June 27 - 29, 2008
We stayed home this weekend and played 3 shows with Ruckus who attained 3 more Best of Breed wins and 3 more Group placements. Group 1st (Ms Judy Shurb), Group 2nd (Mr Tom Alexander) and Group 3rd (Ms Betty McHugh).
Our nice surprise this weekend came when we showed Ms Bella in 4 shows. She attained 4 Best of Opposites, 2 Best Puppy in Breeds (over a Special) and her 2nd Best Puppy in Group. Thank you Ms Judy Shurb!
Lorette also showed Mr Harley (Benson's sire) for Dr Shereen Caisley of Havntyme Havanese Kennels in 2 shows and won 2 Best of Breeds as well as a Group 1st (Ms Maida Puterman) and a Group 2nd (Ms Judy Shurb - breed win was won under Mr Terry Gains).
Thanks to all who helped and offered support after Lorette took a tumble with Ruckus on the slippery floor in the Group ring... she is a little bruised and battered but will be up and at it in no time at all! You sure learn how many friends you have when a spill happens! Thanks to all those who cared enough to offer assistance!
May 17 - 19, 2008
We attended the FSJ&DKC shows in BC this past weekend and came home with more than we could have hoped for! Miss Bella started her show career with a bang winning her first 5 points by going Group 1st and Best Puppy in Group under Ms Ann Hennigan - thank you for this lovely win!
Ruckus came back out to play after a 6 month rest period and came home with two Group 2nds (Mr Walter Pinsker & Ms Ann Hennigan), two Group 1sts (Ms Barbara Watt & Mr Richard Paquette) as well as his 13th BEST IN SHOW - thank you Ms Barbara Watt for all your wonderful comments on our boy!
Congratulations also goes out to all the amazing handlers who attended our past handling seminar and current handling classes - all won big and deserve a great round of applause - you all made me so proud! Hugs!
March 20 - 21, 2008
We attended 2 of the 4 days shows in Maple Ridge, BC (Oceanside Kennel Club) before the snow and cold had us heading back to northern Alberta to warm up! LOL! The first day of showing saw "Miss Josie" attain her Canadian Championship by winning BOS, BOW/WB for 4 more points - giving her with a total of 12 points in only 3 days of showing! Congrats to Pam and Serena Marshall, I know you are in a hurry to ge her home - but know she will be sorely missed at LorWin!
Day two saw our newest little Havanese, Miss Bella, make her debut winning her class and taking Reserve Winner's Bitch from the Junior Puppy Class - special thanks to her co-owner, Ms Emily Doran who was a great help to us over the weekend! This is one special junior to watch out for - she is going to go places!
2007
November 30, 2007
Attending the CKOC shows in Calgary, AB, Ruckus did not fail to make us proud one last time this year by winning his 200th career Best of Breed under Australian judge Mr Roger Brigford who also went on to give him a Group 4th ~ thank you for helping us achieve this milestone!.
November 16, 2007
Ruckus and Lorette attended the Northwinds final November show in Winnipeg, MB and were very honored to win the Group 1st under Ms Sharon Derrick.
November 10 - 11, 2007
Wow, what an exhausting weekend! Ruckus was awarded Best of Breed (Mr Ed Wild and Ms Kathleen Guimond) and went onto win another Group 1st, thank you Mr Wild. Benson was awarded 4 Best of Breeds and a Group 3rd (Mr Ed Wild) and our Californian visitor, Ms Josie picked up 8 points by winning 2 BOW and 3 WB ribbons! Thank you Mr Wild, Ms Guimond and Mr Archie Warnock.
November 2, 2007
We boogied down to Red Deer, AB for their fall show and were very pleased to come home with a Group 1st on Ruckus under judge Mrs Andrena Burnotte! Not so pleased to see snow sticking to the ground though! LOL!
October 19 - 21, 2007
Once again Ruckus was out with his new best friend Mr Terry Bernier, this time they were playing at the Belleville Ontario shows. Friday saw them win the breed and take a Group 3rd under Mrs Elaine Whitney, Saturday Mr James Reynolds awarded them Best of Breed at the Shelltie Booster and Sunday they were once again awarded Best of Breed under Mr Donald Duncan.
October 12 - 14, 2007
Under the professional guidence of Mr Terry Bernier we are very pleased to report that Ruckus was awarded a Group 2nd under Ms Jaqueline Rusby, a Group 3rd under Mr John Ross and a Group 3rd under Ms Geraldine Taylor in Port Alberni, BC this weekend.
