Team Eclipse consists of all the people out working and showing their Eclipse dogs. We are proud of all the accomplishments of Eclipse dogs!
If you have an Eclipse dog, you can be a member of Team Eclipse. For your first title, you'll get a free Team Eclipse t-shirt! Team Eclipse also has awesome jackets you can earn when your dog is titled in both conformation and performance! New Team Eclipse outerwear! Earn the pants if you've already earned the jacket and can make the UKC Top 10 with your Eclipse dog. Earn the hat if you get the CGC on an Eclipse dog! Email eclipsekennels@live.com for more information.
Here is all the recent news from Team Eclipse:
January 21-22, 2012 - At a UKC Rally Trial in Hugo, MN, Eclipse's What Happens in Vegas "Luxor" co-owned by Eclipse and Tracie Karsjens qualified in Rally Level 1 B on Saturday for his second leg and on Sunday also qualified with a score of 97 and a third place to finish his URO1 title.");
January 15, 2012 - At a CPE Agility Trial in Ham Lake, MN Eclipse's Decadent Obsession "Nadia" qualified in four out of four runs.
January 7-8, 2012 - At a CPE Agility Trial in LaCrosse, WI Eclipse's Decadent Obsession "Nadia" qualified in six out of eight runs and finished her CL3-F and CL3-S titles.
Eclipse's Strength of Atlas "Atlas" owned by Tracie Karsjens qualified in Level 1 Wildcard and Level 1 Snooker to finish his CSL1-H and CSL1-S titles.
December 11, 2011 - At a CPE Agility Trial in Ham Lake, MN Eclipse's Decadent Obsession "Nadia" qualified in four out of four runs.
December 3-4, 2011 - Team Eclipse was out in force at UKC Shows in Minneapolis, MN! Eclipse's DedicationtoExcellence "Dex" owned by Mary Stacey won the Grand Champion class all four shows. In the second show on Saturday he won Best of Breed and Group III. On Sunday, he won Best of Breed both shows and went on to win Best in Multi-Breed Show both shows!
Eminent Epic Tail of Eclipse "Emmet" co-owned by Linda Legare and Eclipse won Best of Breed and Group I in the first show on Saturday.
STNG Captain of Eclipse "Jean Luc" owned by MaryBeth Kafut won Best of Breed and Group II in both shows on Sunday.
Eclipse's One And Only "Only" owned by Eclipse won Best of Breed Novice Puppy all four shows and won Best Novice Puppy in Multi-Breed Show in the second show on Saturday and both shows on Sunday.
Eclipse's Drive for Excellence "Bentley" co-owned by Mary Stacey and Tracie Karsjens won Reserve Best Female in the first show Saturday and Best Female in the second show on Saturday to finish her UKC Championship.
Eclipse Devine Attitude co-owned by Cari DeVine and Eclipse won Reserve Best Female in both shows on Sunday.
Eclipse's What Happens in Vegas "Luxor" co-owned by Eclipse and Tracie Karsjens won reserve in the champions class in the first show on Saturday and the second show on Sunday.
Eclipse's Strength of Atlas "Atlas" owned by Tracie Karsjens won Best of Breed Veteran both shows Saturday and the first show Sunday. He also won Best Veteran in Multi-Breed Show in the first show each day.
November 25-26, 2011 - At a CPE Agility Trial in Ham Lake, MN Eclipse's Decadent Obsession "Nadia" qualified in seven agility runs!
November 19, 2011 - Eclipse's Argent Sun "Ivy" co-owned by Monique and Tracie Karsjens won two Best of Breeds in Menasha, WI to finish her UKC Championship!
November 12-13, 2011 - Eclipse's Argent Sun "Ivy" co-owned by Monique and Tracie Karsjens won three Best of Breeds and won two Group IIs and a Group III at UKC shows in Ixonia, WI!
November 12, 2011 - At a CPE Agility Trial in Ham Lake, MN Eclipse's Decadent Obsession "Nadia" qualified in three of her four runs with placements.
October 28-30, 2011 - Team Eclipse competed at the UKC Gateway Nationals in Gray Summit, MO. Eclipse's Strength of Atlas "Atlas" owned by Tracie Karsjens won a Grand Champion award of merit on Friday and qualified in rally twice to earn a Total Dog award. He earned Herding Group III in the Total Dog conformation competition. He also qualified in his two other rally runs with scores of 97 and a perfect 100 (4th place). On Sunday he earned a Best of Breed.
Eclipse's BittersweetExcellence "Elle" competed in dock diving and had some awesome jumps over 16' in her first time competing. She also won the champion class once and took reserve four times.
Eclipse's What Happens in Vegas "Luxor" co-owned by Eclipse and Tracie Karsjens won the Champion class twice on Friday. On Saturday he won the Champion class once for his first Grand Champion leg. He also took a reserve. He qualified on Friday in rally with an 88 so he earned a Total Dog award. He also competed in Total Dog Herding Group and took Group IV.
Eclipse's Drive for Excellence "Bentley" co-owned by Mary Stacey and Tracie Karsjens qualified in three straight rally trials to earn her UKC Rally Obedience 1 title. She also won Best Female in both shows on Friday and in the German Shepherd Specialty on Saturday night. On Saturday she won Reserve Best Female in both shows.
Eclipse's Viva Las Vegas "Viva" co-owned by Carrie Grose-Phares and Eclipse won Best Female in the Herding Specialty on Friday night and in both shows on Saturday. In the German Shepherd Specialty on Saturday she won Reserve Best Female.
