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In The AKC Ring
"And this... is what it's all about."
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Here's what's showing in 2019
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Finished AKC Ch's
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2016 - received AKC Breeder Achievement award. |
CH
BCPoms Gotta Love Lucy "Lucy" DOB 02/14/16 Finished 2018 Currently being shown by Lori and myself
www.So-MeHandling.com |
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CH
BCPoms You Otter Be Me
"Ollie" DOB 10/05/2014 Finished 09/2016 Finished and currently being shown by Lori in the breed ring.
www.So-MeHandling.com |
CH
BCPoms
Summertime Twist "Sunny"
DOB 05/22/2013 Finished 06/2016 Finished by Lori Solomon
www.So-MeHandling.com
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CH
BCPoms Shot In The Dark
"Shooter"
DOB 12/16/2012 Finished
2016
Lovingly shown by Stacey Dickinson
and Lori Solomon
www.So-MeHandling.com
Bred by me - Owned by Stacey Dickinson & Me
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CH
BCPoms
Parti With The Stars "Starr"
DOB 12/09/2013 Finished 06/2016 Finished by Lori Solomon
www.So-MeHandling.com
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GCHB CH
BCPoms Mozart's Toy Symphony "Mozart"
DOB 12/30/2013 Finished
02/2016 GCH 2019
Shown and finished by
Lori Solomon www.So-MeHandling.com
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CH
BCPoms The Skky's The Limit
"Skky"
DOB 01/05/2013
Finished 07/2015
Shown and finished by
Lori Solomon
www.So-MeHandling.com
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CH
BCPoms a Mothers Rose
"Rosie"
DOB 05/15/2012 Finished 2014
Shown by Lori Solomon
www.So-MeHandling.com
GCH CH
BCPoms Out For Victory
"Tory"
DOB 05/15/2012 Finished 2014
Shown to CH by myself and Lori, shown to GCH by
Lori Solomon
www.So-MeHandling.com
GCH CH
BCPoms Shimmering Sno Angel
"Angel"
DOB 05/11/2009
Championship finished entirely from the BBE ring.
Specialed by Lori Solomon
www.So-MeHandling.com
to her GCH
GCH CH
BC n' WGA What's Your Flava
"Twista" DOB
04/29/2010
Twista started showing and accomplished his first 6 points,
including his first major, with me in BBE,
then was shown by Lori Solomon
www.So-MeHandling.com to CH and Grand CH.
GRAND CHAMPION;
6 BOB, 3 Group
2 and 6 Group 4.
CH
BCPoms Chantilly Lace
"Chantilly"
DOB 03/05/10
AKC BOB winner -
finished with three majors in an economy where it is very
difficult to find majors.
Handled exclusively by Lori Solomon
www.So-MeHandling.com
CH
GnBC's Between
Friends W ShelleLee "Buddy"
DOB 11/20/06
AKC BOB
winner
Co-Owned with ShelleLee Poms & Gemini Poms
Handled by Lori Solomon (9 points, including his first
major) and finished by Celeste Solano.
CH
BCPoms Dancin' Giggles-n-Grins
"Giggles"
DOB 11/03/06
UKC CH My first home bred
Champion.
Giggles was shown by Geri Arnold
www.ArnetteHandling.com
CH
Xena's Silver Mojo CGC
"Mojo" DOB 11/15/01
AKC CH / Intl CH / UKC BIS Grand CH AKC
BOB win and 2 UKC BIS wins
Mojo's first
Major was handled by Rox Mellem of
www.SoMePoms.com,
his second was by myself then he was finished by Geri Arnold
with two more Majors and a BOB.
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Obedience/Agility/Tracking Past and Present
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BCPoms Wookie Warrior BN, RA, NAP, NJP, NFP "Gavin" Gavin is owned and shown by Stacy Dickinson
BCPoms Cloud's Final Bow
NTD
"Kodiak"
DOB
03/07/2010
Kodiak is owned and shown by Michelle Gordon
BCPoms Dancehall Floozie
NAJ
"Mattie"
DOB
03/09/2008 - 2017
Mattie is owned and shown by Ann Griffith Morris
Photos by
www.ninasphotography.com
BCPoms Mr. Tuff Guy
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"Bogie"
DOB
04/07/2005 - 2016
Bogie is loved, owned and shown by Ann Griffith Morris
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DON'T
YOU DARE STEAL MY JOY
by Connie Cleveland
On the occasion of my tenth anniversary, my husband
asked me how I wanted to celebrate. I asked that we
take a very dear friend, my adopted grandmother and
one of the greatest of all the great southern
ladies, out to dinner with us.
