2007 

January

Teddy hits the show ring for his first shows in the U.S.A. 

On Saturday 13th Jan at the Sammamish Kennel Club in Puyallup ,WA under judge Karen Ericson he wins his class of Puppy Dogs 6-9 mths and Sunday 14th Jan at the Puyallup Valley Dog Fanciers, Inc. show he places 2nd in his class under judge Bernadette Cox .

Teddy travelled to Portland,Oregon for his second show weekend. On Saturday 20th Jan at the Dog Fanciers Assoc of Oregon, Inc show he was awarded Reserve Winners Dog to a 4pt major by judge Mr James M Burns. The judges comment was Teddy  was a "stunning little puppy", good things are just around the corner...and they were.
On Sunday 21st Jan at the Tualatin Kennel Club, Inc. show under judge Mrs Ann Bolus he takes Winners Dog and BEST OF WINNERS for a 3 point major. We are over the moon and WHAT a way to kick off the quest for his title, GO TEDDY ! The judges comment to Lindsey was that he was " a pretty little puppy  ".

February

Louis wins Best of Breed at The Hibiscus Coast Kennel Assn show Saturday 3rd under judge Mr B Anderson (NZ)
Sunday 4th Louis wins Best of Breed and JUNIOR OF GROUP under judge Mrs Betty McHugh (Canada) Spencer was Reserve Dog. They both looked stunning !

Teddy travels to Albany, Oregon for the Linn County Kennel Club, Inc shows . Saturday 10th Feb he was judged by Ms. Gretchen K. Schultz  and won Winners Dog and BEST OF WINNERS for 2 points, 10 points and another major to go ! The judge said to Lindsey he was a beautiful pup . Sunday 11th Feb he was judged by Mrs. Cynthia Sommers and was awarded Reserve Winners Dog.

On Saturday Feb 17th Louis wins Reserve of Breed at the Tokoroa KA Show under judge Glenis Acreman (Vic ,Aust)

On Saturday Feb 24th Spencer won Best of Breed at the Waitemata Gundog Specialty Show under judge Guy Spagnolo (NSW,Aust) , Louis was Reserve of Breed. At nearly 6 years old Spencer was pulled out as one of the TOP 4 dogs in the show line-up. He moved like a dream and was a rock on his stacks. I was so very proud of my old man who is greying considerably on his muzzle. He has always showed like a dream and drew warm praise from fellow exhibitors.

March

Saturday March 10th Teddy  at the Seattle Kennel Club Inc Show takes Winners Dog and BEST OF WINNERS for a 3pt Major ! Judged by Mr Dana P Cline who said to Lindsey he was a gorgeous puppy with good substance and a nice size. He has his two majors and now 8 points,7 more to go....
Sunday March 11th he is judged by Mr Eugene Blake and wins his class of 6-9 month old Puppy Dogs.

He now flys to Louisville, Kentucky for their cluster this week.

On Thursday March 15th at the Mid-Kentucky Kennel Club, Inc. Show under judge Mr Terry Stacy he goes Winners Dog for 1 point.
On Friday March 16th at the 1st Louisville Kennel Club, Inc. Show under judge Mrs Mary Ann Alston he goes Winners Dog for 2 points.
On Saturday March 17th at the Evansville Kennel Club, Inc. Show under judge Mrs Carol Spritzer he goes Reserve Winners Dog.

Saturday March 24th at the NZKC Auckland Events Centre Benefit Show under judge Mr Paul Robinson (NZ)  Spencer wins Best of Breed and is pulled out in the Top Four in the Group at Age 6 ! Louis is Reserve of Breed.  
In the USA , Teddy shows at Peninsula Dog Fanciers Club, Inc. under judge Mr Richard Hilderman and is awarded Reserve Winners Dog.

Sunday 25th March NZKC Auckland Events Centre Benefit Show under judge Mrs Deborah Addenbrooke (NZ) Louis wins Best of Breed and Spencer is Reserve of Breed. 
In the USA at the second Peninsula Dog Fanciers Club, Inc. show under judge Mrs Gloria Geringer , Teddy was Best of Winners and BEST OF BREED over specials for his THIRD 3 pt Major from the Puppy Class! WOW !

He has 14 points....and 3 majors, he needs 1 more point to finish !

April

Saturday April 7th Teddy at the Timberland Valley Dog Fanciers Assn in Centralia ,WA is Best of Winners under judge Bud Didinato and is now Am Ch Renaissance Kiwi Made in America !!!!

