Dunham Lake Australian Terriers
A Year in Review D ECEMB ER 2014 2014 A Pivotal Year
2014 has been a pivotal year for Dunham Lake Australian Terriers in so many ways, it’s hard to even know where to begin. First and foremost, I want to thank God for his many blessings. We believe everything happens for a reason and according to His plan and we try our best to follow. I thank my family, my husband for his patience and grace to let me pursue my passion with two of our three amazing daughters who without his support we couldn’t do what we do.
Thank you to my daughters Lydia and Ellie, they are my partners in everything related to our dogs. I couldn’t do it without them.
Dunham Lake Australian Terriers Highlights of 2014.
We have greatly enjoyed our dogs, traveling the world as well as crossOur 2nd Aussie from country with our RV our breeding won a visiting with old friends Best in Show. He is the and making new ones. 2nd Red Australian Terrier to ever win a I wrote an important BIS article that was pubOur first bred by lished in the Canine Aussie with her tail Chronicle entitled: A finished her new Low in SportsmanChampionship ship through Social MeBred by/co-owned dia. Bullying and intimiAussie Scout maindation comes in many tained the #1 Aussie in forms. the USA All-Breed 3 years in a row We have been busy with Awarded Excellent at puppies as well! the 2014 World Show in Finland Our (Private) Dunham Best of Breed at Lake Family FB group Montgomery has been an amazing Group 1 Win in the and important part of Owner/Handler Series our life. We are grateful Best of Breed at to all our friends who Westminster support not only us but one another.
A Few Show Highlights
Over-view and Thank You!
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BIS GCH Dunham Lake Unanimous Decision “Jake”
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BOB Montgomery, BOB Westminster & Scout Retires
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Snooza and Nova
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Australian Imports and Natural Tails Update
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Show News and Champion Judy
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Champions Mara and Miles
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2014 World Show Helsinki, Finland
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Sparrow News
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Puppies!
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Our Pivotal Year
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2014 Australian Terrier GCH Dunham Lake Unanimous Decision “Jake” Wins a Best in Show Ellie Goiffon. This was our family’s second Best in Show dog and or 3rd BIS win for dogs we have bred and own or co-own.
Group 1 Owner/ Handler Series
Jake is only the 2nd red Australian Terrier to ever win a BIS and the 17th Australian Terrier to Win a BIS.
On November 23rd at the Minneapolis Kennel Club Jake won his first Best in Show with his breeder/ owner/handler 15 year old
Jake with his breeder/ owner/handlers Lydia and Ellie Goiffon
Thank you to Group Judge Betsy Dale and Best in Show Judge Gloria Geringer for his huge honor. Thank you to Judge Candace
Jake #2 Australian Terrier in America All-Breed and Breed Best of Breed at Hatboro under Swedish Judge Pia Lundgren
Best of Breed at Devon under Judge Connie Clark Breeder/owner/ handled by: Lydia Goiffon
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December
2014 The Pennsylvania shows including the World’s Largest Terrier Show, Montgomery County Gch. Dunham Lake Touched by an Angel "Gabby" was awarded by Judge David Kirkland Best of Breed at the 2014 Montgomery Terrier Show, we thank him greatly. She was shown as always by her breeder/owner/handler Ellie Goiffon. There were 26 Australian Terrier entered. In 2013 her brother MBIS GCH Scoutmaster "Scout" was also awarded this honor, Best of Breed at Montgomery.GCH Dunham Lake Unanimous Decision "Jake"
shown by Lydia Goiffon breeder/owner/handler was also awarded Best of Breed two out of the four days and the days he did not win BOB, he received a Select award. At Devon under Judge Pia Lundberg from Sweden Jake was awarded BOB and Gabby also won Best of Opposite. Having just returned from the world show ourselves, we think Europe has some of the most beautiful Australian Terriers in the world. At Hatboro Jake won Best of Breed under American Judge Connie
Clark and Gabby won Best of Opposite. We can't thank these judges enough for these awards and their many positive comments regarding our Aussies and our breeding. We heard several times, our dogs illustrate the Australian Terrier standard. Correct size, medium boned and good movement, to name a few. While we feel truly blessed with these amazing awards, we know there were many other nice Aussies represented at these shows.
MBIS #1 Australian Terrier in America (All-Breed) GCH Dunham Lake Scoutmaster “Scout” Retires In 2014 Scout won Westminster, Montgomery and still holds the record for greatest number of Reserve Best in Show Australian Terrier. For the past 3 years has maintained his ranking of #1 Australian Terrier in America (All-Breed) many Group placements including two Best in Show wins! A huge thank you to Dr. Tim and Jane Steinmetz (owners of Scout) for their dedication to show this amazing Aussie. He has made us so proud. Thank you to their daughter Jackie Johnson for handling Scout. Visit our tribute to Scout video here.
