Sunday, August 31, 2014

Topeka Kenne Club, Sunday August 24, 2014 Topeka, KS

HAVANESE
PORTER - WINNERS DOG
MARLEY - Reserve Winners Dog

SELENA - Best of Opposite

Judge Loraine Boutwell

Manhattan Kansas Kennel Club, Saturday August 23, 2014

HAVANESE
PORTER - WINNERS DOG

SELENA - SELECT
ZEUS - BEST OF OPPOSITE
TRULY - BEST OF BREED

Thank You Judge Charles Trotter

Topeka Kennel Club, Friday August 22, 2014 Topeka, KS

HAVANESE
MARLEY - That's Mytymo at Maplehave Eh - WINNERS DOG 

BELLE - That's La Belle Epoque - 1st in BBE/WINNERS BITCH/BEST OF WINNERS !!! 
      Her first points!

ZEUS - SELECT
SELENA - SELECT
TRULY - BEST OF BREED - Thanks to Bobby Alexander for his help showing Truly!  They looked so cute together!!!

THANK YOU BREED JUDGE MRS. TERRY BERRIOS

Manhattan Kansas Kennel Club, Thursday August 21, 2014 Topeka, KS

CHINESE CRESTEDS
HUEY - Delende 4-Reil You Crack Me Up - 1st in BBE/Winners Dog/Best of Winners!

HAVANESE
PORTER - WINNERS DOG
SELENA - BEST OF BREED

Thank You Judge Jordan Chamberlain

MO-KAN Toy Dog Club, Topeka, KS Wednesday August 20, 2013

HAVANESE
PORTER - WINNERS DOG
SELENA - BEST OF OPPOSITE

Thank You Judge Frank Sabella

Manitoba Canine Association, Sunday, August 17, 2014

HAVANESE

TED - WINNERS MALE 
CH PORTER - Reserve Winners Male

CH KEISHA - Reserve Winners Female

CONGRATULATIONS to our dear friend LINDA ARONSON on finishing her girl today!  By going BOW she got the 3 points that she needed!!!  THANK YOU LINDA for all of your help this weekend.  We look forward to seeing you again soon. 

ZEUS - BEST OF OPPOSITE
SELENA - BEST OF BREED & GROUP 2 

Thank You Judge Dr. Michael Woods


BICHONS
NURPLE - WINNERS MALE

Thank You Judge Maribel Sy

Prairie Toy Association Specialty, Saturday August 16, 2014

HAVANESE

TED - WINNERS MALE & BEST PUPPY
PORTER - Reserve Winners Male

KEISHA - WINNERS FEMALE & BEST OF WINNERS

ZEUS - BEST OF OPPOSITE
SELENA - SELECT 

Thank You Judge Michael Hill

Thursday, August 21, 2014

Manitoba Canine Association, Saturday August 16, 2014

HAVANESE
PORTER - WINNERS MALE & BEST OF WINNERS
NEW CANADIAN CHAMPION
KEISHA - WINNERS FEMALE 

SELENA - BEST OF OPPOSITE

ZEUS    - BEST OF BREED & GROUP 3

Thank You Breed Judge Patricia Taylor & Group Judge Ekarat Sangkunakup

HAVANESE FANCIERS OF CANADA NATIONAL SPECIALTY, Saturday, August 16, 2014

We were so thrilled with winning the Regional, we were almost afraid to show at the National.
It was a full day.  Starting at 8:30 with the HFC Puppy Sweeps, followed by the Breeder Sweeps.
Then there were some really nice veteran's in the Veteran's Sweeps.  That was immediately followed by the conformation competition for Nationals.  When that competition was complete, we went immediately to the Toy-Breed Puppy Sweepstakes for the Prairie Toy Specialty.  When that was over, we headed outside to the Havanese Breed ring for the MCA All-Breed Show.  We then had about 30 minutes to prepare for the Havanese Breed ring for the Prairie Toy Specialty.  After that it was back outside to the Group Ring for the All-Breed show. Whew!!! I'm tired just typing that, and we did it in 90+ degree heat.  The building was hotter than outside as outside we at least had a bit of a breeze.

