| Am. Can. CH. Glendrover's Gena de Brylin, TT,HC,CGC,TDI, |
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| Gena's show career continues: 08.22.93. . Pontiac Kennel Club. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Best of Breed, Herding Group 1st Place |
| Group 1 judge: Eilene Pimlott |
| After Gena's Group 1 win, she entered the Best in Show ring. But, a big named, nationally known Newfoundland was already slated to win Best in Show that day. Oh well. . . . . . . a Group 1 win is a very big win in itself, and not too many dogs have claim to such a win. Gena's prize from the Pontiac Kennel Club for winning the Herding Group was a director's chair. |
| However ! Gena did receive a bouquet of flowers with 2 helium balloons from an admirer. Gena also received a stuffed oversized bed cushion with 'Ch. Group 1' embroidered on it from the same admirer, her breeder. |
| Winning awards and posing for pictures is very tiring ! |
| 08.12.93. . Gena earned a Herding Title at the BCA National Specialty Herding Trials in Connecticut. |
| 08.13.93. . Gena was entered with her mother Dollie, in Brood Bitch competition at the BCA National in Connecticut, and Dollie placed in the competition. |
| 09.12.93. . Livonia Kennel Club. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Best Opposite Sex 10.17.93. . Mad River Kennel Club. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Best Opposite Sex 10.24.93. . Battle Creek Kennel Club. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Best Opposite Sex 11.28.93. . Progressive Dog Club. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Best of Breed 12.17.93. . Medina Kennel Club. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Best Opposite Sex 01.09.94. . McKinley Kennel Club. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Best of Breed 01.22.94. . Livingston Kennel Club. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Best Opposite Sex 01.23.94. . Pontiac Kennel Club. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Best Opposite Sex 01.29.94. . Crawford County Kennel Club. . . . . . . . . . . . Best Opposite Sex 01.30.94. . Marion Ohio Kennel Club. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Best Opposite Sex 02.20.94. . Marion Indiana Kennel Club. . . . . . . . . . . . Best of Breed |
| 04.12.94. . Whelped a 12 puppy litter. Bred to Ch. Grandeur de Lindeau. 7 females 5 males The twelve puppies were: Ellie, Jenny, Jamatchi, Jake, Kody, Brie, Jordi, Slick, Jasmine, Justy, Gobby and Tawny. |
| After a brief vacation to have puppies, Gena's career continues: 08.07.94. . Jaxon Kennel Club. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Best Opposite Sex 08.00.94. . BCA Specialty Chicago. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Award of Merit 09.11.94. . Livonia Kennel Club. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Best of Breed 10.02.94. . Ann Arbor Kennel Club. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Best Opposite Sex 03.00.95. . BCA Regional. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Award of Merit 05.14.95. . Gena is certified as a therapy dog with Therapy Dog International. Gena also earns her CGC during this process. |
| 05.21.95. . Genessee County Kennel Club. . . . . . . . . . . . .Best of Breed 06.11.95. . Mt. Pleasant Kennel Club. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Best of Breed 07.02.95. . Sarnia Canada Kennel Club. . . . . . . . . . . . . .Best of Winners, 2pts 07.03.95. . Sarnia Canada Kennel Club. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st Open Bitch, Winners Bitch, 2pts & CKC championship. |
| Gena's 6th and last title 08.09.95. . BCA Specialty Carlisle. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gena earns her Temperament Title. |
| Alot of effort went into earning each and every title that Gena has earned. Each title by itself, and all of them together, are not taken lightly by her owners. Each hard earned title will be listed with her name on all official and non official documents from this point forward. Gena's career continues: 08.11.95. . BCA Specialty Carlisle. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Award of Merit At this Specialty, Gena's daughter Ellie was awarded Reserve Winners Bitch out of 77 bitches entered. Ellie was also rated Excellent at the Rassemblement. |
| In the above photo, taken at the 95 BCA Specialty, from left to right: Penny Merritt with her dog Slick; mother Gena with Jan and Ellie; and Janet Couture with Bailey. Bailey is father to Slick and Ellie and earned a Select at the 95 Rass |
| In 1996, Gena was shown quite extensively in the U.S. and in Canada. She became the Number 1 winning Briard in Canada and Number 17 in the U.S. for that year, 1996. There were numerous Best of Breed and Group wins. Gena was in so many shows, that when a judge would approach her head, she would automatically spread her lips to have her teeth checked. We had to watch this action very closely because some judges might see this as a threat, a dog with her lips curled, showing her teeth. And believe me, there are some judges that would disqualify her for attempting to bite, but luckily this never happened. |
| Windsor Ontario Canada show. Mother Gena takes Best of Breed and daughter Ellie takes Winners Bitch in March of 1996. |
| Gena takes Best of Breed at the Trillium Dog Fanciers show in Toronto in 1996. |
| 03.16.97. . Gena whelped a 14 puppy litter. Bred to Ch. Ferguson de Knollwood, Fozzie's black brother. Out of the 14 puppies, 9 were black and 5 were tawny, 7 were females and 7 were males. 5 black females, 2 tawny females. . 4 black males, 3 tawny males The 14 puppies were: Jean d'Arc, Bailey, North, Meggie, Bradley, Tashe, Barty, Haty, Luke, Arielle, Noel, Nicole, Nadia and Zar. The black male Zar was purchased by television and movie star Raven Simone, and is living in Georgia. After this litter in 1997, Gena's show career slowed down. There was nothing more to obtain after being the Number 1 Briard in Canada and the Number 17 Briard in the United States. Although she was in top form, we semi retired Gena in order to complete the show careers of Gena's daughter Ellie, Ellie's daughter Darla and Marquise, our French import. Then. In 2001, at the age of 10 years old, Gena has two big wins as a Veteran in 2 shows in Canada. The first win as Best Veteran in Sweeps at the Canadian Briard Club National Specialty, judged by June Shew. The second big win was at the Hochalaga Kennel Club show. Gena took Best Veteran in Breed followed by Best Veteran in Group for Groupe 7, and then went on to capture Best Veteran in Show . |
