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| 2017 We have welcomed a new edition in our home. A sable male Sheltie puppy named Porter (Zesta Cover Story) and are looking forward to playing in the puppy ring all year long. April 1 - 2 This weekend we attended the shows in Red Deer, Alberta. GCh Loco continued to do us proud by winning 1 Best of Opposite Sex and 1 Select Male. Baby Porter also had a great time and came home with 2 more Best Baby Puppy in Breeds! Can't wait for this little man to hit 6 months and start playing for the points! March 24 - 26 We attended the Camrose dog show and had a lot of catching up to do with old friends and enjoyed meeting new ones too! GCh Loco did us very proud winning 1 Best of Breed and a Group 4th in strong toy competition and then a Select Male ribbon the next day. Baby Porter had his debut in the Baby Puppy ring and day 1 he not only won Best Baby Puppy in Breed but went on to win Best Baby Puppy in Group! We were so proud! The following day he won 2nd in his class and had a great time in the ring. 2016 This year we decided to take a break from the ring, may be out later this fall - will see which way the wind blows us. Wishing all our friends, mentors and students a great and successful dog show season! 2015 Nov 7 - 8, 2015 Lorette and GCh Loco were off playing in Red Deer, AB this weekend and came home with two more Best Puppy in Breeds We are so proud of the puppy career this young promising boy has had. Loco will be taking a little break from the show ring while he grows his new adult specials coat but will be back in the show ring when ready. See you then - and thanks to all those who have supported us ringside these past 6 months, its been a great ride so far! Oct 23 - 25, 2015 Baby Ch Loco and Lorette attended the Battle River shows held in Camrose, AB and came home with a GRAND CHAMPIONSHIP! Loco picked up 2 Best of Opposites, 2 Best Puppy in Breeds and 1 Select Male ribbon! Super proud of our little man, he has achieved so much in such a short time - can't wait to see what the future holds for him. Sept 11 - 13, 2015 Attended the CKOC shows in Cochrane with Loco and 2 cute client Shelties! Baby Ch Loco won 2 more Best of Breeds, 2 more Best Puppy in Breeds and 1 Select Male. Jenn de Boer and Laura Thompson (Zesta Shelties) asked me to help out with 2 of their gorgeous girls... the tri baby Zesta Euphoria (Rory) was RWB day 1, on day 2 she went Best of Winners, Best of Breed over Specials, and Best Puppy in Breed (to finish her Canadian Championship!) and day 3, debuting as a Special, she won Best of Opposite, Best Puppy in Breed and Best Puppy in Group! The sable baby Dyna ( Zesta Dynasty) continually improved her rankings every days, going from a 2nd in class on day 1, then day 2 achieving a 1st in class and then on day 3 she won the point going Winners Female! Congrats to the breeder's and owners! Aug 6 - 9, 2015 Had a fantastic time at the EKC shows and even managed to sneak in an evening outing for the Top Dog Dinner hosted by the Canadian Professional Handler's Association. Totally enjoyed seeing an old friend, "Mamma Regina" once again - it's been far too long since our last visit! ;) GCh Nova did us proud once again picking up another Best of Breed and 2 more Select Dog Ribbons, special thanks to Darlene Wile-Chaulk who stepped in and showed Nova for me when Lorette had a conflict in the Hav ring. Ch Loco was amazing picking up his first Best of Breed win as well as 2 more Best of Opposite, 1 Select Dog and 3 Best Puppy in Breed wins. July 3 - 5, 2015 We packed the van and headed off to beautiful Cold Lake, AB for the weekend. Loco is now a Canadian Champion at only 7 months of age picking up another 5 points winning all 6 BOS and WD ribbons. So super stoked for this 7 month old baby - his future looks fantastic! Nova also came back out to play and picked up 3 more Best of Breeds, 2 Group 2nds and 1 Group 4th, 2 Select Dogs and 1 BOS. He is just starting his Specials career and we are going to continuing having fun with him for some time to come! June 5 - 8, 2015 Baby Loco finally got to play in the 'real' ring this weekend and did a superb job picking up 6 points by winning 2 BOW and 1 BOS over a Special and a RWD! We are so proud of this young man - can't wait to keep playing in the puppy ring with him! Nova also came out for the weekend and we couldn't have been any happier with him - he showed his heart out for us and picked up a Best of Breed, a BOS and 2 Select Males and then to top it off he went BOS under respected breeder judge Nancy Tibben at the Sheltie Specialty! So excited to have this boy back out and looking forward to playing with him more this year! March 27 - 29, 2015 Cao came out for the Battle River Shows and did very well after his