"The image that most commonly represents May is lily of the valley or hawthorn, which are the birth flowers for the month. The lily of the valley is associated with purity, sweetness, and renewal, while the hawthorn symbolizes hope, protection, and resilience. Farmers' Almanac also mentions the hummingbird as a symbol of May, associated with the excitement and promise of the season."
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May arrived and is almost gone. I have no excuse for the tardiness of this blog pist.
First, I want to remind everyone that the correct email to use to contact me about puppies is joyslynslhasas73@gmail.com
That is very close to the previous Joyslyn's email that was an outlook account. I changed it when the outlook email was compromised by some hacker in Nigeria.
I am reminding you all because I have received some calls from people wondering why I am not answering their email. The phone number to use is the landline. 309-837-1665.
And, BTW, our prefix is Joyslyn or Joyslyn's.
The word is NOT pronounced "jawslyns."
It is a combination of my and my husband's first names and is pronounced joys (rhymes with "toys, boys, noise") and lyns (rhymes with "fins, wins, tins").
On to other things...
Here is a photo of the newest member of the Joyslyn's pack: Athena.
The photo is of Athena when she was being shown. She has since been clipped down.
I am pleased to tell you that our 6 month old Haven (known to AKC as Joyslyn's Miss B. Haven) went to her first shows over Mother's Day weekend and placed as Reserve Winners Bitch on Saturday and Winners Bitch on Sunday, earning 2 championship points.
On Saturday she also was awarded "Best Puppy" (in the breed). That allowed her to show in the Non-Sporting Best Puppy Group. She took 2nd place!
I can only hope she continues to enjoy the shows.
Here she is at home with her ribbons.
Deacon, on the other hand, has decided he no longer wants to show. The brat! So, although he likes going to shows, the joke is on him when he finds out he has to stay at home!
Puppy Update
The puppies were born on May18, 6 days early from their actual due date. All are quite small.
Once I am happy with their progress and am sure all is well, I will begin contacting people on the waiting list.
More information in mid June.
Notes and Photos
Mickey posted this picture of Biddy and wrote, "Biddy, my nurse, on her new perch on the recliner as I iced my knee after PT."
Sally sent pictures of Jaxon in honor of his 4th birthday. She wrote, "Just wanted to say today is Jaxon's 4th birthday already! He's doing wonderful of course. He is the sweetest boy who loves to play all the time. So each evening we have a big game of fetch and even Ginger joins in. Of course I have the best two lhasas in the world Everything I do surrounds them. Just a couple pictures of Jaxon for ya- my vet says he is so regal- she loves to pet him."
Victoria sent a picture of Honey celebrating her 4th birthday. You would not guess just looking at them, but she and Jaxon are littermates!
Michelle wrote about Sunny. "We took Sunny out to Hobby Lobby yesterday since they allow pets and he was such a good dog the entire time in the store! I should have gotten a picture of him in the cart, we took one of his cushy pillows and it fit perfectly while he rode around. He was a bit nervous, never having been shopping before but I think it was really good for him. We had a nice visit with one of the shoppers who recognized he was a Lhasa and one of the girls working just fell in love with his hair! She asked what kind of dog he was and if she could pet him and stayed and talked with us the entire time while we waited in line and just kept going on about how much she had never seen a dog with such beautiful hair! We thanked her for allowing him to come in and she said bring him back anytime."
Being an ambassador for the breed was not Sunny's only role this month. Michelle also sent this note and photo. "Sunny was on our local news channel dog walking furcast this morning!"
Judy L. sent pictures of her Gus and the multi-colored Lippy. Concerning Lippy's color(s): "I keep meaning to show you Lippy’s coat color. As he is now 3 years old, Maybe he will stay these colors.
He is now mostly gold. His new tail colors grow in a cream color, but then turn gold, and then purple. His lower legs are a very light gold. At the neck and down for a bit he has dark colors. His mustache is more of a cream color with a white goatee.his ears are gold, and are a darker gold about halfway down.
