Wow!.. 2011 is starting out to be a great year
... watch here for our wins and other fun stuff!
Dara - Cutwater Come Dance With Me CD NAJ RE WWD wins SuperDog at the 2011 PWDCA National Specialty -
Superdog is "a very special honor awarded at the end of the National Specialty. This honor recognizes the overall versatility of the PWD by requiring participation in a variety of events. It rewards the capabilities and efforts of the individual PWD who competes in three or more ev ents and accumulates the most overall points at a National Specialty." - from the PWDCA Superdog Rules.
Ana Verissimo, Dara's owner has worked exceptionally hard and HUGE congratulations are due to her. Dara is just 2.5 years old, and Cutwater is VERY proud to have bred Dara, who is now eligible for her Bronze ROM. Dara is the #1 Portuguese Water Dog in Brazil - every time she's gone in the ring she's been awarded Best of Breed - and yes - she beat another PWD!
Triton won BOB at the prestigious CT Working Group Show & Award of Merit the next day! He then earns his Working Water Title in August - and also his GRAND CHAMPIONSHIP and is showing sporadically and winning Best Of Breeds, and will be competing in agility and water. He earned his Novice JWW in August with a 1st and 2nd place in his class. Triton made the trip to the Nationals in GA, and was the youngest dog to compete in the first PWDCA TOP TWENTY and he also made it thru the last "cut" in the Best of Breed ring. We are very proud, of Triton making it into the final cut from 74 males in the Best of Breed Class and Triton also received his Bronze and Silver Rom.
Jagger - Cutwater Jagger's Platinum Record WWD RN - She starts 2011 with being the cover girl for Nutmeg PWD Club's 2011 Calendar (www.nutmegpwd.org). After last year's wins of Best Puppy in Sweepstakes at the PWDCA's National Specialty in CA in 2010, and earning her Junior and Apprentice Water Dog titles, Jagger earned her Working Water Dog title in August! Jenna Bullis, Jagger's wonderful owner, is also competed in Rally and working towards their Advanced title and breed showing will be later in the year when water work is not coming first! ..and in October, Jagger won her first points against stiff competition, owner-handled! Well done Jenna. She followed this win with her FIRST major at the specialty weekend shows in CA handled by Adrian Ghione and her SECOND major was owner-handled - well done Jenna - WB and BW.
Jagger's brother, Ohno, Cutwater Rovin Go For The Gold, owned by Sheryl Shaker won his first major at the RI shows in December, his second plus points in March and is a finished Champion as of November! Ohno was expertly handled by Kim Pastella Calvacca - thank you Kim!
CALI - Cutwater Heart of the West AX MXJ XF WWD - owned by Barb Avila is proving to be a wonderful little worker - wow! Cali is out of Sue Keogh's Ch Cutwater Rascal at Heart, and her sire is Griffin. Cali is working on her Masters Agility titles, and on her Courier title. Cali and Nick are owned by Barb & Ron Avila and they live in California where they can do agility all year round. Well done Barb! Cali's brother, Nick is working on that training too!
RORY - earns the first Courier Water title of 2011 at the trials in July in North Carolina, followed up with earning her CD in August, and her AXJ in Jan of 2012. WELL DONE RORY! Rory is now Ch Cutwater Apple Aurora VCD1 RN OA AXJ OF CWD.
Trip, Triton's brother earned his AWD and WWD last year, in addition to his AKC Open Agility, Jumpers and FAST titles, followed rapidly by his AX, AXJ and AF titles so he is now competing in Excellent B and collecting MACH points! In July he earned his MX and MXF titles and is working on his Courier exercises in water.
Jinx, Dara's sister, completed her Canadian Championship in March 2011 - she is now Ch Cutwater The Best Is Yet To Come. This follows her wins at at Nutmeg's Supported Entry in 2010 and also Winners Bitch at the Canadian PWD Club's Specialty in Long Sault, Ontario in 2010. Jinx won both of her AKC majors -handled by your's truly (!) at the prestigious Nutmeg Specialty weekend, and finished her American Championship in August. She is now AM/Can Ch Cutwater The Best Is Yet To Come
Branco earned his MX and MXJ and OF, is in the top 5 AKC PWD agility dogs, and .. his Courier Water Dog Title Excellent in three straight trials - never a failure for this team!! He's working on his agility titles.
