NORMAN
MBISS GCHG Snowy Mountains Norman Invasion At Redrock RN CGC WPDX RATI ROM
2014 -2022
AKC Top 10 Breed & All-Breed GSMD Five Years in a Row
2018 Westminster Kennel Club Best of Breed | 2018 National Specialty Top 20 People's Choice
5x Best in Show Specialty | 2017 National Specialty Select Dog | Multiple Group Placing
Working Pack Dog Excellent
Hiking toward his Working Pack Dog Excellent title - Antelope Island, UT, January 2019
Westminster Kennel Club Working Group, February 13, 2018. Presented by Kyle Hennefer;
Judge Mr. Robert H. Slay.
Whelped: August 12, 2014
Sire: GCH Cordillera's Journeyman Kai CGC NWPD ROM Dam: GCH Snowy Mountain's Echo RN NDD TKN CGC ROM AKC: WS48069103 OFA Health Clearances OFA Excellent hips; normal elbows, shoulders, patellas, eyes, cardiac, and thyroid. CHIC#: 115769 Owners: Jennifer Logan & Steven Borst, Redrock GSMD |
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Champion and Major-Pointed Offspring
- Silver GCH Blue Hills Not a Tame Lion "Fledge" (Llark 1)
- GCH Blue Hills Once A King of Narnia CGC TKN "Koa" (Llark 1)
- GCH Blue Hills Warp Speed RI, CGC, TKN, BCAT, NWPD, HCT-S, RATI "Phoenix" (Zuri)
- GCH Dahlgren's The Mighty Quinn CGCA CGCU ATT TKI VHMA "Quinnie" (Xena)
- CH S'rendi's Oh The Places You'll Go "Turtle" (Raven)
- CH Blue Hills Dammit Jim "Kona" (Zuri)
- CH Blue Hills Outta Your Vulcan Mind NWPD "Louise" (Zuri)
- CH Blue Hills Beam Me Up Scotty "Baloo" (Zuri)
- CH Houha-Redrock Right Said Fred at Altitude RI IT CGC "Fred" (Mae)
- CH Aegis Nevertheless She Persisted "Smudge" (Eden)
- CH Blue Hills Lang May Yer Lum Reek "Cooper" (Llark 2)
- CH Blue Hills Courage Dear Heart CGC TKN "Hwin" (Llark 1)
- CH S'rendi's Hop On Pop WWDS ACE4-Platinum "JoJo" (Raven)
- CH Blue Hills Up to High Doh at S'rendi "Bronwyn" (Llark 2)
- Jr. CH of Macedonia/CH of Montenegro/Open CH of Poland & Austria, Pine Grove's Sugar Daddy "Tyrion" (Honey)
- Pine Grove's 5th Avenue "Roxy" (Honey)
- Pine Grove's 100 Grand "Cash" (Honey)
- Houha's Don't Know How U Do the Voodoo That U Do (Delilah)
Litters Sired
- "Raven" - CH S'rendi's Quoth The Raven 'Nevermore' at Dahlgren (February 17, 2017) (9 total; boys, girls)
- "Zuri" - Blue Hill's The Bard's Ophelia NWPD (June 28, 2017) (11 total; 5 boys, 6 girls)
- "Eden" - MBISS GCHS Aegis Say No More (11/9/2017) (7 total; 3 boys, 4 girls)
- "Mae" - CH Houha Come Up And See Me Sometime (2/14/2018) (1 boy)
- "Llark 1" - CH Blue Hill's Faerie Queen Mellark (4/24/2018) (8 total; 5 boys, 3 girls)
- "Alice 1" - CH Remington's Pride To The Moon Alice (4/3/2019) (2 boys)
- "Llark 2" - CH Blue Hill's Faerie Queen Mellark (7/30/2019) (10 total; 5 boys, 5 girls)
- "Xena" - CH S'Rendi's Nothing Else Matters At Dahlgren WWD WWDX WWDS ACE-Platinum (10/4/2019) (2 total; 1 boy, 1 girl)
- "Honey" - CH Houha's Dolcezza At Pine Grove CGC TKI (10/15/2019) (10 total; 5 boys, 5 girls)
- "Delilah" - Houha's U Got The Look v Altitude (7/12/2020) (1 girl)
- "Alice 2" - CH Remington's Pride To The Moon Alice (12/28/2020) (1 boy)
Show and Working Highlights
2021
2020
Finished 2020 as the AKC #3 Breed and #3 All-Breed GSMD, showing only nine weekends in the COVID-abbreviated season. This marks Norman's fifth straight year as a Top 10 AKC Breed and All-Breed Swissy, as always showing with his partner and friend, Kyle Hennefer.
2019
Finished 2019 as the AKC #5 Breed and #3 All-Breed GSMD, with multiple competitive Working Group placements and a fifth Best in Show Specialty win.
2018
Finished 2018 as the AKC #10 Breed and #6 All-Breed GSMD, with multiple competitive Working Group placements and a fourth Best in Show Specialty win.
2017
Finished 2017 as the AKC #5 Breed and #4 All-Breed GSMD, with multiple competitive Working Group placements and a third Best in Show Specialty win.
2016
Finished 2016 as the AKC #6 Breed, #5 All-Breed and #2 Owner-Handled GSMD, with multiple competitive Working Group placements and National Owner Handled Series Working Group wins, and two Best in Show Specialty wins.