STNG Captain of Eclipse "Jean Luc" owned by MaryBeth Kafut won Best of Breed and Group II in both shows on Friday. On Friday night he won Best of Breed and Group I in the Herding Specialty. On Saturday he won Best of Breed and Group III in one show and on Saturday night won Best of Breed in the Berger Picard Specialty. On Sunday he won a Best of Breed.
Eclipse's DedicationtoExcellence "Dex" owned by Mary Stacey won a Grand Champion Award of Merit on Friday and had some great agility runs all weekend.
October 22-23, 2011 - At UKC Shows in Loves Park, IL Eclipse's Strength of Atlas "Atlas" owned by Tracie Karsjens won Best of Breed and Group I all four shows. He also went on to win UKC Best in Multi-Breed Show twice - this was #11 and #12!
Eclipse's BittersweetExcellence "Elle" won the champions class three times to finish her grand championship!
Eclipse's BittersweetAttitude "Sass" owned by Eclipse won the champions class for a win towards her grand championship.
Eclipse's What Happens in Vegas "Luxor" co-owned by Eclipse and Tracie Karsjens was Best Male and Best of Winners all four shows to finish his UKC Championship!
Eclipse's Drive for Excellence "Bentley" co-owned by Mary Stacey and Tracie Karsjens won Best Female in three shows and reserve in the fourth. She earned one win towards her championship.
Eclipse's Argent Sun "Ivy" co-owned by Monique and Tracie Karsjens won Best Female in one show and reserve in another. She earned one win towards her championship.
October 14-15, 2011 - At UKC Shows in Gilbert, MN STNG Captain of Eclipse "Jean Luc" owned by MaryBeth Kafut was Best of Breed and Group II in one show.
Eminent Epic Tail of Eclipse "Emmet" co-owned by Linda Legare and Eclipse won three Best of Breed, 2 Group IIs and a Group I and Reserve Best in Multi-Breed Show!
Eclipse Everlasting Love "Marlee" owned by Eclipse won the champion class three times for three legs towards her Grand Championship and also earned a reserve in the champions class.
Eclipse's Strength of Atlas "Atlas" owned by Tracie Karsjens won Best of Breed, Group I and his 10th UKC Best in Multi-Breed Show!
September 23-24, 2011 - At UKC Shows in Minneapolis, MN Eclipse BittersweetMisbehavin "Missy" owned by Eclipse was Best of Breed and Group I in one show.
STNG Captain of Eclipse "Jean Luc" owned by MaryBeth Kafut was Best of Breed and Group II in one show.
Eclipse's What Happens in Vegas "Luxor" co-owned by Eclipse and Tracie Karsjens won Best of Breed Novice Puppy all four shows and one Reserve Best Novice Puppy in Multi-Breed Show.
September 17-18, 2011 - At the Prescott Arizona Kennel Club in Chino Valley, AZ, Eclipse's JoKay Miakoda Moon "Koda" owned by Joe and Kathy Partch finished his last two legs towards his AKC Companion Dog Title with two first places
September 11, 2011 - At a UKC Trial in Lowell, IN, Eclipse's DedicationtoExcellence "Dex" owned by Mary Stacey finished his UKC Rally 3 title with a 97 and a 98 and two first places!
September 10-11, 2011 - At UKC Shows in Bemidji, MN STNG Captain of Eclipse "Jean Luc" owned by MaryBeth Kafut was Best of Breed, Group I and Best in Multi-Breed Show in both shows on Sunday! This was also the final win for Jean Luc's UKC Grand Championship!
Eclipse's Strength of Atlas "Atlas" owned by Tracie Karsjens won the grand champion class all three shows and won Best of Breed and Group II in one show. He also won Best of Breed Veteran all three shows and Best Veteran in Multi-Breed Show all three shows.
Eclipse's What Happens in Vegas "Luxor" co-owned by Eclipse and Tracie Karsjens won Best of Breed Novice Puppy in two shows and went on to win Reserve Best Novice Puppy in Multi-Breed Show in one show.
September, 2011 - Eclipse's Nikko Suave "Nikko" owned by Rebecca Brusven appears in the advertisement and on the packaging for a cow Halloween costume for Target!
September 3-4, 2011 - At a UKC Agility Trial in Ixonia, WI Eclipse's Decadent Obsession "Nadia" co-owned by Tracie Karsjens and Eclipse qualified in Agility I with a second place and two third places to earn her UAGI title.
Eclipse's DedicationtoExcellence "Dex" owned by Mary Stacey also qualifed in Agility I in three runs with a first place, a second place and a fourth place and earned his UAGI title.
August 20, 2011 - Eclipse's Wild Card of Atlas "Vegas" snd Eclipse's Decadent Obsession "Nadia" both co-owned by Tracie Karsjens and Eclipse attended a German Shepherd Dog Club of America Temperament Test in Houlton, WI and both girls passed.
August 13-14, 2011 - At a CPE Agility trial in Burnsville, MN Eclipse's Decadent Obsession "Nadia" co-owned by Tracie Karsjens and Eclipse qualified in nine of her ten runs with seven first places and two second places. She also finished her CTL2-F title!
August 6-7, 2011 - At a UKC Rally Trial in Loves Park, IL Eclipse's BittersweetExcellence "Elle" owned by Jon Stacey qualified three times in Rally level 1 to finish her URO1 title!
Eclipse's DedicationtoExcellence "Dex" owned by Mary Stacey qualified twice in Rally level 2 with first places to finish his URO2 title and qualified one in Rally level 3 with a second place!
Eclipse's Strength of Atlas "Atlas" owned by Tracie Karsjens qualified four time in Rally level 1 for All Star points with scores of 96, 97, 98 and 100!
