Friday, February 28, 2014

What a Jumper!!!

I have bragged about Harry and Barbara in the past, but I think it has been too long. 
Here is a photo that she just sent me of Harry.  What a dog!!!!
Harry is a littermate to Red Dog, Tunia, and Buttercup.  
A great litter:  Johnny X Trina 

Heeeeeeres Harry!
CH Spellbound's Wild About Harry CD RE OA OAJ
CH Spellbound's Wild About Harry CD RE OA OAJ
THIS IS NOW !!!

Harry & Barbara
That was then.
This one is a year or two old, at a demonstration, when he was just getting started with agility. 

Thursday, February 27, 2014

Ochlockonee River Kennel Club of Florida, Tallahassee, FL Sunday, February 23, 2014

HAVANESE
Myra - 1st
Misty - 1st / Winners Bitch
Selena - Best of Opposite
Bugs - Select 
Thank You Judge Thomas Kilcullen

GBGV
Dudley
Thank You Judge Nancy Smith Hafner

Saturday, February 22, 2014

Ochlockonee River Kennel Club of Florida, Tallahassee, FL Saturday, February 22, 2014

HAVANESE

MYRA - 1ST / WINNERS BITCH / BEST OF WINNERS !!!
Misty - 1st / Reserve
SELENA - Best of Opposite :(

Thank You Judge Nancy Smith Hafner

GBGVs 
DUDLEY - Best of Opposite 
Judge Raymond Filburn

Friday, February 21, 2014

Greater Panama City Dog Fanciers Association, Tallahassee, FL Friday, February 21, 2014

HAVANESE

MYRA - 1st
MISTY - 1st/ Winners Bitch
SELENA - BEST OF BREED 
Thank You Judge Raymond Filburn 


Congrats to Mary Ann Haring & Misty (a Matthew kid) Winners Bitch 

Thursday, February 20, 2014

Greater Panama City Dog Fanciers Association, Tallahassee, FL Thursday, February 20, 2014

BICHONS
NURPLE - Best of Breed
Thank You Judge Raymond Filburn


HAVANESE

MYRA - 1st
Congratulations to Mary Ann Haring.  
Her girl Misty was Winners Bitch today!
SELENA - BEST OF BREED & GROUP 2

Thank You Breed Judge Charlotte Patterson
Thank You Group Judge Raymond Filburn 

It's Official !!!

Our Dudley is the GRANDEST GRAND !!!

Dudley is the Grand Basset Griffon Vendeen that doesn't look like a PBGV.  

There are a couple out there now that look like big PBGVs - Petite Basset Griffon Vendeens.  Dudley is the odd man out sometimes, but remember they are NOT the same breed.

THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO LOOK DIFFERENT FROM THE PBGVs.

By my count Dudley had earned his CM2 - AKC Certificate of Merit 2, which is the 2nd level of non-championship championship that AKC but now it's official:



Monday, February 17, 2014

Lakeland-Winter Haven Kennel Club, Monday, February 17, 2014

HAVANESE
Selena - Best of Opposite
Bugs - Didn't make it in the ring.

Best of Breed & Group 3 - Kenny

Breed & Group Judge Tabatha Buckley


BICHONS
Nurple - Best of Breed & Group 4

Thank You Breed Judge Robin Stansell
Thank You Group Judge Tabathat Buckley

Sunday, February 16, 2014

Mid-Florida Havanese Club, Lakeland, FL Sunday, February 16, 2014

HAVANESE
SWEEPSTAKES
TRULY - 1st, BEST PUPPY IN SWEEPSTAKES
Judge Patti Widick Neale

CONFORMATION
TRULY - 2nd, Reserve
MYRA - 1st
SELENA - Select
ZEUS - zip, nadda, nuttin

MISTY -  SUNSHINE'S DREAMWEAVER  - 3rd
Owner Mary Ann Haring & Breeder/Co-owner Kathy Kosich

