2010

2010 GETS OFF TO A GOOD START WITH TEMPERATURES ABOVE FREEZING FOR THE FIRST TIME IN YEARS. JUDGE DON EMSLIE AWARDS DAZZLE HER FIRST GROUP PLACEMENT OF THE YEAR, A GROUP 4.

THE NEXT MORNING JUDGE PEGGY OTERO OF MEXICO AWARDS DAZZLE BEST OF BREED.

FEBRUARY 4, 2010 IS NOT A GOOD DAY, CH. GLENSCOTS' LORD OF THE DANCE (LAURIE) PASSED AWAY IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT. HE WAS QUIET THE NIGHT BEFORE SITTING ON MY LAP AND DURING THE NIGHT I WOKE AT A COMMOTION DOWN IN THE KENNEL. WE WERE WAITING TO GET HOLD OF A VET WHEN HE PASSED AWAY WITH JANICE HOLDING HIM.

AFTER A TWO MONTH BREAK FOR THE OLYMPICS, DAZZLE COMES OUT FRESH AND WINS A GROUP TWO UNDER B.C. JUDGE Mrs. SHEILA VERHULST.

NEXT, OVER TO THE ISLAND TO SHAWINIGAN LAKE FOR THE TYEE SHOW WHERE JUDGE SHARON DERRICK AWARDED DAZZLE A GROUP FOUR.

NEXT STOP IS BLACK CREEK ON THE FIRST DAY DAZZLES WAS SHOWN ALONE AS I WAS STARTING A NEW CAREER AS SHOW PHOTOGRAPHER. DAZZLE WON GROUP FOUR UNDER JUDGE Mr. KARSTEN KAEMELING.

THE SECOND DAY WAS THE DEBUT OF YOUNG RODGER (GLENSCOTS KING OF THE ROAD) NAMED FOR ROGER MILLERS HIT SONG IN THE EARLY SIXTIES. RODGER OPENED HIS CAREER BY BEATING AN OPEN DOG FOR BEST OF BREED UNDER B.C. JUDGE Mrs. NANCY POPOVICH.

THE THIRD DAY WAS AN ANTI CLIMAX AS RODGER TOOK THE BREED BUT HIS OLDER COMPETITION PULLED SO NO POINTS.

THE NEXT WEEKEND AT NANAIMO, JUDGE TOM NESBITT IGNORED SOME DIRTY HANDLING AND AWARDED DAZZLE GROUP TWO.

BACK TO CATTLE COUNTRY AT THE NICOLA VALLEY SHOW IN MERITT B.C. THIS AS A THREE DAY SHOW WITH TWO LIMITED ENTRY SHOWS EACH DAY AND DAZZLE OPENED WITH A BANG EARNING GROUP TWO FROM Mr. GARY ALLEN.

THAT EVENING, DAZZLE UPPED THE ANTE BY GOING GROUP ONE UNDER B.C. JUDGE Ms. CARMAN HALLER

EARLY THE NEXT MORNING IT'S BACK TO GROUP TWO UNDER B.C. JUDGE Mr.WALTER PINSKER.

LATER THE SECOND DAY, DAZZLE WENT GROUP THREE UNDER Ms. EDNA St. HILAIRE OF LANGLEY B.C. UNFORTUNATELY, THE JUDGE WAS BEHIND SCHEDULE AND DIDN'T HAVE TIME FOR PHOTOS.

THE LAST DAY, DAZZLE FINISHED A GREAT WEEKEND BY SHOWING JANICE TO A GROUP TWO UNDER OKANOGAN JUDGE Mrs. NANCY POPOVICH

THE START OF THE ISLAND CLUSTER IN CAMPBELL RIVER B.C. RESULTED IN A GROUP THREE FROM DIRECTOR JUDGE Mrs. MARGARET JONES.

AT THE GLACIER VIEW SHOW OUTSIDE OF COURTENAY B.C. JUDGE Mrs. JEAN BATEMAN OF VICTORIA B.C. GAVE DAZZLE GROUP ONE.

ONCE AGAIN WE COME OFF THE ISLAND AND HEAD FOR CATTLE COUNTRY WHERE DAZZLE EARNED A GROUP FOUR UNDER Mrs. S.GELINAS OF ONTARIO AT THE KAMLOOPS SHOW.

    THE NEXT STOP WAS SKAHA KENNEL CLUB NEAR OSOYOOS B.C. WHERE                MR. F. (BUTCH)  MacDONALD GAVE DAZZLE GROUP TWO. INSTEAD OF RUNNING HOME RIGHT AWAY WE SPENT THE WEEK GOING TO LOCAL WINERIES WITH FRIENDS THEN WORKED OUR WAY HOME SLOWLY BY EXPLORING SEVERAL SMALL TOWNS ALONG THE WAY. THE FOUR HOUR TRIP TOOK US NINE DAYS.

BACK HOME IN TIME FOR THE Mt. CHEAM SHOW ON HOME TURF IN CHILLIWACK WHERE JUDGE Mr AL. BENNET GAVE DAZZLE A GROUP TWO.

THE NEXT STOP WAS FRASER VALLEY DOG FANCIERS WHERE JANICE DECIDED TO SIT IT OUT BECAUSE DAZZLES' BREEDER AND GOOD FRIEND DAN ERICSSON WAS ON THE PANEL AND I WAS OFFICIAL SHOW PHOTOGRAPHER