WEST VOLUSIA KENNEL CLUB

GCH CH Cragsmoor Good Time Charlie 

(photo by Megan Cloudman)

In our previous post we talked about how competitive this year’s race for Number One Terrier is. The Skye Terrier, GCH CH Cragsmoor Good Time Charlie, started the month as the Number One Terrier and has added two BIS since then. 

GCH CH Bandog’s Major League Homerun at TX Star 

The latest came at Saturday’s West Volusia Kennel Club in Deland FL. Joining Charlie in judge Michael Hill’s final were the Black Cocker Spaniel, GCH CH Toybox Double Dutch, the Saluki, GCH CH Baha Persian Of Interest CD RN SC OA AXJ NF, the Mastiff, GCH CH Goldleaf’s Trouble Coming CGC, the Shih Tzu, GCH CH Dancee I’ve Got A Secret At Purple Jade, the RBIS, Charlie’s kennelmate, the French Bulldog, GCH CH Bandog’s Major League Homerun at TX Star, and the Pembroke Welsh Corgi, GCH CH Riverside Get Over It. Charlie finishes the week with 21 BIS. 

GCH CH Goldleaf’s Trouble Coming CGC 

At Sunday’s WVKC judge Audrey Lycan would see the same Mastiff, Skye, Frenchie, & Corgi, the Golden Retriever, GCH CH Eagleridge Truckin In Style CGC, the Borzoi, GCH CH Sylvan Silver Springbok, and the Pomeranian, GCH CH Abbapoola's Mr. Slice Of Life. 

She would choose the Mastiff, Aji, as the Best and Charlie, the Skye, as her Reserve. It’s the first BIS this year for the country’s Number 11 Working Dog. Congratulations to breeder/owner Laura Watson, co-breeders Jann Lanz, Mark Lanz, & Monica Coyle, and handler Terry Smith.

WHO'S NUMBER ONE TERRIER

GCH CH Shaireab’s Bayleigh Maid of Honor

(photo by Derek Glas)

With the Terrier Super Bowl, the Montgomery County Kennel Club show,  less than two weeks away, we note that this year’s race for Number One Terrier is fierce.  The Skye Terrier, GCH CH Cragsmoor Good Time Charlie started the month with a razor thin lead on the Welsh Terrier, GCH CH Shaireab’s Bayleigh Maid of Honor.  Since then the Skye, Charlie, has added two BIS and several Group Ones to his resume.

GCH CH Caper’s Sirius Endeavor

This past weekend, the Welsh Terrier, Jennie, answered with back2back BIS at the Chesapeake Virginia Dog Fanciers Association’s two shows in that Virginia town.  The day one final was in the hands of judge Charlotte Clem McGowan.  She chose Jennie as her Best out of a seven that included the English Cocker Spaniel, GCH CH Edgewood FirstN Foremost, the Bloodhound, GCH CH Flessner’s International S’Cess,  the Great Dane, GCH GHDD Seamus Lord Of The Dance, her Reserve winner, the Pug, GCH CH Caper’s Sirius Endeavor, the Lhasa Apso, GCH CH Ta Sen I Won’t Dance Don’t Ask Me, and the Puli, GCH CH Cordmaker Topsy Turvey.

GCH CH Flessner’s International S’Cess

Sunday Jennie, the Bloodhound, Nathan, the Pug, Rufus, & the Puli, Charlotte, would all be back in the final ring on Sunday to plead their case with BIS judge Joe Walton.Joining them were the Weimaraner, GCH CH Doc's Crosswinds Absolut Ten Of Acadia, the Bernese Mountain Dog, GCH CH Peacefield's Searching For Stars At Lin Cars, and the Tibetan Terrier, GCH CH Aurora's Welcome To The Jungle. Jennie and Nathan would succeed, taking the BIS and RBIS. 

Jennie's 2014 take now stands at 16 BIS. It's anybody's guess who will be Number One Terrier in two weeks.

