BVIS Am/Can Ch Wychway's Bilboa Baggins RE, AM/Can MTI, SDHOF, WDHOF
OFA Hips Fair          PennHIP 0.32/0.29
OFA Elbows & Cardiac Clear          CHIC # 33632

Baggins is an outcross for us. Honey was bred to Ch Small Town's Knotty Knoggins, a top winning boy from Rectory lines with a natural breeding although Knotty was 9 at the time. Honey was a wonder-Mom, except for producing 8 boys and only one girl! We ended up keeping 2 puppies from this litter. Lola (who has her own page under The Girls) and Baggins have been a Tag Team ever since.

Baggins began his show career with a bang, going BOB over a special two days in a row at Buffalo, NY. Although I have done very limited showing with him....rarely more than one weekend a month....he has spent the last 4 years in the Top 25 Bloodhounds and has received an invitation to participate in the Eukanuba show every year it has occurred. He finished out of Bred By and has been hitting the Group ring ever since. He trails as hard as he shows, getting his ManTrailing Intermediate title in Canada and breezing through his US MT too. He has consistently made the cuts in every national he has shows at, usually being one of the last excused before the Awards of Merit are handled out.

Because he moves out so strongly in the group ring, I asked a friend with younger knees to show him for the last year, and Renee and Baggins have made a very strong team. With more than 15 group placements in the US and Canada, Baggins is still going strong at 7 years old. He is certainly not ready to retire!! Until he is, we'll keep showing him so he can stomp his feet and demand ribbons from the many many judges that have admired his "ass n' attitude" in the ring! He has begun his Veteran career by taking a regular Group 4 in Alexander, NY and going Best Veteran in Sweepstakes at the Erie Shores all breed show in Canada.

Awarded dual titles of Show Dog Hall Of Fame and Working Dog Hall of Fame at the 2010 American Bloodhound Club Nationals, he was also invited to the 2010 Eukanuba. Not bad for a 9 year old bloodhound!

Baggins is currently enjoying his retirement. He was ten years old on May 10th, 2011 and to celebrate he is going to the chiropractor and getting a massage! A perfect spa day!

Baggins

Me? Eating the  plants? Why no, mamma!!

The whole Honey x Knotty Knoggins litter. Baggins is the 2nd from the top on the right hand side.

Baggins and Lola going BOB & BOS over a special at 6 months old!

BOW July 2002 (Major win)

Best of Breed Erie KC June 2003

Group 4 placement June 2004 in Nova Scotia

New Champion!! Syracuse NY, March '03

Baggins new ManTrailer title in Rhode Island with judges Larry Harris and Brook Holt and runner Jean Harris

Group 2 June 2004, Nova Scotia

Baggins helped a young Quebec teen win Best Junior Handler at our 2007 Canadian Nationals even though he didn't understand any French and she didn't speak any English! The language of dogs is truly international!

Baggins playing with puppy Cosmo

Canadian ManTrailer Intermediate Title!

Group 4 in Syracuse, NY

Group placement with Baggins, our good friend Renee Wagner and Judge Mrs. P. Trotter