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July 6th Rory wins another Green Star! Just 4 more to go to become a Champion.
March 22nd 08 Rory wins the Green Star and CACIB at Combined Canine Championship Show
November 20th The puppies are born! 4 boys and 1 girl
September 23rd Naoise and I enter our first ever carting competition and get first place!
September 18th Tika is mated by Rory. All being well, we hope to have a litter sometime around November 20th.
September 2nd At our annual Club show, Rory wins the largest class of the day. Naoise has her carting debut and excels at it. Most important, she enjoyed every minute of it!
June 07 Rory beats off all the competition to get his first Green Star! This is a step towards him becoming a Champion
November 22nd We recieve confirmation from the IKC that Rory has achieved his Junior Diploma. Well done Rory!
November 12th Rory beats Naoise to go BOB and gets short-listed in the group. Together they win Best Brace in Show.
November 5th Rory wins his class, and actually gets his final point this time!
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Due to a miscalculation, Rory needs another point to get his J.D.
October 8th Under a breed specialist, Rory gains his final point and goes Reserve Best of Breed in a well-supported entry
October 1st Rory gains another point!
September 10th Rory wins his class at the Open Show he attends and gains his 10th point. Almost there!
July 30th Both Tika and Rory win their respective classes. Rory is now 2/3 of the way to his J.D. with 9 points.
July 1st Rory wins the well-attended puppy class and is Best Puppy in Breed for the final time. He'll be a year old by the next show..

June 11th

 

Wow, what a great day all round! Rory now has 8 points. Naoise wins her first class and is placed 2nd out of 5 in the second. The judge commented that "she has a lovely shape". Tika wins her class and then wins the Working Group! Well done Tika!
June 5th Rory wins the puppy class and is Best Puppy in Breed at the Munster Canine Association Championship Show
May 28th Rory wins his Junior breed class and beats Tika to go Best of Breed. He gains his 7th point.

April 29th

Again, Rory wins the puppy class! He gains his final 2 Championship Show points and now has 6 points.

April 9th

Rory gains his 4th Junior Diploma point by winning his class at the Tralee and District Open Show. He's now 1/3 of the way there.

March 17th

Rory attends the St Patrick's Day International All Breed Show, his first Championship Show. He goes Best Puppy in breed and wins the Courtsherry Perpetual Shield. He gets 2 more points towards his Junior Diploma also. Tika gets placed in a large "Adult Bitch" class.

March 5th 2006

Rory wins his class at South Tipperary Open show. He gets through to the Group and also gets his first point towards his Junior Diploma.

November 2005 Naoise becomes the first Bernese Mountain Dog to achieve a Junior Diploma.
August 2004 Tika wins Best In Show at a fun dog show. Naoise wins Best Puppy In Show at the same event.