NORMAN
MBISS GCHG Snowy Mountains Norman Invasion at Redrock RN CGC WPDX RATI ROM
2014 - 2022
AKC Top 10 Breed & All-Breed GSMD Five Years in a Row
The #3 Breed and #3 All-Breed GSMD in 2020 (AKC All-Systems)
2018 Westminster Kennel Club Best of Breed | 2018 National Specialty Top 20 People's Choice
5x Best in Show Specialty | 2017 National Specialty Select Dog | Multiple Group Placing
AKC Top 10 Breed & All-Breed GSMD Five Years in a Row
The #3 Breed and #3 All-Breed GSMD in 2020 (AKC All-Systems)
2018 Westminster Kennel Club Best of Breed | 2018 National Specialty Top 20 People's Choice
5x Best in Show Specialty | 2017 National Specialty Select Dog | Multiple Group Placing
Hiking toward his Working Pack Dog Excellent (WPDX) title - Antelope Island, UT, January 2019
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Bred By: Norman & DaLena Christensen, Snowy Mountain Farms
Whelped: August 12, 2014 Sire: GCH Cordillera's Journeyman Kai CGC NWPD ROM Dam: GCH Snowy Mountain's Echo RN, NDD, TKN, CGC, ROM AKC: WS480691013 OFA Health Clearances
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Champion and Major-Pointed Offspring
- Silver GCH Blue Hills Not a Tame Lion "Fledge" (Llark 1)
- GCH Blue Hills Once A King of Narnia CGC TKN "Koa" (Llark 1)
- CH S'rendi's Oh The Places You'll Go "Turtle" (Raven)
- CH Blue Hills Dammit Jim "Kona" (Zuri)
- CH Blue Hills Outta Your Vulcan Mind NWPD "Louise" (Zuri)
- CH Blue Hills Warp Speed RI, CGC, TKN, NWPD, HCT-S, RATI "Phoenix" (Zuri)
- CH Blue Hills Beam Me Up Scotty "Baloo" (Zuri)
- CH Houha-Redrock Right Said Fred at Altitude IT CGC "Fred" (Mae)
- CH Aegis Nevertheless She Persisted "Smudge" (Eden)
- CH Dahlgren's The Mighty Quinn CGCA CGCU ATT TKI VHMA "Quinnie" (Xena)
- CH Blue Hills Lang May Yer Lum Reek "Cooper" (Llark 2)
- Jr. CH of Macedonia/CH of Montenegro/Open CH of Poland & Austria, Pine Grove's Sugar Daddy "Tyrion" (Honey)
- S'rendi's Hop On Pop WWDS ACE4-Platinum "JoJo" (Raven)
- Pine Grove's 5th Avenue "Roxy" (Honey)
- Blue Hills Up to High Doh at S'rendi "Bronwyn" (Llark 2)
- Blue Hills Courage Dear Heart "Hwin" (Llark 1)
- Pine Grove's 100 Grand "Cash" (Honey)
- Houha's Don't Know How U Do the Voodoo That U Do (Delilah)
Litters Sired
- "Raven" - CH S'rendi's Quoth The Raven 'Nevermore' at Dahlgren (February 17, 2017) (9 total; boys, girls)
- "Zuri" - Blue Hill's The Bard's Ophelia NWPD (June 28, 2017) (11 total; 5 boys, 6 girls)
- "Eden" - MBISS GCHS Aegis Say No More (11/9/2017) (7 total; 3 boys, 4 girls)
- "Mae" - CH Houha Come Up And See Me Sometime (2/14/2018) (2 boys)
- "Llark 1" - CH Blue Hill's Faerie Queen Mellark (4/24/2018) (8 total; 5 boys, 3 girls)
- "Alice 1" - CH Remington's Pride To The Moon Alice (4/3/2019) (2 boys)
- "Llark 2" - CH Blue Hill's Faerie Queen Mellark (7/30/2019) (10 total; 5 boys, 5 girls)
- "Xena" - CH S'Rendi's Nothing Else Matters At Dahlgren WWD WWDX WWDS ACE-Platinum (10/4/2019) (2 total; 1 boy, 1 girl)
- "Honey" - CH Houha's Dolcezza At Pine Grove CGC TKI (10/15/2019) (10 total; 5 boys, 5 girls)
- "Delilah" - Houha's U Got The Look v Altitude (7/12/2020) (1 girl)
- "Alice 2" - CH Remington's Pride To The Moon Alice (12/28/2020) (1 boy)
Show and Working Highlights
2021
2020
Finished 2020 as the AKC #3 Breed and #3 All-Breed GSMD, showing only nine weekends in the COVID-abbreviated season. This marks Norman's fifth straight year as a Top 10 AKC Breed and All-Breed Swissy, as always showing with his partner and friend, Kyle Hennefer.
2019
Finished 2019 as the AKC #5 Breed and #3 All-Breed GSMD, with multiple competitive Working Group placements and a fifth Best in Show Specialty win.
2018
Finished 2018 as the AKC #10 Breed and #6 All-Breed GSMD, with multiple competitive Working Group placements and a fourth Best in Show Specialty win.
2017
Finished 2017 as the AKC #5 Breed and #4 All-Breed GSMD, with multiple competitive Working Group placements and a third Best in Show Specialty win.
2016
Finished 2016 as the AKC #6 Breed, #5 All-Breed and #2 Owner-Handled GSMD, with multiple competitive Working Group placements and National Owner Handled Series Working Group wins, and two Best in Show Specialty wins.
