| WHAT'S NEW WITH RIVER WIND |
| 06/02/08 |
In Loving Memory... Ch River Wind's Tokyo Pearl (Belle) - 04/17/93-06/02/08 You were my first show dog, my first champion, and always my faithful companion--nothing will ever fillthe void left in my heart--sleep gently, sweet Belle. |
| 04/26/08 | Only her 2nd weekend out this year and we have new AKC Champion Cabanterra Divine Dahlia at MR2!!! Dahlia finished her championship with a total of 4 back-to-back majors!!! Thank you to all the judges for all of the wonderful things you had to say about her!!! |
| 04/17/08 | HAPPY 15TH BIRTHDAY, BELLE & SKYE QUEEN!!! Our two oldest girls from our very first litter (and our very first homebred champions), CH River Wind's Tokyo Pearl and CH River Wind's Dances with Wolves, are celebrating their 15th birthday today!!! May you have many many more girlie-whirlies!!! : ) |
| 04/13/08 |
It was another fantastic weekend for MR2!!! We went to
the Blue & Gray Cluster in Harrisburg, PA, and had a great
time!!! PeaBoo went WB on
Thursday and Dahlia, our little
German import, went RWB. Banshou Go Ryuukyuu Uruma, our newest
import, also made his debut and went WD/BOS!!! TJ, one of our
Tenshin x Bonnie puppies, made his debut on Friday and did very
well!!! On Saturday, Dahlia, went
WB for a 4-point major--her first!!! Banshou went WD/BOW for
his first major for 4 points!!! Leo, our
repeat breeding out of Kota x
Pudgie, made his debut and went
RWD to the major!!! On Sunday, Dahlia
went WB/BOS for another 4-point major and now only needs 5
single points to finish her championship!!!
Sophie, our beautiful BBE girl, went
RWB!!! If that weren't enough, Banshou went WD/BOW for his
2nd 4-point major and Leo went RWD to
the major again!!! And what was even better was that close to
half the entry were all related, including a beautiful bitch
special who won the breed Thursday and Friday!!! Ironically,
her great grandfathers on both sides of her pedigree, actually
live with us!!! : ) Banshou, her great-grandfather on her
sire's side just joined us a little over a week ago (Thank you
Mr. YuichiTomimoto for allowing this beautiful boy to come to
us!!!), and her great-grandfather on her dam's side,
Ch Tenshin
Go Etchuu Wakasugisou, has been with us several years and has
made a major impact on our breeding program. We're hoping
Banshou will be equally as valuable to us in that department!!!
Banshou is behind many of the imports who have come into the US
over the last several years. We are so excited!!! It's nice to
have such beautiful offspring represent our dogs here in the
U.S.!!! : ) Pictures of Banshou coming soon!!!
Also, many thanks to Tom & Sandie Rolenaitis for their
wonderful hospitality and cooking!!! : ) They hosted a dinner
party after the show Saturday and everybody had a wonderful
time!!! : ) We all had our Shibas running together
and it was a beautiful sight to behold to have over 15 Shibas from several different
kennels running and playing together!!!
Check out the pictures and
video!!!
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| 04/02/08 | Correction--Unfortunately, we found out after-the-fact, that Sophie's wins were invalidated for the weekend of March 15, because her registration was dated the date after these shows closed, so even though she did win the Breed from the classes, she won't get the points associated with it, so she only has 2 majors/7 points... Oh well--guess we'll just have to get out there and do it again!!! |
| 03/22/08 | Sophie is on a roll!!! As if last weekend wasn't impressive enough, Sophie goes out again this weekend and shows us how it's done!!! Thursday night at the non-sporting group club's show (supported NSCA entry) in Edison, NJ, Sophie goes Best Puppy-In-Sweeps, and if that weren't enough, she went on to go Winner's Bitch, Best-of-Opposite, and Best-of-Winners for a 4-point major!!! Later, the judge mentioned that she had strongly considered giving her the breed!!! Thank you, Sharon Lyons!!! What an awesome compliment!!! Friday, Sophie took Reserve and then today, she went on to go Winner's Bitch & Best-of-Opposite for another 3-point major!!! Many thanks to James Frederiksen!!! 3 major wins/10 points and 2 reserve wins in 5 shows!!! What a good girl, Sophie!!! Thank you to all the judges who have recognized Sophie's outstanding qualities!!! |
