"Show" Offs

Most of our club members show their dogs in a variety of events. From conformation to obedience, our members are very dedicated and work very hard training their dogs. GCSRC congratulates the following dogs for their recent accomplishments!

CONGRATULATIONS to Baya & Loralee for taking Winner's Bitch and Best of Opposite Sex which earned her 1 point on Sunday (April 27, 2008) at the Sierra Vista Kennel Club show in Sierra Vista, AZ. Baya and Loralee also competed in Novice obedience at the same show and qualified for Baya's first leg toward her Companion Dog (CD) title with an impressive score of 191.5 and 1st place in her class!!!

CONGRATULATIONS to the GCSRC dogs that had a successful weekend in Casa Grande! Several of our dogs competed at the Lost Dutchman Kennel Club show on April 11-13th, 2008 and following are the successes! Keno & Loralee completed Keno's Companion Dog (CD) title! Jordan & Sheila completed Jordan's Companion Dog (CD) title! Tess & Loralee qualified in both trials for two legs toward Tess's Companion Dog (CD) title! Monk & Loralee qualified in one trial for one leg toward Monk's Companion Dog (CD) title! Legend & Shawna took Winner's Dog and Best of Winner's on Saturday for 2 points and Reserve on Sunday! Kate & Barbara took Winner's Bitch on Sunday for 2 points and Winner's Bitch/Best of Winners/Best of Opposite over a Special for 2 more points on Sunday!!! Congratulations to all!!

CONGRATULATIONS to Gypzi, Kalle, and Ali for their performances at the ASCA herding trial on April 5th & 6th, 2008 -- Gypzi received her ASCA Started Sheep (STDs) title, Kalle received one leg toward her ASCA STDs title, and Ali (with her mom, Mary handling her!) received one leg toward her ASCA Started Ducks (STDd) title! On the same weekend, but in Texas, Trump and Loralee finished Trump's Companion Dog (CD) title -- Congratulations Trump & Loralee! Also, congratulations to Legend and Shawna -- they competed in Las Vegas and Legend took Winner's Dog/Best of Winners on Sunday for 2 points!

CONGRATULATIONS to the GCSRC dogs that competed at the Canada Del Oro Kennel Club show in Tucson, AZ on March 22nd & 23rd, 2008! A big congratulations to Loralee, who had a great weekend with the dogs she trained and showed -- Ali received her Rally Excellent (RE) title with a 2nd place on Saturday and a 3rd place on Sunday and Trump received his first leg toward his Companion Dog (CD) title. Loralee also took a Best of Breed with her Boxer, Lyric, on Saturday. Congratulations also to Shawna & Legend for taking Winner's Dog on Saturday for one more point toward Legend's championship.

CONGRATULATIONS to the GCSRC members and their dogs that received invitations to the American Rottweiler Club's Top Ten Awards for 2007. Loralee & Baya (Rally Novice), Sheila, Linda & Jordan (Carting), Sheila, Cassie & Zoe (Carting), Sheila, Joyce & Tess (Carting), Shawna & Legend (Carting), and Sandy & Gypzi (Carting). Congratulations on a wonderful accomplishment!

CONGRATULATIONS to Megan and Legend for a GREAT day at the UKC Russell Terrier Foundation Club Show on Sunday, March 9, 2008!!! (Many of you know Megan as Dawna Sims' (our herding instructor) daughter.) Megan showed Legend in Junior Showmanship and won her class in one show and Best Junior Handler in the other show! She then went on to show him in breed for both shows and they won the Guardian Group (with nice competition!) in both shows and BEST IN MULTI-BREED SHOW in the first show under judge Patricia Johnson!! This was only the second day that Megan has even held Legend's leash!! Congratulations to both Megan and Legend!!

CONGRATULATIONS to Loralee for her successes at the Fiesa Cluster on February 29th through March 3rd! Alvin and Loralee finished Alvin's Rally Excellent (RE) on Friday and Trump and Loralee finished Trump's Rally Excellent (RE) on Sunday and Trump and Loralee achieved Trump's first Rally Advanced-Excellent (RAE) leg on Monday.

