International All Breed KC. June 1998 Owner handler by Chuck Ringering. Photo by Bill Meyer)
In Memoriam. Across the Rainbow Bridge
Int CH Double Ring Cirrus: 2004 Runner’s Up to Top Producing Sire
Male
Born: Feb 5,1995
CIRRUS won a 4 point MAJOR and a 5 point MAJOR Supported Entry in Ohio from the Puppy class in 1995.
Cirrus won a GROUP 4th at only 11 months old under Thomas Gomez in a tough Working Group competition in Belleville, IL. in 1996!
2004 Kuvasz Runner’s Up to Top Producing Sire (with limited breeding at our small kennel) Three of his offspring became Champions in 2004.
SIRE: Ch Ringering’s Dutchman WM
DAM: Lofranco’s Sasha
Official Health Record
GDC7838H15GN GDC HIPS May 11 1996 May 13 1996 15 GOOD
KU-306 CERF Sep 8 1998 Sep 8 1998 * 43 TESTED: 98
KU-927G42M-T HIPS Aug 29 1998 Sep 9 1998 42 GOOD
KU-EL63M42-T ELBOW Aug 29 1998 Sep 9 1998 42 NORMAL
KU-PA15/42M/P-T PATELLA Aug 29 1998 Sep 9 1998 42 NORMAL – PRACTITIONER
KU-DNA-2/B DNA DATA BANK Jul 11 2006 Aug 2 2006 137 DNA Sample Donated for Canine Health Research
KU-PRA28/153M-PI-CAR PROGRESSIVE RETINAL ATROPHY Nov 7 2007 Apr 9 2008 153 GENOTYPIC CARRIER FOR prcd-PRA
Cirrus sired many outstanding children and grandchildren. You can find some of them listed on his official OFA page here.
Cirrus, A Special Dog
Cirrus is one of those special dogs who you just know is going to be awesome! Not when he was a baby… but I remember thinking that when I saw him at nine months old.
He finished his championship at only nine months, then won a Group placement at only eleven months old! Cirrus was seriously competitive at the breed level during the Kuvasz Specialty weekend in Harrisburg,PA. at the young age of only 14 months.
Cirrus’ owners were elderly and began having some health problems.
Cirrus came back to us after the death of his owner. He was two years old at the time.
Unfortunately, due to the health problems of his owners, his proper care was more than they could handle. He weighed only 82 lbs when we got him back — about 25 plus pounds underweight.
It took us a couple of years to get him back into prime condition.
He is 10 & 1/2 years old as I write this and, thankfully, still with us.
He has sired some awesome puppies, including Ch Double Ring Phairy Tale; Ch Double Ring Peterbilt; Ch Double Ring Oz the Magnificent; and some lovely youngsters from a recent litter out of Ch Double Ring Moonlight Serenade.
—Kathy
July 2005
