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Moonshadow Belgian Shepherds, Australia Show Results
Why are Show Results important? In
Australia, there are various types of events in which dogs and their owners
can compete. What we are referring to here is what are
sometimes called "confirmation" shows, or Championship shows. At these shows, judges who are certified by
their state canine council assess each dog against the recognised
standard for their particular breed. In Australia as in many other countries, Belgian Shepherds
are assessed in relation to the standard published by the FCI - The Fédération Cynologique Internationale
(see http://www.belgiandogs.org/STbsdEngels.htm). Dogs are initially
divided into classes based on their breed, age and sex. Belgian Shepherds are
of four recognised varieties (Groenendaels,
Tervuerens, Malinois and Laekenois), and in Australia shows, each variety is
treated as a separate breed. Class
winners compete to be judged the best dog or bitch of their breed, known as
the Challenge. By awarding a Challenge
Certificate to a dog or bitch, the judge certifies that "this exhibit is
of such outstanding merit as to be worthy to qualify for the title of
`Australian Champion.'" The male and female Challenge winners in a breed
then compete for the "Best of Breed" award. Challenge Certificate and Best of Breed
winners are awarded Challenge Points which they can accumulate over their
show careers. One hundred such points
are required to qualify for the title of Australian Champion. Belgian
Shepherds are classified as belonging to the Working Dog Group, so the Best
of Breed Belgians later face the best of breed winners of all the other
working dog breeds - the winner being the Best Exhibit in Group, followed by
the Runner-up Best Exhibit in Group. Other group-level contests determine the
best of each class across the group - Best Baby Puppy in Group, Best Junior
in Group, etc. Finally, the winners from each group face each other for the
Best in Show awards. The
standard for Belgian Shepherds lists a great many details which make up the
ideal dog, and the factors that each judge focuses upon probably vary, so an
award by any particular judge may not mean a great deal. However, consistent
awards by judges do tend to indicate that the dog or bitch is generally seen
as an outstanding example of the breed.
So
showing dogs is a worthwhile way of assessing their adherence to breed
standards, and is also an entertaining amateur sport. Want to know more
about showing? Click here How have Moonshadow dogs
fared in Dog Shows? We
earned our first Challenge Certificate at a Dog Show with our young girl
Shadow (Mashiara Moonshadow)
in April, 1995, and Shadow went on to achieve the status of Australian
Champion before the end of that year.
In February, 1996 our Baxter (Barakuma
Knight Errant) joined Shadow and us in the Show ring with his first Challenge
Certificate. Baxter too achieved his
Australian Champion status in September 1996.
Shadow went on to win 579 Challenge points before her retirement in
1999 and was later declared a Grand Champion by the Belgian Shepherd Dog Club
of NSW. Baxter won 328 Challenge
points before his retirement in 2003. Shadow's son Zulu hit the Show Ring in
September 1998 and earned his Australian Champion title by May 1999. Although
our love for the Belgian Shepherd Breed continued to grow, we were not active
in the Show Ring during 2000-2002. In
2003, however, we returned to the sport with the arrival of our Paco (Corsini Lysander from the UK), who was
already an English Champion when he came to us. First shown in Australia in January, 2003, Paco earned his Australian Champion title by July of that
same year! Paco
and Zulu performed strongly in the Show Ring during 2003 through 2007, and in
2005 they were joined by our latest addition, Rhianne
(Ebontide Parisian Affair), who was also imported
from the UK. Rhianne won her first Challenge
Certificate in March 2005 and achieved her Australian Champion title by
November, 2005. The
year 2005 was a good year in the Show Ring, with the three
competing Moonshadow dogs winning a total of 530
Challenge Points, and winning Working Dog Group level awards seven times. In
addition, Paco's children and grandchildren
performed so well that he won Best Sire in Show at three Belgian Shepherd
Specialty Shows! Personal
and family matters resulted in us not being as active in the show ring during
2006. In particular, we did not
