Keisari goes BIG at Eden MD, UKC shows!

At his very first cluster of shows, at just barely 6 months old, Solsteinn Keisari at Whitetail was awarded Best Of Breed over a 3 dog ISD entry, in 3 out of 4 weekend shows. Not only did he go BOB, but then was awarded Herding Group #2, and TWO times awarded Herding Group #1. The points earned for 4 shows, and the 3 competition wins by 3 different judges, completed his UKC Championship title in just one weekend! This was completely unexpected!  Tremendous thank you's go out to UKC Judges Tracy Daugherty, William Chrzanowski, and the irrepressible Tina Camp. This young boy is on his way, and I am very proud of his maturity!

Solstafir ranked #5 AKC Icelandic for 2012!

GCH Fox Meadow Hausti Solstafir has been confirmed as the #5 AKC Icelandic Sheepdog for 2012!  In the UKC, Solstafir had also been confirmed the #1 ISD, and his brother Kari is the #2 ISD, as of January 8, however a late registration altered the list to #2 and #3 respectively.  So proud of my boys!

End of year- wrap it up with a BIG bow!

Team Whitetail went to it's last shows of the year, December 15 and 16, and took Winners Dog, and BOB both days. This caps off a phenomenal 2012, which exceeded what I had thought I could do. The big end of year bonus, is that the new AKC breed rankings were published last week, and Solstafir has been bumped up to the #5 Icelandic Sheepdog in the AKC! Wow. A month late to be invited to Westminster, but, hey, I'll take it! Keeping my fingers crossed that the #5 ranking holds through December, and Solstafir finished the year at that spot.   In other news, Kari only needs 6 single points to reach his AKC Champion title.

 

 Not to be overlooked, it looks like Solstafir and Kari will finish the year in UKC conformation, ranked at the #1 and #2 UKC Icies, respectively.

 

 Oh, did I mention we got a new puppy? See photos of Solsteinn Keisari at Whitetail, in the photo section below. Yeah, I'd say it was a good year to be a Whitetail Icelandics dog :) Happy New Year!

Solstafir appears on NBC TV again!

We are so very proud, that Fox Meadow Hausti Solstafir has made his second nationally televised appearance on The National Dog Show, this Thanksgiving day.  Although not pulled out for the group cut, he landed on the TV cameras a few good times, and looked wonderful.  The video of his individual run can be veiwed online at NBC Sports.

http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/22825103/vp/49904438#49904438

Also, both my Fox Meadow dogs were shown in the "teaser" as the show headed into commercial break, before herding group.  Definitely a day to be Thankful!

Solstafir becomes Dual Grand Champion!!!

Tremendous news - in one week, Solstafir became both an AKC Grand Champion, and a UKC grand Champion.  On Sept. 1, he was BOB over a Champion class in Beltsville MD to complete the 5th leg of his UKC GCH, and one week later on Sept. 8, he was BOB in Ebensburg PA, to complete his AKC Grand Championship!  I am proud beyond words of what this boy has done, and what I have been able to accomplish without any pro handlers.  ALL of Solstafir's points have been with me on the lead.  I do believe this makes Solstafir only the second ISD to become a Dual AKC / UKC Grand CH!

Summer Update

Summer is always a big slow down, but some nice things happened at the few shows we entered, over the past month. In AKC, Solstafir has reached razor's the edge of achieving his Grand Championship. Since initially moving up to BOB entries in January, he is well over the required 25 points, has won 5 majors, and has gone BOB over other champions in 2 shows. He needs only to place over one more champion to become an AKC Grand Champion!

Interestingly enough, Solstafir is in exactly the same position in UKC shows. He has 4 of the 5 required Champion class wins, to become a UKC Grand Champion. Only one more to go there, as well! September could be a very exciting month.