July 23, 2011 - At an APDT trial in Hugo, MN Eclipse's Decadent Obsession "Nadia" co-owned by Tracie Karsjens and Eclipse qualified in three straight trials to earn her APDT RL1 title!
July 16-17, 2011 - At UKC Shows in Lake Elmo, MN Team Eclipse had a lot of great wins! Eclipse's One in a Million "Millie" owned by Joy and Annie Stoeckmann took Reserve Best Female in one show on Saturday. On Sunday Millie won Best Female and Best of Winners to finish her UKC Championship!
Eclipse's Bittersweet Destiny "Desi" owned by Sammy and Debbie Church qualified in three rally trials with scores of 98, 99, and 95 earning her URO1 title. She also won Best Female twice and Best of Winners once to finish her UKC Championship. These wins gave her a Total Dog award both days!
Eclipse's BittersweetExcellence "Elle" owned by Jon Stacey won reserve in the Champions class in three shows and in one show won the champions class. On Sunday she earned her first rally leg with a score of 97 and 2nd place.
Eclipse's DedicationtoExcellence "Dex" owned by Mary Stacey won two Best of Breeds and went on to Group II and Group I and Reserve Best in Multi-Breed Show. Dex also earned his first two legs in Rally Level 2 with first places. Dex also won a Total Dog award both days!
Eclipse's What Happens in Vegas "Luxor" co-owned by Eclipse and Tracie Karsjens won Best of Breed Novice Puppy in two shows and went on to win Best Novice Puppy in Multi-Breed Show.
Eclipse Everlasting Love "Marlee" owned by Eclipse took three reserves in the champions class and in the last show took Best of Breed and Group I
STNG Captain of Eclipse "Jean Luc" owned by MaryBeth Kafut won Best of Breed in three shows. He also took a Group IV and a Group III. He qualified in Rally Level 1 on Saturday which also earned him a Total Dog award!
July 2-3, 2011 - At UKC Shows in LeCenter, MN Eclipse Bittersweet HotAsHades "Fire" owned by Eclipse won the champions class twice for two wins towards her grand championship. She also took a Best of Breed and Group I.
Eclipse's What Happens in Vegas "Luxor" co-owned by Eclipse and Tracie Karsjens won Best of Breed Novice Puppy all four shows and won Best Novice Puppy in Multi-Breed Show in his first show.
Eclipse's Strength of Atlas "Atlas" owned by Tracie Karsjens won the grand champion class three of four shows and took a Best of Breed and Group I.
Eclipse's BittersweetAttitude "Sass" owned by Eclipse won the champions class for a win towards her grand championship.
Eclipse's One in a Million "Millie" owned by Joy and Annie Stoeckmann won Reserve Best Female in one show.
June 16-19, 2011 - Team Eclipse was out in force at the 2011 UKC Premier in Kalamazoo, MI. Eclipse's DedicationtoExcellence "Dex" owned by Mary Stacey competed in many events! He did dock diving all four days and had some great jumps and made the finals. He did rally on Friday and Saturday and scored a 97 and a 93, qualifing in both runs. He also debuted in agility and had a great run just shy of qualifying. Dex also competed in conformation and won the grand champion class on Saturday to earn a Total Dog Award! In the Total Dog conformation show he earned 4th in the herding group!
Eclipse's Strength of Atlas "Atlas" owned by Tracie Karsjens won Best of Breed at the German Shepherd Specialty show on Thursday. He also qualified in rally all three days with a 97, 94 and a perfect 100.
STNG Captain of Eclipse "Jean Luc" owned by MaryBeth Kafut won a large champions class on Friday for the first leg towards his grand championship.
Eminent Epic Tail of Eclipse "Emmet" co-owned by Linda Legare and Eclipse won a large grand champion class on Friday.
June 11, 2011 - STNG Captain of Eclipse "Jean Luc" owned by MaryBeth Kafut qualified in Rally Novice B with third place to finish his AKC Rally Novice title!
June 4-5, 2011 - Team Eclipse was at UKC Shows in Ixonia, WI. Eclipse's DedicationtoExcellence "Dex" owned by Mary Stacey won Best of Breed and Group II in two shows.
Eclipse's BittersweetExcellence "Elle" owned by Jon Stacey won the champions class three times and was reserve once.
Eclipse's Strength of Atlas "Atlas" owned by Tracie Karsjens won the grand champions class once.
Eclipse Bittersweet HotAsHades "Fire" owned by Eclipse won Best Female twice and reserve twice to finish her UKC Championship!
May 20-22, 2011 - Team Eclipse attended the White German Shepherd Dog Club International National Specialty Weekend in Lakeville, MN and had a great showing!
Eclipse's Strength of Atlas "Atlas" owned by Tracie Karsjens won Best of Breed in the Friday show. In the National show, Atlas won Best of Breed, Select 1 and Grand Victor! Atlas also won the Lobo Award for being the oldest male dog shown in the National. His mother, our Peannete's Pyramid of Echoes "Echo" was Awarded the Penny Award for being the oldest female dog show. Echo also won Best Opposite Sex / Grand Victrix!
Eclipse's Nikko Suave "Nikko" owned by Rebecca Brusven won the open dog class all four shows. In the Friday show and in the first Saturday show, he was Reserve Winners Dog. In the second show on Saturday, Nikko was Winners Dog, Best of Winners and Best Opposite Sex for a four point major. On Sunday, Nikko competed in pre-novice obedience and won High Scoring Dog in Non-Regular Class.
