Where Beauty & Function Go Paw In Paw...
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Jib aka JibletJib is the greyhound pictured in the header. She is typical of the dogs that are bred by us: athletic, healthy, graceful and beautiful to behold. However.... " Jib is drop dead gorgeous and she has personality galore. She is a silly goose and very much a busy body. Jib is always into something and when she is, she is usually looking for something to 'collect'. She is a great collector of objects, which usually includes my favorite shoes. She is a trip! As a baby, Jib made her first greyhound 'kill' when she caught and killed a mouse! She is a superb mouser and snaps up flies, spiders, and other bugs in an instant. This has made her a great favorite here as I don't do bugs. Ugh! Jib's first points came when she was still in the puppy 9-12 month class. She went Best of Breed on Saturday and Best of Opposite Sex on Sunday, both days over older bitches, to get the points. That was just a precursor of what was to come. At the huge San Antonio cluster on July 10, 2003 at age 14 months, Jib took her first major worth 4 points from the Bred By Exhibitor class. The judge was the noted Miss Dorothy M. MacDonald. The next day, under judge Bettie Krause, she went Reserve Winners Bitch. On the 3rd day, she was in the ribbons with a 2nd place in BBX. However, on day 4 - July 13, she again went Winners Bitch under judge Richard Bauer. Unfortunately, the major broke and the win was only worth 2 points. Hey! Points are points! Jib finished her breed ring title easily, before 2 years of age, with majors from Mr. Nelson Huber in February 2004 and Mike (Michele) Billings in March 2004 at the supported entry for the Fort Worth Kennel Club show. In September 2004, judge George Heitzman awarded her a Group 4 at the Sangre de Cristo Kennel Club shows. In March 2005, she earned an Award of Merit from noted greyhound breeder judge, Mr. George S. Bell, at the Greyhound Club of America's Southern Specialty. And, due to finishing the year as one of the Top Twenty greyhounds in the country, she received an invite to the 2006 Eukanuba National Only recently, Jib has started with a behavior that her dam, Feather, used to do. If she doesn't want to do something, she'll roll over on her back, showing her belly in a rather submissive gesture. It is most embarrassing and she only does it if there are other people around! She doesn't do it when it is only us. Danged bitch! She's a pistol! She's good and she knows it. In addition to a very good show career, Jiblet has two lure coursing field championships. Like B.J., she showed her versatility by winning Best of Breed in the conformation ring at the Shawnee, OK shows and then winning Best of Breed at the concurrent lure course. We got our exercise that day... running from the ring to the lure course... running from the lure course to the group ring.... running from the group ring to the lure course.... Should have seen us in the group ring... she had grass stains on her hocks! They were green! She did get a pull in the group, but not a placement. After the group ring and running back to the coursing field, Jib went Best In Field (BIF). Other than Jib & B.J., I really do not know of any other greyhounds with this kind of versatility and ability! Over the past 4 years, Jib has also been competing in open field hunting. She's good and she has shown a great deal of endurance, running long, long courses after the wily black tailed jack rabbit. Some of her courses are two minutes and some have approached three minutes in length. She's very strong. Jib has all of her placements and credits towards a NOFCA open field title, including a win over some of the top greyhounds in the country: Point Breeze Lionheart and Lady MacBeth. She also has points towards a TCC field title. In all that running, she's held up exceptionally well, sustaining her first injury, a toe, last year in the run that earned her a berth in NOFCA's version of the International Invitational, the Grand Course. Jib truly shows that beauty and function go together. Jib is an outstanding hound and she is everything for which I hoped. She is one of our Sailing Litter. A joy with which to live with tons of personality, one couldn't ask for a better bitch. She's going to be a tough act to follow. However, we are looking towards having a litter out of her. She has been health screened for hip dysplasia, thyroid conditions and cardiac abnormalities, passing all her clearances with flying colors! (Hmmm.... puppy name? Flying Colors?) Her health clearances can be found on the OFA website - HERE! Our hopes to have a litter out of Jib died with her when she had a running accident in the backyard and died in February 2010. We are devastated by her loss and she is very missed. It has been only recently that I've been able to think about her without crying. Run free my lovely Girly Girl.
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JIBLET!!!!" If I only had a penny for each time...
Championship show held in Long Beach, CA.