This area will be used to brag about our dog's achievements, upload photos of their wins and to update you on our "performance" goings-on from 2009 on.
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Indiana was hot but we had a great time. Good dogs, good company and lots to do and see. We had 3 dogs entered – Skye and Caesar were in the Champion class while Tycho was in the Grand Champion class. There was a good turn out for Mals with 7 dogs in the regular classes and one altered Grand Champion. Skye won the champion class on Friday and Caesar beat his Mom on Saturday & Sunday. He just needs one more win to become our 5th Grand Champion. Tycho won the breed every day and then went on to win a Group 4 on Friday under Paul Bruneau and ended the weekend with a bang, winning a Group 1 under Richard Klatt 🙂 :-).
At the UKC Premier Shows and Top 10 Invitational we had Tycho & Bugsy entered in the Top 10 Competition as the #1 and #5 Malamutes for 2009, respectively. Bugsy decided to drop all his coat & so we left him home. Tycho competed with 2 other Mals and won the first round (BOB) under John Booth. This got him into the “semi-finals”. The semi-finals comprised all BOB winners competing in 5 groups randomly made up of all the breeds registered by UKC. From each of these 5 groups, 4 finalists were selected, making a “finals” lineup with 20 dogs. Our group was judged by Paul Bruneau and Tycho made the cut as a “semifinal winner”. The finals were held the next evening after the regular Premier show. The 20 finalists were announced & paraded for the audience and then, in groups of 3, judged individually by 3 different judges. Mary Happel, John Booth and (how embarrassing… can’t remember his name) were the judges. The event was remarkably similar event to the AMCA Top 20 event, except there were three rings, one for each judge, with a central “holding pen” and a 4th “holding ring” for the next group of 3. It was “black tie optional” and I even dressed up a bit! Out came the AMCA Top 20 judging outfit :-). It must have worked because Tycho was awarded 8th place in the Finals!! Woohoo!
For the July 4th weekend we went to shows in Canada and caught up with some old friends. Tycho did himself proud winning a Group 3 under Mike Lanctot and a Group 4 under Mike Shoreman. Caesar also did well, winning 7 more points towards his Canadian championship. he needs just one more point to finish. He’s have a good 2010 as well :-).
At the UKC shows in PA this last weekend, Tycho once again excelled with his 6th BIMBS win and also his 4th Reserve BIMBS. He is such a lovely boy who really seems to be getting the hang of this showing off :-D.
In the US, we took the three Hunter kids to the AKC shows in Freehold NJ where we had an excellent weekend. Bijou won WB & BOW for two more points on Friday and then WB again for another point on Monday. She just needs two more singles and she’s done. Caesar won WD all four days with BOW on Saturday and Monday winning his last 5 points and second major to become
Tycho showed very well and won Select Dog for a point towards his Grand Champion title on Friday and then won BOB for 3 more points on Monday. Not only that but he then went on to win a GROUP 2 under Adrian Woodfork (CA) in a VERY competitive working group, beaten only by the #1 working dog in the whole of the US!!! What a thrill :-).
Meanwhile, in Europe, our Sammy (Solo) was taken to Russia where he was expertly handled by Susanna Virtanen to BOB and his Russian championship. He is now
Last weekend we went to Virginia to 3 days of UKC shows. Our aim was to get Vega’s Grand Championship and more points on Tycho. We achieved our goal and Vega even won the breed one show and a Group 1. She is now:
On Saturday May 8th we went to Bucks County show and Caesar, although somewhat bald, managed to win Winners Dog and Best of Winners for two more points (ignore the major on the photo – we thought it was when we took the picture but it turned out that due to an absentee, it wasn’t…). Caesar now has 10 points and one major.
