Foxbarton Taittinger JW ShCM AW(B) ~ IRCC (Blaze)

Sh. Ch. Caristan Moet Chandon JW x Foxbarton Lady In Waiting JW ShCM CDex
D.O.B. 31.8.2007 ~ Hips 5:2 ~ KC Stud Book Number 0946CT
Genetically Normal for CEA/CH, CL & TNS ~ Glaucoma Graded: 0 ~ BAER Hearing Tested Normal

Blaze Aged 2 Years

Best Working In Show - Southern Border Collie Club 2013
BEST IN SHOW - SOUTHERN BORDER COLLIE CLUB NOV 2011
RES BEST IN SHOW - WEST OF ENGLAND BC CLUB SHOW 2010
BEST IN SHOW - WESSEX BC CLUB SHOW 2009
BORDER COLLIE CLUB of GREAT BRITAIN TOP PUPPY 2008
Top Show Dog 2008 - Wessex BC Club
Top Puppy 2008 - West of England BC Club
Reserve Challenge Certificate - City of Birmingham Championship Show 2008
JUNIOR WARRANT AT 8 MONTHS OF AGE
Qualified for Crufts for life
Qualified for Puppy of The Year 2008 & Border Collie of The Year 2008
Holder of the Kennel Club Gold Good Citizens Award
Crufts 2009 - VHC under Stella Clark

Holder of the Border Collie Silver Utility Award (for)
Reliability ~ Agility ~ Flyball ~ Nosework ~ Conformation ~ KC Gold Good Citizens Award

Agility Training with Val H.

Blaze is my Fizz's baby brother, born after a repeat mating of Moet with my Bliss. The Hawker family fell in love with him before he opened his eyes and he lives with Paul and Val and their two daughters and is the light of their life.

I saw Blaze regularly after they took him home, and soon asked Val if she’d like me to get him qualified for Crufts, just for fun, so I began taking him to Ringcraft classes, while Val took him for Puppy Socialisation and then Companion Dog Training classes, where he proved to be a super boy, coming 1st, with Grade A, in his end of term tests in the Beginners, Intermediate and the Advanced classes.

I began to show Blaze as soon as he turned 6 months, and he qualified for Crufts first time out, winning Minor Puppy Dog and going Res Best Puppy In Show, at the Border Collie Club Of GB Championship Show, under judge Eric Broadhurst. That win also qualified him for Puppy Of The Year, and set the scene for Blaze's wonderful year in the ring.

1st Minor Puppy Dog & Res Best Puppy Dog In Show - Border Collie Club of Great Britain Ch Show 2008
1st Puppy Dog & Res Best Puppy Dog In Show - Southern Border Collie Club Ch Show 2008
1st Minor Puppy Dog & 1st Puppy Dog - WELKS Ch Show 2008
1st Minor Puppy Dog, 1st Puppy Dog and
BEST PUPPY IN SHOW ~ East Anglian Border Collie Club Ch Show 2008
1st Puppy Dog - National Dog Show 2008
1st Maiden Dog - Southern Counties Ch Show 2008
1st Puppy Dog & BEST PUPPY DOG - Three Counties Ch Show 2008
1st Puppy Dog - Windsor Ch Show 2008
1st Graduate Dog - South Wales Ch Show 2008
1st Puppy Dog & 1st Junior Dog - Bournemouth Ch Show 2008
1st Puppy Dog & 1st Graduate Dog - City of Birmingham Ch Show 2008
1st Graduate Dog - Ladies Kennel Association Ch Show 2008
1st Graduate Dog - Southern BC Club Ch Show 2009
1st Yearling Dog - East Anglian BC Club Ch Show 2009
1st Yearling Dog - Southern Counties Ch Show 2009

BEST PUPPY IN SHOW - Kensington Canine Society 2008
BEST PUPPY IN SHOW - Sussex Pet Rescue CD Show

Blaze went BEST PUPPY IN SHOW, under Pam Harris, at the East Anglian BC Club Championship show, and at Kensington Canine Society, he went Best of Breed, won the Pastoral Group, and went BEST PUPPY IN SHOW, under judge, Patricia Clayton.

Blaze qualified for Crufts on no less than 30 occasions, which is quite some achievement, and gained enough points to become the 2008 BORDER COLLIE CLUB OF GB TOP PUPPY. At his final Champ show as a puppy, City of Birmingham, under judge Robin Newhouse, Blaze went Best Puppy In Breed, and took the Res Challenge Certificate, (96 dogs,) making him the youngest dog to qualify for Border Collie Of The Year 2009.

Blaze has had lots of excellent critiques – after awarding him Best of Breed at Thames Valley, judge Nina Rowlands wrote: "One of the most fabulous Border Collies I have ever had the pleasure of judging, every inch a male. The most keen, alert expression, skull fairly broad and equal in length to foreface, ample stop, beautiful dark eye, correct earset with ears carried semi-erect. Strong muzzle and correct scissor bite, muscular neck, very well laid shoulders. Ideal size for a male, with good substance, deep ribcage, in excellent hard condition, so well muscled, so soundly constructed, movement was an absolute pleasure to watch. Very "fit for function". Best of Breed, Best Puppy."

By now, Val had really caught the showing bug herself, so she began handling classes, practicing on Bliss and Fizz, and finally took Blaze's lead after Crufts 2009. She handled Blaze to win the Pastoral Group at Horsham, and then to BEST IN SHOW, under Richard Lucas, at the Wessex BC Club Show. Sadly I was judging myself, and missed seeing that, but I was there when Blaze went Best Dog and RES BEST IN SHOW at West of England BC Show, under Pete Simmons. Brilliant!

Not content with just showing, Val began agility training with Blaze in June 2009, and at just her 3rd Agility Show, in June 2010, Blaze got 6th place in Grade 1 Agility at Axstane, out of 130 entries. Val has also trained Blaze to be a very versatile dog, and they joined me with Bliss, Fizz and Bonny at the Midlands BC Club Utility Day, where Blaze passed 6 disciplines, to become the holder of the Border Collie Silver Utility Certificate. I'm so proud of both Val and Blaze – fantastic achievements all round, especially when I remember that when we first met, the Hawkers only came to get a pet puppy from me.

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Pedigree of Foxbarton Taittinger JW ShCM AW(B)