Eclipse's Up The Ante "Raisin" owned by Eclipse won the American Bred bitch class on Friday. On Saturday in show 1 she was Winners Bitch, Best of Winners and Best of Breed for a four point major. In the National show, Raisin was Winners Bitch, Best of Winners and Select 2. This was another four point major and finished her WGSDCII Championship!
Eclipse's Decadent Obsession "Nadia" co-owned by Tracie Karsjens and Eclipse was Winners Bitch and Best Opposite Sex in the Friday show for a four point major. Nadia also won the Open bitch class on Saturday in show 2 and in the National show.
Eclipse's BittersweetAttitude "Sass" owned by Eclipse won Reserve Winners Bitch in the Friday show. She also won the Open bitch class on Saturday in show 2.
Eclipse's What Happens in Vegas "Luxor" co-owned by Eclipse and Tracie Karsjens won the Dorothy Crider Personality Puppy award!
Eclipse's Sheriff of Hazzard County "Rosco" owned by Rebecca Brusven was Best Opposite Sex Factored Dog in all four shows.
Eclipse BittersweetMisbehavin "Missy" owned by Eclipse was Best of Breed Factored Dog in all four shows.
May 14-15, 2011 - At a CPE agility trial in Lakeville, MN Eclipse's Decadent Obsession "Nadia" co-owned by Tracie Karsjens and Eclipse qualified in four out of six runs. She qualified in Level 2 Jumpers, Level 3 Colors, Level 3 Wildcard and Level 3 FullHouse.
May 7-8, 2011 - At UKC shows in Amana, IA Eclipse BittersweetMisbehavin "Missy" owned by Eclipse won the champions class to finish her UKC Grand Championship.
Eclipse's BittersweetExcellence "Elle" owned by Jon Stacey won reserve in the champions class once.
Eclipse's BittersweetAttitude "Sass" owned by Eclipse won reserve in the champions class three times.
Eclipse's DedicationtoExcellence "Dex" owned by Mary Stacey won Best of Breed and Group I all four shows. In the first show on Sunday he went on to win Best in Multi-Breed Show!
April 23-24, 2011 - At UKC shows in Minneapolis, MN Team Eclipse had a great showing. Eclipse BittersweetMisbehavin "Missy" owned by Eclipse won the champions class twice for the third and fourth win towards her UKC Grand Championship.
STNG Captain of Eclipse "Jean Luc" owned by MaryBeth Kafut was Best Male and Best of Breed in two shows on Saturday to finish his UKC Championship! He also got a Group 2 and a Group 3.
Eminent Epic Tail of Eclipse "Emmet" co-owned by Linda Legare and Eclipse won Best of Breed and Group 2 in two shows on Sunday!
April 23-24, 2011 - Team Eclipse was also out in Wapakoneta, OH. Eclipse's DedicationtoExcellence "Dex" owned by Mary Stacey won Best of Breed twice and Group 3 and Group 4.
Eclipse's BittersweetExcellence "Elle" owned by Jon Stacey won the champions class three times.
March 26-27, 2011 - At UKC shows in Minneapolis, MN Team Eclipse had a great showing. STNG Captain of Eclipse "Jean Luc" owned by MaryBeth Kafut was Best Male all four shows. In Sunday show 2, Jean Luc was also Best of Breed, Group I and Best in Multi-Breed Show!
Eminent Epic Tail of Eclipse "Emmet" co-owned by Linda Legare and Eclipse won Grand Champion, Best of Breed and Group III in both shows Saturday. On Sunday in show two he won the grand champions class.
Eclipse's One in a Million "Millie" owned by Joy and Annie Stoeckmann was Reserve Best Female in both shows on Saturday.
Eclipse BittersweetMisbehavin "Missy" owned by Eclipse won the champions class on Saturday in show 1 for the second win towards her UKC Grand Championship. On Saturday in show 2 and on Sunday in show 1 she was reserve in the champions class.
Eclipse's BittersweetExcellence "Elle" owned by Jon Stacey won the champions class on Sunday in show 2 for the first win towards her UKC Grand Championship.
Eclipse's DedicationtoExcellence "Dex" owned by Mary Stacey won the grand champion class in the first show on Saturday.
Eclipse's Strength of Atlas "Atlas" owned by Tracie Karsjens was Best of Breed Veteran in both shows on Saturday and in the second show was Best Veteran in Multi-Breed Show.
March 16, 2011 - Eclipse's Decadent Obsession "Nadia" co-owned by Tracie Karsjens and Eclipse earned her Outstanding Versatility title from Clever Canine Companions!
March 12-13, 2011 - At a CPE agility trial in LaCrosse, WI Eclipse's Decadent Obsession "Nadia" co-owned by Tracie Karsjens and Eclipse qualified in six out of seven runs and earned her CTL2-H and CTL2-S titles.
Eclipse's Strength of Atlas "Atlas" owned by Tracie Karsjens qualified in Level 1 Colors and Level 1 Jackpot!
March 7, 2011 - Eclipses Bittersweet Destiny "Desi" owned by Sammy and Debbie Church earned her Versatile Canine Companion title from Clever Canine Companions!
March 6, 2011 - Eclipse's JoKay Miakoda Moon "Koda" owned by Joe and Kathy Partch passed his herding instinct test!
February 26, 2011 - STNG Captain of Eclipse "Jean Luc" owned by MaryBeth Kafut qualified in AKC Rally Novice B for his second leg!
