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Status
Quo was born on April 14, 1994 out of two of my favorites,
Ch.
Skansen's Quidame and Ch. Skansen's Phantasie.
In
fact her brother, Ch.
Skansen's Superman stood out and I felt he was out of
the best males I ever bred - so I kept him and he is now
one of our best stud dogs.
His
sister Status had to wait, I wanted to show her at the National
for Mrs. Clarke as I felt she really represents what I try
to breed - a balanced, good moving Giant with bone and substance
and a great character - easy going and reliable. I feel
the National is the showplace for breeders to show off their
breedings.
To
body her out I bred her to Ch.
Skansen's Northern Lights - you'll see her daughter
at the 1997 National. She is a carbon copy - sold to Mrs.
Walsh. Her best son is going to Japan to be shown. So Status
is also a great producer, which I feel is important to make
for an all round top quality dog. Anyway, my plans were
to show Status in Bred By - as that is the only class I
usually enter and show in myself - but the heat in San Antonio
that time of year made me make other plans. I definitely
did not want to fly in with any dog, so instead Status went
with Mary Ann Bisceglia, who spent three weeks getting Status
back into coat and condition after the litter. Status' pups
were four months old when she won the National. Mary Ann
of course did a superb job as usual - then Vicki Fillinger
took over and drove Status to San Antonio to show her in
Open. To give her some ring practice Vicki showed her for
three weeks and got all but her last major - that is how
she finished at the National.
You
can imagine my thrill to see Status win the major and then
Mrs. Clarke compounded the thrill by giving her Best of
Breed, over all the top winning Giants in the USA. This
was the 10th National I have won with my dogs, but truly
one of the most satisfying, Status being the sixth generation
home bred champion. I like to thank Mrs. Clarke for this
exciting win, I have admired her since I was fifteen years
old, some 40+ years and winning for her meant a lot for
me. I would also like to thank Mary Ann Bisceglia and Vicki
Fillinger with assistants - without these two ladies my
dogs would not do the winning they do. I am so lucky to
have had a wonderful groomer, handler, judge and show site
all in one place.
Status
is now the #1 Giant Schnauzer in Canada with 50 All Breed
Best in Shows , also making her the #1 giant schnauzer bitch
of all time in Canada.
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