Show
News
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2010
is starting out to be a
VERY
GOOD YEAR!
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Desiree
Acres Bassets
From the
start of 2010 -- from Jan 9th to Jan 31st,
Phoebe and Zeke have won 6 SHOWS in 4 weeks!!
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Diplomat Van
Hollandheim (Zeke)
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Desiree Acres
St. Cecilia (Phoebe)
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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
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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
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| Desiree Acres Saint Cecilia
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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. |

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| Diplomat V.
Hollandheim (Zeke) |

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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.
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Desiree Acres Snickers
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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
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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 |

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| 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 |

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2009 Wins -- 2009
Wins -- 2009 Wins
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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
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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
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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" |

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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
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Old Dogs Rule!!
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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!!!! |

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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.
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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)
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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")
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CHAMPION Desiree
Acres Scout
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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.
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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!! |

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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!!
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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.
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