ZASTAVA's NEWS 2011
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Stesha (Multi.Ch.Stepana iz Eniseiskoi Gubernii TT1, OKD-1) the oldest daughter of our William was born on December 30, 2000. Stesha lives in Angarsk, Siberia,Russia and belongs to kennel “iz Angarskoy Jemchujiny”. Stesha is an amazing BRT, strong and substantial, Multi Champion and mother of many show and working Champions. Stesha turns 11 years old this Friday  and we are sending our best wishes to her ,her owner Veronika Lifshits and her breeder Elena Ershova!
Milana (CKC Ch. MidnightSolo Unity for Zastava, CGC, TT, AKC RE, CKC RN), the youngest of William’s granddaughter is turning two years old on the same day!
Milana is my darling, she is total charm and fun, we both are having such a great time playing, working, walking, traveling  and just spending every day of our lives together. She is my protector and my cuddly bear to watch TV with… I am looking at her and seeing so many generations of wonderful BRTs behind her… her incredible mother Rusah, her gorgeous father Onix, my unforgettable William , William’s outstanding father Zhars … I have them all in my girl! But yet she is special!
I will never get  tired of thanking Milana’s breeders Jean and Troy Brown for her!
Happy Birthday to Stesha and Milana, we love you so much! Happy Birthady to all your brothers and sisters!

December 18, 2001 Our Zastava “C” litter is 1 year old!

One year ago, on December 18 of 2010 was born our unforgettable “Boys Only” Zastava “C“ litter!Today our boys turned one year old and we are sending them warmest greetings and best wishes from Zastava family !
Happy Birthday! Hugs to everyone!

December 10-11, 2011 East Lansing, MI Obedience Club of Greater Lansing
AKC Rally Trials

This weekend our girls Liza (IABCA Int. Ch. Russian Pride Midsummer Night, CGC, TT, RN,RA) and Milana (CKC Ch. MidnightSolo Unity for Zastava, CGC, TT, AKC RE, CKC RN) were competing  in Rally trials .The courses were very difficult and it was a lot of fun and challenge to go and qualify!
On Saturday Liza finished her AKC RA title with QS 95 out 100 and 2 place in Rally Advanced A Class!
Milana performed in both Excellent B and Advanced B classes on Sat. and Sun. to get her 2 and 3 legs toward AKC RAE title .She did wonderful job with following results: QS 86 out of 100, QS 98 out 100 and 2nd in Class, QS 99 out 100 and 3rd in Class, QS 98 out 100 and 3rd in Class!
Congratulations on Liza’s new title, Milana’s 2 legs toward RAE and multiple class placements of both girls! We had a great time!

November 11- 12. 2011 Kalamzoo, MI.  AKC Rally Trials.
Kalamzoo Kennel Club

Our Milana (CKC Ch. MidnightSolo Unity for Zastava, CGC, TT, AKC RE, CKC RN) has started her work toward AKC RAE Title.
November 11: QS 90 out 100, 2 nd place in Rally Excellence B Class, QS 89 out 100 in Rally Advanced B Class. First leg toward AKC RAE title.
Novemeber 12: Milana was working hard but thanks to Olga , who missed one of the stations Milana didn’t qualified in Rally Exccelence B, however in a second trial Milana’s result was QS 100 out 100 and first place in Ralle Advanced B Class!!!
Congratulations to our friends Shannon and Eli for their wonderful results, class placements and 2 legs toward RAE title! We had such a great time!

October 19, 2011 Warren, MI Sporstmens Dog Training Club of Detroit.

Today our Zakhar (Zastava Chasovoj Zakhar) finished his Canine Good Citizen Class and passed AKC CGC Test with flying colors! Thanks to Robert and Di Ann for great job on Zakhar’s training, we are very proud of you! Now Zakhar is going to keep his training in Rally Classes;  good luck!

October 1, 2011 Troy, MI. ZASTAVA’s BRT PICNIC.
We’d like to say our thanks to all guests and members of Zastava and MidnightSolo BRT kennels from MI,OH,PA,MS, IL and Canada who joined the BRT picnic Zastava had in the beginning of October!
It was such a pleasure to spend this day with all of you and our beloved BRTs! We had a lecture about BRT behavior and training, had few short demos and answered questions of BRT owners and soon-to-be owners and of course had BBQ! Looking forward to see everyone next year!!!
More detailed report is coming soon.

September 16-17, 2011 Goodells MI,
AKC Rally Obedience trials and Conformation Shows, St Clair Kennel Club.

All our three BRT girls did excellent this weekend!
Liza (IABCA Int. Ch. Russian Pride Midsummer Night, CGC, TT, RN) earned her 2 legs toward next AKC Rally tittle; placed 1st and 2nd in Rally Advanced A Class and became BOB on Saturday with two more points toward her AKC Championship!
Milana (CKC Ch. MidnightSolo Unity for Zastava, CGC, TT, AKC RE, CKC RN ) was shown in conformation only and got two more points toward her AKC Champion title with BOB on Sunday!
MidnightSolo team , Jean with Sadie (CKC CH. Midnight Solo Siona Sadie, BH, CGN, TT, CKC CD,CD-X, DD, CKC RN, RA, RE, AKC CD) did great in Rally trails finishing Sadie’s AKC RN title and starting AKC Advanced with first place in Advanced B Class! Congrats to Julie and Liza, Jean and Sadie and Milana with myself, I guess, LOL! Great job, everyone!

August 16-18, 2011 CKC TKC Shows.
We are happy to report that our latest trip to Canada was very successful and Milana (CKC Ch. MidnightSolo Unity for Zastava, CGC, TT, AKC RE, CKC RN)came back home as CKC Champion! She earned her last points toward the title by winning BOB, 2 x BW and WB!
Congrats to MidnightSolo Kennel on Marrusah’s ( CKC Ch. Midnight Solo Tsarevna Marrusah, TT, Certified Service Dog ) CKC  Champion title and two Group placement and wonderful Misha’s(CH. Midnight Solo Maximus The First, CGN, HIC, TT, RN) results who became 4 x BOB!
Special thanks to Celyne, owner of Marrusah for her hospitality and great time we had in Earlton!

July 30-31, 2011 Burch Run, MI
IABCA International dog show.

Congratulations to Liza and Julie for new Champion title. 
Liza (IABCA Int. Ch. Russian Pride Midsummer Night, CGC, TT, RN) did wonderful at the shows and beside her winning got 4 written critiques from IABCA   judges with show rating “excellent”.
In the IABCA International Dog Show Liza won:
4 x BOB, 4 x V1 rating certificates and earned a Title: IABCA International Champion
We are very proud on the great job of Julie and Liza team at this show! Way to go, girls!

July 16 2011 Liza gets CHIC number!

Our Liza (Russian Pride Midsummer Night, CGC, TT, RN) passed all health checks and getting her CHIC  (#73676)!
OFA hips - Good, Elbows- Normal, Cardiac - Normal, Patella - Normal, Eye Cerf and CHU- not affected.
Liza is planning to continue to compete in Rally Obedience and conformation and has started her training in Agility

We would like to thank Liza’s breeder Natella Letitchever and owner of Liza’s sire Jean Brown for such a wonderful dog and congratulate them with her excellent health results!

July 1-3, 2011 CKC Rally and Obedience Trails

Our  Milana (MidnightSolo Unity for Zastava, CGC,TT, AKC RE) earned CKC RN title, qualifying and placing in class in 3 trials :
QS of 97, Placed 1st in Novice B ,QS of 96, Placed 3rd in Novice B,QS of 97, Placed 3rd in Novice B
Milana also got her 1st leg in CKC Rally Advanced with a perfect score of 100 and 1st Place in Advanced B class

Jean was competing in Obedience with Rusah(OTCH-X, Multi Champion CKC Furry Rusah Siberian Star CGC, CD, CD-X, UD, OTCH, DD, DD-X, AKC CD, RN, CARO RN, RA,RE, Mobility Assistance Dog)
qualified and placed 3rd in Class in Utility ,qualified and Placed 2nd in Open B class !
And in Rally Jean compete with Marley (Multi CH. Nord Praid Monarh Rossiyskoy Imperii , CGN, TT, BH, DD,CD-X, CARO RN, CKC RN, BISS 2007 Canadian BRT Specialty Show) earned 2 legs in Rally Excellent Placing 4th in class with a score of 99 !

The weekend was extremely hot and we are so proud of our BRTs who showed such a wonderful result with no excuses to the weather!