Friday 22 September 2017

Our Mick x Kess kids shine at the National Specialty!

Our Change Litter"Mick" (GCH Country Squire Center Stage) and "Kess" (CH Admiralty's The Gift) kids turned 6 months just 2 days before the National ...  These fun, leggy kids showed us a glimpse of what their futures may hold and helped dad win the Stud Dog Class.

Classy, Sterling and Poppy at 6 months old


"Sterling" Linwood Foreign Exchange - Winners Dog, National Specialty (Sep 14, 2017)
              - Winners Dog, WESC Host Specialty (Sep 16, 2017)
- Best of Opposite Sex, WESC Sweepstakes (Sep 15, 2017)
"Classy" Linwood Classical Change  - 1st place 6 - 9 months, National Specialty (Sept 15, 2017)
             - Best Puppy in National Specialty
             -1st place 6-9 months, WESC Sweepstakes 
             - 2nd place 6 - 9 months, WESC Host Specialty
"Poppy" Linwood Admiralty Changeling   - 2nd place 6 - 9 months, National Specialty
             - 3rd place 6-9 months WESC Sweepstakes
             - 1st place 6 - 9 months, WESC Host Specialty
"Charity" Linwood Admiralty Gift Exchange - 4th place 6 - 9 months, WESC Host Specialty

Special thanks to all the owners and handlers of these sweet pups! 

Classy, Sterling, Poppy
The BIG wins!  ...
Sterling - Winners Dog
Classy - Best Puppy

Poppy - 2nd 9-12 Puppy

And in the ring ...

Poppy, Charity, Classy

Poppy, Charity, Classy

Classy

Classy

Poppy

Sterling
See these guys at 8 weeks.

Classy wins BEST PUPPY at the 2017 National Specialty

"Classy" (Linwood Classical Change) won her very large 6-9mo girls class, with "Poppy" (Linwood Admiralty Changeling) - owned by Bj Kasiski - placing 2nd! Ultimately, Classy nudged out brother "Sterling" for Best Puppy in National Specialty! 

These kids are bred by Lin Sell and Lori Stewart and come from our Mick x Kess "Change" litter. 

 
"Classy" handled to BEST PUPPY by Lindsey Cook, under Judge: Wm Shelton



Cute in either direction!

Sterling Wins WINNERS DOG at the 2017 National Specialty!

What an exciting National we had! Never in our wildest dreams did we expect to do anything with our 6 month (and 3 days!) old puppies other than have fun in the ring. Man, were we wrong!!

First, "Sterling" (Linwood Foreign Exchange) - owned by Gordon Hayburn and Noreen Lorenz - won his large 6-9 mo puppy dog class and went on to defeat all the beautiful big dogs for Winners Dog for a 5 point major ... there was no one more surprised, or proud, than us!

Sterling "Linwood Foreign Exchange" winning WINNERS DOG at the 2017 National, under Judge: Richard Powell

Sterling is owned by Gordon Hayburn and Noreen Lorenz
Sterling in the ring at his very first show ... The National!

Thursday 21 September 2017

Mason the "Bird Dawg"

Mason (Linwood Artwork Carved in Stone JH) 
wins prestigious Judges' Choice Award
at 2017 ESAA National Field Trial

(awarded to the dog they would most like to take home and hunt over)