February 12-13, 2011 - Team Eclipse was out in force this weekend! At a UKC show in Ixonia, WI Eclipse BittersweetMisbehavin "Missy" took Best Female, Best of Breed and Group II in the first show on Saturday. Missy finished her UKC Championship on Sunday in show 1 with a class win. In show 2 on Sunday she won the champions class for her first win towards her Grand Championship. Missy also earned her AKC Canine Good Citizen certificate.
Eclipse's DedicationtoExcellence "Dex" owned by Mary Stacey won Best of Breed and Group III in the second show on Saturday.
Eclipse's BittersweetExcellence "Elle" owned by Jon Stacey won Best Female, Best of Breed and Group III in the first show on Sunday to finish her UKC Championship.
Eclipse Bittersweet HotAsHades "Fire" owned by Eclipse won Best Female in show 2 on Sunday for her first win towards her championship. Fire also earned her AKC Canine Good Citizen certificate.
Eclipse's Bittersweet Legacy "Lil' Tater" owned by Eclipse earned her AKC Canine Good Citizen certificate.
Eclipses Bittersweet Destiny "Desi" owned by Sammy and Debbie Church earned her AKC Canine Good Citizen certificate.
Eminent Epic Tail of Eclipse "Emmet" co-owned by Linda Legare and Eclipse won Best of Breed and Group I in the first show one Saturday and Best of Breed and Group II in the second show. On Sunday, he won Best of Breed in show one. Emmet also earned his AKC Canine Good Citizen Certificate.
STNG Captain of Eclipse "Jean Luc" owned by MaryBeth Kafut won Best Male all four shows and on Sunday in show 2 won Best of Breed for his first win towards his championship. Jean Luc also earned his AKC Canine Good Citizen Certificate.
Eclipse Everlasting Love "Marlee" co-owned by Beth Stallard-Rank and Eclipse earned her AKC Canine Good Citizen Certificate.
In Kansasville, WI at a CPE agility trial, Eclipse's Decadent Obsession "Nadia" co-owned by Tracie Karsjens and Eclipse qualified in seven of her nine agility runs with all first places. She earned her CTL1-R title on Sunday.
February 5, 2011 - In Yorkville, IL at UKC shows Eclipse's DedicationtoExcellence "Dex" owned by Mary Stacey won two Best of Breeds and a Group I and a Group III.
Eclipse's BittersweetExcellence "Elle" owned by Jon Stacey won Best Female in both shows.
January 29-30, 2011 - STNG Captain of Eclipse "Jean Luc" owned by MaryBeth Kafut attended his very first AKC Rally Trial on Saturday at just six months old and qualified in Rally Novice B!!
Eclipse's Decadent Obsession "Nadia" co-owned by Tracie Karsjens and Eclipse earned her second leg toward her AKC Rally Novice Title on Saturday with a score of 91 and fourth place. On Sunday she qualified with a 97 and third place which finished her AKC Rally Novice Title.
January 22-23, 2011 - Eclipse's Decadent Obsession "Nadia" co-owned by Tracie Karsjens and Eclipse attended her first agility trial in Spring Grove, IL. Nadia qualified in all six of her agility runs with first places! She earned her CTL1-H, CTL1-S and CTL1-F agility titles in her very first trial!!!
January 15-16, 2011 - In Melrose Park, IL Eclipse's DedicationtoExcellence "Dex" owned by Mary Stacey won Best of Breed all four shows and went on to a Group I and three Group IIs.
Eclipse's BittersweetExcellence "Elle" owned by Jon Stacey won Reserve Best Female in two shows!
January 7, 2011 - Eclipse's Decadent Obsession "Nadia" co-owned by Tracie Karsjens and Eclipse attended her first AKC Rally Trial and earned a qualifying score in Novice with a 95 out of 100.
December 31, 2010 - It's official - Eclipse dogs rocked the UKC TOP TEN in 2010!
Eclipse's Strength of Atlas "Atlas" owned by Tracie Karsjens was the #2 German Shepherd Dog (his eighth straight year in the TOP TEN!)
Eclipse's Bittersweet Legacy "Lil' Tater" owned by Eclipse was the #3 German Shepherd Dog
Eclipse's DedicationtoExcellence "Dex" owned by Mary Stacey was the #9 German Shepherd Dog
Eminent Epic Tail of Eclipse "Emmet" co-owned by Linda Legare and Eclipse was the #1 Berger Picard
December 10-11, 2010 - At UKC Shows in Kalamazoo, MI, Eclipse's DedicationtoExcellence "Dex" owned by Mary Stacey won Best of Breed and Group I twice!
Eclipse's BittersweetExcellence "Elle" owned by Jon Stacey won Best Female for her second win towards her championship!
December 4-5, 2010 - At UKC Shows in Minneapolis, MN Team Eclipse members had a great weekend!
Eclipse's DedicationtoExcellence "Dex" owned by Mary Stacey won Best of Breed, Group I and Best in Multi-Breed Show in the first show on Sunday!!!
Eclipse's BittersweetExcellence "Elle" owned by Jon Stacey won Best Female on Saturday for her first win towards her championship!
STNG Captain of Eclipse "Jean Luc" owned by MaryBeth Kafut was Best of Breed Novice Puppy all four shows and went on to win Best Novice Puppy in Multi-Breed Show in two shows!
Eclipse's Strength of Atlas "Atlas" owned by Tracie Karsjens won Best of Breed and Group I in the second show on Sunday.
Eclipses Bittersweet Destiny "Desi" owned by Sammy and Debbie Church won Reserve Best Female in one show.
Eminent Epic Tail of Eclipse "Emmet" co-owned by Linda Legare and Eclipse won Best of Breed all four shows and one Group II and three Group IIIs.