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Nellyson’s Ava Good Weekend “Snooza” Our dear friend Tina Nordgren came for a visit and brought us another treasure by the name of Snooza.
She is a beautiful red Aussie with so much to offer. Our small gene pool. While she already has one major win, she is not too interested in the show ring at the moment. We will keep working with her, but she loves being here with us and our pack.
Thank you Tina for this wonderful girl!
I had a delightful visit
Maybush Radiant Knight “Nova”
with Nova’s breeder and
I brought Nova back with me to the US and she will stay with us forever. She fits out pack as if she was born here. Such a smart Aussie with a great temperament.
my friend Sylvia Knight, this past July in Nova Scotia, Canada
Last July I was invited by Nova’s breeder, Sylvia Knight to come and help her evaluate her litter of Australian Terriers. That was my mission, to travel to beautiful Nova Scotia, Canada and finally meet my dear friend Sylvia in person.
Also, her sire, is owned by another very dear friend of ours Chris Foskett from the UK, Ch. Wilfnbell Red Bondi “Tailer”. His father is Ch. Jaskarin Magic Number.
Thank you Sylvia for this special girl!
Well, I couldn’t resist this face and this spunky little Aussie, who was named Chestnut for obvious reasons her coat is the color of chestnut brown, just gorgeous. Page 4
December
Enomis Aussie’s From Australia join DL In October we added a new line to our breeding program from the breeder Steph Nicholson, Enomis Aussies. Three beautiful Australian Terriers arrived from Australia to Minnesota. We saw Australian Terriers from this line at the World Show in Finland and knew some day we would like to have one as well. We didn’t really plan on it so soon, but we are de-
look forward to showing them and having them contribute nicely to our gene pool here in the USA.
lighted to have them here and
Annie is living and owned by Michael and Sandra, Rugby is owned by and living with Mac and Diana and Jack is living and owned by Angie and Walter. All are co-owned by us.
Thank you to Steph for this opportunity.
Update on Natural Tails The Australian Terrier Club of America came out with a letter that was sent to all Judges. In summary, the Judges are to evaluate the “whole” dog and when evaluating the natural tail it is considered a fault, as any other fault. I found this a positive step forward, as it does give the Judges a better explanation. “We will continue to breed Australian Terrier’s in the USA, leaving their body parts unaltered.” We believe there are many valid reasons not to dock. “There are no reasons to do something intentional to our companions, that we know is not in their best interest.” Theresa MBIS AKC Breeder of Merit Page 5
December
Show News We are so pleased with our upcoming show dogs…
Emma (owned/handled by Mike and Sandra)
Parker (owned/handled by Russ and Nancy)
Scarlet (owned/handled by Chris)
Karla (owned by Debb)
Lucy and Bea (owned by Gerry and Donna)
Archer (owned/handled by Monica)
Nova (owned/handled by us)
Snooza (owned/handled by us) Looking forward to sharing exciting news about these Aussies in 2015!
2014 Dunham Lake Finished Champions Judy, Mara and Miles Ch. Dunham Lake Goodie Two Shoes “Judy” Owned by: Samantha and Nancy Van Buren
Judy with her owner/handler finished her AKC Championship at 10 months of age.
Handled by: Samantha Van Buren Bred and Co-Owned by: Ellie and Theresa Goiffon
We are very proud of this team and are excited to see what the future holds for them.
Samantha has taught Judy over 140 tricks. Here is a list of a few of those tricks: Close the door Pick up your toys Weave Walk like a Human Judy is our first bred-by Dunham Lake Australian Terrier shown with her natural tail. The Judges with few exception have shown no bias either way with respect to a natural or docked tailed Australian Terrier. A Year in Review
Pray And of course all the traditional obedience commands as well. They are amazing! Page 6
2014 Dunham Lake Finished Champions Ch. Dunham Lake Celebration “Mara” Owned by: Wayne Harmon Handled by: Ellie Goiffon Bred and Co-Owned by: Ellie and Theresa Goiffon
Wayne is our very dear friend and mentor., we can’t thank him enough for his continued support. Look for more show news from Mara in the future.
Ch. Dunham Lake Moon Dreams “Miles” Owned by: Luisa Bustamante
June 19, 20, 21 2014 Miles
Handled by: Ellie Goiffon
enters the ring for the 2nd
Bred and Co-Owned by: Ellie and Theresa Goiffon
time after 3 years! What a miracle! Miles finishes his AKC Championship under well respected Judges, Elliott Weiss. Ms. Clem McGowan and Mr. Randy Garren.
