2022 NVBC Dogs of the Year Awards

Angel Award

Named after founding member Fred Angel, this award is presented to a NVBC member, exclusive of members of the Board of Directors, who is involved in Club activities and contributes time for the betterment of the club. The award is an engraved pewter cup. 

Robert Sawyer was selected as the 2022 Angel Award winner in recognition for his service at field trials and hunt tests. 

Dogs of the Year

Based on their competive performance records, NVBC recognizes “Dogs of the Year” in many areas. No dog can win this award more than two years in a row. Photographs of the winning dogs will be included in the annual club advertisement in the American Brittany Magazine. 

This year’s winners are: 

FIELD 

FC Piney Run Samantha of Hybrittin (Sammi)

      

Sami, owned Judy Cohen & Art Cohen

SHOW

GCHB CH Keili’s Hope Something to Talk About RI CAA DCAT CGC (Bonnie)

                        Bonnie, Owned by Jessica A. Sielawa & E. Susan Drazek

HUNT         

CH K Star Hope Pour Brewella SH (Brewella)

                        Brewella, Owned by Mary Kathy Shannon

AGILITY

   MACH6 Just Another Brit in the Wall RAE MXG2 PAD MJB3 MXF T2B2 SBN (Pink)

                        Pink, Janice Brunner, owner

RALLY

GCH CH AGCH MACH12 RACH Keili’s Goldstar Kir Royale CDX BN RM2 RAE3 JH MXB4 PDG MJG4 PJS MFC TQX T2B6 CA DCAT RATS CZ8B TKA (Kir)

                           Kir, Owned by E. Susan Drazek

           

 President's Cup

NVBC awards engraved, pewter President’s Cups to members in good standing whose dogs earned Championship and/or Master Hunter titles in the past year and offers engraving of additional Championship-level titles on previously awarded cups when provided.  The award period runs from November 1 to October 31.
 
Five new Champions received cups this year:

Field Champion	Sammi	Art and Judy Cohen
Champion	Sammi	Robert Sawyer
Champion	Red	Jason Warlick
Champion	Trudy	Jessica Sielawa (& Patricia John)
Champion	Tiki	Sue Drazek

Six dogs earned advanced Championship level titles:

Grand Champion Bronze	Bonnie	Jessica Sielawa & Sue Drazek
Agility Grand Champion	Simi	Jan Brunner
Preferred Agility Champion	Devine	Kathy McNeal
Master Agility CH 11 and 12, Rally Champion	Kir	Sue Drazek
MACH 4, 5, and 6	Pink	Jan Brunner
MACH 5	Cayenne	Jan Brunner

New Titles Recognition Program

New AKC titles are published in the annual NVBC Dogs of the Year advertisement in The American Brittany magazine. This year nine members of the Club earned 99 new titles on 15 different dogs. 

The numbers of members, titles, and dogs competing all increased from six members, 57 titles, and 12 dogs in the 2021 report.
 
Once again Agility titles outnumber all others with 61, including the Agility Grand Champion, six Master Agility Championships, and the Preferred Agility Champion mentioned above.  We also had 16 Rally titles, up from 11 the previous year and including a Rally Champion, and five Show titles, including a Grand Champion Bronze. 

 CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL!