DELAWARE COUNTY KENNEL CLUB

GCH CH Stargazer N Wingfield Wait Wait Don’t Tell 

Today’s Delaware County Kennel Club show in York PA was another big one, with over 2300 entries. Dr Clyde Shaw had the judge’s book in the final ring and his pick of the English setter, GCH CH Stargazer N Wingfield Wait Wait Don’t Tell, the Whippet, GCH CH Sporting Fields Shameless, the Samoyed, GCH CH Pebbles Run Play It Again Ham, the Russell Terrier, GCH CH DBF Woodsong Mayflower Madame, the Smooth Coat Chihuahua, GCH CH Sonnus Filho (Sanchez), the French Bulldog, GCH CH Iacta Alea Est De La Bete, and the Bearded Collie, GCH CH Dunhill Steeler Nation. 

GCH CH Pebbles Run Play It Again Ham 

Best went to the Setter, Teller, while the Reserve was reserved for the Samoyed, Bogie. It was the second of the season for Teller and his second this week.

GSD GETS ANOTHER IN LOUISVILLE

GCH CH Lockenhaus Rumor Has It v Kenlyn

It finally stopped raining here in Louisville, maximizing participation at today's huge Evansville Kennel Club show. With almost 3200 dogs entered in the regular classes, today's event will be one of the top five this year. 

GCH CH Cragsmoor Goodtime Charlie

(photo by Michael McGuire)

The seven dogs that made it all the way through to judge Barbara Dempsey Alderman's final were the Weimaraner, GCH CH Doc's Greyborn Northstar of Acadia, the 15 Beagle, GCH CH Torquay Midnight Victory, the Siberian Husky, GCH CH Highlander Rumour Has It, the Skye Terrier, GCH CH Cragsmoor Good Time Charlie, the Pug, GCH CH Careva's Boodelicious, the Chow Chow, GCH CH Eastern-Magic Fly Me Safe, and the German Shepherd Do, GCH CH Lockenhaus Rumor Has It. 

Capturing the month's biggest prize was the GSD, Rumor, her second here in Louisville. Coming close was the Skye, Charlie. Now with 15 BIS and 28 Group Ones, the Number One Dog All Breeds will be hard, but not impossible, to catch before mid-summer.

IRISH SETTER BIS AGAIN

GCH CH Militza’s My Cherie Amour 

(photo by Rhonda Cassidy)

The Irish Setter, GCH CH Militza’s My Cherie Amour, made it two in a row, collecting the top prize at today’s Leavenworth Kennel Club in Kansas City MO. 

GCH CH Derby’s Toast with Gusto 

Challenging Adele for judge Ann Savory Bolus’ favor were the Whippet, GCH CH Bohem Swan Song SC, the Greater Swiss Mountain Dog, GCH CH Derby’s Toast with Gusto, the Norwich Terrier, GCH CH Roserock’s Atticus Finch, the Chinese Crested, GCH CH Kulana’s Sh-Boom, the Standard Poodle, GCH CH Dawin Reigate Fire Away, and the Old English Sheepdog, GCH CH Lambluv’s Sultry Sensation. The two wins should put Adele into the Top Ten Sporting Dogs. However we will have to wait for the superintendent to tally all the Sporting Group points in Louisville before we can tell you for sure.

GSD BIS IN LOUISVILLE

GCH CH Lockenhaus Rumor Has It v Kenlyn 

The fun in Louisville KY continued today with the hometown Louisville Kennel Club hosting. 2851 dogs were entered today. The seven that made it all the way to Dr Robert Indeglia’s final were the Weimaraner, GCH CH Doc's Greyborn North Star Of Acadia, the Afghan Hound, GCH CH Thaon’s Wallstreet, the Samoyed, GCH CH White Eagle’s The Sky’s The Limit For Alpine GLo, the Skye Terrier, GCH CH Cragsmoor Good Time Charlie, the Brussels Griffon, GCH CH Fist Face A Penny for Your Thought, the Chow Chow, GCH CH Eastern-Magic Fly Me Safe, and the German Shepherd Dog, GCH CH Lockenhaus Rumor Has It v Kenlyn. 

