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Worth the Wait: A
Breeder's Dream
Orchard Hill Charismatic (Brady) Winners dog, Best of Winners & Best of Breed ACKCSC National Specialty 2011 UK breeder/judge Mr. Kenneth Town (Barsac Cavaliers Flash back several years, 2007 to be exact. Our tricolor bitch, Ch. Orchard Hill Never Grow Up, was being shown by Ernesto Lara and was the Number Three Cavalier in the country. "Wendy" had been Top Cavalier in the CKCSC-USA for 2006 and in 2007 had earned four Best in Specialty wins and several Toy Specialty Breed wins. But she was almost four years old and was due in season. Our plan had been to breed Wendy to Eng. Ch. Pascavale Enchanted. I had been to the UK and seen him and several of his get: I thought he and Wendy complimented each other very well. But Enchanted had not yet arrived in the States when Wendy came in season. Instead we bred her to another top-producer, Ch. Hurleaze Birthday Boy at Shirmont. The breeding produced four CKCSC-USA champions, one of which eventually became an all-breed Best in Show winner. By the time we were ready to breed Wendy again Enchanted had gone home to the UK. Another choice was made, also a good one, and time passed. In 2010 Wendy finally produced her Enchanted litter. At last we were able to see our imagined puppies in the flesh, and we were not disappointed: a Blenheim male is now USA/AKC Ch. Orchard Hill Tough Enough, J.W. Handled by Rachel, "Paddington" finished easily with a five-point Specialty major, Breed wins over Specials and a Group Four. His tri litter sister, Ch. Orchard Hill Next Stop, Wonderland, also has a five-point specialty major and was Best of Opposite Puppy at the CKCSC-USA Puppy of the Year under UK breeder Gil Baker. A second tri female is Orchard Hill Buy Me a Pony, J. W., who was Best in Futurity at the recent ACKCSC National under breeder- judge Mrs. Judy Gates. And finally there's Brady, who is shared with our friends Chris and Shelly Hodgkinson and has spent his adolescence with them in Canada. No one had seen Brady "in person" until his debut in San Jose in May of 2011. And suddenly there he was, first time at a show, sparkling and wagging, seemingly glad to have been invited to the party. It was a Cinderella Story minus the large orange pumpkin: Rachel, Chris and I watched with bated breath as Brady charmed British breeder/judge Mr. Ken Town into giving him first Winners Dog and later, Best of Winners and Best of Breed from the classes. Shelly's face in the photo says it all for Rachel and me: winning the National from the classes with a homebred dog is a breeder's dream and just about as good as it gets. Thank-you, everyone, for your overwhelming support and good sportsmanship. We appreciate every kind word. Erica Venier, Orchard Hill Cavaliers
AKC/USA Ch. Orchard Hill Tough Enough, J.W. "Paddington"
Orchard Hill Buy Me a Pony, J. W. (Devon) ACKCSC National Specialty Best in Futurity US breeder Mrs. Judy Gates, breeder/owner handler Rachel Venier
Ch. Orchard Hill Next Stop, Wonderland Best Puppy Bitch, CKCSC-USA Puppy of the Year, 2011 UK Breeder/Judge Mrs. Gil Baker |
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 "Natalie" was Reserve Winner's Bitch two consecutive days at
the 2010 CKCSC-USA National Specialty in Mason, Ohio. Judges were Mr. Ted
Eubank, Pinecrest, USA and Mr. Robert Lamont, Moorfields, Ireland.
The same weekend Natalie's half-brother, Orchard Hill Tough Enough, was Best Puppy in show under breeder-judges Robert and Heather Lamont. "Paddington" earned his Junior Warrant with this win. In March 2011 Paddington won his first CKCSC-USA major under breeder-judge Brenda Martz (Brookhaven, USA.) The following weekend Paddington finished his AKC Championship with five-point majors at the Meadowlands CKCSC Specialty and a Best of Breed win over Specials. Also finishing her championship with three majors was Paddington's tricolor litter sister, "Next Stop, Wonderland." Flash! April 8, 2011: At the Cavaliers of the Mid-West show in Indianapolis, Indiana, Orchard Hill Tough Enough, J.W. wins Best in Show under Breed-Specialist Mr. Dale Martin to finish his CKCSC-USA Championship in style. The following day "Tough Enough" earned Reserve Best in Show under noted British all-arounder Mr. Frank Kane to add the icing to the cake. "Tough Enough" is by top-producing Eng. Ch. Pascavale Enchanted, ROM ex our own Best in Specialty Show bitch Ch. Orchard Hill Never Grow Up, ROM. "Wendy" is the dam of seven AKC Champions and six CKCSC-USA Champions, a CKCSC-USA record. We deeply appreciate Wendy's enormous contribution to our breeding program. |
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   Orchard Hill is pleased to welcome Avalcier Princeton and Avalcier Amber, both co-owned with their breeders, Ming and Katherine Li of Avalcier in the UK. Both dogs have done well here in the States, with Princeton winning Reserve Best in Show at his first CKCSC-USA Specialty and Amber winning two Awards of Merit at the CKCSC-USA National Specialty in October, 2010. Amber and Princeton are both major-pointed in the AKC, with Amber winning under respected breeder-judges Lucy Koster (Harana, UK) and Meredith Snyder (Rattlebridge, US.) We cannot thank Ming and Katherine enough for sharing these two lovely dogs with us.
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