River King Newfoundland Club

NEWS & EVENTS

The latest RKNC Newsletter is now available; thanks to Rita Broderick for her hard work in producing the newsletter for the past year. Click here to read it.

Save the Dates: The RKNC Calendar for 2012 is now complete and available here, so grab your planner and join us for another fun & busy year.

DRAFT TIME AGAIN

RKNC is pleased to announce its 2012 Draft Test, to be held on Saturday, April 14, and Sunday, April 15, 2012, at Gordon Moore Park in Alton, IL. Our judges this year will be Lori Littleford and John S. Pearson, and we're looking forward to a fun and exciting test. Be sure to join us. The 2012 Draft Test Premium List is now available, so grab your copy and get entered!

But there's more: New this year will be the Veteran Dog Fun Match, a draft competition for Newfs 7 years and older, held on Saturday, April 14, after the regular draft test. Here's more information and the entry form.

And it gets better still: for the second year in a row RKNC will be hosting a Draft-N-Go on March 25, also at Gordon Moore Park in Alton, IL. The entry form is available right here. Given the mild winter we've been having so far in the area, this one probably won't be a "Snow-n-Go" like last year's event!

RKNC in the News(paper) Again!

The Metro edition of the St Louis Post-Dispatch for 25 Nov. featured three photos of the downtown St Louis parade; one of those photos was of the RKNC parade contingent, prominently featuring Finale (owned by Carol Giffhorn) pulling her sled! The photo's caption specifically mentioned the RKNC. There's also an image of Nemo pulling his wagon featured on the KMOV-TV (St Louis channel 4) website; both of these images are available by clicking the thumbnail to the right.

RKNC Regional Specialty Results

The RKNC Regional Specialty was held Oct. 23, 2011, at the Illinois State Fairgrounds in Springfield, IL, and featured great competition, a wonderful lunch, awesome fundraising raffles — and it produced the following results:

SWEEPSTAKES (Puppy & Veterans), judged by John Jackman

Best of Sweeps - Puppy: Shadrack's C The Big Man Take The Stage
Best of Opposite in Sweeps - Puppy: Windhaven's Let Freedom Ring

Best of Sweeps - Veterans: CH Shadrack's Black Muddy River CD
Best of Opposite in Sweeps - Veterans: Ch Shadrack's Council Cup Theory

REGULAR CLASSES, judged by Jerry M. Watson

Best of Breed (and a Group First): CH Windhavens Here's A Story
Best of Opposite: Shadrack's Just Look At Me
Select Dog: Haytee's Gustuv I Conqueror
Select Bitch: GCH Fearless Bears In The Red
Award of Merit: GCH Topshelfs Eye Of The Hurricane

Best of Winners: Tempest's Pay It Forward Pouchcove
Winner's Dog: Tempest's Pay It Forward Pouchcove
Winner's Bitch: Longcreek's Here For The Party

Congratulations to Sue Zientara and Longcreek's Here For The Party (Party) on the new CH!

Complete results for the specialty may be found at Onofrio's website

Congratulations to Carol Giffhorn and Encore, who earned her WRDX (and requalified the next day!) at the High Country Newfoundland Club water test in Littleton, CO, in September. Check out some photos here.

RKNC Water Test Results

The River King Newfoundland Club held its two-day water test at Lake Lou Yeager, in Litchfield IL, on the 13th and 14th of August. Saturday's hot weather and thunderstorm "rain delay" may have kept the number of qualifiers down, but the weather was great on Sunday, and so were the results:

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for images

Saturday

WRDX:

no Qualifiers

Junior:

Bluemoon's Crepe Suzette CD RE DD, "Suze", Damian Burke

Senior:

Hearthaven's Good Deed Can/CD AM/CD RA WD CGC, "Darma", Lawren Coulam
CH Snowdrift's Light My Fire CD RN WD, "Arson", Cherilyn Antin
CH Tresors Star of Logy Bay UD RAE WD DD1, "Trot", Anna Lorenz
CH Haytee's On Fire at Snowdrift CDX NAP NJP RN WD, "Siren", Cherilyn Antin

Sunday

Junior:

Shadrack's Second in Command, "Riker", Gerry Heinz
Casting Out to Sea Addaline RAE, "Addi", Gretchen Hartman
CH Bea Creek's Makin Music CD, "Jagger" Connie Younggreen
CH Seabrooks Hoosier Daddy Pouchcove RA DD, "Madison", Cindy White

Senior:

Rowen's Lost In This Moment WD DD, "Pasha", Cassie Iken
Fiann's Natural Blue CD RE WD DD1 CGC, "Dori", Everett Ward
Anchorbay's She's Got Moxie CD WD, "Moxie", Stacy Jordan
GCh Timberknoll's Embrace the Journey, "Journey", Robin Love
Yosemite's Simply A Star UD WRD2 DD1 CGC, "Encore", Carol Giffhorn

Congratulations to all the qualifiers, and thanks to judges Gaby Cohen, Matt Cobban, and Tom Brant.

Check out some images from the water test
here on Photobucket

River King in the Ring

The obedience ring, that is. The 2010 Top Twenty for Obedience Newfs features 5 — count 'em, FIVE — River King dogs and handlers! In other words, a full 20% (or almost 25% counting the Associate Newf) of the Top 20 Obedience Newfs are River King Newfs! Congratulations are in order for Carol Gifhorn and Encore (Yosemite's Simply a Star CDX WRD2), Russ Kroeger and Java (WA Allison Acres Cappucino II UDX WRD2 TDD3), Sylvia Steiling and Luna (WA Allison Acres Music of the Night UDX WRD1 TDD3), Mark & Cassie Iken and Blake (VN WA CH Rowens with the Big Dogs CDX RAE NAP WRD2 WRDX TDD), and Pat & Rick Pourchot and Zara (Sweetbay's Zara CD WRD DD). Congratulations also to Associate RKNC Members Gerry & Judy Heinz and Flip (Ch Shadrack's Rock'N the Boat UD DD).

River King in the News

Pat Owens and Pilot (CH Rowens Pilot WD) lent a hand — and some paws — at the Metro East Humane Society's Adopt-a-Dog Day at the Lewis and Clark Historic Site on Saturday, June 18. Providing a living link to Seaman, the only canine member of the Corps of Discovery, Pilot was quite the attention getter. Get full coverage, including video, from the Alton Telegraph's website.

If you haven't received your e-copy of the latest RKNC Newsletter, please contact Mark Iken to make sure he has your correct email address.

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