BRAGS

 

WOWS AND WAGS DEPARTMENT

 

 


Our Wows and Wags Dog, BIS, cannot stop barking about all the brags from his Oconee River Kennel Club friends.
Please join him as he howls out his Congratulations to the following.

   
Nancy Edmunds' 1 year old Vizsla male, Vizcaya's Fantasy Finish, finished with 3 majors at the Concord NC shows in November. He was only shown 3 weekends!! He truly was a Fantasy Finish!!  Nancy is super proud and so are we. (2008-12-23-02/2008-12-23)
   

Janet Calpin's Redfield Fancy That " Lacey"
Best of Breed at the Cherokee Rose Cluster on Sunday August 24, 2008. 2008-08-23/2008-09-10)
Janet Calpin's Lacey, Redfield Fancy That, finished her championship at the Cherokee Rose Cluster on Saturday August 23, 2008!  This makes the 2nd champion for Lacey's sire, Ch. Aletian Wistwin Comic Relief (Mickey) and the 1st for her dam, Redfield Iridescent (both majors).  Lacey was bred by Jean Adair and Mary Mahaffey who also co-own her.  We are very proud of Janet and Lacey.  Lacey was handled by Nick & Joel for all of her points. 2008-08-23/2008-09-10)
Janet Calpin's Redfield Fancy That " Lacey"
Best of Winners at the Cherokee Rose Cluster on Friday August 22, 2008. 2008-08-23/2008-09-10)
   
Windamir Bifrost Von Shuringer aka "Lili", Jim & Martha Brewster's German Pinscher, got her first major at the August Annapolis, Md. KC show.  With this 3 point major and the two points she had already received at other shows she now has a total of 5 points.  Way to go Lili!!!!2008-08-22)
   
Nancy Edmunds' 1 year old Vizsla male, Vizcaya's Fantasy Finish, took a 3 pt major at the Greenville SC show in July 2008. This was Folsom's debut weekend and Nancy is super proud!(2008-08-02/2008-12-23)
 
Junior Showmanship team Gillian Caudill and English Springer Spaniel, CH Kismet Harry Potter, received 2 Open Senior and a Best Junior Handler nod at shows in Tennessee May 17-18, 2008. Gillian is qualified for competition at the Westminster Kennel Club show in February 2009. (2008-05-22)
 
Junior Showmanship team Gillian Caudill and CH V. Schwalbe's Dizzy Gillespie MW (Dachshund - Wirehaired) received Open Senior/Best Junior Handler recognition at the Mid-Atlantic Hound Association of Central North Carolina on May 10 & 11, 2008. Many thanks to judges Ms. Whitney Anne Meeks and Ms. Linda C. More. (2008-05-12)
 
CH Hamilton's Keeper, a Border Collie owned by Claire Hamilton and Doyle Ivie,  finished her Championship at the Montgomery, AL Dog Show (2008-05-05)
   
CH Callista Blue Smitten PT, a Border Collie bred by Gay Silva and Claire Hamilton, co-owned by Gay Silva, Barbara Fitzgerald and Stuart Snider got a Group 2 in Montgomery, AL (2008-05-05)
   
Vizsla Csaba owned and loved by Nancy Edmunds took 2 back-to-back 5 point majors at the Specility in Perry, GA.  At 11 months of age he made the cut in Breed out of 14! (2008-05-05)
   
Max-A-Million of Deer Chase CD, RE, NAJ, OA loved by Judy and Tom Leather earned his Open Standard agility title in Perry, GA (2008-05-05)
   
Ol' Salts Classic Miss Margaret RA loved by Tom and Judy Leather earned her Rally Advanced with a 1st place in Perry, GA (2008-05-05)
   
Belle owned by prospective member Julie Gentry finished her Championship with a 3 point major.  (2008-05-05)
   
Junior Showmanship team Gillian Caudill and CH Kismet's Harry Potter received two Open Senior and a Best Junior Handler recognition at the Magic Valley and Beckley Kennel Club shows on April 26-27, 2008  (2008-05-01)
   
Junior Showmanship team Gillian Caudill and English Springer Spaniel, CH Kismet's Harry Potter won Open Senior/Best Junior Handler at the Atlanta Kennel Club show  on April 12, 2008 in Perry, GA.  (2008-04-12)
   
