ASSA National 2009

Ch Belmark Elation, wins Award of Merit

Felicity Bootylicious, Am pts wins second in the Open Black bitch class

Belmark Bi The Book, Am mjr pts wins second in the Open Black dog class

Am/Can Ch Belmark Shakedown, third in Futurity 12-18 month dog

Belmark Covewind Bye Bi Blues, second in the 6-9 month

Can Ch Belmark Shaken Not Stirred, second in Open Blue bitches

4/3/09 We would like to send a big congrats to friend and co-breeder/owner Kerri Denter of Felicity Shelties, for her recent wins on "Kayla" Felicity Simply Intoxicating. This beautiful Can Ch Belmark Above The Law daughter, and full sister to our "Callie" Belmark Charismatic, has quickly and at 9 months of age gathered both her majors in whirlwind fashion and picked up two Best in Sweeps and a Runner Up to Best in Sweeps along the way. We hope this girl will finish soon and be Felicity's first homebred Champion!

3/28/09 "Fusion"(above) BISS Can Ch Kingsland N' Belmark Fusion, an Am/Can Ch Belmark Lo And Behold, son. Wins a 3 point major on March 13th at the Louisville specialty under respected judge Rick Thompson, and he follows that up at his next show weekend on 3/28/09 and goes WD again for a 4 point major at the Central IN Specialty under breeder judge Marcia Bittner. We are very excited about this young dog's show carrier as he embarks for the National and from there to the Sunway team with Nick and Joel, to hit some more shows. We congratulate owner Beverly Klassen of Attridge Shelties and to breeders Larry and Linda Baum, who made it all possible. Repeat of this litter now on the ground.

3/15/09 "Ryan" is now Am/Can Ch Jade Mist Belmark Bragging Rights, finishing today with a WD and BW for those last 2 points! We are so proud of Ryan and handler Karen Munster who finished him from start to finish in 5 show weekends. We are so happy and proud of Ryan and his upcoming kids.

3/6/09 "Ryan" Can Ch Jade Mist Belmark Bragging Rights, wins another 2 points at the Franklin TN shows, under the expert handling of Karen Munster. That brings him to just 2 singles to go. We are so very happy and proud of this young dog and how well he has done this year...... more to come from Ryan and his puppies soon.

2/22/09 "Shake'Em" is now Ch Belmark Shakedown!
By Am/Can Ch Belmark Lo And Behold x Am/Can Ch Belmark All Shook Up
He had a wonderful weekend at the Central Ohio Shetland Sheepdog Club going WD and BW on 2/21 for a 5 point major and on 2/22 with another 5 point with a WD and BW!! This beautiful non white factored blue boy finished at 10 months of age with four majors. A huge thanks to judges Kim Schive and Janet Turnage-Nahikian for these wonderful wins! And to make it all the sweeter Shake'Em was shown all owner handled and out of the bred-by class, what an honor! Check him out below..... click on him to go to his page.

2/21/09 "Elle" Belmark Elation, by Am/Can Ch Belmark Lo And Behold also picked up a 5 point major win at the Central Ohio SSC, putting her on 12 points both majors, she is now needing just 3 singles to finish! huge congrats goes to Julie Desy her handler and possibly biggest fan along with co-owner Kim Furlong!

2/21/09 Our new boy Ch Trevanne's Roddick is now finished and is home!! We are so excited and grateful to Colleen Andrus of Trevanne shelties for allowing Andy to come live with us. He is by Can Ch Trevanne's Rudy Giuliani x Can Ch Trevanne's Shiraz, who is a full sister to Am/Can Ch Trevanne's Pelletier. We are very excited about this new addition and know that he will make a great impact to our program.

2/19/09 "Ryan" Can Ch Jade Mist Belmark Bragging Rights, wins on 2/19, 2/21 and 2/22 with WD and BW all along finishing with a BB on Sunday! This gives him 11 points both majors in only three weekends. He was expertly handled by Karen Munster!

