ABC National 2011

I'm back and finally recovered from the 2011 American Boxer Club National Specialty, held once again in Ft. Mitchell, KY from May 7 - 13. I try to stay on Friday night so I don't have to check out of my hotel during Best of Breed judging, so arrived home early Saturday afternoon. As with past Nationals, I really needed a vacation to recover from my vacation!

With 497 dogs entered in the Specialty, and 179 of those also in the Futurity, there is plenty of Boxer love to go around. As with any dog show, there are more losers than winners -- but the National is the time when placing 4th in the class is still a big deal, and even making the cut is sometimes a major accomplishment. In honor of that, following are the full results for the Futurity and Specialty, and the winners in Obedience and Junior Showmanship.

(For streamlined results, photos, video, and links to the winners' webpages, visit the National Boxer Examiner article.)


ABC National Futurity Show Results
Judge: Michael Shepherd

6-9 Month Brindle Dogs
1. Sea Salute's Chanticlear Diver
2. Barbiloc's ByGeorge Better Hide Your Heart
3. Mircoa's Bottom Line at Bix-L
4. DC's Stones Throw to Summer

6-9 Month Fawn Dogs
1. Nivek's Stolen Treasure of Sharledar
2. Utopia's Robin Hood at Nottingham
3. PawPrint Show Must Go On
4. Kelly's Time To Rock at Codack

9-12 Month Brindle Dogs
1. Ch Encore's Outta My Way
2. Mircoa's Flying High With Attitude for Skyview
3. BeeVee's Big Bang Britlyn
4. Rocket's Escape Velocity to Gentry

9-12 Month Fawn Dogs
1. Britlyn's High Noon
2. Brookwood's Prelude To a Dream
3. R and G's Mystic Dream
4. Ripn T's Riding Solo

6-9 Month Brindle Bitches
1. Krismyth's Hot Wire of Westhaven
2. Krismyth Nestle Quik
3. Pheasant Hollows Damsel In a Dress
4. Special K's Day Dreamer

6-9 Month Fawn Bitches
1. Breho Fortuity Shared Treasure
2. Draco Greets Dassin With Fourbears
3. Marburl's Artemis
4. Mistiblu's Heart of The Sea

9-12 Month Brindle Bitches
1. Indigo's Wynning Roulette Spin at Sunchase
2. Heart Acre Haberl's ROTFLMAO
3. Windsong's Greatest Gift of Avalon
4.Ty-Can's Maestro Girl

9-12 Month Fawn Bitches
1. Encore's Over The Moon
2. Indigo's Wynning The Gold
3. Baibrook's Gold In a Penny Arcade
4. Sapphire's Workin' The Strip of Streamline

6-9 Month fawn bitches

Best 6-9 Month Puppy
Nivek's Stolen Treasure of Sharledar

Reserve 6-9 Month Puppy
Breho Forturity Shared Treasure

Best 9-12 Month Puppy
Encore's Over The Moon

Reserve 9-12 Month Puppy
Indigo's Wynning The Gold

Best Puppy in Futurity
Nivek's Stolen Treasure of Sharledar

Best 9-12 Month Puppy line-up

12-15 Month Brindle Dogs
1. Keil's Grand Finale
2. Candy Kisses 'N Cinergy Mister Goodbar
3. Uppercuts Touch of Brooklyn
4. Dusty Road's Rock of Ages

12-15 Month Fawn Dogs
1. Nantess Caleno Numero Uno
2. Wood's End Mr Majestic
3. Bix-L's Ringing The Bell For The Biscuit
4. Lando's Locked N' Loaded

15-18 Month Brindle Dogs
1. Ch Ensign's Justified
2. GC's Don't Stop Believin'
3. Olympic's We Knew
4. Jenbur's Black Ice

15-18 Month Fawn Dogs
1. Moon Valley Momentum
2. Bullet Vancroft's You Must Remember This
3. Ivylane's Born On The Bayou
4. Desert's Kid Rock

12-15 Month Brindle Bitches
1. White Pines Hot Fudge Sundae
2. Uppercuts Unchained Melody
3. Springbrook's Dance Like No One is Watching
4. Caymans Sweet Cayenne

12-15 Month Fawn Bitches
1. Hi-Tech N Tara's Iris Eyes R Smiling
2. Bordeaux N Pro's Ms Grace D'Shamrock
3. Logan Elm's Burn Notice Bombshell
4. Liberti's Bangin' The Bell

15-18 Month Brindle Bitches
1. Ch Mel-o-D's Razzle Dazzle From Myde
2. Pheasant Hollow Playmate Of The Year
3. Yellow Rose Bad Moon Rising
4. Pheasant Hollow's Next Top Model

15-18 Month Fawn Bitches
1. Daybreak's Bad Influence
2. Ch Krismyth's Spirit at Red Fern
3. Maxl's In Your Dreams
4. Olympic's Healing a Heart Ache

