at the Adelaide Hills Kennel Club at 23 months of age.

My thanks to Alexa McKenzie for all the hard work she has put in to training and preparing Ellie. Thanks also to Erin Carter, Ellie's regular handler, and Brittany Farrell who has also handled Ellie on numerous occasions.

Thanks to Alexa for handling Ellie for the final bitch challenge, while I was busy moving house.

Ellie has been a consistant performer, always competing against her litter sister Mirri. Ellie has won numerous class in group awards, as well as Reserve Challenge Bitch at the 2007 Royal Adelaide Show.

Australian Champion Calanais Kinky Boots CD

Agility Dog Club of S.A. (02/02/08)

Another great night of Agility and Jumping!

Tully wins the Agility Excellent class for his ADX title!

Sian places second in Masters Jumping!

Toby wins the Novice Agility class for his second leg!

Ellie places second to Toby in Novice Agility for her first leg.

I handle Ag. Ch Hollie (owned by W. Skelton) to first place in both Open Agility and Open Jumping, and third place in Masters Jumping.

Tully baby update! (01/02/08)

Tully's Classicyds babies are growing up beautifully. We were excited to receive some lovely photos of the 'kids' from Nadia and David Radcliffe in Queensland.

The babies are six weeks old now, and are looking very promising.

Please visit the Classicyds website for more information.

Munno Para Obedience Dog Club (26/01/08)

A great start to the 2008 Agility and Jumping season with a lot of the team picking up qualifications and places!

Sian places second in Masters Jumping for another Ag. Ch. leg!

I handle Ag. Ch. Hollie (owned by Wendy Skelton) for FIRST place in Master Jumping, FIRST in Open Jumping, and FIRST in Open Agility!

Fraser and Luke Johanson WIN the Novice Agility for Fraser's second leg.

Ellie and Alexa McKenzie WIN the Novice Jumping for Ellie's first leg.

Toby and Gary Dewing qualify in BOTH Novice Agility and Novice Jumping for second places in both - gaining Toby's first leg in each!

Site Update (18/01/08)

Jet's page is updated. He will make a return to the show ring in 2008!

Summer fun!

Sian and Mirri enjoy some time on the beach with Katie and I!

Keeshond Club of South Australia All Breeds Champ Show (1/1/08)

A great start to 2008 with Ellie being awarded Best of Breed at the first show of the year! She now has just 9 points left for her Australian Champion title!

Happy New Year! (1/1/08)

A great camping trip on South Australia's famous Kangaroo Island saw Katie and I, along with a group of our friends, bring in the new year!

Thanks to Jason and Kelly Schultz for giving Tully a wonderful holiday home while we were away. I'm sure he was very grateful for the time spent with his three favourite girls - Jess, Lucy and Ebony!

2007 SACA Top Agility Dog Awards

Another successful year in the Agility rings with Lara (owned by Alexa McKenzie, handled by Luke Schneider) being awarded the Top Excellent Agility Title Award!

Calanais One Fine Day ADX JDX GD SDX SPD UD

2008 News Reel

Welcome to the 2008 Calanais New Reel!

Through this page, we will keep you up to date on all the latest results, achievements, and other interesting things happening in our dogs lives!

Please visit our archived news here.