2/15/09 "Ryan" Can Ch Jade Mist Belmark Bragging Rights, wins a second major at the Des Moines show under James White at the Keomah Kennel Club show in IA, under the expert handling of friend Karen Munster! Ryan has 8 points both majors in just two weekend, we can't wait for this boy to finish!!

2/1/09 "Colby" Argos Storybook Dreams Collide, a "Val" Belmark Bi The Book daughter ( and littermate to our "Slippy, Belmark Give Em' The Slip), just picked up a fat 5 point major today under judge Carolyn Ing, at the Chicagoland Specialty. That is after winning Best In Sweep ! What a day for Belmark dogs, congrats to breeders Laura Ross and Allison Gilbert and owner Allison Gilbert on this wonderful win!
*Flash* "Colby" won a second major at the Indy shows on 2/13/09 for an additional 4 points!!

2/1/09 "Elle" Belmark Elation, won Runner up to Best in Sweeps, and RWB on 1/30/09 at the Three Rivers SSC of Pittsburg Specialty, and then followed that up with a Best In Sweeps and WB for a fat 5 point major the following day under breeder judge Jane Howard!! We are so proud of this lovely bi-black girl and her exceptional reception to all those that have seen her. And send huge congrats to new owner Kim Furlong and handler Julie Desy for the wonderful wins!

2/1/09 "Trendy Belmark Trend Setter, picked up a 3 point WD under James Noe in Canada with handler Bev Klassen. This is Tredy's first show weekend and he has made us very proud with his wonderful show attitude! We would also like to send one out for Belmark Charismatic, Callie who took a Runner up to Best in Sweeps on 1/30/09undr breeder judge Karen Parker. Both of these puppies are fresh in Canada and just getting their feet wet in the ring, we are looking forward to many more wins for this duo, huge thanks to handler Bev Klassen of Attridge shelties for all her invaluable work with these babies.

1/31/09 "Ryan" Can Ch Jade Mist Belmark Braggin Rights, picked up a major at the Shetland Sheepdog Club of Greater Georgia. Winning WD and BOS under judge Jean Fournier. This is only his third day in the ring with handler Karen Munster and after picking up two other reserves the other two days, one being a major reserve. Ryan is on his way, and ready to take the ring by storm!

1/17/09 "Maizy" Belmark Brynmere Tarnished Silver, just won her first points and  made it a major! At 9 months of age, Maize, a Ch Belmark Lo And Behold daughter, went Best Of Breed over three specials at the MD shows!!! Huge congrats to Sharon Schutte her owner, and handler Jessica Starbuck for this wonderful win. *FLASH* she followed that up on 1/18/09 with a WB for 2 more points!

1/4/09 "Shake'em" Belmark Shakedown, wins again going WD and BW under respected breeder judge Nioma Coen, he also went RWD the day before under Tom Coen. We are very happy with the wins under these judges.

on 1/3/09 "Elle" Belmark Elation, went WB and BW under Tom Coen and the next day on 1/4/09 Under Nioma Coen she goes WB and BOS!!! What an accomplishment. This is Elle's first show with new owner, Kim Furlong and handler Julie Desy. We send both of them a BIG congrats. We are very proud of these wins for sire, "Bode" Am/Can Ch Belmark Lo And Behold, what a weekend!

12/14/08 "Shake'em" Belmark Shakedown, Picked up a 5 point major reserve on 12/13 to the BB dog, and followed that up on 12/14 with a 4 point Specialty major under judge Elaine McIntyre out of the bred-by class. This gives Shake'em both his majors and 8 points, not bad for his third show weekend. To add to our excitement Shake'em's littermate sister Belmark Brynmere Tarnished Silver, picked up a specialty major reserve on the 14th as well! We have great expectations for the puppies of this breeding as they all start hitting the ring.

11/22/08 "Hoola" Can Ch Belmark Hullabaloo, finishes in style grabbing a 5 point win going WB, BW and BOS today. This is the 5th Can Ch for her sire Am/Can Ch Belmark Lo And Behold, "Bode" and a half sister to Belmark Bi The Book, "Val" who only needs one major to finish his American title. We are very excited about this young girl and look forward to what the future may bring for her! Huge thanks to friend and handler Bev Klassen who again hit it out of the park!

