July 18, 2010

SHEA takes Best of Breed at the Swanee KC show in Berryville, VA.
 

July 3-4, 2010

Back-to-back Best of Breed wins for SHEA in Wrentham, MA!  A Happy 4th of July Weekend to All!!

June 26, 2010

SHEA takes Best of Breed at the Virginia Kennel Club show in Richmond.  Great time, visiting with friends new and old on this trip!  Fortunately the indoor venue meant we didn't have to show in 100+ degree heat!
 

June 19-20, 2010

(Sat) Bryn Mawr Kennel Club:  SHEA, Best of Breed!  KOUBASHII WD/BOW for a 3 point major!
(Sun) Bryn Mawr Kennel Club:  SHEA, Best of Breed!  KOUBASHII, WD/BOW/BBBE for a 3 point major!  

KOUBASHII finishes his championship at 12 months of age, picking up 3 majors (11 points) in the last 8 days.  This youngster really is hitting his stride, and has been such a joy to show.

June 11-13, 2010

Taconic Hills Kennel Club:  SHEA, Best of Breed!  WILLI, WB and Best Puppy for 2 points.
Greenwich Kennel Club:  SHEA, Best of Breed!  KOBE, WD/BOW for a 5 point major!  WILLI, Best Puppy.
Longshore-Southport Kennel Club:  Clean Sweep for SHEA!  Best of Breed!
 

GSMDCA National Specialty Week (May 26 - 30, 2010)

My beloved MOXIE, always the "sleeper," beat ALL the other girls in Springfield, IL!!!  BEST OF OPPOSITE SEX at the National...Whoo-hoo!!!!   Moxie was expertly handled to this win by our wonderful young friend, Haley Dill. Thank you, Haley, for making Moxie look like a million bucks!

SHEA takes Grand Champion Select  Male on Friday, Saturday (Regional Specialty) and Sunday in Bloomington, IL.  With these wins, Shea has earned his Grand Championship, the first Swissy to obtain this new title!

On Saturday evening, it was baby NOKA's turn to strut her stuff in the Corn Belt Kennel Club all-breed match. Noka, by far the youngest and smallest in a huge Working Group (about 15 puppies), acted like she owned that ring and walked (strutted!) away with a Working Group 2!  What a cutie-patootie!
 

May 22 - 23, 2010

MAYBELL, at just her third show, takes WB/BOW/BOS/BP for a 3point major at Ladies Kennel Association in Long Island!  KOUBASHII was oh-so-close with yet another Major Reserve.  And SHEA took the Breed.  Although we should have been packing for the National, the distraction in Long Island was well worth it!

On Sunday, Shea took the day off to rest up for his long roadtrip, so KOUBASHII wound up taking WD/BOW/BOB! All three dogs got a little something this weekend.

And now we're off to Springfield!!!

May 14 - 16, 2010

Fun and fruitful weekend in North Stonington and Woodstock, CT!  
Friday (St. Hubert KC):  SHEA Best of Breed, KOUBASHII Winners Dog and Best of Winners & Claire WB
Saturday (St. Hubert KC):  SHEA Best of Breed, KOUBASHII  Winners Dog and Best of Winners & MIA Winners Bitch
Sunday (Windham County KC):  SHEA Best of Breed, MIA Winners Bitch

May 9, 2010

Welcome home, NOKA!!!!
 

May 2, 2010

ZUNA finished her championship in Richmond, RI!  Congrats to Dan, Crystal and Zuna's breeder, Holly Witzgall. It's been beyond a pleasure to show this beautiful girl.  

WILLI took RWB to her half-sib, and went on to a Puppy Working Group IV in the biggest of the puppy groups (yes, even beating the Dobe, Rottie, Siberian, Berner, etc.)

April 24-25, 2010

Best of Breed for SHEA and a 3-point major for his 8 month-old half-sister WILLI in Timonium, MD on Saturday! The same day, ten month-old CLAIRE takes a 4 point major, by going WB and BOS over the bitch special in Springfield, MA (congrats Virginia and Marlene!)

In Timonium on Sunday, 10-month old KOUBASHII  takes a major reserve at his first shows and MIA goes Winners Bitch for a 3-point major.

Awesome weekend for "Team Axel!"

March 26 - 28, 2010

Best of Breeds for  SHEA on Friday and Saturday, and for BOWIE on Sunday at the shows in Edison, NJ!

March 20 - 21, 2010

SHEA took the Award of Merit on Saturday and Best of Breed on Sunday at the CT River Working Group Association shows in Springfield, MA!   ZUNA came oh-so-close, with a 5 point major reserve on Sunday.  WILLI also had a grand time and made the most of her show ring debut, winning her class both days in the Puppy Sweeps.  What a little showgirl she is (I wish my adult dogs would show like she does!)

Great time with great friends, topped off by glorious weather (70 degrees!) and a fabulous picnic lunch (with divine wine).  Were we really getting 1-2 feet of snow just three weeks ago???
 

March 13, 2010

Spent a truly inspiring and educational afternoon with Suzanne Clothier (renowned dog trainer/behaviorist and author, www.flyingdogpress.com), good friends Wendy, Karen and Virgina.  And, a pack of ten Swissies:  Bowie, Moxie, Visa, Willi, Maybell, Paint, SiSi, Trudi, Finn and Fred.

March 2, 2010

Frida and Bowie's puppies arrive!!!  We welcome the "Artisanal Chocolate" litter:  Theo, Chuao, Sharffen Berger, Valrohna and Noka.

February 27-28, 2010

Yeah for SHEA!  Back-to-back Best of Breed wins this weekend at the Rockland County Kennel Club shows in Suffern, NY.   Thanks Virginia, Karen, Tom for sharing my "birthday eve" --the cake was big-time delicious.  The icing on the cake was Shea making the "cut" in the Working Group on Sunday.  Thanks, Shea!

February 20-21, 2010

SHEA finished up his vacation at Camp Krumpe by taking back-to-back Best of Breed wins at the Elm City KC and First Governors Footguard Athletic Association shows in Hartford, CT.  He's enjoyed his stay, and all his playtime with Visa and Willi, but I'm certain he will be thrilled to see the tan and relaxed Tom, Kim, Molly and Joe, home from their Bahamas vacation!

January 17,  2010

ZUNA (Shea's sister) picks up two more points toward her championship in Fitchburg, MA.  Fourteen down, one more to go!
 

January 9-10, 2010

The new year got off to a fantastic start in White Plains, NY at the Kennel Club of Northern NJ and Saw Mill Kennel Club shows, where the precocious puppy SHEA took back-to-back Best of Breed wins.  Puppies Maybell and Claire made their debuts, with Maybell taking RWB and Best Puppy on Saturday, and Claire doing the same on Sunday.  Thanks to Tom, Virginia and Wendy for making it a such a great weekend and for doing such a great job with your Swissies, giving them awesome care and loving them to bits.

 

January 1, 2010

BOWIE has been bred to Ch. Beowulf Jotunheim Bella Frida, HCT ROM.   For more information on this exciting breeding, please contact Frida's owner Lori Price at Jotunheim Swissies, or  you can fill out an application through me.