winter off, winning all 3 Best of Breeds and 1 Group 4th (thank you Karen Chant, Cheryl Meyers-Egerton and Michael Hill) This show was also the debut of our newest addition, our Cao son, Loco. He did us very proud winning both Best Baby Puppy in Groups that he was entered in. All the comments we received on out youngster have us even more anxious to get him into the real ring! Watch for this boy - he's going to be a lot of fun (and trouble!) LOL! Nova also made his adult debut at this show picking up his first Select Dog award of the year. 2014 November 21, 2014 Cao just had one more important matter to finish up this year - becoming a proven stud dog! Congratulations to Deb Clark (Henwrach Kennels) on the arrival of 3 stunningly gorgeous puppies. The 2 females and 1 male are being superbly cared for by their dam, the stunning Arriba, also known as CH Hycrest Picturesque, RN, CGN. What a wonderful way to finish our year - we are already looking forward to 2015!!! October 24 - 26, 2014 We attended the closest show we have now, our final one of 2014, in Camrose, AB. Cao is finally finished with his puppy coat blow and did us proud winning 2 more Best of Breeds (Mr. Stephen Hubbell and Mr Richard Lopaschuk) as well as 1 more Best of Opposite (Ms Geraldine Taylor). August 14 - 17, 2014 Cameron and Lorette decided to use their work holidays and head to Winnipeg to attend the Havanese National, the Havanese Specialty as well as a Toy Dog Specialty and 4 All Breed Shows. We were met there by our US friends and Cao's breeders, Dave and Darlene Scheiris. We had a great visit, saw alot of great dogs and were able to watch Dave and his beautiful girl Selena win breed at the Nationals! Cao was considered for breed at the All Breed but instead was satisfied to take home Select Male under Mr Robert Denis. We had a great time and are looking forward to the next time already! July 25 - 27, 2024 We decided to do one more quick trip this month so off to Prince George we went. Cao and Lorette with 1 Best of Breed (Ms Sue Badick), 3 Best of Opposite (Mr Bob Whitney, Mrs Elaine Whitney and Mr Rick Fehler) as well as 2 Select Male ribbons (Mr Wayne Thompson and Ms Leanne Bateman). We would like to thank Kathy McLaughlin, Joan McMurphy and Michelle Gaudet for all their assistance over the weekend. July 4 - 6, 2014 Off to Cold Lake we went. Lorette was assisting a professional handler for the weekend and ended up grooming, handling and even finishing a few of the client dogs. We had Shih Tzu, Min Pins, a Yorkie, Havanese, a Westie and a Norwich Terrier. The days were long and exhausting but Lorette learned alot and Cao made her extremely proud by bringing home the majority of the ribbons for our set up! Cao was awarded 5 Breeds and 1 Best of Opposite (congrats to our student Deb Clark and her girl Summer). Cao then went on to win 3 more Group 2nds (thank you Ms Carol Graham, Ms Nancy Popovich and Mr Bruce Owen) as well as 2 more Group 1sts! Thank you Ms Kathleen Anderson Wulff and Ms Linda Kraft. In only 4 weekends out our stunning little boy is sitting at # 3 Havanese in Canada - to say we are pleased would be an understatement! We are so glad to see and hear that the judges are reading and understanding the Illustrated Havanese Standard book as offered by the Havanese Club of Canada. An excellent resource to clear up any confusion! June 27 - 29, 2014 Our old stomping grounds of Grande Prairie proved to be another winning weekend for us! Cao and Lorette picked up 3 Best of Breeds and 2 Group 2nds (thank you Joe and Janet Lobb) as well as 2 Best of Opposite Sex (yes, we only entered 5 shows). Our client Sheltie "Kino" is no longer a puppy but still managed to pull off 6 Best of Opposites wins. Congratulations Ms Miley and Quinn on all your Breed wins as well as your Group 3rd and 4th placements! It was a great weekend despite the rainy weather on Sunday (GP's first outside shows!) and so much fun was had visiting all my friends - miss you all so much!!! May 17 - 19, 2014 Well we were off to Fort St John, BC and what a pleasant surprise - NO snow this year! Yay! We had Cao with us once again and he picked up 4 more Best of Breeds, 2 more Group 2nds and a Select Dog, thank you Mr Walter Pinsker, Mr Garry Allen, Ms Kim Ramey LeBlanc, Ms Phyllis Pancel and Ms Natalie Dunfee. We also had the pleasure of taking 11 month old "Kino", a tri male Sheltie aka Zesta New Release owned and loved by Laura Thompson, Jennifer de Boer and Anja Neumann (the #1 mom) He did the Zesta crew very proud by winning Breed over Specials not once but twice to pick up 7 points over the weekend! He was also awarded a Group 2nd (Ms Kim Ramey LeBlanc), a Group 3rd (Ms Phyllis Pancel), 3 Best Puppy in Group (Ms Kim Ramey LeBlanc, Ms Phyllis Pancel and Mr Bill Wakely) and 4 Reserve