SHOWS IN ALL FOUR TIME ZONES

Salt Lake City

It took us so much time to gather up last week’s results that we find we are already into this week’s shows.  In the Northeast the action begins Friday in West Windsor Township with two limited breed offerings, the Delaware Valley Toy Dog Fanciers Association & the Garden State All Terrier Club. The all breed action debuts on Saturday with Bucks County Kennel Club in Erwinna PA 40 miles northwest.  Sunday it’s back to West Windsor for two days with the Trenton Kennel Club.  Do you think the two clubs might get together on a mutually convenient site?

Our Great Lakes offerings this week are  the Crawford County Kennel Club’s two shows in Bucyrus OH, 100 miles southwest of Cleveland, or the three shows hosted by the Badger Kennel Club & Janesville-Beloit Kennel Club in Jefferson WI 50 miles due west of Milwaukee.  Down here in the South exhibitors will choose between a weekend in Watkinsville GA, near the University of Georgia, with the Oconee River Kennel Club or two in beautiful Panama City FL with the Greater Panama City Dog Fanciers Association. 

In the Heartland, fanciers will once again be at the Purina Farms complex in Gray Summit MO.  The fun starts tomorrow for four days of fun with the Gateway Toy Dog Fanciers, the Spirit Of The Heartland Kennel Club, the Jefferson County Kennel Club Of Missouri, & the St Louis Dog Breeders Association.  Once again Texans have two choices of venues, the Caddo Kennel Club Of Texas in Marshall, 40 miles east of Shreveport LA, or keep heading 450 miles west on US 20 to Big Spring TX for a weekend with the Big Spring Kennel Club.

We do have a Mountain Time Zone site this week, South Jordan UT, just south of Salt Lake City, will be the place to be for four days with the Intermountain Kennel Club & the Utah Valley Kennel Club commencing tomorrow.  Our west coast shows won’t interfere with one another.  The Olympia Dog Fanciers Association’s two shows in Elma WA  are 1100 miles north of the Rio Hondo Kennel Club’s shows in Pomona CA.

The weather promises to be better this week in most venues (How could it be worse?)  So pack up the car, seek out your local show and spend some time with some of the nicest folks around and their beautiful AKC registered dogs.

RANKINGS RACE HEATS UP

In  preparing this week’s Traditional Top Ten Dogs. We were struck how close the race is among all but the Number One Dog.  We thought you might enjoy seeing this presented graphically.  We haven’t published the exact numbers as we don’t want to get into a debate on our methods of tabulating the as yet unverified numbers from the last two weekends.  We will just say that our mathematical model has been accurate to within 0.5 percent these last three years.

Click on Graph to Enlarge

BEE-TEX KENNEL CLUB

GCH CH Belcanto Flags A’Flyin

We close the reports on this past weekend with the Bee-Tex Kennel Club’s two shows in Beeville TX near Corpus Christie.  Saturday Arley Hussin gathered the Golden Retriever, CH Gemini High Flyer, the 15” Beagle, GCH CH Belcanto Flags A’Flyin, the Great Dane, Ddagmar’s Mr Twice As Nice, the Miniature Schnauzer, CH Southcross Bad Moon Rising, the Miniature Pinscher, CH Windwalkers Call In The Clowns, the Keeshond, CH Showtimes Happy Feet, and the Australian Shepherd, Copperridge’s Shining @ Spotlights.

His BIS was the Beagle, Corbin.  Corbin’s second top prize of the year was his seventh career Best.  Congratulations to breeder/owner Ruth Willett and handler Christopher Keith. 

Sunday  the Golden, the Schnauzer, MinPin & Kees, would all be back for a second try with Carolyn Herbel.  They would be accompanied by the Petit Basset Griffon Vendeen, GCH CH Jodell’s Boogie Back to Texas, the Bullmastiff, GCH CH Nambe Hy-Bull Rainmaker, and the Cardigan Welsh Corgi, GCH cH Aubrey’s Tails of Mystery.

She would give the two year old Keeshond his first all breed BIS.  Congratulations to breeder/owner Lori Hooper.

HEART OF IOWA KENNEL CLUB

GCH CH Evergreen’s Miss Congeniality

One of the two sites on which we have not yet reported is Marshalltown IA where the Heart of Iowa Kennel Club set up for the weekend.  It was a Bully weekend as the Bulldog, GCH CH Evergreen’s Miss Congeniality, was everybody’s favorite girl, taking home both big rosettes.

