Feb 2012 -  On the 19th of this month, Kerstin Noth travelled to the International Dog Show Bourg en Bresse/France with her beautiful bitch, Yurrugar Diamonds N Dreams.  Noxy took all before her and not only went best of breed from the junior class under Mr L Pichard, the same judge who awarded Aust Ch Yurrugar Who Shot JR best puppy in group at the 2011 Royal Canberra Show, but she then went on to take Best Junior in Group under judge, Mr Thevenon and then Runner Up Best Junior in Show under Mr Dauphin. Congratulations to all involved in "Noxy's" continued success! Pictured below in the junior in group final.

On Feb 11th we attended the Bendigo Championship Show. We exhibited three dogs, Zoe the Manchester Terrier and Reece and Pixie the ETTs. Zoe won an excellent Best Puppy in Group under Dr E Greenway and Reece was shortlisted for best in group and took out Best Junior in Group under Ms L McRae. We will now be having a few weeks off again :) On Feb 4th we attended the prestigious Classic Dog Show in Melbourne. After having a little break, Fame N Glory came back and won an excellent Best Exhibit in Group from 196 entries. Reece seemed very well rested after his break and came back working and looking better than ever. Thank you Colin for taking this great moving shot of Reece on the day.

Jan 2012 - Our showing year has started well. On New Years Day, we attended the New Years Day Championship Show. Fame N Glory took best of breed with Next Top Model going runner up. However, it was to be our Manchester Terriers' day with Zoe taking out an excellent Runner Up to Best Exhibit in Group (Terrier Group 2nd) from the minor puppy class. Exactly a week later, on Jan 7th, we ventured out to the Central Gippsland Kennel Club Championship Show. It was a big day for Team Yurrugar. Our beautiful youngster Yurrugar Curtain Call aka Callie, took out Best Minor Puppy in Show, and then Zoe gave us a great double by winning Best Puppy in Show as well! "Callie" is the stunning litter sister to Scene Stealer and is destined to make the big move overseas, to a wonderful show home, in 2012. We will place her on our "exports" page at a later date.  Callie is pictured below. Photo by Champion Shots.

Jan and Feb will be 'light' showing months for us as we wait and watch how our youngsters progress and give our current show team a bit of a break. Right now, we are in the exciting process of building a beautiful new home and setting up, from scratch, a wonderful new 60 acre property, which is around 10 minutes from where we currently are. Much of our spare time is being poured into this and we hope to be able to move in in around June. We cannot wait to get in and buy lots of new furniture!

We have been fortunate enough to receive invitations to two big Victorian showing events. Fame N Glory has been invited to compete at the Dogs Victoria night of nights for the 2011 Puppy of the Year final. Reece's many puppy in show awards in 2011 allowed him to qualify for this event. In addition, Next Top Model has been chosen by the Toy Dog Club of Victoria to compete in their Top Toy of 2011 competition, which she qualitifed for when she won best of breed at the 2011 Royal Melbourne Show.

A nice end to 2011 -  Team Yurrugar had an excellent 2011 with many highs. Our year ended at the Lancefield Kennel Club Championship Show on December 27th, where Fame N Glory went Best of Breed and our Manchester Terrier, Zoe, took out Best Minor Puppy in Show.

Aust Ch Yurrugar Fame N Glory really starred in 2011 and finished off being both the ETT Rising Star and Top Show Dog of the Year, according to the Dogzonline Pointscore. Yurrugar was also the #1 ETT breeder in Australia in this competition, for the second year running. A wonderful achievement considering the limited amount of shows we attend. We have decided to give the pointscore competition a miss in 2012, but we will still continue to exhibit, breed and promote our dogs professionally and successfully. We have a few very promising youngsters of various ages coming along. They are from our wonderful bitches Aust Ch Yurrugar Supermodel and Saint Lazar's Relentless (imp USA) and sired by Indiana Jones and Crowning Glory, and we will, for the first time, place a few show dogs with co owners across the country. We know these rising stars will be in the very best of hands and we look forward to hearing how they go. We will have profiles for these youngsters on the website in good time.

Yurrugar Fame N Glory

Helsinki, Finland, Winners Show. December 3rd and 4th 2011. A big well done to Kennel Stonemeadows with Yurrugar Make Mine Diamonds, who attained the title of HeJW-11 at this prestigious show. "Amee" is litter sister to Diamonds N Dreams, aka Noxy, who is having much success in Germany. On the second day of competition, Yurrugar Fade To Black was the sire of the Best of Breed winning English Toy Terrier, 10 month old bitch, Great Bernina's Ilo-Pilleri. Congratulations to all connections!

