My husband Larry and I traveled to Mississippi the first weekend in November to the MS-NALC show..  Our traveling partners were Tyson, Pepper, Annie and Abigail.  Oh, and of course Little Lit, now Braveheart’s Hot Tamale.  We delivered Hot Tamale to her new owners Ben and Tasha Moffitt. 

We arrived in Birmingham, AL and then drove the 4 ½ hours to Tori Earls home and we were greeted by Tori, Len and Justin with wonderful Southern Hospitality.  We ate so much this show weekend.  The food was fantastic... Mr. Len does a mean BBQ!

We had a wonderful show.  Seeing all our Catahoula friends is always a plus. Our dogs made us very proud with all they accomplished this weekend.  The first thing and maybe the highlight for me was the Cattle Trials on Saturday morning.  There were 23 teams of dogs, cowboys and cowgirls.  We were the 2nd team up and I am pleased to say had an excellent run. My team consisted of Braveheart’s Sargent Pepper, Aden’s Midnight Abigail and WATCH Annie Oakley.  At the end of the trials my team placed 3rd over all and Pepper was High Point Female.  This was very exciting and quite an accomplishment personally for me.  This was the first time that I placed in the top 4 against all the folks who have been doing this for years.

The rest of the show continued to hold many more exciting wins. One of the other exciting things that happened, Braveheart’s Sargent Pepper became a Double Champion before the age of two!

 You can see by the wins for the weekend why I am so proud of my dogs!

Cattle Trial
3rd place team (Pepper, Abigail, and Annie)
Pepper:  High Point Female

Obedience
Pepper:  4th place with a qualifying score
Pepper has completed everything that she needs in Level I and will now move up to Level II

Conformation
Pepper:  1st place (1 year and older, never had a litter), Best In Show Female
Pepper is now a conformation Show Champion

Treeing
Annie:  1st place one dog and High Point Female (Annie only needs 6 more points to become a Treeing Champion)
Pepper: 3rd place 2 dog
Abigail: 3rd place 2 dog

B-Bay
Pepper:  4th place one dog
Pepper: 1st place 2 dog
Pepper is now a B-Bay Champion

Annie: 1st place one dog
Annie: 1st place two dog
Annie: High Point Female
Annie is now a B-Bay Champion

A-Bay
Tyson continues to impress me with his baying skills.  He is a novice at A-bay but is doing great!

Tyson:  3rd place one dog
Tyson:  Reserve High Point Male

GREAT SHOW, WONDERFUL DOGS AND BEST OF ALL, GREAT FRIENDS!