Don't let that demure look fool you. CH Taplacs Daisy aka DAISY Date of birth: November 9, 2004 Daisy is our first owner handled Canadian Champion. Full of spunk it has been an adventure. We're now working towards our Novice Obedience title. One leg - two more to go! NEWS FLASH!!! October 7th at the Working-Herding Specialty Show in Red Deer, Daisy qualified two more times and is now has her Companion Dog title.

When Daisy arrived at the Calgary International Airport, we were experiencing a nasty cold snap. It was -30 celsius and we actually had snow. Well it didn't slow Daisy down. She sniffed, licked and then took off running into the snow drifts with total Berner delight! I didn't want to overload her, so I introduced her to Cutter and Onslow through the fence. Her reaction. A huge growl. That basically set the tone. "I'm Daisy, I'm in charge and don't you forget it!"

The look on Cutter's face says it all!

Daisy finished her Canadian Championship after three weekends of shows with all of her points coming from Best of Winners. She became a Canadian Champion at the Lower Mainland Dog Fanciers Show in Abbotsford, BC. Unfortunately, because I'm unable to count past 9, I didn't realize it until a month later when the summer results were posted. I had a photo done at a following show.

The proof is in the pudding or shall I say the photo! Here is our photo from the Working-Herding Specialty in Red Deer.

One of the events at the 2006 BMDCC National Specialty was a Junior Handling competition. When I was asked if Daisy could participate in the competition, I said "are you crazy?", but a very brave young lady named Lauren was very determined. I was too afraid to even go watch, instead I sat in the benching area waiting for someone to annouce over the loud speaker "DOG LOOSE - HANDLER DOWN". Imagine my surprise when Lauren returned Daisy to me and told me that they had won "Best Overall". We didn't manage to get a photo done that day, but we re-created it a few months later. Here is Lauren and Daisy (Larry Clark standing in for the original judge, Paul Bagnall).

**** Daisy's pedigree, health and title information can be viewed on the Berner-Garde Foundation website. Please click on the Berner-Garde button to your left ****