Congratulations Niki and Envy, aka Yurrugar Green WithNV. Envy was recently awarded the 2011 Agility Dog Club of New South Wales Best Overall Jumping Dog in the 300mm class. This includes dogs from across all levels, from novice to master. Not bad for a little dog who has only been actually competing for around 8 weeks!

Late October, November shows 2011 -  November 27th saw us attend the Sovereign City Kennel Club Championship Show. Fame Glory won best of breed, with Next Top Model runner up. Reece then went on to take out a very strong Best Junior in Group under Mrs S Marshall. Our beautiful 7 month old Manchester Terrier, Zoe, looked a treat and took out a wonderful Runner Up to Best Exhibit in Group (Terrier Group 2nd) from the minor puppy class. Handled by Jennie, Zoe worked so well. A huge thank you to judge, Mrs J Weekes.

The end of October, start of November really was a great time for Team Yurrugar. On Sunday October 30th, Rosemarie and Roy (Who Shot JR) attended the Broken Hill Ladies Kennel Club Championship Show where they were awarded Best Exhibit in Group (Group 1st) and Best Intermediate Exhibit in Show! A fantastic and well deserved win for this pair. Here in Victoria, Fame N Glory showed wonderfully at the very prestigious Victorian Women's Championship Show held on October 31st. From a toy group entry of 265, 12 month old Reece went Runner Up to Best Exhibit in Group (Group 2nd), from the Australian Bred class, under Mr T Nesbitt from Canada. The next day, at the Sunbury Canine Club show, Ms P Bruce awarded Reece best of breed and then again, he went Best Australian Bred in Group from a full line up of quality, mature dogs. Niki van der Smagt and her spectacular agility ETT, Yurrugar Green WithNV, also won their novice jumping event in New South Wales.

On November 5th, in Germany, Kerstin Noth attended the National Dog Show with 11 month old Yurrugar Diamonds N Dreams (pictured below). "Noxy" received 1st in the junior class and Best of Breed under well known terrier enthusist, Mr F Siewert. She then went on to take Best Exhibit in Group (Terrier Group 1st) under Mr T Jakkel! With this win, she also got the last certificate needed for her VDH Junior Champion title. A big thank you to these two very highly esteemed judges for recognising Noxy's qualities. The next day, November 6th, Kerstin and Noxy travelled to Luxembourg where Noxy again won the junior class and Best of Breed. Subsequently, she is a Junior Champion of Luxembourg too. Noxy now carries the titles JuCH VDH and JuCH Lux.

October shows 2011 - The weekend of October 15th and 16th was a good one for Yurrugar. At the Geelong Royal Show, Yurrugar Scene Stealer won Best Baby Puppy in Group. For his first official outing, this boy took it all in his stride. He was one of two to get a second look for best in show, but but the end of the day, the batteries had run out in our little guy and the win went to a lovely, seasoned hound baby. Needless to say, Scene Stealer slept very well all the way home. In Germany, Kerstin Noth and Yurrugar Diamonds N Dreams took out an excellent best of breed at the Dortmund National Dog Show and Niki van der Smagt's agility superstar, Yurrugar Green WithNV (pictured below) won his novice jumping event and had the fastest time in not only his class, but over all the classes!

Also in October - We have launched our stunning new website! Our new site has been designed by the very talented Kacey Yates. If you visit us often, please be sure to refresh each page just to be sure that you are getting the most up to date information. Kacey also designed our advert for the 2012 Dog News Australia diary, see below. 

Royal news...Team Yurrugar had a lovely Royal Melbourne Show. Our little star was Yurrugar Next Top Model who took best of breed from the puppy class and then went top 4 best in group puppy. A wonderful achievement for our kennel at the Southern Hemispheres biggest dog show. Yurrugar Undisclosed Desires won the reserve bitch CC and went on to take runner up best of breed. Yurrugar Who Shot JR won the dog CC and Yurrugar Top Billing the reserve dog CC.

Yurrugar Next Top Model. Photo on right by Champion Shots photography. 

September shows 2011 - On September 18th, we attended the Yarrawonga Championship Show with Fame N Glory. He finished off his stint in the puppy class in style by winning Best Puppy in Show under all breeds judge, Mrs Stephanie Rickard. A huge thank you to this highly knowledgeable and esteemed judge for allowing Reece to go out of the puppy class with a real bang! On September 2nd, Fame N Glory took out Best Puppy in Group at the East Gippsland Kennel Club Championship Show under Mrs D Besoff. He made the final two for best puppy in show, but it just wasn't to be his on this day despite working and looking his usual picture perfect self. Best of breed English Toy Terrier went to Top Billing with Fame N Glory standing runner up. In other September news: We are pleased to welcome to Yurrugar from the USA the wonderful proven sire and show dog, Am Ch Saint Lazar's Indiana Jones. Indy has sired some lovely stock (including Saint Lazar's Zorro and India Ink) who are in turn also producing some very fine dogs. We look forward to having Indy contribute to our breeding program.

