Congratulations and a thank you...

We would like to say a huge thank you to our judges:
​Ramon Podestá and Karen Hodgson for doing a great job!
Also, thank you to everyone that came out to cheer us on, participate in our raffles and stayed to watch (and applaud) our cherished veterans!  They truly loved the attention!

Congratulations ​to all of the winners of our Specialty this year! 

SPECIALTY RESULTS

Best of Breed:       GCHB Mountmagic Jury's Out v Avatar
                                        (Owned by Kim Groves and Luiz Fernandes)
Best of Opposite: CH Sallysvally Bring on the Bubbly
                                       (Owned by Cora Vandekar, Kelly Vandekar,  Caroline Chaput)
Select Dog:           CH Maitland's Hear Me Roar
                                       (Owned by Donna Mikita, Gina McDonnell)
Select Bitch:        CH Mount Magic's Doux Deja Vu
                                       (Owned by Simone Nagel, Angela Hanson)
Best of Winners: Mountmagic's Thunder Queen
                                      (Owned by Simone Nagel)
Winners Dog:      Mountmagic's Quest Continues
                                      (Owned by Simone Nagel)
Winners Bitch:    Mountmagic's Thunder Queen
                                     (Owned by Simone Nagel)
Best Puppy:         Mountmagic's Thunder Queen
                                     (Owned by Simone Nagel)
Best Veteran:      CH Maitland's Hear Me Roar
                                     (Owned by Donna Mikita, Gina McDonnell)
Best Altered:       CH (Alt) Oleka's Rawdney D'Eve Sennenhof
                                    (Owned by Sue Wilkinson)
Absent was:       GCH Alpenbliss Travelin Man
                                    (Owned by Nancy McCallum)
Puppy Sweeps

Best in Sweeps:  Mountmagic's Thunder Queen
                                    (Owned by Simone Nagel)
Best of Opposite
in Sweeps:         Mountmagic's Quest Continues
                                   (Owned by Simone Nagel)

Veteran Sweeps

Best Veteran CH Maitland's Hear Me Roar
​                              (Owned by Donna Mikita, Gina McDonnell)

Ramon Podestá Sr.                                                      
Since 1963, his primary breed has been German Shepherds. He has produced more than 50 GSD Champions and has owned and held the top German Shepherd dog for more than 15 years. In addition, he has been involved in breeding and exhibiting Afghan Hounds, Basset Hounds, Beagles, Whippets, Borzoi, Old English Sheepdogs, Collies, Doberman Pinschers, Great Danes, Rottweiler’s, Schnauzers, Yorkshire Terriers, Standard Smooth Dachshunds, Chows, Irish Setters, Pointers, Dalmatians, Maltese, Pekingese, Japanese Chins, Poodles, (all varieties) and Shih Tzu.
Ramon has owned and bred a record number of champions and top dogs in the country including Latin American International and World Champions.  In total he has produced more than 250 champions including International and World Champions and many BIS winners.  He has been an All Breeds judge since 1978 and has judged in all Latin American  countries Argentina, Mexico, Canada, Spain Portugal, Austria, Finland, Israel, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, South Africa, Portugal, Italy, Sweden, Denmark, England, including World Dog Shows in Argentina, Brazil, Austria and Portugal and Royal Shows in Australia and Asian International shows. He is a member of the Scientific Committee of the FCI and was President of the Kennel Club de Chile. He has also judged the Sydney Royal in 2005 and the Melbourne Royal in 2008.