At dinner, my husband, Brian, presented me with a
diamond ring. It was gorgeous and I was speechless,
but even as I thanked him, I worried about the
expense and extravagance of such a gift. As if he
knew that the next line belonged to my grandmother,
my husband excused himself from the table. He
was barely out of sight when she reached across the
table and grabbed me by the shoulder, "I know what
you're thinking, I know you think he couldn't afford
it and it's too extravagant. I don't care if he had
to put a second mortgage on the house to buy it,
don't you steal his joy! It's beautiful. Accept it
as the token of his love that it is and say nothing
about how he shouldn't have bought it for you." Then
she repeated, "Don't you dare steal his joy!"
That was the end of the conversation. She sat back
in her seat, smiled at my returning husband, and we
had a lovely dinner. I took her advice and put my
reservations out of my mind. The ring has never come
off my finger, but most importantly, I learned a
wonderfully important lesson, never to steal
another man's joy.
Are you a joy stealer?
"You know if my dog hadn't gone down on the sit, I
would have won the class",
said, unfeelingly, to the winner.
"I sure didn't think your dog worked that high a
score."
"I can't believe you placed, I thought Jane Oneup
and her dog would beat you."
"I thought I had that class won! My dog had a great
performance, " said to the winner.
"Isn't that judge an idiot? I can't believe the dogs
he put up!" said to the winner.
"Boy, aren't you glad Mrs Winallthetime wasn't here
today or you might not have won."
"You passed that Master test because the water blind
was so easy."
"That was the stupidest set of water marks I've ever
seen. No trial should end that easily,"
said to the winner.
Do you discourage or encourage fellow competitors?
Do you tell them their goals are too lofty and their
dreams too big? Are you trying to be helpful or
trying to keep them from accomplishing something
that you never had the ability or perseverance to do
yourself? It is equally as harmful to steal joy by
destroying the dream.
"No Basset Hounds get UD's," said to the owner of
the Bassett in Utility class.
"I've never seen a Rottweiler that could do fronts
and finishes",
said to the owner of the Rottweiler practicing
fronts and finishes.
"Do you have any idea how hard it is to get a UD and
a Master Hunter? Do you know how few people have
ever done it?" said to the first time dog owner
setting out to do both.
When FC AFC OTCH Law Abiding Ezra had both his field
championships and 65 OTCH points including all the
necessary first places, someone had the guts to come
up to me, his owner, trainer and handler and say,
"No dog will ever be a field champion and an
obedience champion." My jaw drops when I think about
it. Isn't it unfortunate that I remember this
attempt at stealing my joy much more than I remember
all the cards and letters and congratulations I
received when those last 35 points were earned?
If you are willing to destroy someone's dream,
perhaps you don't realize that it is the JOY of
pursuing the dream that keeps the dreamer motivated,
not just reaching the accomplishment.
My husband and I travel and compete together. I
remember an event, early in our relationship when I
watched his Doberman fail articles. "Darn it, " I
said, as he came out of the ring," she didn't even
try to find the right one!" "Oh", he replied, "but,
weren't her heeling and signals wonderful?"
Unknowingly, I had almost stolen his joy. He was
celebrating the improvement on the exercise that had
been giving him trouble, and I was focused on the
failure. Since that experience, Brian and I have
learned that the best response to a questionable
performance, "What did you think?" That way, if the
handler is excited about some aspect of the
performance, you can share that excitement. If the
handler is disappointed in another aspect, you can
share the disappointment. You are safely removed
from being a joy stealer.
I hope you have a lot of dreams and goals for your
dogs in the coming year. Undoubtedly there will be
moments of disappointment as you venture through the
landmines of injury, failures and other setbacks.
Remember that the joy of the journey is worth the
difficulties along the way and don't let anyone
steal that joy. Guard it well and at he end of the
road you can own it and revel in it with all the
other memories of the trip.
Be supportive of your co-exhibitors.
Don't "Steal" their joy.
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