GCH CH Cragsmoor Good Time Charlie

(photo by Rhonda Cassidy)

The one the good doctor liked the best was the GSD, Rumor. The one he liked nearly as much was the Skye, Charlie. The win, Rumor’s 14th in 27 trips to the final ring this year, gives Rumor a substantial lead on the field. As they say in Louisville, she is off and running.

FLAT COAT BIS IN YORK PA

GCH CH Windy Hill Dance To The Music JH 

Our first report today comes in from York PA where Friday is hump day, the third of the five day stop. Today’s show was hosted by the York Kennel Club who put judge Brian Meyer in the final ring. Joining him were the Flat-Coated Retriever, GCH CH Windy Hill Dance To The Music JH, the Black & Tan Coonhound, GCH CH Bayaway Jersey’s Due Process of Law, the Akita, GCH CH CR-Wicca’s Trade Secret, the Welsh Terrier, GCH CH Teritail’s Loyal Knight, the Shih Tzu, GCH CH Hallmark Jolei Rocket Power, the Standard Poodle, GCH CH Gala Brighton Lakeridge Reflections Of Me, and the Bearded Collie, GCH CH Dunhill Steeler Nation. 

GCH CH CR-Wicca’s Trade Secret 

Judge Meyer’s BIS was the Flat-Coat, Macy, and his RBIS was the Akita, Trader. It was the first of the year for Macy who finished 2014 with three BIS and 11 Sporting Groups. Congratulations to breeders/owners Dr Robert & Sonja Rickert, LM Selof, & M Bettis, and handler Angela L Lloyd.

IRISH SETTER BIS IN KANSAS CITY

GCH CH Militza’s My Cherie Amour 

(photo by Rhonda Cassidy)

Judge Peggy Beisel-McIlwaine was in Kansas City MO to name a Best In Show at today’s Leavenworth kennel Club show. The seven dogs hoping to get the title were the Irish Setter, GCH CH Militza’s My Cherie Amour, the Pharaoh Hound, GCH CH Osiris Cowboy Casanova, the Greater Swiss Mountain Dog, GCH CH Derby’s Toast With Gusto, the White Bull Terrier, CH Aragon’s A Perfect Storm At Ruffin, the Pug, GCH CH Hill Country’s Let’s Get Ready To Rumble, the Keeshond, GCH CH Trumpet’s You Could Be Mine, and the Briard, GCH CH Ne Orageux’s Flash Point. 

GCH CH Trumpet’s You Could Be Mine 

 Finishing one/two were the Setter, Adele, and the Keeshond, Keeper. It was the first of the season for Adele who finished 2014 with six BIS and 40 Sporting Groups.

COONHOUND BIS IN YORK PA

GCH CH Bayaway Jersey’s Due Process of Law 

We hear from York PA that the Black & Tan Coonhound, GCH CH Bayaway Jersey’s Due Process of Law, was judge David Kittredge’s Best In Show at today’s Lancaster Kennel Club show in York PA.
 

GCH CH Teritails Loyal Knight 

Joining Moses and handler Zack Helmer in the final ring were the Irish Setter, GCH CH Kellyglens Twilight Affair, the Samoyed, GCH CH Pebbles Run Play It Again Ham, the RBIS, the Welsh Terrier, GCH CH Teritails Loyal Knight, the Shih Tzu, GCH CH Hallmark Jolei rocket Power, the Dalmatian, GCH CH Spotted Bliss Oreo Delight, and the Bearded Collie, GCH CH Dunhill Steeler Nation. Moses is the nation’s Number Three Hound with two BIS and six Hound Groups.

SKYE TERRIER BIS IN LOUISVILLE

GCH CH Cragsmoor Good Time Charlie 

The big Kenutckiana Cluster opened today in Louisville KY with the Mid-Kentucky Kennel Club show. With nearly 12,000 points available over the four days, the stop has the potential of dramatically changing the year’s race for Number One Dog All Breeds. Judge Robert Stein had today’s final and his choice of the English Springer Spaniel, GCH CH Telltale American Ride, the Afghan Hound, GCH CH Thaon’s Wallstreet, the Akita, GCH CH Mojo Continuation of a Myth, the Skye Terrier, GCH CH Cragsmoor Good Time Charlie, the Pomeranian, GCH CH Hititmes What the Inferno, Standard Poodle, GCH CH Unique da Maya Dancing Queen, and the German Shepherd Dog, GCH CH Lockenhaus Rumor Has It v Kenlyn. 