Best of Breed and Group 4 - GCH Harbor's Sky-Blue Pink
Best of Opposite - GCH Yup's Malibu Dream

Judge Change from Barbara Dempsey Alderman to local Judge Melanie Williams

Lakeland-Winter Haven Kennel Club, Lakeland, FL Sunday February 16, 2014

HAVANESE
Myra - 3rd    :(
Selena - zippo ;(

CONGRATULATION TO MISTY  :)
SUNSHINE'S DREAMWEAVER  - Winners Bitch - 3 pt. MAJOR !!!!
Congratulations to Owner Mary Ann Haring & Breeder/Co-owner Kathy Kosich

Best of Breed and a Group 4 to GCH Harbor's Mad About You
Best of Opposite - CH Yup's Sip Happens!

Breed Judge Robert Velez-Pico
Group Judge Rafael de Santiago

Sara Bay Kennel Club, Lakeland, FL Saturday, February 15, 2014

HAVANESE

MYRA - 2nd
ZEUS - Select
SELENA - zip, nadda, nuttin.  The Judge told Dave that she was just too small for her.  

Best of Breed and a Group 3 went to GCH Harbor's Sky-Blue Pink.  
BOS - GCH Yup's Malibu Dream 

CONGRATULATION TO MISTY
SUNSHINE'S DREAMWEAVER  
1st  / Winners / Best of Winners - 3 Point MAJOR !
Sire:  CH That's White Hot In Atlanta
Dam:  Sunshine's Shining Star
Congratulations to Owner Mary Ann Haring & Breeder/Co-owner Kathy Kosich

Breed Judge Dana Read

Judge change for Group.  Mrs. Alderman didn't make it for the show so far because of the weather delays up north. 

Friday, February 14, 2014

Sara Bay Kennel Club, Lakeland, FL Friday, February 14, 2014

HAVANESE -
Myra - 1st 
Selena - Best of Opposite

Kenny went BOB, Good Luck in Group.

CONGRATULATION TO MISTY
SUNSHINE'S DREAMWEAVER  
1st  / Reserve
Sire:  CH That's White Hot in Atlanta
Dam:  Sunshine's Shining Star
Congratulations to Owner Mary Ann Haring & Breeder/Co-owner Kathy Kosich

Thank You Judge Jordan Chamberlain

 I wanted to let everyone, who was concerned about Dave, that he did make it out of NY in time.  His Wednesday flight was cancelled on Tuesday, so got him on the last flight out to ATL on Tuesday night.  With the ice and snow in Atlanta, Dave & Company couldn't get out until yesterday afternoon.   They arrived in Lakeland around midnight this morning, had to set up, try to get some rest, and bathe dogs this morning before a 10:15? ring time.  

On another note:  Dave said that Harry's bitch looked really good today.  No visible pee stains.  YAY!  She is a cute bitch.  Love her face, just couldn't bear to watch her walk away.  I wish I would have been at the ring today.  But, I think Harry did too.  I heard that he came looking for me.  Let me know if I have my facts correct.  If not, please correct me and I will print a retraction, and apology.
Everything else is just my opinion - and this is still America.



Wednesday, February 12, 2014

An Open Letter To Jean (Last Name Withheld), The Person Who Dumped Cocoa At The Pound

Found this on facebook.  Breaks my heart that some people do this to their dogs, and fills my heart with love that some people do this for the dogs....