BUTLER COUNTY KENNEL CLUB

GCH CH InVolo The King of Pop 

(photo by Rhonda Cassidy)

Judge Gloria Kerr was in Prospect PA on Saturday to call the final for the Butler County Kennel Club.  Her seven hopefuls were the Welsh Springer  Spaniel, GCH CH Trystyn Statesman Cactus Blue, the Black & Tan Coonhound, GCH CH Foxfire Full Force Gale, the Newfoundland,  GCH CH Cypress Bay’s Big Sur, the Scottish Terrier, GCH CH McVan’s To Russia with Love, the Papillon, GCH CH InVolo The King of Pop, the Standard Poodle, GCH CH ByRequest Bon Mot, and the Australian Shepherd, CH Shadomoons The Competitive Edge.

GCH CH McVan’s To Russia with Love

Best went to the Papillon, Jackson, and Reserve to the Scottie, Knopa.  Jackson is the Number Four Toy Dog with 12 BIS this season.

GCH CH Cypress Bay’s Big Sur

At Sunday’s BCKC redux judge Johnny Shoemaker saw the Spinoni Italiano, GCH CH Sweetbriar's Diamonds Are Forever JH, the Teeing Walker Coonhound, GCH CH Cherry Creek Confetti, the same Newfoundland & Scottie, the Brussels Griffon, GCH CH Homestead Zoey Of Treyacres, the Chinese Shar-Pei, GCH CH Shine’s Deck the Halls, and the Shetland Sheepdog, GCH CH Acadia Stage Presence.

GCH CH Shine’s Deck the Halls

Best went to the Newfie, Sur, Reserve to the Shar-Pei, Tinsel.  It was the third BIS this year for the country’s Number 12 Working Dog.  All three BIS have come in the last 30 days.

NUMBER ONE ON RECORD PACE

GCH CH Claircreek’s Impression de Matisse

(photo by Jeffrey Hanlin)

The country’s Number One Dog All Breeds, the Portuguese Water Dog, GCH CH Claircreek’s Impression de Matisse, was in Gettysburg PA on Friday to pick up a BISS from judge Barbara Dempsey-Alderman at the 2014 National Specialty of the Portuguese Water Dog Club of America.  He would motor on over to Goshen CT on Saturday to pick up another two all-breed BIS.

At Saturday’s Ox Ridge Kennel Club show Matisse was judge Karen Wilson’s Best In Show.  Rounding out her final were the Pointer, GCH CH Hipoint Here Comes The Sun, the Afghan Hound, GCH CH Tells Matrix Reloaded, the Airedale Terrier, GCH CH Darling Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds, the RBIS, the Pug, GCH CH Hill Country’s Tag I’m It, the Xoloitzcuintli, GCH CH Bayshore Giorgio Armani, and the Bearded Collie, GCH CH Classical’s my Turn CGC.

GCH CH Hill Country’s Tag I’m It 

(photo by Gay Glazbrook)

At Sunday’s Northwestern Connecticut Dog Club final judge Ken McDermott would see it the same way, naming Matisse his BIS and JJ, the Pug, his RBIS while the  English Springer Spaniel, GCH CH Cerise Celtic Thunder, the above named Afghan, the Welsh Terrier, GCH CH Darwyn Here For A Good Time, and the returning Xolo & Beardie looked on.

Matisse is on pace to set a new record for a single year, having collected 103 BIS in less than nine months. 

THREE DAYS AT PURINA FARMS

GCH CH Sonnus Filho (Sanchez)

Of the 11 venues offering shows this past week all but two were of the traditional two day variety.  There was the four day outing in Montana we told you about and three days at Purina Farms outside of St Louis MO.  The trio of shows in the heartland drew Top Ten competition, including the Number Two & Number Three Dogs All Breeds.

GCH CH Telltale American Ride 

(photo by Michael McGuire)

The Rolla Missouri Kennel Club kicked it off on Friday, putting judge Charles Olvis in the final ring with the English Springer Spaniel, GCH CH Telltale American Ride, the 15”Beagle, GCH CH Tashtin’s Lookin for Trouble, the Neapolitan Mastiff, GCH CH Ironwood's Papparrazi, the Soft Coated Wheaten, GCH CH Shandalee Fireworks, the Smooth Coat Chihuahua, GCH CH Sonnus Filho (Sanchez), the Boston Terrier, CH Sabe’s Simply Invincible, and the Old English Sheepdog, GCH CH Bugaboo’s Picture Perfect.

