FLATIRONS KC RESULTS

CH Kenshai's And That The Way It Is

Sandra Lex was in Longmont CO today to choose a BIS for the Flatirons Kennel Club.  Her options were the Brittany, CH Willowick Talltean, the  Afghan Hound, Tells Chills N'Thrills, the Portuguese Water Dog, CH Spyglass's Legend of Bahai, the Miniature Schnauzer, CH Lewis's Red Hot Chili Pepper, the Pug, CH Kenshai's And That The Way It Is, the the Boston Terrier, CH Gumbo-Kean's Cosmic Stargazer, and the Old English Sheepdog, CH Bugaboo’s Georgie Girl.   Best went to the Pug, Walter.  It’s the third this year for Walter & Pug specialist Doug Huffman.

TROUBLE IN INDIANA

CH Topaz T.R.O.U.B.L.E.

We have results from Corydon IN  & the Southern Indiana Kennel Club.   Corydon may be out of the way, but it did attract a very nice crowd.  Patti A Long Smith’s final seven were the German Wirehaired Pointer, CH Ripsnorter’s Mt View Lookout, the Greyhound, CH Gaia Elfin Dance, the Siberian Husky, CH Topaz T.R.O.U.B.L.E., the Welsh Terrier, CH Marydale's Limited Edition, the Shih Tzu, Wenrick’s Best Bet, the Lhasa Apso, CH Rosewoods' Barjea Duet, and the Old English Sheepdog, CH  Lambluv Gambolon Blue Thunder.  Her Best was the Siberian, Travis.  Travis and handler Frank Murphy have been racking up Group Ones all year, but this is their first all breed BIS this year.  Congratulations to Frank, breeders/owners Cheryl French & Brenda Yarling and owner Kiki Coutelis.

FIRST MINI POODLE BIS OF 2010

Our first results of the day comes from Maumee OH and the Toledo Kennel Club.  Judge Robet Sturm gathered an English Cocker Spaniel from the classes, Royale’s Hot Shot, the 15” Beagle, CH Torquay  Midnight Confession, the Mastiff, CH Friends Big “Gunnar”, the Smooth Fox Terrier, CH J’Cobe Kemosabe Vigilante Justice, the Havanese, CH Qbin’s Happy Feet At Enginuity, the Miniature Poodle, CH Dassin Hillwood Dierks Bentley, and the Australian Shepherd, CH Myshara’s Dream Girl.  His Best was the two year old Min Poodle, the first by the variety this year.  Congratulations to breeders/owners Ellen M Charles, Joseph D Vergnetti & Marilyn Sturz.

GREATER PHILADELPHIA DFA

CH Starline’s Chanel

Our weekend begins with results from the Greater Philadelphia Dog Fanciers Association     in Wrightstown, PA.  Eric Liebes had a powerhouse final with the Wirehaired Pointing Griffon, CH Fireside’s Spontaneous Combustion, the Whippet. CH Starline’s Chanel, the Boxer, CH Winfal Brookwood Styled Dream, the Smooth Fox Terrier, CH Foxlorr Double Dare, the Pug, CH Riversong’s Broadway Joe, a Tibetan Spaniel, to be name later, and the Bearded Collie, CH Tolkien Raintree Mister Baggins.  Best went to the Whippet, Chanel.  It was career BIS number 17 for Chanel and handler Lori Wilson.  We think we are in for a very interesting weekend.

FRIDAY, YES, FRIDAY IN ILLINOIS

CH Franshaw Hear Me Roar

In Illinois, as we predicted, the first shall be last.  We now have Friday’s results from Bloomington IL.  Raymond Bay started the four day set for the Illinois Valley Kennel Club of Peoria.  His seven were the Chesapeake Bay Retriever, CH Sandbar’s Stock Exchange, the Bloodhound, CH Huggable Blue Lace, Agate, the Doberman Pinscher, CH Protocol’s Sic Itur Ad Astra, the Border Terrier, CHTyrollian Eight Belles At Meadowlake, the Pekingese, CH Franshaw Hear Me Roar, the Tibetan Terrier, CH Ri Lee’s Stellar Performance, and the Old English Sheepdog, CH Lambluv Gambolon Blue Thunder.  His Choice for first day BIS was the Peke, Noel.  Noel & handler Hiram Stewart have been put together a string of impressive wins this past month and are sure to improve their standing in the top twenty five.

