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    (ALFIE)

  30.12.2003 - 20.02.2011

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CH Rynchanon Cowboys N' Kisses

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Admiral Of Nutstown At Nightwing  

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Alfie  -  December 2010 - 

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IRISH (MUNSTER) CIRCUIT, AUGUST 2008

The following pics are courtesy of Fran Smith-King (Bribiba) - my hands were full!
Many thanks Fran.

Alfie being judged at Clonmel 

Alfie and Rainbow challenging for 
                                                                                 Best Of Breed. Rainbow won.

Alfie waiting with Ben & Mattie for his turn in the 
                                                      ring at Killarney

Well, that's the price of fame! Waiting in the rain for the group 
                           after winning Best Of Breed.

The group starting to line up; Alfie eventually winning Group 3

Steve took the following pics of Alfie enjoying himself on the beach at Dungarvan 
when the shows were over -

And on Inch Beach, near Dingle, where it was even wetter, colder & windier!

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BLACKPOOL CHAMPIONSHIP SHOW, JUNE 2008

aAlfie winning Best of Breed

   Lap of honour with the Bitch CC winner

In the Group Ring

waiting   strutting his stuff!

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Alfie was born on 30^th. December 2003. He is fourth generation Rynchanon breeding, descending as follows:-                  

          Admiral of Nutstown at Nightwing   x      Ch Rynchanon Cowboys N  Kisses

           Baronglen The Guardsman              x      Rynchanon Delta Lady –

          Rynchanon Ebony & Ivory               x      Lady In Red at Rynchanon –

          Ansbury Tomas of Drakesleat          x     Bridgedown Avon at Rynchanon  

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Bridgedown Avon at Rynchanon was the foundation bitch for the Rynchanon affix and lived until she was almost ten years old, when she succumbed to the dreaded bloat/torsion and had to be put to sleep. She was otherwise fit and well.

We were prepared for the fact that Alfie’s mum, Zizi, (Ch. Rynchanon Cowboys N’ Kisses), might have to have a caesarean, as both her mother and grandmother had had primary inertia.  Although we outcrossed to produce the litter Zizi came from, in an attempt to breed the problem out, we were still not taking any chances.

We had warned our vet in good time but when Zizi started to produce puppies under her own steam, early on the morning of the 30^th, we rang the vet to tell him and he breathed a sigh of relief and went off for his first day out in three weeks. Big mistake! By midday Zizi had produced five puppies and then everything ground to a halt. To cut a long story short, our poor vet was dragged back from his day off and Zizi went into the surgery. She had four more pups delivered by caesarean.  Although one horn was unaffected, she had primary inertia in the other, so we hadn’t managed to breed the problem out completely after all.

Sadly we lost one of the bitch pups in the first week but the other eight, four dogs (two blacks/two brindles) and four bitches (one red/three brindles), grew on well.  

Alfie & Chelsea - out for a stroll

I chose the red bitch (Chelsea) very early on but Steve, although he knew he wanted one of the black dogs, just couldn’t decide which one. He spent hours and hours looking and watching and trying to make his mind up, as whichever one he wasn’t keeping was already sold and the new owners were champing at the bit to collect him. It really was an eleventh hour decision in the end but he obviously got it right because he kept Alfie and made him up to a Champion.  

Apart from being a showman, more importantly he is the love of Steve’s life and an absolute gentleman to live with. He sleeps on the sofa in the living room.  

SHOW CAREER SO FAR 

Unbeaten at Championship level as a Junior, Alfie gained his Junior Warrant in 2005, the only Irish Wolfhound that year to get it.  

Alfie had an outstanding show year in 2007. In June he had the great honour of winning Best In Show at the Irish Wolfhound Championship Show of Ireland, out of an entry of 86, their highest ever entry. The judge was Robin Searle.

In July, closer to home, he was Best In Show First Day and Reserve Best In Show Overall at the Royal Welsh Show, out of an entry of 856. (The previous year, 2006, he was Best In Show Overall at this show, out of a similar entry.)

He got his first CC at the end of June 2007, at Blackpool Championship Show, under Andrew Brace, (who said in his critique that ‘he should be an easy Champion’), he also got Best of Breed and Hound Group 3 that day; his second CC came at Richmond Ch Show at the beginning of September, under Robin Searle, - (we had a good day that day, as Alfie’s mum Zizi got her third CC and was made up, and we also had Best Puppy In Breed with Ben, ‘Rynchanon Rock Steady For Nightwing’, - oh, and Alfie got Best of Breed and was short listed in the Hound Group); and his third CC, giving him his title, came at Belfast Ch Show at the end of September, under Stuart Milner. He was Best of Breed again and went on to take Hound Group 2.  

In June 2008, he won his fourth CC and Best of Breed at Blackpool Championship Show, under judge Ellis Hulme. 

He also has 3 Reserve CC's, which he won at Bath in May 2007, Border Union in June 2008 and Border Union in June 2009.  

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From his Irish shows, he has ten Green Stars, twelve Reserve Green Stars, three CACIB's and one Reserve CACIB

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MUNSTER CIRCUIT IRELAND -    August 2009

Clonmel Championship show, 16th August 2009

Reserve Green Star Dog

Killarney & District Championship Show, 18th. August 2009. 

Reserve Green Star Dog

Limerick & District Championship Show, 20th. August 2009. 

Green Star Dog

Tralee Championship Show, 22nd August 2009

Green Star Dog

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IRISH MINI-CIRCUIT   -   May 2009

South Tipperary Championship Show, 2nd May 2009

Green Star Dog.  Best Of Breed.  First Group 10.  Overall 6th Best In Show

Fermoy International Championship Show, 3rd May 2009

Reserve Green Star Dog.  Reserve Dog CACIB.

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MUNSTER CIRCUIT, IRELAND  -   August 2008

Clonmel International Championship Show, 17th. August 2008. 
 
Green Star Dog  & CACIB

Killarney & District Championship Show, 19th. August 2008. 

Green Star Dog, Best Of Breed & Group 3. (This Green Star making him 
up to an Irish Champion.)

Limerick & District Championship Show, 21st. August 2008. 

Reserve Green Star Dog.

Tralee & District Championship Show, 23rd. August 2008. 

Green Star Dog.

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Mini Circuit holiday 2008

Baby Alfie

At home - growing up

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 On holiday 2006

Girlie (Rainbow) to visit 2007! 

Showtime!