May I interest you in my finest
RED?
Multi BIS, OTCH,
Cdn/Am/NSDTRC/Int'l
CH
Berdia's Mississippi Gambler
SH, Cdn/US WCX, Am CD
Winner of the 1999 and 2005 Fair Dinkum Award!
Celebrate Gambler's
12th Birthday
Like a fine wine...
... he just keeps getting
better!
Photo by www.muddypawz.net
Gambler at 9 years of age
Photo by Mairon Bennett
Gambler watches me intently while
waiting for his turn at the line - July 2005
Gambler headed east in 2005 for the Canadian National
Specialty. A veteran now he competed successfully in conformation
(Veteran Male 1st), (Stud Dog 2nd); Obedience (Veterans 1st),
(Versatility 1st) and in the Field where he passed the Working
Certificate Excellent test. In tough competition Gambler won the
Fair Dinkum Award* for the second time! This was an
especially sweet win as Gambler moves now into retirement, passing the
torch to his many talented and handsome offspring.
* The Fair Dinkum Award is for the dog that competes
successfully in conformation, obedience and the field at the Canadian
National Specialties. Points are earned for each success and the
dog with the highest number of points wins. 11 Tollers competed
for this award in 2005.
Gambler's 2004 California visit
Gambler spent 5 months in California with
Linda
Fitzmaurice
and Meredith Noreen (Javahill Tollers) during summer 2004. On
July
4th he become an AKC Champion finishing with 4 majors, a Group 3 and
Group
4 which rocketed him to the number 7 Toller in the U.S., All Breeds
with
509 points (as of July 7th). Three weeks later on July 24/25,
entered
in 4 International Shows, he became an Int.Ch. and Multi BIS winner
taking
back to back to back BIS awards in the first three shows and a Reserve
BIS in the 4th show.
After 5 months in California with Linda
Fitzmaurice
and
Meredith Noreen, Gambler and I met up in Alabama at the 2004 U.S.
National
Specialty. His time in California earned him 14 BOB wins and 7
group
placements. This in only 8 weekends of showing! His
finishes
up his AKC showing with 1,131 All Breed points.
At the Specialty he did me proud, despite not
seeing
him
for 5 months and doing no real obedience training for 2.5 years he
qualified
in Open B on Friday. In the conformation ring on Saturday he and
Meredith made the cut for Best of Breed. And then on Sunday he
passed
the WCX test. It was a heck of a run!
From... (see captions
under photos
- put cursor over photos for caption)...
....the show ring.....
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....to the beach....
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...to the field...
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...to the backyard
with all his friends....
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(photos by Linda Fitzmaurice)
.......it's obvious that Gambler had a
fabulous
time! As did Linda and Meredith!
Many thanks to Linda and Meredith for loving
Gambler as
much as I do!
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Gambler has proven himself to be the kind of
versatile
guy that a Toller should be. Equally at home in the Field,
Obedience Ring, Show Ring or simply lounging on the couch, he is the
perfect
companion.
His kids are following in his paw prints.
Monty
(Ch. Kylador's Zinfandel Fully Monty WCI, JH, CD, CGC) won Best of
Opposite
Sex at the 2003 Canadian National and Tazo (Dragonluck's Tazo Chai) won
first place in the Senior Puppy Bitch class. Both these pups
represented
Gambler in the Specialty Stud Dog class (photo above) where Gambler
placed
third.
See
photos of all Gambler's offspring by clicking here
Gambler during a July 2003
training
session
Gambler having fun - 2003
