10-25-2009

Golden Retriever Club of America National Specialty Enid, OK

Breed Judge: Mr. Jeffrey Pepper Sweepstakes Judge: Mrs. Pamela Oxenberg

It is what we all look forward to every year, and this year was no exception! It was a long drive for Geri and Connie, and the Malagold crew brought an exceptionally wonderful showing to the National this year bringing home some lovely wins!

Bailey (Malagold Bailye's Irish Creme) - second place in the Puppy Sweepstakes 15-18 Month Bitch class. A very nice placement out of an entry of thirteen!

Levi (CH. Malagold Augusta's Genuine Article CD, MH, WC ) - wins the Hunting Retriever Dog Class! How exciting for Kathryn and Levi to win this class at the National Specialty! This takes Levi back into the ring for the Best of Breed competition.

So on to the Best of Breed competition which includes
- Flag Jr (UKC GRCH and CAN/AM CH Malagold's Wave To The Flag)
- Stoney (UKC and AKC CH. Malagold's Stone Sour RX, OA, AXJ)
- and of course, Levi.

Stoney, with Connie and judge, Jeffrey Pepper competing in the
Best of Breed ring at the GRCA National, October 28th, 2009

All three of the Malagold boys make it to the final cut out of a grand total of approximately 114 dogs and bitches, with Levi and Stoney each earning a Judges Award of Merit. What an honor having two JAMs from the GRCA National this year!

Judge Jeffrey Pepper, Clint Livingston with Levi,
and Levi's owner, Kathryn Newman Bornhoffen

It is such a privilege to have these outstanding Golden Retrievers as representatives and members of our Malagold family! We could not be prouder of each and every one of them!

08-23-2009

Indian View Retriever Club Wisconsin

Fall Hunt Test

On the weekend of August 22nd and 23rd, 2009, Levi and Kathryn Newman earned their fifth qualifying leg and have achieved the honor of having the Master Hunter Title (MH) added to his name!!   This is Levi - CH. Malagold Augusta's Genuine Article CD, MH, WC - the real thing! We all send huge congratulations to Kathryn and Levi (pictured at left) on this wonderful and amazing accomplishment!

 

08-16-2009

Agility Trail at Raisin River Rhodesian Ridgeback Club Ann Arbor, MI

Melissa Davis and Stoney (UKC and AKC CH. Malagold's Stone Sour RA, OA, AXJ) continue to work towards their Master Agility Jumpers title and today they have earned their first leg towards that end!

Melissa and Stoney qualified in the Excellent B Jumpers class and Stoney has also earned his first MACH (Agility Championship) point!

What a great team they are! Congratulations to both of them!

08-01-2009

United Kennel Club Kalamazoo, MI

A new title for Malagold's Wish Upon A Star, who earned her UKC Championship title today with a Best of Breed win from the classes! Wish then went on to compete in the Sporting Group and take home the first place rosette!!

Congratulations to new UKC CH. Malagold's Wish Upon a Star!!

New UKC Champion - Wish (photo taken July 12, 2009)

07-31-2009

United Kennel Club Kalamazoo, MI

Huge Congratulations to Phyllis Cox and Flag Jr (UKC GRCH and CAN/AM CH Malagold's Wave To The Flag) who earned the Best of Breed win and a Sporting Group 1 rosette!

Phyllis and Flag Jr stayed for the last competition of the day which resulted in the BEST IN SHOW win!!

What a great day for Phyllis and Flag Jr!!

07-25-2009

Waukesha Kennel Club Waukesha, WI

Judge: Mr. Michael Faulkner

It was a fun trip to Wisconsin as Bailey, Mr. Pat and Stoney came to compete with a big Golden entry under Breeder-Judge Michael Faulkner.

Mr. Pat (Malagold's Patriot, TDX) earned the first place ribbon in the American Bred Dog class.

Bailey (Malagold Bailye's Irish Creme) won the Bred By Exhibitor Bitch class.

And in some great competition, Stoney (UKC and AKC CH. Malagold's Stone Sour RX, OA, AXJ) won Best of Breed honors!

