The Seastar Family Diary

What a Wedding!

2011-09-11T15:55:00.003-05:00

Congrats to Kaila and Joe on their marriage... and what a great picture. Complete with Magic who was in the Wedding party. He did a great job, wanting to make it special for his special girl Kaila.

Great Picture of Fundy

2011-06-17T18:49:00.003-05:00

Photo courtesy of Jan. "Happy girl in the bathtub after a swim in the bog". What a great photo!

Fundy's New Trick

2011-04-22T20:18:00.002-05:00

Jan shared this video of Fundy's new trick. What a good girl!

Lilly earns two selects at 2011 NESGA

2011-04-02T13:36:00.004-05:00

After a long hiatus in the showing world, Seastar's Northern Lilly handled by Melissa Smith, earned her first two select awards towards her grand championship title on both days of the 2011 New England Sporting Group Show. Even after two litters of puppies (one which was delivered just over two months prior to the NESGA show) Lilly still proves shes got what it takes to win.

Jaxson ...

2011-03-28T19:20:00.004-05:00

An update on Jaxson (formerly Dino from the Gracie x Colin litter)... from his family:

"Time flies when you're having fun and Jaxson has made our lives a lot of fun. He is absolutely a wonderful animal. He starting swimming last spring (in a lake) and has turned out to be a real fish. His character and temperament could not be better. He is an amazing retriever and is in love with tennis balls. He may play center field for the Red Sox soon, because he is now catching tennis balls thrown 50 feet into the air.

Oldest Daughter, Youngest Toller

2011-03-10T17:10:00.000-05:00

Just a quick photo of our Katie and Seastar's Queen Charlotte (Colin x Gracie, Flintstones litter). Both girls are sweet-tempered, smart, athletic, beautiful and extremely stubborn. And obviously purebred!

Dasher - belated post for his new CHAMPIONSHIP

2011-02-28T11:26:00.002-05:00

Dasher (CH Seastar's Dashing Prince) completed his AKC championship last year at the North Shore Kennel club. Dasher is from Spirit x Zoey. He's a great guy - very friendly, sweet and loves to work -- plus he's a handsome fellow. Congrats!

David Frei, Martha Stewart, Kelty and I

2011-02-19T16:27:00.003-05:00

At Westminster this year, Martha Stewart, her assistant and David Frei came by to see Kelty (GCH CH Seastar's Dark 'N Stormy Kelty Fife) who was the #5 Toller this year. We made the final cut in the breed ring in the best lineup of Tollers I have ever seen.

Puppies!!

2011-01-17T08:46:00.003-05:00

Lilly & Dasher's girls (above) @ 2 weeks old.

Jasmine & Cooper boys - now 3 weeks old.

Lilly x Dasher (1/2/11)

2011-01-10T19:16:00.002-05:00

Only two days into the new year, and Lilly brought us a litter of three gorgeous little girls (The Powderpuff Girls - Buttercup, Bubbles & Blossom).

Jasmine x Cooper (12/24/10)

2011-01-10T19:10:00.003-05:00

Christmas Eve brought some early presents for Jasmine when Santa delivered us 4 beautiful & healthy boys; first was "Jack", next brought us "Frost", then "Chris", and finally "Kringle".

Santa & The Girls

2010-11-22T21:04:00.004-05:00

Happy Holidays .... Santa photos at MSPCA Nevins Farm this weekend. Gracie and Lola got their holiday cheer on early this year.

Fundy at Punkatasset

2010-07-30T16:55:00.002-05:00

Spent a few hours at Punkatasset in Concord ... we had a blast!

In the first picture, I had thrown a small stick out near the lilly pads, and somehow she got all tangled up and came out with this huge 4ft long beaver-chewed log, swam into some tree branches on the way back and eventually gave up getting it to shore ... she has those big dilated scaredy eyes! ... thought I was going to have to go in after her!

Muddy Charlotte

2010-07-30T10:27:00.004-05:00

Charlotte is still drop dead gorgeous even when she's covered in mud! Charlotte is from Gracie x Colin and is not quite a year old in this picture. Had to be mad at such a sweet & pretty girl even when she is a bad mud dog.

Happy 2nd Birthday!

2010-07-29T17:36:00.005-05:00

Happy Birthday to the Royalty Litter pups. Hope to see some pics of Fundy's siblings!!

Here are 2 of Fundy in NB ... she is a handful, but we love her!