show after September, so our yearly total was only 375 Challenge Points, down
on 2005's record. There were, however, a number of highlights. These included
Zulu winning Best Australian Bred Working Dog on three occasions and
runner-up best Working Dog at the Sapphire Coast Kennel and Obedience Club
show on 17th February, 2006. We were all pleased when on Rob's Birthday, both
Zulu and Paco won at Working Dog Group level, with
Zulu winning best Australian Bred Working Dog and Paco
wining Best Open Working Dog at the same show - the Bega
Valley Kennel and Obedience Club show of 12 February 2006. A few days later, Rhianne
had her turn and won Best Junior Working Dog. A bit later in the year, we
entered Paco and Zulu in two Veteran's Sweepstakes,
and were very pleased when Paco was placed in the
top three in one, and Zulu in the other. We were also very pleased when one
of Zulu's Best Australian Working Dog awards came from Mrs
Barbara Banbury of England, who had recently judged
Best in Show at the famous British Crufts Show. She
praised Zulu very highly when handing out the ABIG award. The
2007 show season got off to a good start for us with
Moonshadow stalwarts Zulu and Paco
both wining 3 Best of Breed awards at 4 shows in January, 2007. With a Best
of Breed win at the Dapto Show, Paco
surpassed 600 total Challenge points, and with his Best of Breed win at the
Sapphire Coast Show, Zulu surpassed 700 Challenge points. Our new puppies -
Magic (Moonshadow Black Magic) and Avalon (Moonshadow Avalon) joined Paco
and Zulu in the Show Ring for the first time at the Bega
Valley Show in Bermagui on 9th February, and at the
ACTCA Canberra Autumn International Festival shows on 17 March and on 19
March, 2007. Magic won Best Baby Puppy in the Working Dog Group at both shows
under Canadian judges! Also a big achievement was our Paco's
winning Best of Breed Tervueren at the Sydney Royal
Easter Show on 15 April, 2007, under Ms Kornelia Butrimova, a Lithuanian judge! Paco
then passed 700 total Challenge points with his subsequent Best of Breed win
at the Working Dog Club of NSW show on 6 May 2007, and we were very pleased
when he took out Reserve Challenge Dog at the Belgian Specialty Show held by
the Belgian Shepherd Dog Club of NSW on 4-5 August, 2007, under the
well-known Belgian Judge Fermin Aergeerts
(see the critique on our News webpage). Magic again triumphed at the Parkes weekend of shows on 9 and 10 June, 2007, winning
Best Minor Puppy in the Working Dog Group at both shows, and winning third
place in the 6-12 months Sweepstakes on the first day and first place on the
second day! Following this up at the Tullamore and
Trundle shows on 11-15 August, Magic won First in the 6-12 Months old
sweepstakes four times in a row at Tullamore.
He also won Best Puppy in the Working Dog Group three times out of five and
was the Runner Up Best Exhibit in the Working Dog Group one of these times.
Congratulations also go to his sister Avalon who won Best Junior in the
Working Dog Group in one of the Tullamore shows,
and again at the Tuggerah Lakes show on 19 October,
2007. Paco continued to roll along, passing 800
total Challenge points at the Far South East Kennel Club show on
10 November, 2007. At that same show,
he was awarded "Best Veteran in Show", and on the following day won
Best Open Dog in the Working Dog Group. Quite an achievement for an almost 10
year old! A trip to Newcastle the following weekend saw another Best Junior in
the Working Dog Group award, this time to Magic. The weekend saw both Magic
and Avalon having won enough Challenge Points, including the required 25
points after the age of 1 year, for them to qualify for their Australian
Champion awards. It also saw us surpass our previous record of 530 Challenge
Points in one year, so there was much to celebrate! We took a break during December 2007 and
January 2008, but returned to the ring in February 2008,
with Magic winning another Best
Junior Dog in the Working Dog Group at his first show of the year, at
Kangaroo Valley. We were even more pleased when at the Sofala
Show on 24 February 2008, Magic won Best Exhibit in
the Working Dog Group! In addition, big congratulations were due to Paco when he achieved the 1000 Challenge Points required
for his Grand Championship title at the St George District Kennel Club Show
on 31 May, 2008. Because we had litters born in June and
September 2008, as well as some travel commitments, we did very little
showing during the second half of 2008.