July shows 2011 - On July 23rd we attended the Lyndhurst Canine Country Club Championship Show with Fame N Glory. There was an excellent entry in the toy group of 220 dogs, one of the largest toy group entries for the state so far this year. We are pleased to say that judge, Mr A Kidd from South Australia, chose 10 month old Fame N Glory as his Best Exhibit in Group winner. This follows on from his best in group 2nd win the weekend before. A huge thank you to Mr Kidd for appreciating "Reece" and to all the other competitors for showing us their continued support.

Fame N Glory starred again, this time at the prestigious Melbourne Dog Club Championship Show on July 16th. As always, he worked picture perfect and took out a very well deserved Best in Group 2nd under toy specialist, Mrs J Egan. On the other side of the world in Finland, Yurrugar Make Mine Diamonds won best of breed puppy both days at the Oulu International show. A great start to this little beauty queen's show career!

June shows 2011 - Yurrugar Next Top Model came up trumps at the Toy Dog Club of Victoria's Championship Show on June 11th by being awarded the best of breed under judge, Mr G Doyle from New Zealand. Fame N Glory took the dog CC and runner up best of breed. Top Billing competed in the Top Toy competition (for the top toy dog in each breed for 2010) and made the final 6 under Mrs D Duffin. A very nice achievement. Fame N Glory added another best of breed and Best Puppy in Group to his collection of wins at the West Gippsland Kennel Association Inc Championship Show on June 10th. The weekend before, Fame N Glory continued on his winning ways by being awarded Best Puppy in Group at the Western Suburbs All Breeds Kennel Club Championship Show on June 5th. He also again won a very nice best of breed with Yurrugar Next Top Model claiming the bitch CC and runner up best of breed award.

Yurrugar Fame N Glory. 7 months of age. Photo by Biju Photography

March shows 2011 - We would like to congratulate Yurrugar Front Paige News (Denmark) on gaining her first of three certificates needed to obtain her Danish Championship title on March 20th. Judge Goran Gladic from Serbia said of Bonnie, "11 months, correct in type, nice typical head, proportional and compact in body, with correct bite, with correct pigmentation, lively in movement, well presented." A lovely win and critique for a beautiful young bitch. Warragul and District Championship Show (March 14th). Am Ch Ebet's Risky Business (imp USA) took out best of breed English Toy Terrier today with young Yurrugar Who Shot JR taking reserve. This gorgeous little dog also went on to be awarded Best Puppy in Group. Yarra Glen Kennel Club All Breeds Championship Show (March 6th). It was a good day for our dogs with Yurrugar Fame N Glory being awarded Best Baby Puppy in Group under Ms E Joseph and then going on to take out Best Baby Puppy in Show under Mrs S Rickard. Fame N Glory is a very promising youngster and we would like to thank the judges on this day for the extremely positive comments about Reece. Best of breed English Toy Terrier went to Aust Ch Yurrugar Top Billing. All Yurrugar dogs (with the exception of Black Diamond, a retired show bitch in SA) are owner/breeder handled and we are very pleased with the continuing, good results from our small team based here in Melbourne.

The beautifilly sculptured Yurrugar Who Shot JR. Photo by Joshua Pettitt

Aust Ch Yurrugar Supermodel was a final five group finalist from a full line up of quality toy dogs at the big Yarra Ranges Championship Show in Melbourne (Jan 9th) under Canadian judge, Mr Rick Fehler. She worked and looked amazing and did not let Team Yurrugar down. Like all of our guys and girls, Supermodel is just so full of character and is such a pleasure to show. The day before, we showed Yurrugar Undisclosed Desires and Yurrugar Who Shot JR only, and it was Undisclosed Desires who took a wonderful best of breed win under Malasyian judge, Mr Chan Weng Woh. Who Shot JR took the dog CC and runner up best of breed. Mr Weng Woh later commented on what a lovely pair the two young ETTs were and that both have very promising futures.

Jan shows 2011 - The year could not have started much better! At the Central Gippsland Kennel Club Championship Show (Jan 2nd), Aust Ch Yurrugar Top Billing took out Best Exhibit in Group. Thank you to judge, Mrs L Walsh, for appreciating this super dog!