Miles has an incredible story of determination. Shortly after his show career began he was in a car accident. He was traveling in his crate but the car he was riding in was rear ended and his
Miles wins big!
front elbow was severely
Best Bred by Winner at the 2014 AKC Eukanuba National Dog Show. With breeder/owner/handler
damaged. He needed several
Ellie Goiffon
surgeries and much therapy to even use this leg. After much loving care and time he has made
Thank you to his wonderful family Luisa Bustamante for doing everything for this boy. A Year in Review
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The 2014 World show in Helsinki Finland Australian Terriers Represented from the USA: GCH Dunham Lake Unanimous Decision “Jake” GCH Dunham Lake Touched by an Angel Gabriella “Gabby” CH Dunham Lake Good Two Shoes “Judy”
In August my daughter's Lydia and Ellie along with their dogs GCH Dunham Lake Unanimous Decision "Jake" (#2 Australian Terrier in the US in Breed) and Bronze GCH Dunham Lake Gabriella Touched by an Angel "Gabby" participated in the World Dog Show in Helsinki Finland. Our new Champion Dunham Lake Goody Two Shoes "Judy" and our friends and her owner's Samantha Van Buren and her mom Nancy also participated in the event.
Jake received an "Excellent" evaluation and of the 26 Champion Dogs that were entered, Jake and Lydia finished in the top 10 Australian Terrier dogs at the world show.
The feed-back from many judges and breeders world wide regarding our Australian Terriers was overwhelmingly positive. Our two females placed "Very Good" and our male, Jake placed "Excellent" and of the 26 Champion Dogs that were entered, Jake and Lydia finished in the top 10 Australian Terrier dogs at the world show. We learned more about our breed, were able to spend a great deal of time studying other lines and meeting with top breeders and Judges from all over the world. It was not only an enjoyable trip but one of learning for us as well. The wonderful Australian Terrier folks from Finland we thank them all for their most gracious hospitality!
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2014 World Show It was the most incredible show, with 21,000 dogs entered and only 70 dogs from the United States participating. We were the only US Australian Terriers represented. Such fun with Katrina, Nancy, Sam, Tina, Ida, my girls, just to name a few.
A trip of a life-time spent with great friends both from the US and abroad. We will have wonderful memories of this trip or friends we traveled with, old friends we met and new friends we made, forever.
Lydia, Tina, Ellie and Ida. A Year in Review
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Sparrow News It was a very good year for Sparrow! He is doing well, enjoying life and went to a few dog shows to meet some of his favorite people. We spent a weekend with our dear friend Dianne Wall where we all finally were able to meet in person! What a great time we had. Then as promised Jim Gersin gave Sparrow that belly rub. We spent a bit more time this year visiting nursing homes and this lady is his favorite patient who is over 100.
I think Dianne could have taken him home with her if we would have let her and I am sure Sparrow wouldn’t have objected one bit. They were instant friends!
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Puppies have arrived! We planned and had 3 litters, a total of 18 puppies! All Healthy and Sassy. CH Nellyson’s Ava Good Weekend “Loretta”/MBIS GCH Dunham Lake Scoutmaster “Scout” (owned by: Dr. Tim and Jane Steinmetz) 6 pups Born 10-22-14 CH Dunham Lake Take a Bow “Reba”/CH Wilfnbell Red Bondi “Tailer” (owned by Sylvia Knight) 5 pups Born 10-24-14 GCH Dunham Lake Touched by and Angel “Gabby”/Dunham Lake The Natural “Chase” 7 pups Born 11-09-14
All our puppies are always prepromised before the breeding even takes place. I have an ongong waiting list and I require an application to be completed for each person interested in one of our puppies.
All of these puppies have their forever homes. Not all know where they are going just yet.
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Our Pivotal Year... Looking back at 2014 it was a year that began for many including our family, for various reasons, a year we wish could have done a “do over”. But as the year went on, it has become apparent to us, it is Dunham Lake’s most pivotal year. We know who we are, we are confident and have strong convictions and moral ethics, that has never and will never change or waiver. Our direction is clear, to continue to produce healthy, good tempered quality Australian Terriers. We are beyond words of gratitude for our many friends, supporters and fans. Thank you for your love, support and wisdom. To be recognized with Breeding Multiple Best in Show dogs is a huge honor, and we are so grateful! But to be known among our peers and our puppy families, as the breeder that is always there for them, day or night, who only breeds healthy and sound Aussies, as a breeder, that is the highest honor of all. God Bless. Theresa Our open FB page is found here. If you would like to join our private group, please email me at Theresaagoiffon@msn.com
Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays and a very Blessed New Year! Theresa A. Goiffon, Multiple BIS Breeder and AKC Breeder of Merit
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