Champion!!!!!!! BISS Ch. Harley D. Hardt's Traveling Man x Ch. Nuttree's Sydney June 12, 2003 - January 3 2013 chic #35972 all tests "normal" AKC CHAMPIONSHIP MAY 25, 2008    

	Mars and sister, Venus aka  Martha
	Mars and grandmom, Ch. Shami
Mars and big half-sister, Belle	Belle teaching Mars how to dig!
Belle and Mars "taking a break"
Mars and mom, ch. Sydney
Mars and Belle on the picnic  table
Mars visits the emus at  kristine travis' farm (janus great  danes)
	Mars thought cassie was  pretty cute
waiting for the bed to move so.....	.....he can kill it!!!
cousin ben came to visit mars at  the GD club of metro washington  show
Mars and belle enjoying the snow
	Mars and belle "jawing"
Mars is getting ready to disrupt his great grandmom, Snowball's morning nap	Mars in Fishersville, VA
Mars' photo op at the blue ridge mtns.	Since Mars' first show win photo (first point from the puppy classes) didn't come out very well, we took the following picture as a substitute!

    Mars graduated to the bred-by exhibitor and his first weekend out he was awarded WD/BOw both days!!   Mars' 3rd weekend in bred by...4 point major!!!!!   Mars gets another point the next weekend!! point count so far.....8 with a major at 14 mos.    

	Left to right....Mars, his mom, Ch. Sydney his greatgrandmom, Ch. Snowball, his Grandmom, Ch. Shami and half-sister, Belle
Mars tormenting his mom...its what he does best!!!	Mars tormenting greatgrandmom, Snowball ....he usually regrets doing that!!!!

  Mars gets another point and a Best of Breed over a Special!    

Mars with his favorite toy....a piece of drain tile:-)

  Mars gets another point in Fredericksburg    

Mars in Bred By at the GDC of Maryland	Mars tackling the water bed!!
Mars with his dad in charlottesville
Mars in the ring in greensboro, nc	Mars and belle having a game of tug
	Mars picking up his last two singles....now on to that final major!!!!!!
Mars and the girls helping with the dishes!
what else does a dog do in february?	Mars in the ring in roanoke
	Mars and his favorite toy....the draintile!!
Belle, tigger and Mars	Mars and the girls yelling at mallory
Mars, his half-sister, Mallory, and mom Ch. Syd	Mars...on the move in jamestown!
coming.....and	....going
Mars and his new friend, Renee
	Mars..Can you say "sit"!!
Mars is still looking for his final major...sigh!!
	Mars...doing what boys do best!!
	Mars SNUFFLING OUR FIRST AND ONLY SNOWFALL

HE'S DONE!!!!!! FINAL 3 POINT MAJOR MAY 2008 AFTER MANY MAJOR RESERVES....FINALLY!!! JUST GOES TO SHOW YOU THAT IF YOU BELIEVE IN YOUR DOG.....DON'T GIVE UP!!!!!!    

	Mars AND SHASTA WITH DAUGHTER, PUMPKIN IN HER RUN
SHASTA TAKES A MOMENT TO GIVE Mars AN EAR SNUFFLE	Mars KNOWS HE'S NOT GOING TO GET THE CAN FROM MALLORY - NO MATTER HOW NICELY HE ASKS!!
Mars "camping out" at the Virginia Beach shows	Can't go to the beach without going to the ocean!!
Mars checking out his new "white" yard!
Mars got back in the ring at the UKC shows and was awarded a Guardian Group 2 in a very competitive group	it's like riding a bicycle...you never quite forget how to "show"!!
Mars and his daughter, Pumpkin, enjoying a beautiful fall day
Marswas not especially thrilled with our December snowstorm
Mars and the girls after playing in the snow	Cold January...lake froze for the first time in a few years...geese were very bent out of shape!
Mars can't believe it.....more snow!!	and it just kept on coming down!!

  Mars got to strut his stuff in the showring as a veteran at the great dane club of met. washington specialities March 2010 and came home with BEST VETERAN!!        

Mars and his dad hanging out at a ukc show
	We packed up the dogs and headed to Vermont for a week with family and friends
Mars, mallory and pumpkin, penshioner's pond, west charleston, vt	Mel and the dogs at our very cute cabin on Joe's Pond, West DAnville, VT.
Mars and the girls, Joe's pond.
Mars checking out the white stuff!
Mars and the girls sucking up the woodstove warmth!	Mars and his daughter pumpkin watching mallory
Mars, mallory and pumpkin waiting for their deer friends to show up!	Mars out on his walk
Mars aka mr. bud looking great at 8!!	Mars doing his duty, posing for the xmas photo!
	Snow, yech!!
Marsthinks this is a great snowfall...gone by noon!

  Mars was diagnosed with bone cancer in his left rear leg November 2012. He lost his battle with cancer on January 3, 2013. sleep softly sweet boy, until we meet again. The sun rising slowly in the east,   Bringing with it the sound of bells,   One of which caused my ears to perk,   I run to the hill I was told to wait on,   And I sit there waiting,   Patiently,   Anxiously,   My friends sit behind me,   Telling me to stop worrying,   You'll be here soon,   I know the bells don't lie,   But I can't help but worry,   All around me is natures beauty,   A beauty I  have wanted to share with you,   And today I will be able to.   I see out of the corner of my eye, a figure,   I turn to look at it,   As it gets closer I can see that it is you,   The one I have been waiting for,   I run as fast as my legs can carry me,   The bridge is close before you now,   Coming closer as you run towards me,   In the center of the path we meet,   My tail wagging so hard that it hurts,   Together we will cross the bridge into Paradise,   Welcome Home,   To me,   Your friend, your companion,   Your Pet.   Three Generation Picture Pedigree