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| Sam is a littermate to Autumn (see below). I handled him for the first time at the White Mountain Kennel Club show, and went winner's dog with him, but his sister Autumn beat him for best of breed, leaving him still just needing that last major. I was thrilled to show him again in Flagstaff the next month and take Winner's Dog/Best of Winners for that final major. We went back in the ring together on Sunday with Sam as a new champion and won Best of Breed under Judge Patricia A. Gellerman. Sam was bred by his owners, Teresa A. Hodge, Patrick W. Smith, & Margaret E. Hodge. |
| CH Wingfoot Desert Ironwood Flagstaff Kennel Club June 12, 2010 Judge Mr. William H. Green Winner's Dog/Best of Winners Owned by: Teresa A Hodge, Patrick W Smith, & Margaret E. Hodge |
| CH Del Sol's Irresistible Magic, OA, AXJ Prescott Arizona Kennel Club September 13, 2009 Judge Col Joe B. Purkhiser Winner's Dog/Best of Winners/Best of Opposite Sex Owned by: Carol A. Roberts |
| I was able to handle Sirus as a favor to my herding instructor one weekend in hopes of getting the last points necessary to finish his championship. This was my first experience showing an Australian Shepherd, or any a herding breed for that matter, and I had a great time! Sirus did a great job for me and although we didn't win our class on Saturday, we came back on Sunday to go WD/BOW/BOS for the final 2 points for his AKC Championship! |
| DC Hallam's Phorest of Bekaby, MC, RN, LCX Silver State Kennel Club April 6, 2008 Judge Mrs. Sari Brewster Tietjen Winner's Dog/Best of Winners Owned by: Robert Newman, Dominic Carota, & Stephen Sipperly |
| This was my very first time showing a Pharaoh Hound - and I'm grateful to Robert for allowing me to take his boy into the ring! I had already decided that I was getting a Pharaoh Hound puppy, so this was a great experience for me to have a preview of what it would be like to show one. Phorest was a very good boy and showed his heart out for me, even with his dad in the ring in front of me with another dog! |
| "Phorest" |
| "Sirus" |
| "Sam" |
| "Arwen" |
| CH Gemstone's Arwen of Gawan Silver State Kennel Club April 9, 2005 Judge Mr. Kenneth A. Buxton Winner's Bitch Owned by: Loren & Mary Chiever |
| This was my first experience as a "professional handler" - I was shocked when Loren asked me to handle his beautiful girl, Arwen, due to a ring conflict with his regular handler. I was terribly nervous, but Arwen took charge and showed me how it was done! She is a beautiful free-stacker and I was thrilled to handle her to her final single point. She has gone one to win several best of breeds (with other handlers) and remains one of my favorite Rottweiler bitches! A huge thanks to Loren for the honor of handling her - Arwen was actually the first dog I put a point on! |
| CH Wingfoot Desert Autumn Sage Arizona White Mountain Kennel Club May 8, 2010 Judge Mrs. Denise Arlynne Ross Winner's Bitch/Best of Winners/Best of Breed Owned by: Teresa A Hodge, Patrick W Smith, & Margaret E. Hodge |
| I was honored when Teresa asked me to show Autumn for her at the White Mountain show - Autumn is a beautiful Saluki bitch that just needed that one last major to finish her championship. Due to a break from showing, Autumn was a bit older than her competition (she is 9 years old), but she showed great for me and I was thrilled to win that major and finish her championship the very first time we went in the ring together! Autumn was bred by her owners, Teresa A. Hodge, Patrick W. Smith, & Margaret E. Hodge. |
| "Autumn" |
| Photo coming soon!!! |