On February 8, 2011
our girl UKC GRCH/AKC CH/CKC CH/IABCA INT’L CH
Kiva-AH’s A
Moment In Time, CGC
“Journey” gave birth to her first litter of five
little
boys and one little
girl. The litter was sired by UKC GRCH/AKC CH
Fuji’s After
Burner, CGC
“Turbo”.
As
a small breeder
located in the city I had not planned to keep a puppy from this
litter… And
since I only kept girls the one girl we had was promised
already.
I’ve
never kept a male from this breed and had never planned to because of
the girls
on premise… However, a friend said, “If you decide
to keep
a boy he could come
visit when his mom was in season.” That opened a door of
possibilities I’d not
considered before so I began to really watch the litter in a different
light.
There
was this one
little yellow collar boy that kept catching my eye. I had always called
him the
“observer” since he usually would be sitting back
away from
the pack while they
were being naughty and rowdy; rushing to the front of the pen when
someone
entered the room. He was quiet and observant but out of the
six
of them
the most relaxed and attentive and obviously much attached to
me.
I
couldn’t shake the feeling that perhaps this little boy had a
place here with
us.
I
had the litter
evaluated with little yellow collar heading the list of pick puppy for
the
litter. At that point his fate and mine were
sealed. I had
already
come to adore him, was already deciding on what I was going to name
him, had
announced to my friend that yes, okay…. I was keeping a male
from this
litter. She laughed and said, “Hell has finally
frozen
over, Lynn is
keeping a boy dog!” Little did I know what journey
we were
about to
embark on!
Named
AH’s Gabriel’s
Song Of The Trump aka “Seven” because Gabriel was
the
seventh Arch Angel in
Heaven, seven is the number of perfection of Heaven and my favorite
number, and
because he is the actually the seventh American Eskimo Dog
I’ve
kept for myself
in this breed. He has absolutely been a gift from Heaven to
me!!!
Seven
attended his
first Novice Puppy shows in July of 2011 earning 1 RBIMBS Puppy and 3
BIMBS
Puppy out of six shows that weekend! He finished his UKC
Champion
title
September 2011 at the tender age of seven months. He
completed
his UKC
Grand Champion title April 2012 at the age of fourteen
months.
Seven
ended the year 2012 #2 in UKC’s Top Ten. He also
completed
his CGC title
February 2012 at one year of age.
Our
young man has
earned multiple RBIMBS & BIMBS awards along with multiple group
wins in his
young years and is currently ranked in UKC’s Top Ten for
2013. He is an
AKC CH with one point needed to finish his AKC GR CH title and major
pointed
CKC Canadian needing just a few single points to finish his CKC CH
title.
To
have earned the
rank and title of National Grand Champion/National Best Of Breed and a
Best In
Multi-Breed Show at our National show is an honor of a
lifetime!
Something we’ve worked toward for a very long
time... To
have it actually
come to fruition was an amazing thing! I have to say that
when
our judge
called the armband number for his pick of the class… I
actually
had to look at
my number to make sure I heard correctly… You
could have
knocked me over
with a feather I was so overwhelmed!
I
wish to thank all our judges who have awarded Seven’s
accomplishments these past two years and especially honorable judge
Patrick
O’Donnell for his placement and award of Nat’l GR
CH/Nat’l BOB to Seven and the
esteemed award of Best In Multi-Breed Show on our National day!
Sire:
UKC GR CH/AKC CH Fuji's After Burner, CGC aka "Turbo"
Dam: UKC
GR CH/AKC CH/CKC CH/INT'L CH Kiva-AH's
A Moment In Time, AOM CGC aka "Journey"
"Seven"
is
our newest 2011 addition to AngelHeart-Eskies.
Our
first male that we've ever kept in this breed. About 12 weeks
in
the picture to the left... Always watching, intent on what was going on
in the household. So much more attentive than the girls ever
were
at this age.
Named
Seven because he's actually the seventh American Eskimo Dog I've ever
kept and the number seven is one of my favorite numbers... Let's see if
it holds true :-)
In
the picture to the right you can see him already learning the ropes of
the deck. His Auntie Hope to his left, with mom Journey in
the
middle and Hope's dam Ruby to the far right. He was already a
member of the pack at such a small age.. And such a joy to watch
as he interacted with "Da Girls".
Fourteen
weeks with the goofiest look on his face.. I was told that
boy
dogs were much different than the girls. I'm beginning to
find
that out. While the girls are loving and interactive it seems
as
though this little boy is very much more focused on me and more willing
to lie on the recliner with me in the evenings. More so than
his
dam Journey ever was and she was a regular cling-on at this age.
Five
months
old here and attending his very first UKC show as a Novice Puppy.
Standing by the ring watching what's going on. He
really
enjoyed being out in the grass and around the other dogs.
He
did quite well at the 2011 UKC Washington Classic. He earned
one Reserve Best In show Novice Puppy and three Best In Show Novice
Puppy out
of six shows total. These are his ribbons we took back to the office on
Monday...
2011
UKC Washington Classic
Seven's
win pictures from the Washington Classic.
We
had a wonderful time at the Classic as you can see. I'm
excited to enter Seven in regular classes and look forward to his
upcoming UKC, AKC & CKC career as he matures and makes his mark!
UKC CHAMPION
UPDATE!!!!!
Seven
finished his UKC Champion title September 25, 2011 at the age of
seven months with Best Of Winners Major adding to his Best Of Winners
Major from Madras, OR show in August. He also had a couple of
Best Males to go with them. Now we start our Champion Class
competition and see how we do... We'll need 5 Champion Class
wins to finish his Grand Champion title with UKC...
Canadian Kennel Club News
Seven
earned Best Of Breed, Best Puppy of Breed, and Best Bred By
Exhibitor of Breed both Saturday and Sunday at the Canadian Tradex Show
Halloween weekend 2011. He also took us to group
both days and on Saturday he made the cut out of 18 dogs in the group.
The judge pulled 8 dogs out for her final cut and while he
didn't place 1st through 4th just making the cut at such a
young age was an awesome win for me. He was just 8 months
old.
The
fun part was that they were taping that day for TSN
to be aired mid December 2011. So we've been on TV already.
I've ordered the DVD to watch once it arrives.
An
even better win that day was Bred By Exhibitor Group... Seven earned
Best Bred By Exhibitor in Group that day. I can't tell you
how wonderful that made me feel. Believe it or not......it
would have superseded even a Best In Show.. It's
the icing on the cake for a breeder... :-)
The
2012 show season is upon us starting this month January 2012... We have
the Puyallup, WA show mid January, Portland, OR the 3rd weekend of
January and then we're leaving for Phoenix, AZ for the UKC
shows the last weekend of January. Here's hoping we have more to add to
this page.
AH's
Gabriel's Song Of The Trump at 8 months
Here's
a link
for our on-going photo album for Seven. I plan to continue
to add to it as he grows. Come back and visit often
and
watch our newest addition as he matures and continues
his
conformation career!