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We had an Easter Tuesday Open Show on the 6th April 2010 held by Belfast Dog Show Society and are very pleased to say that "Pebble" Ir Ch Mossbawnhill It's All Bout Me (EW09) won the AV Champion stakes and her neice "Folly" M.U Bet I Am won the AV Junior Stakes under Mr Willie Dobbin (UK) who is behind the well known "Brooklynbear" Newfoundland affix.
Thankyou to Mr Dobbin for these lovely wins.
WOW! what a great Easter 2010 weekend Mossbawnhill have had!!
We are absoloutley thrilled to say that "Pebble" Ir Ch Mossbawnhill It's All Bout Me (EW09) is now an INT CH!! She gained her title at Combined Canine Club Int Show held on Saturday 3rd April 2010 under the well known & respected judge Mr Robert Paust (Swed/USA) and she managed to do it in style too with a BOB & a Grp 2nd! Her Group placing was under Ms Natalia Nekrosiene (Lith).
We also did well with our other dogs under Robert Paust as "Timber" Ir Ch M.Exclusive (CJW08) was Res Green Star (dog) & Res CACIB (which should end up as an actual CACIB (giving him 3) as the CACIB winning dog is already an INT Ch) and his daughter "Folly" M.U Bet I Am was Res GS (bitch) from the Junior Bitch Class (her first time out of Puppy)
A really HUGE THANKYOU! to both judges...Mr Robert Paust & Ms Natalia Nekrosiene for appreciating our dogs as much as we do!
Also over the Easter weekend there has been a little success story from Molly Rule-Steele & Sonia Turay (Taejaan) in Australia who own "Riley" M.I Am Legend who managed a Jun Class win at the Sydney Royal Easter Show on Thurs 1st April (I believe this qualifies Riley for Crufts 2011) under J. Nallem from Uraquay repeated the following day (Fri 2nd April) at The Whippet Club Of NSW Speciality Ch Show under breed specialist Mr Mike Howgate (Palmik) from England & then topped that on the Saturday (3rd April) at the 2nd Whippet Club Of NSW "Whippet Speciality" Ch Show where he managed another Jun Class win with the Dog CC this time coupled with Best Jun In Show!!!!! This was under another breed specialist Mrs Anne-Marie Curran (Chakrata) from South Australia.
So a GREAT! weekend for Mossbawnhill.
HUGE CONGRATULATIONS!!
to all at team Taejaan as they also picked up 2 BOB's & a BIS with their own breeding along the way!
Photo's below by Martina Baertsch
"Ritva" was a singleton puppy but she is certainly not shaping up to be a disappointment..both Ryan & I love her and we are really looking forward to watching her grow up & mature.
We have heard from Natalia & Julia in Russia who own "Toni" Russ Ch Mossbawnhill Celtic Legacy (Russ Jun Ch) that he is now also a Belarus Ch too!
Julia travelled to Minsk in Belarus with "Toni" for two Int Ch shows on the 6th & 7th March 2010 & on both days he was entered into the Open Dog class where he was 1st with Exc & received the CAC thus giving him his Belarus Ch title,the judges were both from Poland.... Andrzej
Szutkiewicz (6th) & Malgorzata
Wieremiejczyk-Wierzchowska (7th)
BIG CONGRATULATIONS!! to Natalia,Julia & Toni.
We are very pleased to say that "Pebble" Ir Ch Mossbawnhill It's All Bout Me (EW09) topped a sizable quality entry of Champions to win the Ch Stakes under BIS judge Dr Tamas Jakkel from Hungary at Newtownards Ch Show yesterday (Sunday 28th Feb 2010),this was the first Irish Ch Show of the year & this qualifies Pebble for the annual Champion of Champions contest held at the end of the year.
We also had a bit of success in the breed too under Sandra Marshall (Lowerdon) from the UK,"Folly" Mossbawnhill U Bet I Am was 1st PB & her grandmum "Bracken" Collooney Mamma Mia was 1st OB & Res GS bitch.
So not a bad day!!
Thankyou to Dr Tamas Jakkel for his lovely compliments about "Pebble".