GCH CH Lockenhaus Rumor Has It v Kenlyn 

(photo by Rhonda Cassidy)

Picking up the BIS was the Skye, Charlie, while the GSD, Rumor, went back to the set up with the RBIS. Charlie is the nation’s Number Four Dog All Breeds with eight BIS and 12 Terrier Groups this year. Today’s win will not put him past the Number Three Dog, but it’s just Thursday and there are lots more points to be had in Louisville.

ITALIAN GREYHOUND BIS IN YORK PA

GCH CH Marchwind Barbara Ann 

There are but five locations holding all breed shows this weekend, but there are two with four day clusters and one with a five show offering. The hometown York Kennel Club got an early start on the week with their opener in that Pennsylvania city. Allen Odom had the judge’s book in the final ring and is pick of the English Setter, GCH CH Stargazer N Wingfield Wait Wait Don’t Tell, the Whippet, GCH CH Sporting Fields Shameless, the Giant Schnauzer, GCH CH Skansen’s Lola, the Welsh Terrier, GCH CH Teritail’s Loyal Knight, the Italian Greyhound, GCH CH Marchwind Barbara Ann, the Bichon Frise, GCH CH Barberry’s Take A Chance On Me, and the Bearded Collie, GCH CH Dunhill Steeler Nation. 

GCH CH Teritail’s Loyal Knight 

Taking the week’s first BIS was the IG, Barbara Ann. Picking up the RBIS was the Welsh Terrier, Percy.  It was the first for Barbara Ann and the first for an Italian Greyhound in almost three years.  (You guys do know we own an IG?) Congratulations to breeder Lois March MD PC, owner Carol Harris, and handler Justin Smithey.

SEATTLE KENNEL CLUB

GCH CH Kokopelli’s Sobe It 

The Pacific Northwest is breathtakingly beautiful and such a pleasant environment that many of its residents never venture out of the region. Unfortunately it is also difficult for many of us outside the region to get to. If you are a dog fancier do put one of the area’s shows on your bucket list. You will be treated to some beautiful animals that don’t get around the country like some of our top campaigners. 

GCH CH Kumi Kian Strike A Pose 

This weekend in Seattle WA the hometown club drew some of the weekend’s biggest entries. Saturday judge Michael Faulkner chose his top two from a seven that include the Weimaraner, Northwoods Silversmith Islevue Rumor, the Afghan Hound, GCH CH GCH DC Perfection Cheria Electric Ice, the Standard Schnauzer, GCH CH Ogee Saltus Ze Zahrabske, the Lakeland Terrier, CH Snowtaires Next Generation, the Toy Poodle, GCH CH North Well Vivian JP Rose Queen, the Lhasa Apso, GCH CH Kumi Kian Strike A Pose, and the Australian Cattle Dog, GCH CH Kokopelli’s Sobe It. Judge Faulkner went with the Cattle Dog, Sobe, as his BIS and the Lhasa, Madonna, as his RBIS. 

It was the second BIS of the year for Sobe, who has been the country’s Number One Australian Cattle Dog for the last three years. 

GCH CH Wilson’s I’m Your Handyman 

(photo by Sharon Carvalho)

Sunday judge Douglas Gaudin would choose one of local standouts, the Bulldog, GCH CH Wilson’s I’m Your Handyman, as his Best In Show and the English Setter, GCH CH Indian Bend Kelyric Heart And Soul, as his Reserve, after considering the Black & Tan Coonhound, GCH CH Southchase’s Wilbert Roy , the aforementioned Schnauzer, Lakeland, & Toy poodle, and Sober, the Cattle Dog. 

