2008
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July 11-13, 2008 -
Mia continues her winning ways taking WB under Judge Larry
Mackai for another 2 points, giving her 7 total points with one major ...
all at less than 8 months of age! Domino
was Reserve Winners Bitch on Friday under Judge Terry Berrios.
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June 28-29, 208 -
Mia is on a roll taking a 5 point major, going WB/BOW/BOS
under Judge Pat Hastings at the Alaska Kennel Club show! She also took Best
Puppy and a Puppy Group III! This little girl is hot!
Nova takes BEST OF BREED on Sunday under Judge Charles Bett!
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June 20-22, 2008 -
Domino earns 6 of her needed 10 points
under Judges Cecilia Ringstrom, Martin Doherty and Carmen Haller going WB/BOS
at three shows in Whitehorse, Canada!
Mia earns 2 points going WB/BOW/BOS and a BEST PUPPY IN SHOW
under Judge Fred Gordon at the same show!
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May 31, 2008 -
Mia takes Reserve Winners Bitch and Best Puppy in Show under
Breeder Judge Wanda Spediacci and Best Puppy in Sweepstakes under Deborah
Shibley at the Rottweiler Club of Alaska specialty show!
Nova wins an Award of Merit under Breeder
Judge Wanda Spediacci!
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May 26, 2008 -
Mia takes Reserve Winners Bitch under Judge Annella Cooper
from the 6-9 month class!
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May 25, 2008 -
Nova takes BEST OF BREED (owner handled)
at the Tanana Valley Kennel Club show under Judge Roger Hartinger!
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March 23, 2008 -
Domino takes Winners Bitch at the Alaska
Kennel Club show from the 12-18 month class under Judge Col. Joe B.
Purkhiser for 2 points bringing her to a total of 5 points ... 1/3 of the
way there! Domino was expertly handled by Laura Brodigan.
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March 22, 2008 -
Domino takes Winners Bitch with handler
Laura Brodigan at the Tanana Valley Kennel Club show from the 12-18 month
class under Judge Dr. Alvin W. Krause for 2 points!
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March 1, 2008 -
Nova qualifies in Novice B, taking High
Scoring Rottweiler in the regular classes, and earns his C.D. title under
Judge Dianne Allen! Whoopee!
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January 26, 2008 -
Domino takes Winners Bitch at the Kenai
Kennel Club show for one point under Judge James E. Frederiksen.
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January 20, 2008 - WindRiver Kennels is proud to have
a new addition to its family. Parisans Montrose of Ironwood came to us
from Suzanne Eikanger-Stoops of Parisans Rottweilers.
Mia
was co-bred with Betty & George Chamberlain of Ironwood Rottweilers.
Her sire is Best of Breed Winning, Multi V-1 Am. Ptd/ UCI-Int. Ch. Parisans Reincarnate HIC (a Ch.
Ironwood Cade son) and her dam is German Import, Multi-V-1 BOSS Can/UCI-Int. Ch.
Gina vom Hirschenbrunnen HIC TT CGN.
2007
November 2007 - WindRiver Kennels is proud to have the Best Puppy in
Sweepstakes, Best Puppy in Show and Best Veteran in Show at the Rottweiler
Club of Alaska specialty show! Domino
managed to keep herself together long enough to take Best Puppy and
Ripley takes Best Veteran from the 9+
years of age class. The old girl doesn't look or act so old when back in
the show ring! My profound thanks to Liz Williams for handling Ripley to
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July
2007 - Domino makes her debut at the
Kenai Kennel Club shows taking first place three days in a row! (Okay, so
she was the only puppy in her class ... but hey, I can still brag!)
May
26, 2007 - WindRiver Kennels has a new champion!
Nova
takes Winners Dog under Judge Charles Olvis for a 4-point major to finish
his AKC Championship! Watch for this beautiful young boy as a
special in the near future! April
2007 - It is with heavy heart that we say goodbye to our special girl
Magic.
She will live on in our hearts and memories for years to
come. Although not without issues and problems, she will always be
known as "BG" - the belly-girl, as she loved nothing more than to
lie at your feet and have her belly rubbed. March
2007 - Nova goes Reserve Winners Dog
under Judge Loraine Boutwell. March
2007 - A special little girl makes her way home to Alaska!