Happy Birthday

2010-07-29T17:00:00.002-05:00

Rusty says Happy Birthday to all his sisters from the "Royalty Litter"!!!!

Fundy playing soccer ... not quite ready for the World Cup!

2010-07-25T15:45:00.003-05:00

Lola is a Genius

2010-07-24T08:17:00.000-05:00

New dog "thinking" game that uses nose work. Lola is a genius.

Lola & Gracie Swimming

2010-07-18T15:20:00.000-05:00

Burgee's 2nd Major - Topsfield Show

2010-06-28T06:42:00.005-05:00

Jane, Madonna and Burgee

Burgee (formerly Betty from The Flintstones litter: Colin x Gracie) earned her second major by taking Winners Bitch on Sunday at the Topsfield Show. She got her first major at NESGA this past March when she just 7 months old & now has gotten her second at 10 months old. What a great start to her show career! She is a very sweet, happy girl with lots of leg and great rear angles. She moves very nicely in the ring and we are looking forward to watching her mature.

Fundy

2010-06-12T18:07:00.002-05:00

one more of silly girl ..........

Few action photos of Fundy

2010-06-07T07:34:00.002-05:00

Here are a few more pics of the crazy girl in action!

Few pics of Fundy

2010-06-07T07:27:00.002-05:00

Here are a few recent pics of the Fundy dog having fun this summer.

Some Pics of Vedder

2010-06-06T13:03:00.005-05:00

Here are some pics of Vedder as well from this past weekend. The one above with Vedder in action is my favorite.

2010-06-06T12:38:00.002-05:00

Well, Laura told me eventually Vedder would get his sea legs and this past Memorial Day weekend was the culmination of me patiently waiting for Vedder to get there.

I was fishing on Lake Pocono with my friend Todd on his boat. Vedder was hanging out and taking it all in when suddenly he caught sight of a lure I had on my rod and just jumped off of the boat after it into the lake. It was amazing to see him just dive in and figure it out as soon as he hit the water.

We went ashore later that morning and I proceeded to throw sticks; which are Vedder's favorite thing to retrieve, into the lake. It was a complete transformation of his development from my stand point. He lost any inhibitions he had with the water with one quick leap of faith into Lake Pocono.

Here is a video of he and I playing together on the shore of Lake Pocono this past weekend:

Vermont Getaway Over Memorial Day

2010-06-02T18:38:00.002-05:00

It's dog heaven up in Alburgh VT on Lake Champlain. Lola and Gracie enjoyed the freedom of lots of fields, rock beach and the lake. Plus they had the added excitement of hunting the resident red Fox and her 3 kits as well as they woodchuck that also appeared near their den. They would go screaming, literally, out the screen door, around the house and to the den over and over, all day long - hoping to catch the foxes. Thankfully, they remained unsuccessful in their hunt. They also followed me around in the kayak - I would go out on the lake and they would both swim next to me -- that tired them out GOOD! Hope everyone had a wonderful Memorial Day weekend, we all certainly did up in Vermont.

Moses has reached the Promised Land

2010-05-22T08:08:00.004-05:00

I adopted Moses on Thursday and he is the most adorable sweet dog. He loves his new family and is thrilled to have sophie ( a 4 year old Golden ) and snickers ( an 11 year old brown Lab). They are perfect together, although Sophie definitely tells Moses where her space is.

Moses loves running on the Golf course early in the am and went in swimming today. Sophie and he share a ball and Moses has no problem giving it to her and vice a versa.

we had our first training session yesterday, but Moses is so good already in coming, sitting and down. I am proud of him.

I am indebted to Jane for letting me have her dog- he is wonderful.

Deborah

ROSIE: 6/10/96 - 4/2/10

2010-05-09T18:37:00.005-05:00

ROSIE

AKC/NSTDRC (USA)/Can/ ARBA Grand Ch Driftwood’s Rose CD JH WCI VC Cgc

June 10, 1996 to April 2, 2010

Rosie came into my life 14 years ago as a family pet. I contacted Carol and Paul Milbury on the recommendation of Sue Van Sloun – all of whom, have become lifelong friends. I never imagined Rosie would become the foundation bitch for Seastar Kennel, earn a Best of Breed at the 2000 National Specialty and bring countless hours of joy through her 9 kids, numerous grandkids and a multitude of next generations. Her legacy has earned countless titles, Evelyn Williams Awards, Rusty Jones Awards, Invitations to Westminster, Crufts, Eukanuba and much more.

