1999 American Whippet Club Whippet Annual
Pages 276 through 300
CH. ADAGIO RAMOTH
After finishing in 1998, RAMOTH embarked on her Specials career.
She finished 1998 in the Top Twenty.
In 1999, RAMOTH continued her winning ways...
Capturing multiple Groups and ranked in the Top Ten for 1999.
| BREEDER Jill Baum LaRee Johnson |
OWNER Ruth Brown 5068 E. Horseshoe Road Paradise Valley, AZ 85253 (602) 998-8324 |
HANDLER Pam Lambie |
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ONCE UPON A TIME...
THERE WERE THREE PROMISING PUPPIES...
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Ch. Wildfire's Sun Devil X U-CD Siskin's Heaven Sent, CD, JC, OA, NAJ |
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"Aztec" U-CD - UKC Companion Dog
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"Diamond" CH. SISKIN ' S HINT OF HEAVEN CD - AKC Companion bog JC - Junior Courser CGC - AKC Canine Good Citizen |
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"Lill" SISKIN'S DIVINE LILI MARLEEN CD - AKC Companion bog NA - AKC Novice Agility NAJ- AKC Novice Agility Jumper CGC - AKC Canine Good Citizen Conformation Pointed |
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We are very proud of this talented and beautiful trio!
| TRAINER/BREEDER/OWNER Julia Pieper - SISKIN 1910 Rosedale Drive Las Cruces, NM 88005 |
DIAMOND Co-owners Ruth Brown - Lori Nelson |
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Wildfire's Arizona Red |
Wildfire's Copy Cat |
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(Littermates - Am.Can.Ch. Chinup's Pale Moon Rider, SC)
(Co-owner/Co-breeder - Ruth Brown / Co-breeder: Paula Radenheimer)
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"SAMII Photo at 41/2 months SBIS Ch. Chelsea Drakkar |
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| Lori Nelson • 31838 N. 52nd Street, Cave Creek, AZ 85331 480-488-3401 • wildfirewhippets@juno.com |
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Romeo
April 19, 1991 - May 16, 1999
WILDFIRE'S EASY TRADE
"Parting is such sweet sorrow, that I shall say good night till it be morrow."
- Shakespeare
Beloved ROMEO - as if taken from a Shakespearean tragedy - too soon, too sudden...
Lori Nelson Dave Home
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(Ch. Saxon Shore Gold Strike x BISS Ch. LamBay's Spice'N Castlecrest)
| Castlecrest Just Irresistible Justin, shown just a few times, just needs a few more points to finish his championship. |
Castlecrest In Your Dreams Close to his championship, Dreamer, on his third weekend out, took back-to-back majors and a Group 2 |
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(BIS, BISS DCh. Sporting Fields Jazz Fest, SC x BISS Ch. LamBay's Spice'N Castlecrest)
Our beautiful Rory x Spice litter
Castlecrest's Jazzmin, Shazzam, Rajah's Legacy, Sultan's Gold & Kashmir
Just entering the ring, watch for them in upcoming shows.
. . . to our bright future stars
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"Dink"
This is the puppy who became
Multi Hound Group Winning Champion (3)
Multi Whippet Specialty Best In Show (5)
1999 American Whippet Club National Specialty Best In Show
LCM
ROMX - with 35 Champions to date
However, in spite of all that, he still answers to "Dink"
NSBIS
Ch. Elysian A-Few Perrier, LCM, ROMX
Bred by Frances Hembree
Presented by Jan Margaret Swayze
Owned by James R. Gray, MD and Chris Hatcher
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James R. Gray, MD
Elysian
PO Box 1332 , Winder, GA 30680 • 770-867-2978
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April
as a mere child
Multi Hound Group Winning Champion
Whippet Specialty Best In Show
ASFA Field Champion
and new ROM - with seven Champions
SBIS
Ch. Elysian A-Few April Showers.
