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Sarah and Nick win Hound Group 1, OH Hound Group 1 and OH Best In Show!!

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I had an incredible weekend with Nick this weekend.

Nick, (MBIS MBISS GCHP Kazuri’s All I Want For Christmas CGC ATT BCAT TKN) won Bov each day at the Chintimini Kennel Club in Albany OR. Thank you to judges Ms Pamela S Lambie, Mr Ronald Lukins and Mr David J Kirkland for finding Nick in the breed ring.

On Friday, Nick won BOV made the cut in the Hound Group under judge Mr David J Kirkland.

On Saturday, Nick won BOV and received a Hound Group 4 under judge Ms Pamela S Lambie

And on Sunday we won BOV and a Hound Group 1 under Mr Ronald Lukins, and an OH Group 1 under Mr David J Kirkland, and onto OHBIS under judge Mrs Ainslie L Mills!!

I am so proud of Nick who gives it all every time he steps into the ring. I am so proud of how far we have come after only 4 weekends together as a team!

Nick is handled by me, as his owner and breeder. I am so thankful of course to co-owners/co-breeders Mike and Karen for laying the most incredible foundation for me to step into with Nick.

The road to Double Plantium continues for us ❤️❤️

Win photos to come – the rain set in Sunday so we apologize about the dark indoor photo!

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Incredible weekend at Albany OR

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I am going to do two posts about this weekend.

Can I just say that going to shows and sharing them with friends makes it so so amazing! Community over competition is my favorite saying and I will stick by it – having friends to cheer on and cheer you on makes it all the sweeter.

Okay – where to begin? Some of these dogs we don’t have photos for (yet). I am just going to say a huge THANK YOU to judges Ms Pam Ramey Lambie, Mr Ron Lukins , Mr David Kirkland , Mrs Ainslie Mills and Mrs Betsy Horn Humer for these amazing wins.

Savannah (GCHB Kazuri’s Gonna Be Peachy) went BOSV and then 2x BOV, with a OHG2 to top it off to finish her Bronze GCH and her OG Bronze titles. She is always shown (and very loved) by Malia Throop.

Murphy (RBIS GCHB Kazuri’s Everything’s Gonna Be Alright) went BOV on Firday under Ms Pamela Lambie.

Gypsy (Joyful Noise N Kazuri Just Lace and Paper Flowers) went WB/BOW/Best Opp for her final major and pending AKC is a new Champion shown by the lovely Cheyenne Calvert

Pickles (Kazuri’s Gonna Be a Big Dill) went WB/Best Opp for her 2nd major towards her CH title shown by Jr handler Peter Tae Meziere

Basil (Joyful Noise It Takes More than Fancy Flying) went WB/Best Opp for a major towards her CH title shown by breeder/owner Dolly Metzger-Stearns

Malibu (Kazuri’s Blue Skies over Malibu) went WD/BOW on both days he showed, to gain 2 more majors towards his championship – he just needs a couple of singles to finish after only a couple of weekends in the ring

Callie (GCHB Kazuri’s Everything’s Sugar N Spice BCAT ATT) played in the Juniors and breed ring with her friend Savannah and I loved watching them work more and more as a team together

Lyric went Bpup HoundG1/Bpup BIS her 2nd time in the ring with Dolly!

We had so much fun as a community – one of our RV neighbors even made a point to come over to say how lovely it was to watch the friendship and support and hear the laughter from our spot. That made me just as proud as the wins. Thats what it’s all about. ❤

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Pickles picks up 2 majors in Albany

PICKLES (Kazuri’s Gonna Be A Big Dill) garnered her 2nd and 3rd majors from the puppy classes, in only 2 weekends of showing, for a total of 12 points, I am guessing she will be finished before we know it.

On Saturday, she went WB/BOW/BOS over a special for a 5 point major under judge Erika N Wyatt.

On Sunday she went WB for a 3 point major under judge Ms Marilyn L Van Vleit.

Pickles was bred by Sarah Sweetman and is co-owned/loved by herself and Sarah Smith-Falkner.

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Vada Potato wins 3 back to back BPUP Hound Groups

Vada Potato is from Willow and Murphy and is 4.5 months. We had a show in Albany and they were hosting 3 days of “BPUP” for the 4-6 month old puppies which is a low key fun way for them to see what this showing thing is all about.

The judges Mr John Mayhall, Ms Annella Cooper and Mrs Donna M Gilbert were so loving and sweet and gave all the puppies such a great experience.

Vada (Kazuri N Joyful Noise Sunshine On A Cloudy Day) aka Potato took everything in her stride – she moved beautifully and held her stack on the table and group despite all the sight and sounds of the other rings. I couldn’t be prouder as a breeder and owner of this sweet smart little girl.

She won Hound Group 1 all 3 days and showed her socks off (no win) in “best puppy”.

These photos were taken from videos so please excuse the quality.

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New Champion OZZY!!!

Ozzy came into his first show of 2025 needing 2 majors and 8 points total (so if he got 3 point majors he would have needed a couple of singles too).

Knowing there would be potential majors in Albany OR, I entered Ozzy hoping he might be able to garner those points and finish.

Well – finish he did. I asked for Cheyenne Calvert’s help since I can’t take 2 dogs in the ring at the same time so I am thankful for her.

The first day, under judge Ms Rhonda DeSilva, Ozzy went WD/BOW/BOV for a 5 point major. Talk about crazy amazing. He then made the final 6 cut in Hound Group under judge Mrs Christine Erickson – from the classes!

The second day he went WD for another 2 points under judge Erika N Wyatt. On Sunday he went WD/BOW for his final major to finish under judge Ms Marilyn L Van Vleit.

Talk about so proud. Our first Kazuri CH for 2025. CH Kazuri N Joyful Noise Just Over The Rainbow

Congratulations to his “mommy” Tesla and co-breeder/co-owner Dolly