WHOOOOHOOOOO PAISLEY!!!!!!!!!!! Winners Bitch and Best of WInners at the 2009 American Bloodhound Club National Specialty!
And distinguishing Wychway in the Obedience ring was Cosmo, with a 190 in Open Traditional and a tie for High Scoring Rally from Excellent!!!
Other news from US Nationals....Baggins got his ManTrailer Intermediate, which completes his requirements for his ABC Working Dog Hall of Fame (!!) Then Tater came from behind to skunk both of her sisters and win her class in Futurity! Jeeves got a 4th place in BredBy, and Ella and Tater came in first and second in BBE. All around excellence...I am so very proud of the Wychway kids!
A Big shout out to Gracie for her first real-live call out.....they didn't get to make the walk-up find, but she worked it like an old hand for the first mile and a half before the cops were tipped off where the kid had run off to! Good Job!!!!
HOLY COW!! What a weekend!!!Baggins finally got his final point for his hall of fame qualifications at Cambria NY and then topped it off by going Group 4!! Age 8 1/2!!! I am so proud of him!!!! Then Tater beat Ella for WB and her second point (Thank you Ben...you guys are a GREAT TEAM!!!) but Ella got revenge by going Best Bred By Exhibitor in Show!!! Whoooohooooo!!!
Congratulations to Tater and Abby for passing their EECT (Event Entry Certification Test) in Mantrailing!!! And another shout out to Lette for passing her CGC (Canine Good Citizen) test. Beauty as well as brains!!
ELLA WON BEST PUPPY IN SHOW IN HAMLIN!!! Ok...done shouting, but I am SOOO proud of Ella and Renee!! At the same show on the following day, Tater got her first point (ably handled by a wonderful Jr! See photos on her page) and Baggins got a Veteran Group 4!
Stretch graduated from his puppy class and passed his test! Despite a bit of "I've never heard of "Sit" before" and some heavy flirting, he and Mom Sara did great! Congrats!!
Standign Applause to Abby for her first points and a Puppy Group 4!! Way to go Gail & Abbydabbydooo!!
Whoo Hoo Paisley!! She took her mom to the show and got 2 three point majors over the weekend! Go Molly & Paisley!! To continue the clean sweep...her buddy Price with Daddy Michael, took BOB both days. Way to go!!
Go Stretch!! After skipping 2 weeks of puppy class due to memorial Day and Mom's heavy work schedule, he went in and ACED the whole sit, stay, heel, look-absolutely-adorable-while-being-brilliant part of class. What can I say...Brains as well as beauty!!
Congratulations to Christopher Clancy (Ch Wychway's Dawggone Terriffic, CGC) who took a Group 1 in CA last weekend!! Good Boy!!!
Newcastle PA was a great time....Baggins took BOB on Saturday from the Veterans class (20 dogs to go!) and his kids did equally well....5 WB/BOWs for Ella with 3 points and 5 WD's for Jeeves! Jeeves is still learning that inertia is NOT his friend LOL and that you have to T U R N at the corners....awkward when you only have minimal connect to your feet!! :-) Got a call from Mass too and Congratulations go out to Abby (Wychway's Sweet Potato) for 2 more points from the 6-9 class! All in all...good weekend!! If any of you readers come to the Stockton shows this month...stop by and say Hi! We're in a 8 am all weekend (urgh!)
Whoo Hoo Baggins!! 2 More BOBs and a group 3 at Alexander, NY this weekend! We're on the countdown to the HoF....25 dogs to go!!
Congratulations to Christopher Clancy!! Ch Wychway's Dawggone Terriffic went first Award of Merit at the California specialty and followed it up with a BOB on the following day and a GROUP ONE!!!! Way to go!!!
A huge welcome to some new members of the Wychway extended family!! Jeff and Sara, from York, PA, are the new parents of Stretch (Red collar boy). Stretch has happily settled in and is now best buddies with their Weimaraner, Phantom. Nim has also changed addresses and call names. She is now "Paisley" and is happily bossing the boys at M&M Bloodhounds in South Carolina with Molly and Michael Nye, preparing to knock 'em dead in the Southern shows. And Bones is living in luxury with Jeff and Connie in Butler PA and preparing for a new career in S&R as well as conformation showing. The house is a lot more empty, but our hearts are full!
Best of Luck to Miss Truffle!! She is off to Camp Cline in Elizabeth PA, to spend a few months learning to get her brave face on, and get out to some small summer shows! We look forward to seeing her in Newcastle in a few weeks!!
Congratulations to MaryBeth Cline and Rose on two legs on your CD!!! And on Sunday at Pittsburgh, PA, Rose not only got a 184 1/2 & 4th place in Novice A, she ALSO got a New Championship!!! (photos will be up on the family page by tomorrow!) Way to go Rosie!!!!! Best of luck in two weeks in Harrisburg for that new title!!!!
That weekend in Pittsburgh was good to us....Baggins took BOB both days and went GROUP ONE on Saturday!! Sunday he got a Group four...not bad for a boy that will turn 8 in May!!! Since he was owner handled, I can pat myself on the back too LOL but boy am I sore!! Pictures will be up on his page as soon as we get them!