However, we were delighted when Paco was
awarded Reserve Challenge on the first day of the Belgian Shepherd Dog Club
of NSW's annual specialty show in August 2008 under
Ms Chris Malinoski from the UK, and then Challenge
Dog and Best Veteran in Show under Mrs Janet
Andrews from the UK on the second day of this show. And as a follow on, Paco was also awarded Best Veteran (10+ years) in Show
and Best Sire in Show at the Illawara and South
Eastern BSDC Specialty Show in October 2008 under Mme M F Varlet from France! The
year 2009 began well on 10 January
when Dream won Best Puppy in the Working Dog Group at the Penrith
Show, and at the same time little Dancer took part in her first show. Although
she won her class, she was out shown on the day by her brother Arry (Moonshadow Memories), who
was awarded Best Baby Puppy in the Working Dog Group! And the following
weekend at the Dapto Show, we were delighted when
Dancer came first in her first 3-6 month old puppy sweepstakes, out of 27
entries. Also at the Dapto Show, Dream won her
first Challenge! Another
happy time for us was 15 March, at the Tarago Show,
where our two little girls both excelled. Dream won first place in the 6-12
months old puppy sweepstakes, and went on to win Best Minor Puppy in the
Working Dog Group. Then Dancer won Best Baby Puppy in the Working Dog Group,
and followed it up by winning Best Baby Puppy in the entire Show! We
were also delighted when Dream was selected as the Best Puppy of the Day when
she appeared at the Sydney Royal Easter Show in April, 2009. In May2009, we went to a weekend of shows
at Newcastle, and our little girl Dancer won Best Minor Puppy in the Working
Dog Group at two shows in a row!
Congratulations to both our youngsters! Early
August saw the annual Specialty Show of the Belgian Shepherd Dog club of NSW.
Our girl Dream was awarded Best Junior in Show, and Paco
followed up by once again winning Best Veteran in Show. At the end of August,
at the Penrith District show, Dream again won Best
Junior in the entire show, as well as Runner-up Best Working Dog. Not to be
left out, little Dancer won Best Puppy in the Working Dog Group at the same
show, and repeated this win in early September at the ACT Junior Kennel Club
show in Canberra! In
late September 2009, with her Best of Breed wins at the Cessnock
Dog Club shows in Newcastle, our Dream amassed enough Challenge Points to
qualify for her Australian Champion title. Congratulations to our pretty girl! Moonshadow results so far for 2009 are detailed below. |
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Name of Show |
Date |
Judge/State/Country |
Dog Name |
Award |
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Penrith K & O Club |
10/01/09 |
Derbyshire, Mr M (NSW) |
Moonshadow Baxies Dream |
BEST PUPPY IN GROUP |
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Dapto A&H Society |
17/01/09 |
Harris, Mrs K (NSW) |
Moonshadow Baxies Dream |
CHALLENGE |
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Dapto A&H Society |
17/01/09 |
Knox, Mrs E.M. (NSW) |
Moonshadow Dancing Bear |
1ST, 3-6 MONTHS
SWEEPSTAKES |
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Bungendore PA&H Society |
25/01/09 |
Gent, Mr H (NSW) |
Gr Ch/Eng Ch Corsini Lysander
(Imp UK) |
BEST OF BREED |
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Bungendore PA&H Society |
25/01/09 |
Gent, Mr H (NSW) |
Ch Moonshadow
Black Magic |
BEST OF BREED |
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Berry Show Society |
31/01/09 |
Stevenson, Mr P (Tas) |
Moonshadow Baxies Dream |
BEST OF BREED |
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The Sydney Kennel Club |
08/02/09 |
Beasley, Mrs H (NSW) |
Moonshadow Baxies Dream |
CHALLENGE |
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Milton Show Society |
21/02/09 |
Knox, Mrs E (NSW) |
Moonshadow Baxies Dream |