So our results of the Havanese Fanciers of Canada 2014 National Specialty…
Drumroll please……………
Puppy Sweepstakes - Judge Ben Wasylyshen
PORTER - That's All That Glitters @ Bejeweled - 2nd in Senior Puppy

Breeder Sweepstakes (Bred-By) Judge Ben Wasylyshen
The Bred-By sweeps was only two classes, males & females. 
I showed Zeus, Dave showed Porter.  For the girls, Dave showed Selena (of course!) and I showed Keisha.

ZEUS - 1st 
PORTER - 3rd

KEISHA - 2nd
SELENA - 1st & BEST IN BRED-BY-EXHIBITOR SWEEPSTATKES

Thank You Judge Ben Wasylyshen
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Conformation - Judge Ekarat Sangkunakup

TED - That's A Real Lady Killer @ Evertop - 2nd in the BBE class (behind Porter)

PORTER - That's All That Glitters @ Bejeweled - WINNERS MALE

TRULY - That's Truly Scrumptious at Mendota - 2nd in the BBE class (behind Keisha)

KEISHA - That's Mendota's Sassy Soul Sister - 1st in BBE, WINNERS FEMALE, BEST OF WINNERS - NEW CANADIAN CHAMPION!!!

ZEUS - BEST OF OPPOSITE

SELENA - BEST OF BREED 
Havanese Fanciers of Canada National Specialty
Saturday, August 16, 2014
East St. Paul, Manitoba, Canada
Judges:  Maribel Sy (HFC Regional Speciatly), Ekarat Sankunakup

Thank You Judge Ekarat Sangkunakup for this wonderful recognition.

All dogs were breeder - owner - handled.

HAVANESE FANCIERS OF CANADA REGIONAL SPECIALTY, Friday August 15, 2014

WOW, WOW, WOW !!!!

IT WAS HOT IN MANITOBA 
and 
OUR KIDS WERE ON FIRE !!!!

TED - That's A Real Lady Killer @ Evertop - RESERVE WINNERS MALE

PORTER - That's All That Glitters @ Bejeweled - WINNERS MALE

TRULY - That's Truly Scrumptious at Mendota - 2nd in the BBE class (behind Keisha)

KEISHA - That's Mendota's Sassy Soul Sister - 1st in BBE, WINNERS FEMALE, BEST OF WINNERS - NEW CANADIAN CHAMPION!!!

ZEUS - BEST OF OPPOSITE

SELENA - BEST OF BREED 

Thank You Judge Maribel Sy for this great honor.

All dogs were breeder - owner - handled. 
HAVANESE FANCIERS OF CANADA REGIONAL SPECIALTY
FRIDAY, AUGUST 15, 2015
EAST ST. PAUL, MANITOBA, CANADA
JUDGE MARIBEL SY

Bragging Notes:
Keisha was Winners Bitch at the 2011 Havanese Club of America National Specialty under Judge James Reynolds.

Truly won her class in Puppy Sweeps at the 2014 HCA Nationals, under Judge Elaine Cirimelle.

Zeus was Best Puppy in Show at the 2010 HFC Nationals under Judge Ekaterina Senashenko and Select Dog at the 2013 HFC Nationals under Judge Lee Steeves

Selena was Best of Breed at the 2013 HCA Nationals under Judge Dr. Robert Smith, Best of Opposite at the 2013 HFC Nationals under Judge Lee Steeves, (where her father, Desi, was Best of Breed for his 3rd National Specialty win!)

Desi - BIS MBISS AM GCH CAN CH Gingerbred Yukon Jack Desiderio is Selena, Zeus, and Keisha's sire.  He is Truly's Grandsire.

Boo - CH That's Right Out of the Box is their dam.  Owned by our fabulous friend Jane Chavez, Boo was bred and co-owned by us, co-bred with Grace Westerson.

Truly is out of the Multiple Group Placing Desi son, Mason - GCH That's the Notorious Defender, owned by Connie Rousch, and Panda - CH That Is Nirvana's Panda, owned by Ruth Francis-Floyd.  All bred or co-bred by us. 

That's all I can think of for now.  
I hope I didn't leave anyone out. 