Rosie was unique – like other Tollers. She was a founding member of the BLBRC (Blind Leading the Blind Retriever Club) and was one of the first to earn the JH and WCI. Known as “Squeaky”, she brought Paul Botehlo to his knees and entertained the galley in his efforts to get her to come back. She did not like his truck so found her way to humble him.

Rosie earned many Championships. Her first was from the American Rare Breed Association where she earned multiple group placements and the ARBA Grand Championship. She went on to earn the AKC, NSDTRC (USA) and CKC CH. I enjoyed showing her exclusively.

Rosie provided puppies to my family & friends. My sister Laurie Warden and her husband Lundy, have Lola & Gracie; my brother John Warden has Zeus; my dear friends the Johnsons have Lexie & Winston; Lauren Cramer and Jim Baptiste have Zoey & Dasher: Christine and Rob Jones have Meadow & Finn; Ed and Michele McGrath have Derrie & Kelty; Deb Smith and her kids have Lilly & Jasmine, and the list forever grows…….it is an extended family of true friends. Sue Van Sloun, Marile Waterstraat, John Hamilton, Gretchen Botner, Lee Ann Gleason, Jean Gilroy, Deb Gibbs, Peggy Park, Sue Kish, Alison Strang and many more have helped mentor me to success. Thank you all.

Rosie died peacefully in my arms on April 2nd and is buried under a beautiful flowering tree overlooking the ocean. She will be remembered by many whose lives she touched and changed forever, including mine.

Jane Folkman, Seastar Kennel

Fundy

2010-05-03T17:52:00.005-05:00

Here are two pics of Fundy on the footstool (we call it the toadstool) watching the Westminster Dog show on TV ... really. We swear, she really watches TV sometimes.

Do anyone else's Tollers watch TV??

2010-05-03T17:07:00.015-05:00

Just got motivated to post a few pics of Fundy from a trip to the Cape in February ... she loves the beach!

Great photos!

2010-05-03T17:01:00.002-05:00

Hi all,
Great to see the posts of Moses and Vedder .... nice pics and videos! They both look very handsome and happy!

Keep the updates coming! Sorry, we check the blog often for new pics of the Seastar family ... especially the new puppies! :)
Jan

Sweet, Happy Moses

2010-04-26T06:57:00.004-05:00

A few pictures of Moses taken this weekend at Jane's house. He is a very sweet and happy puppy. He went for his first swim on Saturday -- he didn't even know he was swimming, he just really wanted that bumper! He carried it around in his mouth as we walked around. What a natural. Moses is formerly BammBamm from The Flintstones litter (and brother to Vedder below).

Some Vedder Video's

2010-04-25T12:39:00.002-05:00

Some short video's of Vedder; enjoy!

Seastar's Rock & Roll - Vedder

2010-04-25T12:06:00.007-05:00

Hello Laura, Jane and All:

Sorry for the delayed post here, been a busy winter and gearing up for the summer. Here are some pic's of Vedder; aka Seastar's Rock & Roll. Hope all is well!

Bonnie & Clyde

2010-03-28T17:53:00.002-05:00

Say Hello to Bonnie & Clyde! They are 4 weeks old now and really starting to motor around - very healthy and big puppies. Bonnie is the pup with white on her face and Clyde is the super cute boy with little triangle white on his head. Lilly is a super great Mom.

At Massabesic Lake 2-28-10

2010-03-16T13:19:00.003-05:00

Rusty & Molly love walking these trails. They were tough for a few days. Had to climb over alot of downed trees!!

Bonnie & Clyde - Lilly x Magic

2010-02-28T18:52:00.004-05:00

Lilly gave birth to two beautiful and healthy puppies on Thursday, February 25. First there was Clyde, and then Bonnie came along. All are doing great, Lilly is a natural at being a mom.

Gracie hunts up a deer leg... yuck

2010-02-21T08:59:00.002-05:00

The other night, on our walk, Gracie went off into the woods. She was gone a long time which is unusual for her - she typically stays right near me. I called and called, nothing. Just as I started to get really worried, she came flying out of the woods with something in her mouth. At first Ithought it was a stick but as she came and sat in front of me, I realized it was no ordinary stick -- it had fur, a hoof and bones... It was a deer leg! Yuck... told her to drop it - she really didn't want to - but obeyed. She was so pleased with herself for being a deer hunter.