On Saturday, the 18 month old was challenged by the English Springer Spaniel, CH Tagalong Boy Oh Boy, the Basset Hound, GCH CH Fort Merrill Topsfield Yahoo, the Doberman Pinscher, CH Urban Pride Sharply Dressed, the Bedlington Terrier, CH Glaurieus Top Super Mod Elle, the Shih Tzu, CH Mei Sun’s 4 the Love of the Game, and the Briard, GCH CH La Vie Rose Dior August Mood CD. 

Sunday, she and owner/handler Stanley Flowers were joined by the aforementioned Springer & Basset, the Samoyed, CH Sammantic Now or Never, the Staffordshire Bull Terrier, CH Glenmar’s Little Deuce Coupe, the Havanese, CH Windfall’s Flash Point, the Old English Sheepdog, GCH CH Pettibone’s Little Big Man.

This is the first all breed BIS for the ingénue that was BOS at Westminster in February.  Congratulations to breeders/owners Jane E & Stanley D Flowers and owner Charlotte G Roberts.

MAURY COUNTY KENNEL CLUB

GCH CH Winfall Brookwood Styled Dream
(Photo by Infocubymiguel)

We don’t know if it’s the nasty weather or the lack of AKC representatives out there, but we are still getting results coming in from this past weekend.  Here in Tennessee the action was in the tony Nashville suburb of Franklin where the Maury County Kennel Club held two shows. 

The weekend was all about the Boxer, GCH CH Winfall Brookwood Styled Dream, who captured both of the BIS this weekend.  On Saturday Teresa Marie Gallo might have chosen the Labrador Retriever, CH Mar-Moye Over and Under, the Redbone Coonhound, GCH CH CWSG CCH Sidearm Jungle Mufasa, the American Staffordshire Terrier, CH Winmors High Speed Chase, the Pug, GCH CH Kenshei’s and That’s the Way It Is, the Shiba Inu, GCH CH Royal’s Fame and Fortune, and the Rough Collie, GCH CH Taliesin Fashion Forward, but she didn’t.

On Sunday, David Bolus preferred Scarlett over the Coonhound, AmStaff, Pug, & Collie from Saturday’s final, the Black Cocker Spaniel, GCH CH Brookwood Diamond in the Rough, and the Xoloitzcuintli, CH Serranisimo Caliente.

The wins keep Scarlett securely in the Number Three Dog All Breeds spot.  This has been one exciting year so far.

LAKE MATTHEWS KC DAY TWO

GCH CH Bellatak McDreamy

(Photo by Vicki Holloway)

One of the biggest wins this weekend went to one of the littlest dogs competing at Sunday's Lake Mathews Kennel Club show in Chino CA, the Havanese, GCH CH Bellatak McDreamy. (You can re4ad about Saturday's show here)  Joining Dreamer in Paula Nykiel’s final were the English Setter, GCH CH Oakley’s B’Dazzled, the Bloodhound, GCH CH Quietcreek’s Kiss and Tell, the Great Pyrenees, GCH CH Honor’s Promise of the Future, the Wire Fox Terrier, CH Steel your Heart, the French Bulldog, GCH CH Lebull’s New Hope Wooly Bully, and the Pembroke Welsh Corgi, GCH CH Segni at Coventry.

It’s the first top prize this year for the multi  BIS winner.  Congratulations to breeder Kathy Patrick, owners John Oakes, Carol Shea, Kathy & Tom Patrick, & Jane Samson, and handler David Murray.

SUNDAY IN WALLA WALLA

GCH CH Silhouette’s LifeInTheFastLane

We are still piecing together the results from this weekend.  From Walla Walla WA we have results of the Walla Wall Kennel Club’s Sunday show.  You can read about Saturday's happenings here.  The Weimaraner, GCH CH Silhouette’s LifeInTheFastLane, the Redbone Coonhound, CH Eskai’s Sir Kasper, the Akita, GCH CH C and L’s Mojo Thrill of the Hunt Day, the American Staffordshire Terrier, Alpine’s Catch Me If You Can, the Papillon, GCH CH Titian’s risky Business, the Standard Poodle, GCH CH Brighton Lakeridge Encore, and the German Shepherd Dog, GCH CH Vonhamm Bedkar LeatherN Lace, all gathered to impress BIS judge Derek Hyde.

The one that caught his fancy was the Weimaraner, Jimmie.  Jimmie now has three all breed BIS and 16 Sporting Group Firsts, big enough wins to put him in the Top Twenty Dogs All Breeds.