GCH CH Indian Bend Kelyric Heart And Soul 

 It was the third BIS of the year for Dog2Watch Decker and handler Jay Serion. We hope you get to see Decker this year, though you may have to go to the Pacific Northwest to do it. It will be worth the trip.

KINGS KENNEL CLUB OF CALIFORNIA

GCH CH Foxboro N Shardust Authentic 

Judge Debbie Campbell-Freeman closed the four day set in Hanford CA Sunday naming a BIS and RBIS for the Kings Kennel Club of California. Her seven options were the English Springer Spaniel, GCH CH Foxboro N Shardust Authentic, the Whippet, GCH CH Starline’s Jimmy Choo, the Boxer, GCH CH Hijinx This Is How I Roll, the Scottish Terrier, Round Town Queen Of Hearts Of Maryscot, the Pomeranian, GCH CH Hitimes What the Inferno, the Miniature Poodle, CH Durandel Dance With Me, and the Border Collie, GCH CH Borderton Lou Easy An I A RN PT CGC. 

GCH CH Hitimes What the Inferno 

(photo courtesy of AKC)

Packing up the stop’s last big rosette was the Springer, Maddox. The Pom, Danny, took home the Reserve award. It was the third BIS for Maddox this year with all three coming in the last month. Once again, the year is shaping up to be a great one for English Springer Spaniels.

SAN ANTONIO KENNEL CLUB

GCH CH Tullyblooms Classified Credentials

The hometown San Antonio Kennel Club had the coveted Saturday and Sunday dates for the four show weekend in our favorite Texas city.  Saturday’s final was in the hands of judge Charlotte Patterson who chose her top two from the Brittany, GCH CH Rainbow Splash’s Ruggedly Handsome, the Whippet, GCH CH Debmar Lovin Dixie, the Doberman Pinscher, GCH CH Dezperado’s Hallelujah CA CGC, the West Highland White Terrier, GCH CH Tullyblooms Classified Credentials, the Shih Tzu, GCH CH Hallmark Jolei Rocket Power, the Bulldog, GCH CH Dowat’s The Gladiator, and the Border Collie, GCH CH Tang Dynasty’s Rocky.

GCH CH Halmark Jolei Rocket Power
(photo by Jefrey Hanlin)

Best went to the Westie, CC, and Reserve to the Shih Tzu, Rocket.  It was the first of the year for CC who finished 2014 with one BIS and 16 Terrier Groups.

GCH CH Rainbow Splash’s Ruggedly Handsome

On Sunday judge Teddy McDowell would see the same Brittany, the Petit Basset Griffon Vendeen, GCH CH Iceage v Tum-Tums Vriendjes, the Greater Swiss Mountain Dog, GCH CH Derby’s Toast with Gusto, the Westie, CC, the Shih Tzu, Rocket, the Chow Chow, GCH CH Eastern-Magic Fly Me Safe, and the Pembroke welsh Corgi, GCH CH Coventry just a Little Crush.

She would name the Brittany, Beckett, her BIS and CC, the Westie, her RBIS.  Beckett carries over his Number One Sporting Dog status from 2014 with eight BIS and 16 Sporting groups, good enough to make him the Number Three Dog All Breeds.

GARDEN CITY KENNEL CLUB

GCH CH Aurora’s The Song and Dance Man 

Friday’s Garden City Kennel Club (GCKC) show fell victim to last week’s winter storm, but hard exhibitors soldiered through to attend Saturday’s GCKC show. The seven that made it to judge English Setter, GCH CH Esquire Fourwinds TravelN Man, the Saluki, GCH CH Aurora’s The Song and Dance Man, the Siberian Husky, GCH CH Free N Easy Of The Midnight Sun, the American Staffordshire Terrier, CH Barberycoast Trademark of Taz, the Brussels Griffon, GCH CH Fist Face A Penny for Your Thought, the Lowchen, GCH CH Willowcreeks Fat Bottom Girl, and the Smooth Collie, GCH CH Travler Kelise Overdrive. 