Best Junior line-up

Best 12-15 Month Junior
Hi-Tech N Tara's Irish Eyes R Smiling

Reserve 12-15 Month Junior
Nantess Caleno Numero Uno

Best 15-18 Month Junior
Ch Mel-o-D's Razzle Dazzle From Myde

Reserve 15-18 Month Junior
Daybreak's Bad Influence

Best Junior in Futurity
Ch Mel-o-D's Razzle Dazzle From Myde

Grand Prize Futurity
Nivek's Stolen Treasure of Sharledar

Grand Prize Futurity line-up

ABC National Specialty Show Results
Dogs and Intersex
Judge: Shirley Bell
Bitches and Junior Showmanship
Judge: Sharon Steckler


6-9 Month Brindle Dogs
1. Rodeo's Smoke'N On Da Rio
2. Minstrel's Beeline
3. Barbiloc's ByGeorge Better Hide Your Heart
4. Mircoa's Bottom Line At Bix-L

6-9 Month Fawn Dogs
1. Marburl's Spartacus
2. Utopia's Robin Hood at Nottingham
3. Nivek's Stolen Treasure of Sharledar
4. Gentry's Next Generation

9-12 Month Brindle Dogs
1. Heart Acre Haberl's Nuclear Power
2. Mircoa's Flying High With Attitude For Skyview
3. Pheasant Hollow's Fame Monster
4. Insurge's Turn The Page

9-12 Month Fawn Dogs
1. Papageno's Arany Sarkany
2. Denevi's Independence Is Absolute
3. Brookwood's Prelude To A Dream
4. Vancroft Bullet's No Reservation

12-18 Month Brindle Dogs
1. Candy Kisses'N Cinergy Mister Goodbar
2. Sig's Fire And Ice
3. Uppercuts Touch of Brooklyn
4. Keil's Grand Finale

12-18 Month Fawn Dogs
1. Moon Valley Momentum
2. Desert's Kid Rock
3. Ho-Pa's Grand Slam
4. Oakridge's Son Of Summer

Amateur Owner Handler Brindle Dogs
1. Heavenly's Wave on Wave
2. Newcastle's Expecto Patronum

Bred By Exhibitor Brindle Dogs
1. Sig's Storm Chaser
2. Moonlight's Secret Weapon
3. Aboxa's Comfortably Numb

Bred By Exhibitor Fawn Dogs
1. Draco's Bonfire
2. Bullet Vancroft's You Must Remember This
3. KZ's Go Directly To Jail From Camelot
4. Ivylane's Born On The Bayou

American-Bred Brindle Dogs
1. Olympic's We Knew
2. Fairyland's Thief of Hearts of Pinebrook
3. Sharledar's Stealin' Away
4. Shadigree's Checkmate

American-Bred Fawn Dogs
1. Winmere Only Time Will Tell
2. Bavaria's Simply The Best One More Time
3. Howlin's Jet Propulsion in Hi-Tech
4. McCoy's Heart of Gold

Open Brindle Dogs
1. Mantle N Irondale's Invincible
2. Hi-Tech The King of Sherry Shoot JP
3. CR-Newcastle's Bird In The Hand
4. Rynwards Bondelero

Open Fawn Dogs
1. Naja's Mi-T Alliance
2. Draco's Sequoia
3. Jetro Ramos
4. Tickibou N Bellagio Nolstalgia

Winners Dog
Naja's Mi-T Alliance

Reserve Winners Dog
Moon Valley Momentum

Open Brindle Dogs

Veteran Dogs 6-8 Years
1. GCh Raineylane-Studio DaVinci
2. Ch KG Halcyon Fire King
3. Ch McCoy's Hider Your Hearts
4. Ch Randolph's Beau Jangles

Veteran Dogs 8-10 Years
1. Ch Hi-Tech's Sound Investment
2. Ch Summer's Blackjack of Shadigee
3. Ch PRO's Original 501 Blues
4. Ch Tadd's All American Hero

Veteran Dogs 10+ Years
1. Ch BJay's Traveling Man

Best Veteran Dog
Ch Hi-Tech's Sound Investment

6-9 Month Brindle Bitches
1. Krismyth's Hot Wire of Westhaven
2. Special K's Day Dreamer
3. Pheasant Hollows Damsel in a Dress
4. Asuncion's Gone Mad For Garnsey

6-9 Month Fawn Bitches
1. Breho Fortuity Shared Treasure
2. Rummer Run's Excalibur Lollipop
3. Marburl's Artemis
4. We-R's Caught Ya Talkin At Farbeyond

9-12 Month Brindle Bitches
1. Cinnamon-Broadway Debut of Just-A-Wyn
2. Mircoa's Glitters With Attitude For Skyview
3. Irondale's What You Got
4. Ty-Can's Maestro Girl

