Sera taking GROUP 4th at the 2001 AKC Eukanuba Classic Invitational, Orlando FL.
Champion Double Ring Moonlight Serenade was the first Kuvasz to win a prestigious Group placement at the AKC Eukanuba Invitational
Sera also took BOS- Best of Opposite Sex – Feb, 2003, at the world famous Westminster Kennel Club show in NYC.
Judge: Mr. Stanley S. Saltzman. Owner Handled by Chuck Ringering. (photo by Greg.)
SERA winning GROUP 1 (Aug. 12, 2001) at the Greater Hickory K.C.
Sera proved she STILL had what it takes to take home TWO GROUP 3’s on September 10-11, 2005.
aka Sera
Female
BORN: Dec 4 1999
SIRE: Int/Am Ch Double Ring-Valars Hu Dante CHIC
DAM: Ch Double Ring Echoechoecho
2007
Sera was handled at the 2007 National Specialty Show by 14 year-old Junior Handler, Ashley Resener. Ashley and Sera pulled off a really big win (May 27) under Judge Charlotte Clem McGowan, by going BEST OF BREED.
BEST VETERAN (May 25) under Judge William Cunningham.
BEST OPPOSITE SEX VETERAN IN KCA Sweepstakes (May 24) under Judge Dore Engstrom
2003
Sera (Champion Double Ring Moonlight Serenade) was semi-retired from the show ring in February, 2003. We decided to have a little fun with her, so off we went to the dog shows on Sept 10th & 11th in Belleville, Illinois.
TWO Working Group III’s later, Sera (at almost 6 years-old) proved she hasn’t lost her magic touch and showy figure after whelping two litters of puppies during her hiatus from the ring. (And it’s only been about 5 months since her last litter!)
A great big thank you goes to judges Norman Herbel and Pat Hastings for honoring Sera with Working Group placements.
Official Health Records
GDC18892H13AN GDC HIPS Jan 5 2001 Jan 5 2001 13 ACCEPTABLE
KU-PA42/25F/P-PI PATELLA Jan 29 2002 Mar 29 2002 25 NORMAL – PRACTITIONER
KU-TH34/25F-PI THYROID Jan 29 2002 Mar 29 2002 25 NORMAL
KU-1069F25F-PI HIPS Jan 29 2002 Apr 1 2002 25 FAIR
KU-EL123F25-PI ELBOW Jan 29 2002 Apr 1 2002 25 NORMAL
KU-413 CERF Oct 17 2005 Oct 17 2005 * 70 TESTED: 05
KU-PRA53/102F-PI-BP PROGRESSIVE RETINAL ATROPHY Jun 6 2008 Jun 9 2008 102 NORMAL/CLEAR, BY PARENTAGE
See her official OFA page here
“Sera” at the 2001 AKC Eukanuba Invitational Classic Show
One of the highlights of our conformation show career in Kuvasok was the day our “Sera” competed at the prestigious Eukanuba Classic.
Sera had only been seriously into her show career for about six months when she went to the AKC Eukanuba Classic Invitational. The Classic is by invitation only, and invitations are based on breed point wins.
Unfortunately, I had to work, so Sera went off to the show in Florida with her handler, Rhanda Glenn.
I anxiously watched the AKC website for any news from the show. Fortunately, my boss was a very tolerant dog person himself! I waited impatiently for the call to tell me how the Kuvasz breed judging went.
Finally the call came. Sera had won Best of Breed Kuvasz!
The Working Group competition was going to be that evening.
For those who do not understand dog shows…
First, the dog has to be chosen as the Best of Breed to be eligible to show in their respective group. The Kuvasz is part of the Working Group.
Next, all of the Best of Breed winners meet to compete in their respective groups: the Herding, Sporting, Toy, Terrier, Hound and Non-Sporting groups. Of course, we were mostly interested in the Working Group.
I had been watching the other Best of Breed winners on my computer all day. All were top winning dogs with multiple Best in Show wins.
Competition was going to be really tough, but we would at least get to see Sera briefly on TV when they aired the show.
A friend of ours had traveled to Florida to see the show and stayed to watch the Group judging that night. She surprised me with a phone call during the Working Group judging.
The judge was Roger Hartinger. I could hear some of the loud speaker noise in the background as they introduced each of the dogs. She filled me in on what I was missing.
He began making his “cut” (meaning he was pulling out several dogs for additional consideration). There are only four placements available, but he had pulled out several dogs from the group. Sera was one of those!
All I could think of at the time was that we would see more of her on TV.
After he moved the dogs a second time, he pulled out his Group 1st winner. I could hear the loud speaker and my friend, Jo, was confirming who he had chosen. I heard the Group 2nd winner and I heard the Group 3rd winner. Then everyone started screaming and stomping!
Jo was screaming into the phone and I couldn’t understand what she was saying. My husband was home with me and asked me what was going on. I told him I didn’t have a clue. There was so much screaming going on that I didn’t know what had happened. Jo kept screaming at me and I kept telling her I couldn’t understand.
Finally, a friend who had accompanied her to the show took the phone from her and FINALLY told me that Sera had won the Group 4th! All I could do was cry.
My husband was still sitting here trying to find out what had happened. It still brings tears to my eyes to think about it.
All of the screaming came from the crowd around them. For some of them had decided on Sera as their favorite. For others, they had picked up that Jo was talking to Sera’s breeder/owner and the excitement was contagious.
It was one of the greatest memories I have from our dog show history and I was still in my own living room! I don’t think it could have been any more exciting if I had been there in the bleachers!
I will always think about, and appreciate, that timely phone call from Jo Stubbs.
—Kathy OO
