So…Back to back BIS’s on top of the BISS for a grand total of 54 career Bests in Show & 5 Bests in National Specialty Show!  The weekend wins also took Tanner to a benchmark 200 Group Firsts and earned him his Gold level Grand Championship!

SZUMERIA
*Our dear friends, mentors and partners in all things Kuvasz – Lynn Brady & Connie Townsend of Szumeria –
   were honored by the American Kennel Club as the 2012 Working Group Breeders of the Year.

TANNER
*America’s #7 Show Dog out of all dogs of all breeds shown
*Was awarded his 50^th BIS
*Earned Multiple Back-to-Back Bests in Show
*Won the Kuvasz National Specialty for the 4th year in a row & an all-breed BIS the same weekend
*BOB at the Westminster Kennel Club show
*Became the top winning Kuvasz ever at the prestigious AKC Eukanuba National Championship
  with Best of Breed, Group 2, Best Bred By Exhibitor & Bred By Group 3

MOOLA
*Completed her Companion Dog Excellent  (CDX ) Obedience title
*Became the first champion in the breed to earn AKC’s Versatile Companion Dog 2 (VCD2) title
*Matched & surpassed her sire’s (Legend) breed history:
   Legend set the record in October of 2003 as the only champion Kuvasz to hold open AKC titles in both
   obedience & agility. He held that record for 9 years until his daughter, Moola, became the second & only
   other champion Kuvasz ever to earn a CH + a CDX + Open Agility titles in AKC events.
*Passed the American Temperament Test Society’s testing to earn her TT
*Earned the AKC Tracking Dog (TD) title.  She is just the 9th Kuvasz to earn an AKC TD
*In Agility, earned 7 MXP legs, 1 MJP leg, and a Double Q
*Represented the Kuvasz breed at the AKC Eukanuba National Agility Invitational
*Received an AKC Award of Merit as the Top Agility Kuvasz for 2012
*The only Kuvasz ever to have been Breeder/Owner/Handled (by Connie Townsend) for all these achievements

MOXIE
*Became the first Coursing Ability Excellent (CAX) titled Bulldog
*Earned the first leg toward her AKC Versatility (VER) title with a First place & score of 194
*All 4 offspring completed multiple health tests required for CHIC & earned AKC titles 
*Both Moxie & her littermate, Gabe, were given BCA’s highest level of Health Ambassador Award (Platinum) &
    BCA Health Pioneer recognition
*Littermate, Gabe, & breeder, Cheryl Knapp, had a great year in multiple events
   Check out Gabe’s website for details: www.GabeRocks.com

TIPSY
*Became the second Coursing Ability Excellent (CAX) titled Bulldog.  Her dam (Moxie) was the first.
*Earned her AKC Companion Dog (CD) Obedience title 3 for 3 with placements for all 3 legs in all-breed competition
*Earned Highest Scoring Non-Sporting Breed in Trial (AKC obedience)
*Earned her AKC Beginner Novice (BN) Obedience title
*Earned her AKC Novice & Open Agility Preferred titles (NAP & OAP)
*Earned her AKC Novice Jumper Preferred (NJP) title + 2 legs toward her Open Jumper Preferred title
*Is now a second generation titleholder in AKC obedience, rally, standard agility, jumpers agility & coursing

PENNY
*Completed her AKC Beginner Novice (BN) title & is the oldest Kuvasz bitch to earn any AKC title
*Earned her AKC Open Agility Preferred (OAP) title at 10 yrs of age & is the oldest Kuvasz ever to title in AKC agility
*Penny, Legend & Moola are the only Kuvasz dam, sire & offspring trio with open level AKC agility titles
*Was given the KCA’s annual OFA Champion of Health award
*Was honored, along with her son, Tanner, as OFA Champions of Health in OFA’s online gallery
*Her son (Tanner) won the National Specialty and her daughter (Song) was Best of Opposite to him 

ROCKY
*The first/only male Bulldog to earn AKC’s top level all-breed Coursing title – Coursing Ability Excellent (CAX)
*Completed his AKC Novice Agility Preferred (NAP) title
*Earned a leg toward his Novice Jumper Preferred title
*Was shown in PreNovice Obedience and scored 187.5 & 3rd place
*Completed his AKC Beginner Novice (BN) title in Obedience with a 3rd place