Orvis photo contest

2010-01-24T11:28:00.004-05:00

Check out the Orvis photo contest ... just posted an entry for Fundy. Only saw ONE other Toller in all the entries. Tonight is the deadline for entries.
Orvis Online Dog Photo Contest
You can vote for your favorites which makes a donation to canine cancer research.
Hope everyone is well and having fun with their Seastar Tollers!

MORE of FUNDY-DOG in CANADA

2010-01-12T19:46:00.001-05:00

FUNDY in CANADA

2010-01-12T19:41:00.001-05:00

PHOTO SHOOT WITH FUNDY - CHRISTMAS WEEK IN NEW BRUNSWICK

2010-01-12T19:30:00.005-05:00

Yum ... snowflakes!

Fundy on the driveway

Can't believe she is swimming ... only about 20 degrees out!

ACTION PHOTOS OF FUNDY

2010-01-12T19:04:00.008-05:00

Running in the snow!

Chasing sticks on the beach

Love the blue eyes!

Some pictures from our Christmas week in New Brunswick

Fundy loved every minute of it!

Happy Holidays and Best Wishes to all!

Jan and Janet and Fundy

Rusty says Happy New Year!!!

2010-01-01T18:58:00.001-05:00

Snowy life in PA~Handsome Samson

2009-12-23T21:10:00.004-05:00

Samson is all ready for his first Christmas

Samson loves to catch a few snow flakes!

Samson and Lily on their snow adventure!

Hello everyone! My name is Kira Shenk and the new Mom of Seastar's Handsome Samson, previously known as "Barney".

Samson is loving life:-) Samson discovered his new love, snow. Samson has now enjoyed his first and second snow. The second snow fall was over a foot of snow, he had an absolute field day! He loves nothing more than to play in the snow and eat it. He also loved playing in the snow with his sister Lily. I am very excited as it is Samson's first Christmas, he has many presents this year:-) Thank you Jane and Laurie for the best Christmas present I could have ever asked for as I get to spend the holiday with the best little puppy ever!
Merry Christmas and Happy New year to everyone! I hope all of the families of Samson's brothers and sisters are having a great holiday season and are having a lot of fun with their puppy:-)

House of Two Tollers

2009-12-17T17:05:00.000-05:00

Hello, All. We are the Youngs in California and the new family of Seastar's Queen Charlotte, previously known as "Wilma." Charlotte has made her peace with the older Toller here, Hyflyer's Madeleine, and is thoroughly enjoying her first snow. We hope that all of you are having as much fun with your puppies as we are having here in the mountains with ours.

Charlotte very much prefers to be outside in the snow, and will chase snowballs until our hands freeze!

Thank you Jane and Laurie for a such beautiful, playful and smart little addition to our family.

Kelty is a New Champion

2009-12-16T10:21:00.002-05:00

Seastar's Dark 'n Stormy Kelty Fife finished his Championship in Providence with a specatular 5 point major going over two top five male specials and two top female specials from the Bred-By class under judge Edletraud Laurin. The next day judge Doug Johnson pulled him to the front as well commenting that the first 3 dogs were to die for placing Kelty in the same class as two of the top five Tollers this year. We were so very pleased as Kelty is only 1 1/2 years old. He looked marvelous.

Rusty with StepSon Richard's dog JoJo. Rusty is singing to her :)

2009-12-07T13:04:00.000-05:00

Rusty with Santa. Handsome Boy!!

2009-12-07T12:54:00.003-05:00

Yet more photos of Fundy ............

2009-12-02T18:16:00.010-05:00

Too tired to make it back from the beach to the car!

Fundy and a washed-up lobster buoy

Sunrise!

Thanks for the wakeup call at sun-up!

Tired spoiled girl!

Riding a wave!

Ya ready???

Can you say Nor' Easter???

Sleepy girl!

That's all for now ..... would love to see some pictures of Fundy's siblings, and the Cocktail and Flintstone litter pups.

Thanks,

Jan and Janet

2009-12-02T18:02:00.004-05:00

Here are a few more of the Fundster at the beach ... she was in her glory!

2009-12-01T17:10:00.001-05:00

Fundy at the beach

New Fundy photos ... Fall 2009

2009-11-21T16:33:00.006-05:00

Here are a few recent photos of the Fundy-dog ... looking pretty, waiting for a stick to retrieve, playing on the leafy trails, and swimming with her new pal in the mucky brook.

