Madeline Wilson, is 11 years old and is in the sixth grade at Centennial Elementary School in Lawrence, Kansas. Owain, Ch. Talgarth's Owain Gylndwr NA(pending) is her only Cardigan. Owain just had his third birthday. Madeline also does other sports and activities such as riding her show horse, doing gymnastics and taking trumpet lessons.

She finished Owain's championship in the breed ring when he was 17 months old. She was only nine years old at the time so she couldn't do juniors yet. They got Best of Winners and a four point major. How exciting! Later that month she turned 10, and started in the Juniors ring. Her best weekend in Juniors was when she showed in Wichita, Kansas. It was also her first weekend showing in agility as well. She had a tough time switching from class to class! But they won two 1st's and a 2nd in Novice Juniors. That was just before the 2002 Cardigan Nationals where she showed in Open Juniors. She was proud to get second next to the top handler, Philip Myers!

Owain and Madeline are taking a break from winning so much to concentrate on agility. He just finished his third leg to get his first Novice Standard title. They only have one more leg in Novice Jumpers with Weaves. She knew Owain would like agility when he started climbing and sliding down her brothers' plastic slide! The team's favorite obstacles are the dog walk and the teeter. Someday Madeline plans to take Owain into herding. He also passed his herding instinct test at our Nationals. What a pair!

Grace Geisler, who lives in Dayton, Ohio, has been handling Monty , Llanbryn's The Full Monty, since June 2002. Grace is 10 years old and is in the fifth grade. Grace is an active member of the Warren County Ohio Clover Canine 4-H Club. In Grace's first year in 4-H she represented Warren County at the Ohio State Fair.

Grace and Monty are participating in Therapy Dog training offered by the Clover Canines. Grace and Monty hope to pass the certification requirements in March of 2003. Grace also trains Monty in obedience. Last year they placed 7th out 12 in the Warren County Fair.

While Grace loves to show dogs, she hates to get up early to travel to the shows! She would be happy if all dog shows were 5 minutes away and started at noon!