11/15/08 "Shake'em" Belmark Shakedown, wins a major going WD and BW today under judge James Noe at the Lima Kennel Club show in Columbus OH. We are so thrilled in the reception our little boy had at the shows this weekend and how many people truly appreciated his qualities. Shakem also took a major RWD on Friday under Sharon Redmer!  Due to the time of the year, it will be harder to hit many shows coming up but we hope to continue with this puppy in the coming months.

11/13/08 "Cheree" BIS Can Ch Belmark Recherché, picks up her first Am points and makes it a major at the SSC of Greater Tucson Specialties! She took 4 points under judge Bob Kelly going WB and BOS and also won a RWB under Rick Thompson earlier that day. This is the first show weekend out in the US and her first show weekend with handler Tammie Gabrielson.  We can't wait to see how this girl continues to do on the west coast.

10/10/08 "Hoola" Belmark Hullabaloo, wins 4 points going WB, BW and BOS! We are so happy and now the end is near with 9 points on this pretty bi-blue bitch. To boot she also won Best Puppy In Group, what an honor. Huge thanks to Bev Klassen who is so close to finishing this little stinker, we could not do all of this without her!

10/10/08 today "Shake'em" Belmark Shakedown, at the tender age of just 6 months to the day won WD and Puppy Group 2nd! We are so proud of this "Bode" son and hope that it is the beginning of a wonderful carrier!

10/4/08 "Ryan" Can Ch Jade Mist Belmark Braggin Rights wins WD to finish in 4 straight shows!! Huge thanks to friend and handler Beverly Klassen who made it all possible. This is dog # 7 for this year with her help! We already have Ryan back home and congratulate Larry Baum for his Ryan litter born 9/30/08 of 4 girls and 2 boys. Puppies expected also here at Belmark the end of this month! See picture of Ryan below......and click on his name above to go to his new page.

10/3/08 "Ryan" Jade Mist Belmark Braggin Rights wins WD and BW for 5 points, this brings him to 8 point in short order! We are so excited about this young dog's future.

9/27/08 "Ryan" Jade Mist Belmark Braggin Rights, just picked up a 3 point win going WD and BW his first time in the ring with friend and handler Bev Klassen. We are very excited about his future.

9/26/08 "Paris" Can Ch Belmark Paris In The Spring, Am pts, just finished in grand style taking a Group 4th under judge Deborah Graffman for 5 points! Thanks to friend Sheri Whitsitt who helped greatly in making this possible and to handler Cheryl Pike who handled her so beautifully.

9/26/08 "Bode" is now Am/Can Ch Belmark Lo And Behold, he finished in Canada under the expert guidance of Bev Klassen. He will now be coming home permanently to entertain the ladies!

9/21/08 " Sprite", Can Ch Belmark Shaken Not Stirred, picked up her first major win under breeder judge Jo Virden at the Iowa City Specialty, going WB and BW! This was a fat 4 point win, we are so thrilled with this specialty major on this yearling baby.  Huge thanks to Jo Virden who found her in this large entry and picked out yet again another Bode kid in the pack!

9/20/08 "Chicago", Am/Can Ch Attridge Windy City, finished his American Championship going WD and BOS at the Iowa City Specialty under Rick Thompson. He finished with three majors at just 3 years of age. He is now the third Am/Can Ch Trevanne's Whirlwind kid to finish this year from Frozen Semen! HUGE congrats to friend and owner Beverly Klassen who really deserved this win!

9/12/08 "Hoola", Belmark Hullabaloo, is now Canadian pointed going WB and BOS for a fat 5 points at the Edmonton Kennel club. Thanks to handler Bev Klassen for the expert presentation. We are so proud of our little wiggly worm, who actually held it together to get the nod!!

9/7/08 "Sprite, Can Ch Belmark Shaken Not Stirred, picked up her first US point at the Clermont County Kennel Club under judge Harry Smith, winning WB and BOS. We are very proud of this little girl and her littermates' accomplishments so far at just barely a year of age.

