2013 in Review

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2013 in Review

Over the years our annual look back on the year has grown a great deal. Initially, it was a simple way to cap off a year of showing. Then it emerged as a way for us to recognize and celebrate the great achievements of all of our Fwaggle owners, co-owners and friends. More recently, it has come to represent a memory book for us -- a treasure trove of some of our best moments in dogs. Over the past decade, our involvement in dogs has been steadily winding down and this year we saw big personal changes that hurried that process along even further. Jobs, relocations and life often get in the way of our hobbies, and such was the case in 2013. As a result, we are down to a record 4 Toy Manchesters in residence at Fwaggle and, while we hope to welcome a few visitors over the coming years, we don't expect that number to grow substantially. It is a difficult transition to make after 30 years with, literally, a houseful of dogs, so exercises like this take on larger significance as does the support of our friends and co-owners, who allow us to remain involved. Make no mistake, we intend to continue to breed for the next few years, but there is no question it will be under different, more collaborative circumstances.

So, what else happened in 2013? Lots!!! The year brought us some wonderful blessings, including several new champions, some great results at the US National, a number of placements among the top Toy Manchesters in North America, and some adorable baby black and tans. For the first time ever, our number of new titlists in performance events equaled our number of new conformation titlists, proving that the Manchester plan for world domination is coming together!

We were proud to see our dogs earn more than 85 group placements across North America, including 20 Group wins in Canada and the US on several different dogs. At the US National, we were thrilled to watch Karen Cornell pilot Am Ch Fwaggles Faux Fur to Winners Bitch for our co-owner, Tammi Myers (Medley Manchesters) and then see Chloe (Am GCh Fwaggles Pret A Porter) and Finesse (Am/Can Ch Fwaggles She's Son Fine) take Best of Varieties at the two associated all-breed shows, shown by Christina Caridis and Amanda, respectively. Not to be outdone, little Alice (Am Ch Rustic Lane Resident Evil at Fwaggle) snuck in at the end of the year with an exciting Select Bitch and Best Bred-By in Variety win, piloted by her co-breeder/co-owner Carolyn Horowitz. And we can't forget Harley (BIS, DKW '13, NW'13 NO/DK/Rom/Am GCh Rustic Lane Road Warrior at Fwaggle), who has been visiting Kirsti and Eirik Kahrs in Norway this year, earning titles in several countries and Breed and Best Opposite wins in a number of large entries. Of course, his breeder and our co-owner on Harley, Carolyn Horowitz, is justifiably busting with pride and we couldn't be happier for all involved.

And the year isn't complete until the numbers are in for Top Dog races. Harley topped the list as #1 ETt in Norway while closer to home we were happy to see our two new, young dogs Finesse and Frankie (Can Ch Fwaggles Million Dollar Baby) place #2 and #3 in Canada while (as of end of November) three of our dogs made the Top 10 in the US, including Stella (Am Ch Fwaggles Avant Garde), who was #3 All Breed/#10 Breed; Chloe, who was #5 Breed; and, Finesse, who after only two weekends out in the US managed #6 All-Systems! Perhaps just as exciting was playing the role of proud Grandma's though, as it appears that the National Winner, Eukanuba Winner and seven of the Top 10 dogs in the US had a Fwaggle parent. That realization does come with a sobering wake-up call, however, and we hope our fellow breeders will be cognizant as we move into 2014 of the importance of safeguarding (or creating) diversity in our gene pool, particularly among sires.

Conformation Round Up

BISS, MRBIS Am/Can Ch Fwaggles She's So Fine
Breeders: W & A Kelly and Blossom Scott-Heim
Owners: Amanda & Wendy Kelly

#2 Toy Manchester Terrier in Canada
#6 All-System in the US
2 reserve Best in Shows
36 Group placements including six group wins
Best of Variety @ District 5 Specialty on US National weekend
Group 2nd, Nor-Cal Toy Dog Club
American Championship

At less than two years of age, Finesse had a great year in 2013 and we are looking forward to spot showing her in 2014.

BIS DKW '13, NW '13 NO/DK/ROM/AM GCh Rustic Lane Road Warrior at Fwaggle
Breeders: Carolyn & David Horowitz
Owners: Carolyn Horowitz & Amanda Kelly
Co-owner/Handler in Europe: Kirsti Kahrs

Romanian Grand Championship
Norwegian Championship
Danish Championship
Norwegian Winner 2013
Danish Winner 2013
Best of Opposite Sex @ 2013 Norwegian Championship Show

Harley had another busy year, beginning with a trip to Norway where he has quickly earned a number of lovely wins in large entries as well as siring several litters. Here in North America, three puppies from his first and only litter born here (co-bred with Carolyn Horowitz out of Fwaggles Original Sin) earned their titles this year. We are looking forward to Harley's return home in 2014, which should include a quick visit to Canada!

Ch Fwaggles Million Dollar Baby, RN, AgNJ, CGN
Breeders: W & A Kelly and Carolyn Horowitz
Owner: Corey Titon

#3 Toy Manchester in Canada for 2013
15 group 1sts in 2013
Jumpers with Weaves title (CKC Agility)
Rally Novice title
Canine Good Neighbour title

Frankie continued to be a wonderful ambassador for the breed, making all of us very proud. After a successful puppy career in 2012, Frankie's first year out as a special was a success. His wins this year included 15 Group 1sts, dozens of group placements and a number of new performance titles. we are looking forward to watching him continue to mature over the coming years.

