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[kintra]

Thank you all so much! I'm very proud of my little monster:D. My handstripping skills are still coming along, both my mentors Mary and Kari have worked endless hours working with me, but I think we're finally getting there. Oddly enough, stripping Wirehairs has helped immensely with my Cairn grooming.

[kintra]

Well, since its been awhile since I've posted pictures (and I don't have any new Zach ones) I thought I'd post a few of two Cairns I handle.

This was the first Cairn that I ever competitively specialed/won multiple group placements with/won a group with/handled in breed at Westminster/handled in breed at Eukanuba/had ranked in the top five/won a Best in Specialty with.
He lives with his breeder/owner a mile away from me and after specialing him in America in 2005, Mary allowed me to be a co-owner on Watson so I could handle him in Juniors as a backup for Zach.
Multi BISS/Can. BIS/Multi Group Winning American/Canadian/International Ch. Paragon's Well Chosen "Watson"
These first candids are from the January specialty in Minnesota where Watson won Best Veteran in Sweepstakes and Best in Specialty Show his first time out as a Veteran (at 7 years, 1 day old). Before this show, he hadn't stepped foot in a ring for nearly three years, but he still showed his heart out


Kisses for Mary and me after taking BISS...we were both in tears at this point


For some reason I don't have his win photos scanned onto my laptop...oops!

These other candids are from the June specialty in Minnesota, where Watson did it again by winning Best Veteran in Sweepstakes and Best in Specialty Show from the Veteran's class. (Fun side note...his daughter, pictured below, took Best of Opposite)




And here's an old picture of us, our first time at Westminster

[kintra]

And I'm very pleased to be able to introduce a Watson daughter that Mary and I both handle, Group placing Ch. Paragon's Rock My World "Petra".
This little girl looks like her dam and shows like her daddy...I've been very pleased to have the chance to handle her on multiple occasions.

At the January specialty


Chicago IKC weekend (she also took Winners/BOW another day as well)


From the classes, she took the breed over many very competitive specials...including the dog who took Breed at Westminster two weeks prior to this show

The friend I worked for at Chicago IKC and her bred-by Pug, then me with Petra

And I did find a fun photo of Zach from a few years back...a few of us had some free time at a show

[i_love_my_puppy]

Wow! Congratulations on all the wins! He looks so well groomed and handsome, he looks so proud of himself and so he should be!!!! No apology required, well done!