PIONEER VALLEY KENNEL CLUB

GCH CH Winfall Brookwood Styled Dream

(Photo by Infocusbymiguel)

Up in West Springfield MA, Michael Buckley was the Pioneer Valley Kennel Club’s choice for their final.  He had his choice of the English Springer Spaniel, GCH CH Cerise Signature of Telltale RN CD, the 15” Beagle, GCCH CH Lanrigg Star of the Stage, the Boxer, GCH CH Winfall Brookwood Styled Dream, the American Staffordshire Terrier, GCH CH Castle Rock's SBigStaff Mad About You, the Yorkshire Terrier, CCH Foxfire Wind Beneath My Wings, the Chow Chow, GCH CH E-Lin Traveling Man, and the Bearded Collie, GCH CH Tolkien Raintree Mister Baggins.

His choice was the Number Three Dog Allbreeds, the Boxer, Scarlett.   With seven BIS so far this year, Scarlett and handler Diego Fernando Garcia are determined to keep the Top Two Dogs within striking distance.

OLD DOMINION KC OF NOVA

GCH CH Wynmoor Champagne Supernova

We are in the Nation’s Capital for the Easter Holiday and took the opportunity to drop in on one the dog show world’s premier stops, the Old Dominion Kennel Club of Northern Virginia  show.   This weekend’s largest show, preceded by the Columbia Terrier Association of Maryland and a dozen other specialty competitions, featured plenty of grooming space, large rings, and lots of vendors.

The day ended with seven very special dogs vying for the attention of BIS judge Keke Kahn.  They were the English Springer Spaniel, GCH CH Wynmoor Champagne Supernova, the Afghan Hound, GCH CH Thaon’s Mowgli, the Great Dane, GCH CH Lobato’s Jitterbug Man, the Scottish Terrier, GCH CH Lomondview Clementina, the Affenpinscher, GCH CH Banana Joe V Tani Kazari, the Miniature Poodle, GCH CH Surrey Sugar Baby, and the Puli, GCH CH Cordmaker Rumpus Bumpus.

Her Best was the Springer, Peyton.  Peyton has made a practice of winning big shows.  This is his fourth this year.

HEARTLAND DOG CLUB OF FL DAY 1

GCH CH Marlex Classic Red Glare

Our first report of the day comes from down in Zolfo Springs FL where the Heartland Dog Club of America held their first of two shows this weekend.   BIS judge Gene Blake first day finalists were the Golden Retriever, GCH CH Gemini Fallchase The Butler Did It, the Saluki, GCH CH Baha Persian of Interest NAJ, the Rottweiler, GCH CH Cammcastle’s My Gigolo, the Skye Terrier, GCH CH Cragsmoor Buddy Goodman, the Miniature Pinscher, GCH CH Marlex Classic Red Glare, the French Bulldog, GCH CH Bandog Bayou’s The Warrior, and the German Shepherd Dog, GCH CH Winsome’s Love Remembears.

It was the MinPin, Classie, taking the day one big rosette.  DOG2WATCH Classie has three all breed BIS this season.

PALOUSE HILLS DFA DAY ONE

GCH CH Brighton Lakeridge Encore

Out west the Palouse Hills Dog Fanciers kicked off the weekend with their day one show.  Sari Brewster Tietjen commanded the BIS ring on day with the Irish Water Spaniel, GCHC CH Poole's Ide Got Water, the Afghan Hound, GCH CH Polo's The Aviator, the Kuvasz, GCH CH Szumeria's Wildwood Silver Sixpence, the Bedlington, GCH CH Show Me the Money, the Silky Terrier, GCH CH Bar-B's Tawny Mist Topias, the Standard Poodle, GCH CH Brighton Lakeridge Encore, and the Pembroke Welsh Corgi, CH Colburn Let Freedom Ring.

Her BIS was the Standard Poodle, Ally.  Ally’s 12th BIS puts her in a virtual tie for Number One Standard Poodle & Number One Non-Sporting Dog.  It’s going to be a interesting week.