SONG
*National Specialty BOS to her littermate, Tanner
*Number 8 Kuvasz in All-Breed & Number 12 in Breed

WINTHROP (sired by Tanner)
*Owner-handled by Dr. Henry Nichols to multiple Bests of Breed
*Earned points toward his AKC Championship
*Number 10 in Breed & Number 13 in All-Breed

JELLO
*Turned 10 years old in June
*Was a great help in training the younger dogs

RUBY
*Was laid to rest in May – a few months after her 14^th birthday
*Her great grandson, Botti, completed his AKC Companion Dog (CD) obedience title from the Novice A class

LEGEND
*Completed his Beginner Novice (BN) obedience title & lived up to his name with more breed history -
   the oldest Kuvasz ever to earn an AKC title
*Legend, Penny & Moola are the only Kuvasz sire, dam & offspring trio with open level AKC agility titles
*Turned 14 in March, and at nearly 15 still melts my heart
*Son, Astro, was Number 4 in Breed & Number 9 in All-Breed

ROWDY & JACK
*Earned their Coursing Ability Advanced (CAA) titles
*Remained as rambunctious, adorable and innocent as ever
*Had fun practicing basic agility & obedience skills

ANGEL
*Was laid to rest much too young as a victim of lymphoma
*Always lived up to her name & will forever remain my beautiful, beloved Angel  

TANNER (Kuvasz out of Penny) – Kuvasz Breed History: America’s #9 Show Dog Overall + #2 Working Breed Show Dog … # 1 Kuvasz All Systems 3^rd year in a row … 18 Bests in Show + 70 Group Firsts (for a total of 25 BIS’s & 104 G1’s thru 2011)  … BOB at Westminster 3^rd year in a row + G3 at the Garden … Kuvasz Club of America Best of Breed (BISS) 3^rd year in a row … BOB & BBBE at AKC/Eukanuba Invitational 3^rd year in a row  

SONG (Kuvasz out of Penny) – #1 Kuvasz Bitch + #2 Kuvasz All Systems … Best in Show … Multiple Group Winner & Placer … Grand Champion (GCH) … KCA Conformation Outstanding Achievement Award (COAA) qualifier

MOOLA (Kuvasz out of Penny by Legend) – Top 15 in All Breed* + Group Placer … Open Agility Preferred (OAP) + Open Jumper Preferred (OJP) + Agility Excellent Preferred (AXP) + Agility Excellent Jumper Preferred (AJP) … First Kuvasz to earn a Beginner Novice (BN) + First Kuvasz to earn a Graduate Novice (GN) … KCA Standard Agility Performance Award (SAPA) + Jumpers Agility Performance Award (JAPA) qualifier

PENNY (Kuvasz) – First/Only Kuvasz to produce multiple offspring that placed at The Garden … KCA National Specialty Show Best Brood Bitch & Best Veteran Bitch

PENNY & TANNER (Kuvasz dam & son) – OFA Champions of Health for June 2011

TUPPENCE (Kuvasz out of Penny) – Rally Novice (RN)

MOXIE (Bulldog) – First Bulldog to earn an AKC Coursing Ability (CA) title + First Bulldog to earn a Coursing Ability Advanced (CAA) title … First/Only Bulldog to produce 4 Coursing Ability titled offspring … Second Bulldog ever to hold Open level AKC titles in both Agility & Obedience (our Bertha was the first)

ROCKY (Bulldog out of Moxie) – Coursing Ability (CA) + First CA male Bulldog + Canine Good Citizen (CGC) + Coursing Ability Advanced (CAA)

TIPSY (Bulldog out of Moxie) – Coursing Ability (CA) + Rally Novice (RN) + Coursing Ability Advanced (CAA)

ROWDY  (Bulldog out of Moxie) – Coursing Ability (CA) + Rally Novice (RN)

JACK  (Bulldog out of Moxie) – Coursing Ability (CA) + Rally Novice (RN)

