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Sunday, March 13, 2011

Milton, NY dog show weekend

After Glow had some much needed time at home, we made a last minute decision to enter her in the Milton show in NY.  Glow missed Ashley and was happy to see her.  Ashley said she showed great and took Best of Breed all three show days and made the cut in group one day!

Upcoming Litter Spring/Summer 2011

We are very excited about the upcoming litter with Glow this Spring/Summer.  We will keep you posted as things progress!

If you want to be part of the PrideNJoyz family and have the pleasure of owning one of Glow's puppies, please contact us.

#1 Grand Champion

We are excited to announce that as of today, Glow is the #1 AKC Grand Champion Cane Corso for the lifetime and the current year! 

January 2011

My apologies for the delay in posting. 

We are still working on moving the website over to www.pridenjoyzcanecorso.com.

We have decided on a stud for Glow and as soon as we recieved the official results from PennHIP, we will annouce the stud officially on the website.  We are very excited about this breeding!  The stud is a beautiful black male with nice bone and a solid temperament. 

In show news, January has been a great month.  On short notice, we decided to send Glow down to Brooksville, FL.  Ashley and Glow performed wonderfully, as usual.  Glow came home with 4 Best of Breeds3 Best of Opposite and 2 Select. Due to poor weather conditions, one of the show days was cancelled.  Glow had a great time at a boar farm with Ashley while they were down in Florida.

Moving to a new website!

Just a quick note...

We are changing our web hosting and we will be elminating our duplicate website www.pride-joycanecorso.com in the new year.  Our new website, currently under construction, will be www.pridenjoyzcanecorso.com.  Until sometime in April 2011, both websites will be running but one may not be as complete.  Please be patient and have a Happy New Year!

A great weekend in Lehigh Valley, PA

Glow sweeps the weekend in Allentown, PA.  Bringing home Best of Breed 2x!

Now to enjoy the holidays and take a break from showing for a few weeks.  We want to wish everyone a ...
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Headed to CA for the AKC/Eukanuba dog show

A big thank you to Frontier Airlines for helping Glow arrive safely in California.  Glow arrived in California with a bang! Her first show after landing late on Wednesday night and she won Best of Breed on Thursday defeating 10 champions and 14 Cane Corso total!  She went on to the Working Group where the judge pulled her out of the group for the final cut!  We are very proud of her even though she didn't make the final 4, making the cut in a group with such amazing examples of the working group is definitely an accomplishment.  :D

At Thursday's show, Glow was awarded Select.

Unfortunately, we did not bring home the Best of Breed for the AKC/Eukanuba show but, to win a Best of Breed and make the cut for group one day is incredible!  We were happy to have been invited and been able to attend.  It was a wonderful event.

Ohio and Maryland shows

We had a pretty good few weekends in Ohio and Maryland.

Glow came back with 3 Best of Breeds and 1 Best of Opposite Sex from the Ohio shows.  In Maryland, Glow repeated her efforts for 3 Best of Breeds and 1 Best of Opposite Sex.

We are happy to annouce that she is currently #1 Female Cane Corso (Breed and All-Breed) and #3 Cane Corso Overall (Breed and All-Breed)!

Westminster Kennel Club lists Top 5 invitees for 2011

We are happy to annouce that Glow has made it to the invite list for the 2011 Westminster Kennel Club dog show! 

Only the top 5 dogs in the country are invited each year! 

This is a great honor.  This year has been truly exceptional for us.  Thank you everyone for your support and encouragement.  A special thank you to all the AKC judges who made this possible. 

TN dogs shows in November 2010

Glow traveled down to Knoxville, TN for a weekend of dogs shows.  We are happy to announce she took Best of Opposite the first day of the shows and Best of Breed Friday, Saturday and Sunday!

Now we anxiously await the Octoer 31st standings but, we are fairly certain that Glow has qualified as the Top 5 in her Breed and will receive an invite to The Westminster Kennel Club show in 2011. 

The Eukanuba dog show in the beginning of December  2010 will be televised on January 23, 2010.  This is the first year the Cane Corso is officially invited!

Buena, NJ shows

Glow - Best of Opposite on Friday.   Best of Breed on Saturday and Sunday!!!

