Hi everyone!

My work schedule has eaten into my ability to get on the forum for a while. Anyway, I had the day off and was stuck doing errands when the show aired and I missed it. I should have recorded it, but I expected to make it home in time.

Of course I agree that they are wonderful dogs! Anyone looking for an easily trainable little dog with plenty of personality should seriously look into the breed. You can get to the rescue site by visiting http://www.papillonclub.org/rescue/ .

By the way, I got some training statistics courtesy of Deb Jones & Copper (her pap) from the PAPILLON-L discussion forum. Considering the relative obscurity of the breed, those of you who have border collies, labs, and goldens should be jealous! By the way, Sophie was one of the CDs.

I was looking through the year 2000 AKC statistics and thought people might
be interested in titles earned by Papillons. People were pretty busy this
past year!

260 Champions
46 CD (Companion Dog)
18 CDX (Companion Dog Excellent)
7 UD (Utility Dog)
1 UDX (Utility Dog Excellent)
3 OTCH (Obedience Trial Champion)
(only one other toy dog earned an OTCH last year -- a Chinese Crested)
1 TD (Tracking Dog)
64 NA (Novice Agility Standard)
45 OA (Open Agility Standard)
23 AX (Agility Excellent Standard)
14 MX (Master Agility Standard)
70 NAJs (Novice AgilityJumpers)
41 OAJ (Open Aglity Jumpers)
26 AXJ (Agility Excellent Jumpers)
18 MXJ (Master Agility Jumpers)
7 MACH (Master Agility Champion) (the only toy breed to earn this title!)

Deb Jones & Copper
U-CDX Dewdrop's I'mtoosexyformyears, CD, OA, OAJ, CGC