2010 Annual Highlights

Wildwood – AKC Breeder of Merit recognition

TANNER (Kuvasz out of Penny) – First Kuvasz ever to break into theTop 10 Working Dogs per Show Sight ratings … # 1 Kuvasz All Systems 2^nd year in a row … 5 Bests in Show + 23 Group Firsts + 36 Group Placements … BOB at Westminster 2^nd year in a row … BOB & BBBE at AKC/Eukanuba Invitational 2^nd year in a row … First Kuvasz Grand Champion (GCH)    

SONG (Kuvasz out of Penny) – #5 Kuvasz in All Breed* + Group Winner & Multiple Group Placer … Top 20 in Breed … KCA Conformation Performance Award (CPA)

PENNY (Kuvasz) – Hall of Fame status for her exceptional contributions to the breed as a producer … Top Producing Dam

MOOLA (Kuvasz out of Penny by Legend) – The 15^th Kuvasz ever to title in Agility … #1 Kuvasz in both Agility & Rally per Front & Finish ratings. … Novice Agility Preferred (NAP) + Novice Jumper Preferred (NJP) … First/Only Rally Advanced Excellent 2 (RAE2) Kuvasz … Top Kuvasz of The Year in Versatility

ANGEL (Kuvasz out of Penny by Legend) – whelped her first litter

TUPPENCE (Kuvasz out of Penny) – Champion (CH)

KERI (Kuvasz sired by Legend) – Champion (CH)

REINA (Kuvasz out of Penny) – Rally Novice (RN) + Canine Good Citizen (CGC)

MOXIE (Bulldog) – Companion Dog Excellent (CDX) … Whelped her first litter

ROCKY (Bulldog out of Moxie) – Rally Novice (RN) at 7 mos. old  

2009 Annual Highlights

MOXIE (Bulldog) – Open Agility Preferred (OAP) + Open Jumper Preferred (OJP) + Novice Jumper Preferred (NJP) … Rally Excellent (RE) …Delta Society Therapy Dog

TANNER (Kuvasz out of Penny) # 1 Kuvasz All Systems + 2 Bests in Show + 11 Group Firsts + 13 Group Placements … KCA National Specialty BOB …Champion (CH)

ANGEL (Kuvasz out of Penny by Legend) – #1 Kuvasz Bitch in All Breed** + Group Placer + Top 10 in Breed … KCA National Specialty BOS to her brother’s BOB … KCA Versatility Outstanding Achievement Award (VOAA) … Delta Society Therapy Dog

PENNY (Kuvasz) – First/Only Kuvasz to produce two Best in Show offspring … Companion Dog (CD) … Obedience High in Trial … KCA Obedience Performance Award (OPA) + Obedience Outstanding Achievement Award (OOAA) … Novice Agility Preferred (NAP) + Novice Jumper Preferred (NJP) … Rally Advanced Excellent (RAE) … Top Kuvasz of the Year in Versatility … KCA Versatility Outstanding Achievement Award (VOAA) … Delta Society Therapy Dog … American Temperament Test Society (TT) … Canine Good Citizen (CGC)

ASTRO (Kuvasz sired by Legend) – #2 Kuvasz in All Breed* + Multiple Group Placer + Top 10 in Breed

ALI (Kuvasz sired by Legend) – Rally Novice (RN)

2008 Annual Highlights

ANGEL (Kuvasz out of Penny by Legend) – Top 10 Kuvasz in All Breed** + Group Placer … Companion Dog (CD) … Novice Jumper Preferred (NJP) + the first 2^nd generation agility titled Kuvasz … Rally Advanced (RA) + Rally Excellent (RE) … Top Kuvasz of the Year in Versatility … KCA National Specialty Award of Merit … Canine Good Citizen (CGC) … American Temperament Test Society (TT)

MOXIE (Bulldog) – Companion Dog (CD) … Rally Novice + Rally Advanced (RA) … Novice Agility Preferred (NAP) … American Temperament Test Society (TT)

ASTRO (Kuvasz sired by Legend) – #1 Kuvasz Dog in All Breed* + Top 10 in Breed

TUESDAY (Kuvasz out of Ruby) – Top 15 in All Breed* + Group Placer + Top 20 in Breed