9-12 Month Fawn Bitches
1. Encore's One 'N Only
2. Legacy's One And Only
3. Ivylane-RuffianL Aleutian Ballad
4. TJ's Wild Wild Whisper

12-18 Month Brindle Bitches
1. Springbrook's Dance Like No One Is Watching
2. Caymans Sweet Cayenne
3. Oak Ridge's The Beat On Of Summer
4. Uppercuts Unchained Melody

12-18 Month Fawn Bitches
1. Daybreak's Bad Influence
2. Tokalon's Heartstrings
3. Liberti's Knells Bells
4. Krismyth's Cowgirl at Brea Run

Bred By Exhibitor Brindle Bitches
1. Parasol Struttin Her Stuff At Kelly
2. Pheasant Hollow's Playmate Of The Year
3. Amity Hall's Ticket To Vegas
4. White Pines Hot Fudge Sundae

Bred By Exhibitor Fawn Bitches
1. Encore's Over The Moon
2. Destiny's The Spy Who Loved Me
3. Nantess Shame On The Moon
4. Maxl's In Your Dreams

American-Bred Brindle Bitches
1. Salgray's Star Duster
2. Telstar's Simply Irresistible of Ecot
3. Cinnibon-Telstar Splash In The Rain With Saywin
4. Draco's Golden Marguerita At Haberl's

American-Bred Fawn Bitches
1. Glo-Star's Dream After Dreams
2. Hi-Tech N Tara's Irish Eyes R Smiling
3. Cope-Land's Sugar Kane
4. Shiralda's A Wandering Nymph

Open Brindle Bitches
1. Elharlen's Valentia
2. Jesajay's Beaty Road Black Gold
3. DC's Miss Eleanore Rigby Of Jerico
4. Pheasant Hollow's Red High Heels

Open Fawn Bitches
1. Carillon's Grand Monet
2. Dajen "N" Magray's Piece of the Puzzle
3. Draco's Nicole
4. Hi-Tech Hi-Drama of Sherry Shoot JP

Winners Bitch
Carillon's Grand Monet

Reserve Winners Bitch
Elharlen's Valentia

Winners Bitch line-up

Veteran Bitches 6-8 Years
1. Ch Bix-L's Photo Finish
2. Ch BeeVee's Secret Celebrations
3. Ch Merical's Lighting Strike
4. Falmark's Enchanted Day By Day

Veteran Bitches 8-10 Years
1. Ch Dreamweaver's Past Perfect
2. Ch Chessel's Onestis Sine Qua
3. Ch Wilmore's Second Hand Rose Kan-To
4. Ch Firestar's Indian Summer CD RN

Veteran Bitches 10+ Years
1. Ch Benchmark's Hot Topic
2. Ch Sunchase's Blonde Moment UD MX MXJ RA
3. Ch Raypat's Queen Of Hearts
4. Ch Stevenstar's N JEMS Crown Royal

Best Veteran Bitch
Ch Bix-L's Photo Finish

Stud Dog
1. Ch Pheasant Hollow's Kryptonite
2. Ch Illyrian's Trilogy
3. Ch Pheasant Hollows All Time High
4. GCh Raineylane-Studio DaVinci

Brood Bitch
1. Ch DC's Precious Gem of Shadigee
2. Ch Savoye's Honky-Tonk Gold
3. Ch Sig's Solar Eclipse
4. Ch Krismyth Reflection

BOB line-up

Best of Breed
GCh Winfall Brookwood Styled Dream

Best of Winners
Naja's Mi-T Alliance

Best of Opposite Sex
GCh Katandy's Fast Forward

Select Dog
GCh LRM Gold N Rock

Select Bitch
Ch Telstar's All That Glitters at Cinni-Bon

Awards of Excellence
Ch Illyrian's Charmed I'm Sure
Ch Carillon's MVP
Ch Pearlisle's Trial By Fire
Ch Nantess Royal Hot Rod
Ch Hi-Tech's Sound Investment

AOM Winners

Best Junior Handler
Brooke Durnin

Top Twenty

Top Twenty Winner
GCh R and G's Mystical Daner

Top Twenty

Obedience - SaturdayHigh in Trial
Ch OTCH Regal's Hereee's Johnny UDX

High Combined
Sunchase's The New Black UD, NAJ, RN

Obedience - Sunday
High in Trial / High Combined
Ch OTCH Regal's Hereee's Johnny UDX

As always, the National was a whirlwind of events, seminars, Boxers, vendors, friends, and acquaintances. There is so much to do and so little time, but somehow we make the best of it and, if we don't get to have long, in-depth discussions with people we only see once a year, we at least get to say "Hello" and pass a few pleasantries along. If you've never been to a National, you really should try to make it -- nothing quite compares!