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Fit Weight: growing puppy
Height: growing puppy
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ACHIEVEMENTS
2009
All-Breed Best Puppy in Match and Best in Match, Kutztown PA (9/12)
All-Breed Best Puppy in Match and Best in Match, N. Stonington CT (10/4)
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Although Visa was not the biggest girl in her litter, she was the one who made her presence known first -- learning to walk much faster than her littermates, escaping from the box first, and quickly getting the reputation as the puppy who was toughest to photograph because she was always on the go! She also developed her voice faster than her siblings, and she is not afraid to use it. Like her dad and grandfather, she has a lot to say.
Visa is what I consider a complete package who got the best of her mother and her father. She looks very much like her mom, but has her dad's topline. She is extremely well balanced, makes a lovely picture, and has a very pretty head and expression. Visa also hit the jackpot by getting her dad's outgoing and confident personality, and she knows exactly how cute she is. Just ask anyone in my office, all of whom Visa has completely bedazzled with her sweet, affectionate and silly disposition. Every morning she makes her rounds, gallops toward each and every one of her friends, flings herself into their laps and attempts to kiss them to death. I think her name should actually be "Everywhere SHE Wants To Be!"
At her first all-breed match Visa made quite the debut, winning a Working Group 1st, Best Puppy in Match and the whole enchilada...BEST IN MATCH! She showed her heart out, didn't put a foot down wrong and stole the hearts of everyone watching in and out of the ring. That is pure Bowie, and she is already following in his footsteps. The judge who gave her the Group 1st and BPIM said that Visa "took her breath away" when she trotted around that ring, and she couldn't believe how poised she was (at 3 months of age) in a ring full of much older dogs. Then she tried to talk me into letting her have Visa...but we think we'll keep her!
Three weeks after her debut, only her second time in a ring, Visa outdid herself...taking Working Group 1, Best Puppy in Match, and BESt IN MATCH at the St. Hubert Kennel Club All-Breed Match. Hmmm...maybe Miss Thang is peaking too early???
I am honored to co-own Visa with Larry Stein, who has been judging GSMDs since the "Rare Breed" days, and actually gave Visa's great grandfather ("Rio") Best In Specialty at the 1996 National.
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