BLOMMINGTON INDIANA KC

GCH CH Casablanca's Thrilling Seduction

(Photo by Jeffrey Hanlin)

Out in Terre Haute IN the  Black Cocker Spaniel, GCH CH Casablanca's Thrilling Seduction, made it BACK2BACK BIS, taking home the top prize at today’s Bloomington Indiana Kennel Club show.  Joining Beckham in Anne Bolus’ final were the Petit Basset Griffon Vendeen, GCH CH Soletrader Bjorn Borg, the Giant Schnauzer, GCH CH  Kenro's Fleeting Moment, the Irish Terrier, CH Sugarbush's American Girl, the Shih Tzu, GCH CH Hallmark Jolei Austin Powers, the Chinese Shar-Pei, GCH Chaoyang Take It To The Limit At NuStar, and the Australian Shepherd, GCH Legacys Bold Venture.

Beckham’s 11th BIS gives him a comfortable lead over the rest of the field at this point, but then it is still just April.

SPRINGFIELD KENNEL CLUB

GCH CH Castle Rock's SBigStaff Mad About You

(Photo by Kenneth Reed)

New Englander Judy Harrington was in West Springfield MA today to call the BIS for the Springfield Kennel Club.  Her options were the Golden Retriever, GCH CH Gosling’s Reel Deal, the 15” Beagle, GCCH CH Lanrigg Star of the Stage, the Boxer, GCH CH Winfall Brookwood Styled Dream, the American Staffordshire Terrier, GCH CH Castle Rock's SBigStaff Mad About You, the Pekingese, GCH CH PalaceGarden Malachy, the Bichon Frise, GCH CH Whitebread’s Diamond Solitaire, and the Bearded Collie, GCH CH Tolkien Raintree Mister Baggins.

She chose the AmStaff, Maddy.  DOG2WATCH Maddy.  Has been impressing judges with outstanding breed type while maintaining a distinctly feminine presence.  Congratulations to breeders Laszlo Silz Nagy & Dayna Pesenti, owners Genoa Brown, Ruth Sampson, & Dayna Pesenti, and handler Kim Rudzik.

TERRE HAUTE KC DAY ONE

GCH CH Casablanca's Thrilling Seduction
(Photo by Jeffrey Hanlin)

The Terre Haute Kennel Club opened the four day stop in their Indiana hometown today.  David Bolus ended the day mulling over a choice among the  Black Cocker Spaniel, GCH CH Casablanca's Thrilling Seduction, the Bassett Hound, GCH CH Fort Merrill Topsfield Yahoo, the Giant Schnauzer, GCH CH  Kenro's Fleeting Moment, Smooth Fox, GCH CH Waybroke Broxden Turning Tanner, the Shih Tzu, GCH CH Hallmark Jolei Austin Powers, the Boston Terrier to be named later, and the Old English Sheepdog, GCH CH Lambluv Gambolon Blue Thunder. 

He went with the country’s Number  One Dog All Breeds, the Cocker, Beckham.  Beckham & handler Michael Pitt have now collected ten all breed BIS and have a 5,000 point lead on this year’s field of competitors.

CRAB CAKES & COCKERS

Baltimore's Beautiful Inner Harbor

We will be out an about in this busy coming week.  Look for us on Saturday at Old Dominion Kennel Club of Northern Virginia, one of the three big all breed shows in Timonium MD, north of Baltimore.  The Columbia Terrier Association Of Maryland will warm up Friday for  Old Dominion KCNV, the Baltimore County Kennel Club, & the Catoctin Kennel Club. 

Friday New Englanders will gather in West Springfield MA for the Springfield Kennel Club, South Windsor Kennel Club, & Pioneer Valley Kennel Club’s three shows.    Down in the Sunshine State, the Heartland Dog Club Of Florida will be in Zolfo Springs FL (75 miles southeast of Tampa) for the weekend. 