He finishes with 16 points and 3 majors !

We are all SO proud of him and can't wait for him to arrive in New Zealand.

June

Teddy makes his New Zealand debut ! At the NZKC Auckland Exhibition Centre Championship Benefit Show 9th June judged by Ms Sonya Sloan (NZ)

He wins Puppy of Breed and Best of Breed and then goes on to take PUPPY OF GROUP at his first show!

Spencer is NZ Bred of Breed and Reserve of Breed and Louis is Junior of Breed. What a day,we cleaned up!

Well the wild ride has started! 

Saturday June 30th at the Hauraki Canine Association Championship Show.  Teddy blows me away and wins BEST IN SHOW All Breeds ,on the way taking Junior In Show , Best of Breed ,Junior of Breed,Junior of Group and Best In Group ! I am STILL in shock! Group judge was Mr Erich Singer (Vic,Aust), In Show judge was Mrs Doreen Quay (NZ). Thank you judges!

Louis wins Reserve of Breed and Open of Breed.

July

Sunday July 1st  , Teddy takes Best of Breed and Junior of Breed and Spencer is Reserve of Breed and NZ Bred of Breed. Judge was Mr John Lewington (Sth Aust).

What a weekend,one I won't forget soon !

Sunday July 22nd at the Hamilton Kennel Association Champ Show Teddy takes Best of Breed over a large Vizsla entry and Spencer is Reserve Dog but lost Reserve of Breed to his full sister Flix. The judge was Mr Terry Stacy (US) who judged Ted in March and gave him Winners Dog and points in Louisville,Kentucky.

Saturday August 5th Teddy  wins Best of Breed at the Kumeu KA Champ Show,judge was Ms Sharon Prendergast (QLD). Sunday August 6th Teddy wins Best of Breed also under judge Ms Shona Prebble (NZ).

September

Saturday September 8th Teddy wins Best of Breed at the Waikato Gundog Show under judge Mrs Rosemary Kemp (Sth Aust) and Sunday September 9th Teddy wins Best of Breed at the Waikato Gundog Show under judge Ms Lenore McVicker (NZ) and the Huntly KA Champ Show under judge Miss M C Patten (NSW).

October

WOW! What a weekend!

Saturday 27th October Teddy wins Best of Breed , Junior In Group and Best In Group under Ms Marsha Hall Brown (US) over 191 dogs!

Sunday 28th October Teddy wins Best of Breed under judge Ms Jeanette McGinnis (US) and at the Waitemata Gundog Specialty he wins Best of Breed , Best In Specialty Show and Junior In Show under judge Jock MacKay (IRE) over 220 dogs.

This has been a wild ride already and as Teddy's breeder Linda said,"you need to buckle up for safety" !

November

Saturday November 10th Teddy competes in New Zealands Dog of The Year competition.

Dog of The Year is a show where to enter your dog must win a BIS or BISS to qualify.

It follows a knockout format,where two dogs are judged by 3 judges in the ring and one dog goes through to the next round,leaving a Top 4 to fight it out for the Top prize. It's a black tie event and rather prestigious.

Well we made it through 3 rounds and finished in 5th-8th placing out of 41 entries. So I was REALLY happy with that as he is still such a young dog at just 1 1/2 years. The Top 4 dogs were all multiple BIS winning dogs and deserved to be there.

He has already qualified for next year from his Sporting Specialty win a few weeks back so we will be back next year to give it another shot.

Judges were Gary Doyle (NZ) Ms Hilary Pedersen (NSW)  and John Rice (Adelaide).

At Franklin KA Champ shows on Saturday November 24th Teddy wins Best of Breed and makes the cut in the Group under Mrs Jocelyn Croad (QLD) Sunday 25th November he wins Best of Breed under Ms Lorraine Harris (Sth Aust).


So now our show year is over and Teddy has proved his class time and again,beating all the Top show Vizslas in the country more than once. He arrived in the country as a youngster and only started showing in June,yet he won an All Breed BIS over 700 dogs and a BISS show beating more than 200 Gundogs for that win as well as 13 Best of Breeds.

Teddy finishes the year Number 5 Gundog on Dogzonline Pointscore 2007 and we hope 2008 will be just as good for him!

Merry Xmas and Happy New Year to all.

Ben and Craig.