We are happy to share information on our dogs and our doings and you’ll find that information here. Check back to read the latest happenings, training, celebrations, and just general news about Nottingham Shilohs.

Click on the news headlines below to show and/or hide the entire news post.

• SEPTEMBER .::. NOTTINGHAM SHILOHS AND KEEPSTONE FARM FALL HERDING TRIAL

  Fall is in the air and it’s herding time ... AHBA Fall Trial Herding to be exact! Nottingham Shilohs, with Keepstone Farm, are holding a sanctioned AHBA Herding Event on November 7th and 8th, 2009 open to all. The trial will be very similar to last years herding trial and we hope many of you can come out and test your dog's herding skills! We will be offering, HCT and JHD tests as well as HTD, HTAD and HRD trial courses. See the premium for full details. Sign up today to reserve your runs!

  DOWNLOAD HERDING PREMIUM Download Full Info Packet || PDF 4mb DOWNLOAD HERDING PREMIUM BY INDIVIDUAL PAGE Download Page One of Info Packet  .::.  PDF 244k Download Page Two of Info Packet  .::.  PDF 628k Download Page Three of Info Packet  .::.  PDF 624k Download Page Four of Info Packet  .::.  PDF 600k Download Page Five of Info Packet  .::.  PDF 524k Download Page Six of Info Packet  .::.  PDF 576k Download Page Seven of Info Packet  .::.  PDF 524k Download Page Eight of Info Packet  .::.  PDF 624k Download Page Nine of Info Packet  .::.  PDF 500k

  
  

• JULY .::. KEEP UP WITH NOTTINGHAM SHILOHS

  Nottingham Shilohs now has pages on Blogger, Facebook, Picasa and YouTube so you can keep up to date with all things Nottingham, well at least all things Nottingham Shilohs!

  
  

• JUNE .::. WE HAVE A PASSEL OF PUPPIES!

  Our puppies are here! Ember went into labor on June 20, 2009 and has given us eight chubby puppies — seven girls and one boy and yes you read that right — SEVEN girls! Mom and her eight puppies (seven girls and one boy) are doing well. We are already in love with these puppies and look forward to our time together. We hope you enjoy our newborn photos and check back as we plan on sharing photos of the puppies as they grow.

  
  

• JUNE .::. WE’RE PREGNANT!

  Our 30 days of tortured waiting are over. We were thinking Ember was pregnant, hoping Ember was pregnant, and hoping her weight gain just wasn't her binging while the rest of us were sleeping. So we took her in to have her ultrasound and we have confirmed that our little girl is pregnant.

  We had bred Ember and Quinn at the end of April and then Em was a little off of her food. She would eat but not as well as usual and her belly looked huge (sorry Em, but it DID!). So in the process of ruling out a sudden abdominal mass or a huge spleen, we went in for testing. Of course I was laughed at since we had just bred Em – I think the exact words were "you did breed her 3 weeks ago, what do you expect?" Still we did blood work, had an ultrasound done and it was confirmed that she has a belly full of puppies.

  We are so excited and a bit nervous and just can't believe it. We can’t wait! This should be fun and tiring and a lot of work but so worth it. We will be taking her in for an x-ray to get a better puppy count soon! Puppies are due at the end of June!

  
  

• JUNE .::. DEAR DIARY ...

  Ember now has a diary on our Nottingham Shilohs Blog! Keep up to date on Ember’s thoughts on being pregnant and life in general with her “Dear Diary” posts. You just never know what this girl is going to share with her diary!

  
  

• MAY .::. MUCH WINS!

  At the ISSDC Nationals Much and I decided to compete in Rally-O. After one run-thru and several minutes of me brushing up on obedience with Much it was our turn to go. We navigated through the course and even performed the bonus exercise. Our run was good but was it good enough to beat the other Shilohs that were competing?

  Shortly after everyone finished their runs, the judge tallied the scores and low and behold Much came away with the top score. He Won! We were presented with a beautiful trophy and ribbon so everyone could see what Much accomplished.

  Yea Much! Now I have to seriously consider starting to train Much for Rally-O competitions along with Tuck and Ember.

  
  

• MAY .::. THE ISSDC SHILOH SHEPHERD NATIONALS

  Nottingham Shilohs was asked to provide CGC testing at the ISSDC Nationals, and how could we refuse. The weekend came and what started out as a gloomy Saturday morning turned out to be a great Saturday afternoon. The Nationals were held in Lewisberry, PA and we was headed there with Much and our friend Nancy, who brought her dog Kaylee with us, as we were CGC evaluators for the CGC testing at the show. Once we arrived in Lewisberry the rain stopped and the sun started to peek out from behind the clouds. We tested several dogs and then were lucky enough to have some free time to socialize and watch the show. I got to connect with several people I have not seen in a while, find out the latest news and of course see all the new puppies and who doesn’t love puppies!?! I was even able to “steal” several dogs (thanks to my accomplice Jacki) to take pictures of, and of course I had to return them. All in all it was a very good day, and Much and I came home and slept the rest of the day away, dog tired from our day at the Nationals.

  
  

• APRIL .::. 30 DAYS OF TORTURED WAITING

  Ember and Quinn had their date and despite it not going quite as planned we are hopeful Ember will have puppies! Unfortunately we won’t know if there are puppies until the end of May. We are keeping our fingers, toes and anything else that we can cross crossed. As soon as it is far enough along in the “pregnancy” Ember will have an ultrasound to see if there are puppies! We keep telling her to “grow babies in your belly” for us. Hopefully she will listen.

  Find out more over in the puppy section of the website.