Welcome to Grimner Greyhounds.
Hound Classic April 2011
Flickers and Rumple earned a Best in Show brace at the Hound Classic. In addition to Flickers brace win he also received "select dog" for his first grand champion points. Bindi received "select bitch" and Hunter was Best of Opposite sex . This was accomplished with tough competition .
We would like to thank all of the greyhound participants for bringing goodies to eat at our informal luncheon.
Happy Birthday to all of the babies 2-1-11
Thanks to all of the wonderful owners for taking such good care of them.
2010 Year in review
BINDI
Bindi earned a breed win at the No Cal Greyhound club weekend and a group 4 placement. Bindi also earned her AKC FC and now is a proud Dual champion of record. She was the only DC in greyhounds at the AKC Eukanuba National conformation show in Long Beach 2010.
HUNTER
Hunter earned two awards of merits this year. The first award of excellence was under the swedish greyhound expert Göran Bodegård at GCA national specialty in Lompoc , July 2010. Hunter received his second award of merit at the AKC Eukanuba National show under long time greyhound fancier Mrs Gloria Reese.
A couple of weeks prior to his achievement at Eukanuba Hunter earned his first lure coursing major.
GCA South 2010
We also had the pleasure of attending the GCA southern in 2010. One way trip of 1400 miles to Fort Worth, TX.
Here we got to meet Xander and Jackie ! We also got to do some Texas coursing!
Lompoc 2010
Lompoc was our national this year and we got the opportunity to meet with Annie, Sage and Gus. It was like a family reunion! It is so good to know our dogs are with great people and have become family members. I had the opportunity to be the field chair for the GCA coursing which was well attended. Thanks for the support.
On a sidenote, Tess was in charge of the Meet the Breed Booth at Eukanuba show and she had picked a medieval theme to show the british heritage our dogs carry. We ended getting a group 2 placement for our booth.
Lisa and Chelsea, Rita and Patrick, Lisa and Darby
Tess - Phantom, Lisa -Chelsea, Official AKC lady!
AKC Eukanuba Dec. 12th 2009
Congratulations to Ch Grimner Tyr the Brave JC ( Leroy) his Award of Merit! also a great thank you to Steve and Sharon Butterfield for taking good care of our boy!. A special thanks to Bob Nieto for helping us out with superb handling skills.
We are also very proud of how Flickers ( CH Grimner Genii Cucullati JC) showed. He has many opportunities in his future. Thanks you Peter & Liz Ames for taking care of the "babies".
We wish everyone a happy holiday season and we look forward to see you out there in the ring and the field in 2010!
Yuma, AZ Thanksgiving weekend
Our boy Hunter picked up his last major and is now a finished AKC conformation champion
Flickers behaved like a champ and won breed on Saturday and Sunday. We appreciate everyone attending and congratulations to all the other winners.
Flickers behaved like a champ and won breed on Saturday and Sunday. We appreciate everyone attending and congratulations to all the other winners.
GCNC Oct 09
We enjoyed a 3 day weekend in Pleasanton showing our "youngsters" . Hunter is still chasing his last major for his conformation championship. One reserve is what we managed to accrue, oh well , we keep on trying.
Lompoc 2009
We enjoyed a solid entry for the Friday specialty with dogs participating from all parts of US and Canada. Hunter managed to get Best in Sweeps under breeder judge Carol Curlee. Sunday he managed to get reserve winners dog under Sharon Krog. Saturday we went coursing and the pups enjoyed a good training session against a strong contingency.
Independence Day Weekend, Ventura CA.2009
Hunter manages to earn 1 point with winners dog on Saturday and Bindi earned Best of Breed both Friday and Saturday. The entry was excellent and we appreciate everyone bringing potluck for all to share. We are all gearing up for the upcoming Lompoc weekend so this was good practice. I will post pictures later.
Lure course trial June 21 2009
We enjoyed a safe and very warm lure course at Prado dog Park in SoCal.
This was the first official trial for these babies and they did wonderfully. Bindi earned her first major (3 points)
and Hunter was a close second collecting 1 point.
Flickers and Rumple ran absolutely awesome and will be tough contenders when they get older. Running littermates can turn into a full fledged play session so we are happy everyone earned quality scores.
All in all, it went smoothly and we all got our butts whipped by an awesome Saluki in BIF. maybe next time.....
P.s. Thanks to Jim Wallace for awesome pictures!
Lure training day, June 09
Phantom, (lower left) our old guy along with his grandkids had a little outing and got to stretch their legs a bit.
Of course all dogs were run with our Portable coursing system.
Thanks to Jim Wallace for the excellent photos and Linda D'Antonio for arranging the day.
Mission Circuit May 22nd 2009
Grimner Genii Cucullati aka Flickers earns a best of breed and becomes the second champion of this latest litter.
We are very proud over this boy and congratulate Peter and Elizabeth Ames on doing a fine job raising this boy.
Lake Matthews KC April 25th, 2009
Hunter managed to collect his first major and is now finally getting the hang of showing.
He is maturing into a really nice young adult greyhound!
Bindi earns another BOB and is now trying to get the hang of the Group ring. The experience is much different than the breedring.
No. Cal. Greyhound Club Specialty April 18
Bindi receives an award of merit with some very stiff competition. We are so proud over this little girl!
Congratulations to all the winners!
Temecula Match March 28th 2009
Congratulations to Frosty and Barbara Conley on winning Best in Match at this very competitive event.
Tess co owns "Frosty" the swedish import Bearded Collie with Barbara Conley.
Frosty was bred by Inger Dahl , Highflying bearded collies, Sweden.
We look forward to finishing this lovely little Swedish girl!
On another note Hunter got to practice some and he is coming around great.
Of course he still is a gawky teenager but even so he shows a lot of promise.
Del Sur 3-15-09
Brigid of Imbolc, aka Bindi, earns another Best of Breed and collects her final point to become a
NEW CHAMPION!!!!!.
She is the first one in the litter to achieve conformation title and we are so proud over her.
Grimner Arawn of Annwn, aka Hunter, earns his first BOB and first point to get his show career started, he split the weekend with Grimner Genii Cucullati , aka Flickers, who now is within close range to finishing his championship.
All dogs showed fairly well considering their teenage brat stage!
Silverbay KC Feb 2009
Grimner Brigid of Imbolc " Bindi" earns another Best Of Breed over specials and are inching closer to her conformation championship. She is closely followed by her brother Grimner Genii Cucullati" Flickers" who earned Best of Opposite sex over specials!
Shown here at 12.5 months of age!
JC runs!
So, CAL Feb 2009
The "babies" performed excellent and passed with flying colors.
We can now look forward to competing!!