FCh, ROM
Bred by Frances Hembree
Presented by Jan Margaret Swayze
Owned by Elysian, Longlesson, TN Woods
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James R. Gray, MD
Elysian
PO Box 1332 , Winder, GA 30680 • 770-867-2978
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Jacob
Still the only black to win a Whippet SBIS (2 of them, as a matter of fact),
Winner of the 1998 AWC National Specialty Best of Opposite Sex to BIS Award
Winner of several Whippet Specialty Awards of Merit,
including the 1999 AWC National Specialty
Sire of several young Champions
SBIS
Ch. Cherche Wizard of the Wind
Bred by Glenda Durance and James R. Gray, MD
Presented by Chris Hatcher
Owned by Glenda Durance, James R. Gray, MD and Chris Hatcher
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James R. Gray, MD
Elysian
PO Box 1332 , Winder, GA 30680 • 770-867-2978
Elysian... est 1962 Elysian Diamond Rio (NSBIS Ch. Elysian A-Few Perrier, LCM, ROMX ex Ch. Elysian May Flowers) Rio ended the year with both majors, a 3 and a 4. Bred and owned by
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Elysian (NSBIS Ch. Elysian A-Few Perrier, LCM, Evan enjoyed the puppy classes! His litter brother Elysian |
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Bred and owned by
James R.Gray, MD & Scott Thomson
Rio and Evan presented by
Jan Margaret Swayze.
Rocket, -the dog who would not die - a true story
My friend Debbie has had a long, hard year. But in the midst of it all, there is something to smile about.
First of all, she had to deal with the long, drawn-out sickness of her very close friend, Hal, who died this year of cancer. Debbie was helping his wife cope with all of the issues surrounding a person with an illness like this and what it does to your family. Not only was Hal's family drained by this whole ordeal, but Debbie too. She had lived with Hal's family for several years and loved him too, as a member of her own family.
During Hal's illness, Debbie found out that her two Whippets, Rocket and Buster, were also ill with enlarged heart disease. The doctor's prognosis was that Buster would be OK, but Rocket would most certainly die soon. However, with medication her time here could be extended. Rocket and Buster had been with Debbie for eight long years; they were brother and sister. Debbie has never had any children, so her dogs were her children.
So Debbie's year began.
Hal loved Rocket and would always tell Debbie that he wanted to steal Rocket from her. Rocket loved being with Hal, too.
One day near the end of Hal's illness, while Debbie was at home with her mom and her boyfriend, Regis, Rocket decided to die. But not quite.
Debbie and her mom were painting the dining room when Rocket came running into the room, shook a little, looked up at Debbie and fell over dead. Debbie started screaming for Regis to come do something. Regis did; he grabbed Rocket and began to give her CPR. That's right, he put his mouth over that long snout and began blow ing short breaths of life back into her. Within a few moments she was back. They put her down in her doggie bed, but there was no keeping her there. She was up and running about again in a few minutes, as if nothing had happened.
The following Sunday I was visiting Debbie, her friend Fran, and Fran's children. We were sitting around the kitchen table, Fran's son had Rocket on his lap, petting her, when Fran asked her son to tell me how Rocket had died on Friday. Well, you can only imagine the look on my face as I'm watching this boy petting this dog that had died just two days before. I thought, "Why hadn't they just buried her? Why was this boy petting
this dead dog?" Well, much to my relief, they told me the story of what had transpired and I had to laugh at the picture of the whole thing in my mind.
Time went by and Rocket and Hal both got worse. Then the call in the middle of the night came; Hal had died.
As Debbie hurried around to go to Hal's wife's side, Rocket followed her out to her car and promptly fell over dead too. Well, this was just too much to handle. Debbie grabbed Rocket by the snout and began to give her CPR. Just as before, Rocket came to and acted as if nothing had happened. For the next 5 days, once a day, Rocket would run around and fall over dead. Debbie would promptly grab her and give her CPR, bringing her back to life again. Thank goodness that Debbie was around each time it happened. Debbie decided that the medication that Rocket was taking must have been too strong. She stopped giving it to her and Rocket stopped dying.