An Open Letter To Jean (Last Name Withheld), The Person Who Dumped Cocoa At The Pound September 10, 2013

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Hello.  You don’t know me, and for your sake, you’d best hope and pray that you never have the misfortune to meet me.
How do I know your name?  Because the people at animal control gave me Cocoa’s intake sheet.  You know, the one you filled out.  The one that said Cocoa was 12 years old and you’d had her all those years.  The one that said you were moving to a pet-free apartment and couldn’t take your faithful companion of 12 years.  You know, the one that you said was a “sweet old girl- a wonderful companion.”   The one that said you had limited funds.
Here’s the thing, Jean.  Oh, I didn’t ask if I could call you Jean but I’m going to.  Or I could call you a number of other names, none of which you’d like very much.   When I saw Cocoa’s picture on the animal control website, when I saw that grey muzzle and read the description stating that her people of 12 years, her family, had surrendered her to the pound, it broke my heart.
Jean, I once had a dog that was so ornery she got in trouble for biting a kid on the butt because he’d been tugging her ears.  When the city quarantined my dog for 48 hours, I was fully prepared to leave my home, leave school, leave everything in the dead of night, everything except my dog.  I was going to Thelma and Louise our asses right out of town.  I wasn’t playing.   Because that’s how I roll.  No dog left behind, Jean.
So when I saw that picture of Cocoa, I just couldn’t understand why someone would dump a family member.   And my empathy for that dog consumed me, until I made yet another rash decision and I rushed to the pound to adopt her.
Act in haste, repent in leisure.  That’s my motto, Jean.
When I got Cocoa I had pink eye and a sinus infection.  I was so sick but I went and got her anyway, because I was worried that dog was terrified and was going to be euthanized, alone and scared, looking everywhere for her people.  I couldn’t stand the thought of it, and she wasn’t even my dog.
It took me two days of antibiotics before I finally realized why she might have been dumped at the pound.  Something tells me Cocoa didn’t become highly incontinent over the course of the week between  you dumping her at the pound and me bringing her home.
It took us a few weeks, Jean, but we finally got the right dosage of meds to keep the incontinence mostly in check.   I was happy, Cocoa was happy, and the house was clean again.
But that didn’t last long, Jean.  Just a few weeks after I got her, she came down with acute pancreatitis.  That meant she needed antibiotics and special food, food that cost me $2.25 per can, and she could easily eat two cans in a day.  But that wasn’t even the worst part of that office visit, Jean.  You probably know what I’m going to say next, right?   About the tumors?
They couldn’t be sure whether the tumors were causing the pancreatitis, so we decided the “wait and see” plan was the best course of action.
And I became more and more convinced that you had abandoned your family member because you knew she was sick.  You knew she had cancer, and you couldn’t afford to treat her or to help her.  What upset me so much, Jean, is that you couldn’t be bothered to drive the extra 20 minutes to take her to the Humane Society, a no-kill shelter.   Or to even take her to your own vet and have her humanely euthanized with you there to comfort her.
So every few weeks I had to go buy expensive food for Cocoa, the family member you dumped at the pound.  The dog that you abandoned.  And every few weeks I would buy her “old lady pee pills.”   I found that XL toddler pull-ups worked the best, once I cut a hole in the back for her tail.
And we waited.
In the meantime, Cocoa went to the mountains.  She fell over the side of a small mountain, she saw deer.  She had so much fun.   She would get frisky and try to play with my other dogs right after they ate.  It happened every night.  She was so cute.  My boys loved her and accepted her, like they accept every sad story that comes home with me.   They would even let her have the hammock bed every night if she wanted it.
On Sunday mornings I would sometimes let all the dogs come climb into bed with me for a while.  Cocoa really liked those mornings, Jean.   She liked to be included.  Sometimes I’d have all three dogs and two cats up there.  She loved it.
But all the while, those tumors were still there.  And surgery wasn’t an option.
This week Cocoa’s belly started swelling.  I kept waiting for it to subside but it didn’t, Jean.   Yesterday we went in for x-rays and found that the masses were too big, her belly too full of fluid to even see her organs.   We could try diuretics to remove the fluid, but that was just a Bandaid.  This wasn’t going away.  And I didn’t want Cocoa’s last days to be filled with consternation over having accidents in the house again.  You see, that’s the difference between us, Jean.  I worried about how Cocoa felt.  I could look in her eyes and see the stress when she had accidents.
So we didn’t do the meds.  I brought her home and figured I’d give her a few last good weeks.  I would spoil her and make her feel like the Grand Dame she was.
But it didn’t turn out that way, Jean.   Turns out today was Cocoa’s last day.
Here’s the thing, though.  Instead of dying on a cold floor in a cold building with people who may or may not give a damn how her end happened, she died in my arms.  I held your dog’s head in my arms and I whispered in her ear while she slipped away.  I told her what a pretty girl she was.  I told her how much I loved her as I stroked that spot just above her eye.
I made sure she knew she was loved.  I made sure that my face was the last face she saw, that my voice was the last voice she heard.
You might wonder why I’m telling you all this, Jean.   You might wonder if I just wanted you to know that Cocoa was ok.
I’d like to disabuse you of that notion.  I’m writing this letter to let you know just what a piece of shit I think you are.   If you ever do read this letter, know that I, along with my many animal-loving friends all over this world, think you are the lowest of the low.  You don’t take a 12-year-old dog, a “sweet old girl- a wonderful companion”, and dump  her at a high-kill shelter.  You didn’t even give her a good chance.
She got lucky the day that I saw her picture because let me tell you, Jean, my animals want for nothing.
And to all the people reading this who “knew” Cocoa Loco, all of her friends around the world,  here’s where the story ends.
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Westminster Photos

