15"
 "Jester"
 

Read about his encounter with a mountain lion

Jester re-entered the show ring in Albuquerque, NM on May 10th and 11th. On 5/16, he was diagnosed with a ruptured disc between L2 and L3, a probable complication of the mountain lion incident in December.

 Jester is recovering nicely from his back surgery on 5/19/08. 

Thanks to everyone for your notes and expressions of concern. As you can imagine, his biggest challenge currently is resting and staying quiet. 

Jester was born just prior to Christmas 2003.  I had absolutely no intention of adding another dog to my home at that time.  In February, I was asked to look at and evaluate a litter of puppies I had co-bred with Robin Wescher.  I remember looking down into the puppy pen and watching this handsome male puppy wrestling with a littermate.  I reached down, picked him up, and it was love at first sight.     2 weeks later he came home with me, just in time for Valentines Day and proceeded to take over our nice quiet household.    Named Jester for his complete clown-like behavior and Outta Control as the most appropriate choice from a list provided me by Robin, he started his show career August of 2004.  

These photos by Robin Wescher

He finished in 3 weekends of shows at 8 months of age with 2, 5 point majors including best of winners and best in sweeps at the RMBC specialty.  Since then Jester has continued to do us proud.  Always breeder/owner handled, he is a group winner, multiple group placer, 2 time specialty AOM winner and has qualified for the Eukanuba Invitational Twice.   Jester is a stand up showman with great balance and effortless flowing movement which truly makes him stand out in a crowd.    

He now is enjoying semi-retirement and learning Rally and Agility for fun.