Prodigal Akitas - Show News!

SHOW NEWS - 2006
Welcome to our Show Results & News page. Here we will post highlights of the CURRENT YEAR WINS of our dogs. After taking off most of 2005, we are once again campaigning our Multiple Group Winning Superstar MBISS Am/Can CH. Cashmere's Guiding Force. "Force" was #1 Akita in Canada in 2004, and again this year in 2006 he's got his eyes on the prize! Click On the Thumbnail Images to see larger, higher resolution pictures.

January 2006	Where ~ Elgin County Kennel Club, London ON When ~ January 22/06 Who ~ Michelle Billings What ~ Force takes BOB, owner handled, & Group 3rd (Billings) in the always highly contested Southern Ontario Working Group.
February 2006	Where ~ Westminster Kennel Club, New York City When ~ February 13/06 Who ~ Annie Rogers Clarke What ~ Force attends America's most prestigious show in NYC and, owner handled, and gives a great performance, making the cut in an intensely strong BOB competition.
March 2006	Where ~ Orangeville & District Kennel Club, Orangeville ON When ~ March 4 & 5/06 Who ~ Tom Burke / William Byrne What ~ Force takes 2 x BOB, owner handled, and gets a cut (Byrne) in the Group.
	Where ~ Windsor All Breed T&T Club, Windsor ON When ~ March 25 & 26/06 Who ~ Ceaser Guitterez Perez / Clinton Harris What ~ Force takes 2 x BOB, owner handled, and a Group 2nd (Harris) in group competition.
	Where ~ Club Canin de L’Estrie, Sherbooke Quebec When ~ March 31/06 Who ~ Don Wallace What ~ Force takes BOB, and a Group 1st (Wallace), being handled for the the very first time this day by Jennifer McClintock, CPHA. Huge thanks to Jenny for a beautiful presentation of our boy.
April 2006	Where ~ Club Canin de L’Estrie, Sherbooke Quebec When ~ April 1/06 Who ~ Ms. Mike Macbeth What ~ Force takes BOB, and a Group 1st (Macbeth) in the always competitive Quebec Working Group, again handled by Jennifer McClintock, CPHA.
	Where ~ Club Canin de L’Estrie, Sherbooke Quebec When ~ April 2/06 Who ~ Ms. Mike Macbeth, Michael Shoreman What ~ Force takes BOB, and a Group 2nd (Shoreman) to finishing out his first weekend in Quebec with Jennifer McClintock, CPHA.
	Where ~ Kent Kennel Club, Chatman ON When ~ April 14,15 & 16/06 Who ~ Denys Jannsen, Michael Forte, Patrica Miller What ~ After taking off a weekend off, Force comes back out and takes 3 x BOB and a Group 2nd (Jannsen). Thanks Jennifer McClintock, for another great job handling this boy!!!!
	Where ~ Guelph & District Kennel Club, Fergus ON When ~ April 21,22 & 23/06 Who ~ Isidro Castro Mendoza, Ricardo Toree-Simoes, Robert Shreve What ~Force takes 3 x BOB, and a Group 3nd (Mendoza - Thanks Jenny !!). Where ~ Victoria County Kennel Club, Oakwood ON When ~ April 28,29 & 30/06 Who ~ Don Wallace, Mike Jackman, Jack Kearly What ~ Force takes 3 x BOB, and ANOTHER Group 3rd (Wallace). Wow, this boy is on a serious roll!!!
May 2006	Where ~ Seaway Kennel Club, Thorold, ON When ~ May 5,6 & 7/06 Who ~ Betty McHugh, John Ross, Barbara Watt What ~ Force takes 3 X BOB and ANOTHER Group 1st (Watt) handled by Jenny McClintock, CPHA
	Where ~ Sault Ste. Marie Kennel Club, Sault Ste. Marie, ON When ~ May 20,21 & 22/06 Who ~ Tom Burke, Cheryl Meyers-Eggerton, Phyllis Wolfish, Jack Kearly, Evelyn Beilhatrz What ~ Force takes an INCREDIBLE FIVE STRAIGHT BOB wins over 2005's #1 Akita and gets 2 X Group 4th Placements (Kearly & Beilhartz). PLUS, as an added bonus we also take a Herding Group 3rd Placement (Touzel) on a Class Australian Shepard shown as a favour to a friend.
	Where ~ Aurora & District Kennel Club, Richmond Hill, ON When ~ May 26,27 & 28/06 Who ~ Terry Carter, Raphael Alcrudo, Denise Cornelesson What ~ ANOTHER 3 X BOB and a Group 2nd Placement (Alcrudo), Owner-Handled, PLUS we put 5 Points on friend's Bullmastiff this weekend as well.
June 2006	Where ~ Ontario County Kennel Club, Orono, ON When ~ June 9,10 & 11/06 Who ~ Sue Symington/Barbara Innes, Barbara Beland, Len Harfield What ~ After taking another weekend off, Force comes back out and takes 3 more BOB and gets 2 x Cut in the Group.
	Where ~ Kingston & District Kennel Club, Kingston, ON When ~ June 17 & 18/06 Who ~ Walter Pinsker, Thora Brown What ~ Force takes 2 more BOB and 2 x Cuts in the Group.
July 2006	Where ~ Akita Club of Canada 2006 National Specialty, Peterborough, ON When ~ July 1/06 Who ~ Roger Hartinger What ~ Force take BISS the 2006 Akita Club of Canada National Specialty, with strong competition from some of the finest Akitas in Canada and the United States. THANK-YOU so much to our handler, Jenny McClintock, CPHA.