West Friendship, MD shows

Glow - Best of Opposite all four days!

PA and MD shows

Best of Opposite - 6 times in a row!

Wrightstown and Ludwigs Corner, PA and all weekend at West Friendship shows. 

The prestigious Morris & Essex Kennel Club Show

Making history again...Glow and Ashley take Best of Breed!

We are honored to be the first Cane Corso to take Best of Breed at this show.  Today there are over 3,000 dog entered in this show.  Thank you to judge Helen Lee James for recognizing Glow's excellent type and movement!

"Every five years, starting in the year 2000, the elegance, glamour, style and high level of judging quality of Geraldine Rockefeller Dodge's original dog show held on her polo fields is brought back to life for a new generation. In its 1937 heyday, more than 50,000 dog-loving spectators descended upon sleepy Madison, New Jersey while 4,104 dogs were shown. In its 2005 incarnation, a total entry of 3,619 dogs were presented in 160 different breeds or varieties with Ch. Rocky Tops Sundance Kid garnering Best in Show honors. This year, more than 3,090 entries of the world's finest show dogs will be competing for the lofty title of Best in Show. "

AKC Oyster Bay, NY

After the tourential downpours through out the east coast, they cancelled the Friday, October 1st show due to flooded show grounds.  :(

The good news is that they had the Saturday and Sunday shows!  Glow took Best of Breed both days keeping her #1 female Cane Corso and #4 Cane Corso!!!

We hope her success continues. :)

AKC Pocono circuit in PA

We are happy to annouce that Glow took Best of Opposite at the Thursday and Friday and Saturday!

New AKC Grand Champion!

We are happy to annouce that today, under judge Dr. Tamas Jakkel from Hungary, Glow took Best of Breed defeating over 10 other Cane Corso and 1 other champion male and is a new AKC GRAND CHAMPION!

Congrats to Glow...or should we say... Grand Champion PrideNJoyz Afterglow !
Dr. Tamas Jakkel is the President of the Hungarian Kennel Club's Judges' Board, Vice President of the FCI European Section and Vice President of the FCI Judges' Commission.  He is an all around judge for FCI as of 2001.  He has judged many Cane Corso and many other breeds all over the world.

This same weekend Glow took Best of Opposite at Saturday's show.

Labor day circuit AKC shows in New Jersey

So far Glow is having a fantastic September!

She swept the Augusta/Morristown show circuit during Labor Day weekend, taking Best of Breed all four days!  Aria's parents brought her out to the show as well for some practice and she looked great in the ring...lots of presence. 

Glow is back up to #1 Bitch in AKC and #2 Corso!

Glow is amazing!

A BIG thank you to Glow's new handler, Ashely Cuzzolino!  Glow took Best in Breed in Harrisburg, PA on Friday!  She also took Best of Opposite on Saturday and Sunday!

To Glow's credit so far in AKC  she has defeated:
 - the 2006 CCAA Dog of the Year
 - the 2009 CCAA National Specialty Best of Breed
 - the 2009 CCAA Dog of the Year
 - the 2009 CCAA Bitch of the Year
 - the 2010 SACCI National Specialty Best of Breed
 - the 2010 SACCI National Specialty Best of Opposite

Hello Renzo and Atkinson family

We received wonderful news today!  We were put in touch with the family who owns and loves Renzo, our black collar male out of the Sapphire x Rambo litter.

He seems to be very happy and is currently living in Africa.  We have posted two new photos of Renzo in out Sapphire x Rambo litter page.  We have also been told by his owner that he is a Mauritius International Champion. 

According to his owner, he is a "wonderful family member, big boned, extremely handsome and an amazing temperament."

We hope to hear many more wonderful stories about Renzo and his adventures in Africa.

Canfield, Ohio shows

Glow had another fantastic weekend!  Glow took Best of Opposite 3x and Best of Breed on Saturday! 

We drove to pick up Glow at the show on Sunday.  It was a great venue with many great vendors. 
Unfortunately, it was about 90 degrees and an outside show.  We had the pleasure of meeting Clint and Karen Livingston who have been caring for Glow the last two weeks.  We also had the pleasure of meeting Glow's new handler, Ashley Cuzzolino.  Glow was very excited to see us and vice versa!  It was a long ride home due to construction on I-80 but, we had some good laughs.  We have very happy to have Glow home and hope we are able to continue her excellent show results at home. 

