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Ocoee Bringing Down The House
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February 13-14-Shannon Holzem took her five month old baby "Linus" to four UKC shows this weekend, entered in the novice puppy class. Linus walked away with Best Puppy In Show at all four shows! Congrats to Shannon and Linus, you have four beautiful rosettes to begin your career.
Linus is from our late August litter by Ch. Ocoee Have An Absolute Ball out of Ch. Pawmarc Ocoee Light The Way. We are looking forward to great things from him in the future.
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January 23-24, 2010-We had a wonderful weekend at the Chattahoochee English Springer Spaniel Club of Greater Atlanta Specialty Shows!
Saturday- Best in Sweepstakes to Theo (Ocoee Go Figure) under breeder judge Dana Lodge. Then Winners Dog to Theo under breeder judge Carol Callahan, for his second consecutive five point specialty major. Our George (Ocoee D sqd With a Vengeance) was Best in Bred By Exhibitor Classes and our Amy (Ocoee Grant Me a Wish) was 2nd in Bred by Exhibitor Bitches.
Sunday-Again, Best in Sweepstakes to Theo under breeder judge Cathy Van Kempen! Then 1st in regular 12-18 class to Theo, and Reserve Winners Dog to George. Miss Amy completed the day by winning first in the BBE bitch class.
Thank you to all the breeders and judges for recognizing our dogs. We were proud and humbled.
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Ocoee Go Figure
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Ocoee Go Figure
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January 9, 2010-We are proud and excited to announce that Theo (Ocoee Go Figure) was Winners Dog and Best of Winners (five points) and Best Puppy at the prestigious American Spaniel Club Specialty Show in Philadelphia under judge Gloria Geringer. Theo was beautifully presented by Lisa Arnett to this win.
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November 2009-Congratulations to junior handler Trace Mauldin and his puppy 'Dakota', pictured here winning a four point major. Dakota now has 12 points including two four point majors from the puppy class. Trace and Dakota also have some nice wins in Junior Showmanship.
Dakota is from our January 2009 litter by Ch. Silverhill Sea Dog Go out of Ch. Ocoee Absolute Possession.
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Ocoee Look At Him Go
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Ocoee D sqd With A Vengeance
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September 18-19, 2009-It was another super weekend, this time at the English Springer Spaniel Club of Michigan Specialties!
George, pictured left, was Best of Winners for his second five point Specialty major, and later that evening he was Best in the Invitational Puppy Extravaganza under a panel of three judges.
Theo, Ocoee Go Figure, was first in all four of his 6-9 classes and Best In Sweepstakes on Friday and BOS in Sweepstakes on Saturday!
Both George and Theo were handled on this occasion by Kathy, who hasn't run around a ring that many times in two days in quite a number of years!
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September 8-12, 2009-We had a gratifying National Specialty this year!
Our thanks to long time breeder judge Lynda O'Connor Schneider for BEST IN SWEEPSTAKES with our seven month old boy, Theo (pictured right).
Theo was also 1st in his regular 6-9 class. His brother Dakota was 2nd to him in both classes.
George (Ocoee D sqd With A Vengeance) was 2nd in the Bred By Exhibitor dog class.
Andi (D sqd Ocoee All Lit Up) was 2nd in the Open Bitch class.
It was a wonderful week in St. Louis for the Ocoee dogs, our thanks to all for your kind comments.
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Ocoee Go Figure
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August 23-Congratulations to baby 'Dakota' (Ocoee Look At Him Go) on winning a major today from the 6-9 puppy class in Atlanta! Dakota is owned by Bob and Trace Mauldin and Melanie and was handled by Melanie.
He was bred by Melanie and Kathy and is by Ch. Silverhill Sea Dog Go out of Ch. Ocoee Absolute Possession.
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June 19-We had a thrilling day in Rhode Island when our young boy George was Best In Sweepstakes under Karen Whitfield and Best of Winners under Linda More for five points at the prestigious Eastern English Springer Spaniel Club Specialty.
Our thanks to all our fellow breeders who received George so warmly. It made the day so much more special.
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Ocoee D sqd With A Vengeance
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Ocoee Grant Me A Wish
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May 3-Our beautiful puppy 'Miss Amy' won both her classes at the Wisconsin Specialty and was Reserve Winners Bitch in a very strong entry under breeder judge Larry Libeu. Amy is from our 2008 litter by Ch. Esspecial Twice In A Blue Moon ex Ch. Pawmarc Ocoee Light The Way.