I would like to hear from anyone who was lucky enough to have your win photo taken in the breed ring at Westminster.  Specifically Havanese.  

I was watching the photographer 'bouncing' around, no tripod, never the same position twice, and the glare from the windows coming in from your left side and a little from the rear.  I hope you got a great photo to commemorate the occasion, but it sure looked like it had the potential to be really screwed up as far as lighting went. 

Of course, you can fix lighting, at least a litte, but you can't fix what the photographer at HCA Nationals did with the table higher on one side... That's not what they meant whey they said Havanese were supposed to be higher in the rear!  

You can comment below or email me directly at Darlene@WeShowDogs.com

Tuesday, February 11, 2014

GOD BLESS THE USA





Now this is my kind of customer service!


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GOOD MORNING, WELCOME TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, a Christian nation, land of the free and home of the brave.

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Press '1' for English.
Press '2' to disconnect until you learn to speak English


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And remember only two defining forces have ever offered to die for you, Jesus Christ

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And the American Soldier.



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One died for your soul,


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The other for your freedom.


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If you agree. Keep it going
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2014 IS HERE A Nation of Sheep - Breeds a Government of Wolves!

I'M 100% for PASSING THIS ON!!!
Let’s Take a stand!!!

BordersClosed...
LanguageEnglish only...
CultureConstitution and the Bill of Rights!!!
Drug FreeMake a drug screen mandatory for any one on welfare and/or food stamps!
NO freebies to Non-Citizens!

We the People are coming

Only 86% will send this on.
“Should be a 100%”. What will you do?






