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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 49 All Breed Best in
Shows as of July 97, also making her the #1 giant
schnauzer bitch of all time in Canada.
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