Oconee River Kennel Club would like to congratulate Gillian Caudill on qualifying for Eukanuba.  Way to go Gillian!!!  (2008-04-12)
   
CH Vizcaya's Raisin Caine MH VC CGC "Raisin" owned by Julie Bender and bred by Nancy Edmunds recently earned her Master Hunter title, a first for Nancy's breeding.  Both Julie and Nancy are very proud of that girl and Nancy is so very proud of the team of Julie and Raisin! (2008-03-17)
   

Dixie Westmoreland's Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, Betty, recently completed the requirements (40 hours of therapy work) for Cavalier - Therapy Companion, a therapy title offered by the Cavalier King Charles Spaniel  Club, USA.  She is now known in the Cavalier world as OkayC Expresso at Brookhaven, C-TC, CGC, TDIA.

   

On Friday, February 1, 2008, at the Sawnee Mt. KC show, Redfield Fancy That, "Lacey", went BW & BOW for 1 point under Judge Roberta Campbell and then on Saturday, February 2, 2008, at the Conyers KC show she went WB & BOS for 2 points under Judge Virginia Lyne.  2 points to go!!(2008-02-05)
   

On Saturday, February 2, 2008, Sandra Kesler's girl, "Nova's Spice it Up", took Best of Winners at the Jonesboro shows to finish and became a new Champion!!!!(2008-02-03)
   
Ch VSchwalbes Last Romance MW "Romeo" swept breed all 3 days at the Orlando Cluster.(2008-01-27)

Group 2 - Judge Jim C Briley

Best Of Variety - Judge Garry C. Newton
(2008-01-27)
   
Best of Variety - Judge Mary Ann Alston (2008-01-27)
   
Best of Variety and Best Opposite Sex Breed

Bayou Dachshund Specialty

Judge Henry Gregory (2008-01-27)
   

AKC has awarded Robert & Janet Schwalbe the Silver Breeder Medallion which is reserved for breeders that have 5 dogs/bitches that are breeder-owner-handled to their Championship title.  With Darcie's wins Robert & Janet will move to the Gold Breeder Status next year. (2008-01-27)
   

Darcie's win gives her father DC Hans Solo Schwalbe JE, CGC "Solo" his ROMX-Register of Merit Excellent from the Dachshund Club of America.  To qualify Solo had to have sired 10 champions and 2 of these Champions had to have achieved one of the qualitative requirements. A specialty win by Ch VSchwalbes Last Romance MW "Romeo" and Group 1  by Ch VSchwalbes My Girl "Mya" were the two qualifiers that provided him this title. (2008-01-27)
   
VSchwalbes Dizzy Gillespie received his 2nd major at Brooksfield and now has 10 points towards his Championship. (2008-01-27)
   

Janet Schwalbe received notice that she had completed her provisional Junior Judging assignment and had been approved for regular judging status. (2008-01-27)
   

Robert Schwalbe was voted on and selected by Dachshund Club of America members to judge the National Field Trial and he was also selected to judge the host clubs event in Dallas TX.  Robert was one of 8 selected out of 18 candidates for the assignment. (2008-01-27)
   

Ch VSchwalbes Rocky Top Girl MW, "Roberta" and Ch VSchwalbes Last Romance "Romeo" are the proud parent of 5 new pups, 3 girls and 2 boys.(2008-01-27)
   
Junior Showmanship team Ch Kismet Harry Potter (English Springer Spaniel) and Gillian Caudill received an Open Senior win and Best Junior Handler nod at the Charleston Kennel Club show on January 26, 2008.
(2008-01-27/2008-02-26)
   
Lacey (Redfield Fancy That) is really on a roll.  On  January 18, 2008, at the Tampa Bay show, she went BOW for 3 points under Judge Patricia Beisel-McIlwaine. Lacey has 10 points.  Way to go Lacey!!!! (2008-01-22/2008/02/22)
   
On December 12, 2007, Janet Calpin's Lacey (Redfield Fancy That) picked up 2 more points at the Forsyth KC show under Judge June Penta. (2008-01-22)
   
Janet Calpin's Lacey (Redfield Fancy That) went BOB over 9 specials for a 5 points under Jo Virden! Janet says "Many thanks to breeders (Jean Adair & Mary Mahaffey) for entrusting this girl to me also to her handlers Nick Joines & Joel McCarty for taking her all the way". (2007-11-30)
   

Congrats to all the wonderful dogs.  Keep having fun!