BEST OF BREED |
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Tarago Show Society |
15/03/09 |
MacDonald, Mrs PF (NSW) |
Moonshadow Baxies Dream |
1ST, 6-12 MONTHS
SWEEPSTAKES, BEST MINOR PUPPY IN GROUP |
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Tarago Show Society |
15/03/09 |
MacDonald, Mrs PF (NSW) |
Moonshadow Dancing Bear |
BEST BABY PUPPY IN GROUP |
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Tarago Show Society |
15/03/09 |
Gunter, Mr W (NSW) |
Moonshadow Dancing Bear |
BEST BABY PUPPY IN SHOW |
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Tarago Show Society |
15/03/09 |
MacDonald, Mrs PF (NSW) |
Ch Moonshadow
Black Magic |
BEST OF BREED |
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Yass Show Society |
28/03/09 |
Patterson, Mrs S (NSW) |
Moonshadow Dancing Bear |
CHALLENGE |
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Yass Show Society |
28/03/09 |
Patterson, Mrs S (NSW) |
Ch Moonshadow
Black Magic |
BEST OF BREED |
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Fairfield Districts ABKC |
29/03/09 |
Stoate, Mrs C (Vic) |
Moonshadow Dancing Bear |
CHALLENGE |
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Bay City ABKC |
03/04/09 |
Stevenson, Mr W F (NSW) |
Moonshadow Dancing Bear |
BEST OF BREED |
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The Sydney Royal Easter
Show |
09/04/09 |
Tan-Hietalahti,
Ms E (Fin) |
Moonshadow Baxies Dream |
RESERVE CHALLENGE,
WORKING DOG PUPPY OF THE DAY |
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The Sydney Royal Easter
Show |
09/04/09 |
Tan-Hietalahti,
Ms E (Fin) |
Moonshadow Dancing Bear |
RESERVE CHALLENGE |
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County of Cumberland KA |
25/04/09 |
Brennan-Lim, Mrs P (SA) |
Moonshadow Baxies Dream |
CHALLENGE |
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Newcastle & Northern
Dist KC |
08/05/09 |
Peel, Mr S (NZ) |
Moonshadow Baxies Dream |
CHALLENGE |
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Newcastle & Northern
Dist KC |
08/05/09 |
Peel, Mr S (NZ) |
Moonshadow Dancing Bear |
CHALLENGE, BEST MINOR
PUPPY IN GROUP |
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Northern ABKC |
08/05/09 |
Lane, Mrs S (NSW) |
Moonshadow Dancing Bear |
CHALLENGE, BEST MINOR
PUPPY IN GROUP |
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Newcastle & Northern
Dist KC |
09/05/09 |
Matthews, Mrs F (Qld) |
Moonshadow Dancing Bear |
CHALLENGE |
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Hunter Region WDC |
09/05/09 |
Gaut, Mr G (Vic) |
Moonshadow Dancing Bear |
CHALLENGE |
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Hunter Region WDC |
09/05/09 |
Gaut, Mr G (Vic) |
Moonshadow Baxies Dream |
BEST OF BREED |
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Belgian
Shepherd DC of NSW |
01/08/09 |
Moore,
Mr G (Vic) |
Moonshadow Baxies Dream |
BEST
JUNIOR IN SHOW |
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Belgian
Shepherd DC of NSW |
01/08/09 |
Moore,
Mr G (Vic) |
Gr Ch/Eng Ch Corsini
Lysander (Imp UK) |
BEST
VETERAN IN SHOW |
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Cambelltown & Districts |
23/08/09 |
Van
Der Weide, Mrs LMT (NSW) |
Moonshadow Dancing Bear |
BEST
OF BREED |
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Cambelltown & Districts |
23/08/09 |
Van
Der Weide, Mrs LMT (NSW) |
Moonshadow Baxies Dream |
BEST
OF BREED |
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Penrith District AH&I
Soc |
28/08/09 |
Roberts,
Mrs C (NSW) |
Moonshadow Baxies Dream |
BEST
OF BREED, BEST JUINOR IN GROUP, RUNNER UP BEST IN GROUP |
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Penrith District AH&I Soc |
28/08/09 |
Roberts,
Mrs C (NSW) |
Moonshadow Dancing Bear |
BEST
PUPPY IN GROUP |
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Penrith District AH&I Soc |
