DDBSA 2008 National Specialty - Loveland, CO
Evergreen's Big Bruiser - 12 month old Hugo son
Best of Breed: Scarlet de Legeane, owned by Angie & Scott Reed
Best of Opposite Sex: Evergreen's Big Bruiser, owned by Angie & Scott Reed, handled by Jessica Reed
A very special thank you to the Rising Star family, extended family & friends who supported us at the show!!
We are very proud to report that there were 6 of Hugo's offspring at the show and all did very well! It was great to see everyone again and we are so grateful to all of the owners and the wonderful job they have done with their pups. Hugo and I are thrilled with our new extended family!
Evergreen's Big Bruiser -
1st place 12-18 males, Best of Opposite at 12 months old! - owned by Angie,
handled expertly by Jessica Reed
Evergreen's Indigo Skye - 1st place 12-18 females, owned by Cheryl Ozbirn
Evergreen's Prima Donna (Gigi) - 2nd place 12-18 females, owned by Hilary Branscum & Amy Norman
Oak Hollow D'Star Bogilicious - 9-12 male class, owned by Hilary Branscum
Oak Hollow Dolce Vita Star - 2nd place 9-12 female class, owned by Amy Norman
Fiona la Enchanteresse - 3rd place 6-9 female class, owned by Gale Bandsma
We have many more pics that will be added in the weeks to come. Thank you to those that took and posted these online! Check back soon...
Shrek received many awards on Friday night; #5 male for 2007, #8 overall for 2007 and the most exciting of all....#8 IN THE HISTORY OF THE DDBSA!!! That means he is in the top 10 dogues from 1997-2007.
Hugo received awards for being #3 male for 2007, #6 overall for 2007, and #6 combined overall 1997-2007!!
Bella received awards for being the #5 overall 1997-2007 and #5 overall Grand Champion points. That means we now have THREE dogs in the overall top 10 for the DDBSA!!!
Oak Hollow D'Star Bogilicious with mum, Hilary Branscum.
Oak Hollow Dolce Vita Star with mom, Amy Norman. 2nd place 9-12 month Female class!
Evergreen's Indigo Skye owned by Cheryl Ozbirn. Indy placed 1st in the 12-18 month female class!
Evergreen's Prima Donna (Gigi), owned by Hilary Branscum & Amy Norman. Gigi placed 2nd in the 12-18 month class!
Fiona la Enchanteresse - 6 month old Hugo daughter owned by Gale Bandsma. Placed 3rd in the 6-9 females class!
Shrek placed 2nd in the Top 10 on Friday night with tough competition. On Sunday, he rated EXCELLENT under Madame Class and placed 4th in the American Bred class. My sincere thanks to Craig Lynn for handling Shrek to these placements. They show beautifully together and it is a sight to see!!
Hugo in the stud dog competition with Bruiser and Indy
Shrek and Fiona won "least original costume", since they ARE Shrek and Fiona. :) Special thanks to Gale for making such amazing costumes!!
Shrek participates in a Rally workshop. It was our first attempt at this, Shrek did much better than Mom!!
Hugo placed 4th in the Bred-by class
Zizi showed in the tough Open Class. She did very well in the ring, considering this was her first show in the US and still getting used to life here in the states.