Where Beauty & Function Go Paw In Paw...
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DCh Star Spangled Banner FCh, JOR aka Banner BabyNeuropathy Clear / NormalLike his auntie Jib, Banner is into everything! He is quite the personality! Banner was the first puppy born and weighed 1 lb 6 oz. That is huge for a greyhound newborn! When he was whelped, he hurt Abbey and she turned around to bite whatever it was that was hurting her. Laurel & I both blocked her from the puppy and, after he was out, she was fine and started cleaning & polishing him. After Banner, the rest of the pups were whelped fairly easily, except for Nampa. Abbey delivered him standing up. We had to catch him as he was born. Banner has a lot of his sire's mannerisms. He'll grab your hand and lead you somewhere. He's a funny, funny dog. Just last night, I was watching him with his brother, Nampa. Nampa was nitting Banner's ears and Banner squealed. When he squealed, Rob hollered at Nampa to "knock it off." Nampa stopped and was just standing there when Banner, started chomping on Nampa's feet. However, Rob didn't see the foot chomping and when Nampa retaliated, Banner again squealed, and Nampa again was chastised. LOL.... Banner just lay there on the floor, quietly thumping his tail with a big ol' greyhound grin on his face. The brat! Banner is a musician... He's a Gene Krupa wannabe. During the summer, we have small, plastic kiddie pools for the dogs out in the backyard. The hounds like to lay in them during hot weather. Well, the wind this past autumn blew Next thing he did, while still looking at the pool, was lean back on his haunches. He lifted his front feet off the ground, supporting himself with his back and haunches and started slapping the pool, drumming it, with his front feet! He couldn't support himself this way for long and as he put his front feet back on the ground, he got this big ol' goofy grin on his face and the tail was wagging again. After a minute or so, he did it again. LOL.... The boy is a musician! Banner is an American Kennel Club conformation champion and he has finished his AKC & ASFA lure coursing field championships. His first win in the breed ring came at the Coronado Kennel Club shows under noted saluki breeder judge, Sharon Bartosh Kinney. He garnered 2 points in that win with Rob showing him at the tender age of 16 months. The boy really shines in the coursing fields. On 19 Oct 2008, Banner went Best of Breed at the Albuquerque Whippet Fanciers Asso. October AKC lure coursing trial for a 5 point major win. The judges were Barb Ewing and Joel Brady. The next weekend, Banner competed in his first NOTRA racing event. Banner was awarded 1st place in greyhounds, a JOR leg, a SOR leg, ORC points. Not too bad for a first time entry. The following weekend, he competed in his first ASFA lure Now then, we wondered, does he have enough left after 4 runs to compete in Best in Field? Is it even remotely possible that our 16 month old greyhound could win the Regional, like his momma? We were about to find out. Banner drew a very hot running borzoi named Nitro (owner: Tom Golcher) and a good running Rhodesian Ridgeback, Finley. Nitro is fast - greyhound fast. Finley is a great running Ridgeback. Both are seasoned competitors. This could be interesting. It definitely would be a test of Banner's desire & ability. The hounds are slipped and it soon becomes clear it is a very, very fast run between Nitro & Banner. The two exchange leads and Banner makes a diving take attempt on the bag. He misses, rolls and comes up running. He has a lot of distance to make up on Nitro. He finds another gear and he's driving.... driving.... He's still behind but closing, inch by inch. Finally, near the end of the course, he passes Nitro and picks up the bag in his mouth! He's running with the bag! Then, the line breaks! The judges call it a course and now, we wait. The next course on the line is the afghan hound, Summer, and the Pharoah, Xena. Who will win? The winner was..... BANNER! I hope to have a picture of that win up soon. Not to let Banner rest on his laurels, I have been taking him hunting. As good as Banner is on the lure coursing field, he is better in the hunting field. I've been taking Banner to a ranch here in New Mexico and slipping him on blacktailed jackrabbits. He has learned much, including how to go under the bottom strand of a barbed wire fence. The last time I had him out, he and another greyhound, Gulliver, coursed a jack over a small gully and up a large, large hill. He & Gulliver put many turns and wrenches on the jack before disappearing over the crest of the hill. They both came back and were very happy dogs. The jackrabbit got away. In six events, Banner now has 1 2nd place finish and 5 first place wins. FLASH! April 2009 - Banner finishes his AKC field championship at the Albuquerque Whippet Fanciers lure course in Stanley, NM. FLASH! 5/10/2009 - Banner takes a 3 point major at the Rio Grande KC shows in Albuquerque, NM under judge Claire (Kitty) Steidel! FLASH! 7/12/2009 - Banner takes a 4 point major at the Roaring Fork KC shows in Eagle, CO under judge Helen Lee James! FLASH! 9/19/2009 - Banner finishes 2nd in Open at the Grand National lure course to finish his ASFA Field Championship! FLASH! 10/10/2009 - Banner goes WD/BW for a 3 point major at the Valencia Valley KC shows under judge Suzanne Dillin! FLASH! 10/18/2009 - Banner goes BIF at the AWFA lure course! FLASH! 10/25/2009 - Banner finishes his 4th JOR leg to become a Jr. Oval Racer! He also picked up his 8th ORC point. FLASH! 12/31/2009 - Banner finishes the AKC lure coursing season nationally breed ranked in a tie for 4th! FLASH! 1/1/2010 - Banner finishes the NOTRA season nationally ranked in a tie for #8 Greyhound! FLASH! 1/20/2010 - Banner finishes the NOFCA season with three 1sts in three events to be ranked as #5 greyhound! FLASH! 2/14/2010 - Banner picks up 2 points at the West TX KC show under judge Robert Boothe, finishing his AKC Dual Championship! FLASH! 6/5/2010 - Banner is High Point greyhound at RMBC NOTRA event over 8 greyhounds for 3 ORC points! FLASH! 11/13/2010 - Banner wins the ASFA National Greyhound Specialty lure course to take home the silver cup! FLASH! 11/14/2010 - Banner wins his first LGRA event over a total entry of 8 greyhounds for 3 GRC points! FLASH! 12/31/2010 - Banner finishes the NOFCA season nationally breed ranked in the Top Ten at #6 Greyhound! FLASH! 12/31/2010 - Banner finishes the NOTRA season nationally ranked in the Top Twenty at #18 Greyhound! FLASH! 2/19/2011 - Banner becomes a 200 point hound with NOFCA by finishing 3rd in the premier event for NOFCA -the Grand Course!
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Now, instead of always hearing "JIBLET!" ringing through the house, you are more likely to hear, "BANNER!" We laugh as it seems that it is always Banner. He's my heathen child, but what a talented child he is. Banner is exceedingly smart and he's very keen when it comes to running. The boy does not like any other dog to get ahead of him.
one of the pools upsidedown and we never turned it back over. The other day, I hear this drumming outside. I look out the kitchen window and I saw Banner by the pool. He was looking at it and his tail was slowly wagging. Hmmm.....
coursing event. On Saturday, he finished first in Open to win 24 points and a placement towards his FCh. We decided to flip a coin for the breed win with the owner of the #1 ASFA greyhound, Tally. Renata won the toss and Tally went Best of Breed. However, the points that Banner won by winning the Open stakes earned him a start in the next day's ASFA Region 3 Regional lure course. On Sunday, Banner again went 1st in Open stakes, allowing him to run for Best of Breed against, Tally, the winner of the Field Champion stakes. Tally & Banner ran in the breed stakes run off. The judges tied them. Oh geeez..... We came to the line again, and at the "Tally Ho!" both hounds were slipped. This time, Banner emerged victorious and won his first ASFA Best of Breed.