Winners Dog! Congrats to the owners of this very fun loving boy - he was a riot to show and play with both in and outside the ring. Congratulation also to our Ms Miley (formerly Mia aka Ch LorWin's Mamma Mia) and her handler Quinn Olsen on picking up more Best of Breed and Best of Opposite ribbons! As always you both looked so beautiful! May 3 - 4, 2014 We had an excellent weekend over in Burns Lake, BC. After a 14 hour drive we came home with some beautiful big ribbons as well as a NEW CHAMPION! Congratulations to Serena Marshall whose bi-black Sheltie is now known as Can Ch. Shantel's Tequila Town! "Quila" picked up another 8 points over the weekend by winning 1 BOS over Specials as well as 3 Best of Winners , finishing on 12 points. Thank you Ms Ainslie Mills, Mr Richard Lopaschuk and Mr Tim Doxtater. We also took our Havanese out for a little play time, just to keep his head in the game and are very proud to have come home with 3 Group 2nds, 1 Group 1st and a RESERVE BEST IN SHOW!!! Thank you so much to Mr. Richard Lopaschuk for the honor. April 4 - 6, 2014 Red Deer , AB: We had the same 2 client dogs as our last show with even better results! Sassycreek N' Chickadee's Sammy is now a NEW CHAMPION finishing in style by winning Best of Opposite Sex twice over Specials, as well as picking up Winner's Dog twice before being moved into the Specials ring. Thank you Dr Dick Meen, Dr Teril Udenberg and Dr John Reeve-Newson for helping Sammy to finish in only 2 weekends out. Sammy has gone back home to his family now. And Tequila made us very proud winning his class all 3 trips into the ring including picking up Winners Dog and Best of Winners for his first 4 Canadian points! Thank you Ms Val Hansen, Ms Diedre McKinnon and Dr John Reeve-Newson. We anticipate a quick finish for the gorgeous young male as well. March 21 - 23, 2014 Camrose, AB: We have a new visitor, he is a young male Havanese that goes by the name 'Sammy'. He did us very proud by winning all 3 Best of Winners and picking up 8 points his first weekend in the ring and we expect him to finish his championship very quickly. Thank you Ms Olga Gagne, Mr Shawn Nichols and Ms Nancy Popovich for the wins. Our other new visitor comes to us all the way from California, USA He is a stunning bi-black male Sheltie, Shantel's Tequila Town, or "Quila" as we affectionately refer to him. Making his debut in Camrose this weekend he did us very proud by winning 2nd in the Open Male class all 3 days! Thank you Ms Nancy Popovich, Mr William Gunn and Ms Olga Gagne. We believe this boy will finish his Canadian title very quickly! Thanks Serena Marshall for entrusting us with another one of your beautiful dogs. January 4, 2014 Well our old Sheltie-man Ruckus wanted one more trip around the ring so we took him to the Sheltie Specialty held in Calgary, AB. No one could believe our boy was 11 1/2 years old already - he still moves like he did winning all those Best in Shows! Thank you breeder judge Ms. JoAnne Pavey for awarding him 1st in the 10+ Veteran male class - we loved every second of it! 2013 November 1 - 3, 2013 Cao and Lorette headed south to Red Deer, AB for another 2 Best of Breeds, a Group 2nd and a Group 4th. Thank you Ms Judith Byrne and Ms Deborah Graffman. With such limited showing we are so prod of our little man who ended up #3 Havanese in Canada, not bad for only 13 weekends out - imagine the future!!! October 25 - 27, 2013 Camrose, AB - the closest show we had to home proved to be another great success for Cao. He picked up all 3 Best of Breeds and came home with another Group 1st and 2 more Group 2nds. Thank you Dr. Michael Woods, Mr. Christian Gomez and Mr. Richard Paquette - this boy just keeps getting better and better as he matures. September 27 - 29, 2013 Cao showed his stuff once again in Lloydminster and won all 6 Best of Breeds and brought home 4 more Group placements. Two Group 2nds (Mr. Alan Ewles and Mr. Karsten Kaemling), a Group 3rd (Ms Geraldine Taylor) and a Group 4th (Mr. Charlie Bett) September 13 - 15, 2013 Winning all 3 Best of Breeds over some very nice competition in Calgary, AB, Lorette and Cao also came home with a Group 4th - thank you Ms Margaret Jones. September 2, 2013 Cao and Lorette jumped on another plane and flew to Halifax, NS to compete at the Canadian Nationals. Congratulations to Cao's breeders, Dave and Darlene Scheiris for winning BOB and BOS! Way to go Team! Cao did us all proud and was in contention every step of the way and finally beat all the big winners on the last day of the all breeds, winning Breed and a Group 3rd. Thank you Ms Ainslie Mills August 10 - 11, 2013 After a flight home Friday Cao and Lorette attended the EKC shows in Edmonton, AB and picked up 2 Best of Opposite Sex. Now we have a few weekends to relax