| 03/15/08 | Just when you think it can't get any better than it already is, something happens and it blows you away!!! "Sophie" (Rodel's Walking on Sunshine), a Gorgeous Kenny daughter, made her debut in the ring yesterday at the Celtic Cluster in York, PA, and not only did she blow the competition away by going WB for a 3-point major, but also went on to go Best-of-Winners and Best-of-Breed from the classes over specials!!! What a spectacular start to her show career!!! This girl all but showed herself--she ASKED for this win and she got it!!! Thanks so much to Bill Cunningham for this wonderful win!!! Sophie is the first Kenny offspring to hit the ring, but there are more in the wings waiting to come out and play!!! |
| 03/11/08 | You saw her at the 2007 National... Now, check out MR2's newest hopeful, MR2 She's All That of Rodel (aka PeaBoo)... She's maturing very nicely and we're excited... PeaBoo is major pointed and only needs a major to finish her championship. |
| 03/08/08 | Check out River Wind's newest hopeful, River Wind's Fluff-N-Stuff of Tengai, aka Leo!!! Leo is a repeat breeding of Ch River Wind's Luck-of-the-Draw (Bonnie), and we couldn't be more pleased with him!!! Look for him in the ring this spring with his owner, Phil Scala of Tengai Shibas!!! |
| 02/11/08 | River Wind wants to congratulate their good friend Rodel Shibas for winning an Award-of-Merit with their Beautiful boy, Ch Rodel's Miway or the Hiway, aka Mac, at the prestigious Westminster Kennel Club show held at Madison Square Garden!!! Way to go guys!!! He's a gorgeous boy with a brilliant red coat and you have every reason to be proud of him, especially since he's from your own breeding!!! Tenshin (Ch Tenshinmaru Go Etchuu Wakasugiso), his sire, is really starting to make his mark in the Shiba world in the U.S.!!! |
| 01/21/08 | After 8 long months, Kenny is finally home and we are so happy to have him back!!! : ) Thanks so much to his good friends, Dee & Mary Rotkowski of Sno-Storm Acres, for taking such wonderful care of him while he was away!!! He looks totally awesome!!! Kenny says thanks too and he can't wait to go back for another visit in the future!!! |
| 01/19/08 | Pork Chop goes Breed down in Florida over the Number 1 Shiba in the country!!! Thank you Rita Holloway!!! |
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12/08/07
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Dahlia takes her first breed win from the
classes!!! Thank you Rita Holloway!!!
HAPPY HOLIDAYS FROM RIVER WIND SHIBAS!!! |
| 10/20/07 | Dahlia wins her class at her very first National Specialty!!! We are so proud of our Dahlia!!! We flew out to beautiful Northern California and Dahlia placed consistently both days in both classes!!! She went 4th in 6-9mos Puppy Bitch Sweeps and 2nd in 6-9mos Puppy Bitch Regular Classes on Friday at the Shiba Fanciers of Northern California Regional Specialty, and then went2nd in 6-9 Puppy Bitch Sweeps and 1st in 6-9mos Puppy Bitch Regular Classes at the National Shiba Club of America's National Specialty!!! Thanks Dee for doing such a great job with her!!! Many thanks to the host club for doing such an awesome job with the show!!! We had a great time!!! |
| 09/17/07 | In Loving Memory of Nadine, 04-17-93 to 09-17-07. We love you and miss you, good girl... You were the best!!! |
| 09/16/07 | Dahlia wins her first point and Hawkeye is now Ch Rodel's Double Entendre!!! Thank you Elaine Lessig!!! This makes champion number 4 for kota with *very* limited breeding and several more on the way, but who's counting???!!! |
| 09/07/07 | Wow!!! What a great day we had yesterday!!! Went to the Non-Sporting Show in North Branch, NJ, and had a great time!!! Hawkeye (Rodel's Double Entendre) went WD/BOW for a 5-point major!!! Way to go Hawkeye!!! Dahlia went 2nd out of 3 in Puppy Sweeps & Regular Classes her first time in the ring in spite of her being a wild indian!!! But wait... there's more!!! Mac (Ch Rodel's Miway or the Hiway) went Best-of-Breed/Best in Specialty Show (BISS), and then went on to a Group 1 and Group BEST IN SHOW (BIS)*!!! WAY TO GO, MAC!!! We're so proud of you guys!!! Thanks Chris and the rest of the club for a wonderful day!!! |
| 09/02/07 | Dee & Kenny do it again this weekend!!! Kenny goes WD thursday for a 3-point major and then he goes WD/BOW today for a 5-point major to finish!!! He is now Ch Kokukenryuu Amamiso!!! Thank you Sandra Goose Allen and Pete Dawkins!!! |
| 08/11/07 | What a huge weekend we had!!! Sparkle finished her championship with a total of 3 majors, 2 of them back-to-back!!! She is such a beautiful girl and we are so proud of her!!! Thank you Mary Wuest and Roger Pritchard!!! Hawkeye (Rodel's Double Entendre) also picked up his majors back-to-back!!! And Mac (Ch Rodel's Miway or the Hiway) went Breed all 3 days, along with taking a group iv placement on Friday!!! What a spectacular start to his specials career!!! Congratulations to all the winners!!! |
