Show
News
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2010
is starting out to be a
VERY
GOOD YEAR!













Desiree Acres Bassets
From the start of 2010  -- from Jan 9th to Jan 31st,
Phoebe and Zeke have won 6 SHOWS in 4 weeks!!
Diplomat Van
Hollandheim (Zeke)
Desiree Acres
St. Cecilia (Phoebe)


January 22, WD 1 point - Simi Valley
January 23, WD 1 point - San Fernando
January 24, WD 1 point - Ventura
January 31 WD/BOW   - Orange Empire
         for a 3 point major --24 dogs in competition
Zeke now has 11 points, with 2 majors
Age: 13 months -- Handled by Mary
by Ch. Ion Ion De Ianca X Ch. Common Sense V. Holandheim
Owned by Jeffie Casey and Ron and Mary Lukins
 		January 11, WB/BOW  - Palm Springs
      for a 4 point major -- 42  dogs in competition
 January 30, WB/BOS  - Orange Empire
          over 2 specials for a 3 point major --
          18 dogs in competition
Phoebe now has 11 points, with 3 majors
Age: 15 months -- Handled by Mary and co-owner Linda
by Ch Helix Lincoln of Rebleglen X Desiree Acres Razbury Zinger. Owned by Clark & Linda Pardee & Ron and Mary
Desiree Acres Saint Cecilia (Phoebe)

Desiree Acres Saint Cecilia (Phoebe)
makes her first win a BIG one
WB/BOS for a
 4 Point Major!
Just one week after celebrating her first birthday, Phoebe defeats 21 bassets (including a champion).
Phoebe is pictured with judge W.F. Potter II,         breeder/handler Mary and co-owner Linda Pardee.
Diplomat V. Hollandheim (Zeke)

Jeffie Casey's new French import goes
WD/BOW for a 4 Point Major!!
3 weeks shy of his first birthday, Zeke defeated 28 dogs for this win. 
Zeke and his sister Lucy (Dazzler Van Hollandheim) were imported from Carla Gerber's Hollandheim kennel at
3 months of age.
Owned by Jeffie Casey, co-owned /handled by Mary and Ron. 
 Desiree Acres Snickers

Snickers says:

"CONGRATULATIONS PHOEBE,       on all of your WINS!
BUT . . .  don't get too cocky now -- you know I will be right behind you".

Desiree Acres Snickers
placed in both her Sweepstakes and regular classes at the BHCA Nationals in Washington state. She recently took back to back 4 point major reserves
Phoebe says:

"BRING IT ON, SISTER!!"


Desiree Acres St. Cecilia
Winners Bitch/Best of Opposite for a 4 point major
--age 1 year and 1 month
To see more photos of Phoebe, Snickers and the rest of her littermates click on Phoebe's photo, or on the  Zinger's Puppies link


   2009 Wins -- 2009 Wins -- 2009 Wins
CHAMPION Swede Sun's Qarla
  Qarlie is the FIRST SWEDE SUN basset to become an
AMERICAN CHAMPION!!
Qarlie came to us from Sweden at the age of 3 months ~ the first basset hound ever imported to the United States from the world famous
Swede Sun Kennels

She finished her championship before the age of 2, with a very impressive show record (see below). All of her wins were in ultra-tough Southern California competition (it takes 14 bitches for a 3 point major) exclusively handled by Mary.

Qarlie is co-owned by Steve and Jeffie Casey of Palm Springs.
We call her "Qarlie"
(pronounced "Car-lee") or just "the Divine Miss Q"       
 Wh. 9/ 14/2007  ~  Swede Sun's Nigel X Tina Turner V Grunsven
Qarlie's
Show Record:
WB/BOW -- 4 point major
-- Greater San Diego Basset  &nbssp;
                              Hound Club
WB/BOW -- 5 point major
 -- Basset Hound Club of So.
                                  California
WB/BOW/BOS -3 point major
     -- Angels Canyon Dog Club
WB/BOS      - 2 points
                         -- Ventura KC
WB/BOW/BOS- 2 points
           -- to finish Pasadena KC

Swede Sun's Qarla "Qarlie"
(Swede Sun's Nigel X Tina Turner V Grunsven)
Dazzles Southern California by taking
 Best of Winners for a 5 Point Major
at the 2009 BHCSC Specialty,  defeating 50 bassets!!


Qarlie is pictured with judge Siegfried Peter from Germany, and handler Mary


This is the SECOND MAJOR SPECIALTY WIN for our
"Little Swedish Girl"

Qarlie began her show career by taking

BEST OF WINNERS for a
4 Point Major from the       6-9 puppy class at the 2008 GSDBHC show.

 pictured with judge Linda Craft, handler Mary and
co-owners Jeffie and Steve Casey
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Qarlie is not the only Desiree Acres Hound out strutting their stuff in the show ring:

Ch. Desiree Acres Foster
and littermates
Ch. Desiree Acres Scout & 
Ch. Desiree Acres Sunbeamer
Dominate in the
Veterans Classes at the
March 2009 BHCSC! 

Foster is pictured winning
Best in Veteran's Sweepstakes
under judge Diana Melbourne of England

Old Dogs Rule!!



Foster, Scout & Sunny are 8 years old,
but NOTHING can slow these littermates down.

Scout and Sunny each take first place in two of the largest classes in the competition!!!


Sunny is owned by Walt and Vickie Ross -- she is handled by Vickie.
In Their Younger Days . . .
Foster was rated the #6 Top Winning Basset in the Country
and the breeds #1 Specialty Winner in 2005!!!!

     Champion Desiree Acres Foster                            
Foster was awarded BEST IN SHOW at the 2005
 Valle Del Sol Basset Hound Club
 AND
 The Basset Hound Club of Southern California Specialties
Foster is pictured below with the judge Jose DeMello from Portugal, Ron, and past BHCSC president Ralph Scarrow.

AND was awarded 4th in the Hound Group at the June 4th Pasadena Show!!!!

Foster takes Group 4th at the Pasadena KC show under judge William Cunningham
 (On Mary's birthday)
AND Foster isn't the only member of this incredible litter who has been successful in
the show ring (our competitors refer to us as the "Red Menace")
CHAMPION Desiree Acres Scout

Scout finished  with a
5 point Specialty win of her own
(over an entry of 30 from the puppy class)
as well as a SECOND 5 point major
under  Enrique Fillippini from Argentina.
   



Scout is pictured finishing  2 mos later
with judge C. Herendeen
and co/breeder Ron.

CHAMPION Desiree Acres Sunbeamer


Sunny finished just 12 days after Scout,
with 3 majors (including a 4 point major), 
Best of Breed and Best of Opposite Sex wins.
She is pictured finishing with 
(l to r) Judge B. Stenmark, co-breeder Ron, and owners Vickie and Walt Ross of Ontario, CA



 All of these littermates finished before the age of 18 months,
and all handled by Mary!!
CHAMPION Desiree Acres Minnie Me (Minnie)


Minnie finished with
 Two 5 point major specialty wins!!!
 WB at the BHCSC Specialty,
and BOW at the Valle Del Sol BHC Specialty.




Minnie is shown winning Best of Winners over 48 bassets.
Not only was this the wettest day in California that year, but it was MINNIE'S VERY FIRST SHOW!!

Minnie is the 4th in the litter to finish, and the 3rd to finish with two 5 point major (and specialty) wins -- all in ultra tough Southern California competition
        AND
    Foster and Scout, Sunny and Minnie (and Ziggy) are all handled
 exclusively by Mary
              Whelped April 23, 2001, by Ch. Rebelglen's Beamer X Ch. Symphony's All That Jazz
AND don't forget our "Little Dutch Girl"
   CHAMPION Hollandheim English Rose (Ziggy)
                   (Ch. Norris V Hollandheim X Ch. Karipat Ziggi Zig)
A European Influence

We have long admired Carla Gerber's Hollandheim dogs in Holland, (and more recently France) having fallen in love with the photos of her dogs on her web site.

Ziggy finished her US championship in 2004, exclusively handled by Mary. Ziggy is the mother of Desiree Acres Razbery Zinger (sired by Ch. Desiree Acres Foster)

Her influence is already being felt in our bloodlines, Ziggy is the grandmother of our new litter.


Desiree Acres Bassets
Breeder Owner Handled . . . . . .  Always




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