Up in the Great Lakes region, it will be a leisurely one day stop in Columbus OH with the Central Ohio Kennel Club.  Midwesterners have a healthy four days in Terre Haute IN  with the Terre Haute Kennel Club & Bloomington Indiana Kennel Club.  The fun starts Thursday.  It will be chilly, but above freezing, in Fond du Lac WI for the hometown Fond Du Lac Kennel Club’s traditional weekend.  It will be a tad warmer in Waterloo IA for the Waterloo Kennel Club’s twofer.

Down here in the South we have lots of options.  You can choose two days in Harrison AR (80 miles due south of Springfield MO) with the North Arkansas Kennel Club, three days in Montgomery AL with the Anniston Kennel Club, Montgomery Kennel Club, & Cahaba Valley Kennel, or a rollicking four days in the Shreveport suburb of Bossier City LA with the Shreveport Kennel Club & D'Arbonne Kennel Club.

You will have to travel two time zones west for our remaining shows.  Take your pick of the Angeles Canyon Kennel Club’s weekend in the Los Angles berg of City of Industry, two in the San Francisco Bay area with the Chief Solano Kennel Club in Vallejo CA, or go full bore four in Lewiston ID (100 mile south of Spokane WA) where the Palouse Hills Dog Fanciers will kick off on Thursday, followed by the Lewis-Clark Kennel Club’s two.

What could be better this weekend than crab cakes & Cockers?

WINDWARD HAWAIIAN DFA DAY TWO

Our final report of the day comes from another island paradise, Oahu in the state of Hawaii.  You can read about Saturday‘s Windward Hawaiian Dog Fanciers Association show here.    Sunday’s WHDFA ended with Carolyn Herbel deciding among the Black Cocker Spaniel, CH Halakai I Have A Dream, the Rhodesian Ridgeback, CH Pupukearidge Kekualono, the Doberman Pinscher, CH Craklin Rosie Lemils, the Smooth Fox Terrier, CH Broxden Bet Regards, the Toy Poodle, Smash JP Spirits, the Bulldog, GCH CH Trent’s Adorebull Last Word, and from the Bred By Exhibitor Dog class, the Australian Shepherd, Aumoekohu Dipped in Chocolate.

Her Best In Show was five year old the Cocker.  We are not sure if it’s his very first BIS, but we do know it is his first this year.  He was also piloted to Best Bred By Exhibitor In Show by breeder/owner/handler Gerri Cadiz.  Congratulations!

GROVE OKLAHOMA

GCH CH Saks Hamelot Little Drummer Boy

There were four shows in Grove OK this week.  We did give you a report on Thursday’s show.  Here’s the rest of the story.  At Friday's Northeast Oklahoma Kennel Club show, Arley Hussin gathered the English Springer Spaniel, GCH CH Wynmoor Champagne Supernova, the Bloodhound, GCH CH Quiet Creeks Windfall, the Kuvasz, GCH CH Szumerias Wildwood Silver Six Pence, the Irish Terrier, CH Sugarbushs American Girl, the Shih Tzu, GCH CH Hallmark Jolei Austin Powers, the Bichon Frise, GCH CH Saks Hamelot Little Drummer Boy, and the German Shepherd Dog, GCH CH Babheims Captain Crunch, in his final ring.

It was the Bichon, Drummer, posting the BACK2BACK win.  Drummer’s eleventh BIS of the year will make the run for Number One Non-Sporting Dog a little more interesting. 

GCH CH Szumerias Wildwood Silver Six Pence

Six of Friday’s finalists were joined by the American Staffordshire Terrier, CH Alpine’s Ring of Fire, in Paula Hartinger’s day one Bartlesville Kennel Club final on Saturday.  She would choose the Kuvasz, Tanner. As her Best.  Tanner, the Number Two Working Dog, now has six top prizes this year and a Top Ten berth.