before heading out east! See you at the National! August 6 - 8, 2013 Lorette and Cao hopped on a plane and flew to Courtenay, BC for the Glacier View shows. There were 3 all breed shows and 1 Toy Dog Specialty - where they placed Select Dog all 4 times. Thank you has to go out to our friends, Tricia, Nicole and Kathy for all the assistance during our very fast trip! July 26 - 28, 2013 We attended the Prince George, BC dog show and came home more than excited. Firstly we had taken our home bred Sheltie, Mia to meet up with her long time friend, and junior handler, Miss Quinn Olsen. Quinn and Mia wowed us all by using their 'practice run' to start and finish Mia's Canadian Championship in only 1 weekend (first time in a show ring as well!) - and were winning the breed over Specials all along the way! They also took 2 Group placements - thank you Mr Tom Alexander (Group 4th) and Ms Mary White - for the Group 3rd to finish in style! *As a side note, the bond that Mia and Quinn have was so undeniable to all who were lucky enough to witness, that Cameron and Lorette made the decision to give Mia to Quinn! Watch for these two furthering that bond in a Specials ring near you in the years to come! Cao and Lorette also played and won all 6 Best of Breeds, 3 Group 2nds, 1 Group 3rd and 1 Group 4th. Thank you to all the judges who see what we can in this young dog. July 5 - 7, 2013 This weekend Lorette and Cao attended the Lakeland Kennel Club shows in Cold Lake, AB. Cao won all 6 Best of Breeds as well as 3 Group 2nds, thank you Mr Dave Eadie, Mr Doug Gaudin and Mr Charles Cyopik. Thank you to Ms Marilyn Mincey for our Group 3rd as well. We also had the lovely senior puppy bitch, Sheesa (Shih Tzu) owned by Doreen Snowden on this trip and she picked up 7 points winning Breed over Specials, Best of Opposite over Specials and BOW and WB, She continued on to win a Group 4th and Best Puppy in Group along the way! Sheesa will be joining us at a future outing this year to complete her championship. June 28 - 30, 2013 We attended the Grande Prairie, AB Kennel Club shows and Cao showed very well winning 3 Best of Breeds, a Group 2nd under Ms Carol Graham and 2 Group 4ths under Ms Valerie Gervais and Mr Bruce Owen. May 31 - June 3, 2013 Cao and Lorette attended the NACA show and despite the cold and rain had a really good time winning a Group 2 in very stiff competition under Dr. Rene Echevarria-Cofino from Puerto Rico. He also won the breed and made the cut in group under Ms Wendy Paquette and took Best of Opposite under Mr Glen Stark. Ms Sandy Wheat gave Cao the nod for Best of Breed as well! May 18 - 20, 2013 Well no snow this year, although the windy evenings were a bit chilly! We had a great time with friends at the Fort St John show. Cao did us very proud winning 2 Group 1sts (Ms Denise Cornelssen and Ms Carmen Haller), a Group 2nd (Mr Butch McDonald), a Group 4th (Ms Cec Ringstrom) and 2 Best of Opposite (Mr Dave Eadie and Mr David Markus). March 22 - 24, 2013 We braved the crappy weather and headed to the Battle River shows this past weekend and are very happy to report that Cao and Lorette won all 3 Best of Breeds, a Group 3rd (Mr Grant Townsend) and 2 Group 4ths (Mr Neil Graves and Ms Sharon Derrick). This currently places Cao as the # 1 Havanese and the #5 Toy dog in Canada as well as giving him enough points to qualify for his GRAND CHAMPIONSHIP!!! Not too shabby for just turning a year old March 9th! Thanks to co-owner David Scheiris for allowing us to co-own this special little man, as Dave says he definitely is one in a million! January 25 - 27, 2013 Cao and Lorette flew down to the Ladies Kennel Club shows held in Chilliwack, BC and came home with a Group 3rd/Best Puppy in Group (Ms Linda Kraft), a Group 4th/Best Puppy in Group (Mr Tom Alexander) and a Best of Opposite/Best Puppy in Breed (Mr Jack Ireland). We would like to give a big thank you to our friend Heather Cloran (Aimnhigh Kennels) for being our hotel, chauffeur and chef - we had a great visit and can't wait to do it again! January 19, 2013 Lorette and Ruckus made one more trip into the Specialty ring at the AKC shows in Calgary, AB. Once again we believe our boy made history winning the first ever Canadian Sheltie Specialty Select Dog ribbon under breeder judge Kim Schive. At 10 1/2 years old this man never quits giving it his all in the ring! We are so honored to still have him in our lives. 