	Where ~ Association Canine Charlevoisienne, Baie St-Paul, QC When ~ July 8 & 9/06 Who ~ Michael Bouchard, Doug Windsor, Edgar Bajona, Al Bennett What ~ Owner handled, Force takes 4 more BOB, ANOTHER Group 2nd (Bajona) and 2 MORE x Group 1st (Windsor, Bennett).
	Where ~ Kilbride & District Kennel Club, Milton, ON When ~ July 14 & 15/06 Who ~ Chris Neilson, Madeline Mortera What ~ Force takes 2 more BOB and received a Group 4th (Mortera), owner handled in a huge Working Group.
	Where ~ Akita Club of Canada Regional Specialty, Milton, ON When ~ July 15/06 Who ~ Michel Chaloux What ~ Owner handled this time, Force takes his second BISS of 2006 (making him an undefeated 3 for 3 in Specialties during his show career).
August 2006	Where ~ Markham Kennel Club, Richmond Hill, ON When ~ August 26 & 27/06 Who ~ Maurice ("Sonny") Tougas, Donna Conod What ~ After taking a couple of weeks off to play with the ladies, Force returns to the ring with the same panache he has shown the entire year so far and takes 2 more BOB and receiving a Group 3rd (Tougas) and a Group 2nd (Conod), owner handled to both these wins.
September 2006	Where ~ Essex County Kennel Club, Ruthven, ON When ~ September 1,2,3 & 4/06 Who ~ Edd Bivin, Johan Becerra-Hernandez, Norman Corbett, Gary Allen What ~ Showing "like a million bucks", Force takes 4 more BOB, receiving a Group 4th (Bivin), a second Group 4th (Corbett) and a Group 3rd (Allen), again owner handled this weekend to these wins. Special Thanks to ALL three of these judges for their very generous praise and compliments of Force's many attributes.
	Where ~ Oakville & District Kennel Club, Erin, ON When ~ September 8,9 & 10/06 Who ~ Annie Rogers-Clarke, Jim Reynolds, John Connolly What ~ Continuing his run up to the US National, Force was shown this weekend to several "icons" of the sport, and takes 3 more BOB and receiving a Group 3rd (Clarke) and then yet another Group 3rd (Connolly). Huge thanks to the very talented Jennifer McClintock and her mother Pam McClintock for these wins in Working Group that is second to none in North America.
	Where ~ Pine Ridge Kennel Club, Port Hope, ON When ~ September 29 & 31/06 Who ~ Don Fitzsimmons, Bruce Owen What ~ 2 More BOB and Wow!!! What a year, Force garners another placement, his 24th placement this year, this time a Group 2nd (Fitzsimmons). Continued thanks to our handler, Jennifer McClintock whose always flawless presentation of Force have made this year so awesome.
October 2006	Where ~ Nipissing Kennel Club, Trout Creek, ON When ~ October 7, 8 & 9/06 Who ~ Doug Gaudin, Bruce Weeger, Avery Gaudin, Jan Buchanan, Evelyn Beilhartz, Richard Paquette, Peter Machen What ~ 6 more BOB, and 2 x Group 1st (Weeger, Machen), 2 x Group 2nd (Buchanan, Paquette), 1 x Group 3rd (Beilhartz) and WOW... Best in Show (Avery Gaudin).
	Where ~ Belleville & District Kennel Club, Belleville, ON When ~ October 20 & 21/06 Who ~ Gerona MacCuaig, Ralph Lemcke What ~ Handled this weekend by Jennifer McClintock, Force's win record continues to build with 2 more BOB and a Group 4th (Lemcke) bring his 2006 year to date total to an amazing 30 Group Placements, 2 x BISS and 1 x BIS.
	Where ~ Trillium Kennel Club, Etobicoke, ON When ~ October 27, 28 & 29/06 Who ~ Maxine Beam, Jim Bricknell, Walter Pinsker What ~ 3 more BOB and Force get his 31st Group placement of the year, a Group 4th under Maxine Beam. As always, huge thanks to our handler, Jennifer McClintock.
November 2006	Where ~ Georgina Kennel Club, Sutton, ON When ~ November 10, 11 & 12/06 Who ~ Harold Hutchinson, Fred Dewsbury, Doug Windsor What ~ Another 3 x BOB wins for Force..... the year continues.
	Where ~ Kent Kennel Club, Chatham, ON When ~ November 17, 18 & 19 /06 Who ~ Patricia Cruz, Norma Egginton, Len Harfield What ~ Wow!!! 3 Shows, 3 x BOB, and 2 x Group 1st (Cruz, Egginton) and 1 x Group 3rd (Harfield). Heartfelt thanks to Jennifer McClintock for showing Force to the Group 1st on Friday to Patricia Cruz when we couldn't be there.
December 2006	Where ~ Brantford Kennel Club, Brantford, ON When ~ December 1,2 & 3 /06 Who ~ Lawrence Standbridge, Gerard Penta, Ole Neilson What ~ Wow!!! 3 more x BOB, and a Group 1st (Neilson) and another cut (Penta) in the always tough southern Ontario Working Group. Once again, thanks to Jennifer McClintock for showing Force this weekend as we had other commitments. STAY TUNED....... MORE TO COME !!!!!!