Audacious Malinois

06/03/2025

If you’re ever lost, Mimic volunteers to come find you and cover you with kisses 🤣

19/02/2025

Yesterday I was looking for a photo of Gucci on my computer and this popped up- professional photos I had taken of the litter at about 4 weeks old. Dear lord was she cute! No wonder I ended up keeper her despite not planning to keep a puppy from that litter 👀🤣

16/02/2025

My son is home for a week before heading to his first duty station in CA and mama Dass seems to have missed him ❤️

14/02/2025

It’s a cold day here in TX today! The girls and I spent the day enjoying the fire and hanging out and Gucci thought the couch needed a thorough cleaning 🤣
Mama Dass spent a good part of the morning outside chewing a toy and refusing to come in 🙄. Apparently she likes the cold weather lol

10/02/2025

How Dass and Mimic watch the Super Bowl lol

31/01/2025

29/01/2025

We got some great pics at last weekend's trial. She's lucky she's so dang cute 😅

29/01/2025

My foundation female Audacity, better known as “Mama Dass”, is featured on the USMRA page for being a member of the MR3 club! She was and still is a phenomenal dog and I’m so thankful to Tim Hamilton for sending us our amazing girl ❤️

10/01/2025

7 years ago when mama Dass got her IPO3 and decided to hug the judge while she was getting her medal 😬😝
This is the temperament and drive that I always strive to reproduce and am hoping Mimic brings to the next generation 🤞🏻

10/01/2025

We were so lucky to have Paw Prints Photography come out to agility class tonight and Rob took some awesome photos of Gucci (and one candid on Mimic). He’s the same photographer who took Mimic’s agility trial photos and I have a feeling I’ll be getting more amazing photos from him in the future!

08/01/2025

I totally forgot to post these professional photos of Gucci from the IABC show? I promise she actually loves me, despite the look on her face in the second photo 😝

03/01/2025

Professional photos of Mimic from the agility trial last weekend. She was such a good girl and I'm looking forward to getting back to class and working towards our goals!

02/01/2025

Gorgeous girls from our little New Year’s Eve short hike yesterday. My new iPhone takes pretty good photos! Unfortunately there was a glare I didn’t see on the photos of Mimic so we’ll have to go back and take more!

01/01/2025

As we leap into 2025, I am reflecting on our 2024 accomplishments. After a pretty awful year of numerous fails in 2023, Mimic and I got our rhythm and although there’s always room for improvement, Mimic had a wonderful year! She got the second leg of her MR2. Despite being on meds for almost the entire year for Chagas’ disease, she shined in her first USMRA nationals debut. We had some pretty bad hiccups in the obedience portion, but she absolutely shined in the protection. We missed the podium by 5 points, earning 4th place overall in level 2 but also earning level 2 high protection and high in trial BHOT (breeder, handler, owner, trainer). Nothing makes me prouder than saying I produced this dog when people ask where she’s from ❤️

As I posted yesterday, we jumped back into agility this past weekend and she finished her novice JWW title and got the first leg in both her JWW and Standard open titles.

Gucci had a decent year herself! The poor girl has been my “back burner” dog basically her entire life and despite some early hiccups in bitework as a very young puppy, she’s maturing nicely into a bite sport dog. She is by no means my world team dog and that’s okay- she’s teaching me how to be a better trainer and handler. She earned her mondioring brevet title and her International Ch in the last few months. She’s my first dog to get a title in FRONT of her name 🏆
Hopefully 2025 will begin with new titles for both girls and an amazing litter from Mimic on her next heat🤞🏻
Happy new year!! May the is new year bring you joy, success and happiness ❤️

30/12/2024

Mimic and I spent the weekend trialing in agility- after a 2 year hiatus from trials and only a few months back at classes.
I entered her with the intention of my instructor handling her, but in the first class on Saturday, Mimic decided that contacts are for sissies. I thought maybe my mama voice would help her land her contacts, so I ran her for her last Q in JWW novice on Saturday, earning first place and finishing out her novice jumper title. Yesterday I ran her in open standard and open JWW, she was awesome and earned her first open legs in both classes as well as first place in both. 🥇🥇🥇
Today’s runs weren’t successful due to handler error but she did great and really gave me a boost of confidence in my handling skills. so I plan to continue to handle her in trials and hopefully we’ll grow together nd earn more Qs 🤞🏻

I adore this little dog more than anything and got several compliments on how fun she is to watch. ❤️ Time needs to slow down so her and I can reach all of our goals AND she can give me an amazing litter as well!

Added bonus: there was a photographer there so I’ll finally get professional agility photos!

25/12/2024

Happy holidays from our home to yours! We hope you have a happy and safe holiday surrounded by family, friends and loyal dogs!
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24/12/2024

Who’s ready for Christmas?! 🎄