GCH CH Free N Easy Of The Midnight Sun 

Finishing one/two were the Saluki and the Siberian. It was the first of the year for Sammie D who finished 2014 with three BIS and 14 Hound Groups in limited showing. Congratulations to breeders Jay Stone, Carol Waymire, & Barbara Wright, owner/handler Eugene Blake, and owner Julie Mueller. 

GCH CH Motif’s John Bernard Books 

Sammie D would return to the final ring on Sunday along with the same English Setter, Siberian, Griff, and Collie. They were joined by the Staffordshire Bull Terrier, GCH CH Cumhill Hell Raiser, and the Boston Terrier, GCH CH Motif’s John Bernard Books. Judge would name the Griff, Penny, his BIS and the Boston Terrier, JB, his RBIS. Dog2Watch Penny is the nation’s Number Three Toy Dog with four BIS and ten Toy Groups.

LOGANSPORT KENNEL CLUB

GCH CH Stargazer N Wingfield Wait Wait Don’t Tell 

Our next stop is in Auburn IN where the Logansport Kennel Club hosted two shows this weekend. Saturday ended with judge Loraine Boutwell considering the English Setter, GCH CH Stargazer N Wingfield Wait Wait Don’t Tell, the Whippet, GCH CH Longlesson Caught In The Crossfire, the Boxer, GCH CH Happy Tails Kit Kat Saves The Day & Stealsaheart, the Dandie Dinmont Terrier, GCH CH King’s Mtn Angelina Ballerina, the Smooth Coat Chihuahua, GCH CH Ouachitah One Life To Give, the Keeshond, GCH CH Dreamwood’s On the Rocks, and the Bouvier des Flandres, GCH CH Stonepillar’s Steel Blue. 

GCH CH King’s Mtn Angelina Ballerina 

Judge Boutwell’s top two were the Setter, Teller, and the Dandie, Angie. It was the first BIS of the year for Teller, who finished 2014 as the Number Two Sporting Dog with 17 BIS and 74 Group Ones. Congratulations to breeder/owner/handler Eileen Hackett, co-breeders Patricia Skol, Lois Biedron, & Kathy Hanlon, and owners Don & Pat Coller. 

GCH CH Rivergroves Chateau De Castelnau 

Teller, Angie, and the above named Keeshond would all return to the final ring on Sunday to plead their cases with judge David Daugherty. They were joined by the Rhodesian Ridgeback, GCH CH Hunters Ridge Sunrunner Of Rose CA, the Great Pyrenees, GCH CH Rivergroves Chateau De Castelnau, the Papillon, GCH CH Wingssong Singular Sensation, the Australian Shepherd, GCH CH XSells Kiss-N-Tell. Angie, the Dandie, would claim the BIS and the Great Pyrenees, Castle. 

It was the first of the year for Angie who was 2014’s Number One Dandie Dinmont Terrier and Number Terrier with six BIS and 36 Terrier Group Firsts last year. Congratulations to breeders Sandra Wolfskill, Donna Francis, Sandra Pretari, & Betty Anne Stenmark, owners Patrice Stephens MD & Donna Chambers-Rau, and handler Carlos J Puig.

BACK TO FRANKLIN TN

GCH CH Lockenhaus Rumor Has It v Kenlyn 

We are through “Tail-gate-ing” and will stow our soap box for now to return to our weekend reports. When last we visited Franklin TN we told you that the Boxer, GCH CH Mephisto’s Speak of the Devil, had just picked up his second consecutive BIS at Saturday’s Tullahoma Kennel Club of Tennessee. 

GCH CH Sonnus Filho (Sanchez) 

(photo by Michelle Steigmeyer)

At Sunday’s Nashville Kennel Club show judge Jim Reynolds would name the German Shepherd Dog, GCH CH Lockenhaus Rumor Has It v Kenlyn, his Best In Show and the Smooth Coat Chihuahua, GCH CH Sonnus Filho (Sanchez), his Reserve, after considering the English springer Spaniel, GCH CH Legacy’s Random Titleist, the Greyhound, GCH CH GrandCru Giaconda, the Doberman Pinscher, GCH CH Phillmar Superman, the Airedale Terrier, GCH CH Joval Sweet Time, and the Standard Poodle, GCH CH Litilann’s Showdown. Rumor is the nation’s Number One Dog All Breeds with 13 BIS, six RBIS, and 25 Herding Groups.

