July 20, 2008 - Show in Indiana
Imagene (Shannon Down About My Image) won her 12-18 month class under Carol O'Bryant!
July 19, 2009 - Show in NY
Helen (Shannon Down Mad About You JC) only showed this one day and was 2nd in her very nice BBE class!
July 19, 2008 - AKC Lure Coursing in Stormville, NY
Bosley (FC Shannon Down Full Throttle V Kismet MC, FCh, CRX-4, ORC) placed 1st in Open for 5 LCX points
Quincy (Burnt Sienna Midsummer Dream SC) placed 4th in Open
Rupert (DC SDW Lifelong's About Face MC, FCh, CRX, OTRM) placed 5th in Open
GiGi (MBIF FC Appaws ImagiNation Of Shannon Down MC, FCh, CR, OTRM) won the Specials Stake!
GiGi & Bosley ran off for Best Of Breed, GiGi won Best of Breed for 5 LCX points - she now only needs 1 point for her LCX!
GiGi didn't run off for Best In Field, her and Bosley crashed during their BOB run and GiGi popped a toe.
July 18, 2008 - Shows in Indiana
Imagene (Shannon Down About My Image) placed 2nd in her 12-18 month class with handler Barbara Wayne!
July 18, 2008 - AKC Lure Coursing in Stormville, NY
Quincy (Burnt Sienna Midsummer Dream SC) placed 4th in a large Open Stake of 18!
GiGi (BIF FC Appaws ImagiNation Of Shannon Down MC, FCh, CR, OTRM) won the Field Champion Stake and then took Best of Breed! She then went on to win BEST IN FIELD!!!
Helen (Shannon Down Mad About You) earned her JC title! She didn't compete today though.
July 12, 2008 - Christian
Christian - from last years Rupert x Fiona litter - left to his new home with Bonnie Knadler and her husband. He now resides in Georgia with some Greyhound pals!
July 12, 2008 - Show in Michigan
Under judge Ms. Patricia Laurens
Imagene (Shannon Down About My Image) won her first point going Winners Bitch & Best of Winners with her new handler Barbara Wayne - this was the only day she was entered this weekend.
July 12, 2008 - Show in San Antonio, TX
Under Brazilian judge Mr. Luiz Silva
Brom (SDW Annadar All About Heart) won Winners Dog & Best of Opposite Sex for 2 points!
July 11, 2008 - Show in San Antonio, TX
Brom (SDW Annadar All About Heart) won Reserve Winners Dog
July 6, 2008 - Show in Huntington, WV
Under judge Mr. Joe Gregory
Dido (Shannon Down I'm No Angel V Lifelong JC) won her Bred By class and was Reserve Winners Bitch
Leigh (Ch. Shannon Down Blazing Angel SC, CR, OTR) won Best of Breed, but didn't stay for the groups.
July 6, 2008 - NOTRA Racing in New Jersey - JRRWA Versatility
In a meet of 41 dogs,
Derby (FC Chesara Jaytea Curlew SC, FCh, OTR, CGC) placed 23rd
Torin (FC Shannon Down Toirneach MC, FCh, CRX-3, OTRM) placed 24th (at nearly 7 years old)
Avery (Chesara Jaytea Sandpiper SC, OTR, CGC) placed 27th
Kira (Chesara Mariki Nerys SC, FCh, CR, OTRM-2, CGC, RN) placed 28th
Marseille (Shannon Down French Kiss SC, CGC) placed 31st and finished her OTR title!
Derby finished as the #2 dog in the Versatility competition!
Avery finished as the #3 dog in the Versatility competition!
Marseille finished as the #8 dog in the Versatility competition!
Congrats to Joanne - the breeder & owner of Derby & Avery and owner of Marseille!!!! And congrats to Mike & Sue - Torin's owners!
