{"id":3052,"date":"2022-03-15T15:00:25","date_gmt":"2022-03-15T22:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hotchin.net\/WordPress\/?p=3052"},"modified":"2022-03-28T21:20:25","modified_gmt":"2022-03-29T04:20:25","slug":"charley-is-uks-top-welsh-terrier-puppy-for-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.hotchin.net\/WordPress\/2022\/03\/15\/charley-is-uks-top-welsh-terrier-puppy-for-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Charley is UK’s Top Welsh Terrier Puppy for 2021!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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<\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Knowlelion Skys The Limit (Charley) was awarded #1 Welsh Terrier Puppy in the UK for 2021!\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Owned jointly by Alexandra O’Connell and Larisa Hotchin, she was bred by Ms. Rachel Pearce and Mr. David Hughes (England), and Mr. & Mrs. Sinclair (Ireland).<\/p>\n

Charley lives with and is loved by my good friend, Alexandra and her family – Letoha Terriers.\u00a0<\/a> They also have Chloe’s litter brother, Xander (whom I wrote about in a previous news post)<\/a>.\u00a0 From Alexandra:<\/p>\n

“Miss Charley is the sweetest, snuggliest, and most enjoyable Welsh Terrier that she has ever met.”\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

This makes me very happy, especially since I have waited a few years for this particular breeding to happen.\u00a0 Her sire is one of my special dogs that I raised.\u00a0 Bruce was a very loving, fun, easy to train and sweet boy when he left Canada …. a dog that stole every heart that met him, and has a tail that never stops wagging!\u00a0 It appears that these wonderful traits were passed down to his beautiful daughter, Charley.<\/p>\n

Charley’s sire, Bruce,\u00a0 CH Darwyn Knowlelion Special Brew<\/a>, was bred by myself here in Canada, and exported to England in 2016.\u00a0 Bruce’s sire, Mickey, is one of Larisa’s top dogs (both show dogs and stud dogs, producing winners of significance) – RBIS American Grand CH & Can CH Darwyn’s Sorcerer’s Apprentice<\/a>.\u00a0 Mickey also has that wonderful, fun, enjoyable and super temperament.<\/p>\n

An exciting thing is that Bruce was also awarded a top award for 2021 — the TOP STUD DOG AWARD in the UK<\/a> !<\/strong><\/p>\n

Charley’s dam is also a beautiful, and special, girl.\u00a0 She’s UK champion Knowlelion Midnight Sky<\/a>.<\/p>\n

We are all very proud of Charley’s awards, as well as being very proud of Alexandra herself.\u00a0 She has learned the craft of hand-stripping and presentation of the breed, a very specialized art, in order to gain these awards as an owner-handler.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Well done Alexandra and Charley!<\/em><\/strong>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column]

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Charley was awarded 2 CC’s and a Reserve CC in 2021!<\/h3>\n

[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Charley’s Championship Certificate, ‘CC’, awards in the UK are really exciting, for many reasons.<\/p>\n

She is conditioned, trained and presented by her owner, Mrs. Alexandra O’Connell.\u00a0 CCs are hard to get in England, especially for someone new to dog showing.<\/p>\n

Why?<\/em>
\nIn the UK, champions compete directly with the non-champions for the Championship Certificates (CC’s).\u00a0 In the rest of the world, champions compete in a separate champions class.\u00a0 The UK has very few championship shows, compared with most other countries in the world, and not every championship show offers a CC for the breed (that oddity is for another discussion).\u00a0 The UK is also much smaller, geographically, than Canada and the US.<\/p>\n

SO …<\/p>\n