Will post the HFC Nationals Results later. 


Wednesday, August 20, 2014

Manitoba Canine Association, Friday August 15, 2014 - East St. Paul, MB

HAVANESE
PORTER - WINNERS MALE
SELENA - BEST OF OPPOSITE
Zeus    - zippo :(
CAO - SELECT 
Thank You Judge Robert Denis

BICHON FRISE
Nurple - Not shown due to conflict with Havanese

Manitoba Canine Association, Thursday August 14, 2014

Well, we finally made it to East Saint Paul, Manitoba (Winnipeg suburb) at 2:30 AM Thursday morning.  Still had 6 Havanese and 1 Bichon to groom.  It's always something when it's the first trip in a new vehicle.  LONG story so will save that for later.

Our phones don't work in Canada and were too far from town to walk to find a Timmy's for wifi, so were incommunicado from Wednesday night through Monday.  Dave's phone stayed in Canada so he was off the grid until afternoon when we stopped to get him a new phone and transfer his service over.

We were hoping that Nurple wouldn't need a bath before the ring.  He still looked great from his Group 1 the Sunday before, and that would save some time.  That was until we stopped to potty dogs along the way and thought "the gravel here looks good."  Famous last words.  We put up the pens, put the dogs out and I no sooner turned my back to scoop some poop and he dug the gravel out and was rolling in the gray dust and muck that was on the plastic groundcover under the river rock!  So much for keeping him clean. - or we could have went with a 'new style' - the silver Bichon!

So 2 hours of sleep and much grooming later:

Updated Results 08/22/2014 11:19 AM 
HAVANESE
PORTER - WINNERS MALE
SELENA - SELECT
Zeus    - nuttin' nada zippo
CAO - CAN GCH That' Better Than Sex Too Eh - SELECT
( MBIS AM GCH CAN CH Adorabull That's Better Than Sex - Roche X BISS Nirvana's Mystic Nutmeg - Meg ) Owner Handled by Lorette Ball
Thank You Judge Evelyn Beilhartz

BICHON FRISE
NURPLE - Winners Male
Thank You Judge Robert Denis

We copied the results off of the tear sheets, so I need to confirm the Selena and Zeus placements, but I think that's how it went.  I know that Porter (Meg x DSL) was Winners Male.

Winnipeg in the summer 90 degrees and HUMID, who knew?
The electric hook-up for the motorhome wasn't cheap and was only 15 amp, so wouldn't even run one of our air conditioners, so we ended up running the generator all day.  It cooled enough most nights to turn it off then, so that helped $$ a bit.

Only one show on Thursday.  2 on Friday.  3 shows, plus 3 sweepstakes on Saturday. 1 show on Sunday.

Time to half-hearted offer to help Dave groom for the Toy Specialty this afternoon.  Wish us luck!  More results to follow!

Sunday, August 10, 2014

Kennel Club of Freeborn County, Albert Lea, MN Sunday, August 10, 2014

HAVANESE

Puppy Class:
Porter - 1st, Winners Dog

BBE:
Myra - 1st/ Reserve Winners Bitch

The Sibling Rivalry Specials:
ZEUS - Best of Breed
Selena - Best of Opposite
Truly - Select

Thank You Breed and Group Judge Lesley Hiltz

BICHON FRISE
Nurple - Best of Breed, GROUP 1 !!!!

Thank You Breed Judge  Francine Schwartz and 

Group Judge Edd Bivin

Kennel Club of Freeborn County, Albert Lea, MN Saturday, August 9, 2014

HAVANESE

Puppy Class:
Porter - 1st, Winners Dog, Best Puppy, BEST PUPPY IN SHOW!!!

BBE:
Myra - 1st/ Reserve Winners Bitch

The Sibling Rivalry Specials:
Zeus - Best of Opposite
Selena - Select
TRULY - Best of Breed

Thank You Breed Judge Kim Hamel, Group Judge Edd Bivin  
and Best in Show Judge Peggy Beisel-McIlwaine


BICHON FRISE
Nurple - Nuttin, Nada, Zilch

Breed Judge Lesley Hiltz and Group Judge Francine Schwartz