I Brag With PRIDE!
 

I just can't help bragging about my boy Lance. Living in ND and having
to start with the best that was available to me as a newbie to
showing, I have finally gotten to the point where I am producing
yorkies that have the structure, personality and looks for the ring.
Lance is my first bred by and is in Texas being shown by my friend
Ruth. In limited showing he has picked up two Best of Breeds and
recently got his first major. I cannot express how proud and excited I
am. This is the realization of a dream of many years and I am so
looking forward to other dogs from my kennel taking their
championships as well. I guess this proves that if you test for health
and work long and hard you can achieve your goals. Lance's sire was
shown by Barb Biessel and he was bred to one of her champion bitches.
It is nice to know that even an unknown person can get there too
without sacrificing ethics or integrity. I am forever grateful to the
Texas people that have been so kind to me and have helped me with
Lance. My thanks also go out to the Judges who have seen the beauty in my boy and thought him worthy of the awards they have given to him.
Terri

Stunning!!!!

He's GORGEOUS!!! Congrats!!

He's beautiful. I love that type. Congrats! :)

Congratulations, Lance is beautiful. I am sure he will be a champion in no time. Personally I think it would be much more gratifying when you can produce and show a dog of your own breeding. Best wishes in the future.

Gorgeous!

My, my, my! He is a looker! Simply gorgeous! Congrats to you and Lance! :)

Congratulations! He is sooo handsome and he got Best in Breed! :)

What a handsome guy. He is gorgeous!!! You deserve to be proud. Congratuations!

What a STUD PUPPY!!

And no, you're not braggig, just stating the fact's.:D

Well, I'm no judge but even I can see you have one fine looking boy there. You are entitled to be proud. Congratulations to you and your boy. I, too, see myself dabbling in the show ring some day, but alas it is not possible at this time.

Lance
 

:excited: Oh, he is a true Sir Lancelot of a guy. He has a beautiful bearing and presence. I'll bet you are so proud of him. Congratulations!

He's in TX? Will he be in San Antonio this week for the Kennel Club of Greater Victoria show? I will look for him if so!

He is absolutely handsome :)

Or San Antonio KC this weekend?

Lance is going to San Antonio and will be shown this weekend by my friend Roseanne Fett as I was not able to go. Pulling for that second major!

Congratulations! He is beautiful.

Wonderful...Congratulations...

Terri, I just heard that Lance got WD at the San Antonio show today for a major win. Congratulations!!! I know you are proud of your boy. Best of luck the rest of the weekend.

Congraats

congatulations!! and now I see that even more congratulations are in order! way to go!

My name is Ruth and I am a friend of Terri's. I need to clarify some of Terri's original post. While Terri did post the message, I composed it. Terri was sick at the time and I wrote it for her and she simply did a cut and paste. She is now in the hospital without internet and is unable to respond herself and since the original wording was mine, I take full responsibility for having made statements that now need to be clarified.
I stated that Barb Biessel showed Salvation and that he bred to one of her bitches. It is my fault that I did not fully check my facts prior to composing the post. Terri did pay Natalie Nelson a stud fee to use Salvation, but she has no business dealings with Natalie. Being a newcomer, Terri was isolated in a remote area without access to better dogs. As many newcomers are, she was vulnerable to the story that Natalie told her. With poor judgement on my part, I repeated what she had been told.
Barb did take Salvation after Natalie had made many requests over a long period of time. At no time did Barb represent that Salvation in fact should have been a show dog and the breeding that took place was accidental. Barb took fully responsibility for the resulting litter and placed the puppies as pets.
My wording was extremely unfortunate in that I infered by my words that there was implied approval by Barb of Salvation or the breeding. This is most emphatically not the case. The relationship actually ended acrimoniously and Barb demonstrated her good stewardship of the breed by caring for the puppies and ensuring that they were spayed and neutered and placed in loving homes.
I take full responsibility for the post. Any errors are mine, not Terri's. I publicly and sincerely apologize to Barb and to anyone that was in any way misled by my words. I have certainly learned from this and it is not a mistake that I will repeat. That said, I hope that you will join me in congratulating Terri on her justifiable pride in her lovely boy Lance.

Ruth, it sounds like an honest mistake. Hopefully all concerned will understand. Please give Terri my congratulations and I pray she makes a speedy recovery.

Congrats on Lance's wins! I've gotten to spend some time with him in San Antonio this weekend and he's a nice little dog