A great showing for the Malagold kids!

Stoney earning Best of Breed honors under Breeder-Judge Michael Faulkner!

07-12-2009

Battle Creek Kennel Club Marshall, MI

Judge: Mrs. Lisa S. Halcomb

A "hat trick" for Flag Jr (UKC GRCH and CAN/AM CH Malagold's Wave To The Flag) who earns the Best of Breed ribbon for the third day in a row!!

What a nice accomplishment for Flag Jr today!!

Flag Jr with another Best of Breed win!

 

07-11-2009

Battle Creek Kennel Club Marshall, MI

Judge: Mr. Jay Richardson

It is great day for Flag Jr (UKC GRCH and CAN/AM CH Malagold's Wave To The Flag) who earns another Best of Breed ribbon today!!

Congratulation go out to Flag Jr!!

07-10-2009

Holland Michigan Kennel Club Marshall, MI

Judge: Ms. Sherrie Bercklin Morgan Group Judge: Ms. Sherrie Bercklin Morgan

Celebrating another nice win by Flag Jr (UKC GRCH and CAN/AM CH Malagold's Wave To The Flag) who earns the Best of Breed ribbon today!! And then takes home the rosette for a Sporting Group Two placement!

Way to go Flag Jr!!

06-19-2009 thru 06-21-2009

Kalamazoo Kennel Club Kalamazoo, MI

Agility Trial Weekend

This was a working weekend for a couple of the Malagold kids - Stoney and Hemi - along with their handler and co-owner, Melissa Davis.

Stoney and Melissa earned their first Agility Excellent title this weekend, with one of his agility runs 8 seconds under the course time! When the weekend was over, Stoney added the AXJ title to his name!

Stoney is now officially -
UKC/AKC CH Malagold's Stone Sour RA OA AXJ

Hemi earned her second open title with a first place win and is now officially knows as:  UKC CH Malagold's Fast Cars N Freedom RN OA OAJ

What a great weekend for a couple of very busy Golden Retrievers! We are all very proud of the accomplishments of Stoney, Hemi and Melissa!

Congratulations to everyone!

06-14-2009

Echo Hills Kennel Club Troy, OH

Judge: Mrs. Betsy A. Yates Group Judge: Dr. Donald Sturz, Jr.

It was time for the Malagold Girls to show what they are made of and Wish (Malagold's Wish Upon A Star) certainly did it in a big way by going Winners Bitch, Best of Winners and Best Of Breed over Specials today!!

Wish then competed in the Sporting Group and came away with a rosette for a Group Third placement! Girls RULE at Malagold!

What a wonderful weekend for the Malagold Crew!

06-11-2009 thru 06-14-2009

United Kennel Club Kalamazoo, MI

it was a very busy weekend for shows at the United Kennel Club in Kalamazoo, Michigan.

The Malagold dogs attended the UKC Premier Show, the Retriever Specialty and the UKC Top Ten Competition and the Malagold Crew was represented very well in the ribbons!

- June 11th - The Retriever Specialty Show
UKC GR-CH and AM CH. Malagold's On The Rocks wins Best of Breed in the Golden Retriever breed competition, and then goes on to win Best In Specialty Show at the Retriever Specialty! Congratulations to Klaranne Spearbraker, who showed Rocky to his big win on this day!

Rocky - Best of Breed at the UKC Retriever Specialty!

- June 11th - The Golden Retriever Top Ten Competition
This was Flag Jr's competition, as UKC GRCH and CAN/AM CH Malagold's Wave To The Flag won Best of Breed honors today. Flag Jr continues in the Top Ten Competition and makes it to the final Top Two in the final judging! Huge congrats go to Phyllis Cox, who showed Flag Jr in the competition.