Eclipse BittersweetMisbehavin "Missy" owned by Eclipse took two reserve Best Females and two Best Females for her first two wins towards her championship!
November 13-14, 2010 - Team Eclipse members were all over the place this weekend!
Eclipse Everlasting Love "Marlee" co-owned by Beth Stallard-Rank and Eclipse went herding in WI and Marlee passed her herding instinct test!
Eclipses Bittersweet Destiny "Desi" owned by Sammy and Debbie Church went to IABCA shows in Hutchinson, MN. Desi won Best of Breed all four shows with V-1 ratings to earn her IABCA International Championship!
Eclipse's Sheriff of Hazzard County "Rosco" owned by Rebecca Brusven also competed in the IABCA shows in Hutchinson, MN. Rosco earned four V-1 ratings, two Best of Breeds, and earned his IABCA International Championship!
Eclipse's DedicationtoExcellence "Dex" owned by Mary Stacey competed in dock diving in Indianapolis, IN. Dex earned his United Senior Jumper Championship title and made it to the finals where he took third in the jump off!
Eclipse's BittersweetAttitude "Sass", Eclipse Bittersweet HotAsHades "Fire", Eclipse's Bittersweet Misbehavin "Missy", and Eclipse's Bittersweet Legacy "Lil' Tater" all owned by Eclipse as well as Eminent Epic Tail of Eclipse "Emmet" co-owned by Linda Legare and Eclipse went to a CERF clinic to have their eyes checked by an opthamologist and all checked out clear!
October 29-31, 2010 - Team Eclipse traveled to Grey Summit, MO for the UKC Gateway Nationals. We had a great weekend with lots of successes! Eminent Epic Tail of Eclipse "Emmet" co-owned by Linda Legare and Eclipse won four Best of Breeds and a Group IV in a large herding group!
Eclipse's Strength of Atlas "Atlas" owned by Tracie Karsjens earned a TOTAL DOG award on Saturday. Atlas qualified in Rally Level 1 with a 94/100 and earned an Award of Merit in the Grand Champion class to qualify. In the Total Dog Best in Show on Sunday, Atlas was pulled out as a finalist! On Sunday, Atlas won Best of Breed and went on to a Group III in a large herding group!
Eclipse's DedicationtoExcellence "Dex" owned by Mary Stacey earned a TOTAL DOG award of Saturday. Dex tried rally for the first time Saturday and qualified in two trials with scores of 83/100 (for fourth place) and 87/100 (for second place). His rally Qs combined with his Grand Champion Award of Merit earned Dex the total dog award! Dex also did dock diving on Saturday with his longest dive being 19'4"! On Sunday, Dex finished his first rally title with a score of 78/100! This earned Dex's URO1 title. He got a bonus fourth leg with 94/100 and second place! In dock diving on Sunday, Dex broke the record for German Shepherds with Ultimate Air Dogs with a jump of 19'8" and also earned his way into the senior finals. In the finals, Dex jumped 20' to break his own record and win the finals!!!
Eclipse's BittersweetExcellence "Elle" owned by Jon Stacey made her show debut. Elle was Best of Breed Novice Puppy in the German Shepherd specialty.
October 23-24, 2010 - Eclipse's Strength of Atlas "Atlas" owned by Tracie Karsjens won Best of Breed in both shows Saturday and a Group II in one show. On Sunday he won the grand champions class in one show.
Eclipse's Up The Ante "Raisin" owned by Eclipse was Champion of Champions in three shows and in the last show on Sunday went on to Best of Breed! Raisin also finished her UKC Grand Championship!
Eclipse's BittersweetAttitude "Sass" owned by Eclipse won reserve in the champions class in three shows.
Eclipse's DedicationtoExcellence "Dex" owned by Mary Stacey won the grand champions class in one show on Sunday.
Eclipse's BittersweetExcellence "Elle" owned by Jon Stacey earned her AKC Canine Good Citizen certificate at just four months old.
October 16-17, 2010 - Eclipse's Bittersweet Legacy "Lil' Tater" owned by Eclipse earned her first two AKC points at AKC shows in Mason City, IA. Lil' Tater was Winners Bitch, Best of Winners and Best of Breed on Saturday for one point and Winners Bitch and Best Opposite Sex on Sunday for one point. She was owner handled for these points!
October 9-10, 2010 - At UKC Shows in Bemidji, MN Eclipse's Bittersweet Legacy "Lil' Tater" owned by Eclipse earned her third UKC Best in Multi-Breed Show win!
STNG Captain of Eclipse "Jean Luc" owned by MaryBeth Kafut was Best of Breed Novice Puppy all four shows and went on to win Best Novice Puppy in Multi-Breed Show!
September 26, 2010 - Eclipse's One in a Million "Millie" owned by Joy and Annie Stoeckmann earned her AKC Canine Good Citizen Certificate! (Millie is pictured with her daughter Halle)
September 25-26, 2010 - At UKC Shows in Minneapolis, MN Eminent Epic Tail of Eclipse "Emmet" co-owned by Linda Legare and Eclipse finished his UKC Grand Championship. Emmet took four Best of Breeds, two Group IIs and two Group Is. He also won Best in Multi-Breed Show and Reserve Best in Multi-Breed Show!
September 18-19, 2010 - Eclipse's Wild Card of Atlas "Vegas" co-owned by Tracie Karsjens and Eclipse competed in a CPE agility trial and qualified in Level 3 Colors with a fourth place.