| 07/29/07 | Kenny does it again this weekend for 2 more points and is rapidly closing in on his championship!!! Now if we can just find those majors!!! |
| 07/24/07 | Kenny goes Winner's Dog again for another point this weekend!!! Thank you Karen MacFarlane!!! |
| 07/10/07 | Check out the new pictures of Kenny taken this weekend by his good friend, Kyle!!! Dee, you make Kenny look awesome!!! : ) |
| 07/09/07 | What a Great Weekend we had here at River Wind!!! Sparkle went WB/BOS for a point on Thursday and then went WB/BOS for a 4-point major (her first!!!) on Saturday!!! Thank you, Jeremy, for doing such a great job with Sparkle on Saturday and making it possible for me to attend my father's 85th birthday party!!! Sparkle went RWB to the major on Friday and RWB yesterday!!! If that weren't enough, Pork Chop went WD/BOW on Saturday for the major to finish his championship!!! He is now Ch Soutembou Go Kuwana Mitomoso!!! Whoo-hoo!!! Great Job, Tom!!! Go Pork Chop!!! And to top it all off, our Beautiful Kenny swept the weekend in Ohio for 2 points on Saturday and 2 more points on Sunday!!! Way to Go Dee & Kenny!!! Thank you to all the judges who have recognized all of these dogs' outstanding qualities!!! |
| 07/02/07 | Kenny (Kokukenryuu Amamiso) goes WD for his first point in Ohio!!! Thanks Dee for doing such a great job with him!!! |
| 06/30/07 | What a lot of fun we had at Bainbridge on Saturday!!! Pork Chop went WD/BOW for a 3-point major and only needs one more major to finish his championship!!! We got to see old friends and make some new ones and everybody had a great time!!! Congratulations to Cheri Sullo for finishing her boy this weekend and for her breed win on Saturday!!! Thank you also to Chris Gursky-Edwards for donating the cute little prizes for her club's shows this weekend and congrats on her Group 3!!! The dogs loved the cookies and toy!!! |
| 06/03/07 | What a great weekend we had here at River Wind!!! Pork Chop (Soutembou Go Kuwana Mitomoso) went WD/BOW for 2 points on Saturday under Elizabeth Muthard, and then on Sunday, Sparkle (Blackcrest's Sparkle Plenty) went WB/BOS for 2 points, Pork Chop went WD/BOW for 2 points, and our very own Chip (Ch Riverwind's Chips Ahoy of Tengai), at the tender age of 8 months, went BOB over specials!!! Thank you Elaine Lessig for a wonderful day!!! |
| 05/19/07 | River Wind would like to congratulate Phil Scala and Jeremy Hohman for their wonderful first place win with Chip (Ch Riverwind's Chips Ahoy of Tengai) at the Shiba Classic this year, as well as Charleen Maxim with Izzy (Ch River Wind's Like A Hurricane) who placed first in her class over a total of 5 bitches in the Seiken Class, 2 of them being black and tan, and was the only black and tan to take a first class placement this year!!! Way to go Izzy & Chip!!! |
| 05/14/07 | It's a Girl!!! MR2 wants to welcome their newest addition, "Dahlia." After a long flight here, Dahlia arrived and came off the plane like she owned the place!!! She is a beautiful girl and we have high hopes for her!!! Pictures coming soon!!! |
| 05/06/07 | Chip goes to Trenton needing 2 single points to finish and ends up finishing with a 4-point major!!! Congratulations to Phil & Jeremy on your new champion!!! |
| 04/27/07 | Sparkle goes out for the first time this year and goes WB/BOS for 2 points!!! Thank you Jon Cole!!! |
| 04/16/07 | First time out this year and what a weekend it was!!! Our precious Vailie-Girl is now Ch Blackcrest Flaming Vail!!! Vail went into this at the very competitive Blue & Gray Cluster in Harrisburg, PA, needing only single points to finish and finished yesterday with a 3-point major!!! If that weren't enough, River Wind's very own Riverwinds Chips Ahoy of Tengai, aka "Chip," at the very tender age of 7 months, dominated the competition and picked up 10 points, including a 5 and 3-point major as well, and now only needs 2 single points to finish his championship!!! A HUGE THANK YOU to Jeremy Hohman for doing the honors of handling Vail for me this weekend. And many thanks to both Phil & Jeremy for doing such a great job with Chip!!! We love you, man!!! |
| 04/06/07 | We've moved!!! We are now located in beautiful Kennett Square, PA!!! |
| 12/16/06 | River Wind celebrates their 7th homebred champion to date and their 3rd Bred-By-Exhibitor Champion!!! Bonnie finishes her championship at Delaware Water Gap Kennel Club!!! Thank you Dr. John A Reeve-Newson!!! |
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12/11/06
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Bonnie places
consistently from the BBE Class at the Gulf States Holiday Classic!!!
