Posts Tagged With 'major win'

Texarkana KC 2016

By R. Lynn Shell  Jun, 21, 2016   Posted in dogshow
Finally time to dip my toes back into the AKC pool with a brief trip to Texarkana with a couple of Borzoi, Rusti and Barbee. I didn’t make the shows in Denton – sent Victor instead – so it was kinda nice to get back out again. Even better since I was sharing a room with longtime-no-see friend Rebecca!! We met up at the show site a little after 8 in the evening, trying to find the ever-so-rare space for grooming. Rebecca had...

Lone Star Classic – December 2012

By R. Lynn Shell  Dec, 09, 2012   Posted in dogshow, featured, gallery
Lone Star Classic - December 2012 On Saturday, Boo (Gryffyn’s Aeyrie Boudicca) won the Bred-by Exhibitor bitch class and went on the Winners Bitch and Best of Winners for a 4-point major. A young and gangly Beast (Gryffyn’s Aeyrie Party Animal – Boo’s half-nephew) was Reserve  Winners Dog (and the judge had some nice comments about him, despite it looking like I was showing a white/cream tornado). He showed fairly well considering his lack of...

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...

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...