(Ch. Blossom Hill Cutting Edge (Edge) x Am/Can Ch. Cassori Touch The Heart (Contessa) Kennedy is a tri factored sable merle smooth that stamps his head qualities and movement on his puppies!! His near flawless head helped him to win BISS and BPISS at the Canadian National in 2007 at the age of only 11 months. He then went on to win his class at the American National in March of 2008 and was pulled for WD out of 42 males. Kennedy finished his American championship in only 8 days, undefeated in the classes, with 4 BB wins over Specials and also 4 BOS wins over Specials. In Feb of 2009, he won his second Specialty. In April of 2009, at the American National, he placed 3rd in the HUGE stud dog class with his 2 baby daughters to represent him. This dog has it all! He has won in both the Specialty rings and the all-breed rings, proving he appeals to all judges.
Kennedy was shown lightly in Canada in 2009- a few weekends in the spring and a few again in the fall where he was awarded 3 group 1’s, 6 group 2’s, 3 group 3’s and 5 group 4’s which was enough to place him # 1 SMOOTH COLLIE IN CANADA!!!
Kennedy’s second litter was also born in August of 2009 courtesy of Ch. Blossom Hill Tamaron’s Promise (Jasmine). There were 3 boys, 1 smooth and 2 roughs. The smooth Howie (Tamaron’s Deal Or No Deal) and the rough Ryder (Tamaron’s Deal Me In) are here at Tamaron. The other rough boy Monte (Tamaron’s Let’s Make a Deal) is co-owned with Renee Holtkamp of RainyCreek Collies.
2010 started off with a bang with Kennedy winning his second consecutive ASSCA Specialty BB under judge Mike van Tassel in February and then a week later winning the Canadian National BOV for the second time!!! This win was under judge Barry Hastings. At his second all-breed show of the year, Kennedy won BEST IN SHOW under judge Leslie Rogers who said “you will go a long time before you see another smooth as nice as this!”. We traveled to sunny, hot California in March for the CCA National. Kennedy was very well recieved by fellow breeders but was not the National judges’ cup of tea. However, I did have to check a few people’s coats to make sure he was NOT under them when they left! It was a very long drive but worth every minute spent on the road.
Kennedy has some special girls coming to see him this year. Inquire about a breeding to or a puppy from this young, exciting dog.