Domino
(Parisans Domino Of Ravenscrest) is our newest addition!
Thanks to breeders Suzanne Eikanger-Stoops and Pamela Boles for allowing
this little girl to come to WindRiver Kennels! March
2007 - Nova earns his third Rally
Advanced leg and now has a new title to add to his name! He earns his
first Novice leg with a not so impressive score, but he did it! February
2007 - Nova passes his CERF! January
2007 - Nova takes 4th place in a competitive Open class at the Rose City
Classic in Portland under Judge Donald Gill. His brother, Soldier,
takes Winner's Dog to finish his championship and his sister, Vita, takes
Best Opposite Sex! -
Well,
we started off the New Year with good news and bad news ...
Nova
passes his OFA certification
for hips with a "good" rating! However, elbows were assigned
a DJD I rating (sigh).
2006
Nova
takes Winner's Dog at the
November 2006 Rottweiler Club of Alaska Specialty show for a 4 point major
under Judge Andrea Georgi!
Nova
earns the Youth Sieger title
at the 2006 USRC Northwest Regional Sieger Show under Judge Hans Jurgen
Radtke (ADRK) and passes his Therapy Dog International and Canine Good
Citizen testing requirements (September 2006).
Nova
passes his cardiac exam on August 5, 2006. One health clearance down ... more coming soon, we
hope! Nova
earns two legs towards his Rally Advanced title in July at the Kenai Kennel
Club show. He earned two third places with scores of 92 and 80!
Not bad for an 18 month old boy! In
June 2006, Nova traveled to Whitehorse, Yukon
Territory, Canada and earned his Canadian Championship in 4 shows with a Best
of Breed and Group 1 win under Judge Honey Glendinning! (He was also
awarded RWD by Merlin VandeKinder, BOW by L.T. Haverstock, RWD by
Charles Bett, BOW by Letitia Bett, and WD by Rick Glendinning.) The
Rottweiler Club of Alaska June specialty was held June 3-4, 2006. Nova
took Reserve Winner's Dog under Breeder Judge Grace Acosta and earned his
Rally Novice title with a score of 82. Ripley
was Best Veteran in Sweepstakes under Sweeps Judge Jon Marcott! Nova
takes Winner's Dog on May 27, 2006 under judge Dr. Harry Smith and
again on May 28 under judge Dorothy Hutchinson. He now has a total of
9 points and will be spending the remainder of the year in search of majors
and a couple of obedience titles! Nova
receives two Rally Novice legs with scores of 96 and 91 under Judge
Cheri Hagen on May 13-14, 2006! WindRiver
expands its product line to include the Alaska distributorship for the
FURminator de-shedding tool and other specialized pet products! -
See
Nova's
ad coming in The Rottweiler Quarterly's 2nd
Quarter 2006 Brood Bitch/Promising Puppies issue!
WindRiver
becomes the Alaska distributor for The Honest Kitchen dehydrated dog food!
2005
See
Nova's
ad in the Late Summer 2005 (Vol. 3, No. 2) of The Rottweiler Magazine's Promising Puppy Album! The
Rottweiler Club of Alaska Specialty & Sweepstakes show was held November
5, 2005. Ripley
takes Best Veteran in Sweepstakes and Nova takes Best Puppy in Sweepstakes under Sweeps
judge Pam Boles, and Best Puppy in Specialty and Winner's Dog under Judge
Lawrence Sinclair. Nova
travels to Pleasanton, California for the ARC
Region VI Specialty, ARF Specialty and the all breed Del Valle shows in
October 2005. He came home with a 3rd and a 2nd in Sweeps and a 1st
and 2nd in the specialties. He added two more second places at the all
breed shows. Not bad for a 10 month old! Nova
takes Winners Dog on August 6, 2005 under judge
Steven Gladstone and Best of Winners under Judge Beth Speich on August 7,
2005 from the 6-9 month class!
Ripley
takes Best of Opposite Sex under Judge L.T. Haverstock on August 5, 2005! At the
International All Breed Canine Association show in July, Nova takes 2nd in
the Working Puppy Group!! Nova's critique
by Judge Donna Cole reads "Very well trained, especially for age.