Westminster Kennel Club, Black Russian Terrier Results, February 11, 2014

BOB
5GCH ARISTES PAINT IT BLACK. WS 35154401. 03-17-10
By GCH Jeff Yvonne Orlowsky Laimus - Ch Sibirski Medved Vitosha. Dog.
Owner: Tom & Carol Wathen & D Poulson & C Stumm & F Dilsaver, Oxnard, CA 93035. Breeder: Cindi Stumm & Fritz Dilsaver & Gayle Warren.
(Jorge Olivera, AKC Registered Handler).
BOS
16CH TSARITSA EKATERINA IZ RUSSKOI DINASTII. WS 30371803. 12-06-08
By Lukomor Char Iz Russkoi Dinastii - Malahovskaja Yana Krasa Klana. Bitch.
Owner: A Shishkin, Carthage, NC 28327. Breeder: O Vorobyeva
Select Dog
12GCH FUN NORD'S HARITON GAVRILOVICH. WS 38779002. 08-04-10
By Zlato Bojar Gavrila Ladin Syn - Fun Nord's Fleur IV. Dog.
Owner: Pamela Gladu & Miriam Hernandez, Athens, TN 373036043. Breeder: ME Razumovskaya.
Select Bitch
20GCH VALKYRIE HIGH SPIRITS. WS 30790102. 06-04-09
By Ch Setextra Velikoross Pavel - Ch Setextra Ain't Misbehavin. Bitch.
Owner: Patricia Cazenave & Julie Parker, Erie, PA 16506. Breeder: Dana F Kellerman & Julie Parker.
(Julie W Parker, AKC Registered Handler AKC).
AOM
19CH RUSSIAN BEARS ONYX THE DARK KNIGHT. WS 41679602. 03-11-12
By Russian Bears Otvazhny Odissey S Zolotogo Grada - Russian Bears Czarina Ov Azkaban. Dog.
Owner: Amarilys Arocho & Jose Manuel Perez & Helen Haldi, Utuado, PR 00641. Breeder: Helene Haldi & Edward Leisure.
AOM
14GCH BLACK PEARLS AVATAR IZ RUSSKOI DINASTII. WS 39703201. 02-02-11
By Zlato Bojar Gavrila Ladin Syn - Charadeyka Iz Russkoi Dinastii. Dog.
Owner: Jan & Marina & Lorry Mesh & Mary Curtis & David Ludwig, Bloomfield, NJ 07003. Breeder: O Vorobyeva.

Friday, February 7, 2014

Thursday, February 6, 2014

GBGVCA Open Show Premium List


THE GRAND BASSET GRIFFON VENDEEN CLUB OF AMERICA is holding 4 AKC Open Shows, for all AKC Miscellaneous and Foundation Stock Service Breeds, March 13 -16, 2014 in conjunction with the Heart of America Cluster. 

Here is a link to the premium list: 
GBGVCA OPEN SHOWS - PREMIUM LIST


If you have any questions, please contact Darlene Scheiris.


Here is a link to the Heart of America Cluster Premium List:
Heart of America Cluster Premium List

The President and the The Queen

A friend just sent me this in an email.  Made me smile.  Hopefully you'll get a chuckle too...

As Air Force One arrives at the Heathrow Airport , President Obama strides to a warm and dignified
reception from the Queen.

They are driven in a 1934 Bentley to the edge of central London, where
they change to a magnificent
17th century carriage hitched to six white horses.They continue on towards Buckingham Palace,
waving to the thousands of cheering Britons; all is going well.

      Suddenly, the right rear horse lets out the most horrendous earth shattering fart ever heard in the
British Empire .  The smell is so atrocious that both passengers in the carriage, must use handkerchiefs
over their noses.  The fart shakes the coach, but, the two dignitaries of State do their best to ignore the incident.

The Queen politely turns to President Obama and says:

  
"Mr President, please accept my deepest regrets... I am sure you understand there are some things that even a Queen cannot control."
 Obama, always trying to be "Presidential," responded:

  
"Your Majesty, do not give the matter another thought... Until you mentioned it, I thought it was one of the horses."

Sunday, February 2, 2014

Atlanta Shows, February 2014

Pretty much could have stayed home.

The first day was cancelled because of the weather.  Onofrio finally made it in late on Wednesday night, but the road were still so bad that the Thursday show had already been cancelled.

Friday - Didn't have a lot entered due to the judges.

Saturday - Dudley BOB, Selena BOS

Sunday -
Dudley BOB,
Don't know if he did anything in the groups.

Selena BOB !!!!!
Don't know how many absentees there were, but this should have been more than 20 breed points today.
Thank You Judge Judy Webb

DUDLEY NOW HAS HIS CM2. 
Sidekick's Dudley Do Right CM2
Second Level Certificate of Merit.
Dudley finished his CM an much of his CM2 from winning Best in FSS (2013) and Best in Miscellaneous 2014, and Best in Show, since many days he had no breed competition.

What a cool dog!