July 5, 2008 - WRA Racing in New Jersey - JRRWA Versatility
In a meet of 50 dogs,
Derby (FC Chesara Jaytea Curlew SC, FCh, OTR, CGC) placed 24th
Avery (Chesara Jaytea Sandpiper SC, OTR, CGC) placed 26th
Their mother Kira (Chesara Mariki Nerys SC, FCh, CR, OTRM-2, CGC, RN) placed 27th
Aren (FC Kismet's Purple Haze SC, FCh, CR, OTRM) placed 29th
Marseille (Shannon Down French Kiss SC, CGC) placed 40th for her first CR points!
July 4, 2008 - ASFA Coursing in Calhoun, GA
Spencer (Shannon Down Surprise Of My Life) ran his first ASFA trial and placed 3rd for his first points towards his ASFA Field Championship!
July 4, 2008 - ASFA Coursing in New Jersey - JRRWA Versatility
Derby (FC Chesara Jaytea Curlew SC, OTR, CGC) finished his ASFA Field Championship by placing 2nd in an Open Stake of 12!
Avery (Chesara Jaytea Sandpiper SC, OTR, CGC) placed 4th in the same Open Stake
At the conformation match Derby won the spay/neuter class and went on to 4th Best Adult!
For Avery at the match, she won the Bred By bitch class and went on to Best Bred By Exhibitor!
June 30, 2008
Marseille (Shannon Down French Kiss SC) earned her CGC title!
June 28, 2008 - Show in Bend, Oregon
Magnum (Shannon Down Kiss Me Quick) was Winners Dog for his first point under Judge Mr. Charles Trotter.
June 15, 2008 - AKC Coursing in Rocky Mount, NC
Open Stake of 15 (again with the help of moving FC down)
GiGi (FC Appaws ImagiNation Of Shannon Down MC, FCh, CR, OTRM) placed 3rd - she now has 34 points towards her LCX
Rupert (DC SDW Lifelong's About Face! MC, FCh, CRX, OTRM) placed 4th
Field Champion Stake of 5
Cuda (FC Windyglen's I'm Outta Here SC, FCh, CRX, OTRM-2) placed 2nd
Bosley (FC Shannon Down Full Throttle V Kismet MC, FCh, CRX-4, ORC) placed 3rd
Tigger (FC Windyglen Tiggers Have Springs SC, WRCh, ORC) placed 4th
With their placements this weekend - it puts GiGi as the #2 Whippet, Tigger as the #3 and Rupert #4 and the #1 Dual Champion!
June 14, 2008 - AKC Coursing in Rocky Mount, NC
Open Stake of 15 (with the help of some FC being moved down)
Choo Choo (Willowood Chattanooga Choo Choo SC) placed 2nd for his first 3 points towards his FC!
Rupert (DC SDW Lifelong's About Face! MC, FCh, CRX, OTRM) placed 4th
Field Champion Stake of 7
GiGi (FC Appaws ImagiNation Of Shannon Down MC, FCh, CR, OTRM) won the FC Stake
Tigger (FC Windyglen Tiggers Have Springs SC, WRCh, ORC) placed 4th
GiGi went on to win Best of Breed and then won BEST IN FIELD!!!! We are so proud of our little girl!
June 8, 2008 - Show in Asheville, NC
Isaac (SDW Lifelong's Blazing HOT SC) won his BBE class
Choo Choo (Willowood Chattanooga Choo Choo SC) placed 2nd in the Open Dog class
June 7, 2008 - Show in Asheville, NC
Isaac (SDW Lifelong's Blazing HOT SC) won his BBE class and was Reserve Winners Dog to a major.
Choo Choo (Willowood Chattanooga Choo Choo SC) placed 3rd in a big Open Dog class
Anna (FC Shannon Down In Your Eyes SC, FCh) placed 4th in a big BBE class
Dido (Shannon Down I'm No Angel V Lifelong JC) won a very large Open Bitch class
June 1, 2008 - CWA Racing in TX
Leo (SDW Annadar Kiss Of Fire SC) placed 3rd for another 2 ARX points, he is now up to 8 ARX points and 6 NARX points!
