--Starring--

Sara  CH Excalibur's Salishan Sarabi

and her sister

Dolly   CH Excalibur's Dolly Anna

 
Dolly & Sara in with their littermates

Sara and Dolly were the only females from Katie's litter born in Sept. 2002.  We knew we wanted to keep a girl from this litter, but with both Dolly and Sara having so many wonderful qualities we were unable to make a choice between the two girl puppies. So, we kept them both with the intention of placing one of them at about 6 months of age.  But such was not to be the case!  Both girls developed into lovely ladies and are a part of the Excalibur family.

CH Excalibur's Dolly Anna
 

Dolly, our sweet little Miss, began her show career as a puppy.  She was shown by Bryan and Nancy Martin and earned a number of points, and then came home for awhile to grow up a bit. In Feb 2004 Dolly returned to the ring and was shown by Carol Millar at the Chicago Int'l Cluster. This little dynamo finished her Championship by earning back-to-back 5 point majors!  What a great way to finish her title--at the shows leading into a TTCA Regional Specialty weekend.

CH Excalibur's Salishan Sarabi
 

Although Sara did not begin her show career until she was 25 months old, she was certainly not to be outdone by her sister!  Handled by Nancy and Bryan Martin, Sara, looking oh so beautiful and elegant in her luxurious show coat, was shown for the first time on Oct. 9, 2004 and finished her Championship on Nov. 13, 2004 with a Best of Breed and Group placement from the classes! Another wonderful way to complete a title!

Since Sara was in heat the day she finished her Championship, a quick decision was made to proceed with breeding her and she produced a lovely litter of 8 puppies in Jan 2005.  Sara's first "show kids" will be shown starting in fall of 2005--be sure to watch for them!

Raising two puppies from the same litter can be great fun as they will play together and entertain each other.  But it can also be challenging as they need to be separated from each other often so they can develop their own individual personalities instead of becoming overly dependant on each other.  Thus, Dolly was often gone to her handlers while Sara was home.  Then when Dolly came home, Sara left to stay with a friend, Stacy and her Chow Chows while Stacy began training Sara for obedience competition.  Stacy has shared many memorable stories about Sara playing with the Chows and doing zoomies around them!  One of Stacy's funniest stories is of the time that Sara was following a Chow down the steps--well at the bottom the Chow abruptly stopped and stood still--but Sara was running down the steps so fast she could not stop so she took a flying leap and landed right on top of the Chow.  Stacy said the expression on the Chow's face was priceless when he turned and looked over his shoulder to see Sara straddling him (with her tail wagging wildly of course!). Well, the Chow just shook her off and kept on walking.  One can only imagine what that Chow must have been thinking!

Sisters being sisters, the sibling rivalry between Sara and Dolly did surface from time to time.  If Dolly had the turtle stuffed toy, then Sara HAD to have that toy.  But if Sara had the Nylaring, then Dolly would do whatever she could to trick Sara into dropping the ring so she could grab it and run.

Do they, like many sisters, have a rivalry over boyfriends?  Well, I guess you could say they do. When Sara came into heat in July 2005, a decision was made to breed her to the  well known and handsome "Maestro" (also known as Micey!).  By the time arrangements could be made to drive to Indiana to bring Maestro back to Wisconsin--well, you guessed it--Dolly was also in heat and just as anxious to be bred to the one and only Maestro.  Maestro was oh so happy to have the two sisters all to himself.  What a guy!  We had hopes that one of the girls would have puppies.  The wonderful surprise is that both Sara and Dolly will have Maestro babies in Sept 2005.

Who knows, maybe there will be a "Sister Act II" in one of their litters.  Watch for news of the arrival of the "At the Movies" (Sara) litter and the "Crystal" (Dolly) litter.

We invite you to visit the Excalibur website for more information on our Excalibur family!

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