TAILGATING AT CRUFTS

GCH CH McVan's to Russia with Love, 2015 Crufts BIS winner, 

with handler, Rebecca Cross

Ever since Henry the VIII beheaded his Lord Chancellor, our 14th great grandfather, Sir Thomas More, our family has longed for reconciliation with the British. We are unabashed anglophiles. We love Tudor houses, Georgian furniture, Harris Tweed, and English Breakfast tea. 

We are not, however, fans of the British animal rights crazies. They are ruining the dog game in Great Britain. First it was the ban on cropped ears and docked tails. (Did you see the Doberman at Crufts this year?) Then it was the High Profile Breeds, 15 mostly flat faced breeds selected for persecution by the risk adverse Kennel Club. Now we have what we shall call “Tail-Gate”, a social media lynching of the handler of the 2015 Crufts Best In Show winner. 

Rebecca Cross piloted the Scottish Terrier, GCH CH McVan’s To Russia with Love, to the top prize at the world's largest dog show on Sunday in Birmingham, England. After suffering through four days of watching mostly poorly groomed handlers badly handling mostly poorly groomed dogs, we were delighted to see the perfectly presented duo of Rebecca and the Scottie, Knopa, in the final ring. We have had the good fortune to follow the career of Knopa here in the US and have always been impressed with Rebecca’s presentation. She manages to groom Knopa to perfection and put her through paces flawlessly, while keeping Knopa in the happiest of moods, no small task with a Scottie. 

Rebecca drew the ire of an army of social media trolls (please see our right hand side bar -->) when she lifted Knopa from the table with one hand under Knopa’s chin and the other grasping Knopa’s tail, a move used by many, if not a majority, of Toy and small Terrier exhibitors in the US. Now we are not going to waste our column space explaining why earth dogs require sturdy tails, except to state that the majority of Rebecca’s critics are not knowledgeable Terrier people. We want to focus on the supposedly knowledgeable dog people who are being intimidated by the horde of trolls howling for Rebecca’s head. 

For some time now we have been dismayed by institutions that grant concessions to anonymous, faceless, credential-less, without status, internet thugs. Britain’s Kennel Club (we love that they think they are the only Kennel Club) spinelessly addressed the howling mob thusly, "We want to address the posts we have had regarding the handling of last night’s Scottish Terrier, Knopa. It was made clear to the handler at the show that it is not acceptable to pick a dog up in this way, and despite repeated requests not to do so, she went ahead. The handler is from the US where it is customary to pick up terriers in this way, but it has no place at Crufts and this is put in writing to all handlers before the show.” 

First of all, there should be no such rule. The Kennel Club should give your dedicated, dog loving, fee paying, exhibitors the courtesy of the assumption that they are the best arbiters of the welfare of their dogs. Secondly, we ask the Kennel Club show a little consideration for a young woman, who has worked exceedingly hard and sacrificed much to promote the sport of purebred dogs. You should be standing by her, your 2015 BIS winner, defending her and our sport to these surrogates for the animal rights terrorists that want to destroy our way of life. 

We are lucky enough to know Rebecca personally and know how close she and Knopa are. Knopa’s breeder and owner were fortunate to have such a dedicated person taking care of Knopa these past two years. We in the show going public are grateful for the opportunity to have seen them perform. We are appalled that what should be a career high moment of joy is now clouded by this phony controversy. 

Here in the US we abhor bullies and are only now enacting laws to deal with the cowardly internet trolls. You may be safe in the UK, but please don’t set foot in a show hall here on this side of the Atlantic. We know how to stand up for our dog lovers. By the way here in the US we tailgate at football games, not dog shows.

ANOTHER BACK2BACK BIS

GCH CH Flessner’s International S’Cess 

(photo by Michael McGuire)

We begin our Monday Morning Mop Up with another back2back BIS report. The Bloodhound, GCH CH Flessner’s International S’Cess, grabbed the bookend trophies at the Shenandoah Valley Kennel Club’s two shows in Harrisonburg VA this weekend. 