2012 November 30 - December 2, 2012 Lorette and Cao attended the CKOC shows in Calgary, AB and finished his Canadian Championship in style winning all 3 Best of Breeds, 3 Best Puppy in Breeds and 2 Best of Winners (before being moved up to Specials) and one Best Puppy in Group. Thank you judges Kim Ramey-Leblanc, John Rowton and Larry Kereluke. October 25 - 29, 2012 At the prestigious Lower Mainland Dog Fancier shows Benson made us proud against some of the toughest Canadian and American Havanese competition we've ever had the pleasure of competing against! Under judge James Frederiksen Lorette and Benson were awarded Breed and Group 2 at the All Breed show and then under judge Michael Forte they won the only Award of Merit at the Toy Dog Specialty. The next day our newest acquisition, Cao wins a 4 point Winners Male ribbon and Best Puppy in Group under judge David Kirland. Saturday was the Canadian Havanese National and Benson won Best Veteran in Sweeps under Patrick Kelly and then the only Award of Merit handed out by judge Kenneth McDermott. What a way to retire this one of a kind dog from an amazing career. He has done such good things for the breed - and will always be in our home teaching the newest dogs how to become top winning Specials! Congratulations to our great friend Heather Cloran and her stunning breeder/owner/handled boy Riley for winning the National - welcome to the club! On Sunday we came home with our newest boy, thank you to David and Darlene Scheiris for allowing Cao to move to Canada - we are honored with your trust and promise to make you proud! *Note Cao already has 3 US points winning BOS/BOW/BPIB over top winning Specials his first weekend out as a Junior Puppy the weekend before LMDF! August 9 - 12, 2012 We continued on the EKC shows in Edmonton, and Benson held up like a trooper winning Best of Breed under John Lewington, Joyce Love and Lynda Saranchuk. Mel Saranchuk awarded us BOS. August 3 - 6, 2012 At the AKC shows Benson and Lorette went undefeated all 4 shows: thank you Frank Cresci, Benjamin Luxton and \doug Windsor for the Best of Breed wins. Special thanks to Mr. Allan Pepper for the Breed and Group 4th in very tough competition. July 27 - 29, 2012 Attended the always fun Prince George shows in BC and Benson and Lorette continued their winning ways! Thank you Terry Carter , Russell \fletcher and Nancy Popovich (Breed), John Ross and Fred Dewsbury (BOS) and Larry Kereluke (Group 3rd) July 12 - 14, 2012 Boo and Lorette had the opportunity to attend the Havanese Club of America's Regional Specialty and 2012 National Specialty Show in Bloomington, Minnesota. Huge thank you to Dave and Darlene Scheiris, Steve and Patti Lucas as well as Jane Chavez, Layna, Ashlee and Chloe for all the love, support and encouragement offered us over the week. You guys were amazing and I was very proud to be part of the team. My head is still spinning with all the info you were willing to share. Benson did exceptionally well and picked up a 2nd in the Open Dog Class at the Regional Specialty under judge Mrs. Lydia Coleman Hutchinson, a 2nd in Veteran's Sweepstakes under judge Ms. Liz Vargo Tustin and the icing on the cake was his 1st place in the Open Dog Class under judge Mrs. June Penta at the National!!! June 22 - 24, 2012 This time Benson and Lorette stayed home and played in their own back yard! Again they won 3 more group placements. Thank you Ms Linda Millman for our most recent Group 1st and to Mr Skip Stanbridge for the Group 2nd and Mr. Terill Udenberg for the Group 4th. May 19 - 21, 2012 We had another great long weekend with friends at the Fort St John, BC dog show. Congratulations to Brenda Chrisatenson on her blue Sheltie puppy bitch, Luna attaining her Canadian Championship - handled all the way start to finish by Lorette. Lorette and Benson also played at this show and came home with 4 more Group 2nd placements! Thank you Mr. David Smartwood, Mr. Rick Fehler, Mr Doug Gaudin and Mrs. Avery Gaudin. May 5 - 6, 2012 We were off and running in Burns Lake this past weekend and came home with another arm full of ribbons... MBIS BINSS CH Benson won all 4 breeds, 1 Group 1st and 3 Group 2nds as well as BEST VETERAN IN SHOW!!! Thank you Charles Cyopik, Christopher Neilsen, Leslie Rogers, Honey Glendinning and Gwen Hopper. We were also lucky enough to be asked by Brenda Christenson to take her 10 month old Sheltie puppy, Luna along for her first weekend out. After working out a few 'first show' jitters Luna Bug figured this whole show thing out and came home sporting 6 points! Congrats Brenda! 