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We took another road-trip from July 6th through 11th – to Indiana this time! Tycho & Bugsy were entered in the UKC Top 10 Invitational and we entered Tycho, Caesar, Skye & Bijou in the three Premier shows over the 3 days from Friday to Sunday. Unfortunately Bugsy & Bijou decided to shed all their coat so they looked like coyotes come the time . So Bugsy stayed home in Canada & Bijou chilled out all weekend while the other 3 worked! We had a wonderful time over the 4 days we were there & really enjoyed the company , dogs and multitude of activities. We also had a very successful time with the dogs.
First off, Tycho wowed us all by finishing in 8th place in the Top 10, out of an entry of 483 dogs from many, many breeds. This competition was an invitational for the Top 10 winners in each breed by virtue of dogs defeated in the breed during the previous year (2009). Tycho finished as the #1 Malamute for 2009 and Bugsy was #5. The invited dogs could enter the competition and of all the eligible dogs 483 entered. Initially the judging was in the breed to pick the Best of Breed to go forward to the semi-finals. In the semi-finals, all the BOB winners competed in 5 arbitrarily divided groups of dogs (i.e. they were not divided into the usual recognized groups but randomly so you had dogs from all the groups represented in each semi-final group). 4 dogs from each of these “groups” were selected by the group judge to compete in the final. In the final of 20 dogs, each dog was judged by 3 judged and given a score. These scores were then tallied and the winners were the ones with the highest scores. The top 10 placed dogs all received a lovely ribbon and a trophy bowl, which now stands proudly on our mantel! The winner was an American Pit Bull Terrier and received a larger ribbon and larger trophy bowl!
In the Premier shows, Tycho won the breed every day and also was placed 4th in the Group on Friday and then FIRST on Sunday!! Skye won the champion class on Friday and Caesar won both Saturday & Sunday. He just need one more win to become a Grand Champion!
On the July 4th weekend we took a road-trip up to Canada to visit with old friends and show the dogs. We got 7 more points on Caesar towards his CKC Championship – he just needs 1 more to finish. Tycho won breed at every show as well as a Group 3 & a Group 4!!
The final results are in and Tycho was the #1 class dog, NATIONALLY, according to the AMCA national statistics!! Waahoooo! What a great year we had with him last year in the classes. His little sister, Bijou, was the #1 puppy bitch for NY/NJ and # 5 nationally last year while Bugsy was #3 class dog nationally and #2 in the NY/NJ area. Tycho & Bugsy also qualified for the UKC Top 10 event, Tycho being the #1 Mal and Bugsy was #5.
This last weekend our Sammy (Solo) was at a Russian show handled by our friend Susanna Virtanen where he won BOB and became a Russian Champion. He is now:
Today we had a WONDERFUL time at the AKC shows in Freehold. We finished Caesar’s American KC championship – all from the Bred-By class at just over a year old, and we won BOB with Tycho. His first BOB win & then he went on to win a Group 2!! Wow, what way to start his Specials career!! And only at just over 2 years of age as well….
Last weekend we drove down to south Virginia for a 3 day weekend of UKC shows. We achieved our aim of finishing Vega as a Grand Champion but also won two Best in MultiBreed Shows (Tycho and Bijou) and one Reserve BIMBS (Tycho). What a GREAT weekend! Thanks so much to the judges for all the compliments and for thinking so highly of our dogs.
At the Bucks County KC show last Saturday, Nitro won WD/BOW for his second major. A 4-pointer. So he only needs 3 more singles to finish!! Yeah, Nitro!
Last weekend, Bijou and Tycho both did really well at the UKC shows in PA. Bijou started it with a reserve BIMBS on Saturday and Tycho went one better with a BIMBS win on Sunday! Good work guys! These are both HunterxSkye puppies but are one year apart in age.
M had 6 puppies in the small hours of 3rd April. She’s a great mom & all are doing well, so far. If you want to see photos and more information, please go to our puppies page.
. So Bugsy stayed home in Canada & Bijou chilled out all weekend while the other 3 worked! We had a wonderful time over the 4 days we were there & really enjoyed the company , dogs and multitude of activities. We also had a very successful time with the dogs.