- UKC Premier Shows - Congratulations to the following winners -
June 12th - UKC GR-CH and AM CH. Malagold's On The Rocks wins Best of Breed
June 13th - UKC GRCH and CAN/AM CH Malagold's Wave To The Flag wins Best of Breed honors today
June 14th - UKC GRCH and CAN/AM CH Malagold's Wave To The Flag wins Best of Breed and a Gun Dog Group 4th Placement

05-24-2009

Kalamazoo Kennel Club Kalamazoo, MI

Judge: Ms. Charlotte Clem McGowan

It was Flag Jr's day today as UKC GRCH and CAN/AM CH Malagold's Wave To The Flag won Best of Breed honors. What a nice cap in the weekend of showing for the Malagold crew!

Congrats to all the winners in both the conformation and rally obedience competitions! We are proud of each and every one of you!

05-23-2009

Holland Kennel Club Kalamazoo, MI

Judge: Mr. Edd E. Biven Group Judge: Mr. Eugene Blake BBE Group Judge: Mr. Eugene Blake

The Malagold Team is on a roll towards a fine weekend in the ribbons!

In the conformation competition today, Miss Snow (Malagold's Let It Snow) took Second place in the Open Bitch Class. A very good showing for the new Rally Advanced titlist.

Malagold's Wish Upon A Star (Wish) won the Bred By Exhibitor Bitch class and went Reserve Winners Bitch today. But - Wish continued on in further competition and was awarded Best Bred By Exhibitor Golden Retriever, which allowed her to complete in the Bred By Exhibitor Sporting Group. And Wish takes High honors by winning the Bred By Exhibitor Sporting group!

But wait - not to let the girls have all the glory -

Flag Jr (UKC GRCH and CAN/AM CH Malagold's Wave To The Flag) continues his winning ways and earns the Best of Breed ribbon!! Flag Jr goes on to compete in the Sporting Group, earning a Group Third placement!

Flag Jr earning a Sporting Group 3rd placement!

But the Malagold Gang is not just made up of handsome and pretty faces. They have the brains to go along with those good looks, and Sunshine (Malagold's Country Sunshine, RA) proves just that by competing in Rally Advanced Excellent, earning a second place finish and her sixth leg towards her next title.

A really great day for the Malagold crew!

05-22-2009

Holland Kennel Club Kalamazoo, MI

Judge: Mr. Eugene Blake

Another good day for the versatile Malagold crew!

Malagold's Wish Upon A Star (Wish) won the Bred By Exhibitor Bitch class and Snow (Malagold's Let It Snow, RN) followed up with a win from the Open Bitch class, going on to take Winner Bitch honors today! This adds another 2 points towards Snow's Championship title!

Malagold's Wish Upon A Star - We could not "wish" for anything more!

But wait - not to let the girls have all the glory -

Flag Jr (UKC GRCH and CAN/AM CH Malagold's Wave To The Flag) partakes in the competition as well and wins Best of Breed!!

A pretty nice day. Oh there is more, though -

There is the Rally competition in the afternoon for Snow and her mom, Malagold's Country Sunshine, RA.

Snow competed in the Rally Advanced class and earned her third and final leg and is now moving up from her RN title to her new RA title!

Sunshine is certainly not resting on her daughter's accomplishments, as she competed, with her owner, Deb Caukin, to earn her fifth leg (out of ten required) towards her Rally Advanced Excellent (RAE) title. She also did well enough in the competition to earn a second place ribbon for all her efforts!

So a pretty nice day turned into an even prettier day for all the Malagold gang!

05-17-2009

Pecatonica Tracking Club Loves Park, IL

Judges: Ms. Donna Wielert Ms. Donna Kircher Track Layer: Phil Camera

Today was the BIG DAY for Mr. Pat - Malagold's Patriot, TD. He is his owner/handler, Pam German, were participating in the Tracking Dog Excellent test at Rock Cut State Park, in Love's Park, Illinois.

The TDX fields consist of variable terrains with tall to medium grasses and weeds. There is a small creek, bushes, heavy brushy areas along with light woods, open fields with rolling hills, dirt/gravel/asphalt park roads, tree/fence lines, and areas of short mowed grass…all of which may be used as obstacles. And all were certainly used on this day!!