2011 Nov 4 - 6, 2011 This past weekend we attended the shows in Red Deer, AB. Our Sheltie CH Nova picked up 2 Best of Opposites (Sandy Alexander and Lydia Coleman Hutchinson) but we had to pull him the 3rd day due to a time conflict with our Havanese. CH Benson did us very very proud picking up another Group 1st (Tom Alexander) and a Group 2nd (Lydia Coleman Hutchinson)! He also made the Group cut on the 3rd day. Thanks again to Doreen Snowden who has been such a tremendous help with all the grooming tips, his coat has never looked nor felt in better condition - not bad for a boy who is turning 7 years young tomorrow! And sadly on Saturday we lost our 16 year old Sheltie boy Taz to the Rainbow Bridge. You will be forever in our hearts Tazzy Man - love and miss you so much! XOXO October 27 - 30, 2011 Off to the Lower Mainland Dog Fanciers we went - and came home very proud of Nova who picked up a Best of Opposite, 3 Best Puppy in Breeds and 1 Best Puppy in Group! And of course we had a conflict with Benson so Doreen (Lorette's mom) showed him for us and they picked up a Best of Opposite at the Havanese Booster - nicely done! October 22, 2011 Cameron and Lorette got married!!! September 22 - 25, 2011 We attended the American shows in Helena, Montana. Ninja, out client Pom won Best of Breed from the classes to attain his first 3 point major! We showed him for 2 more days winning RWD each show! Benson, our own little Havanese (also only shown for 3 days) won 2 Best of Breeds / Best of Winners from the classes and 1 Best of Opposite / Winners Dog, unfortunately this weekend only gave him 1 point due to the absentees in the breed. September 2 - 5, 2011 We headed off to Kamloops BC and had a great time there. Nova picked up all 4 Best of Breeds and 4 Best Puppy in Breeds as well as winning Best Puppy in Breed at the Working & Herding Specialty. We also had Ninja (Pom) with us and he won Best of Breed at the Pom Booster - thank you judge Dr. Michael Woods! August 4 - 7, 2011 Had a great time in Edmonton! Our Havanese Benson won all 4 best of breeds and made the cut in a very quality packed Group every day! And our new Ch Nova did us proud again winning 4 BOS and 4 Best Puppy in Breeds as well as 1 Best Puppy in Group and his 2nd BEST PUPPY IN SHOW! Thank you to Ms Terry Carter for this win - we are absolutely thrilled and honoured for such a great win at such a prestigious show! July 22 - 24, 2011 We attended the Prince George, BC shows and are thrilled with the results! Nova is now another LorWin home bred Canadian Champion in only his second weekend out. He accumulated 5 Best of Breeds, 6 Best Puppy in Breeds and 3 Group 4th placements (Mr Al Bennett, Mr Michael Lanctot and Mrs Patricia Lanctot) - not bad for a 7 month old baby boy! Also another huge congratulations going out to Melody and Joan McMurphy as their boy Ninja and handler Lorette won another RESERVE BEST IN SHOW & Group 1st (Mr Richard Lopaschuk), a Group 2nd (Mr Michael Lanctot) and a Group 3rd (Ms Donna Cole). June 24 - 26, 2011 We had a fantastic weekend! Congratulations to Melody and Joan McMurphy, their little black Pom "Ninja" won all 6 breeds and took 3 Group placings, a Group 2nd (Ms Laura Thompson) and two Group 4ths (Mr Tim Doxtater and Ms Heather Lanfeld). Benson the Havanese also had a great weekend winning all 6 breeds and took a Group 2nd (Ms Mike MacBeth) and two Group 3rds (Mr Tim Doxtater and Ms Heather Langfeld). But the star who stole the show from the big boys was our home bred baby boy, Mr. Nova! Making his debut at 6 months 11 days old Mr Nova came home with 9 points, two Best Puppy in Groups and one BEST PUPPY IN SHOW!!! To say we are proud does not even begin to explain our emotions! And the best part of the entire event was that all 3 people who helped to keep this boy alive during his very traumatic entrance into this world (Cameron, Joan and Whitney) were there to witness his amazing debut! Thank you to Ms. Mike MacBeth who wrote "The first of many yet to come!" on the back of his BPIS ribbon for this very special win! We are anticipating great things for this boy! May 20 - 22, 2011 We attended one of our favorite shows and this time were awarded with not only a great haul of ribbons but were blessed with great weather too - no snow!!! Congratulations to owner Melody McMurphy and our biggest fan, Joan McMurphy - Lorette showed MBIS MRBIS Ch "Ninja" to another BEST IN SHOW!!! Thank you Ms Judi Shurb for this wonderful win! "Ninja" was also awarded 2 Group 2nds (Ms Susan Badick and Ms Geraldine Taylor). Benson came out once again to play in some pretty stiff competition and although he never placed in the Group we were thrilled with his 2 Best of Breed wins! Thank you again to Ms Susan Badick and Ms Geraldine Taylor. Also thank you to the young Miss Emily Dorma who showed Benson in the Group ring for us! May 7 - 8, 2011 Our first show out for the year and way a way to start!!! Benson and Lorette hit the conformation ring after a 4 year hiatus and continue to make breed history by winning another BEST IN SHOW their first time out! Thank you Mr Tom Alexander for this very exciting start to our year! Benson was also awarded a Group 3rd under Bud Haverstock. We also took our little black Pom, BIS MRBIS GCh "Ninja" and are pleased to announce that he came home with a ribbon of every colour for owner Melody McMurphy! (Happy Birthday to Ninja's biggest fan, Joan!!!) Group 1st (Fred Dewsbury), a Group 2nd (Bruce Owen), a Group 3rd (Tom Alexander) and a Group 4th (Bud Haverstock). Thank you to Jenn de Boer (Zesta Shelties) for stepping in and lending a hand when Lorette ended up with 2 dogs playing in the same Group! 