Tail Waggin Tutors

2009-11-02T17:49:00.002-05:00

http://www.southcoasttoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20091101/LIFE/911010339

Sadie and I have finally begun to put the Therapy Dog Certification Program to work with the Tail Waggin Tutors Program at the Southworth Library in South Dartmouth.

Check out the link to this wonderful, heart warming program. It really does make you feel great when your dog has such a positive impact on the lives of others.

Nelia is a model

2009-10-27T21:28:00.002-05:00

Hi All,

Thought I should pass on the fun fact that Nelia is the model for the 2010 Backyard Classic. It helps that Katy Ryan the designer of the logo is Nelia's biggest fan. They are selling some totally awesome stuff that will be ready for the holidays. Needless to say I'll be buying a few things ;-) Also on the website the picture to the left of the logo is Nelia. Here is the link for the stuff

http://shop.thebackyardclassic.com/

Enjoy your shopping.

Wags,

Sara & Nelia (Seastars Serandipity 4 Duckpin RN) - Sadie x Reid

Beautiful Fundy

2009-10-26T17:28:00.004-05:00

Recent pictures of Fundy (Gracie x Clipper) during her fall beach vacation. She just loves the beach and swimming. Isn't she pretty??

Gracie Playing with her pups

2009-09-21T21:16:00.003-05:00

Short video of Gracie playing with her 3 week old puppies. Pups are from the Flintstones litter (Gracie x Colin). Lots of fun to watch, she is a GREAT Mom.

Debbie Peeks in on the pups

2009-09-07T15:18:00.004-05:00

Debbie came to visit yesterday and Gracie loved all the attention. To help Gracie settle in at night and sleep (she can only sleep in a crate), Jane constructed a 'tent' above the whelping box. For now Gracie has all the privacy she wants in her little home.

Cocktails to Go

2009-09-05T09:07:00.003-05:00

Lauren and Jim will be sending the cocktail litter home this weekend thus the phrase "Cocktails to Go". The puppies new owners will be coming to get their new family members over Labor Day. We are very pleased with the litter and hope that some of the girls will make their show debut at the New England Sporting Dog Shows March 2010. Lauren and Jim did a fantastic job raising the litter and I am sure it will seem a bit lonely without the puppies. But we know that Dasher will keep the tradition of muddy paws in the house and Zoey will have him to keep her company.

Welcome: The Flintstones Litter

2009-08-30T14:08:00.003-05:00

Saturday August 29, 2009 -- Gracie whelped 7 beautiful puppies. 5 boys and 2 girls. This is our Flintstones litter, with pups in birth order: Fred, Barney, Bamm Bamm, Betty, Dino, Wilma and The Great Gazoo (Gazoo).

They are all healthy and doing well - weighing in between 12 oz and 14.5 oz. The girls have big beautiful blazes and all pups with 4 white feet, chests and little tail tips.

Congrats to proud parents: Gracie and Colin

Fetch Rusty

2009-08-25T16:26:00.002-05:00

Gracie - 2 Weeks to Go

2009-08-14T07:23:00.004-05:00

This is Gracie - 2 weeks before her due date. She was bred to Colin (CH Westerlea's Bold Venture) at the end of June. She is getting big, slowing down and her belly fur is falling out. She does enjoying swimming to cool her down during the hot August days.

The Cocktail Litter: 2 Weeks Old

2009-07-30T09:58:00.002-05:00

New Canine Candystripers

2009-07-27T06:09:00.005-05:00

Left to right: Hope, Magic and Sadie

Hope and Magic yapping about their new titles while Sadie wonders "Did I really produce these 2 Jokers?".

All kidding aside, Jane qualified each dog with a TDI Certificate, enabling them, to work safely with people who have special needs, such as the developmentally or physically disabled.

To earn this advanced certificate, dogs must first possess their American Kennel Club (AKC) Canine Good Citizen certification which is the basis for the more advanced TDI certification test that allows dogs to become Therapy Dogs. Following Therapy Dog training, dogs take an exam administered by a certified TDI evaluator, where, upon successfully passing this test, the dog will receive their Therapy Dog certification.

Hope, Magic and Sadie are now qualified with TDI for Therapy Dog work. CONGRATS.

