Rocky Mountain Borzoi Club Specialty Show – Fall 2012

By R. Lynn Shell  Sep, 09, 2012   Posted in dogshow, gallery, specialties
Once again it was time for my annual excursion to the Fall specialty hosted by the Rocky Mountain Borzoi Club in Longmont, Colorado. It’s always great to meet up and visit with the folks in the area, as well as getting to see all the lovely local borzoi there. My traveling companion was Leslie and her lovely girl Danika – their first trip to RMBC. After an uneventful (for us) Sweepstakes competition, we had a touch of success in the...

Lone Star Classic Summer Cluster

By R. Lynn Shell  Jul, 08, 2012   Posted in dogshow, featured
Boo winning Best Opp/Best of Winners for her first major under judge James G. Reynolds Our Borzoi “diva” Boo (Gryffyn’s Aeyrie Boudicca) has not shown much at all-breed dog shows, the majority of her experience being attending two national specialty shows. She was entered for two days at the Lone Star Classic show cluster (three days of all-breed dogs shows, and one day of specialty shows, which at this time do not include...

Muskogee and Seminole shows, July Dallas Shows, River Cluster and Omaha

By gryffyn  Jul, 22, 2008   Posted in dogshow
July 20, 2008 Nebraska Kennel Club Show and BCOA TSE Omaha, NE Shugah won Reserve Winners Bitch in a nice-sized major entry. July 9-13, 2008 River Cluster San Antonio, Texas Solo was Best of Breed on the 10th and 11th, with paternal half-brother Perry taking the breed on the 12th. July 4-6, 2008 Dallas Show Cluster Dallas, Texas On Friday, Deckard was Reserve Winners Dog and Nox was Reserve Winners Bitch with Shugah winning her first point by...

Bossier City, Big Spring, Denton, Mississippi Shows

By gryffyn  May, 18, 2008   Posted in dogshow
May 16, 2008 Riverside West KC of Greater New Orleans Show Solo won Best of Breed (over this year’s National BOB winner!) and went on to take a Group 4. Solo takes a Group 4; handled by David Williams May 11, 2008 Denton KC Show Denton, TX Deckard and Faina won Reserves. May 3-4, 2008 Big Spring KC Shows Big Spring, TX Solo took Best of Breed both days of the show cluster and came away with a Group 2 at Sunday’s show under Stephen...

San Jacinto and Salina Shows

By gryffyn  Apr, 08, 2008   Posted in dogshow
April 5-6, 2008 San Jacinto Kennel Club shows Crosby, TX Bugg went Reserve Winners Bitch both days. April 4, 2008 Wichita Kennel Club show Salina, KS Solo won Best of Breed under judge Elliott...

Faith City, Galveston County, Claremore

By gryffyn  Mar, 30, 2008   Posted in dogshow
March 29-30, 2008 Claremore Kennel Club of Oklahoma shows Claremore, OK Solo won Best of Breed both days! March 15-16, 2008 Houston KC and Galveston County KC dog shows Houston, TX On Sunday at the Galveston County KC show Solo won best of Breed under judge Barbara Ann Langlois and then went on to be awarded a Hound Group IV by June Penta. Solo is awarded a Group 6 by June Penta; handled by Jill Bell March 1-2, 2008 Faith City Kennel Club of...

Nolan River KC, Trinity Valley, Fort Bend, Abilene

By gryffyn  Jan, 30, 2008   Posted in dogshow
January 26-27, 2008 Abilene Kennel Club shows Abilene, TX This show cluster was a BCOA TSE on Saturday.Wulf and Buster were 2nd and 3rd respectively in their Sweeps class. Arthur came away as Best Veteran in Sweeps. In the regular classes, Wulf took 2nd in his class. We didn’t show Buster since he had spooked in his Sweeps class and we didn’t want to exacerbate things. Bugg won the Open class and then went on to win Winners Bitch for...

Eukanuba 2007, Conroe KC, Amarillo shows

By gryffyn  Dec, 10, 2007   Posted in dogshow
December 6-9, 2007 Panhandle and Clovis-Portales Kennel Clubs shows Amarillo, TX Solo won Best of Breed the first two days. With bad weather coming in quickly (ICE!) Jill pulled entries for the rest of the weekend and came home. Better safe than sorry! December 2, 2007 Conroe Kennel Club dog show Conroe, TX Bugg won the Open class and then took Reserve Winners. December 1, 2007 AKC/Eukanuba National Championship Long Beach, CA With an entry of...

November Oklahoma shows

By gryffyn  Nov, 20, 2007   Posted in dogshow
November 15-18, 2007 Canadian Valley and Town & Country Kennel Club shows Solo won Best of Breed 3 of the 4 days of this show...

Cy-Creek BCOA TSE and dog show

By gryffyn  Nov, 13, 2007   Posted in dogshow
November 10-11, 2007 Cypress Creek Kennel Club of Texas dog shows (and BCOA TSE) Houston, TX The BCOA’s Trophy Supported Entry was on Saturday. We had a pretty good day with Arthur going Best in Veteran Sweeps (by default, being the only entry – but he had fun!). We had meant to debut two of the “Boogie Babies” – Wulf and Buster – but hard play in the yard had bruised them up and they weren’t their best...