2010 December 10, 2010 We welcomed the arrival of 2 sable boys and 1 sable girl to loving Mamma "Ch Gigi" and proud Papa "Ch Booker". Please welcome Nova, Drummer and Mia to the LorWin Crew! Huge thanks to Joan and Melody McMurphy, Robin Clemas and Whitney Williams for all you help, time and patience with this litter - your friendship is amazing and we will never know how to repay your kindness. We love you all so very very much! xoxo July 17 & 18, 2010 We had another amazing weekend with our little client Pom and our own Ch Booker baby - this time in Prince George, BC! We went down and played in 4 shows over the weekend and came home very very happy! Congrats to Joan and Melody McMurphy - Mr. Ninja won three Group 1sts (Mr. Ed Bajona, Ms. Deborah Graffman and Ms. Margret Jones) and a Group 2nd (Mr. Melvin Beech) and also his 2nd RESERVE BEST IN SHOW (Ms. Margaret Jones). Our own baby Ch Booker (co-owned with Laura Thompson and Jenn de Boer) was awarded four Best of Opposites, four Best Puppy in Breeds and two Best Puppy in Groups (Ms. Deborah Graffman and Mr. Melvin Beech) bringing his total up to 14 BPIGs - and he only turns 8 months old tomorrow - this is going to be one amazing show dog! June 25 - 27, 2010 We got to stay home this weekend as the show was in our own back yard! We had an amazing time and got to visit alot of friends - although visiting time was not long enough! Our client Pom, BIS CH Pomdell's Ninja Warrior, had another fantastic weekend holding his own in a very competitive Toy Group. Ninja was awarded two Group 1sts (Ms. Margaret Jones & Mrs. Avery Gaudin), two Group 2nds (Mrs. Letitia Bett & Mr. Doug Gaudin) as well as two Group 3rds (Mr. Charles Bett & Mrs Lynda Berar). Our own 7 month old Sheltie baby, Booker, is now a Canadian Champion picking up 7 more points over the weekend and 6 more Best Puppy in Groups bring his total Puppy Group wins to 12! We are absolutely thrilled with him - he finished in only 3 weekends! Ruckus also came out to play at his home show and did us proud again winning a Group 1st (Mr Doug Gaudin) and two Group 2nds (Mrs Avery Gaudin & Ms. Margaret Jones) Thanks everyone for all your positive comments on our crew - we had a great time and can't wait to see you all again soon! June 11 - 13, 2010 We had a very eventful trip to the Yukon and back to say the least! I am very proud to announce that Joan and Melody' McMurphy's little black Pom is now a BEST IN SHOW (Mr. Richard Lopaschuk) and RESERVE BEST IN SHOW (Mr. John Rowton) winner! Ninja won 4 Group 1sts (Mr Doug Gaudin, Mrs Avery Gaudin, Mr. Richard Lopaschuk and Mr John Rowton) as well as 1 Best of Opposite (Ms Susan Quesnel). I am very honoured to have been part of it all and would like to thank Joan and Melody for trusting me with their treasure. Booker was also at the show and picked up 2 more points and 5 more Best Puppy in Groups! We are on the dreaded 9 points but will hopefully finish him at our next set of shows! Booker also won his junior Puppy Class in Puppy Sweeps and went Best of Opposite in the Overall competition too! Not too shabby for our little junior puppy dog - we are so proud of him and can't thank Jenn de Boer and Laura Thompson (Zesta Shelties) enough for sharing him with us! May 21, 2010 Booker makes his show debut at the Fort St John and District Kennel Club and wins a Group 3rd and Best Puppy in Group from the junior puppy class and picks up 4 points under Mrs. Patricia Lanctot. He then shows to Mr. Michael Lanctot and picks up another 3 points by winning Best of Winners! We are thrilled with his debut and can't wait to see what the future holds for this very promising young man! Oh - and he also won his Junior Puppy Class and Best of Opposite in the Overall Puppy Sweeps competition! Thanks to Jenn and Laura for all their support and for sharing him with us - he is all that we wanted and a bag of chips! ;0) April 17, 2010 Ruckus and Lorette went to play in the Sheltie Specialty in Edmonton, AB - in the veteran's class of course! Ruckus won his third Best Veteran Male (7 - 9 years class), awarded by Ms Kathy Wilkins. We are so thrilled with him - he still loves the ring and it goes to show that you can take the dog out of the show, but you can never take the show out of a true show dog! Love you Ruck! Thanks for making your mommy so so so very proud! March 29, 2010 Off to Camrose we went with our little black Pomeranian client dog, Mr. Ninja, a.k.a Ch Pomdell's Ninja Warrior. There he was awarded BOB and