Thank you to everyone who has made our dreams a reality!

August 1, 2010

Glow sweeps Greenville, SC AKC Shows!  Glow was awarded Best of Breed on Friday, Saturday and Sunday accumulated points towards her Grand Championship title.

Thank you to handlers, Karen and Clint Livingston, for showing and caring for Glow in South Carolina.

Houston, Texas AKC shows

Another fantastic weekend in Houston, Texas!  Glow took Best of Breed on Friday, Saturday and Sunday!  A special thank you to her wonderful handler, Colette Livingston, and her assistants, Kaitlyn and Amanda! 

We couldn't be any more happy with Glow's performance in the show ring. 

CCAA Webpage

Glow made the home page of the Cane Corso Association of America's website for achieving 1st Female AKC Champion!

www.canecorso.org

July 23, 2010

Last weekend Glow attended a few shows in Omaha, Nebraska.  Unfortunately, she was the only Cane Corso at the show.  The good news is... she took Best of Breed both days! LOL

This weekend she is with her handler, Colette Livingston, in Houston, Texas.  We are proud to annouce at today's show Glow was awarded another Best of Breed!  She defeated 3 other Cane Corso.  Another proud day!

After the shows in Houston, Glow will start her journey home and everyone is excited to see her!  The house just isn't the same without her here.

For those of you following her AKC stats, here is a brief update:

Total shows attended       11
# of Best of Breed awards     7

Please feel free to post comments by clicking on the comment line below each post.  We would love to hear from you!

Home of the 1st Female Cane Corso Champion!

We are proud to say that PrideNJoyz Cane Corso is the home of the

AKC's 1st Female Champion Cane Corso....PrideNJoyz Afterglow!

A big thanks to her handler, Colette Livingston, and her assistants, Kaitlyn and Amanda!  Thanks to my family and friends for all their support!

Big Congrats to Glow Monster for making us proud!

AKc Show in Dallas, Texas July 10, 2010

Congrats again to Glow and her fantastic handler, Colette!
Glow got Best of Breed, Best of Winners and Winners Bitch for 2 points!  She is one point shy of becoming an AKC Champion.  We wish her the best of luck tomorrow!
Our thoughts go out the those involved with the dogs at the Dallas show who got overheated.  :(

AKC show in Dallas, Texas July 9, 2010

We are more than happy to annouce Glow's results....
She took Winners Bitch...Best of Winners...AND  BEST OF BREED!
Glow has a total of 12 points of the 15 points needed to become and AKC Champion!

July 5, 2010

We are so proud of Glow!  Her first weekend away from home at her first official AKC show  in Oklahoma and she received Best in Breed/Winners Bitch/Best of Winners on Friday and Best of Opposite/Winners Bitch/Best of Winners on Saturday!  She even beat the 2009 CCAA Bitch of the Year/2009 National Specialty winner.  :)
Glow has earned two majors for 9 points towards her
AKC Championship!

June 2010

06/27/2010 -  Glow traveled down to Louisiana and braved the heat at the Gonzales show to bring home 3 Best of Breed and 3 Miscellaneous Best in Show.  
6/26/2010 -    We are happy to announce the addition of Bravo Corso Verona to our program.  A big thank you to those instrumental in getting Verona to USA and to Irina Fernandes at Ollada Arlekin for offering this fantastic bitch!

May 2010

05/23/2010 -  Glow was retested for her 2010 CERF and passed.

April 2010

04/19/2010 -  Once again took Best of Breed and Miscellaneous Best in Show at the Harrisburg, PA AKC show.

March 2010

03/28/2010 -  At the AKC show in Edison, NJ, Glow took Best of Breed and Miscellaneous Best in Show beating four other breeds! 
03/21/2010 -  At the last minute, we decided to enter Glow in the CCAA Regional Specialty in Reading, PA and are proud to announce she brought home Best of Opposite! 