GCH CH Babheims Captain Crunch

(Photo by Patt Kolesar)

Sunday on day two of the BKC, the above named Springer, Kuvasz, Irish Terrier, Bichon, & GSD, would be challenged by the Harrier, CH Happy Tails Keepin The Faith, and the Havanese, Adorabulls Thats Better Than Sex, for the BIS.  Houston Clark would prefer the Number One Herding Dog, the GSD, Capi.  The Mexican import rocketed to the top of his Group since his arrival in the US and now has six BIS

STEEL CITY KENNEL CLUB

CH Barnstorm's Grissom TTCSI

One place we did not visit this weekend was Crown Point IN where the Steel City Kennel Club hosted two shows.  On Saturday Dana Cline closed the show with a final of the Chesapeake Bay Retriever, CH Sandbar's Stock Exxchange, the American Foxhound, GCH CH Devlon's Fame And Fortune, the Newfoundland, CH Misty Rose's Apollo, the Colored Bull Terrier, Aragon's Ruffin It At Honeytree, the Long Coat Chihuahua, CH Kokura Yama JP Emirio, the Boston Terrier, GCH CH Ken's N' The Horse Ya Rode In On, and the Belgian Tervuren, GCH CH Sidekicks Memory Of Villa Roma PT RN.

His Best was the 17 month old Chihuahua.  It’s the first BIS for the Japanese import.  Congratulations to breeder/owner Kokura Yama and handler Linda George.

The Chihuahua was the only of Saturday’s finalists to make it to Dr Robert A Indeglia’s BIS ring on Sunday.  He was joined by the Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever, CH Foxvale FoxBrooke Dare To Cruise, the Whippet, CH Kamada's Happy Hour, the Doberman Pinscher, CH Cambria's Must Be Fate, the White Bull Terrier, Aragon's Ruffin It At Honeytree, the Tibetan Terrier, CH Barnstorm's Grissom TTCSI, and the Briard, GCH La Vie Rose Dior August Moon CD RN. 

Sunday was the Tibetan Terrier’s, Grissom, day.  It’s the first for Grissom.  Congratulations to breeder/owner Patricia Bernardo and owner Lynn Meyer.

PONCE KENNEL CLUB SUNDAY

GCH CH Gemini Fallchase The Butler Did It
(Photo by Jeffrey Hanlin)

It was a wet and wild weekend and it’s time for Monday Morning Mop Up.  We will start in Bayamon PR where the weather was perfect and so were the dogs.  You can read all about the first three days here.   Yesterday’s Ponce Kennel Club closer was judged by Dr Robert D Smith.  He had his pick of the Golden Retriever, GCH CH Gemini Fallchase The Butler Did It, the  15" Beagle, GCH CH Torquay Midnight Confession, from the Open Dog Class, the Boxer, Dajen's Full Cord, the  Miniature Schnauzer, CH Sterling Hallelujah, the Miniature Pinscher, GCH Brackley He's My Warrior, a Lhasa Apso from the Open Dog Class, Xeralane's Kid Rock, and the Belgian Tervuren, CH Chateau Blanc's Karibbean Diva. 

Best went to the Golden, Cody.  It’s the second for the nation’s Number One Golden Retriever.  These Puerto Rico shows are definitely going on our bucket list.

SACRAMENTO KENNEL CLUB DAY TWO

GCH CH Slyfox Sneaks A Peek

The big prize today was the day two show of the Sacramento Kennel Club in the California capital.  Edd Bivin had today’s final and his choice of the Weimaraner, GCCH CH Silhouette’s LifeInTheFastLane, the 13” Beagle, GCH CH Loma Point Huckleberry, the Alaskan Malamute, GCH CH Catanya’s Latin Lover, the Smooth Fox Terrier, GCH CH Slyfox Sneaks A Peek, the Pekingese, GCH CH Windemere’s Dusting of White at Pevyne, the Standard Poodle, GCH CH Brighton Lakeridge Encore, and the Australian Shepherd, GCH CH Rainedance Written in Stone CD PT AX AXJ.

Riding the wave of a giant Terrier entry, the Smooth Fox Adam, grabbed the top prize.  Adam is the country’s Number One Terrier with seven all breed BIS this year.