Well conditioned. Coat - good texture, correct markings. Head - planes
well defined. Bite/mouth - scissors, full dentition. Eyes - good
shape/color/expression. Ears - good set and carriage. Chest - adequately let
down. Front angulation - moderate layback. Rear angulation - moderate bend
of stifle. Topline - firm and level. Tail - set and carriage satisfactory.
Movement - covers ground with reach and drive." Nova takes
his first championship point at 6 months old with Best of Winners under
Judge Dr. Eric Liebes at the Kenai Kennel Club show on July 9th and a
Reserve Winners Dog on July 10th under Judge James Frederiksen. Ripley
took Reserve Winners Bitch on Friday, Winners Bitch on Saturday and Reserve
Winners Bitch on Sunday! Ripley
continues her customary Reserve Winners Bitch placement at the Alaska Kennel
Club shows on June 25 and 26 under Judges Michele Billings and Kathleen
Steen! Nova makes
his show debut in Whitehorse (Canada) for six shows ... first in his class
every time (but only dog in his class, too!). His first American shows
on June 25-26 net him two red ribbons behind 8 month old Mystics Little Boy
Blue (Magic's nephew!). Magic took
Reserve Winners Bitch at the TVKC shows in Fairbanks, Alaska on May 28 and
May 30th! Ripley
(score of 98) and Magic (score of 94) qualified for their final Rally Novice
leg on May 14th! Nova takes
a Puppy Group II at the Alaska Kennel Club fun match on March 13, 2005, at
just 3 months and 1 day old! Ripley
(scores of 84 and 96) & Magic (scores of 94 and 94) qualify for two legs
each in Rally Novice on February 26-27, 2005. A special
little boy has joined our family . . . Nova arrived home in Alaska on
February 2, 2005! Watch for this beautiful "star" (Marlo's
Casanova Vittorio) in the future.
2004
In October,
Magic took 3rd place
in a competitive Open class under Judge Fournier in Abbotsford, Canada. -
Magic's
preliminary x-rays come back
"good to excellent" on her hips and "normal" on her elbows
from the University of Washington!
Ripley adds
"BH" to her name with her passing of the Begleithunde (obedience and
temperament tests) on August 13, 2004!
Ripley takes another Reserve under Judge Edgar Bajona
at the Kenai Kennel Club show on July 11, 2004! and her half-niece Magic
takes First Place in the 6-9 month class on the same day! On July 10th,
Magic's sister Diva took Winner's Bitch for her first points at just 8 months
of age!
Ripley goes Winners Bitch and Best of Winners for a 3 point major at the May 29, 2004,
Tanana Valley Kennel Club show under Judge George Heitzman! On May 31st
she goes Reserve Winners Bitch under Judge Robert Shreve!
Magic earns her CGC on May 2, 2004, at just 6 months of
age and follows it up with her first shows on May 15 and 16 in Lynden, WA at
the Mt. Baker Kennel Club all breed show. Magic did well in her debut,
taking 2nd place the first day and 1st place the 2nd day (in a class of two)!
2000 - 2003
On September 7, 2003, Ripley
completed the Temperament
Evaluation through the German Shepherd Dog Club of America with a score of 29
out of 33! Even the umbrella didn't phase her but during the
protection/threat exercise she was more interested in the surveyor tape
flapping in the wind then the 'drunk guy!'
Ripley racked up another Reserve Winner's Bitch at the
Tanana Valley Kennel Club show on May 26, 2003, under Judge Peter Machen.
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Ripley earned her International Champion title on
July 22, 2001, with three V-1 ratings. Critiques included
such comments as "excellent specimen, very nice bitch, good
forechest, well laid back front angulation, balanced and
well-muscled back angulation, level topline" - Judge Fred
Froelich; "nice specimen, good layback on front angulation, good back
angulation, good topline, nice movement" - Judge Linton
Moustakis; "nice outline, good breed type, nice depth of chest,
good layback, nice rear angulation, balanced side gait" - J.
Rowton.
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Ripley earned her Companion Dog title on
June 23, 2001, and her Canine Good Citizen on June 1, 2000.
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