The Cocktail Litter: 13 Days Old

2009-07-26T19:51:00.005-05:00

Left to right - Saki, Gibson, Margarita, Martini, Cosmo
Pups from Zoey x Riggs. Pictured here just shy of 2 weeks old -- the boy Gibson is second from the left - he's already over 3 lbs. Their eyes are starting to open and they like to army crawl around the whelping box. Zoey is a fantastic Mom and Dasher looks in on them too. What nice bunch of pups.

Seastar Spring 09 Field Achievements

2009-07-26T14:13:00.005-05:00

From left to right people: Laurie, Jane, Lauren and Jim.
From left to right dogs: Gracie, Hope, Zoey and Dasher
Other: Decoys standing and sitting

This spring, Seastar participated in local Hunting Retriever Club field tests and we are proud to announce that Gracie, Zoey and Dasher all earned legs towards their Started titles.

Hope earned her SHR title in an amazing 4 for 4 tests! Way to go Hope. So fun to watch her leap into the water to get her duck.

Tests were challenging but fair. The weather held and was decent and the Seastar family enjoyed the days out in the field. The dogs loved the excitement of getting their birds.

2009-07-24T16:49:00.000-05:00

Last post for the day ... even more Fundy pics

2009-07-15T17:26:00.004-05:00

Chewing on driftwood!

Looking pretty at New River Beach

Mucking around at low tide

Very tired wet rat!

All done!!

Jan, Janet and Fundy!

More Fundy photos from Canada

2009-07-15T17:19:00.001-05:00

Who taught you to carry a stick?!

That's better!

Swimming!

Searching for baby brook trout!

Fundy's Canada trip ... more pictures

2009-07-15T16:39:00.003-05:00

Fundy scrambling on the rocks on the beach at low tide

Waiting for the tide and wind to blow her stick to shore! This was before she learned to swim!

Resting (yes, on the furniture!) after a busy day at the beach!

Fundy looking very tiny on the big beach at low tide... I think she was eating God knows what (some mussel shells or animal bone??) while I wasn't looking!

more to follow

Jasmine's Puppy Group 4

2009-07-14T10:15:00.004-05:00

On Sunday, June 28 Seastar's Northern Jasmine, handled by Debbie Smith took a puppy group four placement from the Sporting Puppy group at the Wampanoag Kennel Club show held in Wrentham, Ma.

Fundy's first trip to Canada

2009-07-13T17:54:00.006-05:00

Fundy on a rock below the falls

First time in over her head ... note the unretrieved stick in the water beyond her!

Boy, she sure looks like her Momma Gracie!

Fundy and her favorite playground ball!

Hi all,

Here are a few pics of Fundy's first trip to Janet's family's place in New Brunswick ... she had a BLAST!! Lots of room to chase balls, run in the field, poke her nose in the creek, swim on the rocky beach, and rest in the cool seaweed. Went swimming/retrieving (over her head!) for the first time ... it took me in my waders to lure her out there, but once she knew she could do it ... she loved it!

Our best and congrats to all the show winners in the prior posts ... Jasmine, Lilly and Kelty ... they are all so beautiful!

Keep the posts coming ... we love to see and hear about Fundy's brother and sisters!

Jan and Janet

more pics to follow

Lilly Awarded Best of Breed

2009-07-06T18:58:00.002-05:00

CH Seastar's Northern Lilly took the breed at the Middlesex County Kennel Club show with a very nice lineup of 15 Tollers including 6 very nice specials. Melissa Smith did a fabulous job of presenting her to the judge and their teamwork is awesome. We are very lucky to have the Smith girls on the Seastar team. This second BOB win has launched Lilly back to the Top 10 list.

Jasmine is a New Champion

2009-07-06T18:55:00.003-05:00

Seastar's Northern Jasmine finished her Championship from the puppy class with her fourth major and all best of winners awards at the Topsfield shows with Deb Smith at the end of the lead. This great little Toller has won over noted specials all ready taking Best of Breed awards too! All at the age of 10 months. She's smokin'

Kelty's First Major

2009-07-06T18:47:00.002-05:00

Seastar's Dark 'N Stormy Kelty Fife earned his first major from the puppy class over a nice line up of BBE and Open Dogs at the North Shore Kennel Club in Topsfield with Stephen Owens handling the young boy. They make a handsome team and we are proud of Kelty's accomplishments at such a young age. Thanks to Michele and Ed McGrath for cobreeding Kelty and the rest of the Rock Starz litter. Kelty is exactly what we had hoped for in a Toller. Beauty, brains and biddable.