8/30/08 "Bode" Am Ch Belmark Lo And Behold, gained another 4 points today, so only one more single to go, and two weeks to wait for the next show........more to come.

8/24/08 "Bode" Am Ch Belmark Lo And Behold, attended his first show in Canada with good friend Bev Klassen and gained 5 points going BB!! We are very excited to have him half way there already!!!

8/3/08 "Val", Belmark Bi The Book, wins a major under judge Amy Safdir at Canfield OH!! We only need one more major to finish him, we are so excited!

8/1/08 "Randy", Can Ch Mystic's Show Off At Belmark just finished going WD and BW for three points, huge thanks to friend Bev and Jen who handled him to these wins! You girls are the best!!

7/28/08 "Val" went WD and BOS again for his last needed single. He now has 9 points, we are anxious for those majors!!! looking forward to the rest of the summer, we feel he is on a roll.

7/27/08 Today was a great day for our dogs, "Val", Belmark Bi The Book gained two more points going WD and BOS at the Marion OH shows bringing his total to 8 points, owner handled....... "Randy" Mystic's Show Off At Belmark, won two more points in Canada under the capable hands of Bev Klassen, he now only needs two points to finish. And a Phoebe son, by Justin, Karmuns White Mocha Magic, just gained his first major win, which brings his point total to 8!!! Huge congrats there!

7/25/08 "Sprite", Can Ch Belmark Shaken Not Stirred, finished the same day as "Fusion", this makes Champion number 4 so far this year for sire Ch Belmark Lo And Behold, "Bode". This could not be possible if it were not for the talent and friendship of handler Bev Klassen who works tirelessly with my dogs!

7/25/08 "Fusion", Can Ch Kingsland Belmark Fusion, now owned by Bev Klassen finished today in Canada at the tender age of 8 months, with just a small handful of shows. This boy was bred by Larry and Linda Baum and has made us all proud, check out the Rising Stars page for details!! *FLASH* Fusion is now a BISS !!

7/11/08 "Randy" Mystic's Show Off At Belmark, Wins WD and BW for 3 Canadian points under judge Leslie Rogers, followed the next day on the 12th by some more of the same! So he has 6 points in two days. More details coming soon!

7/4/08 "Val" wins WD and BOS at the Wauseon show! he will be hitting some more selected shows this summer so watch for him in the ring!!

6/30/08 "Val" wins WD, BW and BOS at the Sandusky KC show in Lima OH, owner handled and under Harry Smith..... this brings his point total to 5 in very limited showing. We hope to have Val out more this year to finish!!!

6/28/08 "Capri" wins his second major within a few days, what an awesome puppy! Going WD, BW and BOS at the Champaign IL KC under judge Houston Clark. This brings him up to 8 points with both majors in just two weekends. big thanks to friend and handler Karen Munster for the finishing touch! WE could not be more happy..... then at home "Val", Belmark Bi The Book, won RWD at the Lima shows on 6/28/ and 6/29.

6/19/08 "Capri" gains a WD and BW for 2 more points at the Valparaiso KC show under Roger Hartinger! This brings his point total to 5 points with just two back to back wins, as a puppy and owner handled!

6/15/08 "Capri", Belmark Capri, won a good sized major under judge Charles Olvis at the Echo Hills Kennel Club Show in Troy Ohio. These are his first points, owner handled to boot and out of the Bred-By class. This is only his second weekend of shows after his debut at the National where he won his 6-9 class. We are very proud of him and send him best wishes as he hits the ring with Karen Munster next week.

6/15/08 "Sprite", Belmark Shaken Not Stirred, picked up another 3 points in Canada, who will finish first, Sprite or Fusion????

"Sprite" Can Ch Belmark Shaken Not Stirred pictured above

Also congrats to Kyrie Attridge Bi Blackness who received 3rd in her Jr Puppy Class,
this cute little bi-black bitch is also sired by our Ch Belmark Lo And Behold, "Bode", and bred/owned by Tracy Grathwohl and Beverly Klassen.

