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NORMAN
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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
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
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Hiking toward his Working Pack Dog Excellent (WPDX) title - Antelope Island, UT, January 2019
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
  • CHIC #117569
  • Excellent hips
  • Normal elbows
  • Normal shoulders
  • Normal eyes (2019)
  • Normal patella
  • Normal cardiac
  • Normal thyroid (2020)
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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)
  • GCH Blue Hills Warp Speed RI, CGC, TKN, BCAT, NWPD, HCT-S, RATI "Phoenix" (Zuri)
  • GCH Dahlgren's The Mighty Quinn CGCA CGCU ATT TKI VHMA "Quinnie"  (Xena)
  • 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 Beam Me Up Scotty "Baloo" (Zuri)
  • CH Houha-Redrock Right Said Fred at Altitude RI IT CGC "Fred" (Mae)
  • CH ​Aegis Nevertheless She Persisted "Smudge" (Eden)
  • CH Blue Hills Lang May Yer Lum Reek "Cooper" (Llark 2)​
  • CH Blue Hills Courage Dear Heart CGC TKN "Hwin" (Llark 1)
  • CH S'rendi's Hop On Pop WWDS ACE4-Platinum "JoJo"  (Raven)
  • CH Blue Hills Up to High Doh at S'rendi "Bronwyn" (Llark 2)
  • Jr. CH of Macedonia/CH of Montenegro/Open CH of Poland & Austria, Pine Grove's Sugar Daddy "Tyrion" (Honey)
  • ​Pine Grove's 5th Avenue "Roxy" (Honey)
  • 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
  • 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.
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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)
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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
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​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)
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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
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