It is always fun when we can brag a bit. Rhianon (the Dam of the current litter) finished her Championship in May. (we wanted to wait for the picture to announce the win.)Getting an AKC championship is sometimes fun, sometimes difficult, and sometimes it seems that it is just never going to happen. The rules are arcane and complex and we will not try to explain them all here. Let it suffice that the dog wins a championship by being the being the best dog present of their sex at a number of dog shows. At all shows there must be at least one other dog of the same sex and at two of the shows there must be a larger number of dogs of that sex.
Well, Rhianon was cruising along winning her shows just fine until last fall. Then, for no apparent reason, she decided she didn't really want to be there and it was apparent as she was showing. We couldn't beg, borrow, or steal the last point she needed. We had a show in December, but she went into season....
Normally we would show her anyway, but as we were going to breed her this time we did not. We are very cautious about bringing home some nasty bug so when we are planning to breed, or have a bitch in whelp, or new puppies, we stay far away from dog shows.
When the puppies had received their second immunizations we decided to enter a show to see if we could win that elusive last point (of the 15 needed) and this time she decided showing was fun, and it was clear to the judge.
So now Rhianon is an AKC champion, and her puppies have two champions as parents.
