SATURDAY IN THE GREAT LAKES

GCH CH Shaireab Bayleigh Maid of Honor

Exhibitors have lots of options in the Great Lakes region this weekend.  The Ashtabula Kennel Club had day two in Madison OH and they asked Hungarian judge Attila Czegledi in the final ring with the Weimaraner, GCH CH Doc N' Camelot's Heaven Can Wait, the Black & Tan Coonhound, CH Foxfire Full Force Gale, the Siberian Husky, CH Jo-Kar’s B’ Tempe’d, the Welsh Terrier, GCH CH Shaireab Bayleigh Maid of Honor, the Blenheim & Prince Charles English Toy Spaniel, GCH CH Loujon Thornwood Little Jacob, the Standard Poodle, GCH CH Ale Kai Hillwood Celebration, and the Briard, GCH CH Lightning Strike El Xargall.

GCH CH Lightning Strike El Xargall

Best went to the Welsh Terrier, Jennie, and Reserve to the Briard, Thunder.  Jennie, the country’s Number Three Terrier, has nine BIS in 33 trips to the final ring.

GCH CH Scylla Small Kraft Re-Lit

In Marshall MI, at the Battle Creek Kennel Club’s Saturday show the Maltese, GCH CH Scylla Small Kraft Re-Lit, was Lisa Warren’s BIS.  Judge Warren also liked the Shiba Inu, CH Lee-Fen's An Everlasting Love, for her RBIS.  Also hoping for consideration were the Flat-Coated Retriever, CH Windy Hill Dance To The Music, the Whippet, GCH CH Karasar’s Remembrence, the Boxer, CH Nantess Caleno Numero Uno, the Russell Terrier, GCH CH Goldsands Columbus, and the Puli, GCH CH Moonshadow Rongyos Kis Medve.

CH Lee-Fen's An Everlasting Love

Hank is the nation’s Number One Maltese and Number Five Toy Dog with four BIS and 27 Toy Groups.

GCH CH Star Flight Jumpin Jack Flash OA NAJ

( Photo by Lynda Beam)

In Belvidere IL exhibitors took in the day one show of the Kishwaukee Kennel Club.  Judge Mareth Kipp chose her top two from the Brittany, GCH CH Star Flight Jumpin Jack Flash OA NAJ, the Treeing Walker Coonhound, GCH CH Alexanders Gold Rush Xcetera, the Great Dane, Graycn Lost Creek The Descendant Of Elan, the Colored Bull Terrier, Yoeckydoes Kissproof, the Chinese Crested, GCH CH Dejavu I Want'a Talk About Me, the Standard Poodle, GCH CH Dawin Hearts on Fire, and the Shetland Sheepdog, Beckon GQ.

Judge Kipp chose the 12 month old Dane as her Best and the Brittany as her Reserve.  It’s the first BIS for the precocious Dane.  Congratulations to breeders Karen McCance & March Stoner, owners Jon & Sue Fink, and handler John Gerszewski.  Now, someone tell one of them to send us a photo we can share with all of you.

GCH CH Vogelflight’s “Honor” to Pillowtalk 

(Photo by Tom Weigand, The Winning Image)

Saturday was day three in Duluth MN and it was Ann Hearn in the final ring for the hometown Duluth Kennel Club.  Joining her were the Golden Retriever, GCH CH Summits Emery It's In The Bag, the Afghan Hound, GCH CH Elmo's Martian Chronicles, the Giant Schnauzer, GCH CH Kenro’s Witching Hour, the Australian Terrier, GCH CH Dunham Lake Scout Master, the Toy Poodle, GCH CH Sharbelle Silhouette, the Bichon Frise, GCH CH Vogelflight’s “Honor” to Pillowtalk, and the German Shepherd Dog, GCH CH Karizma’s Ike of Edale.

GCH CH Kenro’s Witching Hour 

(Photo by Michael McGuire)

Taking home the top awards were the Bichon, Honor, with the BIS and the Giant, Dora, with the RBIS.  Honor now has three BIS in 15 final appearances.

HOT TIME IN W PALM BEACH

GCH CH Marlex Classic Red Glare 

(Photo by Lisa Uhacz)

You have to be a determined fancier to head out in the July heat to a show in Florida, especially when the competition is as hot as the weather.  Yesterday’s  Jupiter-Tequesta Dog Club in West Palm Beach FL featured a final with multiple BIS winners.  Judge Thomas Daniels seven petitioners were the English Cocker Spaniel, GCH CH Fieldstone Carousel Hell's Kitchen, the Whippet, GCH CH Festiva's Lucy Is Fashionably Late, the Great Dane, GCH CH Raintree Erinwood Dixie For Heaven's Sake, the Skye Terrier, GCH CH Cragsmoor Goodtime Charlie, the Miniature Pinscher, GCH CH Marlex Classic Red Glare, the Bichon Frise, GCH CH Overtops And The Winner Is, and the Australian Shepherd, CH Aussbern Premier Ticket Of Myshara.

GCH CH Cragsmoor Goodtime Charlie

Judge Daniels BIS & RBIS were two of those multiple BIS winners, the Country’s Number Three Dog All Breeds, the MinPin, Classie, who took home the Best, and the Skye, Charlie, who has six BIS to his credit this year.  Classie’s 2013 BIS tally now stands at 35 in 65 final appearances.

SWEDISH WIRE BEST IN VA

GCH CH Crispy Legacy

Next we go to the Mid-Atlantic to Woodstock VA where the Shawnee Kennel Club is holding sway this weekend.  Yesterday’s BIS was the Wire Fox Terrier, GCH CH Crispy Legacy.  Dr Gerard Penta also liked the Toy Poodle, GCH CH Smash Jp Sakura, whom he gave the RBIS.  Rounding out the hopefuls were the Vizsla, GCH CH Solaris Tuzes Paprika JH CA, the Afghan Hound, GCH CH Tells Matrix Reloaded, the Boxer, GCH CH Hi Tech The King of Sherry Shoot Jp, the Lhasa Apso, GCH CH Ta Sen Westgate On A High, and the Finnish Lapphund, GCH CH Lumiturpa Arvi.

GCH CH Smash Jp Sakura 

(Photo by Krista Droop)

It’s the sixth BIS in just ten final appearances for the Swedish import.  We hope to see him out more in the second half of this year.

RETREAT WITH US TO VERMONT

GCH CH Whistlestop’s Riley on Fire

The movie makers in Best In Show portrayed the dog show community as a ridiculous world populated by cartoonish, self-absorbed people.  This morning we listen to the talking heads on CNN & Fox News rant about the George Zimmerman trial and feel lucky we can retreat from the surreal existence that is the modern American cultural landscape.  Our dog show life seems much more like the America we want to live in.

GCH CH Nuuktok’s Atka Inukshuk

Day three in Tunbridge VT found Walter Sommerfelt in the final ring for the Green Mountain Dog Club.  Joining him were the Irish Water Spaniel, GCH CH Whistlestop’s Riley on Fire, the Rhodesian Ridgeback, GCH CH Kuluta All Along the Watchtower, the Airedale Terrier, GCH CH Joval Angel’s Whisper, the Pug, GCH CH Warpug Black and Blue Reme, the American Eskimo Dog, GCH CH Nuuktok’s Atka Inukshuk, and the Bearded Collie, GCH CH Bramley’s Green Mountain Boy. 

The two who went to the front were the IWS, Riley, and the Eskie, Inuk.  Riley is the Number One Irish Water Spaniel and the Number Three Sporting Dog with nine BIS this year.