2nd place out of a class of 6 on Thursday, 3rd place on Saturday &
Sunday from a Class of 9!!! Many thanks to Mary Ross for a wonderful weekend and a National Specialty well done!!! Congratulations to all of the winners and especially Charleen Maxim who finished her beautiful girl "Sugar" (New Champion Cape Cod's Autumn Treasure) out of the BBE Class on Saturday at the NSCA National Specialty!!! |
| 11/27/06 | Bonnie goes Winners Bitch, Best-of-Opposite from the BBE class on 11/24, Winners Bitch, Best-of-Winners on 11/25, and Winners Bitch, Best-of-Winners on 11/26 at the Turkey Cluster!!! Thank you to all the judges who have recognized Bonnie's outstanding qualities!!! |
| 11/16/06 | Bonnie goes Winners Bitch, Best-of-Opposite from the BBE class for 2 more points at the Kennel Club of Philadelphia Show!!! Thank you Joan Scott!!! |
| 10/17/06 | Bonnie goes Winners Bitch, Best-of-Winners & Best-of-Breed from the classes (BBE) over 3 specials for a 3-point major!!! Thank you Danny Moore so much for this awesome (and unexpected!!!) win!!! |
| 09/30/06 | Pork Chop goes BOB from the 6-9 Puppy Dog Class and goes Best Puppy in Show his first time in the ring!!! Way to go Pork Chop!!! What a good boy!!! |
| 07/28/06 | Huge Congratulations are in order for Tisha Harris of Meadowlark Shibas and Tom & Sandie Rolenaitis of Rodel Shibas for their new champion Rodel's Double Indemnity, aka "Trapper"!!! Trapper is the first champion offspring of Kota, Ch Kisaragi No Kotaro Amamiso!!! now it's Hawkeye's (Rodel's Double Entendre) turn!!! |
| 05/22/06 |
"Bonnie" takes WB for another 2 points from BBE at Carroll County!!! Thank you Bill Cunningham!!! |
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05/20/06 |
River Wind kids
make an impact at the 2006 Shiba Classic--"Sparkle"
(Blackcrest's Sparkle Plenty) takes 2nd in Waka Inu II Bitches
(12-18 mos) behind the Best Bitch/Best Opposite winner!!! "Tori" (Blackcrest Too Hot To Handle) takes
4th place in the same class!!! "Vail" takes 3rd in Seiken Bitches
(over 2-1/2 years) in a very competitive class of 11!!! We
are so
proud of our kids!!! |
| 05/19/06 |
"Pork Chop"
makes his
ring debut in Yochiken dogs (2-4 mos)
at the Shiba Classic
2006 Puppy
Sweepstakes 1week after arriving
in the united states, and wins his class!!! |
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05/11/06 |
MR2
welcomes Soutembou Go Kuwana Mitomoso (aka "Pork Chop"!!!) Thank you Mr. Sato
for entrusting him to us and making his acquisition possible!!! |
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04/30/06
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"Bonnie" (River Wind's Luck of the Draw) takes
WB/BOS for a 3-point major her 2nd weekend out under Mrs. Annie Rodgers
Clark at the Beckley Kennel Club shows in Lewisburg, WVA!!! We are so proud
of her!!! |
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04/15/06 |
River
Wind welcomes "Vail" (Blackcrest Flaming Vail), a beautiful red girl
produced by Jeannette
Watson of Blackcrest Shibas!!! "Vail" comes to us from Jewell Charles of
Cedarcrest Shibas needing only 4 single points to finish her AKC
Championship--We have high hopes for her!!! Thank you Jewell and
Jeannette!!! She has already stolen my heart many times over and
is a true joy to live with!!! |
