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2011:Year of HomebredChampions


 

2010 went out with a bang. By October when they were 10 months old, three of the Marco X Punkin puppies had earned 35 AKC conformation points, including six major wins. One of Brian's main goals as an Afghan Hound breeder was to someday breed an AKC champion. By the end of March 2011 Shining Mountain had three homebred champions. What a ride :-)


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Kleo was ranked #14 in Grand Champion points at the end of June.


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Kleo finished her AKC Grand Championship at her home show in Billngs, Montana on June 23, just a year after she began her show career there. She had 12 Grand Champion major wins under 12 different judges in the three month long Grand Champion quest. She has qualified for the Eukanuba National Champonships in Orlando, Florida in December. From left to right: Judge Charles Olvis, owner Larry Herman, handler Dinah Baggenstos, breeder Laura Wood, owner Maria Herman, breeder Brian Wood, groomer Chris Davis, and trainer Arial Harper.


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Kleo looks all grown up in Spokane, Washington on May 28. Two days later she got her first Best of Breed and Hound Group placement with a G3 in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. After those shows she was rated #20 in the US for Grand Champion Points in 2011.


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Can CH Hammid's Shaherazad Shamalan (Punkin) won a 5-point major in Lewiston, Idaho on Easter weekend. She hasn't been to a show since she finisned her Canadian championship in the summer of 2009. As the mother of two AKC champions (Kleo and Rusty), Punkin has nothing to prove, but it was a nice win anyway.


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Kween Kleopatra of Shining Mtn (Kleo) finished her AKC championship in Scottsbluff, Nebraska on April 1. After the Lewiston shows, she had earned 19 points toward the 25 required for her Grand Championship. She is a Marco X Punkin daughter from our December 2009 litter. Kleo is owned by Maria and Larry Herman from Laurel, Montana.


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Marco X Cat puppy Night Moves of Shining Mountain (Koolio) won 9 points at Lewiston, Idaho April 22-25. This is his 2nd major win there, this time under judge Murrel Purkhiser.


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Kleo's brother Amber Waves of Shining Mtn (Rusty) finished his AKC championship in Seattle on March 13 two weeks ahead of his sister. He was handled by co-owner Tracy Farmer.


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Hosanna's Leviathon (Levi) is a Harley X Cat puppy from July 2009. He is our first homebred champion, finishing his AKC championship in Indianapolis, Indiana on February 11. He is living with owner Lynda Farley in Kentucky.


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Koolio's cream brother Bright Moon at Dawn of Shining Mountain won a 5-point Best of Winners major at Puyallup, Washington on January 16, 2011. Here he is in Seattle with co-owner Nancy Geoghegan.


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Here is Butterball trotting in Puyallup with co-owner Nancy Geoghegan.