What Is A Title?

~Not just a brag, not just a stepping stone to a higher title, not just an adjunct to competitive scores, a title is a tribute to the dog that bears it… a way to honor the dog, an ultimate memorial. It will remain, in record and in memory, for as long as anything in this world can remain. Few humans will do as well or better in that regard.
~And though the dog itself doesn’t know nor care that its achievements have been noted, a title says many things in the world of humans, where such things count.
~A title says your dog was intelligent, and adaptable, and good-natured. It says that your dog loved you enough to do the things that please you, however crazy that may have sometimes seemed.
~And a title says that you loved your dog, that you loved him enough to spend time with him because he was a good dog, that you believed in him enough to give him yet another chance when he failed, and that, in the end, your faith was justified.
~A title proves that your dog inspired you to that special relationship so few have. That, in a world of disposable creatures, this dog with a title was greatly loved, and loved greatly in return.
~And when that dear, short life is over, the title remains as a memorial of the finest kind, the best you can give a deserving friend, volumes of praise in one small set of initials after the name.
~A title is nothing less than love and respect, given and received, and permanently recorded.

Submitted by Eve Peacock ~ *author unknown

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2003 Year End Awards

2004 Year End Awards

2005 Year End Awards

2006 Year End Awards

2007 Year End Awards

2008 Year End Awards (coming soon!)

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2009 Show & Trial Results

*~~~* Sweetheart Classic *~~~*

Louis Pearce Pavilion
College Station, Texas

(Friday) Feb. 13, 2009

Conformation
Non-Regular Judge ~ Andrea Torres

BOBP ~ Slydrocks Raise Your Glass, bred/owned by Donna Doubler
BOSP ~ Callisto's Jeepers, bred/owned by Gail Karamalegos
Best Veteran ~ A-Ch. Bon Chance Eclipse of Fire DNA-CP, CGC, bred/owned by Bonnie Ranney

Regular Judge ~ SBJ Melinda Gann

Best Junior Handler ~ Adrianne Tullier
Reserve Junior Handler ~ Mackenzie Mobley
A-WD ~ Slydrocks Hobnobs With Marquis, bred by Donna Doubler, owned by Liz Carter
A-RWD ~ Sailaway's Sea Me Go, bred by Alice Brock, owned by Stacy Selman
A-WB/BOW ~ Shalako's Spirit of Bonfire, bred by Shelly Hollen, owned by Pamela Meeks
A-BOB ~ A-Ch.It's All About Me, bred by Carolyn Miller, owned by Sheri Bacon
A-BOS ~ Alt. Ch. Rainyday's Howdoyoulikemenow? bred by Kate Phillips-Ellis & Linda Phillips, owned by Dorinda Pugh

WD ~ Ivory Isle's L.L. Bean, bred by Amanda Hutchinson, owned by Shelly Hollen
RWD ~ Acclaim's Full Throttle, bred/owned by Della & Harvey Brock
WB/BOW/BOS ~ Mi-T Oreo Double Stuff, bred by Kym Base, owned by Vicki Tullier & Janet Boursier
BOB ~ Ch. Casa Blanca's Magnum Blast, bred by Judy Chard, owned by Erin Welch

(Saturday AM) Feb. 14, 2009

Conformation
Regular Judge ~ SBJ Rick Gann

Best Junior Handler ~ Adrianne Tullier
Reserve Junior Handler ~ Mackenzie Mobley
BOBP ~ Chase's Whiskey River of Po, bred by Chrissy Lyon, owned by Sue Fullington
BOSP ~ Black Pearl Moondance, bred by Cheryl Craig, owned by Beth Walgren & Hope McQueen
Best Veteran ~ Ch. Rainyday Girlsjuswannahavfun, bred/owned by Kate Phillips-Ellis & Linda Phillips

A-WD ~ Breezy Oaks Alexander Julian, bred by Jimmeye Moore, owned by Barbara Gray
A-RWD ~ Slydrocks Hobnobs With Marquis, bred by Donna Doubler, owned by Liz Carter
A-WB/BOW ~ Shalako's Spirit of Bonfire, bred by Shelly Hollen, owned by Pamela Meek
A-BOB ~ Alt. Ch. Bon Chance Heavens Ablaze, bred/owned by Bonnie Ranney
A-BOS ~ Alt. Ch. Rainyday's Howdoyoulikemenow? bred by Kate Phillips-Ellis & Linda Phillips, owned by Dorinda Pugh

WD/BOW ~ Aladdin's Solar Eclipse, bred by Diana Farthing, owned by Mari Jo Sharer & Kyla Cole
RWD ~ Acclaim's Full Throttle, bred/owned by Della & Harvey Brock
WB ~ Shadowrun's Surfs Up!, bred/owned by Kristin Rush
RWB ~ Mi-T Oreo Double Stuff, bred by Kym Base, owned by Vicki Tullier & Janet Boursier
BOB ~ Ch. Rainyday's Time After Time, bred/owned by Kate Phillips-Ellis & Linda Phillips
BOS ~ Ch. Casa Blanca's Magnum Blast, bred by Judy Chard, owned by Erin Welch

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