May 31, 2008 - Lure Coursing in Canada
Ticket (Shannon Down The Need For Speed) placed 3rd in a stake of 21 Whippets for 20 more points towards her Canadian Field Championship, she now has 50-60 points.
Cricket (Shannon Down Luck O The Irish) placed 6th, she is Ticket's baby sister. Both girls are from Daisy x Murphy litters.
Congratulations to their owners Sally Forseth and Blair Shinski!
May 31, 2008 - ASFA II
Derby (FC Chesara Jaytea Curlew SC, CGC) placed 2nd in his Open Stake at the International Invitational!
May 27, 2008 - Myostatin Deficiency DNA test results
We got our test results back for Tigger, Bosley, Viva & GiGi and all are Normal (N/N) - not carriers!
So far, all the dogs we have tested (including Winnie, Rupert & Raku) are N/N
That means all of Bosley's kids out of both Raku and Winnie are N/N by default!
May 25, 2008 - NOTRA Racing in New Jersey
44 dog meet
Aren (FC Kismet's Purple Haze SC, FCh, CR, OTRM) placed 15th
Trick (Shannon Down Pick A Card JC) placed 20th
Ripley (Chesara Jaytea Ptarmigan SC, FCh, CR, OTR, ARX) placed 21st
Derby (FC Chesara Jaytea Curlew SC, CGC) placed 26th and finished his OTR title!
Avery (Chesara Jaytea Sandpiper SC, OTR, CGC) placed 27th
Marseille (Shannon Down French Kiss SC) placed 29th
May 25, 2008 - AKC Lure Coursing in Rocky Mount, NC
Open Stake (25 dogs)
GiGi (FC Appaws ImagiNation Of Shannon Down SC, FCh, CR, OTRM) placed 3rd for 2 more LCX points
Rupert (DC SDW Lifelong About Face! MC, FCh, CRX, OTRM) placed 5th
Field Champion Stake (12 dogs)
Cuda (FC Windyglen I'm Outta Here SC, FCh, CRX, OTRM-2) placed 3rd for 1 LCX point and he completed his MC title
Winnie (BIF FC Windyglen Winning Colors SC, FCh, CRX-3, ORC) placed 4th after a few months of not running!
May 24, 2008 - WRA Racing in New Jersey
44 dog meet
Ripley (Chesara Jaytea Ptarmigan SC, FCh, CR, ARX) placed 10th in the meet!
Aren (FC Kismet's Purple Haze SC, FCh, CR, OTRM) a Murphy son, placed 14th
Trick (Shannon Down Pick A Card JC) placed 23rd in the meet
Avery (Chesara Jaytea Sandpiper SC, OTR, CGC) placed 24th in the meet
Derby (FC Chesara Jaytea Curlew SC, CGC) placed 25th in the meet.
Not bad considering it was most of these dogs first WRA meet!
May 24, 2008 - AKC Lure Coursing in Rocky Mount, NC
Open Stake (24 dogs)
GiGi (FC Appaws ImagiNation Of Shannon Down SC, FCh, CR, OTRM) placed 2nd for 3 more LCX points
Rupert (DC SDW Lifelong About Face! MC, FCh, CRX, OTRM) placed 3rd for 2 more LCX points
Field Champion Stake (13 dogs)
Tigger (FC Windyglen Tiggers Have Springs SC, WRCh, ORC) placed 2nd for 2 LCX points
May 4, 2008 - AKC Lure Coursing in Ohio
Again they were able to make 45 Open dogs with moving Field Champions down,
Quincy (Burnt Sienna Midsummer Dream SC) placed 2nd in Open Stake A for 3 points!
Rupert (DC SDW Lifelong About Face! MC, FCh, CRX, OTRM) placed 3rd in Open Stake A for 2 LCX points
GiGi (FC Appaws ImagiNation Of Shannon Down SC, FCh, CR, OTRM) won Open Stake B for 5 LCX points!
