SATURDAY & SUNDAY IN VERMONT

GCH CH Witchway’s Here Comes The Magic 

We start our Monday Mop Up in New England where the Green Mountain Dog Club had the coveted Saturday spot in Tunbridge VT. Judge Danelle Brown’s seven finalists were the English Springer Spaniel, GCH CH Cerise Blindside, the Pharaoh Hound, GCH DC Hallam’s Jake Of Arolet SC, the Bernese Mountain Dog, GCH CH Witchway’s Here Comes The Magic, the Wire Fox Terrier, GCH CH Foxhaus Skyfall at Foxhollow, the Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, CH Sheeba Jimmy Buffet, the Keeshond, Darcroft Coca Cola Cowboy, and the Bearded Collie, GCH CH Dunhill Steeler Nation. 

CH Sheeba Jimmy Buffet 

Her Best was the Bernese, Meri, and her Reserve, the Cavalier, Jimmy. It was the first BIS for Meri. Congratulations to breeder/owner Joyce Dickhoff, co-breeder Lilian Ostermiller, co-owner Richard Harrison, and handler Jessica Plourde. 

GCH CH Cerise Blindside 

Judge Tom Hale would have the final at the GMDC’s encore on Sunday and his choice of the same Springer & Pharaoh Hound, the Samoyed, GCH CH Pebbles' Run Play It Again Ham, the returning Wire Fox, the Pug, GCH CH Valleybrook’s Sweet Dreams, the Dalmatian, GCH CH Upton & Brookside]s Hot Damn Here I Am CGC, and the Briard, GCH CH Ne Orageux's Flash Point. 

GCH CH Ne Orageux's Flash Point 

The Springer, Timmy, took the BIS and the Briard, Sparkles, the RBIS. Only the Standard Poodles rival the English Springers as the most competitive breed year after year. There are four English Springer Spaniels in this year’s Top Ten Sporting Dogs. Timmy is 2015’s Number Eight Sporting Dog with seven BIS and 30 Sporting Groups.