2007 Annual Highlights

ANGEL (Kuvasz out of Penny by Legend) – #1 Kuvasz in All Breed** + Multiple Group Placer + BOB & Group 4 at Westminster … KCA Conformation Outstanding Achievement Award (COAA)

PENNY (Kuvasz) – Rally Excellent (RE) …KCA Versatility Performance Award (VPA) … KCA Outstanding Dam Award (OD)

LEGEND (Kuvasz) – KCA Outstanding Sire (OS)

MOOLA (Kuvasz out of Penny by Legend) – Rally Novice (RN) + Rally Advanced (RA) + Rally Excellent (RE) + Rally Advanced excellent (RAE) … Companion Dog (CD) … KCA Versatility Outstanding Achievement Award (VOAA) …KCA Outstanding Obedience Achievement Award (OOAA) …Top Kuvasz of the Year in Versatility

KINGSTON (Kuvasz out of Penny by Legend) – Rally Novice (RN)

EINSTEIN (Kuvasz – out of Penny by Legend) – Rally Novice (RN)

BROOKE (Kuvasz out of Ruby) – Rally Advanced (RA) + Rally Excellent (RE)

TUESDAY (Kuvasz out of Ruby) – Top 10 in All Breed* + Group Placer + Top 15 in Breed

ASTRO (Kuvasz sired by Legend) – Champion (CH)

STELLA (Kuvasz sired by Legend) – Champion (CH)

VENUS (Kuvasz sired by Legend) – Rally Novice (RN)

DIESEL (Bulldog) – Companion Dog (CD) + Canine Good Citizen (CGC)

MOXIE (Bulldog) – Canine Good Citizen (CGC)

2006 Annual Highlights

ANGEL (Kuvasz – out of Penny by Legend) – Best In Show (BIS) + #1 in All Breed* + Multiple Group Winner & Placer + Top 5 in Breed … BOB, BBBE & BBE G3 at AKC/Eukanuba Invitational … KCA National Specialty WB, BOW & BBBE … KCA Conformation Performance Award (CPA) … Champion (CH)

PENNY (Kuvasz) – #1 in Breed + Multiple Group Winner & Placer + #3 in All Breed* + Top Producing Dam … AKC/Eukanuba Invitational Award of Excellence while her daughter, Angel went BOB, BBBE & BBE G3 … Rally Novice (RN) + Rally Advanced (RA) …Top Producing Dam

LEGEND (Kuvasz) –  Top 15 in Breed & All Breed* + Group Placer … Rally Advanced (RA) + Rally Excellent (RE) + Rally Advanced Excellent (RAE) + First RAE Kuvasz … KCA Outstanding Obedience Achievement Award (OOAA) …Top Kuvasz of the Year in Versatility … Top Producing Sire …KCA National Specialty Best Veteran … AKC Veteran Group Winner … Inaugural Kuvasz OFA Champion of Health … American Temperament Test Society (TT) … Delta Society Therapy Dog

RUBY (Kuvasz) – Rally Novice (RN)

JELLO (Kuvasz out of Ruby) – Rally Novice (RN)

BROOKE (Kuvasz out of Ruby) – Companion Dog (CD)

TUESDAY (Kuvasz out of Ruby) – Top 10 in Breed + Top 20 in All Breed*

PENNY (Kuvasz) – Kuvasz National Specialty Best of Breed (BISS) + Rally Novice (RN) + Rally Advanced (RA)

ANGEL (Kuvasz out of Penny by Legend) – Best in Show (BIS) + Champion (CH) + Rally Novice (RN) + Top 5 in Breed

KINGSTON (Kuvasz out of Penny by Legend) – Champion (CH)

MOOLA (Kuvasz out of Penny by Legend) – Champion (CH) + Group Placer + Top 15 in All Breed*  

VENUS (Kuvasz sired by Legend) – Champion (CH)

DIESEL (Bulldog) – Rally Novice (RN)

2005 Annual Highlights

LEGEND (Kuvasz) –  #1 Kuvasz Dog in All Breed* + Multiple Group Placer + Top 15 in Breed … Open Jumper Preferred (OJP) … Rally Novice (RN) … AKC ACE Awards Certificate of Honor … AKC/Eukanuba BOS to Penny’s BOB …  

