DCGNY in the Ring

Dublin – GCH Prestige N’ Dynasty’s Right Here Right Now (Upper Left), owned by Jackie McIlhenny & DCGNY member Beth A. Johnson was awarded Select Dog under breeder judge Deidre Rahn at the Bronx Kennel Club Show.

Kodak – Prestige’s Kodak Moment (Upper Middle), owned by DCGNY members Nicole Forbes & Beth A. Johnson, was awarded Winners Dog for a 3 point major from the 9-12 months puppy class at the New Brunswick Kennel Club show Friday March 22.  At the DCCNJ Independent specialty he was awarded Best In Sweeps under breeder judge Shannon Pratt and followed that up Sunday at the Bronx Kennel Club show with Winners Dog, Best of Winners for a 4 point major under breeder judge Deidre Rahn. 

And not to be outdone; their mother Madeline GCH Dakota N’ Prestige’s Take Me Home CGC ROM (Upper Right) was awarded Best of Opposite Sex at the DCCNJ specialty in conjunction with the New Brunswick Kennel Club show under judge Dr. Joyce Dandridge.  Madeline followed that up the next day with an Award Of Merit under breeder judge Deidre Rahn.

Nevis – Prestige’s Somewhere Over the Rainbow (Lower), owned by Jennifer Harkins and DCGNY member Beth A. Johnson, was awarded Winner’s Bitch for a 3 point major from the Bred By class under judge Richard Todd Jackson at the DCCNJ Independent specialty Saturday March 23.  

“Bogie”, Shamrock N Erin’s Here’s Looking at You Kid, was Best Junior in Sweeps at the South Shore Kennel Club on Saturday, September 18, 2010 in Falmouth, MA under Judge Mary M. Rein. Bogie was bred by member Sharon Lyons and Catherine Ann Raver and is owned by member Quinn and her co-owner Raver.

Bogie’s brother, “Sam”, Shamrock N Sparkyanna’s Play it Again Sam, outdid his sibling the following day, Sunday, September 19, 2010, at the Cape Cod Kennel Club at the same show site under Judge Irene V. Fonseca. He not only took Best Junion in Sweeps, but went on to Best in Sweeps. Sam was bred by member Sharon Lyons and Catherine Anna Raver and is owned by member Jackie Quinn and her co-owner Raver. Wonderful wins for a pair of brothers that are just six months old!

At the same show, Reserve Winners Bitch to a four-point major was “Zeva”, Shamrock N Erin’s Lady Luck, under judge Loraine Boutwell.

Members with dogs earning Grand Champion points at the show were Margaret Keenen with “Demi”, Ch. Keenen’s Reflection-N-Time and Jackie Quinn and David and Barbara Garceau with “Sean” Ch. Shamrock N S.Xposur Rocketman.

On Monday, September 6, 2010 at the Schooleys Mountain Kennel Club under Judge Sari Brewster Tietjen, Dynasty’s Lights Out, “Cole”, was Winners Dog and Best of Winners for one point. Dynasty’s You Better You Bet, “Lita”, earned one point taking Winners Bitch and Best of Opposite.

On Saturday, September 11, 2010, at the DCGNY fall specialty held in North Branch, NJ, at the Somerset Hills Kennel Club, Ch. Dynasty’s I’m One, “TJ”, was select dog for a four-point major toward his Grand Championship. This was TJ’s first time being shown since the Grand Championship title was offered.

Cole, Lita and Dynasty were all bred and are owned and handled by member Jackie McIlhenny. Congratulations!