August 28-29, 2010 - A great weekend in Wisconsin for the dogs and owners of Team Eclipse! At UKC shows in Ixonia, WI Eclipse's DedicationtoExcellence "Dex" owned by Mary Stacey won the champions class twice to finish his UKC Grand Championship on his birthday (he's just one year old). On the same day, Dex passed his AKC Canine Good Citizen test. Way to go Dex!
Eclipse's Strength of Atlas "Atlas" owned by Tracie Karsjens won Best of Breed in both shows on Saturday and went on to Group I and Group II.
Eclipse's Bittersweet Legacy "Lil' Tater" owned by Eclipse won the grand champions class in both Sunday shows and won Best of Breed in the second show. She went on to a Group I.
Eclipse's BittersweetAttitude "Sass" owned by Eclipse won reserve in the champions class in both Sunday shows,
Eminent Epic Tail of Eclipse "Emmet" co-owned by Linda Legare and Eclipse won the champions class both shows on Sunday and won Best of Breed in the first show. He went on to a Group I.
Eclipse Everlasting Love "Marlee" co-owned by Beth Stallard-Rank and Eclipse won the champions class both shows on Saturday.
August 7, 2010 - Team Eclipse does well at UKC shows in Glencoe, MN. Eminent Epic Tail of Eclipse "Emmet" co-owned by Linda Legare and Eclipse won Best of Breed in show 1! This was his fourth win towards his grand championship. He also took reserve in the champions class in show 2.
Eclipse's Howitzer "Howie" co-owned by Eclipse and Susan Braun won Reserve Best Male in show 1 and Best Male in show 2.
Eclipses Bittersweet Destiny "Desi" owned by Eclipse was Reserve Best Female in show 1 and Best Female and Best of Winners in show 2.
Eclipse's Strength of Atlas "Atlas" owned by Tracie Karsjens was Best of Breed Veteran in show 1 and Best Stud Dog in both shows.
Eclipses Bittersweet Solitude "Soli" owned by Eclipse was Best Brood Bitch in both shows.
July 24, 2010 - At UKC Shows in Custer, WI Eclipse's Bittersweet Legacy "Lil' Tater" owned by Eclipse won Best in Multi-Breed Show in show 1 and Reserve Best in Multi-Breed Show in show 2!
Eclipse's DedicationtoExcellence "Dex" owned by Mary Stacey won the champions class for his third grand champion leg!
Eclipse's Up The Ante "Raisin" owned by Eclipse won reserve in the champions class.
July 17-18, 2010 - Team Eclipse hits the UKC shows in Lake Elmo, MN. Eclipse's Bittersweet Legacy "Lil' Tater" owned by Eclipse won two Best of Breeds and a Group I and a Group II.
Eclipse's Strength of Atlas "Atlas" owned by Tracie Karsjens earned his second TOTAL DOG award with a qualifying score in Rally and a win in conformation.
Eminent Epic Tail of Eclipse "Emmet" co-owned by Linda Legare and Eclipse won Best of Breed and Group I on Saturday! This was his third win towards his grand championship. He also took three reserves in the champions class.
July 8-11, 2010 - Team Eclipse does awesome at the UKC Premier! Eclipse's Strength of Atlas "Atlas" owned by Tracie Karsjens qualified in Rally on Saturday with a 96.
Eminent Epic Tail of Eclipse "Emmet" co-owned by Linda Legare and Eclipse won Best Male on Friday to finish his UKC Championship. On Saturday night at the Berger Picard Club of America Specialty, Emmet won the champions class for his first leg towards his grand championship. He went on to take Best of Breed in the specialty! On Sunday, Emmet won the champions class with 10 champions entered to get his second grand champion leg. He went on to win Best of Breed and went to group where he won Group II from a very large herding group! Amazing weekend for an 8 month old puppy!
Eclipse's DedicationtoExcellence "Dex" owned by Mary Stacey won an Award of Merit in the champions class on Saturday. Friday, Saturday and Sunday Dex particiapted in dock diving. He had never done it before but he picked it up VERY quickly. His longest dive was 19' 1" which is only 8" shy of the all time record for GSDs! Dex earned his United Senior Jumper (USJ) title as well as two legs towards the United Junior Jumper title. He also qualified for the jump off in his class and placed fifth!
June 26, 2010 - Eclipse Everlasting Love "Marlee" co-owned by Beth Stallard-Rank and Eclipse attended UKC shows in McHenry, IL. At just seven month old, Marlee took a Group II in a large herding group to finish her UKC Championship!
June 25-27, 2010 - Four Eclipse dogs attended the White German Shepherd Dog Club International National Specialty Weekend in Norman, OK. Eclipse's Strength of Atlas "Atlas" owned by Tracie Karsjens won Best of Breed in two shows, Best Opposite Sex in one show and was Select 2 Dog in the National Specialty.
Eclipse's Wild Card of Atlas "Vegas" co-owned by Tracie Karsjens and Eclipse won Best of Breed in one show, Best Opposite Sex in one show and was Select 2 Bitch in the National Specialty.
Eclipse's Up The Ante "Raisin" owned by Eclipse was Best of Winners in two shows, Reserve Winners Bitch in one show and Winners Bitch and Select 3 Bitch in the National Specialty.
Eclipse's Decadent Obsession "Nadia" co-owned by Tracie Karsjens and Eclipse was Reserve Winners Bitch in one show.
June 12-13, 2010 - At UKC shows in Owen, WI, Eclipse German Shepherds had a great showing. Eclipse's Up The Ante "Raisin" owned by Eclipse won the champions class once and took one reserve. She also went on to Best of Breed and Group II. Eclipse's Decadent Obsession "Nadia" co-owned by Tracie Karsjens and Eclipse won the champions class once and took two reserves.