Again, Mr. Pat and his owner and handler, Pam German, ran the TDX track flawlessly on his first try - in under seventeen minutes. Even with a deer running across his path, Mr. Pat did not miss a step!!

We are all so excited for "Mr. Pat, TDX" and Pam! Congratulations to both of them for this outstanding accomplishment!

05-16-2009

Oshkosh Kennel Club Oshkosh, WI

Judge: Maureen Shaughnessy, DVM

Today was the second day of the show weekend for the Malagold crew and there was a good showing by everyone!

Malagold's Maverick Man (Maverick) - Puppy Dog 9-12 months - 1st place
Malagold Bailyes Irish Crème (Bailey) - Puppy Bitch 9-12 months - 1st place
Malagold's Wish Upon A Star (Wish) - Puppy Bitch 12-18 months - 1st place
UKC CH. Malagold's Fast Cars N'Freedom NA, NAJ (Hemi) - American Bred Bitch - 1st place
Malagold's Frozen In Thyme (Chilly) - Bred By Exhibitor Bitch - 3rd place
Malagold's Let It Snow (Snow) - Open Bitch - 1st place

...and with Geri guiding Snow in the Winners class, they take Winners Bitch and Best of Winners for two points!

Again, Stoney (AKC/UKC CH. Malagold's Stone Sour RA, OA, OAJ) gave it his all and came through with Best of Breed honors!

What a way to cap off a wonderful show weekend!

 

05-15-2009

GRCA Central Regional Specialty Oshkosh, WI

Judge: Ms. Gloria Kerr Sweepstakes Judge: Mrs. Sharon P. Bolton

What a great day for the Central Regional Specialty! Cool and sunny. Perfect for the dogs. And all the puppies, and the veteran girl as well, had a wonderful time.

Puppy Sweepstakes wins included the following -
Malagold's Maverick Man (Maverick) - Puppy Dog 9-12 months - 1st place
Malagold's Patriot, TD (Mr. Pat) - Puppy Dog 15-18 months - 2nd place
Malagold Bailyes Irish Crème (Bailey) - Puppy Bitch 9-12 months - 1st place
Malagold's Wish Upon A Star (Wish) - Puppy Bitch 15-18 months - 1st place

And - Wish takes home the rosette for Best Of Opposite Sex in Puppy Sweepstakes!

In the Veteran Sweepstakes competition, eleven year old Malagold's Tellin' Secrets (Taylor) takes a second place ribbon from the "10 Years and Older Class" - in her very first dog show!! How exciting is that? We are very proud of the old girl...

Taylor (11 years old) and Geri

In the regular classes, Malagold also had a very good showing -
Malagold's Maverick Man (Maverick) - Puppy Dog 9-12 months - 1st place
Malagold's Patriot (Mr. Pat) - Puppy Dog 12-18 months - 2nd place
Malagold Bailyes Irish Crème (Bailey) - Puppy Bitch 9-12 months - 1st place
Malagold's Wish Upon A Star (Wish) - Puppy Bitch 12-18 months - 2nd place
UKC CH. Malagold's Fast Cars N'Freedom NA, NAJ (Hemi) - American Bred Bitch - 2nd place
Malagold's Frozen In Thyme (Chilly) - Bred By Exhibitor Bitch - 1st place
Malagold's Let It Snow (Snow) - Open Bitch - 3rd place

Malagold also had a good showing in the Best of Breed competition, with AKC/UKC CH. Malagold's Stone Sour RA, OA, OAJ earning the Judge's Award of Merit.

A nice day all the way around for the Malagold crew!

05-09-2009

White River Golden Retriever Club Specialty Lebanon, IN

Judge: Mr. Roland (Hach) Hachtel Sweepstakes Judge: Mrs. Maria Franklin

It was a nice trip to Indiana for the Malagold crew as they attended the White River Golden Retriever Club Specialty Show.

In the sweepstakes classes, Malagold's Wish Upon A Star won her class and the rosette for Best of Opposite Sex in Puppy Sweepstakes! What a nice showing for this very special girl.