October 6, 2007
Under breeder/judge Mr Leslie Rogers, Ruckus and Lorette were awarded Best of Breed and a Group 2nd at the Working/Herding Specialty held in Red Deer, AB. This was Ruckus 2nd Breed and Gr 2 at this Specialty as he was awarded this honor last year as well. Thanks also going out to Ms Jenn de Boer who expertly handled our Ruckus daughter, Soda. They looked absolutely beautiful together.
September 28 - 30, 2007
Ruckus came home with 2 Best of Opposites and Benson did us very proud winning 3 more Best of Breeds and making the cut in a quality packed Toy Group. We also had little LB the Pom with us on this trip and although he did not win the Breed he has made some huge strides in attitude and has really gotten the hand of the ring.
September 21 - 23, 2007
We attended the Mt Cheam shows in beautiful Chilliwack BC. Ruckus did very well winning all 3 Best of Breeds and came home with another Group 2nd, a Group 3rd and a Group 4th. Thank you Ms Iris Glynn (Australia), Ms Barabra Watt and Ms Sharon Derrick. Benson was also in attendance and came home with 3 Best of Opposites to the beautiful Ms Cruiser.
August 24 - 26, 2007
We attended the shows held in beautiful Cranbrook, BC this weekend. Ruckus did us very proud again coming home with another Group 1st, a Group 2nd and another Specialty Award of Merit.
Benson was also along for the ride and picked up 3 more Best of Breeds. And Ms Soda was also there and did us extremely proud winning Best Puppy in the All Breed Sweepstakes.
We would like to thank Reshaun Willis for coming along and helping us out, we hope to have him with us at a few more shows over the next year - but school comes first, right Reshaun!?! Luv ya!
August 3 - 6, 2007
Once again we found ourselves frantically busy in Calgary, AB this past long weekend. We owe thanks to many people who stepped in and helped out with all the conflicts we had, Ms Mandy Rice and Mr Aaron Andriash.
Ruckus won the breed and brought home a Group 2nd on Friday under judge Ms Annika Ullviet-Moe, unfortunately our Miss Soda was left home as she came into season and would have been a huge distraction to our boys... however the weekend belonged to our little Havanese, Benson.
Benson won Group 1st under Mr Norm Patton, a Group 2nd under Mr Carlos Fernandez-Renau and a Group 3rd under Mrs Dorthy McDonald, he also took the Best of Breed wins under Mrs Marie Merchant and Mr Richard Beauchamp over some very stiff competition. However our little man did not stop there and created breed history yet again, this time winning Best of Breed at the 2007 Canadian Havanese National! Thank you Mr Carlos Fernandez-Renau (Spain) for awarding us this honor. We are so pleased and proud that our little man won 5 of the 6 Best of Breeds available.
Congrats is also going out to Joan McMurphy who's little Pomeranian, Ch Crystalon Something To Squak About, (aka L.B.) made the cut in very tough competition every single day!
July 20 - 22, 2007
Well we had a very busy weekend in Prince George, BC this weekend. With 4 dogs and 6 shows it was non stop running and we are very glad to be home and looking forward to the upcoming weekend at home to recooperate!
Ruckus won all 6 Breeds and picked up 3 Group 1sts (Mr Charles Cyopik, Ms Terry Carter and Mr John Rowton), 2 Group 2nds (Ms Phyllis Wolfish and Mr Neil Graves) and 1 Group 3rd (Mr John Ross)
Soda had a great weekend and has become LorWin's FIRST HOMEBRED CHAMPION! She won 4 Winners Bitch and 2 Best of Winners the first 2 days before being bumped up to the Specials Class. She also won 5 more Best Puppy in Breeds!
Benson (our Havanese) won all 6 Best of Breeds and also placed in the Group winning 2 Group 3rds (Mr Charles Cyopik and Ms Terry Carter) and 2 Group 4ths (Mr John Rowton and Mr John Ross).
Our client Pomeranian, little L.B. (owned by Mrs Joan McMurphy, bred by Ms Carol Graham) won 3 Best of Breeds and 3 Best of Opposite Sex and also picked up a Group 4th (Ms Terry Carter) along the way.
