Tally's New ASCA Champion photo

ASCA CH Ebbtide It's About Time May 2014

  The beautiful ASCA CH Ebbtide It's About Time.  Quite possibly my favorite win photo of all time! Tally and owner/handler Karen MacDonald finish her ASCA Championship in Hugo, MN under judge Ron Moden. Handler and dog look great and never has the lowly dandelion looked so stunning!  From the talented "Time" Litter sired by GCH ASCA CH Hearthside's Nothin' To Lose CD RN and out of ASCA/AKC CH Ebbtide Fern.


 

Ebbtide It's About Time "Tally" wins BIG at the 2013 ASCA National Specialty

From our talented "Time" 2012 Litter sired by GCH ASCA CH Hearthside's Nothin' To Lose CD RN and out of our AKC/ASCA CH Ebbtide Fern we'd like to congratulate Karen MacDonald and "Tally",   Ebbtide It's About Time on an amazing ASCA NATIONAL SPECIALTY WINNERS BITCH award in Greeley, CO.
  Thank you, senior Breeder Judge Judy Norris for this honor, pictured below with owner/handler Karen.  Tally won from the 12-18 month class.

 Ebbtide It's About Time "Tally", Winners Bitch, ASCA 2013 National Specialty

  I love the win photo taken the day before for her class win:
 

   Tally's sister, Ebbtide No Time To Lose "V.V.", who lives here at Ebbtide, was a couple spots behind Tally in the same class, and won THIRD PLACE 12-18 MONTH BITCH .  "V.V." was sporting noticeably less hair than her fluffy sister and I almost pulled her from the competition. Sadly, V.V.'s win photo from Nationals was poor quality. But here she is, below,  7 months later (with hair!) winning a nice RESERVE WINNERS BITCH at a large (5 point major) ASCA show in central California.  Thank you ASCA Breeder Judge Canby Scott for your nice praise of V.V.  She has a large gallery of admirers at home and pretty much wherever she goes. I love her athleticism, intelligence, willingness to please, speed, working instinct and pretty dependable "Off" button.  I hope to have her in many performance venues.

Ebbtide No Time To Lose with Breeder/Owner/Handler Ann Atkinson
and breeder judge Canby Scott

Such Good Little Puppies! 2012 ASCA Nationals

  It's all over but posting the win photos:  I'm talking about a week of shows in Bakersfield with 1300+ Aussies in attendance.  That yearly occasion to see just what you are made of, in the world of Aussies.  I had 3 puppies from our "Time" Litter (CH Hearthside Nothin To Lose CD RN x CH Ebbtide Fern) shown and they did just fine, thank you.  It would not have happened without the help of an old friend, Karen MacDonald, who flew out from Minnesota, she thought, to pick up her new puppy. I'm not sure she knew it included "helping" me: showing multiple pups, washing multiple pups at 7am, loading and unloading puppies to and from the RV to the ring, and picking up lots of poop.  Ahhh, the glamour of a national dog show.  Happily, all our hard work paid off handsomely for Ebbtide Unnamed 1, 2 and 3 (unnamed at Nationals - now named).

 Ebbtide Island Time "Kona" aka "Snuffy"  Blue Merle Male 
   Owned by Ann Atkinson & Stacey Sias

• Best Opposite Sex Puppy  (Cascade ASC Pre-Show)
• 2 First Places 
• 1 Fourth Place
• not entered at Nationals

BEST OPPOSITE SEX PUPPY Cascade ASC Pre-Show
"Kona" aka "Snuffy" Ebbtide Island Time 

FIRST PLACE 2-4 Month Puppy Dog Merle "Kona"  Ebbtide Island Time 

Ebbtide It's About Time "Tally" 
Owned by Karen MacDonald

• 3 First Places 
• 1 Second Place 

FIRST PLACE 2-4 BLUE MERLE  Sweepstakes Nationals
 Ebbtide It's About Time  "Tally" and breeder Ann Atkinson

EBBTIDE NO TIME TO LOSE "Vivi"
  Owned by Ann Atkinson

• 2 First Places
• 2 Third Places

                FIRST PLACE BLACK 2-4 NATIONAL SWEEPSTAKES       

Ebbtide No Time To Lose "Vivi" and handler Karen MacDonald
Thank you Judge Tiffany Levin Almeroth

2012 Litter

Fern and Bodie - The Wedding Photo

 Born July 19, 2012 to our very special AKC/ASCA CH EBBTIDE FERN and by the uber-handsome GRCH/ASCA CH HEARTHSIDE NOTHIN' TO LOSE "Bodie",  we are pleased to present 6 puppies - 2 males (1 blue merle, 1 black tri) and 4 females (1 blue merle, 3 black tris).
Here they are at 4 weeks of age:

Now taking competition/performance home reservations on this litter; possibility of an active, training-centered companion home spot on the list, too. Our goal when choosing this breeding combination was a litter sound in mind and body, with breed type and conformation quality and performance talent in agility, obedience/rally and possibly some decent herding talent. MVA competitors?

Evaluations will be made around 8 weeks of age, entire litter CERF'd between 7-8 weeks.  We don't take reservations by sex/color: We place puppies by temperament and suitability to task they are required to perform.  Bodie is now a Hall of Fame Sire in ASCA, and Fern's first and only litter has produced: An AKC Champion, multiple AKC Group 1 BBX winner,  2 ASCA Champions, AKC/ASCA UD , ASCA Nationals RWD, ASCA Obedience Open Finals winner, Rally titled, Agility titled and Herding Tested offspring, and more competing to come.

Both parents, of course, are 2012 CERF clear, OFA hips (Bodie Excellent, Fern Good) & both OFA elbows Normal. MDR-1 results: Bodie Norma/Normal, Fern Mutant/Normal; Both DNA Hereditary Cataract Clear.