IT'S A DOG SHOW HAPPY MEAL

Big Horn Ram, Rocky Mountain National Park near Longmont CO

After last week’s super sized offering of 48 all breed shows, this coming weekend’s offerings seems like a Happy Meal in comparison.  However, do not despair.  There are just as many locales with shows this weekend as last, thirteen.  We just helping ourselves to smaller portions.  There are no five or four day clusters to test your stamina and only two three day stops on the schedule.

In New England, the Ladies' Dog Club & the Framingham District Kennel Club will  spend two days in Wrentham MA.  On the east shore of Lake Ontario the St Lawrence Valle Dog Club will be in Clayton NY for the weekend.  Down in Wrightstown PA, north of Philly, you can spend Friday, Saturday, & Sunday with the Greater Philadelphia Dog Fanciers Association, the Huntingdon Valley Kennel Club, & the Burlington County Kennel Club.    If you are in the Mid Atlantic, try the Charlottesville - Albemarle Kennel Club’s twofer in Charlottesville VA.

The Toldedo Kennel Club will head for the burbs for a weekend in Maumee OH.  Residents of the Windy City can head on up to Woodstock IL for a double header with the Fox River Valley Kennel Club.  Sooners can try their luck at the Southern Indiana Kennel Club two shows in Corydon IN, and yes that’s about as far south in Indiana as you can go.  The Mississippi Valley Kennel Club will set up for the weekend at the Purina Farms complex in Gray Summit MO, 40 miles west of St Louis.  We will be at the Olive Branch Kennel Club’s shows in Southaven MS, seven miles south of Graceland on Elvis Presley Blvd (Hwy 51).

If you yearn for the wide open spaces, you can spend three days with the Fargo-Moorhead Kennel Club I West Fargo ND. (We didn‘t know Fargo was big enough to partition.) or two days in Longmont CO, 35 miles north of Denver,  with the Flatirons Kennel Club.  West Coast folks will have to travel some, choosing between two days with the Yakima Valley Kennel Club in Yakima WA or two with Kennel Club of Pasadena in Pasadena CA, a little more than 1,000 miles south.  If last weekend was any indication, wherever you go you will be thrilled by the beautiful pure bred dogs of AKC.

BACKWARDS BIS IN ILLINOIS

CH Pepper Tree Zorro V Morganwald

We sometimes wonder if the dog show crowd in Illinois are Louis Carroll fans celebrating un-birthdays and living life in reverse.  This past weekend the first we heard from the four day Bloomington IL cluster was on Monday when we got…Monday’s results.  We next received the results from Saturday and Sunday.  We have waited 36 hours certain that someone would send in Friday results, but it seems we will have to wait until someone wearing their hat on backwards enters the data into the Onofrio computers.  Whatever they do in Illinois, we have been advised that time waits for no dog.  So we will give you what we got and get on with it.

The news is that the Standard Schnauzer, CH Pepper Tree Zorro V Morganwald, won last week’s Standard Schnauzer Club of America’s National Specialty and then followed it up with BACK2BACK BIS.  The Illinois Valley Kennel Club Of Peoria and the Corn Belt Kennel Club teamed up for the four show weekend with a first me, then you system.  On Saturday the CBKC asked Dawn Hansen to choose her Best.   In addition to the Schnauzer,  she had the option of the Golden Retriever, CH Glengowan’s Great Balls of Fire, the Whippet, CH Sporting Field’s Bahama Sands,  the White Bull Terrier, CH Bulliard’s Good Hearted Woman, the Pekingese, CH Franshaw Hear Me Roar, the Tibetan  Terrier, CH Ri Lee’s Stellar Performance, and the Australian Shepherd, CH Clemwood’s Nobel Laureate.