a Group 4th on Sunday under Mr. Edward MacDonald. Congratulations Joan and Melody McMurphy. February 5 - 6, 2010 Ruckus made his debut as a veteran dog and won his class (7 - 9 years) both times shown. We are very proud of our boy, he still has what it takes and loved every minute of being in the ring again - in fact onlookers could not believe he is coming 8 years old this fall. He will be out a little more this year - he has once again proven that he is not ready to give the ring up just quite yet! ;0) 2009 June 26 - 28, 2009 We brought Ruckus out for one more weekend ~ just to have a little fun ~ and came home very very happy! He won 2 more Group 1sts (Ms Edna St. Hilaire and Mr Richard Lopaschuk), 2 more Group 2nds (Mr Peter Machen and Mr John Ross) as well as a Group 3rd (Mr Henry Moulton). Ruckus just keeps proving himself over and over and over again - our almost 7 year old still has what it takes and we are so very very proud of him! May 16 - 18, 2009 Forecasting snow or not, we packed the trailer and off we headed for Taylor, BC... and snow it did... however we had a blast and achieved a lot! We had Ruckus entered in 5 shows and he came home with 5 Group placements! Group 1st (Mrs Donna Cole), 2 Group 2nds (Mrs Jaquie Rusby and Mrs Shelia Verhulst) a Group 3rd (Mr Christopher Neilsen) and a Group 4th (Mr Bob Verhulst). The old man showed once again that he can keep up with the young ones and he loved every minute of it! We also had 2 client dogs there and had amazing weekend with them as well. Firstly we were awarded another 9 points and achieved a Canadian Championship on Mr. Ninja, Ch Pomdell's Ninja Warrior, the black Pomeranian owned by Ms Melody McMurphy. Congratulations! Two weekends out and he is finished! We also started and finished a Canadian Championship on Miss Kiwi, Ch Kaskadeena's Kiwigana Gold, a beautiful Golden Retriever bitch owned by Margaret and Jim Little by winning 11 points in just one weekend. Congratulations to them as well! And many congrats to all of Lorette's handling students, all of whom were winning or placing in their Groups, winning Best Puppy in Groups and picking up points all weekend long! I am so happy for and proud of you all - you rock! Congratulations!!!! Well deserved! April 4 - 5, 2009 We decided to go to a show as it's been a while since we've seen our friends - one of the downfalls of living so far north! So off we went to Red Deer for the weekend... We took 2 client dogs with us: Ninja, a black male Pomeranian owned by Ms Melody McMurphy picked up 2 points (Ms Betty Stepkovitch) and Venus, a female Miniature Long Haired Dachshund owned by Lynda Brown picked up 1 point from the Junior Puppy Class winning Best of Opposite over a Specials bitch (Mrs Cec Ringstrom). We also need to say a HUGE thank you to Mrs Jenn de Boer of Zesta Kennels. Jenn showed Ruckus for us (we had a prior engagement in Edmonton) on Saturday and she did us very proud! Her and Ruckus won the breed and a Group 2nd under Mr Jack Ireland! Lorette showed Ruckus on Sunday and won Best of Opposite under Everitt Mincey. Our 6 1/2 year proved he still has what it takes to play with the young dogs - he never stopped and loved the ring as much as ever - who knows what the future has in store for him? 2008 August 29, 2008 Today we decided to let 2 of our dogs go to new forever homes... Karma (Sheltie girl) will be living with Monica Phelan in Edmonton, AB however is still owned by Lorette. Bella (Havanese girl) was purchased by Gail and Frank Dame in Nanimo, BC but remains on co-ownership with Emily Dorma. We are sad to see our fur kids leave but know that they are in great hands and will be getting the individual one on one time they so deeply deserve. My thanks to all who showed interest in these dogs, making the decision to let them go was not an easy one. 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 Harley (Benson's sire) 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 get 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 Dorma who was a great help to us over the weekend! 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 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 Sheltie Booster and Sunday he was once again awarded Best of Breed under Mr Donald Duncan. October 12 - 14, 2007 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 Mrs 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 hang 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 Barbara 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 Crystalton Something To Squawk 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 recuperate! 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 ar 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 attended 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! |