In the regular classes, Wish took the first place ribbon in the Bred By Exhibitor Bitch class and Snow (Malagold's Let It Snow) took second place in a large and competitive Open Bitch class. Wish came away with the Reserve Winners Bitch award!

On this same day, both Snow and Sunshine (Malagold's Country Sunshine - Snow's mom) also competed in Rally Obedience, with their owner and handler, Deb Caukin. Sunshine took first place in her Rally Excellent class!! She also took second place in her Rally Advanced Class - getting her fourth RAE Leg.

Snow competed in her Rally Advanced class as well, coming in at third place and getting her second RA Leg.

Conformation and Obedience competition in the same day! Certainly a nice showing for the Malagold Girls!

 

04-26-2009

UKC - Echo Club Buchanon, MI

Judge Show 1: Mrs. Kathy Lorentzen Judge Show 2: Ms. Pamela Moore

It was a very special day as UKC-GRCH and AKC CH. Malagold's On The Rocks (Rocky) and Malagold's Wish Upon A Star (Wish) took a day trip to participate in a UKC "two show" conformation event.

In the first show of the day, Rocky earned the Best of Breed ribbon and went on to compete in the Gun Dog Group. Rocky took a first place in Group and went on to win Best In Show, handled by his co-owner, Klaranne Spearbraker!!

Congratulations to Klaranne and Rocky on this outstanding achievement!

For the second show of the day, little Wish made her mark as Wish came away with the Best of Breed ribbon and earned a Group Four placement in the Gun Dog Group!

What a great day trip for Klaranne, Rocky and Wish!!

03-07-2009

Logansport Kennel Club Auburn, IN

Judge: Ms. Gloria Kerr Sporting Group: Mrs. Betsy Yates

AKC/UKC CH. Malagold's Stone Sour RA, OA, OAJ comes off a deserved rest period and right out of the gate earns the Best of Breed win and goes on to earn a Sporting Group 3 placement!

This boy is truly Mr. Versatility! What more can we say?

02-22-2009

International Kennel Club Golden Retriever Club of Illinois Chicago, IL

Judge: Mr. Richard Beauchamp Sweepstakes: Ms. Nancy Gallant

The puppies continued to have a great time during their weekend show debut.

Sweepstakes wins included the following:
Malagold's Patriot (Mr. Pat) - Puppy Dog 12-15 months - 2nd place
Malagold Bailyes Irish Crème (Bailey) - Puppy Bitch 6-9 months - 2nd place
Malagold's Cosmopolitan (Polly) - Puppy Bitch 6-9 months - 4th place
Malagold's Wish Upon A Star (Wish) - Puppy Bitch 12-15 months - 1st place
Malagold's Frozen In Thyme (Chilly) - Senior Puppy 18-24 months - 1st place

And it is Wish's turn to take the ribbon for Best of Opposite Sex in Puppy Sweepstakes!

In the Regular Classes, the wins included the following:
Malagold's Maverick Man (Maverick) - Puppy Dog 6-9 months - 1st place
Malagold's Patriot (Mr. Pat) - Puppy Dog 12-18 months - 2nd place
Malagold Bailyes Irish Crème (Bailey) - Puppy Bitch 6-9 months - 1st place
Malagold's Cosmopolitan (Polly) - Puppy Bitch 6-9 months - 4th place
Malagold's Wish Upon A Star (Wish) - Bred By Exhibitor Bitch - 3rd place
Malagold's Frozen In Thyme (Chilly) - Amateur Owner Handler Class - 2nd place

And in the obedience department -

CH. Malagold Augusta's Genuine Article, SH, WC (Levi) and his handler, Kathryn Newman, earned first place in the Novice B class. This completed the third leg towards Levi's Companion Dog (CD) title. Congratulations to Kathryn and Levi on the new title added to Levi's name!!

