{"id":4162,"date":"2021-11-14T09:07:00","date_gmt":"2021-11-14T14:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alkemi.org\/blog\/?p=4162"},"modified":"2021-11-15T06:45:10","modified_gmt":"2021-11-15T11:45:10","slug":"upstate-kennel-club-ukc-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alkemi.org\/blog\/?p=4162","title":{"rendered":"UpState Kennel Club UKC Show"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>What an awesome weekend! We don&#8217;t do much UKC but we do try to attend this show when it&#8217;s held twice a year. Alice is in hopefully-pregnant bubblewrap lockdown so I didn&#8217;t show a single dog all weekend and STILL had an awesome time!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-medium\"><a href=\"http:\/\/alkemi.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/PXL_20211114_161937803.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"183\" height=\"300\" src=\"http:\/\/alkemi.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/PXL_20211114_161937803-183x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4163\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alkemi.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/PXL_20211114_161937803-183x300.jpg 183w, https:\/\/alkemi.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/PXL_20211114_161937803-626x1024.jpg 626w, https:\/\/alkemi.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/PXL_20211114_161937803-768x1257.jpg 768w, https:\/\/alkemi.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/PXL_20211114_161937803-939x1536.jpg 939w, https:\/\/alkemi.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/PXL_20211114_161937803-1252x2048.jpg 1252w, https:\/\/alkemi.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/PXL_20211114_161937803.jpg 1543w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 183px) 100vw, 183px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Ruth with Nebula and Orbit, Melanie with Enzo<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Enzo (Alkemi Desperado LT TKN RATN) and Melanie made their show debut and did AMAZING! Enzo took Best of Winners at all four shows, and got Best of Breed in Show 2 on Saturday and went on to take a Group 3! Not bad for a gangly adolescent who just turned 1. I am thrilled with how he is growing up so far, and it&#8217;s so awesome that Melanie is showing him!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ruth and Orbit (U-CH CH Alkemi Cosmic Curiosity LT RN) had two group placements (a second and a first), and as always Ruth showed him perfectly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Saturday Show 1: Orbit BOB, Group 2, Enzo BOW. Judge Stanely Matsumoto<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_M_97Waq7H0\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p>Saturday Show 2: Enzo BOB, Group 3. Judge Matthew K. Proctor (who told Melanie that Enzo was the &#8220;nicest Vallhund he&#8217;d ever seen&#8221;)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-medium\"><a href=\"http:\/\/alkemi.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/original_9f891d65-da32-4bb3-8b20-4379344301da_PXL_20211113_170325994._exported_1099_1636830988458_2-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"296\" src=\"http:\/\/alkemi.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/original_9f891d65-da32-4bb3-8b20-4379344301da_PXL_20211113_170325994._exported_1099_1636830988458_2-1-300x296.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4167\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alkemi.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/original_9f891d65-da32-4bb3-8b20-4379344301da_PXL_20211113_170325994._exported_1099_1636830988458_2-1-300x296.jpg 300w, https:\/\/alkemi.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/original_9f891d65-da32-4bb3-8b20-4379344301da_PXL_20211113_170325994._exported_1099_1636830988458_2-1-1024x1010.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/alkemi.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/original_9f891d65-da32-4bb3-8b20-4379344301da_PXL_20211113_170325994._exported_1099_1636830988458_2-1-768x757.jpg 768w, https:\/\/alkemi.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/original_9f891d65-da32-4bb3-8b20-4379344301da_PXL_20211113_170325994._exported_1099_1636830988458_2-1-1536x1514.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/alkemi.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/original_9f891d65-da32-4bb3-8b20-4379344301da_PXL_20211113_170325994._exported_1099_1636830988458_2-1.jpg 1713w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Melanie and Enzo in group (potato quality because zoomed in from video)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ESqeE1ntxKo\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-medium\"><a href=\"http:\/\/alkemi.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/PXL_20211113_172300214-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"280\" height=\"300\" src=\"http:\/\/alkemi.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/PXL_20211113_172300214-280x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4165\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alkemi.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/PXL_20211113_172300214-280x300.jpg 280w, https:\/\/alkemi.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/PXL_20211113_172300214-955x1024.jpg 955w, https:\/\/alkemi.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/PXL_20211113_172300214-768x823.jpg 768w, https:\/\/alkemi.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/PXL_20211113_172300214-1433x1536.jpg 1433w, https:\/\/alkemi.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/PXL_20211113_172300214-1911x2048.jpg 1911w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 280px) 100vw, 280px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Melanie and Enzo, Ruth and Orbit<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>PLUS, in Canada, Enzo&#8217;s sister Daisy (Alkemi Daisy Bell LT), who is owned by Lynda Morgan in Prince Edward Island, took Best of Breed over a class bitch and a DOG SPECIAL (a dog who&#8217;s the only Vallhund ever to win a Best in Show for that matter!) under Judge Jeremy Browne and THEN went on to take a GROUP 3!!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sunday Show 1: Orbit BOB, Group 1, Enzo BOW<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PmhztzRaJoI\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p>Sunday Show 2: Orbit BOB, Enzo BOW<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-medium\"><a href=\"http:\/\/alkemi.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/PXL_20211114_201303452.PORTRAIT-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"http:\/\/alkemi.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/PXL_20211114_201303452.PORTRAIT-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4164\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alkemi.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/PXL_20211114_201303452.PORTRAIT-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/alkemi.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/PXL_20211114_201303452.PORTRAIT-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/alkemi.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/PXL_20211114_201303452.PORTRAIT-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/alkemi.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/PXL_20211114_201303452.PORTRAIT-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/alkemi.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/PXL_20211114_201303452.PORTRAIT-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Ruth and Orbit wating for Best in Show<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>As always, the most important thing is that my puppies have great homes with owners who love them. But I&#8217;m so grateful to have people who are willing to co-own with me, so I don&#8217;t lose these dogs to my breeding program. And who also go above and beyond to help prove how awesome their dogs are!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What an amazing weekend!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What an awesome weekend! We don&#8217;t do much UKC but we do try to attend this show when it&#8217;s held twice a year. Alice is in hopefully-pregnant bubblewrap lockdown so I didn&#8217;t show a single dog all weekend and STILL had an awesome time! 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