Eclipse's Strength of Atlas "Atlas" owned by Tracie Karsjens won Best of Breed and Group I in three shows and went on to win his ninth UKC Best in Multi-Breed Show.
Eclipse's DedicationtoExcellence "Dex" owned by Mary Stacey won the champion class twice and took a reserve.
June 5-6, 2010 - At UKC Shows in LeCenter, MN Eclipse's Bittersweet Legacy "Lil' Tater" owned by Eclipse won two Best of Breeds and Group Is.
June 5-6, 2010 - At UKC Shows in Ixonia, WI Eclipse's Strength of Atlas "Atlas" owned by Tracie Karsjens won Best of Breed all four shows and Group I in three shows. He also went on to win Reserve Best in Multi-Breed Show.
Eclipse's Decadent Obsession "Nadia" co-owned by Tracie Karsjens and Eclipse won the champions class twice and took two reserves and finished her UKC Grand Championship.
Eclipse's Up The Ante "Raisin" owned by Eclipse won the champions class twice and took two reserves. Eminent Epic Tail of Eclipse "Emmet" co-owned by Linda Legare and Eclipse won Best Male all four shows. He also won Best of Winners twice and Best of Breed and Group III.
Eclipse Everlasting Love "Marlee" co-owned by Beth Stallard-Rank and Eclipse won Best Female all four shows. She also won Best of Winners twice and Best of Breed and Group IV.
May 22, 2010 - Eclipse's DedicationtoExcellence "Dex" owned by Mary Stacey took 3rd in Group at an AKC Sanctioned Match in Kokomo, IN.
May 15-16, 2010 - At UKC Shows in Gilbert, MN Eclipse's Strength of Atlas "Atlas" owned by Tracie Karsjens won Best of Breed and Group I in three shows and won a Reserve Best in Multi-Breed Show.
Eminent Epic Tail of Eclipse "Emmet" co-owned by Linda Legare and Eclipse won Best Male all four shows and won a Best of Breed and Group III.
April 24-25, 2010 - At UKC Shows in Minneapolis, MN Eclipse's Bittersweet Legacy "Lil' Tater" owned by Eclipse won the champion class twice to finish her UKC Grand Championship. She also took Best of Breed and Group I twice and went on to Reserve Best in Multi-Breed Show!
Eminent Epic Tail of Eclipse "Emmet" co-owned by Linda Legare and Eclipse attended his first show and acted like a pro! He was Best of Breed Novice Puppy in both shows and went on to win Best Novice Puppy in Show!
April 24, 2010 - At UKC Shows in Wapakoneta, Ohio, Eclipse's DedicationtoExcellence "Dex" owned by Mary Stacey finished his UKC Championship by going Best of Breed!
April 10, 2010 - At UKC Shows in Valparaiso, IN Eclipse's DedicationtoExcellence "Dex" owned by Mary Stacey won Best of Breed!
April 3-4, 2010 - At UKC Shows in Minneapolis, MN Eclipse's Howitzer "Howie" co-owned by Susan Braun and Eclipse was Reserve Best Male in one show. Eclipse's DedicationtoExcellence "Dex" owned by Mary Stacey was Reserve Best Male in two shows.
Eclipse One In a Million "Millie" co-owned by Annie Stoeckmann and Joy Stoeckmann and Eclipse was Best Female in one show.
Eclipse's Bittersweet Legacy "Lil' Tater" owned by Eclipse won the champions class three times and in one show won Best of Breed and Best in Multi-Breed Show.
Eclipse's Strength of Atlas "Atlas" owned by Tracie Karsjens won Best of Breed and Best in Multi-Breed Show.
April 2010 - Eclipse's Decadent Obsession "Nadia" co-owned by Tracie Karsjens and Eclipse earned her Versatile Canine Companion Excellent title from Clever Canine Companions.
March 13, 2010 Eclipse's DedicationtoExcellence "Dex" owned by Mary Stacey attended his first UKC shows at the Michigan Classic in Kalamazoo, MI. They did awesome beating out two other puppies and taking 1st place and Best Male in both shows they entered! Dex also took Best of Winners in one show!
March 13-14, 2010 - Eclipse's Decadent Obsession "Nadia" co-owned by Tracie Karsjens and Eclipse competed in UKC Rally 1 in Schiller Park, IL. Nadia qualified in Level 1 three times with a third and fourth place to finish her first performance title, UKC Rally Obedience 1.
March, 2010 - Eclipse's Strength of Atlas "Atlas" owned by Tracie Karsjens fulfills the requirements to earn a CHIC (Canine Health Information Center) number through OFA. He is the first white GSD to get a CHIC number.
February 6-7, 2010 - Eclipse's Strength of Atlas "Atlas" owned by Tracie Karsjens competed in an APDT Rally Trial in Minneapolis, MN. Atlas Qed in all three of his runs and finished his APDT Rally Level 1 Championship. He did it with 13 straight Qs.
January 31, 2010 - Eclipse's Strength of Atlas "Atlas" owned by Tracie Karsjens finished 2009 as the #7 dog and Eclipse's Nikko Suave "Nikko" owned by Rebecca Brusven as the #9 dog in the United Kennel Club TOP TEN of Geman Shepherd Dogs!
January 2010 - Eclipse's Wild Card of Atlas "Vegas" co-owned by Tracie Karsjens and Eclipse earned her Clever Canine Companions Outstanding Versatility title. Eclipse's Decadent Obsession "Nadia" co-owned by Tracie Karsjens and Eclipse earned her Versatile Canine Companion title.