Sarge's Story Sarge On February 26, 2008 our Alaskan Malamute, Shakota, suddenly crossed the Rainbow Bridge. We were devastated. So unprepared for her death, she left a huge hole in my heart. I needed another dog and wanted to go back to a Samoyed. In 1983 my husband had bought me a Samoyed. I was so amazed at the beauty and temperament of these dogs that he bought me another the next year at Christmas. Searching the internet lead me to Polar Mist Kennels in Oregon, where we saw a picture of Polar Mist Here Comes Trouble, "Rowdy". Oh! That was it, that was the look that we remembered in our first Samoyed, Joe Kidd's Lady Jordan. There was a recent litter from Rowdy that was at Glacier Samoyeds. The only stipulation was the we showed the dog. We said, "OK, just let us know what we need to do." 3 weeks later little Blue Boy arrived to us. Glacier's N Rowdy's Czargent Trouble. Glacier Samoyeds The first thing he did when he arrived at his new home was to give us a bit of insight into what his personality would be. He stole my son's size 13 shoes and carried them though the house. And that would become his trademark. Steal what wasn't his but come show you first before diving under the coffee table. Rolled up bid plans, oven mitts, sponges, hair scrunches. Forget and leave the bathroom door open? No problem, out comes the toilet paper roll. Leave the laundry room door open? His favorite! Steals socks out of the dirty clothes. Not paying enough attention to him? He would be sure to grab something that would get your attention. But he always parades it by you first. Memorial Day weekend we took Sarge to Pomona to meet Lynette Blue and she introduced us to Anna Morgan. Anna evaluated Sarge, was pleased with what she saw and we agreed that she would handle him. On August 9th, 2008, one day after his 6 mo birthday, Sarge competed in his first show, winning his class. The next day he won BOW. We continued to show him and he didn't disappoint us. We took him to the Samoyed Nationals in Topeka and he placed 2nd in Sweepstakes, 1st in 6-9 mo dog class and helped his mom to a second place in Brood Bitch. We took Sarge to Phoenix for a 4 day show where he completed his championship the first 2 days with back to back 3pt majors. On the 3rd day we moved him up and he got Best of Breed. On the 4th day (which was his 1st birthday!) he finished the weekend with a Best of Breed and a Group 1. Needless to say, we floated back to CA! Sarge will show limited this year because he is still just a puppy, but he certainly has surprised us in his accomplishments so far and we look forward to what he will do in the future. He has the gorgeous almond eyes and wedge shaped head creating a beautiful headpiece. He is typey and his movement is gorgeous. He gets into the ring and you can tell that he really enjoys strutting his stuff! |
Sarge and Ashley Santa Rosa 8-26-08