Scampering away with the BIS was the Chihuahua, Sonnito.  Taking the RBIS was the Springer, Randy.  Sonnito is AKC’s Number One Chihuahua (all varieties), Number Two Toy Dog, and Number 11 Dog All Breeds with a breed record 21 BIS this season.

CH Sabe’s Simply Invincible

At Saturday’s Spirit of The Heartland Kennel Club final, judge James Malone would see six of Friday’s finalists and the Russell Terrier, GCH CH DBF Woodsong Of KCR.  He would name the Boston, Vinnie, as his Best and the Neapolitan, Papparrazi, as his Reserve.  It was the first BIS for the 13 month old dog and breeder/owner/handler Sharon Saberton.  Congratulations to them both.

GCH CH Ironwood's Papparrazi

Papparrazi would be back to take the BIS at Sunday’s Jefferson County Kennel Club Of Missouri final.  Joining him in judge Carl Gomes’ ring were the Springer , Randy, the RBIS, the  familiar Beagle, Miss P, the Staffordshire Bull Terrier, GCH CH Cumhill Hell Raiser, the Italian Greyhound, GCH CH Integra Maja Scattered Pearls, the Tibetan Terrier, GCH CH Kimik's Who Dunnit, and the Australian Shepherd, GCH CH McMatt’s Autumn Breeze.

GCH CH Tashtin’s Lookin for Trouble

Papparazzi is the only Neapolitan Mastiff to win a Working Group this year and one of only two Neapolitans to have ever won an AKC BIS.  Congratulations to breeder/owner/handler   Jim Deppen, co-breeder Mimi Winkler, and owner Susan Vann-Spruill.

MONDAY MORNING MOP UP

GCH CH Skyline's Unit of Measure

We start our Monday Morning Mop Up where we left off, in Helena MT where the Gallatin Dog Club and the Helena Montana Kennel Club set up camp for four days this past week.  You may recall we told you that the Keeshond, GCH CH Skyline's Unit of Measure, was judge Marion Dee ward’s BIS at the GDC opener.

GCH CH Mojo's Continuation Of A Myth

Cubit would return to the final ring at Friday’s GDC encore to plead his case with judge Carol Graham.  He was joined by the Field Spaniel, GCH CH Promenade Pay It Forward, the Black & Tan Coonhound, GCH CH Southchase's Wilbert Roy, the Akita, GCH CH Mojo's Continuation Of A Myth, the Smooth Fox Terrier, GCH CH J'Cobe Broxden Accidentally On Porpoise, the Shih Tzu, GCH CH Hallmark Jolei Rocket Power, and the Australian Shepherd, GCH CH Copper Hills No Reservations.

The Akita, Nik, would take the BIS, while Cubit would add an RBIS to his tally.   It was the seventh BIS of the year for the nation’s Number Nine Working Dog.

The HMKC took over on Saturday and put judge Jon Cole in the final ring with Nik, Cubit, the returning Field Spaniel, Coonhound, & Australian Shepherd, the Glen of Imaal Terrier, GCH CH Finnabair Ardmore Ned, and the Pekingese, GCH CH Dunkirk Imagine That.  Judge Cole would also like Cubit and Nik, Naming the Keeshond his Best and the Akita his Reserve.  Cubit is the country’s Number Three Non-Sporting Dog with four BIS this season.

GCH CH Promenade Pay It Forward

Judge Anne Katona would bring it home on Sunday for the HMKC  with the now familiar Field Spaniel, Akita, Shih Tzu, Keeshond, & Australian Shepherd, the 13” Beagle, CH Cherry Creek Tattletale, and the Miniature Bull Terrier, GCH CH Dytona VIP.  Taking home the set’s last big rosette was the Field Spaniel, Gideon, while Cubit would pick up another reserve ribbon for his collection.  Gideon is the Number Three Sporting Dog with 13 BIS in 2014.