Multiple Group Winning BISS BISOH GoldGCh LAMZ Heads I Win Tails You Lose CAA RATI RATN
Multiple Group Winning BISS BISOH GoldGCh LAMZ Heads I Win Tails You Lose CAA RATI RATN
About Shilling:
Shilling is Gaby's new addition and he will be living with her and Vegas at school. Both of his grandsires are past #1 bedlington terriers, Vegas in in 2007 and Talyn in 2003 & 2006. His parents both had big wins from the classes during national specialty weekends with Piper going Winners Dog at Montgomery (the National Specialty) in 2003 and Chloe going Winners Bitch at Hatboro in 2006. He has an exceptional rear, nice long, clean head and is really pretty moving in all directions. He made his debut at the Friday show of the Lousiville cluster 2010, on his 6 month birthday. It was the Bedlington Terrier National Specialty weekend and he lived up to our high expectations, going Reserve Winners Dog to a 5-point major on Friday, the day prior to the National Specialty, and then Winners Dog/Best of Winners at the Floating National Specialty 2010 for a 5-point major at 6 months and 1 day of age! At 7 months old, we took him to a weekend of shows in MA where he went Winners Dog/Best of Winners/Best of Opposite both days, picking up two more 3-point majors, bringing him to a total of 11 points, with 3 majors. His next shows were in West Virginia, where he went Best of Breed every day from the 6-9mos puppy class and picked up a Group 3 and a Group 4 in extremly strong terrier groups at just 7 months and 1 week old. We took Shilling with us to Denver in August 2010 where he picked up another 4-point major at the BTCGD Specialty Weekend. He finished his Championship going Best of Breed from the classes over top-ranked specials, and was pulled in the group that day. We have been showing him on a very limited basis as a special, however he had a tremendous National Specialty weekend in the fall of 2010. He was awarded Best of Breed at Morris & Essex under breeder-judge Ron Menaker, and was Select Dog/1st Award of Merit at the BTCA National Specialty 2010/Montgomery. He went out to the AKC/Eukanuba National Championship in 2010 and received a Select Dog award over the cluster of pre-Eukanuba shows, as well as making it to the final cut at Eukanuba before his puppy antics did him in. He started 2011 out strong winning multiple Best of Breeds and then in early March, Back-to-Back Group 1's at only 17 months of age! He then went to our national specialty weekend in mid-March 2011 where he was awarded Select Dog on Thursday and Friday and Best of Breed at the BTCA Supported Entry on Sunday, the day after our National Specialty. At just 19 months of age, he picked up another Group 1, Group 2, Group 3 and Group 4 over a 4-day circuit in West Virginia and two weeks later picked up another Group 1, 2 and 3! In early June he continued this success, picking up another Group 1 and 3 in Virginia and then repeating it with another Group 1 in Virginia. At the end of June, he went out to California for the Bedlington Terrier Club of the West/Great Western Terrier Association Specialty weekend of shows. From that weekend, he walked away with his first Best in Specialty Show at the BTCW at just 21 months old. He was also Select Dog at the 2011 BTCA Floating National Specialty and the second BTCW specialty that weekend. In july, Shilling took a Group 2 in Virginia. We took Shilling to Houston, Texas for the Houston All Terrier Club weekend of shows. He took 3 Best of Breeds that weekend over a very strong lineup of bedlingtons, and so many nice specials. In August, we headed to Denver, Colorado for the BTCGD specialty and accomplanying all-breeds. Shilling went Best of Breed Both Days at the all-breed shows, again over a beautiful entry of specials and class bedlingtons. Over the fall of 2011, Shilling has continued his winning ways, picking up more group placements in some really strong lineups. Shilling turned 2 in September 2011 so we have been trying to show him fairly selectively as we let him mature and enjoy the rest of his puppyhood after his enormous successes as a puppy at the National Specialties, in the breed rings around the country, and in the Terrier Group ring! Shilling finished 2011 as the #1 Bedlington Terrier Dog (all-systems) in the United States. We could not be more proud of him, even though his puppy antics sometimes got the best of him!
Shilling's first litter was born in April 2011, resulting in 5 puppies (3 females, 2 males) out of Ch LAMZ Elizabethan Elegance. Of those puppies, three of them have already finished thier AKC Championships. Pippa (Ch LAMZ Upstaged the Bride) was Best in Sweepstakes at the 2012 BTCA National Specialty and went on to place in the terrier group during her first weekend out as a special. Harry (Ch LAMZ Most Eligible Bachelor) went Winners Dog at the BTCA Supported Entry on the day following the 2011 BTCA National Specialty for a 5-pt major. Kate (GCh LAMZ Happily Ever After) finished her championship easily by 18 mos of age and earned a Best Puppy In Show award along the way! The fourth puppy to hit the rings will be William (LAMZ Prince Charming) who will make his debut in 2012. We are so proud of what Shilling has accomplished as a sire in his first litter. He sired his second litter in 2013 and we are very excited to see what he produces!
After taking a year off in 2012, while his sister, Rigby, took her turn in the ring, Shilling came back strong in 2013 picking up his first group placement of the year, a Group 3, during his first weekend of shows and winning consistently at shows around the country. During our National Specialty Weekend in March, 2013, Shilling went Select Dog on Sunday and took an Award of Merit at the 2013 BTCA National Specialty. Shilling is also dabbling in performance this year, picking up his Coursing Ability (CA) title during a long weekend of Coursing Ability Tests in June, 2013 and his Coursing Ability Advanced (CAA) title during a long weekend of Tests in September, 2013! Shilling has put in strong performances in 2013, being consistently ranked among the top-2 bedlingtons in the United States! Coming into the fall of 2013, he picked up THREE Terrier GROUP FIRST awards and one GROUP FOUR (including one set of back-to-back Group 1's) in just two weekends at the end of September and begining of October!
2014 is Shilling's "semi-retirement" year. He attended the 2014 Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show, where he put in a great performance. At the 2014 BTCA National Specialty in March, Shilling was 2nd Award of Merit! Shilling will make very limited appearances in the conformation ring in the future. We are bringing Shilling back out in 2015 on a limited basis to show in the AKC's National Owner Handled Series. Shilling has done very well in this series, earning 4 Group 1's, 1 Group 2, 1 Group 3 and a BEST IN SHOW in his first two weekends competing in the program!
Shilling's Group Win Total:
Group 1's: 10
Pictures of Shilling
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