Anna (Shannon Down In Your Eyes SC, FCh) placed 2nd in Open Stake B for 3 points to finish her AKC Field Championship!!!!
Blaine (Shannon Down Mind Control JC, CGC) won Open Stake C for a 5 point major, only his 3rd trial and has 8 points and a major!
Tigger (FC Windyglen Tiggers Have Springs SC, WRCh, ORC) won the Field Champion Stake for 2 LCX points!
GiGi went on to take Best of Breed!!!!
May 3, 2008 - AKC Lure Coursing in Ohio
This AKC trial was huge - with moving some Field Champions down into Open, they made 3 Open stakes (45 dogs - 15 each stake)!!!
Cuda (FC Windyglen I'm Outta Here SC, FCh, CRX, OTRM-2) placed 4th in Open Stake A
Rupert (DC SDW Lifelong About Face! MC, FCh, CRX, OTRM) placed 5th in Open Stake A
Anna (Shannon Down In Your Eyes SC, FCh) placed 4th in Open Stake B
GiGi (FC Appaws ImagiNation of Shannon Down SC, FCh, CR, OTRM) placed 2nd in Open Stake C for 3 LCX points
Tigger (FC Wingdyglen Tiggers Have Springs SC, WRCh, ORC) placed 3rd in the Field Champion Stake
Viva (FC Appaws Vivid ImagiNation SC, CRX, OTRM) placed 5th in the Field Champion Stake
April 27, 2008 - ASFA Lure Coursing in Williamsburg, VA
Ripley (Chesara Jaytea Ptarmigan SC, FCh, CR, ARX) places 3rd in the Field Champion stake.
Trick (Shannon Down Pick A Card JC) places 4th in his Open Stake.
April 26, 2008 - ASFA Lure Coursing in Williamsburg, VA
Derby (FC Chesara Jaytea Curlew SC, CGC) wins his Open Stake again for his second 1st placement towards his ASFA FCh!
Trick (Shannon Down Pick A Card JC) placed NBQ in his Open Stake.
Ripley (Chesara Jaytea Ptarmigan SC, FCh, CR, ARX) placed 2nd in the Field Champion stake.
April 23, 2008 - AWC National in Oregon
Leo (SDW Annadar Kiss Of Fire SC) places 4th in the big American Bred class
Magnum (Shannon Down Kiss Me Quick) was pulled 5th right behind his brother but did not place
April 20, 2008 - ASFA Lure Coursing in Indiana
Derby (FC Chesara Jaytea Curlew SC, CGC) wins his Open Stake his first time ASFA coursing!
April 13, 2008 - AKC Lure Coursing in Flemington, NJ
Derby (Chesara Jaytea Curlew SC, CGC) won his huge Open Stake of 18 for a 5 point major to finish his AKC Field Championship!!! Congratulations to his breeder/owner Joanne Ronning on her new AKC Field Champion. We are so proud of the Brooks x Kira litter, and that makes two major titles for that litter (an ARX and a FC) not to mention all the other titles for coursing, racing and obedience!
April 13, 2008 - AKC Lure Coursing & Shows in Perry, GA
At the Hound Specialty Show, Anna (Shannon Down In Your Eyes SC, FCh) won her huge Open Bitch class and was Reserve Winners Bitch to the major!
Choo Choo (Willowood Chattanooga Choo Choo JC, CR) placed 2nd in his big Open Dog class.
At the AKC Lure Coursing trial.... (Rupert was moved down to Open to help split stakes)
In Open Stake A, Anna (Shannon Down In Your Eyes SC, FCh) placed 4th
In Open Stake B, Rupert (DC SDW Lifelong About Face! MC, FCh, CRX, OTRM) placed 2nd for 3 points towards his LCX!
In Field Champions, GiGi (FC Appaws ImagiNation Of Shannon Down SC, FCh, CR, OTRM) placed 4th!
April 12, 2008 - AKC Lure Coursing in Perry, GA
Cuda and Bosley were both moved down to the Open stake to split the stakes and they held their own!
