AFTER A 4 MONTH BREAK, RUDDER GOES WINNERS DOG FOR A 5 POINT MAJOR AT THE HUDSON VALLEY SPECIALTY!  HE NOW NEEDS A MAJOR TO FINISH HIS CHAMPIONSHIP.

3 WINS IN 3 DAYS!!
WE'RE PROUD OF OUR RUD BUD. 
HERE ARE HIS WIN PHOTOS:

RUDDER HAS EARNED POINTS IN 4 STRAIGHT SHOWS.  HE'S UP TO 10 NOW AND IS MINORED OUT.  KELLY HAS DONE A SUPERB JOB OF CONDITIONING, TRAINING AND SHOWING OUR LATEST STAR. CONGRATULATONS RUDDER AND KELLY, YOU TWO ARE INDEED A DREAM TEAM!

HERE'S A GREAT MOVING SHOT OF RUDDER AT A RECENT SHOW...

RUDDER

WE LOVE RUDDER'S UPBEAT PERSONALITY, ALWAYS HAPPY AND HAVING FUN.  IN RUDDER'S WORLD, LIFE IS GOOD!

RUDDER HAS HIS FINAL CLEARANCES:

OFA GOOD HIPS
OFA NORMAL ELBOWS
EYES CLEAR 11/09
CARDIOLOGIST CLEAR 11/08

RUDDER'S PEDIGREE:

http://www.k9data.com/pedigree.asp?ID=254051

AS WE EXPECTED, RUDDER MATURED SLOWLY AND LIKE HIS SIRE, T, AND GRANDSIRE, TRAVIS, GOOD THINGS ARE WORTH THE WAIT.  NOW THAT HE IS 3 YEARS OLD, WE THINK HE'LL EASILY FINISH HIS CHAMPIONSHIP.

 THIS STRIKING DOG IS SIRED BY OUR "T".  HIS DAM  IS
CH. CLARKCREEK ISADORA GROWSELLINI AND WE ARE VERY GRATEFUL TO MELISSA AND STEVE JOHNSTON FOR ENTRUSTING US WITH SUCH A SPECIAL DOG.

RUDDER WILL BEGIN HIS CHAMPIONSHIP QUEST IN 2010.

 
WELL HE DIDN'T GET A RIBBON IN SWEEPS OR REGULAR AT THE NATIONAL BUT HE HAD ONE HECK OF A GOOD TIME IN THE RING!  RUDDER WON THE CLASS CLOWN AWARD EACH TIME HE WAS SHOWN AND EVEN THOUGH HE WAS A SILLY EXUBERANT BOY HE MADE IT TO THE FINAL CUT IN BOTH CLASSES IN SPITE OF HIMSELF. THIS PHOTO SHOWS JUST ONE OF HIS MANY "MOVES"!! 

RUDDER HAD A GREAT TIME AT THE LONG ISLAND SPECIALTY WHERE HE WAS AWARDED RESERVE WINNERS DOG FROM THE 9 TO 12 MONTH PUPPY CLASS!  WE SEE A BRIGHT FUTURE FOR THIS HANDSOME YOUNGSTER WITH THE VERY SPECIAL PERSONALITY!