Am Ch Fwaggles Avant Garde
Breeders: W&A Kelly, D Young and J Henderson
Owners: Dr Roger Travis, W&A Kelly

#3 TMT (All-Breed), #8 (Breed) in America
Multiple American group winner

Stella had a great start this year, piloted by her best friend, Marcelo Chagas. Showing is not her favourite activity, however, so she is taking a little time to find herself (and maybe even a few babies!)

BISS Am GCh Fwaggles Pret A Porter, TT, CGC
Breeders: W&A Kelly, D Young and J Henderson
Owners: Karen Cornell, Wendy & Amanda Kelly

#5 Toy Manchester in America (Breed)
Best of Variety @ District 4 Specialty on US National weekend
Temperament Test title
Canine Good Citizen

Chloe spent most of the year training for agility with Christina Caridis, making only a few appearances in the show ring. Lucky for us Christina brought her to the National, however, as she looked fantastic and had a great weekend! We are very much looking forward to Chloe's planned visit to Canada in 2014!

Am Ch Fwaggles Faux Fur
Breeders: Wendy & Amanda Kelly
Owners: W&A Kelly and Tammi Myers

Winners Bitch, 2013 American National
Best of Opposite Sex in Puppy Sweepstakes, 2013 US National
1st group placement owner-handled at 9 months in California
American Championship

What to say about Fluffy? Well, her name cracks us up every time we say it, so if nothing else she always succeeds in making people smile. She owes much of her success to the careful and patient training of Karen Cornell, who very graciously hosted Fluffy for her most impressionable months. Tammi's love for Fluffy's mother and her aunt prompted her to remind us of her request for a puppy made many years ago and, voila, the rest is history. We are looking forward to watching Fluffy develop and are particularly happy that Tammi plans to do some performance training with her as well (now, if she can just remember her age while filling in entry forms, we'll be all set...)!

BIS WW '12, DKW '13, INT/NORD Ch Fwaggles Phoenix
Breeders: Wendy & Amanda Kelly
Owner: Kirsti & Eirik Kahrs

Danish Winner 2013
Danish Championship
International Championship
Nordic Championship

Fifi not only fit in a few shows, but also had her very first litter! Big thanks as always to Kirsti and Eirik for having done so much with her.

Am Ch Rustic Lane Resident Evil at Fwaggle
Breeder: Carolyn Horowitz & Amanda Kelly
Owners: Carolyn Horowitz & Amanda Kelly

Select Bitch and Best Bred-By Exhibitor, Eukanuba Invitational 2013
American Championshipship

Alice is a lovely, small bitch a big (ahem, spoiled?) personality! She was shown sparingly in 2013 and will be lightly shown again in 2014. We look forward to seeing what the future holds for this young bitch, both in the ring and the whelping box.

Performance

ATChC Fwaggles T-Rex Is In Charge, FGDCh-30, MADC, MJDC, MGDC, MSDC, MSCDC, AGMX*, AGMXJ*, ExJ Bronze, VBA, Silver Award of Merit, CRX-MCL
Breeder: Wendy & Amanda Kelly
Owners: Clara & Fred Theiss

First Toy Manchester to earn the Flyball Grand Champion title with 30,000 points!

T-Rex remains the only ATChC Manchester in AAC history and this year became the first FDGCh-30 TMT in NAFA history!

MBIS Can GCh/Am Ch Fwaggles Black Orchid, RN, CGN, SJDC, SDC, AGDC
Breeders: Wendy & Amanda Kelly
Owners: Cindy MacKeen, W&A Kelly

Advanced Gamblers Dog of Canada
Starters Dog of Canada
Qualified for the Canadian AAC Agility Nationals

As always, we are totally baffled by performance titles, but we do know one thing -- we are so incredibly proud of all that Cindy has done with Pixie and consider ourselves lucky she agreed to take her! Pixie is a fantastic ambassador for the breed, always proving that brains and beauty can come in one package (with a little elbow grease from Mom!)

Fwaggles Island Warrior, FMX
Breeder: Wendy & Amanda Kelly
Owners: Darlene MacDougall

Flyball Master Champion (NAFA)
#2 Toy Manchester in North American Flyball Association history

Kaiden and Darlene made it to 15,000 points, earning Kaiden's Flyball Master Champion title and moving him quickly up the rankings!

Fwaggles Marquis Balthazar, ADC
Breeders: Wendy & Amanda Kelly
Owners: Lisa Shingoose

Agility Dog of Canada

Lisa and Rocco are such an exciting up-and-coming agility team! Rocco is superfast and we're sure that 2014 is going to be a very exciting year for this duo!

Can Ch Fwaggles Hot 'N Bothered
Breeders: Wendy & Amanda Kelly
Owners: Gracie Wilson, W&A Kelly

Rally Novice title
High in Class

Blush and Gracie are our absolute favourite pair. This year, they worked hard toward their Rally Novice title goal and also made a fantastic appearance at the Nova Scotia Junior Handling Finals where Gracie was Reserve in a tough Intermediate Open class!