02-21-2009

International Kennel Club Golden Retriever Club of Illinois Chicago, IL

Judge: Miss Virginia L. Lyne Sweepstakes: Mr. Peter Stager

It was a weekend of new experiences for the Malagold babies. They left their country home for the big city and what a wonderful time they had attending the GRCI Specialty Show at the McCormick Place in Chicago, Illinois. And in a blizzard, no less. All in all, it was a very fun day!

Sweepstakes wins included the following:
Malagold's Maverick Man (Maverick) - Puppy Dog 6-9 months - 3rd place
Malagold's Patriot (Mr. Pat) - Puppy Dog 12-15 months - 3rd place
Malagold Bailyes Irish Crème (Bailey) - Puppy Bitch 6-9 months - 1st place
Malagold's Cosmopolitan (Polly) - Puppy Bitch 6-9 months - 3rd place
Malagold's Wish Upon A Star (Wish) - Puppy Bitch 12-15 months - 1st place
Malagold's Frozen In Thyme (Chilly) - Senior Puppy 18-24 months - 1st place

And it is Bailey that takes the ribbon for Best of Opposite Sex in Puppy Sweepstakes!

In the Regular Classes, the wins included the following:
Malagold's Patriot (Mr. Pat) - Puppy Dog 12-18 months - 3rd place
Malagold Bailyes Irish Crème (Bailey) - Puppy Bitch 6-9 months - 1st place
Malagold's Cosmopolitan (Polly) - Puppy Bitch 6-9 months - 4th place
Malagold's Wish Upon A Star (Wish) - Bred By Exhibitor Bitch - 1st place
Malagold's Frozen In Thyme (Chilly) - Amateur Owner Handler Class - 1st place

Melissa Davis handled Chilly in the newly created Amateur Owner Handler Class and in winning the competition, she was eligible to compete in the Amateur Owner Handler Sporting Group competition. But by that time, Chilly was too tired and fell asleep in the Group ring, with her head in Melissa's hand. Poor little girl...it was a very long day for all the youngsters!

And in the obedience department -

CH. Malagold Augusta's Genuine Article, SH, WC (Levi) and his handler, Kathryn Newman, earned first place in the Novice B class. This win, with a score of 196 out of a possible 200 points, earned Kathryn and Levin the honor of High in Trial - how exciting for this team!

12-07-2008

Pecatonica Tracking Club Loves Park, IL

Judges: Ms. Donna Wielert Sandra Mcmillan

This is SO cool - literally!!

Malagold's Patriot earns his Tracking Dog title this weekend.

Pat, along with his handler, Pam, German, completed his track in under five minutes - in seven degree above zero weather conditions!

What an amazing accomplishment!

Malagold's Patriot, TD - this new title looks great next to his name!!

11-02-2008

Northeastern Indiana Kennel Club Ft. Wayne, IN

Judge: Mr. Edd Biven

The weekend in Indiana ended on another high note as Baby Flag (UKC CH. Malagold's Wave To The Flag) won the Bred By Exhibitor class, picked up the Winners Dog ribbon, added the Best of Winners ribbon to the collection and rounded out the win with the Best of Breed ribbon as well...

All of this earned Flag Jr the final four point major win he needed to give him that coveted AKC Championship title he has been working for!

Flag Jr is now officially UKC/AKC CH. Malagold's Wave To The Flag!

Big Congrats to new AKC CH. Flag Jr!

10-31-2008

Sturgis Kennel Club Ft. Wayne, IN

Judge: Mr. Jeffrey Pepper

It was a busy day in Indiana for the Malagold kids - Baby Dylan, Malagold's Like a Rolling Stone, started out by winning his puppy class and Flag Jr, (UKC CH. Malagold's Wave To The Flag) took the first place ribbon from the Bred By Exhibitor Dog class and also earned the Reserve Winners Dog ribbon!

Hemi (UKC CH. Malagold's Fast Cars N'Freedom NA, NAJ) also won her Bred By Exhibitor class.

But it was Stoney, AKC/UKC CH. Malagold's Stone Sour RA, OA, OAJ, who came away with the big win for the day, going Best of Breed.

A successful day for the Malagold kids!

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