28/08/09 |
Butler,
Mr L (NSW) |
Moonshadow Baxies Dream |
BEST
JUNIOR IN SHOW |
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ACT
Junior Kennel Club |
05/09/09 |
Daines, Ms B (NSW) |
Moonshadow Dancing Bear |
BEST
OF BREED, BEST PUPPY IN GROUP |
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ACT
Junior Kennel Club |
05/09/09 |
Daines, Ms B (NSW) |
Moonshadow Baxies Dream |
BEST
OF BREED |
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ACT
Junior Kennel Club |
05/09/09 |
Hamilton,
Mr C (Vic) |
Gr Ch/Eng Ch Corsini
Lysander (Imp UK) |
2ND,
VETERAN'S SWEEPSTAKES |
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ACT
Junior Kennel Club |
06/09/09 |
Hickie, Mrs M (NSW) |
Moonshadow Dancing Bear |
BEST
OF BREED |
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ACT
Junior Kennel Club |
06/09/09 |
Hickie, Mrs M (NSW) |
Moonshadow Baxies Dream |
BEST
OF BREED |
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Hunter
Kennel Club |
18/09/09 |
Stepkovitch, Mrs B (NSW) |
Moonshadow Baxies Dream |
BEST
OF BREED |
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Hunter
Kennel Club |
20/09/09 |
Rasmussen
, Mr I (Qld) |
Moonshadow Baxies Dream |
BEST
OF BREED |
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Cessnock Dog Club |
26/09/09 |
Smith,
Mrs J (NSW) |
Moonshadow Baxies Dream |
BEST
OF BREED |
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Cessnock Dog Club |
26/09/09 |
Hutchison,
Mrs W (NSW) |
Moonshadow Baxies Dream |
BEST
OF BREED |
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Cessnock Dog Club |
26/09/09 |
Hutchison,
Mrs W (NSW) |
Moonshadow Dancing Bear |
CHALLENGE |
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Cessnock Dog Club |
27/09/09 |
Besoff, Mrs D (NSW) |
Moonshadow Baxies Dream |
BEST
OF BREED |
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Canberra
ABKC |
02/10/09 |
Clark,
Mrs D (NZ) |
Moonshadow Dancing Bear |
CHALLENGE |
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Canberra
ABKC |
02/10/09 |
Clark,
Mrs D (NZ) |
Moonshadow Baxies Dream |
BEST OF BREED |
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Canberra
ABKC |
05/10/09 |
Missen, Mr G (Vic) |
Moonshadow Dancing Bear |
CHALLENGE |
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Canberra
ABKC |
05/10/09 |
Missen, Mr G (Vic) |
Moonshadow Baxies Dream |
BEST OF BREED |
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Blaxland-Glenbrook RSL & Cit K&TC |
24/10/09 |
Ryan,
Mrs L (NSW) |
Moonshadow Dancing Bear |
BEST
OF BREED |
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Blaxland-Glenbrook RSL & Cit K&TC |
24/10/09 |
Ryan,
Mrs L (NSW) |
Moonshadow Baxies Dream |
BEST
OF BREED |
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Goulburn Dog T & KC |
30/10/09 |
Godfrey,
Mr W (SA) |
Moonshadow Dancing Bear |
BEST OF BREED |
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Goulburn Dog T & KC |
30/10/09 |
Godfrey,
Mr W (SA) |
Moonshadow Baxies Dream |
BEST
OF BREED |
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Goulburn Dog T & KC |
31/10/09 |
Spence,
Mrs V (Qld) |
Moonshadow Dancing Bear |
BEST
OF BREED |
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Goulburn Dog T & KC |
31/10/09 |
Spence,
Mrs V (Qld) |
Moonshadow Baxies Dream |
BEST OF BREED |
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Goulburn Dog T & KC |
01/10/09 |
Munton, Mr S (Tas) |
Moonshadow Dancing Bear |
BEST
OF BREED |
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Goulburn Dog T & KC |
01/10/09 |
Munton, Mr S (Tas) |
Moonshadow Baxies Dream |
BEST
OF BREED |
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Comments, questions or like more information? Email
us, Rob & Lesley Kane, at robandlesley48@ozemail.com.au or telephone us on (02) 4862 4738 for more
information |
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