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What's New At AfterAll?
(updated August 20, 2008)
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We had a chance to see the Izzy pups when we went to the Canfield, Ohio, shows. Although the Reese pups were too young to make that trip, we also have some updated pictures of the second "Fab Four!" Visit the Puppy Page to see both litters.

This athletic young boy is Riley,
one of our pups who lives right on Lake Michigan!

Do we really need to vaccinate our dogs for Rabies every one to three years? Is it too much....and if it IS too much, what effect might it have on your dog? Are some vaccines "worse" than others in terms failure? The Canine Rabies Challenge is underway.

The big news is that the six pet pups are already in their new homes! Two of them are in the Chicago suburbs, one in Indiana, one in Wisconsin while the other two are in Minnesota and New York. We're getting wonderful reports and feel confident that we made great matches between the families and the puppies! You can see their pictures and notes from their families on Our Judy X Trooper Pups Go Home.

You'll also find a link to their 8 week pix along with their adventures in the agility pen on that page! Take a peek!

We're really proud of our Standard Poodle puppy, Kai (Cabernet's Caught In A White Lie). At just six months and a week old, Kai competed in his first dog show in DeKalb, IL. Even though he was the youngest one entered, he was Winners Dog, Best of Winners and Best of Variety for his first point. It was a tiring day for him and he loved relaxing in the new motorhome.

In his second weekend out, Kai didn't win any points but he did earn Reserve Winners Dog with a major entry. This was really encouraging. That was also his first weekend out with handler, Scott Perry, who also trims him. The two make a great team and we're very happy with that. You can see more about this pup on his own "Meet Kai" page.

We're so happy that Megan's breeder, Merrilee Henderson, found a wonderful home for Megan with Marilou Johnson ! It is working out so well and I love this picture of Megan and her "big brother" Chewie! Megan is taking obedience classes but is still maintaining show coat so she can earn a championship title when she is more mature. To make things even better, Merrilee and Marilou live close to each other now!

We've finally picked up the new MH but don't actually have it at home yet. We're waiting for the last of the snow to melt but we do plan on using it to take Kai to his shows next weekend. We took a little trial run with it when we picked it up and we think it will be lots of fun this summer. If you'd like to see more, I've updated the "AfterAll On The Road" page with the new photos and info.

Even though Cal wasn't a Westminster winner, he did accomplish all that we hoped. We knew that Cal would be one of the youngest and least experienced Wires at the show. Not yet two years old and just finished in October at the prestigious Devon show, Cal still isn't ready to compete at the highest level. He needs another year to mature. However, he showed wonderfully with a great outgoing, attitude and was impeccably presented, as always, by his co-owner and professional handler, Dana Bryson.

Our goal was to let as many people as possible see a really nice Ginger dog and Cal was a great representative for his breed and especially for the Gingers. All the positive comments we got were very gratifying. Fans, exhibitors, handlers and even judges made a point of telling us how much they liked him. All of us, including Cal's co-breeder, Chip Lowe, are proud of our Ginger boy and we're looking forward to seeing how he will do in 2009. Good boy, Cal!

We're expecting new photos of Cal at the show to arrive soon. Watch for updates!

Meet Ch. Hiwire Charisma or just "Izzy for short. I co-own Izzy with her handler, Dana Schumacher and her co-breeder, Chip Lowe, but she has always lived with Dana in NY state. We're very proud of Dana and Izzy and of the really nice job Dana did of putting most of the points on her girl. When Dana took time off to have her beautiful baby boy, Cole, Chip showed Izzy and put her last major on her to make her a Champion. It really was a team effort!

Now that Izzy is finished, she has her first puppies born. You can see them and follow their progress on the Puppy Page. We think Izzy is one of the nicest girls we've had and with her looks combined with a sweet, happy temperament, we think her puppies should grow up to be pretty special.

We have three young Wires who will make their show debuts in 2008. The two girls are Frenzy and Tango but we'll also be watching Tango's brother, Tommy, who is co-owned with and lives with Marcy McGuire. You can also meet Kai, our Standard Poodle pup, on his new Meet Kai page.

Our Megan was sent to us from Merrilee Henderson of Cedarbriar. We consider Merrilee one of the very best breeders of Ginger (and Tri-colored!) Wires and we were thrilled when she offered to send Megan to us. However, this winter we decided to "downsize" a bit when we discovered that Aimee, our kennel helper extraordinaire, will be going to vet tech school in the spring. With Judy's litter on the way, we will really be missing Aimee's help! Since Megan needs another year to mature, we decided to send her back to her breeder. Before that could happen, Merrilee told me the perfect home had come along for our girl. You can see her with her new family on the Meet Megan! page.

I have finally started a page for the stories sent by some of our AfterAll friends and families. They are wonderful accounts of how they got their dogs and I'm sure you will like reading them!

So You Think You
Want A Wire Fox Terrier?
All "breeders" are not equal! Check out
How To Tell The Difference.

I've started a new page that shows what goes into
our preparations for having puppies,
Check out the Whelping Page

Would you like to see photos of our
Bing X Phoenix Litter born last year?
Click Here!

AWARDED TO:

Websites with quality information on small dogs.

The award is awarded for excellence in providing quality information for a small dog breed. I guess it's the retired teacher in me that likes sharing all the valuable information that others shared with me.

With some of our July puppies already in their new homes, we've had requests for help with gluing ears. Here is a new page to walk you through it.

These have been on the site for a long time but I think they've been forgotten. I've been asked a lot of questions lately that have answers on this page. I do add new pages periodically too. If you haven't visited this link in awhile, take a look. There's lots to see!

AfterAll and Hiwire Kennels have formed a wonderful friendship and partnership. We have co-bred three litters together and co-own several dogs. Most of the dogs that now live with us come directly from Chip and Sally Lowe or from those co-bred litters. Judy, Mischief, Bing, Reese and Emmy are all part of that partnership. Our litter of Ginger and Tri-colored pups were also co-bred with Hiwire. We have a page started that features some of the Hiwire dogs that we'd like you to get to know. Many more will be added later. Just click on Bentley's picture above to get to know HIWIRE!

Let's hear it for the girls! Bella has become a wonderful ambassador for the breed as she and her owner, Lucia, have been successful in rally, obedience and earth dog competition. Bella is more than just a pretty face though. She has her own page we've started her 2008 performance adventures at Meet Bella! You can still read Lucia's 2007 Diary from a link on the page.