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Photos of Specials Class at 2010 ABTC National Specialty, Pottsboro Texas May 1 2010

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Links to the entrants' galleries are below. The links will open in a separate window. Click the thumbnails to enlarge. Photos are copyrighted - permission must be granted for use. These are cropped candid shots taken hand-held in contrasty lighting with high ISO to stop action (including but not limited to my own shaky hands, bumping into people, dogs jumping up etc) As such they are not "portrait quality" and print quality cannot be assured. If, knowing that, you would like any prints or JPGS for printing please contact me at sunfiretervs@comcast.net for information.



Best of Breed: Blackwater Peleton Current Affair
Best of Opposite Sex: Darbosheas True Colors
Best of Winners: Blackwaters All In
Winners Dog and Select: Blackwaters Awake In A Dream
1st Place Veteran 8-10 years and Select: Blackwaters Side Kick
Select: StarBright Casino Royale
Select: Blackwater Peloton A Fine Affair
Select: Corsini Jean Marc
Select: Blackwaters Criminal Defense
Select: Hi Clearings Zohra
Select: Just Say No Toujours Jeune
Select: Matilde of Anduin
Select: Sanroyales Devils Delight
Select: Blackwater Avant Le Peloton
1st place Veteran bitches 8-11 yrs: Blackwaters Simply Smashing
1st place Veteran dogs 11 yrs and older: Arlequin Cajun BlackFyre
1st place Veteran bitches 11 yrs and older: Epris Poetic License
1st place Herding Titled Dogs: Winjammers I Nou Ewed Luv Me
1st place Herding Titled Bitches: Blackwaters Ashley At JuVan
The remaining Champions as they showed, in catalog order:
MALES
 StarBright Summerstorm Uturn
Tacaras Bayberry Bret
LandmarkMontage Puppeteer
Red Alert of Anduin
Kazwick Bonheur Wyld Fyre
Sanroyales Pardon My Gun
StarBright Titanium
StarBright Wild Isle
Flynn De Fair Laffair
StarBright Summerstorm U! Run
Skylark Pathfinder Sunstone
Alaric Du Garde Noir
Oneida's Start Me Up
StarBright Storm Warning
Easy of the Home Port
O-Tahn-Agons Fusion
Miameka Guardian of Life
Sidekicks Memory of Villa Roma
Arlequin In Hot Pursuit
MiaMeka Life of The Warrior King
StarBright No Limit
Arlequin Lone Star Cowboy Cody
Cinema Silver Streak In Bloom
Bilgay's Fly N High
Pathfinder StarBright Ziegler
Zane Grey of Anduin
Tacara's Racelon Rembrandt
Targhee Roulet Stand By Me
River!Run Lock'N Load
Mon Ami Mythical Journey
Blackwater's Breaking N Entering
Cache Noir Undaunted
StarBright Two To Tango
Temptation Ecclesiastes
Aftershock Kryptonite
Darboshea How Do You Like Me Now
Westerofts Casino Royale
Chateau Blanc Lasting Dreams
Viggo Van Moned
Jamaica Paint Me Conspicuous
StarBright Winning Bet
Tacaras Touchstone Takoda
Sidekicks Masters Di Villa Roma
Blackfyres Wyld Kazmanian Devil
Blackwater Peloton Alpe DHuez
Alassio Oridix
BlackFyre Dare To Be Wyld
BlackFyre Absolutely Wyld
Toplines Twist of BDT

FEMALES
 Blackwater's Partez At Peleton
Cache Noir Why Can't I?
Oneida's First Times A Charm
Ember Glo's just Me At Bouvier Acres
StarBright Trifecta
Chateau Blanc Majority Rules
Obsession V Nikaron
Bilgays Red Hot Mama
Blackwaters All Or Nothing
MiaMekas Miracle of Life
Bilgay's Rockin U Constan Lee
Krimson Kriek Di Villa Roma
Tacara's Gaie Giselle
Tacara's Cache-Cache
StarBright Bettin On The River
Otahnagon Cinema Celebration
Coastwynd's Cinema Shivaree
Hufflepuff Di Villa Roma
Just B'Dazzle Toujours Jeune
Tacaras Racelon Reine Renard
Whynotta True Rhythm
Pathfinder StarBright Elion
Tacara's Benevia Batavia
Tacara's Touchstone Tereva
Silvertrace's Calla Lily
Bilgay's Rock-Ette
Enchantress De L'Aurore
Montage Basquelaine Genuine Risk
Fancy De L'Aurore
Casyka's Gimmick
Cotah's Day Star of Earlymoon
StarBright Windancer
Tacara's Racelon Rorielle
Chateau Blanc's My B.F.F.
Hocus Pocus Di Villa Roma
Chateau Blanc I'm Coyote Trouble
Temptation Scarlet Mist
Chimeric Hellfreezesover ERROR previous photos moved – this bitch was absent
Jewelwood's Soonah Or Latah
Blackfyre Dian Ban Si
O-Tahn-Agon Cinema Joyeaux

finished!
I'm going to take a break! (misc shots to come later....)