DIESEL (Bulldog) – Novice Agility Preferred (NAP)

RUBY (Kuvasz) – Companion Dog (CD) … KCA Versatility Performance Award (VPA)

BROOKE (Kuvasz out of Ruby) – Rally Novice (RN)

TUESDAY (Kuvasz out of Ruby) – #1 in All Breed* + Multiple Group Placer + #2 in Breed

PENNY (Kuvasz) – Top 10 in Breed & All Breed* + Group Placer … BOB & BBBE at AKC/Eukanuba Invitational … KCA National Specialty BOS … Whelped First litter

2004 Annual Highlights

PENNY (Kuvasz) – #1 Kuvasz All Systems + Multiple Group Winner & Placer … Westminster Award of Excellence … KCA Conformation Outstanding Achievement Award (COAA)

RUBY (Kuvasz) – KCA Outstanding Dam Award (OD)

JELLO (Kuvasz out of Ruby) – Novice Jumper Preferred (NJP)

ZINGER (Kuvasz out of Ruby) – Champion (CH)

TUESDAY (Kuvasz out of Ruby) – Group Winner & Multiple Group Placer + #3 in All Breed* + Top 20 in Breed

2003 Annual Highlights

LEGEND (Kuvasz) – Companion Dog Excellent (CDX) … Novice Agility Preferred (NAP) + Novice Jumper Preferred (NJP) … Multiple Group Placer + Top 10 in Breed & All Breed** … Inaugural KCA Top Kuvasz of the Year in Versatility … KCA Obedience Performance Award (OPA)

PENNY (Kuvasz) – #1 in Breed & All Breed* + Multiple Group Placer … BOB & BBBE at AKC/Eukanuba National Championship … KCA Conformation Performance Award (CPA)

RUBY (Kuvasz) – Top Producing Bitch

JELLO (Kuvasz out of Ruby) – Champion (CH)

TUESDAY (Kuvasz out of Ruby) – Champion (CH) + #3 in All Breed* + Multiple Group Placer + Top 15 in Breed

BO (Kuvasz out of Ruby) – Champion (CH)

DIESEL (Bulldog) – Novice Jumper Preferred (NJP)

2002 Annual Highlights

LEGEND (Kuvasz) – Novice Agility Jumper (NAJ) + Open Agility (OA) + Open Agility Jumper + (OAJ) … KCA Standard Agility Performance Award (SAPA) + KCA Jumpers Agility Performance Award (JAPA) … Top 15 in All Breed* + Group Placer  

PENNY (Kuvasz) – Champion (CH) …Quickest finish: 14 days/4 shows

BERTHA (Bulldog) – First Master Excellent (MX) Bulldog

2001 Annual Highlights

BERTHA (Bulldog) – United Kennel Club Companion Dog Excellent (UCDX)

LEGEND (Kuvasz) – AKC Companion Dog (CD) + UKC Companion Dog (UCD) … KCA Versatility Outstanding Achievement Award (VOAA)

RUBY (Kuvasz) – Champion (CH) + Canine Good Citizen (CGC)

2000 Annual Highlights

BERTHA (Bulldog) – Agility Excellent (AX) … Companion Dog Excellent (CDX)…First Bulldog to hold Open level AKC titles in both Agility & Obedience

LEGEND (Kuvasz) – Champion (CH) + Top 15 in Breed … Novice Agility (NA) … Canine Good Citizen (CGC) … KCA Versatility Certificate (VC)   

1999 Annual Highlights

BERTHA (Bulldog) – Open Agility (OA) + Open Agility Jumper (OAJ) … First OAJ Bulldog … Agility Excellent Jumper (AXJ) … First AXJ Bulldog … Companion Dog (CD)

RYDER (Rottweiler) – Novice Agility Jumper (NAJ)

1998 Annual Highlights

BERTHA (Bulldog) – Novice Agility (NA) + Novice Agility Jumper (NAJ) … First NAJ Bulldog 

RYDER (Rottweiler) – Companion Dog (CD)

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          * = All Breed per Canine Chronicle rating system

        ** = All Breed per Dog News rating system