The following day was the first American Shih Tzu Club Regional Spe- cialty judged by Mrs. Doris Cozart. The Best In Specialty Winner was GCh Wen- rick’s Don’t Stop Believing Owned by Sharon Bilicich and Jody Paquette-Gar- cini handled by Kathy Bilicich-Garcia. In addition to the Conformation Spe- cialties, the ASTC staged some exciting Agility, Rally and Obedience each day which proved that our Shih Tzu breed is “not only beautiful but intelligent.”
Many had so many titles and achieve- ments listed after their names in what seemed like an endless array of letters (UD RAE2 MX MXJ MXB3 MXPB MJP2 MJPB OF T2BP) that the title of BIS GCh on our show dogs seemed trivial in comparison. Each day the hard-working club volunteers had expansive tables of all- things-Shih Tzu and many products and items to easily tempt the participants with Silent Auctions and Raffles to raise
much needed funds to support the Charitable Trust and the staging of the National. A huge thank you goes out to the generous donors! In spite of the phenomenal amount of time required brushing, bathing, blow drying and pampering required by Shih Tzu exhibitors to get them ready for the ring (Whippet groomers have it easy), many National participants attended an awesome seminar by Dr. Shauntelle Gallagher titled “Canine Reproduction
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