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Guest 03-Dec-2010 02:56
Karen,
You a gifted photographer - I always look at your photos first as they show what I want to see - structure and personality!
Thank you for all your hard work.
Liz Outlaw
judy 30-Jun-2010 20:56
Great Photos. Thank you for the opportunity to sit at home and identify the dogs. Fabulous historian of the breed. Judy B
Kathy Kraft 02-Jun-2010 00:47
Karen these photos are amazing! I was unable to go to the National this year, now I felt like I was there! Thank you for posting these. Kathy Kraft - Timberwind Tervuren
Guest 25-May-2010 00:08
KAREN, THANK YOU FOR THE FABULOUS PHOTOS. JOAN P
Bobbi Siccardi 14-May-2010 02:08
Karen, thanks so much for taking the time to do this. Sometimes we don't get to see many of the dogs show. Your pictures are great!! We really appreciate your hard work!
Bobbi
chargany13-May-2010 17:21
Thank You so much for the fabulous pictures!

Jan Powers
Guest 13-May-2010 16:36
Wow...I so look forward to viewing the dogs on your site...especially after a big show! You have captured so very many lovely dogs here. Truly a lovely chronicle of the week. Thanks, Karen...Sharon
Greg Storms 13-May-2010 15:30
Karen:

I never had the chance to go this year, so your photos made me feel a little bit like I was there, I always love your photo's you certainly know how to make Belgians look like they should. Your fan

Greg Storms
Laurie 13-May-2010 02:03
Karen.... YOU ROCK!!!!
Joni Freshman 12-May-2010 20:04
Karen, thanks so much for making these available to everyone. What a resource and such lovely photos!
Robbin Polivka 12-May-2010 18:21
I love looking at your galleries, They are so full of the history of our breed. Somehow you always have the best seat in the house for taking pictures. At least it seems that way because they are wonderful!
Laurie 12-May-2010 11:58
Karen.... YOU ROCK!!!!
Andrea Debbins 12-May-2010 02:15
Thank you! Thank you! Beautiful photos - thank you for all your hard work.
Vicki Kelley 11-May-2010 22:25
Thank you for your hard work....you have a great "eye" for capturing our beautiful dogs.
Sandy Blazier 11-May-2010 20:30
Karen, this is really a library of our beautiful breed. Thank you for the commitment and love you have for our Tervuren, and for the invaluable learning experience and reference tool that you create with these pictures. Huge thanks from Canada!
Shawn 11-May-2010 18:45
Oh karen, again incredible. It is a way to relive a truly wonderful event in our lives. You have an eye like know other. You "trigger" finger much be tired! Thank you again and again!
Sandi Weldon 11-May-2010 18:32
Thank you for taking and posting the pictures at the National. They are absolutely wonderful, and I love that they're identified so that we can tell who's who!
Lyn Kalinoski 11-May-2010 15:25
Thanks Karen. The photos are lovely and much appreciated by those of us who couldn't attend.
Fran Friedman 11-May-2010 05:01
Thanks so much for all of your hard work...it is definitely a labor of love...not to mention an invaluable resource....Thank you so very much!! Much, much appreciated!!
The photos are awesome!!
Sandi Weldon 11-May-2010 04:46
Thank you for taking and posting the pictures at the National. They are absolutely wonderful, and I love that they're identified so that we can tell who's who!
Aphelion Art 10-May-2010 22:47
Thanks for taking the time to post the images and identify the dogs. Much appreciated!
Karyn Cowdrey 10-May-2010 21:53
Thank you as always for taking all the wonderful photos! I never get to see my dogs as I'm almost always the one showing them, so to see what we look like in the ring year afer year in your wonderful candid shots is a true treasure! :-) Karyn Cowdrey - BlackFyre Tervuren
Susan 10-May-2010 18:05
Love the photos!!!
Lynn B. 10-May-2010 17:53
Karen, Thank you so much for ALL of the beautiful photos. What a labor of love for our breed!
Elaine Oxborrow 10-May-2010 14:26
As always great photos. Thanks so much for the time and effort it takes. I know I enjoy looking at photos of Ripley. I don't get a chance very often to see him.
Pam ledbetter 10-May-2010 09:54
Thank you for these wonderful photos. What a gift this is to the history of our breed and these great dogs. Thank you so much.
Laurie 10-May-2010 02:51
Karen, These photos are simply sensational... Thank you so much for sharing them with all of us!
Mary Byrkit 10-May-2010 02:19
Capturing the history of the breed -- priceless!!! We are all indebted to you Karen.
Kila 10-May-2010 00:26
Karen, Your lovely photos and complete identification of each is the "next best thing to being there!" The effort you put forth in posting and providing the data you do is evident - and so very appreciated. Thank you! Kila
Cathy 09-May-2010 19:33
As always, your photos are wonderful and appreciated. Your subjects are gorgeous! Thnks for taking the time and effort to post them!
Jill Morstad 09-May-2010 17:33
Wow! Karen these are just gorgeous. You've got a terrific eye for a lovely dog!
Thanks.
Vicki 09-May-2010 17:21
Wonderful!! Thank you Karen!!!
Lisa Dare 09-May-2010 17:14
I'm impressed! You have so many great shots of each dog! Your work is better than some professionals! It is not easy to shoot so many good shots one after another! Consistency of quality is a mark of true craftsmanship! Thanks for posting these photos. Your site is a valuable resource, which I have viewed time and time again!
Guest 09-May-2010 14:00
Fabulous photos as always! Thanks so much for sharing.
Libbye
patty 09-May-2010 13:40
You always do such a wonderful job of taking pictures and identifying the dogs for our viewing pleasure. Thanks for sharing them. They are great photos.
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