At the Maryland Sporting Dog show, CRFCRC Spring Supported Entry in La Plata, MD:

“River“(*Ch* Coastalight Moon River WC) and house mate “Bekkr” (Shasta Whisky River WC), went Winners Bitch and Winners Dog, respectively, at the Maryland Sporting Dog show on Saturday, March 3, giving them each 4-point majors and earning River her championship!

The next day this brand new, out of the box champion won Best of Breed in her maiden tour of the specials ring! She is just a little more than 2 years old. Bekkr now has 13 points and 3 majors. Many, many thanks to the heartfelt support ringside this weekend; all of this means so much more when there are cheering friends around to share in the moment of success.

Bekkr and River are owned and loved by Linda & Mark Reynolds, and trained and handled by Linda.

Stella Cooper’s “Hannah” (Bl Mtn Flats Poetry In Motion *RE* CGC TDI) finished her Rally Excellent Title on March 2, 2007 at the Maryland Sporting Dog Show.

Stella Cooper’s “Summer” (Beachcliff Castles In the Sand), won Winners Bitch and Best of Winners for a 4 point major at the Spartanburg Kennel Club (on Feb. 17thunder Houston Clark at 8 months old (from the 6-9 Month Puppy Class).

On Sunday, February 3 at the Lawrenceville Kennel Club Dog Show in Jonesboro , GA , “Valley”, earned her RA title. She’s now SR Allegro’s Free Valley Sunrise CD JH RA WC CGC. Valley turns 9 years old on February 14th!

“Hannah”, Bl Mtn Flats Poetry In Motion *RA* CGC TDI finished her Rally Advanced Title January 27/28th weekend. She placed 2nd overall in her class. We are very proud of her and most of all we had a great time doing it!

Dawn Buttion writes, “At the CRFCRC Supported Entry, “Faith”, Ch Blazin’s Gardez La Foi, won Best of Opposite for the 2nd year in a row. This was Faith’s 4th Supported Entry Best of Opposite. Faith also won BOS at the unofficial supported Sunday and again on Monday. Marty and I took turns handling Faith to these wins.

Then on Saturday, December 16th, “Faith” broke her Best Of Opposite streak by winning Best of Breed and a Sporting Group IV at the Tidewater KC show!!! This was Faith’s second group appearance and second group placement!!”

Faith is owned and loved by Marty and Dawn.

“Pink“, Destiny Athercroft Watch This, earned her first points in a big way! Pink was WB from the open bitch class for a 5 point major. Pink is owned, handled and adored by Ruth Marsh. Ruth writes, “Pink was the ‘car crash’ girl, and my thanks to everyone who has been so supportive of us!”

“Eagle”, Ch Salasana Double Arrow RN NA *OAJ* CGC, won Best of Breed at both Catonsville KC shows, Maryland KC, Upper Potomac Valley KC and both Virginia Beach KC shows this fall. He topped it off by winning a Sporting Group II at the Saturday Virginia Beach KC show. Eagle switched gears and picked up his 2nd OA leg and 1st place, running the standard course 18 seconds under course time. He also picked up 3 OAJ legs and the title!! All of Eagle’s jumper runs were clean and fast with placements.

“Prue”, Ch Blazin’s Eternal Flame CD RA *AX* AXJ, picked up her 3rd AX leg and 3rd place for the title!!

“Chilly“, Blazin’s Ice Mountain, won Winners Bitch in her 1st two shows for her 1st two points.

Eagle, Prue and Chilly are owned by Dawn Buttion and Marty Archambeault. Eagle is handled by Dawn and Prue and Chilly by Marty.

“Frannklin”, Maplemanse Stayman Rules WC CGC *ONYX*, achieved his ONYX flyball title – 20,000 points! Franklin continues to be the #5 Flatcoat in the North American Flyball Association, and hopes to keep moving up during the next few years. Janet Boss writes, “He’s been racing just over 3 years, and I’m very proud of him. Choosing the “wild thing” puppy was a leap of faith, but one I’ve never regretted.”

“Chase” (Ch Huntlane Chasin’ Daisies JH WC) took Best of Breed, over some very nice specials, on October 1, 2006. Chase is owned by John and Sandy Bulger and was handled by Sandy. Sandy writes, “Total shock and surprise, and one of the neatest moments I’ve had! And a pretty nice birthday present, too!” (Happy Birthday! — ed.)