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April 2009-Congratulations to Nigel and his owner Shannon Holzem for earning their AKC S.T.A.R. Puppy Award!
Nigel is from our July 2008 litter sired by Ch. Esspecial Twice In A Blue Moon out of Ch. Pawmarc Ocoee Light The Way. We're very proud of him and look for much more in the future from Nigel and Shannon.
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Ocoee So You Think You Can Dance
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Ocoee DSQD With A Vengeance
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January 30-George was Best of Winners for a major today at his second all breed dog show under judge Linda More. Way to go Mel and George! This is the only day he was entered on the weekend.
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January 17-18, 2009- Melanie and 'George' started out the New Year on a high note, winning Best in Sweepstakes at BOTH the Chattahoochee Specialty Shows over the weekend from the 9-12 puppy dog class. The judge on Saturday was long time Irish Setter breeder Dr. Paul Averill and on Sunday the judge was Springer breeder Susan Campbell. Thanks to you both, and also thank you to all the breeders who commented so positively on our boy.
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Christmas, 2008-We are proud of Michelle Rostowsky and her two dogs Rugby Jr. and Oakley. Rugby Jr's formal name is Ocoee On The PowerPlay and Oakley's is Ocoee Made In The Shade. Both of them have been to several obedience classes with their family and both have earned their Canine Good Citizen Awards. Congratulations!
These two dogs exemplify what we strive to produce at Ocoee; beautiful, sane, sound healthy Springers that bring joy, love and companionship to their owners. Rugby is by Ch. Ocoee Have An Absolute Ball out of Ch. Shelley's Tudor Rose, and Oakley is by Ch. Sprucewood Under Time out of Ch. Wil-Orion's Illusion.
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Rugby Jr. (on the right) and Oakley.
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November 1-At the Dallas Ft. Worth ESSA Specialty show in conjunction with the ESSFTA National Specialty, our young boy George was first in his regular 6-9 month puppy class and second in his Sweepstakes class!
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September 19-Our baby boy George went to his first dog show at six months of age and was RWD to a major! Now watch for George at the National in October with Melanie.
We are excited about this one. He is by Ch. Sprucehaven Under Time ex Ch. Wil-Orion's Illusion, making him a grandson of the two top producers Ch. Tiffany's You've Been Warned and Ch. Springbrook Tagalong My Own Magic.
Mel had a great day, she was WB/BW with our own Andi (pictured below) for her second major and WD for a third major with Cathy Walther's Cedarwoods Classic Rendition. He now has 13 points, three majors in very limited showing.
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Ocoee DSQD With A Vengeance "George"
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DSQD Ocoee All Lit Up "Andi"
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April 12-To cap off her excellent weekend in Perry, Melanie had WB and BW with our young girl, Andi, for her first major. It was Andi's first weekend in the Open class, she's just 15 months old.
Andi is by Ch. Pawmarc's Northern Lights out of Ch. Ocoee DSQD All That Jazz CDX, and is co-owned with us by her breeder, Corrine Johnson.
Congratulations also to Cathy's Walther's Cedarwoods Classic Rendition. Shown by Melanie, he was RWD on Thursday (to Rugby) and WD and BOS over four Specials on Friday for a four point major! This brings Waylon to eight points, two majors and two wins over Specials in only three weekends shown by Mel.
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April 10-We have a new homebred Champion today! Congratulations to Melanie and Rugby, who was Best of Winners for another major today at Perry, GA.
Just like his litter sister Marilyn, Rugby finished with all majors (5-5-3-3) from the Bred By Exhibitor Class. The amazing thing is, he was only shown at four all breed shows and he won a major at each one of them!
Rugby is a dog that we sold as a puppy and had to 'rescue' back from a supposed show home in January of 2007. When he came back to Melanie, he had been cut down and neglected. He was very thin and his white hair was completely stained from being in a wet crate and a wet concrete run. It is a strong testament to his temperament that even though he had had virtually no attention since he was a young puppy, he came back happy, stable and loving.
Melanie worked hard for nearly a year to get Rugby back in condition, and her work was rewarded by the whirlwind way he completed his title.
Rugby is OFA Excellent, Elbow normal, CERF certified and a DNA PRA carrier.
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New Ch. Ocoee Have An Absolute Ball
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March 30-Congratulations to Paula Lynch and Eli, Ch. Ocoee Hide Your Heart CDX for winning Highest Scoring Dog In Trial today at the Newnan Kennel Club All Breed Dog Show and Obedience Trial. This is Eli's third HSDT award for 2008!
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Waylon
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