CONGRATULATIONS to Keno & Loralee for two qualifying scores this weekend toward Keno's Companion Dog (CD) title! Keno received a score each day of 188.5 which was enough on Saturday to be the High Scoring Rottweiler! Alvin and Loralee qualified both days in Rally Excellent (RE) with impressive scores of 95 and 92!! Trump and Loralee qualified both days in Rally Excellent (RE) with a perfect score of 100 on Saturday (and third place!) and another impressive score of 92 on Sunday! Congratulations to Loralee and all the boys! (These shows were put on by the Phoenix Field and Obedience Club on February 23rd & 24th, 2008.)

CONGRATULATIONS to Legend & Shawna for a great win at the UKC show on February 16, 2008 put on by the Desert Southwest Shetland Sheepdog Association in Phoenix, AZ - although he was the only Rottweiler entered, Legend took the award for BEST IN MULTI-BREED SHOW!!

CONGRATULATIONS to the following GCSRC members and dogs that had a successful weekend at the Arizona Herding Association's Fall Chute Out AKC Herding Trial on February 9th & 10th, 2008 in Mayer, AZ. Jen & Uffda completed Uffda's Pre-Trial (PT) title and Dawna & Alvin completed Alvin's Pre-Trial (PT) title as well. Sandy & Gypzi completed Gypzi's Herding Tested (HT) title, and Sandy & Kalle completed Kalle's Herding Tested (HT) title too! Jen & Ness received their first leg toward Ness's Herding Tested (HT) title. Congrats also to Dawna & Ali for achieve Ali's first leg toward her AKC Started Ducks (HSAd) title with a second place ribbon and Ali's first leg toward her AKC Intermediate Sheep (HIAs) title - which also won her the award for High Combined Rottweiler! Great job everyone!!

CONGRATULATIONS to Keno & Loralee for finishing Keno's Rally Advanced (RA) title in Hobbs, NM on January 3, 2008 - Keno finished in style with 1st place both Saturday and Sunday! Congratulations also to Baya and Loralee for Baya's reserve to a major on January 2, 2008.

CONGRATULATIONS to Legend and Shawna for finishing out 2007 at the #1 Rottweiler for UKC. This is Legend's third consecutive year in the UKC Top Ten, but his first time at number one!!

CONGRATULATIONS to the GCSRC members that trialed their dogs in the Wags For Wishes AHBA Herding Trial on January 19th and 20th, 2008. A big congratulations to Sheila and Sammie for finishing a JHD (Junior Herding Dog) title on Sammie, and to Shawna and Legend for finishing Legend's JHD title as well! Congratulations also to Sheila and Jordan for getting Jordan's first leg toward his JHD and to Sheila and Tess for getting Tess's first leg toward her JHD.

CONGRATULATIONS to everyone that competed in the carting test on January 13, 2008 and to those that took the ATTS test on January 12, 2008! We had a great turn-out for both events and many new titles!!! Results from both events will be posted soon.

CONGRATULATIONS to the GCSRC members that showed in Palm Springs, CA over the first weekend in January 2008. Sheila and Trump completed Trump's RA (Rally Advanced) title. Sheila and Tess finished Tess's RN (Rally Novice) title. Loralee & Keno got Keno's first leg toward his RA (Rally Advanced) title. Congrats to all that showed!!

CONGRATULATIONS to Cisco and Anita for completing Cisco's Companion Dog Excellent (CDX) title at the German Shepherd Specialty on December 8, 2007. He went out in style with a third place ribbon! Great job Cisco and Anita!

CONGRATULATIONS to the GCSRC members that showed in Yuma on November 30th through December 3, 2007. Sheila and Trump completed Trump's RN (Rally Novice) with a second place and also got two legs toward his RA (Rally Advanced). Loralee and Curb finished Curb's RA (Rally Advanced) with a 4th place ribbon. Loralee & Keno finished Keno's RN (Rally Novice) with a 4th place, 3rd place, and 2nd place. Loralee and Baya and Shawna and Legend did well in the conformation rings - Baya took a 3rd place three days out of the four from a large Am Bred class and Legend took two 3rd places and a 2nd place in an equally large Open class. Congrats to all!!

CONGRATULATIONS to the GCSRC members that competed in the Tucson shows on November 16-18th, 2007! Congratulations to Baya and Loralee for two reserves in conformation and for finishing Baya's Rally Novice (RN) in style with a 3rd place and two 1st place wins! Congratulations to Keno & Loralee for receiving one leg toward Keno's Rally Novice (RN) title! And, congratulations to Madee & Loralee for finishing Madee's Companion Dog Excellent (CDX) title with two 4th place wins and a 2nd place win!