- December 2021: Mister Veteran (age 7 years) Norman finished the year as the AKC #25 Breed GSMD after one weekend of showing. Three Best of Breed wins and one Select Dog in a 5-day show.
- July 2021: Daughter Quinnie's new AKC championship (CH Dahlgren's The Mighty Quinn CGCA CGCU ATT TKI VHMA) designates Norman as an AKC Register of Merit dog, with 10 AKC champion offspring and more to come.
2020
Finished 2020 as the AKC #3 Breed and #3 All-Breed GSMD, showing only nine weekends in the COVID-abbreviated season. This marks Norman's fifth straight year as a Top 10 AKC Breed and All-Breed Swissy, as always showing with his partner and friend, Kyle Hennefer.
2019
Finished 2019 as the AKC #5 Breed and #3 All-Breed GSMD, with multiple competitive Working Group placements and a fifth Best in Show Specialty win.
- AKC Rally Novice (RN) obedience title, May 2019
- GSMD Club of America Working Pack Dog Excellent (WPDX) title, April 2019
Earned by completing 10 8-10 mile hikes carrying 20% body weight, or ~26 lbs.
Altogether, Norman completed 19 official hikes over 162 miles, carrying more than 25 lbs, to earn his three pack dog titles. - AKC Gold Grand Championship title, February 2019
- Best in Show Specialty #5 & Working Group 2 – GSMDCA Sweetheart Specialty, February 2019
Sun Maid Kennel Club of Fresno, Fresno CA (Judge Mrs. Christie Martinez)
2018
Finished 2018 as the AKC #10 Breed and #6 All-Breed GSMD, with multiple competitive Working Group placements and a fourth Best in Show Specialty win.
- Best in Show Specialty #4 – Golden Gate GSMDC Specialty
Del Valle Dog Club of Livermore, Pleasanton CA (Judge Mr. Bob Busby), October 2018 - Award of Merit – GSMDCA Western Regional Specialty
Del Valle Dog Club of Livermore, Pleasanton CA (Judge Mr. Dana P. Cline), October 2018 - National Specialty Top 20 People's Choice Award
GSMD Club of America National Specialty, Farmington, UT, September 2018 - First Place, Stud Dog – with Kona (Zuri), Baloo (Zuri), and Smudge (Eden)
GSMD Club of America Independent Specialty, Farmington, UT (Judge Ms. Helene Nietsch), September 2018 - Barn Hunt Instinct (RATI) title, Barn Hunt Association, Casper, WY, July 2018
- Westminster Kennel Club Best of Breed (Judge Mr. Ken J. Murray), February 2018
2017
Finished 2017 as the AKC #5 Breed and #4 All-Breed GSMD, with multiple competitive Working Group placements and a third Best in Show Specialty win.
- Best in Show Specialty #3 – Golden Gate GSMDC Specialty
Del Valle Dog Club of Livermore, Pleasanton CA (Judge Mrs. Sharon C. Smith), October 2017 - Best of Opposite Sex in Show Specialty – GSMDCA Western Regional Specialty
Del Valle Dog Club of Livermore, Pleasanton CA (Judge Mr. William P. Shelton), October 2017 - Award of Merit, Supported Entry – Golden Gate GSMD Club
Skyline Dog Fanciers of San Mateo County, Pleasanton CA (Judge Mrs. Paula Nykiel), October 2017 - Award of Merit, Designated Specialty – GSMD Club of the Rockies
Bonneville Basin Kennel Association, Farmington, UT (Judge Joe Lobb), September 2017 - GSMD Club of America Working Pack Dog (WPD) title, July 2017
Earned by completing five 8-10 mile hikes carrying 20% body weight, or ~26 lbs - AKC Silver Grand Championship title, June 2017
- Select Dog, GSMDCA National Specialty
Bethlehem PA, May2017 (Breeder-Judge Mrs. Catherine O. Cooper) - AKC Herding Tested (HT) qualifying leg, May 2017
- Select Dog, GSMDCA Designated Specialty, January 2017
Cascade GSMD Club / Dog Fanciers Association of Oregon, Portland, OR (Judge Ms. Marjorie Martorella)
2016
Finished 2016 as the AKC #6 Breed, #5 All-Breed and #2 Owner-Handled GSMD, with multiple competitive Working Group placements and National Owner Handled Series Working Group wins, and two Best in Show Specialty wins.
- GSMD Club of America Novice Working Pack Dog (NWPD) title, December 2016
Earned by completing four 8-10 mile hikes carrying 20% body weight, or ~25 lbs - Best in Show Specialty #2 and Working Group 3 – Golden Gate GSMDC Specialty, October 2016
Del Valle Dog Club of Livermore, Pleasanton CA (Judges Mrs. Joan M. Zielinski & Ms. Judith Ann Smith) - Best in Show Specialty #1 and Working Group 4 – GSMDCA Western Regional Specialty, October 2016
Del Valle Dog Club of Livermore, Pleasanton CA (Judge Mr. Robert L. Vandiver) - AKC Herding Instinct Test (HIT) qualifying leg, September 2016
- AKC Bronze Grand Championship title, September 2016
Mostly owner-handled, with all major wins/CH defeated - AKC Grand Championship title, April 2016
Owner-handled grand championship, over four show weekends with all major wins/CH defeated - AKC Championship title, January 2016
Owner-handled championship, over three show weekends with four major wins
