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May 15-16, 2010

Port Chester / Nutmeg Agility trials, Yorktown Heights, NY: Both days Crystal earned qualifying scores in Excellent B Standard, and two more legs towards her MX title. It won't be long now ...

May 9, 2010

Trenton KC dog show, West Windsor Township, NJ - Crystal comes out of retirement to enter Veteran Sweepstakes, and finishes second in her class under judge Helen Szostak. In the regular classes, Lylah places third in a competitive class, and Logan nearly pulls off a big victory in the Best of Breed class as he makes the final cut under judge Nancy Cowley. They all showed well, and we're real happy with our dogs' performances.

April 17 - 18, 2010

Agility Association of Central New Jersey agility trials, Toms River, NJ - Keep jumping Crystal ...  On each day, Crystal earned qualifying scores in Excellent B Jumpers and a few more MACH points.

Not too shabby for our 8 year old girl.

April 11, 2010

LI Golden Retriever Club agility trials, Yaphank, NY - Crystal earns a qualifying score in Excellent B Standard with another Mach point. That's another leg towards her MX title.  Keep up the good work Crystal.

April 7, 2010

Happy 4th birthday to the Islandflats Rock & Roll "A" litter!  Crystal and Logan send birthday wishes to their children Piper, C.J., Lylah and Rasta.  The entire Islandflats gang is celebrating this very special day.

March 27 -  28, 2010

Edison, NJ - A good weekend in the confirmation ring for Lylah ...

Sat, Mar 27 - New Brunswick KC dog show:  Lylah was named Reserve Winners Bitch to a 3 point major under judge Elizabeth Muthard. OK, no points for Reserve, but Lylah showed beautifully and she was next runner up to the winner. Logan participated in Best of Breed, but there was no ribbon for him this time. 

Sun, Mar 28 - Bronx County KC dog show:  Lylah takes Winner's Bitch (WB) and Best of Opposite Sex (BOS) for 2 points under judge James S. Martin. Now we just need to get some majors ! 

February 28, 2010

Rockland County Kennel Club, Suffern, NY:  Lylah struts her stuff in the confirmation ring ... Handled by Margaret, Lylah earns Winner's Bitch (WB), Best of Winners (BoW) and Best of Opposite Sex (BOS) for 2 points under judge Edeltraud Laurin. Keep piling up those points Lylah!  Great things are in your future.

February 6 - 7, 2010
Ladies Kennel Association of America agility trials - Secaucus, NJ: A new title for Crystal !!!  After 2 flawless runs each in Standard Excellent and Excellent Jumpers, Crystal earns the third leg of her MXJ title and is now known as, TLC Starlite's First Gleaming CD RE AX *MXJ* NAC TN-N RL1 CGC. For the weekend Crystal and Margaret earned two double Qs and more MACH points. Yay Crystal ... don't stop now!
February 1, 2010
Another birthday party at Islandflats. Happy 8th birthday Crystal!  Islandflats wishes all the puppies in the TLC Starlight litter another happy birthday. New toys and celebrations all around!
November 19 -  22, 2009
2009 Thanksgiving Classic, W. Springfield,MA - Leap Agility Club trials - A busy agility weekend for Crystal, who earned her first QQ, her 7th and 8th MXJ legs, her 1st MX leg, and 8 MACH points!  
South Windsor KC dog show (NEFCRC supported entry) - Lylah finishes 4th in a large open bitch class under judge Sandra Goose Allen.
Islandflats good friend Chance, CH TLC Carry the Torch Chance CD *NAP* RA  earns a new title in Novice Agility Preferred. Crystal is very proud of her older brother.
October 31-November 1, 2009

Back Mountain KC Dog Shows - Bloomsburg, PA:  A busy weekend for the Islandflats crew ... Sat, Oct 31:

A NEW TITLE FOR Lylah !!!  With another qualifying score in the obedience ring (handled by Terry), Lylah earned her third leg in Novice Obedience and with that comes the title: Companion Dog (CD). She is now known as Islandflats American Pie *CD* RN CGCLogan showed in best of breed, but he wasn't chosen this time.   Sun, Nov 1: Lylah won Reserve Winners Bitch to a 5 point major! Still no points, but a very impressive conformation showing. Afterwards, she earned another qualifying score (an insurance leg) in obedience! 

Also, Crystal earned high qualifying scores in Rally Excellent (handled by Terry) and in Rally Advanced (handled by Margaret) to earn another leg towards her RAE title. Dog juggling in PA. - WOW!

October 17, 2009

Skyline Agility Club of Northern New Jersey agility trials, Yorktown Heights, NY:  Another qualifying score in Excellent Jumpers for Crystal. That's 6 legs towards her Master's Jumpers title (4 to go). Keep jumping Crystal!

October 11, 2009

Ramapo KC dog show - Augusta NJ: It's Crystal's turn in the Rally ring again. Handled by Terry, Crystal earns a qualifying score in the Excellent class, and then earns another qualifying score and a third place finish in the Advanced class! That's another leg towards her RAE title - only 8 more to go ...

October 10, 2009

Palisades KC dog show - Augusta NJ: After a long hiatus, Logan enters the conformation ring and winsBest of Breed under judge Betsy Yates. He strutted his stuff flawlessly, in a large entry to get the rosette. Speaking of large entries, Lylah won  Reserve Winners Bitch to a 4 pt major. That means that although she didn't earn any championship points, she beat a lot of other dogs in the ring. We're so proud of our "L" dogs!

October 4, 2009

Ladies Kennel Association Agility trials - Old Westbury, NY: Crystal earns another leg towards her MXJ with a qualifying score and a sixth place finish in the Excellent Jumpers class. Keep it up Crystal, the next title is just around the corner ...

September 14, 2009

It's Logan's Birthday! The Logan-ator is now 5 years old (wow ... how time flies)! The Islandflats crew wishes a Happy Birthday, and great things for the future to our boy Logan and all his littermates.

September 12 - 13, 2009

Princeton DTC Agility Trials - Jamesburg, NJ:  Crystal got her Agility Excellent title with a  clean run score of 100 and a first place in her class!  Crystal is now TLC Starlite's First Gleaming CD RE *AX* AXJ NAC TN-N RL1 CGC.  She also got 2 more legs towards her Master Jumpers Excellent title and 4 MACH points -- giving her a total of 4 MXJ legs and 13 (!) MACH points.

August 23, 2009

Staten Island Obedience Training Club's NADAC trial - Staten Island, NY:  Crystal became TLC Starlite's First Gleaming CD RE OA AXJ NAC *TN-N* RL1 CGC  achieving her Novice Tunnelers Title in NADAC; she also got her 7th O-NAC leg (Outstanding Novice Agility).

July 3-4, 2009

The Yankee Classic, West Springfield, MA:  Friday, July 3: Kennelworth KC Obedience Trial: Lylah enters the obedience ring with Terry, for her first ever obedience trial and earns a qualifying score in the Novice class! OK, so the performance was sloppy, and her score was a bare minimum qualify but we'll take it. Maybe we'll do better next time ...

Saturday, July 4 (Happy Birthday America)  Farmington Valley KC Obedience and Rally Trials:Crystal sets out on a new venture; the RAE title in Rally O. Handled by Margaret, Crystal earns a qualifying score in Excellent, and a qualifying score in Advanced, with a fourth place finish!  She just missed a perfect score. Only 9 more QQs needed for the new title.  At the same time, in another ring, Lylah was doing novice obedience with Terry. They did better than yesterday and earned their second qualifying score for the CD title. One more to go ...

Later that night the Islandflats crew celebrated with fireworks, barbeque, and cool libations (what else)!

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