In Open Stake A, Cuda (FC Windyglen's I'm Outta Here SC, FCh, CRX, OTRM-2) won the stake for 5 points towards his LCX!
In Open Stake B, Quincy (Burnt Sienna Midsummer Dream SC) won the stake for a 5 point major towards his FC!!!!
In Open Stake B, Bosley (FC Shannon Down Full Throttle V Kismet MC, FCh, CRX-4, ORC) places 4th
In Field Champions, Tigger (FC Windyglen Tiggers Have Springs SC, WRCh, ORC) wins the FC stake and goes on to Best of Breed!!!!
In Field Champions, GiGi (FC Appaws ImagiNation Of Shannon Down SC, FCh, CR, OTRM) places 3rd
What an awesome day! We are so proud of Cuda, Quincy & Tigger. Quincy's win gave him his first points and first major towards his AKC FC.
April 6, 2008 - ASFA Lure Coursing in Columbia, KY
Blaine (Shannon Down Mind Control JC, CGC) wins the Open Stake of 9 for his first 36 points
April 6, 2008 - Shows in Charlotte, NC
Leigh (Ch. Shannon Down Blazing Angel SC, CR, OTR) wins Best of Breed under Mr. Chris Tilghman Neale
Dido (Shannon Down I'm No Angel V Lifelong JC) goes Reserve Winners Bitch, Best Bred By and Bred By Group 2
April 5, 2008 - Shows in Charlotte, NC
Leigh (Ch. Shannon Down Blazing Angel SC, CR, OTR) wins Best of Breed under Mr. Terry Stacy
March 28, 2008 - UKC Show in Hickory, NC
Rupert (DC SDW Lifelong About Face! MC, FCh, CRX, OTRM) goes to his first UKC show and wins Best Male, Best of Winners and then Best of Breed over a Champion and Grand Champion and then on to a Sighthound Group 1 for his first 35 points towards his UKC Championship!
March 23, 2008 - AKC Lure Coursing in KY
After 2 days of being SO close - Tigger (Windyglen Tiggers Have Springs SC, WRCh, ORC) finished his FC!!! He won his Open Stake of 15 for a 5 point major!
Blaine (Shannon Down Mind Control JC, CGC) just finished his JC yesterday and today was his first time running - and he placed 2nd in his Open Stake of 15 for his first 3 points!!!
Rupert (DC SDW Lifelong About Face! MC, FCh, CRX, OTRM) ran as the only Field Champion
What a great weekend!!!
March 22, 2008 - AKC Lure Coursing in KY
Anna (Shannon Down In Your Eyes SC, FCh) placed 1st in his Open Stake of 15 for a 5 point major!! Now she only needs 2 points to complete her FC - but she won't be running tomorrow.
Tigger (Windyglen Tiggers Have Springs SC, WRCh, ORC) placed 2nd in his Open Stake of 15 AGAIN, for 3 points - still needs that major though.
Rupert (DC SDW Lifelong About Face! MC, FCh, CRX, OTRM) placed 2nd in his Field Champion Stake of 4
Blaine (Shannon Down Mind Control JC, CGC) completed his JC title!
March 21, 2008 - AKC Lure Coursing in KY
Tigger (Windyglen Tiggers Have Springs SC, WRCh, ORC) placed 2nd out of 22 dogs in his Open stake for 3 points, but he is STILL waiting on that first place major to finish his FC
Rupert (DC SDW Lifelong About Face! MC, FCh, CRX, OTRM) placed 2nd out of 7 dogs in his Field Champion stake!
Bosley (FC Shannon Down Full Throttle V Kismet MC, FCh, CRX-4, ORC) placed 3rd right behind Rupert
Blaine (Shannon Down Mind Control CGC) earned his first leg towards his JC title!
March 16, 2008 - AKC Lure Coursing in VA
Marseille (Shannon Down French Kiss SC) placed 3rd for her first 2 points towards her FC
Trick (Shannon Down Pick A Card JC) placed 4th right behind Marseille