On Sunday, the IVKCP put James Reynolds  in the final ring with Zorro, the above named Tibetan Terrier & Aussie, the English Springer spaniel, CH Wil-O-Rion Twenty Twenty, the Bloodhound, CH Huggables Blue Lace Agate, the Border Terrier, CH Tyrolian Eight Belles At Meadowlake, and the King Charles & Ruby English Toy Spaniel, CH Southdown Nonetheless. Zorro’s regular handler Jody Paquette had the lead at the Specialty and Sunday’s final.  Jody’s partner, Leonardo Garcini, had the honor at Saturday’s show.   Congratulations Jody, Leonardo, breeders Earl Holst & Arden Holst, and owner Penny Duffee.

MONDAY IN PLACERVILLE CA

CH PaRay Cirque Du Soliel

Continuing on the West Coast, we return to Placerville CA, northwest of San Francisco, to give you results on Monday’s Kennel Club Of The California Sierra show.  BIS judge Monica Canestrini considered the Weimaraner, CH Silhouettes LifeInTheFastLane, the Whippet, CH Starline's Chanel, the Alaskan Malamute, CH Catanya's Latin Lover, the Miniature Schnauzer, CH Regency's I Believe In Miracles, the Blenheim & Prince Charles English Toy Spaniel, CH Cheri-AWingo Lord Nelson, the Bichon Frise, CH PaRay's Time Rime, and the Shetland Sheepdog, CH PaRay Cirque Du Soliel. Best went to the lovely Sheltie, Cirque, her fourth big rosette this year.

CORDS IN COEUR D'ALENE

CH Lajosmegyi Singin' In The Rain

We still have weekend results to report.  We’ve been neglecting our west coast fanciers, so let’s go out to the Northwest where they spent the first two days of the four day weekend in Spokane WA before heading for the beautiful landscapes of Coeur D’Alene ID where the Coeur D'alene Dog Fanciers extended the weekend into Tuesday.  Monday they asked Dr Alvin Krause to choose the Best In Show from the Pointer, CH Coralwood Wynot Step Up To The Plate, the Greyhound, CH Helios Foxglove At Heart, the Akita, CH Crown Royal's Start'n A Revolution, the Cairn Terrier, CH Terriwood Mojo, the Loncoat Chihuahua, Kokura Yama Jp Silent Rose, the Bulldog, CH Rugby's Sunday Tiger, and the Puli, CH Lajosmegyi Singin' In The Rain.  His BIS was the Puli, Kelly. We have it as his second Best of the year. Congratulations to breeders/owners Anna Quigley, Patricia Turner & Steve & Alice Lawrence.

Kelly would be the only Monday finalist to make it back to see Gloria Kerr in Tuesday’s final.  They were joined by the Golden Retriever, CH Rush Hill's River Road Payoff, the Saluki, CH Carmas Indian Summer, the Rottweiler, CH Parisans Helo Of Riverridge, the American Staffordshire Terrier, CH Fraje Ne Gold Ticket, the Pekingese, Dunkirk Copyright, and the  American Eskimo Dog, CH Silveroaks First & Foremost.  Best went to the sleek Saluki, his first this year.  Congratulations to breeder/owner  Lyndell Ackerman and co-breeder Montrue Townsend. 

CATCHING UP WITH KALAMAZOO

CH Ayrwen Star Kissed Delight

We are going to backtrack a bit here and give you results from yesterday’s Greater Muskegon Kennel Club show in Kalamazoo MI.   Donavon Thompson’s final had the Black Cocker Spaniel, CH Casablanca’s Thrilling Seduction, Sunday’s BIS winner, the Greyhound, CH GrandCru Clos Erasmus, the Kuvasz, CH Szumeria's Wildwood Silver Six Pence, Friday’s BIS winner, the Smooth Fox Terrier, CH J’Cobe Kemosabe Vigilante Justice, the Smoot Chihuahua, CH Ayrwen Star Kissed Delight, the French Bulldog, CH Devine’s LA Confidential, and the German Shepherd Dog, CH Kridler's Nutmeg V Signature.  His Best was the Greyhound, Era, repeating her Sunday BIS win.