PEKE BACK2BACK BIS

GCH CH Pequest General Tso

Yesterday’s Morris and Essex show was the second largest entry in AKC history.  We would be remiss if we did not acknowledge the good members of the Hatboro Dog Club who graciously agreed to move their Day One show from Thursday to Wednesday to accommodate the M&E folks.  The HDC held their Day Two show on a very chilly and wet Friday in Wrightstown PA.

GCH CH  Iacta Alea Est De La Bete

(photo by Blake Hamman)

The seven stalwart survivors who hung around to see Best In Show judge Kenneth McDermott were the Gordon Setter, GCH CH Skara Braes I Was Worth The Wait, the American Foxhound, GCH CH Kiarry’s Stonewall Jackson, the Siberian Husky, GCH CH  Myla N Polis Winter Rose, the Skye Terrier, GCH CH Cragsmoor Good Time Charlie, the Pekingese, GCH CH Pequest General Tso, the French Bulldog, GCH CH  Iacta Alea Est De La Bete, and the German Shepherd Dog, GCH CH Lockenhaus Rumor Has It v Kenlyn.

Proving that Toy Dogs are troopers the Peke, The General, added the HDC big rosette to his M&E silver cup.  Rubi, the Frenchie, picked up her second RBIS of the week.  Everyone will take tomorrow off as the Devon Dog Show Association event has been cancelled.  Let’s hope the same does not happen to the Montgomery County Kennel Club’s all Terrier show on Sunday.

PEKE REPEAT

GCH CH Pequest General Tso

(photo by Rhonda Cassidy)

The dog world waited for five years for today’s Morris and Essex Kennel Club show in Somerset NJ and the day did not disappoint.  The setting is unique in the dog world with its return to the sport of yesteryear, a day in the country with ladies in hats and gentlemEn in their Harris Tweed.  The day proved to be as unpredictable as ever.   Two of the top dogs, the nation’s Number One Dog All Breeds, the German Shepherd Dog, GCH CH Lockenhaus Rumor has it v Kenlyn, and the Nation’s Number One Terrier, the Skye Terrier, GCH CH Cragsmoor Good Time Charlie recused themselves because of ties to the judging panel.  Several other of the Top Twenty failed to make it out of the breed. 

GCH CH Vjk-Myst Garbonita's California Journey

Nonetheless, with over 4000 dogs entered there were quality dogs aplenty to fill judge Dorothy Collier’s final.  They were the German Shorthaired Pointer, GCH CH Vjk-Myst Garbonita's California Journey, the Black & Tan Coonhound, GCH CH Bayaway Jersey's Due Process of Law, the Doberman Pinscher, GCH CH Dezperado's Hallelujah CA CGC, the Scottish Terrier, GCH CH Round Town Queen Of Hearts of Maryscot, the Pekingese, GCH CH Pequest General Tso, the French Bulldog, GCH CH Iacta Alea Est de la Bete, and the Bouvier des Flandres, GCH CH Stonepillar Steel Blu.  

Slogging through the rain soaked grounds to pick up the Best In Show rosette was the Peke, The General.  Following close behind was Judge Collier’s RBIS, the GSP, CJ.  The General’s breeder/owner/handler David Fitzpatrick also handled the Morris & Essex 2010 BIS, the Pekingese, GCH CH PalaceGarden Malachy.  The General is currently the nation’s Number Two Toy Dog and  Number Ten Dog All Breeds.  Congratulations to David and co-owner Nancy Shapland.

THE BEST WEEK OF THE YEAR

GCH CH Lockenhaus Rumor Has It v Kenlyn

Today’s Hatboro Dog Club show in Wrightstown PA was the opener of what promises to be the most competitive week of the season.  Over 2100 dogs gathered to on a Wednesday to vie for a piece of the year’s biggest pie.  Today’s all breed show was just a warm up for tomorrow’s celebration of the grand old days of dog shows, the Morris and Essex Kennel Club show.

GCH CH Iacta Alea Est de la Bete 

(photo by Blake Hamman)

Most of the Top Ten Dogs All Breeds are in the area for the once in every five years gathering.  However only two of them made it to judge Kenneth Kauffman’s final, the Nation’s Number One Dog, the German Shepherd Dog, GCH CH Lockenhaus Rumor Has It v Kenlyn, and the Number Four Dog, the Whippet, GCH CH Sporting Field’s Shameless.  Rounding out the seven were the Weimaraner, GCH CH Doc's Greyborn North Star of Acadia, the Akita, GCH CH CR-Wicca’s Trade Secret, the Welsh Terrier, GCH CH Shaireab’s Bayleigh Wolverine, the Italian Greyhound, GCH CH Marchwind Barbara Ann, and the French Bulldog, GCH CH Iacta Alea Est de la Bete.

Grabbing the top prize was the Number One Dog, the GSD, Rumor.  Coming in second was the Frenchie, Rubi.    Tomorrow’s homage to the sport’s golden era has drawn over 4,000 dogs and promises to showcase the sport’s most glamorous dogs handled by the sport’s most glamorous people.  We will be here to tell you all about it.