Archive for July, 2002
Rarities Shows with the Silkens
Rarities Shows
July 27-28, 2002
Victor and I attended the Rarities Shows – 5 shows in 2 days – with our 4 Silken Windhounds, and had a VERY nice weekend!
Show #1: Duncan won WD/BOW/BOB, with Josi taking WB/BOS.
Show #2: Ivan won WD/BOS and Josi got WB/BOW/BOB. Then Josi went on to a Reserve Best in Show!
Show #3: Josi won WB/BOW/BOB and Ivan got WD/BOS.
Show #4: Ivan won WD/BOW/BOB and Josi got...
International Show and Grand National Pictures
Pictures from the International Shows
Got the pictures back from the photographer and scanned and uploaded!
Arthur’s Best BBE and BBE Group 1 (at the 3rd show)
Nikki’s BOB (at the first show)
Pictures from the ASFA Grand Nationals, Falcon, CO
These were taken by Dan Guass/Shot on Site. I will eventually integrate some of them into my website, but was too impatient to wait and share them there.
Flareon and Valorie Trantanella’s...
Reliant Park World of Dog Shows (aka “Astrohell”)
LSBC’s BCOA Supported Entry
at the Reliant Park World of Dog Shows
The LSBC (Lone Star Borzoi Club) hosted a BCOA Trophy Supported Entry in conjunction with the Galveston County Kennel Club dog show at this cluster. In the Sweepstakes classes, Sassi won Best of Opposite Sex in Sweeps, with a lovely young dog owned by the Neal’s taking top honors.
In the regular classes, Monkee took Reserve Winners Bitch to a 5-point major –...
San Antonio River Cluster
San Antonio River Cluster of Dog Shows, San Antonio, TX.
June 11-14, 2002
On Friday, Stone won Best of Breed in an entry of around 40. Flareon had placed 2nd in a large Open class.
On Saturday, Duri won the Bred-by Exhibitor class, and went on to take a 5-point Major Reserve! Monkee had taken 2nd in the Open...
ASFA Irrational Grand National
IRRATIONAL GRAND NATIONAL, Falcon, CO
July 5-6, 2002
Monkee, Miss T and Flareon went to Falcon, CO to participate in the Colorado Lure Coursing Association’s running of the 2002 Irrational Grand National, featuring 3 days of ASFA lure coursing.
On Friday, Monkee was the only Open Borzoi, and in the breed run-off, she won BOB! Flareon had placed 2nd in the Field Champion stake, and Miss T 4th. Unfortunately, late that afternoon, Monkee...
IABCA International Shows – June 29-30
IABCA International Shows
Victor and I took Arthur and his mother Nikki down near Austin for these shows. Nikki won Best of Breed at show #1, and the judge was a bit disappointed that I hadn’t entered her for the Best Veteran in Show. We soon corrected that for the second and third show, but unfortunately she didn’t get to do it for the first show. For show #2, Nikki won the Open (Offenklasse) class, and in show #3, Arthur won...
and so we begin…
I decided to replace the “Show News” section of the website with a little online journal. I’ll just post any show news plus other dog-news here and see how it...