Rocket stayed around for us a while longer, but was progressively getting worse. Finally, the day came to have Rocket put down. It was a sad one for all of us.
Debbie had Rocket cremated. She found doggie biscuits sold in a tin that was shaped like a dog bone. This is where she placed her ashes and followed by having a memorial service for Rocket. She made a beautiful mosaic headstone with Rocket's name imbedded in it and placed both the tin and the headstone in her garden. Several people came over to her house dressed in their best, to show respect of course, and we all stood around the grave where a beautiful eulogy, written by Debbie's friend Sherry, was read. The children were given small flowering plants and were assisted in digging and planting them on the grave.
There were lots of tears that day. Hal's wife stood by Debbie remembering that it had not been that long since she had buried her own husband.
But in all of these tears was that comforting thought that neither Hal nor Rocket were alone now. Hal had gotten his way and now had Rocket to lay at his feet at night and keep him warm.
We will miss them both.
— Anita Coyoli
Ch. Starline's Reign On, JC, ROMX - Can.Ch. Chances Are Royalmagic, SC, FCh
Cory finishes his bench championship with a BOS win over specials at the Del Sur Kennel Club supported entry, becoming our first Dual Champion!! Cory has one leg toward his CD and is enjoying agility training; truly a multi-purpose whippet with a fabulous temperament!
Breeder/Owner
Wildwood
Faith Diane Guest
6700 28 Mile Road, Washington, MD 48094
810-781-6937
Ch. Starline's Reign On, IC, ROMX - Can.Ch. Chances Are Royalmagic, SC, FCh
Lady, our first homebred champion, produced her first litter of two (frozen) by Australian BIS Champion Statuesque Extortion. We are very excited about our special babies, "Hunter" and "Sydney", and look forward to the onset of their show and coursing careers! Lady will be out finishing her Canadian title, working in obedience, agility and coursing.
Breeder/Owner
Wildwood
Faith Diane Guest
6700 28 Mile Road, Washington, MD 48094
810-781-6937
Chelsea . . .1999
"Rush" continues to exceed all expectations. From his first litter came the AWC 1999 Best in Futurity winner, Ch. Chelsea Dangerous Beauty, as well as his first Best In Show winner, Ch. Chelsea Made You Look of Sage, JC. What a RUSH, indeed! Ending the year with 8 champions from his first three litters brings forth pride and hope for the future. We are especially encouraged by the strong "nick" Rush seems to have when put to the daughters of already established top producers. His success as a sire should come as no surprise once you study his pedigree.
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Chelsea . . .1999
Ch. Chelsea Long Kiss Goodnight, JC (SBIS Ch. Chelsea Gold Rush of Keynote, JC x Ch. Chelsea Calibri) "Davis" came from Rush's second litter. He finished in a smattering of appearances (with 3 majors, two 4- |
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Chelsea . . .1999
SBIS Chelsea Drakkar of Oxford,
FCh, ROMX, JC
(Whippoorwill Moonstone, ROM x Ch. Chelsea Saffron, ROMX)
Breeders/Owners: Lee & Deann Christianson and Dianne Bowen
| Chelsea Lee and Deann Christianson email: Chelsedrak@aol.com website: http://www.geocities.com/chelsedrak |
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Nancy Patterson Patterson & Craig Inward
15539 Ninth Line, Stouffville, Ontario L4A 7X4 905-640-2085 nancy.patterson2@sympatico.ca
Nancy Patterson Patterson & Craig Inward
15539 Ninth Line, Stouffville, Ontario L4A 7X4 905-640-2085 nancy.patterson2@sympatico.ca
"Leah", our Reign daughter / Drake granddaughter,
has blessed us with two champions thus far from her "Luke" first litter.
We expect our linebred "Rush" litter, born May 9, 1999, to be spectacular!
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