January 2010

01/23/2010 -  Glow attended the Saturday show in West Friendship, Maryland and once again, brought home Best of Breed and Best in Show Miscellaneous!  Click here to see photo.
01/14/2010 - We are very proud to announce that Aria's PennHIP results came back in the 90th percentile with no degenerative joint disease!
01/10/2010 -  Glow attended the AKC show in White Plains, NY this past weekend and brought home 2 Best of Breed and a Best in Show Miscellaneous!  We are very proud! 

Second Half of 2009 News and Updates

12/13/2009 - Glow and Sapphire attended the health clinic at North Penn Veterinary Hospital and had their patellas luxated and Sapphire got her CERF updated for 2009.  All passing!
11/15/2009 -  We attended one of the 4 biggest AKC dog shows.  Glow met many wonderful people interested in the breed.  She even took Best of Opposite at the show in the Miscellaneous Class!
10/28/2009 - Finally returned from out trip to Slovakia (attended the World Dog Show in Bratislava), Hungary (where we visited Timonierre kennel) and Italy (where we visited Fosso Corno, Corte Degli Olivi, De Dauni and went to another dog show in Bastia Umbra).  We met many wonderful people along the way and made many friends. 
8/22/2009 -    Glow is now and ARBA Champion!  Out of three shows, in awful humid/rainy weather, she brought home 2 Winners Bitch and a Best of Winners!  We are so proud of Glow for becoming an ICCF, NAKC and ARBA Champion before her 2nd birthday that we have decided to give her a break from dog shows for a little while.  Way to go Glow! 
08/21/2009 - Glow is currently ranked 5th in points on the ARBA website out of 36 CC!
07/11/2009 - Once again Glow strutted her stuff!  Glow attended the ARBA Liberty Classic and we brought home 3 Winners Bitch, 1 Best of Winners, 2 Best of Breed, 2 Best in Group 1, and 1 BEST IN SHOW!  Not too bad for 20 months old.

First Half of 2009 News and Updates

06/26/2009 - Glow hitched a ride with Ron Hoser, Firehorse Cane Corso, and is headed to the ARBA dog show in Indiana to attend the CCAA Regional Specialty.  Glow returned home with 5 Winners Bitch, 1 Reserve Winners, 1 Best of Opposite and 3 Best of Winners and earned her ICCF Championship!  She also brought home the Best of Winners at the CCAA Regional Specialty Show!
06/06/2009 - Glow attended her first ARBA show.  She received all Excellent results from the judges and took Reserve Winners.
05/23/2009 - We are very happy to announce at the NAKC show in Bear, Delaware today that Glow took Winners Bitch, which gave her enough points to be an NAKC Champion!
05/11/2009 - We are happy to announce that both Sapphire and Glow have the canine universal blood type and have been given the green light to participate in future blood donations with University of Pennsylvania.
05/04/2009 - We are very pleased to announce that Glow has passed her Canine Good Citizen test and her Therapy Dog International test!  We are also very pleased to announce Sapphire has also passed her Therapy Dog International test!
04/24/2009 -  Glow attended the CCAA National Dog Show weekend.  The show was fantastic albeit hot.  Glow was two weeks shy of 18 months so she was not old enough to test for  the TEC1.  :(   However, we enjoyed watching the other dogs.   Glow took first place in her class in three of five shows during the weekend.  She also took second place in one show and a Reserve Winners.  We want to thank Shauna Molzahn for handling Glow for most of the weekend.  We are looking forward to next year's Nationals. 

2008 News and Updates

10/05/2008 - Sapphire and Aria had their eyes tested and passed.  Results will be posted soon on the CERF and OFA websites.
09/21/2008 -  Sapphire had her cardiac test today.  We expect a conclusion of Normal - Cardiologist, Echo.
09/20/2008 - Glow brought home a Best Junior Puppy in Breed and a Best Junior Puppy in Group!
08/10/2008 - Glow performed very well in the NAKC dog show in Carbondale, PA.  She took top honors as Best Junior Puppy in Show twice!
5/19/2008 -   Puppy picture of Aria and Diesel made #11 on the TODAY show's Cutest, Cuddliest  Puppy Contest.
02/11/2008 - Glow completed her puppy kindergarten class.
02/02/2008 - All Sapphire x Rambo's puppies are in their new homes!
01/13/2008 - USCCS Winter Specialty Show - took puppies for socialization. What a good time!