Absolutely Agape Heard the Siren’s Song (Lumier and Junebug)
Although he almost looks like a different puppy in each of these photos, this is indeed Carlo, Millie’s brother.
Carlo has competed four times in the 4-6 Month Beginner Puppy Competition and placed in group three of those times (Millie beat him once!).
Both Carlo and Millie have now aged out of the 4-6 month class and are moving on to the real competition in the 6-9 month age group.
One Reserve Best In Show and two group 3’s in Lynden, Washington.Absolutely Bichons – South
Here is Jerry with his girl Belle going Winners for a three point major at the Madera Canyon Kennel Club in Tucson, Arizona on November 12th. Belle gained 4 points over the weekend and now has 10 points toward her Championship. Another Oliver X Sassy puppy. Registered name: Absolutely Queen of the Desert.
GCH Absolutely Wagnes It’s Time To pay The Piper aka Cash took a spin around the show ring as a Veteran at our local Specialty. Dina sat ringside so she could watch her boy as Dale Hunter moved him gracefully for the judge. Both Cash and Dale still have the moves.
On day 2 Adora was on the lead as Cash showed the youngsters how it’s done.
The veteran class is special and always gets applause and a misty eye or two. Well done Cash. Well done
Jerry and Belle travelled from Green Valley, AZ to participate in our local Specialty weekend. Both Belle and Jerry are still quite new to the show ring but they managed to score Winners and Best Opposite on Sunday. Now that the seal has been broken Belle should glide into her Championship. Jerry is a long time friend of Absolutely Bichons and we are so happy that he has jumped into the show-ring with his beautiful Belle. Another Absolutely Champion in the making. Great job Jerry!
With a young Champion you certainly don’t go into a Specialty expecting to win. Sometimes we are surprised. On day 1 in Puyallup Orion (Ch Purejoy’s Absolutely Searching For A Star 💫 ) was awarded Best of Breed by judge Michael Canalizo.
Orion still has some maturing to do but I can see some more winning in his future.
18 months-first time out as a Special.
Introducing American Champion Purejoys Absolutely Searching For A Star.
Orion finished his American Championship pretty quickly. First show was in January, second in March and now wrapped up with his third show in April at the Tacoma Kennel Club show. Orion will sit out for a few month to mature a little before he comes out to compete for his Grand Championship. Plus we will be taking trips to Canada for his Canadian Championship. After all, Canada is his homeland. 🙂 Oh Canada.
Congratulations to his breeder and Co-owner Kathy Martin of Burnaby, BC for breeding this lovely little guy.
Dina and I traveled to sunny Del Mar, California at the end of February. What a terrific weekend we had at the Bichon Frise Club of San Diego Specialty. Its always so nice to see our California friends. There was a very nice entry of 30 Bichons including Orion and Belle and our friends Cheryl and Dales boy Mundo. Orion and Belle finished in the ribbons each day but no big wins for either until the final day when Orion won Sweepstakes under Breeder Judge Lianne Bondurant and Reserve Winners Dog. Of course Mundo was the big winner of the weekend taking Best in Specialty Show all three days while being handled by the talented Fan Yu. A fun and exciting weekend.
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This is Orion. Purejoy’s Absolutely Searching for a Star. He is a new addition to our Absolutely family, bred by Kathy Martin of Purejoy Bichons in Burnaby, BC. At 11 months of age Orion ventured into the show ring for his true dog show debut. Not only did Orion perform beautifully for such an unexperienced puppy, but he managed to get the nod all three days from the judges winning Best of Winners each day and gaining 8 points toward his Championship. These are his first professional photos and he handled that pretty well too! Looks like he may have a nice future ahead of him. Good job little man.
We haven’t attended the dog shows in Elma for many, many years because they are typically scheduled for the same week that we are away at Nationals. But this year, as with everything else in life being different we were able to attend. And we are happy we did.
While Dina is convalescing from major knee surgery, we took Cash out to finish up his Grand Championship. He showed beautifully for Sue and managed to obtain enough Select Dog points to earn the title of Grand Champion.
Burrito took the Best of Breed ribbon for each of the 3 days that we showed which qualifies him for the title of Champion. He also got his first taste in the group ring and he did great in there! Fit right in.
Jan Rider was there with her lovely boy Elijah (littermate of Burrito) who took Reserve each day. Our great friend Adora showed Elijah the first two days but on the final day Jan decided to take the lead. It was Jan’s first real ring experience and she did a wonderful job. Taking a dog in the show ring for the first time is pretty intimidating. We hope she wants to continue in the ring because she has the makings of a very good owner/handler. Way to go Jan!