Then at the next show The Alberta Sheltie Club specialty under judge Linda Millman, May 17th

"Fusion", Kingsland N' Belmark Fusion, placed 1st in the Jr. Puppy Class, Winners Dog and Best Of Winners for 5 points.......
And BEST PUPPY IN SHOW, again! We are so proud of this young boy and at the tender age of just 6 months at his first show weekend we are so happy at how well received he was.

We only sent these three puppies and they all made us proud in their respective classes. I would like to thank our friend and handler Bev Klassen for her excellent care and presentation of these guys!

Show News

6/13/08 "Fusion", Kingsland Belmark Fusion, acquired 2 more points in Canada so only 3 more to go for this cute little baby's Championship!! Thanks handler Bev Klassen. We hope  this will be Champion number 3 for his sire, Ch Belmark Lo And Behold, "Bode". 

6/2/08 "Sprite", Belmark Shaken Not Stirred, our beautiful blue Ch Bode and Ch Fizz daughter just won her first Canadian points going WB, BW and BOS today with friend and handler Bev Klassen at a large 5 point entry. This makes two more Bode kids with Canadian points and nearing their Championships!

Then back at home on May 18th, In Flint MI, Bode puppies made us proud, under breeder judge Jo Virden, "Bindy", Can Ch Belmark Shake That Booty,  was awarded Winners Bitch and Best of Opposite for 2 points (unfortunately the major broke) and her brother Can Ch Belmark Second To None, "Wyatt", now owned by Bev Klassen, won Winners Dog for 2 points, Best of Winners, and Best of Breed over a Special! Not bad for a puppy. We send a big Thank you to Jo Virden for recognizing this look-a-like duo!

"Rumor" is now Am/Can Ch Belmark Rumor Has It!!!! She finished on April 26th with a Specialty win at the Shetland Sheepdog Club of Greater Birmingham in Montgomery AL under judge Dr Daniel W Fleitas.  We are so happy, from beginning to end she finished her Am Championship in just over 2 months. This "Monet" daughter has a swift moving gait and coat, bone, and that family look! This is our second Am Ch so far this year and a half sister to Bode. We are very excited about her future! we LOVE this girl. We send a Huge thanks to handler Karen Munster for all her AM points and to Bev Klassen for finishing her in Canada!

ASSA National 2008

Belmark Capri, above

"Wyatt", Can Ch Belmark Second To None, placed fourth in the 9-12 month Futurity class
(now owned by Bev Klassen)

"Bindy", Can Ch Belmark Shake That Booty, placed third in the 9-12 month Futurity class

"Capri", Belmark Capri, wins first in the 6-9 month regular classes

"Kira", Whitland N' Belmark Harmony, makes the cut in her huge class

"Sprite", Belmark Shaken Not Stirred, placed fourth in the 9-12 month regular class

"Val", Belmark Bi The Book, Am pts, placed third in the Open Black dog class

"Bode", Ch Belmark Lo And Behold, wins second in the Stud Dog class

"Phoebe", UKC Ch Belmark Practically Perfect, Am pts, wins third in the brood bitch class
with puppies below

Belmark Bi The Book, above

We would like to thank our friends and handlers Karen Munster and Bev Klassen for handling most of our dogs at the ASSA National. You girls are just awesome, I am the luckiest person!
 

Ch Belmark Lo And Behold, in the stud dog class with
Can Ch Belmark Second To None and Can Ch Belmark Shake That Booty: 10 month old littermates out of Am/Can Ch Belmark All Shook Up, pictured above

Also congrats to those puppies and or dogs out of Belmark dogs........

