Fern is progressing towards her Grand Championship Certificate. She has a few of the 25 points needed and she is entered in the Sequoia KC dog show towards the end of this month. That is a four day show and if she does well, it will put her closer to her GCH certificate.

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The AKC started a Grand Championship Program for dogs that were shown and
finished as Champions. Extra time and money for everyone trying to get a
GCH on a dog. We have started Fern and Ivy on that path. Ivy has completed
all the tuff stuff and only needs a single point to be a GCH. Here is one
of her major accomplishments. It's a 5 point major and the Best of Opposite
award at the Santa Maria KC show in Ventura around the first of this July.
I've got two more pictures coming soon of the other majors that are required
for her GCH. Finishing as a GCH before Oct. 2012 will qualify her for the
Eukanuba National Dog Show in Florida later this year. I don't think we'll
go but after the Award of Merit she received in Wiconsin earlier this year
who knows.

I've got Fern entered in a 4 day show in Santa Barbara later this month.
We'll try to get her GCH too this year. 2012 will be a good year for us if
we can get both GCH's on Fern and Ivy. We'll have finished both as
Champions and both as GCH too. Maybe we'll have puppies from Fern too. She
could come into season later this year and I've got a boy friend all lined
out for her to be bred to. All good things. It could happen.

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Fern finished as a CH Easter weekend in Merced. I'm going to show her a couple more times in the "specials" class. I've entered her in shows before she finished so I thought I'd move her up in competition.