CONGRATULATIONS to the GCSRC members that competed at the UKC conformation show on November 10th & 11th, 2007. Congratulations to Bika & Jen for finishing Bika's UKC Championship! Congratulations to Trump & Sheila for picking up another competition win toward Trump's championship (only 1 more to go!)! And congratulations to Legend and Shawna for Legend's four best of breed wins (which currently puts Legend into the #1 Rottweiler spot for UKC) and a BEST IN SHOW win on Saturday! For photos from that show, you can visit http://imageevent.com/miracleimages .

CONGRATULATIONS to the GCSRC members (and their dogs!) that attended the Old Pueblo Obedience & Rally Trial in Tucson this weekend (November 3rd & 4th, 2007). Please let me know if we've missed anyone (or any completed titles, but for now we'd like to congratulate Jeri & Kaiser for earning Kaiser's Rally Novice (RN) title, and Shawna & Legend for completing Legend's Rally Advanced-Excellent (RAE) title! Anita & Cisco earned two legs toward Cisco's Companion Dog Excellent (CDX) title, Loralee and Curb earned two legs toward Curb's Rally Advanced (RA) title, and Loralee and Maddie also earned a leg toward Maddie's Companion Dog Excellent (CDX) title! Congratulations everyone!!!

CONGRATULATIONS to Alvin & Mary, Bika & Jen, and Legend and Shawna for all earning new titles this weekend (October 27th & 28th, 2007) at the AKC herding trial held in Mayer, AZ. Alvin completed his HT (Herding Tested) title by having qualifying runs both Saturday and Sunday. Bika & Legend completed their PT (Pre-Trial Tested) titles by qualifying in both of their runs on Saturday and Sunday as well! We had a great time and heard nothing but positive comments about the Rottweilers at the trial -- positive comments were heard from the judges, the other entrants, and the spectators!! Great job everyone!!! (And, a special thanks to Jeri for driving all the way up there on Sunday to cheer us on and take photos of us!!)

CONGRATULATIONS to the GCSRC members for a great weekend at the Kachina Kennel Club show - Tango won Winner's Bitch both days as well as Best of Winners and Best of Breed on Saturday, and Best of Opposite Sex on Sunday!! Trump won Best of Opposite Sex on Saturday and Best of Breed on Sunday!! Legend won Winner's Dog both days and Best of Winners on Sunday!! Legend also completed his 7th and 8th legs toward his Rally Advanced Excellent title with a 3rd placement in Rally Advanced on Sunday. Congratulations everyone!!!!!

CONGRATULATIONS to Tango (Oakview's Two To Tango) for her prestigious win at the Medallion Rottweiler Club Specialty - she won Winner's Bitch and Best of Winners from the 12-18 month class. Congratulations Tango and of course congratulations to Kathy & Tom Chauncey - her mom and dad!!

CONGRATULATIONS to Alvin and Loralee for earning Alvin's CD at the AKC show in Alamagordo, NM on October 5, 2007. Alvin got his third leg toward his CD title with an impressive score of 184.5 which earned him a second place ribbon as well as "high Rottweiler in trial". Way to go Alvin and Loralee!!!!

CONGRATULATIONS to Alvin and Mary for their performance at the ASCA herding trial on September 29th & 30th, 2007! Alvin got two qualifying scores over the weekend which completed his ASCA STDs title (ASCA herding started). Ali had a qualifying score in Open Sheep and now has one leg toward her ASCA OTDs title!!

CONGRATULATIONS to Curb for completing his Rally Novice (RN) title in Ventura, CA on July 8, 2007! He qualified all three days in a row and on Sunday completed his RN title with a 1st place in the class!!! Great job Curb and Loralee!!!

CONGRATULATIONS to Legend for an impressive weekend in Kalamazoo, Michigan at the UKC Premier June 14-17, 2007. He won Best of Breed for the Top Ten invitationals, Best of Breed on Friday and Saturday with a Group 4 on Saturday as well, took Reserve Champion on Sunday and received his FO (Family Obedience title) as well as 2 legs toward his U-CD (one leg came with a 4 place ribbon as well!)...he also qualified for the UKC Total Dog Award on Saturday!