We have some great news from England regarding "Flax" Mossbawnhill Hope 'n' Glory...he was entered at a Limited show recently and managed to win his first class which was AV Puppy Dog,he then followed that with another first in his next class which was AV Hound Open and then went on win the AV not previously having won a first prize with the society (he cant enter that particular class again now! lol) class and topped the day off by going Res Best Puppy In Show!!! (this was only his 2nd time out!) and the judge was Mrs Pat Stockton of the Kespas gundog affix in England.
WAY TO GO FLAX!!
We had a very good day at our local Hound Club open show on Saturday 6th Feb 2010 under Hound specialist Dagmar Kenis-Pordham from the well known "Solstrand" affix of greyhounds.
Our oldest girl & the foundation stone of Mossbawnhill "Bracken" (Collooney Mamma Mia) showed the youngsters how it should be done by winning the OB class & going BOB from a sizeable entry of 40 whippets,she also went 3rd BIS...there were no groups as it was a single group show.
Not to be outdone our other dogs also managed to do well too..."Folly" (Mossbawnhill U Bet I Am) was 2nd in the AV hound puppy bitch stakes and also 2nd in Junior dog or bitch in the breed class and her mum "Teazel" (Mossbawnhill Turn Up The Sun) was 1st LB which meant that the judge definitely judged to type on this occassion!
We also had our Basenji "Drift" (Ir Ch Zordia's Shooting Star Over Mossbawnhill (An Ch 07 & CW 08)) entered and he was Best AV Hound NSC and was also shortlisted in the BIS line-up. So another great day for Mossbawnhill.
We would like to thank the Judge Dagmar Kenis-Pordham for appreciating our dogs as much as we do.
We made the trip over to our first UK Championship show of the New Year. Manchester was held on Thursday 21st Jan 2010 & our promising youngster "Folly" M.U Bet I Am got us off to a good start by coming 2nd in a decent Puppy Bitch Stakes class under judge Mr Steve Hall (UK),who incidently gave Folly's grandmother "Bracken" Collooney Mamma Mia a 1st in the Special Beginners Stakes also at Manchester Ch show when he judged that particular stakes class back in 2006....so Folly is kind of following in her grandmother's paw-steps!
Jean Dickenson who owns & handles "Maple" M.Timeless Epic had a good day too as she has now managed to qualify Maple for Crufts 2011 by getting a 3rd in her class at her first Ch Show of the year which was also her first time being in the puppy class...so WELL DONE
to you both!! Folly was VHC in the same class.
Ryan & I (Pamela) also did quite well in the OD class too by getting 2nd & 3rd places with "Badger" Ir Ch M.Better Man (handled by Ryan for the 1st time..he is usually handled by myself) and "Timber" Ir Ch M.Exclusive (CJW08) (I handled Tim as usual) respectively,the judge was Hound Specialist Mr Graham Hill (UK).
Jean Dickenson (Ribblesmere) has sent me a few show critiques of "Maple" M.Timeless Epic.
From South Wales Kennel Assoc Ch show back in Oct 09 where she was 1st in the MPB class (her litter sister "Folly" M.U bet I Am who we retained was 2nd) under English breed specialist Pauline Oliver (Spyanfly)
"A very appealing,well marked br/w baby. Well balanced & angulated. Lots of scope,with length of neck & body but with ample depth also. Moved with ease around the ring & soundly"
Then from Driffield also in Oct 09 where she was 2nd in the MPB class (her litter sister "Piper" M.Blaze Of Glory who is owned by Albert Ritchie (Gwendariff) was 3rd) under Hound specialist Tim Finney (Gulliagh)
"Very close up to 1,houndy lines,lovely head,neck & topline with well placed arch.Very sound mover,not quite as together as 1 today but another of very good quality"
And finally from Border Counties Hound Club Open show in Nov 09 where she was 1st puppy dog/bitch under Mr Brian A Henry.
"A lovely,feminine youngster with so much to admire,her excellent head,neck & shoulders and balanced conformation. Her speed,power & holding her topline on the move,with good front extension. Correct size for age"