Family Head Study

2009-06-20T07:30:00.001-05:00

Family head study: from left to right: Dad Clipper, Daughter Jasmine and Mom Gracie

CH Seastar's Northern Jasmine

2009-06-20T07:27:00.005-05:00

Last weekend, at the Topsfield Show, Jasmine finished her AKC Championship at 10.5 months of age. She finished with 4 majors, multiple BWs and even taking BOB over a Special. Jasmine is an absolute sweetheart - very affectionate and loveable. She is from Gracie's first litter with Clipper. She is taking a break from show ring to play for the summer.

2009-06-18T10:51:00.002-05:00

Another trail on Massabesic with a good water entrance (but we don't go in the water :))

2009-06-18T10:48:00.000-05:00

2009-06-18T10:38:00.001-05:00

Hi all,

I wanted to give you an update on our boy Rusty. We have 2 more classes before he gets his "Good Citizen" award on the 29th. We've been going to American K9 Country in Milford. We will take July off because we are going to Pennsylvania to spend a week with Greg's family. We will then start again in August. He is officially registered with the AKC (if you want a copy let me know). He is 52.2 lbs as of yesterday and stands around 21 1/2" but I think his rear legs did settle down.

On the down side, he has been favoring his left front leg for the last week so we took him to the vets Monday night. They checked him out and only found some pine pitch between his paws. They then did a blood test for Lyme Disease and he tested positive. He is now taking anitbiotics for the next 4 weeks and had a quantitative blood test sent out. He became an extremely "picky" eater a few months ago. It's really hard to get him to eat anything (especially breakfast) but treats. We've tried all kinds of different foods,adding soft food. They work for a couple times then he doesn't eat them again. What's best is adding an egg to the dry food but don't do that every day. There's a brand that's called "Whole Foods" that is shaped as a bone but contains all the nutrients and serving size of regular food. He eats that for dinner, so far. We're hoping this a side effect of the Lyme's and after a few doses will start eating like a regular dog.

On the up side, he is happy and active as always. We walk around 2 miles a day, every day. Tueday we did around 4 miles at Tower Hill Pond. He plays with my sisters dog almost every week and he has his girlfriends next door and across the street that come over and play in our yard (its fenced in). This helps cut down on his humping behavior, miss too long and he'll go for 6 hours!!

When I drive around town with the windows down for him to stick his head out to smell, I wonder when he'll get his first taste of a female in heat and how he'll react. Do I need to keep the windows up high so he can't? There are definitely different reactions when around other males. Some are okay some aren't. People keep telling us "good luck" when we say we're not planning on neutering him so he can breed. We keep talking about it and hoping it will work out. But he is the sweetest, good, handsome boy and we LOVE him sooooo much!!! Family says we're nuts :)

Love Mimi, Greg & Rusty

Trini-- a star in the making!

2009-05-18T19:27:00.004-05:00

Trinidad (aka Aurora from the GracieXClipper litter) has taking a liking to agility. Here is our girl in action! We go to agility classes twice a week, and have decided that she needs a professional agility handler, as Brad nor myself can keep up with her. The other days of the week we are working on field and obedience. She is a very active dog, we are enjoying her immensely!

Dasher Takes Winner's Dog and Best Puppy

2009-04-11T08:28:00.008-05:00

Dasher's first show was at the 2009 NE Sporting Dog Show on
Saturday where he wowed the judges and took Best Puppy in Sweeps
and Winner's Dog earning his first 4 point major. He is very sweet
and has the overall type the judge's are looking for. I enjoyed
showing him in the Bred-By Class and will look forward to
our next time out.

Jasmine Snags Winner's Bitch, Best of Winners and Both Majors At NESGA

2009-03-29T19:22:00.004-05:00

Jasmine and Deb made a big splash at the NESGA shows. On Saturday
and Sunday, at the young age of 7 months, Jasmine earned Winner's Bitch,
Best of Winners, a 4 point and a 3 point major. Jasmine also earned
Best Puppy in Sweeps on Sunday and showed like a pro with Deb. We
are proud of our youngest new star at Seastar Kennel.

Sadie is Best Gun Dog and Veteran

2009-03-29T19:19:00.002-05:00

At age nine Sadie is still fine. She took Best Veteran in Sweeps both
days at the NESGA shows as well as Best Gun Dog on Sunday. Jane and
Sadie got the show lead out for their club and enjoyed showing
in the group ring as well.

