Norfolk Activities

Hi It's Tilley,

I will be playing Toto again in the St. Jacobs Country Playhouse Production.

The Wizard of Oz from Nov.16 to Dec 18, 2012.

I hope you can come and see me.

Lov, Tilley

Best in Show!

Thanksgiving weekend was full of excitement for Ch. Souyen's The Puck Stops Here 'Eddie'. At the Nipissing Kennel Club shows Eddie won 6 Terrier Group 1st and a Best in Show! He is the first Norfolk to win an all breed Best in Show in 9 years!

To our knowledge Eddie is the first Canadian bred Norfolk to win this honour!

Thank you to all the judges and Mr. Thornton for the Best in Show!

Eddie is owned, bred, and handled by Patti, Mark and Sarah Paquette

Breed History

Ch. Souyen's The Puck Stops Here 'Eddie' Finished his Canadian Championship in style at the Sudbury and District Kennel Club Show; winning a Terrier Group First, Group 3rd, and Group 4th and Best Puppy in Group at the Terrier Breeders Specialty.

He also went on to win 4 Best Puppy in Shows making him the first Norfolk Terrier in Canadian history to do so! . Eddie was also Reserve Best in Classic at the Annual Purina Puppy Classic! Eddie is bred, owned and handled by Patti, Mark & Sarah Paquette

NEWSFLASH!! 'CH RIGHTLY SO LORD OF THE RING AT DRALION' (AKA "Bud")

(Tenterra Dance Man x Rightly So Winsome Winnie)

GETS GROUP 3 AT THE RIDEAU TERRIER CLUB SHOW!! Bud got his Championship in two days at SD&G in Long Sault. He got Best in Breed in each show from the 12 - 18 class.

Bud was bred by C&W Walsh & Toni Harrold and is owned by Linda Dowdle and Toni Harrold

I'm always amazed at the talented Norfolk and "their" people featured in the Natter.  Beautiful show dogs,  Agility and obedience champions.  Heck, there are even actors and models! 

My 1.5 year old Black and Tans, Rolo and Reese, may not have any titles or credits to their names, but the one special talent that they share with all other Norfolk is the unwavering ability to bring people joy, comfort and a smile.
Like you, I think Norfolk are a fantastic, if not the best, breed of dog.  And, like me, you probably will extol their virtues to anyone willing to listen. 

To share these Norfolk virtues with others, my husband Dave and I, decided to volunteer as pet visitors at our neighborhood nursing home.  We've been visiting the residents at Valleyview Home, one evening, every other week, since Rolo and Reese were 14 weeks old.  This is a great socialization opportunity for dogs and humans alike! 

Pet visiting has been a very rewarding and fun way to volunteer in our community.  We visit from room to room, casually chatting with residents and hoisting up our dogs to be petted.  We perform a small repertoire of tricks, dress them up in costumes when the occasion calls and dole out dog treats like human Pezz dispensers.

The residents and staff have really enjoyed watching them grow up.  We've been delighted to see residents that have limited mobility, making huge efforts to pet and talk to the dogs.  Staff  have told us of residents that haven't smiled or talked in weeks, but will do so when they see Rolo and Reese.  We've even had special requests for visits when someone's in need of some extra special Norfolk comfort.

We love hearing that our dogs have that effect on the residents.  Many residents have told us about the dogs they've had in their lives and really do appreciate our visits.  According to Val Freeman, Valley view’s Volunteer Coordinator, Role and Reese have a "groupie-like" following of adoring Norfolk fans.  Role and Reese feel right at home there too.  I'm always amazed to see how they will adjust their behavior to accommodate each resident's need.

Pet visits shouldn't be confused with pet therapy.  Dogs must be at least a year old and pass a test to be certified as a pet therapy dog.  Although, by choice and consideration of the residents we visit, we do follow the same principlesand guidelines required of therapy dogs when we make our pet visits. 
 
If you're interested in sharing some of your time and passion for your Norfolk, please consider volunteering as a pet visitor. 
 
Share the love.
There’s lots to go around.

Yes, you heard right.  After the Norfollk placed Second in the Terrier Group at the 2011 Westminster Dog Show in New York, our NTCC website went wild with hits of interested people investigating the breed.  There was also a direct correlation between site hits and requests for these little darlings.

For those of you that missed it, the Norfolk Terrier came in second in the Terrier Group on February 15 2011.  You can check out the full results located here on the web site:

http://www.westminsterkennelclub.org/2011/results/group/terrier.html

Congrats goes to:

GCH Cracknor Cross The Ts
Breed: Norfolk Terrier
Sex: Bitch
AKC: RN 19427901
Date of Birth: December 21, 2006
Breeder: M H E Matell
Sire: Ch Cause A Comotion
Dam: Cracknor Cooking The Books
Owner: Pamela Beale & Elisabeth Matell & Beth Sweigart
Photos: Breed judging / Group judging

Jake’s new personal best of the day:

7 feet, 4 inches.....one foot longer than his big jump in May. Not bad for the smallest dog in dockdiving!

