Color: Tri
SofieRitz has had an amazing start to her show career — multiple Best of Winners, Specialty Bred by Exhibitor & Reserve WB wins — and she is still a puppy!
Great weekend for Athercroft Cavaliers:
Best of Breed x3 – BISS GCHS Athercroft Love My Jimmy Chews CGC (Daisy)- new Silver Grand Champion!
Best of Winners – CH Athercroft Praise The Lourdes (Sophie Ritz) – new AKC champion
Winners Dog x3 – Just Dressed To Impress of Gillbrook (Bradley)
Best of Winners x2 – Athercroft Where There’s A Willow There’s A Way (Bubbles)
Winners Dog – Athercroft Sleeping With The Anemone (Nemo)
[Pictured left-to-right: Bradley, Daisy, Bubbles]
Athercroft Cavaliers had a wonderful weekend at the Charleston KC and Palmetto CKCSC Specialties. Everyone a winner! 
Champion Select Bitch – Charleston KC, Judge Tim Catterson, Best Veteran in Sweepstakes – Palmetto CKCSC, Judge Bonnie Ressler James, Best Opposite – Charleston KC, Judge Nancy Haffner Smith, Best Veteran in Show and Champion Select Bitch – Palmetto CKCSC, Judge Erica Venier
Winners Bitch (major) – Charleston KC, Judge Nancy Haffner Smith
Best Senior Puppy in Show – Palmetto CKCSC, Judge Bonnie Ressler James
Best of Opposite Puppy in Sweeps – Palmetto CKCSC, Judge Bonnie Ressler James
Winners Dog (major) – Palmetto CKCSC, Judge Erica Venier
Our 10-month-old puppy, SofieRitz (CH Pascavale Bijou x Jayba Bombshell Babe) was honored by being awarded first place in the Bred by Exhibitor Bitch class BOTH days at the Badgerland Cavalier Specialty!! The icing on the cake was being awarded Reserve Winners Bitch on Sunday! Our thanks to judge Barbara Goodkind Pepper.
AWreatha (Dual GCH Athercroft Wine A Bit, Yule Feel Better) continues her winning ways with back-to-back Best of Breed wins and a Toy Group 4 in Marion, Ohio. Not to be outdone, puppy Ritz (Athercroft Praise The Lourdes), her first time in the ring, takes Reserve and Winners Bitch for two points.
July 29-30, 2017
Judges – John Wade & Jeff Bezell