Magic Takes Best of Opposite at NESGA

2009-03-29T19:16:00.004-05:00

Kaila and Magic worked hard to earn Best of Opposite
in a nice line up of Tollers at the NESGA shows. It
was great to see the team in action again. They
looked great together and certainly attracted Judge
Hilderman's attention

Lilly Wins Best of Breed at NESGA

2009-03-29T19:08:00.003-05:00

Melissa and Lilly wowed judge Hilderman and took Best of Breed
in a large lineup of Tollers at the Sunday NESGA shows. In a
flawless performance, Lilly maintained her tradition of winning
at this particular show.

Seastar Shines at The New England Sporting Group Shows

2009-03-29T18:59:00.003-05:00

All the Seastar entries excelled at the NESGA shows. On Sunday Lilly took Best of Breed, Magic went Best of Opposite, Sadie took Best Gun Dog,and Jasmine took Best of Winners and Best Puppy in Sweeps. Jasmine earned 2 majors and on Saturday Dasher earned a major and went Best Puppy in Sweeps. Hope and Gracie made the cut for Best of Breed so all our dogs got recognized. We were quite pleased as this was the largest show in the northeast since the National Specialty in Syracuse.

Sisters: Jasmine and Bell

2009-02-14T18:27:00.006-05:00

Sisters Jasmine and Bell @ 6.5 months old

This is Bell (formerly Cinderella).. isn't she a cutie?

Jasmine and Bell again.

Debbie & Jasmine Show Ring Debut

2009-02-14T18:23:00.003-05:00

Debbie and Jasmine (6.5 months old) made their show debut at the Hartford Civic Center. They both looked to be enjoying themselves and Jasmine was super! She took reserve winner's bitch (RWB) and thoroughly loved the attention and she ran round the ring. Right behind her was sister Bell (formely Cinderella)... Jasmine placed 1st, Cinderella 2nd in their class of 3. Way to go!

Both pups showed no fear of the ring or all the dogs, smells, people and noise. We are so proud.

She's still a tiny girl!

2009-01-23T18:48:00.002-05:00

Here's a pic of Fundy with her new friend Piper the Lab, down at the park .... she loves the snow and the other dogs!!

J and J

Nelia Kills the Balloon

2009-01-21T11:59:00.003-05:00

This is a video of Nelia when she was about a year old. She LOVEs to attack balloons and bubbles and has done it since she was a little baby. She is now 2.5 years old but I just learned how to edit and upload videos. Hope you enjoy!

Sara and Nelia - Seastars Serandipity 4 Duckpin RN

Trini and Amanda's first Confirmation Class

2009-01-20T13:44:00.004-05:00

Amanda, Trini's co-owner is thinking about handling Trini in the confirmation ring. Last night both tried their hand at confirmation. I had Amanda handle Nelia who is well trained in the ring and I handled Trini who went from hissy fits about having a slip/martingale lead on to having fun with all those "cookies". That is Trini on the left with me and Nelia with Amanda on the right. Thanks to Brad Trini's other half for taking some pictures and video.

Sara, Nelia & Trini

Trini & Nelia

2009-01-20T13:39:00.004-05:00

Trini (Seastar's Island Dream 4 Duckpin) came over to Nelia's (Seastars Serandipity 4 Duckpin) house for a visit and a grooming. Trini received her first ear and foot grooming. Of course she was not happy but lived to tell the tale. The picture on the right is the finished product.

2009-01-02T21:51:00.003-05:00

Hi all .... here are a few of Fundy-dog in the latest snow ... she loves it!

J and J

Happy 2009!

2009-01-02T15:57:00.002-05:00

Gracie & Lola wish everyone a happy, healthy and dog filled 2009. xoxoxoxo

2008-12-24T13:58:00.000-05:00

Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night, and a happy and healthy New Year!!!!

2008-12-24T13:56:00.001-05:00

I'm having soooo much fun

First Snow Storm

2008-12-24T13:51:00.002-05:00

Rusty loves the snow!! Diving head first, stomping everywhere.

Happy Holidays!

2008-12-23T14:00:00.009-05:00

Wishing you all a safe and enjoyable Holiday!
Eileen, Joey and Nya Starr

Nya can't WAIT for Christmas day!

Rusty

2008-11-19T14:19:00.005-05:00

Rusty is getting SO BIG!! He just got a clean bill of health last night. He now weighs 27 lbs!!!!

He loves playing with his cousing Molly. They never stop playing and I mean NEVER!! :)