Excuse the headfall. Lippy had two braided ponies. However there have been numerous hard playing sessions between Gus and The Lipps."
Judy G sent great news about Winter: "This morning Winter finished first in her class, and finished her Rally Advanced title. Now we move up to Rally Excellent. Our next trial is May 30, and we will be doing 2 trials that day."
Good Luck Judy and Winter!!
From the Archives
As you know, AKC events include more than just dog show competitions.
This is Oreo, Joyslyn Leader of the Pack RE NAP NJP, owned by Marsha S. Oreo's titles were from his agility work. I needed Marsha to interpret the abbreviations for me:
RE= Rally Excellent (Earned Rally Novice A, Rally Advanced and Rally Excellent titles)
NAP = Novice Agility Preferred
NJP = Novice Agility Jumpers with Weaves Preferred
Here are a couple photos of Oreo at work/play.
I have found out that my photo albums are not necessarily in chronological order!! So here are pictures of more Joyslyn's champions, probably not in chronological order.
These photos are of Mira (CH Karlyn Joyslyn Who's The Fairest). The first was taken the day she finished her championship. The funny story there is that I was also showing a young puppy that day. I showed her in her class and she won. Then I showed Mira in her class and she won. Since I could not show them both at the same time for Winners Bitch, I gave the puppy to a friend to show. Of course, the puppy did not want to show for a stranger so she did not show well. The judge was irked because he really liked the puppy (he told me as we were taking the picture) and he wanted to give her, not Mira, the win. That may be why I look happier than he does!
Another of Mira:
CH Joyslyn JaMa Dancing By The Light of The Moon (Luna) is Mira's daughter. Here is a picture of her winning at an ALAC Regional Specialty.
Keeping it "all in the family," here are photos of CH Joyslyn's Heart Song (Kimmi), a Mira Granddaughter.
Kimmi finished with 5 major wins. The photo is of her final win.
and here is a headshot of her so you can see her pretty face.
This is Greta, CH Joyslyn's No Regrets. She did not want to show for me, so I sent her to handler Sue Cannimore, who finished her in no time.
Greta and Jenna (CH Joyslyn's MLS Dakota Je Na Sais Quoi) were basically raised together and shown at the same time. Jenna won like crazy, getting all but a couple points when she was a puppy. Then she decided she did not like showing. I wasted a lot of money in entry fees! I stopped showing her then decided to give it one more try. I entered two of my girls in separate classes, showed both myself then when they had to show against each other, I handed Jenna off to Lynn. She took one look at me showing the other bitch and pulled herself together and won! Whew. So here is a picture of Jenna and me the day she became a champion. The judge looks happier than I do! LOL
I was relieved she finally finished!
The final spotlight for May is GCH CH Joyslyn's Heartbreaker ROM (the ROM stands for Register of Merit, which the American Lhasa Apso Club gives to Lhasa males who have sired 10 0r more champions).
Many of you have Lhasas that are Breaker kids or grand/great graand kids. Check the pedigree I gave you when you bought your puppies.
When Breaker was 12 years old, he went to live with our friend Jill K. He will be 17 years old in August. Jill has given him much love and attention. Hers was the perfect home for him. As hard as it was to let him go, I knew Jill would take care of him and love him lots. So here are 2 photos of Breaker, one taken at age 9 when he was awarded Best Veteran in show and the other taken recently, age 16.
I am so proud of all my dogs. I truly appreciate those of you who care for and love your Joyslyn's Lhasas -- and who take the time to share photos and stories with me (and the blog readers).
Okay, that is it for May. I had an article that I tried three times to upload and share with you, but for some darn reason, it kept showing up as a tiny photo even though it was a Word document. I gave up!!
I'll either re-type it or try to fix it for next month. Thanks for reading and special thanks to those who sent photos to make this post special.
