Becoming A Champion!

It takes 15 points and two Majors to become a Champion.

With one point already under my belt won at my first show

I was after 14 more and two Majors (a Major is 10 or more girls!)

Winning 4th place in my class at the Newfoundland Specialty

in Dixon CA

Here's my handsome brother Mr. Big and I with

Aunt Karen after the show

Winning Best of Winners and Best of Opposite!

In Petaluma CA

With Judge Donavan Thomas

Winning Best of Opposite

In Grassvalley CA

with judge Carolyn Alexander

Winning Best of Opposite

In Sonora CA

with judge Pat Hastings

Whoo Hooo!

Jeff became available again so there was no stopping us now!

My first Major Win!

In Vallejo CA

with judge Lesley Hiltz

Winning Best of Opposite

with Judge Linda Riedel

in Grassvalley CA


My biggest win ever was with the prestigious judge
Ron Menaker - Chairman of the Board of American Kennel Club
at the beautiful Palm Springs CA show
Winning this Major completed my Championship and…

introduced me to peanut butter Chewy Louie’s!

The best cookie ever!

* It’s now mandatory a case be bought at every

Red Barn stand we see

Thanks to:

Jeff Heim (The # 1 handler!)

Blossom Heim for the giving me the best trimmed feet and hocks in the ring!

Michael and Krystal McGuire for taking on my first season of shows

Aunt Phyllis and Aunt Karen for teaching my mom had to groom and trim me for shows

Aunt Jill for keeping me excited about going to shows by the endless supply

of cookies you "tossed" from your pocket to my mouth!

and Thanks to the judges:

Patricia Gellerman, Donavan Thomas, Linda Riedel, Lesley Hiltz, Pat Hastings,

Carolyn Alexander, Beverly Bonadonnna-Vics, Danny Canino, Peter Emily,

Terry Goldman and Ronald Menaker.

Sophie ("CH" Bonnie Bay's Heaven Sent)

75th NCA National Specialty

My second show ever just happen to be at the Newfoundland National Specialty when it came to the West Coast (Monterey CA). We met the very best handler ever that weekend. His name is Jeff Heim. My class was huge with 30 Newfies! I made the first round of cuts which we were thrilled with.

How's my pose?

Reach and Drive...... Reach and Drive

After the show I got to see my very handsome brother Mr. Big

who came to watch the show and see ALL the Newfies.

Can you tell why his name is Mr. Big??

After the show we went to the ocean........




and out to dinner at Village Corner in Carmel CA

Ummm what looks good tonight????

I hope the food gets here soon... I'm hungry

Here we are at dinner

My biggest fans.... my family

Back at the hotel
I'm so pooped after my big day I didn't even care I missed the bed

Sophie

It's Show Time!

Ok, I got myself into my first show!

I'm so nervous I think I'm going to throw up on the way to Placerville.

I decided to just relax and shut my eyes and try to vision myself doing well.

Aunt Karen stacks my back feet........

The judge Patricia Gellerman looked at my teeth.......

We trot up....... and then back........

(I'm thinking "reach and drive"... reach and drive")

Ok this is the moment... I'm trying hard to hold my pose.

I hope she sees me way back here at the end of the line.

Guess who won? You guess it!
I won my class and then went on and won

Winners and Best of Opposite.

It's a great start to my Show Dog Career!

And who was there to cheer me on????? My brother Frankie!!!

Sophie

Decisions, Decisions

I started thinking about what my brother Frankie said about Dog Shows so I watched a few on Animal Planet to see if that's something I might want to do.

Ummmm...... trot down and back, head high...

Hey, he just got a cookie for doing that...

Mom, I think I want to do this!

Yikes! You're not going to make me look like that are you??

Sophie

A Playdate With My Handsome Brothers

Just a few months before turning one my brothers Frankie and Zito

and I got together for a playdate at the house we were born at.

We were happy to see each other.

Frankie had news....

He had become a SHOW DOG!

Whooo Hooo

Sophie .................Frankie

Otter told us pups to follow her and she'd show us the yard.

We followed her up the hill

Then......we decide to have our own fun!

Do ya give up Frank ???

Whew!!!!!!! We're ready for a nap now!

While the boys took naps I found..............PUPPIES!!!!

It sure was a fun day!

Mr. Sutter wishing he had a bigger swimming pool

Sophie

My first year!

I was tough from the beginning... look at me get the best of this guy!

Mom and Dad are building "me" a pool in the backyard and I'm helping.

I discovered the Kings! I still enjoy watching my favorite team.

Those were the days... small enough for indoor baths.

I met my best friend Yogi! We're both the same age (but I'm bigger)

This one of my favorite places... Folsom Lake

I'm dressed and ready for my first trip to the snow.

It can get hot in Folsom but I have fun staying cool!

I'm still tough..... look at me get the best of this guy too!

Yogi and I are big enough to swim for hours now.

My first water rescue... and not even one yet!

Finally.... My first birthday. My how I've grown! Sophie