EPHRATA-MOSES LAKE KC DAY TWO

The Ephrata-Moses Lake Kennel Club closed their weekend in Moses Lake WA with Nancy Shaffer Smith‘s final.  She chose her BIS from the German Shorthaired Pointer, GCH CH West Star’s Seamus Gunnar MCB, the Greyhound, CH Helios Foxglove Atheart, the Siberian Husky, GCH CH Karnovand‘s Tensing, the Miniature Bull Terrier, GCH CH Temris Bully For Me, the Pomeranian, CH Daystar Pomryte‘s Cowboy Up, the American Eskimo Dog, CH Silveroaks First & Foremost, and the Old English Sheepdog, GCH CH Snowdowne When In Rome.  

She chose the GSP, Gunar, as her Best, his first.  Congratulations to breeder/owner Sarah Kreilich & co-owners John & Rachelle Bial.

AUSTIN KENNEL CLUB DAY TWO

GCH CH Snow Glen’s Tesoro Cover Story

Pamela Peat was in Austin TX today to close the hometown Austin Kennel Club’s two day set.  Her seven hopefuls were the Flat Coated Retriever, GCH CH Beacon’s Jesse James II, the Petit Basset Griffon Vendeen, GCH CH Jodell’s Boogie Back to Texas, the Siberian Husky, CH Icewind’s Blue Suede Shoes, the Colored Bull Terrier, GCH CH Glentom Lebouf’s Countess, the Silky Terrier, GCH CH Snow Glen’s Tesoro Cover Story, the Tibetan Spaniel, CH Shilo’s Time for a Good Time, and the Canaan Dog, CH Mad River Cool Breeze Blowing.

BIS went to the Silky, Brenda.  It is the first BIS by a Silky this year.  Brenda was also the only Silky to win an all breed BIS in 2010 when she had two top awards and six Toy Group Firsts.  Congratulations to breeders Judi Carson, Bernadette Fletcher, & Debra Caselli, owners Diane Adamcik & Debra Caselli, and owner/handler Pam Laperruque.

RHODE ISLAND KENNEL CLUB

New England fanciers moved from Providence RI to Warwick RI for today’s Rhode Island Kennel Club show.  Anitra Cuneo’s final include the English Springer Spaniel, GCH CH Cerise Signature of Telltale RN CD, the 15” Beagle, GCH CH Lanrigg Star of the Stage, the Bullmastiff, BNB‘s Fast Pursuit of Highpoint, the Scottish Terrier, CH Dynasty BR Donald Rockfeller, the Pug, GCH CH Foursquare I'll Be A Shostopa Tu, the Tibetan Terrier, CH Salishan's My Special Angel, and the Australian Shepherd, GCH CH Propwash Reckon. 

Best was the 18 month old Scottie.  We hadn’t seen this youngster before this weekend, but we willtry to get a photo and more information as soon as possible.  Congratulations to breeder/owner Jerson Valle, owner Victor Malzoni Jr, and handler Robert M Carusi.

WINDWARD HAWAIIAN DFA DAY ONE

As we advised you this was a weekend to combine a vacation with a dog show.  Yesterday Tomas Gomes was in Kaneohe HI (Honolulu) to call the Best In Show for the Windward Hawaiian Dog Fanciers Association day one.  He had his choice of the Vizsla, CH Relwood’s MGM Grand, from the Open Bitch Class, the Saluki, Wisdom’s Tribute to Modigliani, the Doberman Pinscher, CH Alii’s Perfect Rhythm’s Gonna Getcha, the Scottish Terrier, CH Slievecroob Micolene, the Yorkshire Terrier, CH Qoccole’s Imua Kealoha, the Lhasa Apso, CH Diva Hattrick Puttin on the Ritz, and the Pembroke Welsh Corgi, GCH Windfall Charlie.

Best went to the barely two year old Doberman.  This one is totally new to us.  All we can tell you is she is bred by Sharon Petersen and owned by Amy Fujinaka.  Congratulations to them both.