.June 22 - 24, 2007
This weekend we were in the hot and windy city of Lethbridge, AB. Ruckus showed wonderfully and came home with 2 more Group 1sts (Mr Neil Graves and Ms Sharon Derrick) and a Group 2nd (Mr Rick Fehler). Soda was once again in the ring and was awarded one more RWB and another Best Puppy in Breed.
June 15 - 17, 2007
We headed back up north to beautiful Whitehorse, YK for the Yukon Kennel Club shows and what another amazing weekend we had! Ruckus did us proud once again winning THREE more BEST IN SHOWS!!! This brings his BIS's to a total of TWELVE, still all owner handled! Thank you judges Mr Sonny Tougas, Mr Larry Kereluke and Ms Sue Ellyn Rempel for helping make our dreams come true. We would also like to thank Mr Walter Pinsker and Mr Henry Moulton for the 2 Group 1sts and Ms Michelle Billings for the Group 2nd.
Also on this trip was our Ruckus daughter, Soda. She came home sporting another 3 point win which brings her total to 6 points. She won Winners Bitch, Best of Winners and Best of Opposite Sex (to her daddy) under Mr Sonny Tougas. She picked up 4 more Reserve Winners Bitch and swept the Puppy Breed winning all 6 over the senior puppies... not bad for our little junior girl! We love the fact the she is following so closely in daddy's pawprints!
June 2 - 3, 2007
At the NACA shows held in Edmonton, AB Ruckus was awarded Best of Breed (Mr Bud Haverstock) and a Group 4th (breeder judge Mrs Alane Gomez), as well as Best of Opposite Sex (New Zealand judge Ms Kathleen Hardwick).
May 19 - 21, 2007
We headed to BC for the long weekend and attened the FSJ&D KC shows. In tow we had Benson, our Havanese, and he was awarded a Gr 1st (Ms Dianne Ivey), a Gr 2nd (Mr F.M. MacDonald) and two Group 4ths (Mr Allan Brown and Mr David McIntyre). Ruckus was awarded a Group 1st (Mr David McIntyre) and a Group 3rd (Mr Allan Brown), however the highlight of our weekend was our Ms Soda who made her show debut by winning a 3 point WB/BOW/BPIB/BPIG (over a Special) and a Best Puppy in Show win!!! Thank you Ms Betty McHugh for appreciating our girl as much as we do; we can't wait to get her out again!
May 5 - 6, 2007
At the Lakes District Kennel Club shows held in Burns Lake, BC, Lorette and Ruckus swept the Herding Group winning all 4 Group 1sts. Thank you Mr Bruce Owen, Ms Leslie Belfit, Mr Ed Wild and Ms Carmen Haller.
April 23, 2007
Ruckus and Lorette attended the EKC show in Edmonton, Alberta and came home with Best of Breed and another Group 1st, thank Dr John Reeve-Newson for this lovely win.
March 29 - April 1, 2007
Ruckus and Lorette were in Maple Ridge, BC at the Oceanside Kennel Club shows this past weekend and won all 4 Breeds and picked up another two Group 1sts, a Group 2nd and a Group 3rd. On Thursday Ruckus also attained his CGN making him a GRAND CHAMPION!!
March 25, 2007
Ruckus and Lorette ran down to the Mt Cheam show in Chilliwack, BC for the Friday show and won a Group 1st under Mr Neil Graves.
March 2 - 4, 2007
Lorette and Ruckus attended the CKOC shows in Calgary, Alberta and had another amazing weekend winning all 3 Group 1sts and continuing on to win another TWO more back-to-back BEST IN SHOWS!!! (He now has a total of NINE - all owner handled!) Thank you very much to Ms Judi Shurb, Mr David Markus and Mr John Ross for another memorable weekend!
February 2, 2007
Lorette and Ruckus were awarded Group 1st by Ms Christina Hubbel at the huge Alberta Kennel Club show in Calgary, Alberta
January 20 - 21, 2007
Lorette and Ruckus attended the Rose City Cluster shows in Portland, Oregon and came home with an American Championship. Mrs Chris Walkowicz awarded Ruckus Best of Breed over Specials for a 5 point major (an entry of 66 Shelties) and went on to give him a Group 3rd that evening Mrs Dorothy Hutchinson also awarded Ruckus Best of Breed over Specials (an entry of 60 Shelties) for another 5 point major. Wow is all I can say a this point, what a way to start our year!