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The 2012 KCA National Specialty weekend was the 20th annual show, and it was celebrated in grand style at Gray Summit, Missouri from May 3rd to May 6th, 2012.

Chuck and I came home tired, but happy to have been able to participate. The camaraderie of the event was great.

On the day of the specialty, out of the top 7 honors, 5 of the dogs have Double Ring ties!

2012 KUVASZ CLUB OF AMERICA SPECIALTY JUDGES
Sweepstakes: Mrs. Mimi Graff
Conformation: Mrs. Barbara Alderman
Obedience & Rally: Ms. Virginia Kinion

Winners Dog two years in a row and to complete his championship was Autumn Winds Field of Dreams (aka Jack), bred by Barbara Tatay & owned by Barb and Kathy Ringering. Jack’s dad is GdCh Double Ring Tarees Dream Machine, CPA (aka Diesel).

Winners Bitch & Best of Winners two years in a row was Mauna Kea’s Heart and Soul, aka Lyric, bred and owned by Sue Riippa. Lyric’s dad is Ch Double Ring Peterbilt COAA OS (aka Cargo).

Grand Select Dog went to Intl/Am Ch Double Ring Barbarian CD, CGC, TT, NDD, VPA (aka Attila) bred at Double Ring out of Double Ring Silvan Tarees Apollo and Ch Double Ring Leading Lady, owned by Steve Oppenheimer & Kathy Ringering. Attila was also Select Dog two more days over the weekend. (photo below)

Grand Select Bitch went to Ch Budagyongye Diamond Lil (aka Mae) bred at Double Ring out of DoubleRing Pyramid Silvanhold Taree and GCH Double Ring Tarees Dream Machine CPA by Kathy Ringering & Elizabeth Kondor, owned by Agi Hejja. Mae was also Select Bitch two more days over the weekend.

Award of Merit, Best Veteran in Sweepstakes, Best Veteran in Specialty, Best Stud Dog, Best Generations Class, went to Ch Double Ring Peterbilt COAA OS (aka Cargo). At 10-1/2 years-old, Cargo is still amazing! Cargo was bred at Double Ring out of Ch Double Ring Cirrus x Ch Double Ring Leading Lady. He is owned by Tony Miller & Terry Ducheck, shown (below) by Robin Miller.

In the Generations photo (below) from left to right are: Cargo, his son GCh Double Ring Tarees Dream Machine (Diesel), then Diesel’s son Autumn Winds Field of Dreams (aka Jack) and then Jack’s daughter, Szep Tars Push The Beat at Autumn Winds. (click photo to view large version.)

Award of Merit went to BISS GdCh Rebel Ridge Southern Beauty CPA CGC (aka Lola) bred at Rebel Ridge out of Ch Double Ring Peterbilt COAA OS x Ch Double Ring New Southern Glory CPA CGC. Lola is bred and owned by Tony & Robin Miller.

DoubleRing Pyramid Silvanhold Taree (aka Ceara) bred and owned by Kathy Ringering & Elizabeth Kondor. Ceara is out of Am/Can Ch Budagyongye Opal x Ch Double Ring Kastaspell. Ceara is shown below with her daughters Budagyongye Diamond Rouge (aka Ruby) and Ch Budagyongye Diamond Lil (aka Mae).

Qualifying in Performance events

Double Ring Kope of Locust Hill BN RA (aka Jancsi) – Novice B Obedience and enjoyed his first win in Rally Excellent A with a score of 91 out of 100. Jancsi is owned by Megan Huber & Deb Braun and is out of Double Ring Tarees Zodiac x Ch Double Ring Centerfold.

Qualifying in Rally Novice

Ch Mauna Kea’s Great Stampede (aka Bison), bred by Sue Riippa & Kathy Ringering, owned by Amanda Greer. Bison is out of Ch Mauna Kea’s Limited Release x Ch Double Ring Mauna Kea On A Whim.

Qualifying in Rally Novice A with a 1st place

Rebel Ridge Big Easy Music (aka Jazz) Jazz was bred by Tony & Robin Miller & Kathy & Chuck Ringering, co-owned by Tony and Robin & Laurie & Wayne Leevy. Jazz is out of Ch Double Ring Peterbilt COAA OS x Ch Double Ring Rebel Ridge Waterford.

Winners Dog and Best of Winners on Friday

Budagyongye Bleu Diamond (aka Bleu), bred and owned by Elizabeth Kondor and Kathy Ringering. Bleu is out of DoubleRing Pyramid Silvanhold Taree x Ch Double Ring Peterbilt COAA OS.

