Who’s Who in Chihuahuas Now

By Betty Stallard and Joe Bellyss

Who’s Who in Chihuahuas Now is the current volume of the breeders and their lines impacting the well-bred Chihuahuas of today. Trace the beginnings of these kennels from their foundation dogs to their current stars. The pictorial history follows the progress and development of the dog who has won hearts and minds across borders and cultures and who lives in apartments and mansions. Meet breeders from the New World and the Old who have given their lives, hearts, and fortunes to raising and showing Chihuahuas.

This is the story of breeders who seek to improve the breed by reaching for the perfection outlined in the official standard of the Chihuahua Club of America and the Fédération Cynologique Internationale.

Who’s Who in Chihuahuas Now is a volume you will want to share with your friends and family who also love the tiniest breed of dogs.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Apr 16, 2019
• ISBN: 9781796026092

Betty Stallard

Betty Stallard is a published author with different genres under her belt. She previously published The Chihuahua, El Perrito, the Little Dog, a non-fiction book on Chihuahuas which is still in print. She is a frequent contributor to song books, poetry anthologies, and educational volumes. Her books have been presented at Book Promotions, Book Signings, and been advertised on posters and at shows. Her writing has appeared in numerous trade magazines, training manuals, and news services over the years. This, however, is her first book of history of this type. Gathering information has long been a hobby of hers, and that hobby has manifested itself in this work. Many persons have provided written interviews and photos for this book, she thanks each one of them for their contributions.

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Copyright © 2019 by Betty Stallard.

Edited by Annette Waldkotter

Cover by Joe Bellyss

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Rev. date: 04/15/2019

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CONTENTS

A Legacy

Ayrwen Chihuahuas

Boehm’s Chihuahuas

Calmont’s Chihuahuas

Dartan Chihuahuas

Davishall Chihuahuas

El Toro Chihuahuas

H&H Chihuahuas

H&H Chihuahuas

Hales’ Chihuahuas

Hurd’s Chihuahua Herd

Kandiland Chihuahuas

Kelane Chihuahuas

Kesabrey Chihuahuas

Legend Chihuahuas

Mattie’s Chihuahuas

Mayapan Kennels

Mina’s Chihuahuas

Misty Meadows Chihuahuas

Panache Chihuahuas

Rambling Starz Kennel

Shroeder’s Chihuahuas

Sette’s Chihuahuas

Sheppard’s Chihuahuas

Sho-Me Chihuahuas

South Dixie Chihuahuas

Tiny Haven Chihuahuas

That’s Amore

Victory Chihuahuas

Articles

Local Clubs

Pet-rified

For Your Information

Ruthless

Calling All Judges to Help Save Type in All Breeds

Chihuahua Standard

Comparing Chihuahua Standard: AKC and FCI

Type or Soundness???

In the Eyes of a Young Person

Life Lessons Applied to Dog Shows

List of Abbreviations

Craig and Belinda McCormick. A Legacy Chihuahua in lovely central California (559-901-3335).

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CH Legacy’s Song of Edelweiss, GCH CH Legacy’s Flower of Tonia, and CH Legacy’s Cara Mia

Mother purchased a Chihuahua for me in 1955 when I was eight years old. I grew up with little Toy, and that was my start in Chihuahuas.

In 1987, my daughter, Michele, had chronic asthma. She was under a doctor’s care twice a week with injections. He was a well-known pediatric specialist. Dr. Tess Gordon told me to purchase a Chihuahua and have Michele sleep with the fur baby. Michele had her last injection three months later.

I purchased my first show baby in 2001 but did not begin showing until 2009. My line took an extreme turn to excellence in 2016 with the purchase of Dazzle Young Man. Now he is a finished champion with three litters of babies and finished champions and grand champions. God is good all the time.

Thank you, Donna Jensen, for new beginnings and for your trust in us to carry on your lines and for your kind friendship. We, Craig and Belinda McCormick, are honored.

Our vision was and continues to be to consistently breed Chihuahuas that follow the Chihuahua Club of America’s breed standards of preferred characteristics for each variety. Our efforts are focused on striving for consistent physical, temperamental, and health perfection in each carefully chosen and researched breeding. We are constantly in pursuit of perfection and breed to the highest standards. We do not support volume breeding and hoping for the best. As a result, we have one to three planned litters per year (sometimes less) and place prospects that we don’t keep for ourselves in carefully selected homes.

When starting out, we spent, and continue to spend, many hours on each show watching our breed as well as others. We particularly focus on observing professional handlers, studying how they present their dogs (handling and grooming) as well as general ring mechanics. We keep notes on judges—noting their ring mechanics, examination methods, overall interaction with handlers—and we discuss in any particular types of preferences. We strive to talk to people who stand out to us during these observations. We consider ringside observation as our dog show school time.

Our motto is Always in pursuit of perfection. That includes not only the selection and breeding of our dogs to the preferred breed standard but also in our efforts to improve our knowledge, understanding, and skills of canine anatomy, grooming, and presentation and the rules and guidelines that govern our sport. That also means working to support our sport of purebred dogs through membership and involvement with breed and all-breed dog organizations/clubs.

To those starting out, determine what your goals are for showing and raising Chihuahuas (any breed). Do you want a dog to show at local shows a few times a year or a champion and have the resources to show extensively or something in between? Ask questions and listen! Look in dog publications to see who is showing top-ranked dogs (in any breed) and watch them at work both in the ring and at their grooming setup at the shows you go to. Learn the rules and regulations of the American Kennel Club, your locality, and the state related to the breeding and keeping of dogs and to your breed’s parent club standards.

GCHP CH Ayrwen Star Kissed Delight (DeeDee) set many milestones not just for the smooth-coat variety but for all Chihuahuas. She was bred, owned, and handled solely by Gloria and Art Johnson. Her accomplishments include the following:

• Top-winning breeder-owner–handled Chihuahua (both coats) in AKC history

• Eighteen All- Breed Best in Shows (breaking a thirty-five-year smooth-coat record for both sexes)

• One All-Breed Reserve Best in Show

• Three All-Toy Best in Shows

• Eighty-nine Group 1, 243 total group placements, and 365 Best of Variety

• No. 1 Smooth-Coat Chihuahua, Breed 2009, 2010, 2011

• No. 1 Smooth-Coat Chihuahua, All Breed 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012

• Top 20 winner, Chihuahua Club of America 2012

• Top 20 People’s Choice winner, Chihuahua Club of America 2011, 2012, 2013

• First Chihuahua to win both the Top 20 and the Top 20 People’s Choice Award in the same year.

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Group 1, Judge Delores Burkholder, Lake Shore Kennel Club 2011

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Best in Show, Judge Randy Garren (Waukesha, Wisconsin)

Ranked in Toy Group Dogs Defeated 2009, 2010, 2011

Chihuahua Club of America National Specialties:

Three Best of Breed

Four Best of Variety

Two Best of Breed in Chihuahua Club of America National/Regional (both as a veteran)

Two Best of Opposite Sex Variety

Chihuahua Specialty Club Show placements:

Thirty-one Best of Breed

Thirty-six Best of Variety

Four Best of Opposite Sex Breed

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