CH Territail’s Loyal Knight 

Sunday Nathan topped judge Jerry Watson’s final seven which included the Pointer, GCH CH Hipoint Her Comes the Sun, the Bernese Mountain Dog, CH Casmor’s Just On Time, the RBIS, the Welsh Terrier, CH Territail’s Loyal Knight, the Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, GCH CH Manor House Right as Rain, the Bulldog, GCH CH Imperious Hamitup Southern Bell, and the Old English Sheepdog, GCH CH Peek-A-Boos Onstar Cover Girl BN RN PT. 

Nathan now has seven BIS and 18 Hound Groups this year. We will have to wait until all the week’s numbers are in before we can tell you if the two BIS were big enough to improve Nathan's current Number Eight Dog All Breeds ranking.

BACK2BACK BIS TIMES THREE

GCH CH Skara Braes I Was Worth The Wait 

Saturday was Ditto Day for three of our competitors, with back2back  BIS posted in New York, Tennessee, and California.  The Gordon Setter, GCH CH Skara Braes I Was Worth The Wait, made it two in a row adding the Saturday Monticello New York Kennel Club BIS to his Friday win.

GCH CH Windstar's Magnum Opus 

Joining Cedric in judge Elaine Lessig’s final were her RBIS, the 15” Beagle, GCH CH Windstar's Magnum Opus, the Doberman Pinscher, GCH CH Rios Luca Brasi Monster RN CA, the Russell Terrier, GCH CH Mon Amour JP Rainbow Blossoms, the Japanese Chin, CH Touche’s Angel Trumpet, the Bichon Frise, GCH CH High Ridge Skys The Limit With Gaylor, and the Bearded Collie, GCH CH Classical’s My Turn CGC. Cedric lives up to his name, collecting his first every BIS in back2back fashion.

GCH CH Mephisto’s Speak of the Devil 

(photo by Jeffrey Hanlin)

Judge James Frederickson made gave the Boxer, GCH CH Mephisto’s Speak of the Devil, his second consecutive BIS at Saturday’s Tullahoma Kennel Club of Tennessee show in the Nashville suburb of Franklin TN. 

GCH CH Starfire's Spank Me Hard Call Me Crazy 

(photo by Nancy Spelke Custom Dog Design)

Also vying for the top prize were the English Springer Spaniel, GCH CH Legacy’s Random Titleist, the Rhodesian Ridgeback, GCH CH Celtic Lores Moonlight And Magic CGC, the West Highland White Terrier, GCH CH Laurelwynd’s Mikayla, the Pomeranian, GCH CH Starfire's Spank Me Hard Call Me Crazy, the French Bulldog, GCH CH Counterpunch Grandslam Homerun, and the German Shepherd Dog, GCH CH Lockenhaus Rumor Has It v Kenlyn. 

With the Portuguese Water Dog, GCH CH Claircreek’s Impression de Matisse, taking a break from the show ring, Devlin, who now has five BIS and eight Working Groups, is on track to overtake the Number One Working Dog. 

GCH CH Vjk-Myst Garbonita’s California Journey 

Out in Hanford California, the German Shorthaired Pointer, GCH CH Vjk-Myst Garbonita’s California Journey, grabbed his second BIS of the weekend at the Kings Kennel Club of California show Saturday. 

Round Town Queen Of Hearts Of Maryscot 

Judge Susan Carr picked CJ out of a seven that included the Ibizan Hound, GCH CH Paradise Bette Davis Eyes, the Bernese Mountain Dog, GCH CH Avatar’s Let’s Try It Again, the RBIS, the Scottish Terrier, Round Town Queen Of Hearts Of Maryscot, the Pomeranian, GCH CH Hitimes What the Inferno, the Boston Terrier, GCH CH CandarsThis Girl Is On Fire, and the Australian Shepherd, Sierra Rise Nobody But Me. CJ, the Number Two Sporting Dog with three BIS and nine Group Ones this year, is hoping this weekend keep him in the Top Ten Dogs All Breeds.