NEW DOG2WATCH

GCH CH Iacta Alea Est De La Bete 

(photo by Jeffrey Hanlin)

While many of our readers follow the show scene closely, few get down into the weeds like those of us who compile the sports “box scores”.  Each year we look at the results for a departure from the expected.  This year we are surprised that only one Standard Poodle is in the Top Ten Non-Sporting Dogs.  In fact we have nine different breeds in that illustrious company. 

One Non-Sporting Dog has caught my eye lately, the French Bulldog, GCH CH Iacta Alea Est De La Bete.  First, I am a sucker for any owner with enough education to quote ancient Latin text.  Secondly, I can identify with having to compete with the more athletic guys with perfect hair.  Rubi has been pushing her way past the more glamorous breeds this season and compiling several impressive wins.  Rubi started the month with four BIS and 27 Group Ones.  Since then she has added five more Group Ones, two RBIS, and a BIS.  Three of those Group Ones came at three of the largest shows this year, the Hatboro Dog Club’s two shows in Wrightstown PA and the Morris & Essex Kennel Club show in Somerset NJ.  The BIS came at last Sunday’s Troy kennel Club show in West Springfield MA.   Currently the Number 11 Non-Sporting Dog, look for Rubi to move up several spots in the ranking’s by the end of this month.

We think it’s time we name Rubi Dog Show Poop’s latest Dog2Watch.  Congratulations to breeders/owners Blake Hamman & Peter Photos, owner Patricia Hearst-Shaw, and handler Jodi Longmire.

A WEEKEND IN PLEASANTON CA

GCH CH Eastern-Magic Fly Me Safe 

We spent three decades in the bucolic Diablo Valley of Northern California. It was a magical time in a magical place very different than the current Golden State. Each year the West Coast dog show calendar reached its apex the third weekend in October, when the Del Valle Kennel Club of Livermore set up camp in the aptly named town of Pleasanton. The stop was always one of AKC 25 largest and drew competitors from all over the United States. 

GCH CH Friends Sargeant Breakthough 

This year’s entry was down considerably from those shows 30 years ago, but still very respectable in today’s environment. Friday’s Skyline Dog Fanciers of San Mateo County show, preceded by several specialty events on Thursday, drew nearly 1900 dogs. The seven that made it to judge Elliot Weiss’ final were the Irish Setter, GCH CH Evergreen Good Intentions, the Afghan Hound, GCH CH Thaon’s Wallstreet, the Mastiff, GCH CH Friends Sargeant Breakthough, the Scottish Terrier, GCH CH Round Town Queen of Hearts of Maryscot, the Shih Tzu, GCH CH Wenrick’s Don’t Stop Believing, the Chow Chow, GCH CH Eastern-Magic Fly Me Safe, and the Australian Shepherd, GCH CH Wind Spirit’s Amazing Grace. 

Finishing one two were the Chow, Pilot, and the Mastiff, Sarge. Pilot, AKC’s Number One Chow and Number Five Non-Sporting Dog, was bred by Matthew Fan and is owned by Matthew, Kiki Pratna & Layla Loveless, and handled by Chow specialist Michael Brantley. Congratulations to Team Pilot. 

GCH CH Hitimes What the Inferno 

(photo by Rhonda Cassidy)

The DVKCL drew almost 2800 dogs to Saturday’s show. Judge Doris Cozart would consider the same Mastiff, Chow & Aussie, the German Shepherd Pointer, GCH CH Vjk-Myst Garbonita’s California Journey, the Rhodesian Ridgeback, GCH CH Celtic Lore’s Moonlight and Magic CGC, the Miniature Schnauzer, GCH CH Yanga’s All the Time, and the Pomeranian, GCH CH Hitimes What the Inferno, before choosing the Pom, Danny, as her BIS and Pilot, the Chow, her RBIS. Danny, the Number One Toy Dog and the Number Two Dog All Breeds, was bred by Joan Carcasole & Ashley Carcasole , is owned by Bonnie A Bird & Udomsin Littichaikun, and expertly presented by Curtiss G Smith. Congratulations to them all. 

GCH CH Vjk-Myst Garbonita’s California Journey 

Dorothy Collier would close the weekend with the now aforementioned GSP, the Bloodhound, GCH CH Blossomhill’s Topsfield Sanchu A Little Princess, the Akita, GCH CH Peace River’s Gathers No Moss At Sunstra, the White Bull Terrier, GCH CH Lordbull Larry, the Pom, Danny, the Chow, Pilot, and the American Miniature Shepherd, GCH CH Abington’s Da Vinci CM15. CJ, the GSP, would pick up the Best In Show and the Pom, Danny, would had the reserve ribbon to his big rosette from Saturday. CJ, the nation’s Number One GSP and Number Five Sporting Dog, was bred and is owned and handled by Valerie Nunes-Atkinson. Congratulations to Valerie, fellow breeder/owner Alice Manning, and owner Yvonne Hassler-Deterding.

MONTGOMERY COUNTY 2015

GCH CH Hampton Court Monte Cristo

(photo by Lynda Beam)

Despite some of the nastiest weather in recent years today’s Terrier Super Bowl, the Montgomery County Kennel Club show in Blue Bell PA, drew its largest entry since 2009.  True to Terrier tradition it was the toughest competition of the year.  Only four of the Top Ten Terriers made it out of the breed.

GCH CH Joval Sweet Time 

(photo by Gay Glazbrook)

Those four started the day as the Number Three, Five, Ten, and One Terriers in AKC, but today they were judge Clay Coady’s Number One, the Wire Fox Terrier, GCH CH Hampton Court Monte Cristo, Number Two, the Airedale Terrier, GCH CH Joval Sweet Time, Number Three, the Skye Terrier, GCH CH Cragsmoor Good Time Charlie, and Number Four, the Miniature Schnauzer, GCH CH Yanga’s All the Time. Congratulations to Cristo’s breeder/owner Victor Malzoni Jr and his handler Leonardo Garcini.

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.