MYRTLE BEACH KENNEL CLUB

GCH CH Reece Afterhours The Buck Stops Here

The Myrtle Beach Kennel Club was in Florence SC for two shows this weekend.  Saturday the German Wirehaired Pointer, GCH CH Reece Afterhours The Buck Stops Here, the Saluki, CH Baha Persian Of Interest, the Portuguese Water Dog, GCH CH Driftwood’s N Makitso Man O’War, the Standard Manchester Terrier, GCH CH Saint Lazar’s Ring Of Fire, the Toy Manchester Terrier, CH Cottage Lake Bela Horizonte, the Chinese Shar-Pei, CH Panache-Jokuba Dance With A Devil, and the German Shepherd Dog, GCH CH Windsome’s Love Remembers. 

Best went to the GWP, Truman.  It’s the second all breed Best for Truman and handler Frank Murphy, the man who guided Truman’s dad, GCH CH Ripsnorter’s Mt View Lookout, to the breed record for BIS.  Truman is also the most recent winner of the German Wirehaired Pointer of America National Specialty.

CH House Poory JP Belaire’s Headline.

Sunday, Truman and Frank would be back to see Steven Gladstone as were the above named Standard Manchester Terrier, Shar-Pei, & GSD, the Longhaired Dachshund, GCH CH Rosefarm’s Fraiser Of Nantucket Mlu, the Great Pyrenees, CH Talisman’s The Best Is Yet To Come, and the Pug, CH House Poory JP Belaire’s Headline.  Sunday belonged to the Pug, Linus.  18 month old Linus just finished his championship three weeks ago and already has two all breed BIS.  Looks like this one is on his way.

BEAR DELAWARE

GCH CH Hetherbull TopLine O-O

Some of the most fierce competition of the weekend was in Bear DE where the Wilmington Kennel Club & the Penn Treaty Kennel Club teamed up for a three day weekend.  Read about Friday’s WKC show here.  At the day two show of the WKC on Saturday Michael Dachel’s final included the Black Cocker Spaniel, GCH CH Casablanca’s Thrilling Seduction, the Samoyed, the Samoyed, GCH CH McMagic’s Candie Hamm of Pebbles’Run, the Norfolk Terrier, GCH CH Cracknor;s Cross the Ts, the Affenpinscher, GCH CH Banana Joe V Tani Kazari, the Bulldog, GCH CH Hetherbull TopLine O-O, and the Cardigan Welsh Corgi, GCH CH Xtacee Dancin in the Moonlight.

His Best was the two year old Bulldog.  It’s his first all breed BIS.  We suspect we will see him in the final ring on a regular basis in future weeks.  Congratulations to breeders/owners Jean Hetherington & Paula Turner and owner Ellen Charles. 

GCH CH Tahari's Too Wild To Bee Serious

The PTKC closed the set with Debra Thornton considering the Pointer, GCH CH Tahari's Too Wild To Bee Serious, the Scottish Deerhound, CH Foxcliffe’s Enchanted Evening, the Doberman Pinscher, GCH CH Mi-Ti's Three Cheers, the Scottish Terrier, GCH CH Lomondview Clementina, the Affenpinscher, GCH CH Banana Joe V Tani Kazari, the Standard Poodle, GCH CH Jaset‘s Satisfaction, and the German Shepherd Dog, GCH CH Bandheim’s Captain Crunch.

Her Best In Show was the Pointer, Josh.  It’s the second all breed BIS for the winner of the 2010 American Pointer Club National Specialty.  

VALLEY ISLE KENNEL CLUB OF MAUI

GCH CH Fantasy Island's Inspiration

(Photo by Tom Weigand, The Winning Image)

It may not have been a big weekend, but it was very likely the most beautiful venue in the dog world this week, the Valley Isle Kennel Club of Maui‘s two shows in Wailuku HI.  Roger & Paula Hartinger took turns picking a BIS and they would agree upon the same Doberman Pinscher, GCH CH Fantasy Island's Inspiration.

On Saturday Roger, would choose the Doberman,  Isabella, over the Vizsla, CH Relwood's MGM Grand, the Basenji, CH Teazer Signet Bad Romance, the Scottish Terrier, GCH CH Slievecroob Micolene, the Papillon, GCH CH Okekai The Mighty Quinn, the Miniature Poodle, GCH CH Nalani Regency Time Brings Hope, and the  Shetland Sheepdog, CH Mindalyn-Winterset Sunrunner.

On Sunday Paula would have the same choices, save one, the Shih Tzu, CH Xeralane's Just Face It.  The wins brings Isabella’s 2011BIS  total to five this year.