He jumped three waves at 7'4", 6'11", and 7'3"...a consistent day for the boy. Always a crowd pleaser...he finally ended up with a first place in the novice division, a third place, and at his longest jump...10th place. How? The bigger dogs were holding back in the first jump...he goes all out on every jump.

JumpinJake Marley jumped for big air at the National DockDiving Event....

I went to the jump on Saturday for fun...not expecting anything big. It was his very first jump too. It was an electronic measure so it is highly accurate vs. when they manual judge. It's in the books....he set the bar pretty high for any other Norfolk taking to dock diving thing.

By Janet Latterner & JumpinJake

On October 16th 2010 Daphne achieved her Senior Earthdog title in Terra Cotta Ontario.

Daphne and I were quite excited when we reached the farm where the Earthdog tests were held. They offered Intro to Quarry (the instinct test that is unofficial), Junior Earthdog (dog goes into underground tunnels, 30 feet with three turns to find the quarry) and Senior Earthdog.

Daphne’s job was to find one of two possible entrances to go underground, cover 30 feet with three turns and find the quarry. There is also a dead end with a False Den, scented bedding with no quarry. The other end has the rats! She has 90 seconds to find her way to the rats then has to work the rats (barking, digging, scratching, etc.) within 15 seconds of reaching the quarry and work continuously for 90 seconds. Once the Judge’s assistant has removed the rats, the Judge says Call your Dog and I have 90 seconds to get her to come out of the ground and in my hands!

In the morning trials, not a single dog passed the Junior Test. Daphne was the first dog to do the Senior Test. She kept popping out of the hole without going in very far! Once it was obvious that she had not qualified as she had run out of time, the Judge instructed me to pick her up and take her a few feet away and not let her peek. Saying, “That’s not like Daphne” (she knows how Daphne works) she opened up the tunnels to make sure nothing had fallen down inside. I wondered if the high winds were affecting the scent put into the tunnels. All was clear she told me. She said she would allow Daphne to run the test again, unofficially, to ‘give her a positive experience’. I happily agreed as the second trial that day would be at the same spot! When I tried her again, she managed to get in the hole and get to the rats and did her job well. I had a little trouble getting her to come back to me. The Judge has a stopwatch to time each part of the test. I was happy she had done her work and hopeful for the afternoon.

In the second trial, Daphne was the second dog to do the test. The first dog did not pass. Daphne though, was confident and went into the hole right away and kept going! She found the rats fast enough, barked and barked and barked at them. When the Judge said Call your Dog I knew she had worked long enough. Now I just had to get her back to me! When I had watched the first handler, she had taken off her baseball cap before getting down on the ground to look into the tunnel to call her dog. I had an idea.. I blew my sports whistle. When Daphne peeked her head out of the hole, I held my own baseball cap in my hands and said “Daphne look!” She came right over to see if the rat was in my hat. Gotcha! The Judge said,” Congratulations! Daphne is an Ambassador to Norfolk, everything you would want her to be. She is a great little worker and ready to work on her Master Earthdog title.” I was thrilled. Linda Dowdle had come to watch Daphne so I was glad she got to see everything we have to do! She was proud of little Daphne too.

Daphne was the only dog that afternoon to pass the Senior test!

At the Awards Ceremony, the Judge repeated to all of us the comments he had made to me. Then the Judge gave Daphne two big ribbons, one for passing the Senior Test and one for earning her Senior Earthdog title, meaning she had passed three Senior Earthdog tests. She also got a small squeaky toy, a Hallowe’en mouse. The mouse was silenced on the way home, then Daphne slept the rest of the way, a content Norfolk.

Norfolk Terrier Club of Canada's National Specialty for 2010

Best of Breed - CH Dralion's the Skye's the Limit
Best of Opposite - Dralion's Twist and Shout
Best of Winners - Cortaillod the Outlaw
Best Puppy in Breed - Souyen's Abigale Scuito
Reserve Winner's Dog - Dralion's Brace Yourself
Reserve Winner's Bitch  - Cortaillod the Tempest

Best in puppy Sweepstakes - Cortaillod the Tempest

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This is a specially designed dog basket with safety features like a clip to attach to her collar so she can’t fall out. It even has a removable canopy for those sunny days. Kim let Daphne get used to the basket lying on the living room floor before attaching it to her bike and we saw that she really found it a comfortable place to lie down!

At first, she walked the bike up and down the street with Daphne in it and we could see how relaxed she was. Then Kim rode up and down our (quiet) street and Daphne just loved it! Now Kim regularly rides her bike on trails with Sahdiq, our Saluki, beside her so now Daphne will be able to join them.

On rough terrain, Kim walks her bike carefully down the hills so Daphne will run beside her and then back into the basket when it is safe again!

Posted on behalf of Kim