Winners Bitch and Best of Winners on Saturday

Szep Tars Push The Beat at Autumn Winds (aka Tempo). Tempo is bred by Trish & Matthew Ginther, owned by Barbara Tatay out of Ch Autumn Winds Field of Dreams x GdCh Szep Tars Hearts Cry, RN CGC. Her grandsire is GdCh Double Ring Tarees Dream Machine, CPA

Select Dog on Saturday

Ch Rebel Ridge Blue Moon (aka Mani) bred and owned by Tony & Robin Miller & Kathy and Chuck Ringering out of Ch Double Ring Rebel Ridge Waterford x GdCh Double Ring Tarees Dream Machine, CPA

It was a great time and we feel really blessed to see our own dogs as well as those descended from our pedigrees being recognized in such tough competition.

THEN when we got home Chuck stepped off the porch wrong and broke his foot. He will be in a cast a few weeks. He might be able to go back to work in 3-4 weeks once he gets into a walking boot. He had surgery on the 11th. We hope it is a fast 3-4 weeks!

—Kathy OO (Kathy Ringering)

KCA page on the 2012 KCA Specialty Show here

This year’s national specialty show was held in Louisville, KY. It was great seeing old friends and meeting new ones, as well as seeing and meeting their dogs.

Here is a recap of how we did over the specialty week and weekend...

THE most fun thing we did was a Generations class.

Champion Double Ring Leading Lady (Sophia) and 4 generations of offspring take First place at the KCA Generations class. Click here to see the larger version and details.

Double Ring Kope of Locust Hill, CGC (Jansci) owned by Megan Huber & Deb Braun won a leg toward his title in Rally Novice B (under judge Mr. David Haddock) Jansci is out of Double Ring Tarees Zodiac and Ch Double Ring Centerfold.

Ch Double Ring Peterbilt, owned by Tony Miller and Terry Ducheck won Veteran Sweepstakes (judge Karen Barnes), Best Veteran in regular competition as well as a Grand Select (judge Anitra Cuneo). He also won an Award of Merit on another day (under judge Edd Bivin). Cargo is out of Ch Double Ring Cirrus and Ch Double Ring Leading Lady.

Autumn Winds Field of Dreams (Jack) owned by Kathy Ringering & Barbara Tatay, was Winners Dog for a 5 point major on the day of the Specialty (under judge Anitra Cuneo) and Reserve Winner (under judge Edd Bivin). Jack’s breeder is Barbara Tatay and he is out of Gr Ch Double Ring Tarees Dream Machine and Szumeria’s On With the Show at Autumn Winds.

Budagyongye Bleu Diamond (Bleu), owned by Elizabeth Kondor and Kathy Ringering, won the Bred By Exhibitor class and was Reserve Winners Dog the day of the specialty (under judge Anitra Cuneo) and Winners Dog for a 5 point major (under judge Bivin) on another day. Bleu is out of Ch Double Ring Peterbilt and Ch Double Ring Pyramid Silvanhold Taree (Ceara).

Budagyongye Diamonds R Forever (Carat), owned by Kathy Ringering & Elizabeth Kondor. Carat was Reserve Winner (under judge Polly Smith) and won a 5 point major (under judge Edd Bivin) to finish her championship. Yeah Carat! Carat is a sister to Bleu out of Ch Double Ring Peterbilt and Ch Double Ring Pyramid Silvanhold Taree (Ceara).

Gr Ch Double Ring Tarees Dream Machine (Diesel), owned by Tony & Robin Miller & Chuck & Kathy Ringering won an
Award of Merit (under judge Polly Smith) and a Grand Select (under judge Dr. Robert Smith). Diesel is out of Ch Double
Ring Peterbilt and Ch Double Ring Moonlight Serenade.

Rebel Ridge Blue Moon (Mani) owned by Tony & Robin Miller. Mani won the Puppy Sweepstakes (under judge Karen Barnes). Mani is out of Gr Ch Double Ring Tarees Dream Machine and Ch Double Ring Rebel Ridge Waterford.

Mauna Kea’s Heart and Soul (Lyric) owned by Sue Riippa. Lyric won Best Bred by Exhibitor, Winners Bitch, and Best of Winners for a 5 point major (under judge Anitra Cuneo). Lyric is out of Ch Double Ring Peterbilt and Ch Mauna Kea’s Essence of Time.

Ch Autumn Winds Dream Reburn (Shimmer) owned by Barb Tatay. Shimmer won a Grand Select (under judge A Taylor) and Best of Opposite Sex (under judge Edd Bivin). Shimmer is out of Gr Ch Double Ring Tarees Dream Machine and Szumeria’s On With the Show at Autumn Winds.

Kathy Ringering was honored with the Kuvasz Club of America Service Award at the 2010 KCA Specialty Show. more here

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