Yay! The lovely Smoosh has finished her Grand Championship! Smoosh is a very correct, breed typey Sussex with beautiful movement, perfect bite and of course the best temperament on the planet, thanks to Marv, her mother! Note the proper tail set, below the back...something that is sadly disappearing quickly in this breed.
MBISS GCHB CH Hellfires Mizz Marvel "Marv" X GCH CH Three D First and Foremost "Frank"
Such a pretty, typey girl!
Thank you judge Stewart Dankner for finding my little brown girl who can MOVE!
GCH CH Hellfires There and Back "Smoosh"
Breeder/Owner/Handled Photo by @claudiapetphotography
Baby Olive is now a show Champion! She finished at the Hurricane Ridge shows in beautiful Sequim, WA. I also met my new, get out of Montana house, and will be spending a few months a year there enjoying the beach and ocean views.
Olive is Marv and Frank's very last daughter > MBISS GCHB CH Hellfires Mizz Marvel X GCH Three D First and Foremost
Baby Olive then and a year later. Oh, and have a fantastic holiday season!
Unless we go to Florida in December, our show season is finally over for the year. Team Hellfire put some serious miles on the van and we had a blast doing some new shows in new places, and made a whole lot of new friends along the way. It was no small task, but for the 2023 show season we finished 4 new Hellfire Champions, 3 Grand Champions and a Bronze Grand Champion. THANK YOU to my (world's best) assistant Tyson and all our fabulous friends, dog sitters and family who stepped up to help. I am looking forward to whatever 2024 brings us, hopefully some obedience and hunt tests!
Despite the limited showing this year, I somehow managed to finish 4 Grand Championships:
RBISX3 MBISSX4 GCH CH Hellfires Dancing in the Dark "Bruce"
GCH CH Hellfires Cusp of Aries "Knox"
GCH CH Hellfires Serendipity is Marvelous " GG"
GCH CH Hellfire Has Faith in Me "Margery"
Hooray, put a fork in him, he's done! Knox finished his championship with 4 straight 4 point majors, all points over other champions, over the weekend. He also picked up 8 points toward his Grand Championship. Knox is a littermate to Bruce, my lovely puppy who went BISS from the Bred By Exhibitor class.
Knox is out of "Maverick" GCHB Sundowners Repeat Fire CD RAE RATO CGC X "Gwynnie" CH Hellfires Serendipity is Marvelous and is my 13th Hellfire bred Champion. Hoping to finishing this boys GCH in the spring, because we are definitely looking forward to less dog shows and more obedience and hunt tests!
We had an okay Sussex Specialty in Olympia, WA this past weekend. Gwynnie, CH Hellfires Marvelous Serendipity, came home with a Select + two Best Opposites and added 15 more points toward her Grand Championship, and then her son Bruce, Hellfires Dancing in the Dark, went Best in Show from the Bred-By Exhibitor class - what a thrill! Bruce is from my 2019 litter with GCHB Maverick x CH Gwynnie. He is my second Bred-By Specialty winner.
The highlight was showing Maverick with his two gorgeous sons in the Stud Dog Class. To see them all together meant so much to me and I hope we get to do it again! As a breeder, this kind of class is so much fun, even the judges enjoy it.
For Frank's 8th Birthday, Stewie gave him his 8th Champion offspring. Congratulations Scott, we are just thrilled for you!!
PS: There are still at least 4 Frank kids in the dog show pipeline.
It was so nice to finally go to a dog show after 18 months on the sidelines! Both Jilly (my just turned 6 month old pekingese bred by Gwenn Nash - Katerings Pekingese)) and Knox the Sussex had their very first shows in Coeur d'Alene. Both total noobs, you never know what to expect but my kids did great! Jilly went Reserve to the Major winner and beat six much older girls (Usually second place is annoying, but I was truly THRILLED!), and Knox won both his majors over 4 specials (champions, including a BISS) and won a Group 4 his first time going to groups.
Knox is being shown as a Bred By Exhibitor - he is out of GCHB Maverick X CH Gwynnie
We are off and running!