For several years, I had been longing for a blue Chet grandson who could "do it all." In April 2010, I bred Zelda to BISS Am GCH/Can CH Homespun Casual Blues PT NA OAJ NF VCX (Calvin) in the hopes of fulfilling that dream.

Zelda whelped a litter of three boys on June 28, 2010, and to my delight, two of those puppies were blue merle boys. Tequila was the second puppy to arrive, and I loved him at first sight. I knew instantly that he was going to be my keeper from that litter! Tequila was a handful from the get go, and we lovingly refer to him as The Blue Tornado. <G>

Tequila won his first AKC conformation point in July 2011 from the 12-18 Class with Judy Stachowski at the end of the lead. After taking some time off to mature and to do some agility training with me, Tequila began competing in the conformation ring again in September 2012 with his Grandma Julie (Iverson).

They quickly added 13 points and two specialty majors (under Carolyn Ing and Kim Schive) toward the completion of his breed championship. On August 23rd, 2013, Tequila and Julie finished his AKC breed championship at the Sugarbush Show in Chagrin Falls, OH. That was such a joyful day for us! Tequila is the first champion for his dam (Zelda) and the sixth champion for his sire (Calvin).

Tequila has a lovely head and outline and beautiful movement in all directions, and he is agile, affectionate, scary smart and just a wonderful dog all the way around.

On April 18, 2015, Tequila finished his PT at the ASSA National and became our second homebred CH VCX!

Tequila is proven. His first litter arrived on August 13, 2013. It was an all blue litter - 3 blue merle girls and 3 blue merle boys. We'll be eagerly following the conformation and performance careers of those puppies.

Please check back often to see what's new with Tequila!

Tequila and Julie Iverson after their win at Bushy Run on 6-30-13.
I love the happy smiles on both of their faces!
Photo by Rob Gerity

This photo was taken in 2013 on the day that Tequila finished his breed championship.
Photo by Mike Fine  

Tequila earned his first MXJ leg and his first 15 MACH points on 12-09-12 on the same
JWW course on which his dam earned her MACH5!
Photo by Louis Ruediger

In November 2012, Tequila won back to back specialty majors in Syracuse, NY.
Photos by Teri Frenia

Tequila at nine months of age

Tequila and Judy at one of his early conformation shows

While he was on hiatus from the conformation ring, Tequila began taking agility and herding lessons.
We think he's going to excel in both of those venues!

Tequila at 2 years of age
Photo by Jack Powers

Everything Tequila does is filled with zest and joy!
Jane Tomer captured the essence of his personality perfectly in this photo!

When Tequila was young, one of his favorite things to do was to lay under things.
Whenever I couldn't find him, he was usually asleep under the nearest snoozie bed. <G>

Another one of Tequila's favorite activities was leaping out of the donut bed and scaring his littermates.
In this photo, he was just getting ready to launch his latest attack on Tatum and Timmy!!

Tequila at four months of age.

Tequila's first big show was the ASSA National in St. Louis in April 2011.

Tequila loves to Happy Dance just as much as Zelda does!!
Photo by Jenn Stanley

Tequila at 4½ years of age
Photo by Pete Culumovic

Sire BISS Am GCH/Can CH Homespun Casual Blues PT NA OAJ NF VCX ROM	Sire BPIS Can CH Dundee Sharrow Santa Cruz	Sire Am/Can CH Dury Voe Wintergreen ROM
		Dam Am/Can CH Sharrow Arizona Nights
	Dam Am/Can CH Homespun Allspice Silverlicious NAJ PT VC	Sire AM/Can CH Homespun Dream Weaver CGC TDI AX AXJ NJP NAP AG-N AG-NJ HT VCX
		Dam Allspice Cartel Everafter
Dam MACH11 PACH CastleGate's Mercy Me XF T2B	Sire Am/Can CH Kelbren Blue Flame CD RN NAJ AJP CGC CTL1-S CTL1-F	Sire Am Ch Crocodile Dundee
		Dam Granville Merisle Mosaic
	Dam Shamont Most Unusual Day NAJ	Sire Shamont Rolling Thunder
		Dam Shamont Bi The Light Of The Moon II