Karmuns White Chocolate Mocha, placed fourth in the 12-18 mo sable class
(this little boy is co-bred with Karen Munster and out of "Phoebe")

Willtana Night In Paris, placed second in the 6-9 mo AOAC class
(this little girl is bred by Randy and Linda Willt and out of Belmark Willtana Nightsong a littermate to "Meg")

Felicity Glamorous, placed fourth in the 6-9 mo AOAC class
(this young girl is by Ch Belmark Lo And Behold and out of Belmark Arcadia and owned by Kerri Denter)

Karmuns Perfect Alibi, made the cut in her large 12-18 mo class
(Handled by Mark Hersman and owned by Karen Munster. This girl is littermate to "Mocha" above)

Belmark Shaken Not Stirred, above

Results for CSSA National Specialty in Calgary AB

May 14th, Under judge Guy Mauldin (Kismet)

"Fusion", Kingsland N' Belmark Fusion, placed 2nd in the Jr. Puppy Sweeps Class

"Randy", Mystic Show Off At Belmark, placed 2nd in his 12-18 month Puppy Sweeps Class

"Sprite", Belmark Shaken Not Stirred, placed 2nd in the Sr. Puppy Sweeps

Kingsland N' Belmark Fusion, above

May 15th, Under judge Nioma Coen (Macdega)

"Fusion", Kingsland N' Belmark Fusion, placed 1st in the Jr. Puppy Class
And BEST PUPPY IN SHOW!

"Randy", Mystic Show Off At Belmark, placed 3rd in his 12-18 month Puppy Class

"Sprite", Belmark Shaken Not Stirred, placed 3rd in the Sr. Puppy Class

Mystic Show Off At Belmark, above

We send a HUGE congrats to Roger and Pam Sadberry for their pretty 6-9 puppy bitch, "Ella” Belmark Enchanted at SevenOaks, who went WB/BOS for a major on 3/22/08 at the Southern California Specialty under judge Lorraine Still. This was Ella’s second show. She was also Runner up to Best In Sweeps that day. She continued her winning ways by going Best Puppy At Bakersfield on 4/5/08. We are very proud of this little Posie daughter!!!!

"Bindy", Can Ch Belmark Shake That Booty, just finished under the capable hands of Bev Klassen today April 4th. She finished easily with a 5 point win on 3/2 and another 5 point win on 3/22 going WB and BW under Peter Machen, so she just needed the nod today to call herself Champion!!!! We are so very proud and happy of her win and looking forward to the National next week.

 "Wyatt", Can Ch Belmark Second To None, finished easily in Canada, starting on 2/29/08 and with friend and handler Bev Klassen (who presented this green baby beautifully) he quickly picked up the WD class. He followed this up with a WD BW and BOS the following day on 3/1/08 this brings his point total to 6 in two days of shows!!! *Flash* He quickly picked up another WD on Sunday for 2 more points..... so he has 8 pts in one weekend. The following weekend on 3/8/08 he picked up the needed WD for his Championship!
His sister "Bindy", Belmark Shake That Booty, did not want to be outdone by her brother..... so on Sunday 3/2/08 she captured the 5 point win that he needed to finish in one weekend going WB and BW to her brother!!! HUGE thanks to Bev Klassen for the ride!! She knows how to do it!

*Flash* "Rumor", Can Ch Belmark Rumor Has It, is now American major pointed going WB, BW and BOS at the Des Moines sponsored Keomah Kennel club show on 2/17/08, under judge Tomas Gomez. This gives her a fat 4 point major her first weekend out with handler and friend Karen Munster, she followed that up with a WB the next weekend for another point! and a WB on 3/9/08 for another major! 8 points so far; Then a few days later at the Louisville show on 3/12 she picked up another 3 point major (one dog shy of 4 points). This brings her total to 11 points with THREE majors!!!! all in about one month. We are very happy and looking forward to those last 4 singles!

*News* "Val", Belmark Bi The Book, is now pointed going WD and BW at the Indy shows on 2/7/08, for 2 points!!! This is his first show back as an adult, he then followed that up at his next show on 2/24 under Linda More taking another WD, followed by a WD on 3/6/08 this brings his show total to 4 points!
Val is on his way.....

*News* a Bode daughter Tess, is now U-Ch Springhill Angel Eyes Riptide,  at 4 months she took 2 Best Puppy in Shows at a UKC show in Maryland.  Then at her first official shows (UKC) She got Best of Breed twice 2 majors towards her UKC CH and finished with a Group 4th. She already has another win towards her Grand championship with a second Group 4th and will be to AKC shows soon. Congrats to owner Avis May and breeders Veronica Covatch and Michelle Wachob