Updates

It's been a while!

There is no way to tell everything without boring you completely, so I am just going to throw up a couple pictures and a couple bullets.

• Zuzu is a Champion!
• We finally did it.  Through many shows, she got her wins.  Mostly agains Zee, but she also beat a Champion Bernese Mountain Dog in group.  Congrats to CH Ditto by Trailsend!!
• We went to Kalamazoo!
• Our first Parade of Portugal and UKC Premier.  It was so much fun!  Both Zu and Zee competed.  We didn't win anything, but they behaved in the ring and had a great time.  
• I spent lots of money shopping and they both got ice cream.  And I got ice cream.  We forgot to buy Jim ice cream and he was not happy.
• Zuzu had her OFA x-rays and passed!
• That means that we can breed her.  
• In August we'll have Dourado come to visit and, God-willing, we'll have puppies in our home sometime this fall.
• Zee visited NC again to see McCoy!
• We're not sure if this time was successful though.  Rumor has it a turkey-baster was involved, but we won't go into details for fear of humiliating Dogzilla.
• We made another trip to Florida
• The dogs still love the ocean
• Zuzu fell in the pool.  Mom, yes my MOM, screamed like a little girl and LIFTED my 92 lb dog straight out of the deep end!!!!
• We came up with a Kennel name
• Nec Aspera Estrela
• It means "No Fear".  It kind of goes hand-in-hand with the "Guardian" aspect of the breed, plus it speaks to us going ahead with the very scary adventure of breeding.
• We are building our Kennel website.  Stay Tuned!

And now, for pictures:

McCoy, with Zee's babies from last winter

Our "camp" at Premier, in Kalamazoo

Zee, Zuzu, and Pash at Premier

Zuzu's Hips

Zuzu's elbow

Current Listing of Top Ten dogs on the UKC web page!

Another trip to Florida