- December 2021: Finished the year as the #25 AKC Breed GSMD, with only one weekend showing. Three of those days Best of Breed, one Select Dog. It was fun to play with Kyle.
- July 2021: Daughter Quinnie's new AKC championship (CH Dahlgren's The Mighty Quinn CGCA CGCU ATT TKI VHMA) designates Norman as a Register of Merit dog, with 10 AKC champion offspring and more to come.
2020
Finished 2020 as the AKC #3 Breed and #3 All-Breed GSMD, showing only nine weekends in the COVID-abbreviated season. This marks Norman's fifth straight year as a Top 10 AKC Breed and All-Breed Swissy, as always showing with his partner and friend, Kyle Hennefer.
2019
Finished 2019 as the AKC #5 Breed and #3 All-Breed GSMD, with multiple competitive Working Group placements and a fifth Best in Show Specialty win.
- AKC Rally Novice (RN) obedience title, May 2019
- GSMD Club of America Working Pack Dog Excellent (WPDX) title, April 2019
Earned by completing 10 8-10 mile hikes carrying 20% body weight, or ~26 lbs.
Altogether, Norman completed 19 official hikes over 162 miles, carrying more than 25 lbs, to earn his three pack dog titles. - AKC Gold Grand Championship title, February 2019
- Best in Show Specialty #5 and Working Group 2 – GSMDCA Sweetheart Specialty, February 2019
Sun Maid Kennel Club of Fresno, Fresno CA (Judge Mrs. Christie Martinez)
2018
Finished 2018 as the AKC #10 Breed and #6 All-Breed GSMD, with multiple competitive Working Group placements and a fourth Best in Show Specialty win.
- Best in Show Specialty #4 – Golden Gate GSMDC Specialty
Del Valle Dog Club of Livermore, Pleasanton CA (Judge Mr. Bob Busby), October 2018 - Award of Merit – GSMDCA Western Regional Specialty
Del Valle Dog Club of Livermore, Pleasanton CA (Judge Mr. Dana P. Cline), October 2018 - National Specialty Top 20 People's Choice Award
GSMD Club of America National Specialty, Farmington, UT, September 2018 - First Place, Stud Dog – with Kona (Zuri), Baloo (Zuri), and Smudge (Eden)
GSMD Club of America Independent Specialty, Farmington, UT (Judge Ms. Helene Nietsch), September 2018 - Barn Hunt Instinct (RATI) title, Barn Hunt Association, Casper, WY, July 2018
- Westminster Kennel Club Best of Breed (Judge Mr. Ken J. Murray), February 2018
2017
Finished 2017 as the AKC #5 Breed and #4 All-Breed GSMD, with multiple competitive Working Group placements and a third Best in Show Specialty win.
- Best in Show Specialty #3 – Golden Gate GSMDC Specialty
Del Valle Dog Club of Livermore, Pleasanton CA (Judge Mrs. Sharon C. Smith), October 2017 - Best of Opposite Sex in Show Specialty – GSMDCA Western Regional Specialty
Del Valle Dog Club of Livermore, Pleasanton CA (Judge Mr. William P. Shelton), October 2017 - Award of Merit, Supported Entry – Golden Gate GSMD Club
Skyline Dog Fanciers of San Mateo County, Pleasanton CA (Judge Mrs. Paula Nykiel), October 2017 - Award of Merit, Designated Specialty – GSMD Club of the Rockies
Bonneville Basin Kennel Association, Farmington, UT (Judge Joe Lobb), September 2017 - GSMD Club of America Working Pack Dog (WPD) title, July 2017
Earned by completing five 8-10 mile hikes carrying 20% body weight, or ~26 lbs - AKC Silver Grand Championship title, June 2017
- Select Dog, GSMDCA National Specialty
Bethlehem PA, May2017 (Breeder-Judge Mrs. Catherine O. Cooper) - AKC Herding Tested (HT) qualifying leg, May 2017
- Select Dog, GSMDCA Designated Specialty, January 2017
Cascade GSMD Club / Dog Fanciers Association of Oregon, Portland, OR (Judge Ms. Marjorie Martorella)
2016
Finished 2016 as the AKC #6 Breed, #5 All-Breed and #2 Owner-Handled GSMD, with multiple competitive Working Group placements and National Owner Handled Series Working Group wins, and two Best in Show Specialty wins.
- GSMD Club of America Novice Working Pack Dog (NWPD) title, December 2016
Earned by completing four 8-10 mile hikes carrying 20% body weight, or ~25 lbs - Best in Show Specialty #2 and Working Group 3 – Golden Gate GSMDC Specialty, October 2016
Del Valle Dog Club of Livermore, Pleasanton CA (Judges Mrs. Joan M. Zielinski & Ms. Judith Ann Smith) - Best in Show Specialty #1 and Working Group 4 – GSMDCA Western Regional Specialty, October 2016
Del Valle Dog Club of Livermore, Pleasanton CA (Judge Mr. Robert L. Vandiver) - AKC Herding Instinct Test (HIT) qualifying leg, September 2016
- AKC Bronze Grand Championship title, September 2016
Mostly owner-handled, with all major wins/CH defeated - AKC Grand Championship title, April 2016
Owner-handled grand championship, over four show weekends with all major wins/CH defeated - AKC Championship title, January 2016
Owner-handled championship, over three show weekends with four major wins