Pippin is working on obedience, water and agility for 2011 Her first title of 2011 is her Beginner Novice AKC Obedience Title followed by her Rally Advanced and in Agility her Open JWW - in October she completed her AX and AXJ so now moves to the "B" classes - up against more border collies! She has already earned a USDAA Sweepstakes and Grand Prix leg and a couple of Master's legs. She also earned her Rally Excellent title. In November, at the largest AKC agility shows in the country, Pippin came 18th in Excellent Standard in a class of 104 dogs for 16 MACH points and then 8th in a class of 76 dogs for 24 MACH points. She was the highest scoring WORKING dog those days!
Cutwater Devil's Heart - Nick - owned by David and Mary Knoll has achieved his Championship in a very short time Nick's sire is Am/Can Ch Bantry B&B JumpJaxSplash CD OA OAJ RN CWDX GROM POM "Griffin", and her dam is Ch Cutwater Rascal At Heart. Nick won his first points handled by myself, and is continued his show career handled by Kim Pastella.
Cutwater Song Of The Sea AWD "Pepper", at the age of 5 has started agility and has been competing for just this year and has earned her NJP and NAP. Pepper is owned by Patti Hobin
Ch Mach 5 Ch Cutwater Wine and Dine Me WWD TDI "Bacchus"
owned by Lori Chambers, Bacchus is NOT only the #5 PWD by Agility Points in 2008 and 2009 but he was also invited to the AKC Eukanuba Invitational in California in December 2009, where he placed #1 PWD in 2008 and in 2009, winning a 4th place in the 20" height class #2 in the Working Group. Bacchus is also a Therapy Dog - he can do it all! Well done Lori! You made us ALL proud! Bacchus earned his Mach 5 in May and at the age of 9 is moving onto Mach6! Bacchus won a spot on the team of PWDS to compete at the AKC Eukanuba Agility Trials in Orlando in December of this year.
Ch Evermere Cutwater Sterling Silver MX MXJ CWDX SROM "Branco"
owned by Lori Chambers, Branco is the upcoming star! He jumps in the 24" class and is a regular first placer! Branco earned his water titles before the age of two, and earned his MX and MXJ in 2010 and is currently in the TOP FIVE AKC agility PWDs. He earned his CWDX in three straight tries.
Branco is OFA Good, Gm-1/Optigen/JDCM Normal.
Ch Cutwater Apple Aurora VDC1 RN OA OAJ OF CWD "Rory"
owned by Cathy Tinaglia, Rory was just so ready for her Working Water title that there was no holding her back after she completed her Apprentice Water Title. During the spring of 2008 Rory trained for Tracking, easily earning her TD. She finished her Championship in February 2010 and is now working on more working titles. She earned her Rally Novice, her Novice Agility, Novice Jumpers with Weaves and Novice Fast in the summer of 2010. In 2011 Rory has earned her Open Agility and Open JWW and Open Fast titles. Rory is OFA Excellent.
Ch Cutwater The Apple of My Eye BN RA XF AX AXJ WWD CGC AAD AJ AR AS AG "Pippin"
owned by Jane Harding, Pippin is a delight to work with, she easily earned her Apprentice and Working Water titles. Some observers reported that her performance was "flawless"! Pippin is now training for fast agility runs with her owner trailing behind! She was awarded her Open Standard Agility title in 2009 and also her USDAA Standard Agility titles and in all the games at that level. She is now a breed Champion with all but one major from the Bred By Exhibitor class - she earned her last major being handled by Kim Pastella PHA, having already won all her points and two Bred By Group placements, and is trialing in AKC Excellent Classes and USDAA Advanced & Master levels. Pippin earned her CKC Novice Agility title this summer with three first placements, and was awarded High In Trial at the PWD Club of Canada's National Specialty.
Cutwater Trident Triple Threat MX MXJ MXF WWD "Trip" owned by Ron and Barbara Avila enjoyed working on his water titles this summer and is now a Working Water Dog. He is keeping Ron on his toes in the agility classes by promising to be VERY fast! Ron is an accomplished agility competitor and trainer with his previous agility dogs, so Trip is learning with the best! Keep an eye out for this dog in California! Trip is a littermate to Triton. In addition to his AWD and his WWD, trip earned his Novice, Open and Excellent agility titles this summer.
Am/Can Ch Cutwater The Best is Yet To Come "Jinx"
owned by Jane Harding, Jinx went out to start showing last year and came back after a short three weeks with two points and a Puppy Group 2. She is already showing and winning Reserve's. Jinx is OFA Preliminary Good. Jinx won Winners Bitch at the Canadian Specialty in August 2010 under judge Nancy Liebes, breeder/owner handled and was Reserve Winners Bitch for two of the other shows on the same weekend. Fran Archambault, her co-owner showed her in Canada and the US for both her Canadian and American championship.
More to come........!
