SD Chronicle - August 2016

SD CHRONICLE

Digital Zine Showcasing the Top Dogs of Showdog.com

August 2016 Volume 1 Issue 1

—— Multiple Best In Show · Multiple Best In Specialty ——
#1 Dog All Breeds, #4 Sporting Dog– (August 2016)

SILVER GCH GOLDRIVER JUKEBOX SMASH

99.25 Golden Retriever Bitch
Owner| Breeder: Goldriver

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AUGUST 2016 Volume 1 Issue 1

CONTENT Showdog.com TOP DOGS—August 2016

4 Publisher’s Page 3 #1 Dog All Breeds
9 Breed Conservancy 5 #2 and #3 Top Dogs All Breeds
13 SD Chronicle Rankings 6 Top 5 Herding Dogs
19 The Next Issue 7 Top 5 Hounds
8 #4 and #5 Top Dogs All Breeds
10 Top 5 Non-Sporting Dogs
11 Top 5 Sporting Dogs
12 Top 15 All Breeds
14 Top 5 Terriers
15 15 Top 5 Toys
16 SD World Cup BIS & Group 1s
17 Top 5 Working Dogs
Back Cover Top SOP Dog

Bouvier des Flandres - Photo by Marcia O’Connor

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AUGUST 2016 | Showdog.com Rankings

Silver GCH GoldRivers Jukebox Smash

99.25 Golden Retriever Bitch
OWNER | BREEDER: Goldriver
(GCH Artistri Candy Crush x CH GoldRivers Rock the Jukebox)

Showdog.com’s #1 DOG 5 - BEST IN SHOW
1 - RESERVE BEST IN SHOW
Game Year– August 2016
4 - GROUP 1
# Dogs Beaten = 7,058 4 - BEST IN SPECIALTY

#4 Sporting Dog, #5 Golden Retriever *Stats for August 1-31, 2016 3

SD Chronicle The

Digital Zine Based on Showdog.com Gameplay September Issue

PUBLISHER/EDITOR Showcasing Showdog.com’s
TOP DOGS for
Rhonda Cline August 2016
[email protected]

Real life photos are from Flickr or my own.
Photographers Noted—Click on Pics for license.

I apologize in advance for any typos or errors.
Showdog.com is a game.

There are no real dogs here.

Photo by SpilltoJill

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Dog—ALL BREEDS

Showdog.com Rankings
August 2016

# Dogs Beaten—6,954

17 - GROUP 1

4 - GROUP 2

Bronze GCH Radiant Nova 7 - BEST IN SPECIALTY

96.25 Kerry Blue Terrier Dog #1 Terrier, #1 Kerry Blue
Owner|Breeder: Radiant
*Stats August 1-31, 2016
(Ch Sara*s Meteor x Brz GCH Radiant Rise To Fame)

Dog—ALL BREEDS

Showdog.com Rankings
August 2016

# Dogs Beaten—6,898

5 - BEST IN SHOW

1 - RESERVE BEST IN SHOW

Bronze GCH BarStar Smooth Criminal 5 - GROUP 1

99.20 Golden Retriever Dog 5 - BEST IN SPECIALTY
Owner|Breeder: BarStar Goldens
#2 Sporting Dog, #1 Golden
(Ch GoldRivers Happy Birthday To U
x CH Originals Trip the Darkness) *Stats August 1-31, 2016

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Top 5 Herding Dogs

Bronze GCH Clay Creek Colours

# Dogs Beaten = 1,832

98.25 Border Collie Dog
Owner|Breeder: Clay Creek Falls

(Minna Bad Person x GCH Clay Creek Anonymous)

GCH Vercingetorix of Pendragon Silver GCH Zygfryd of Pendragon AOM

# Dogs Beaten = 1,597 # Dogs Beaten = 1,554

98.80 Belgian Tervuren Dog 98.55 Belgian Tervuren Dog
Owner|Breeder: Pendragon Owner|Breeder: Pendragon

Bronze GCH Sweetbrier Insurgent UD Bronze GCH Nachthunde Cloud Forest
# Dogs Beaten = 1,597
# Dogs Beaten = 1,497
98.20 Border Collie Dog
98.80 Australian Shepherd Dog Owner|Breeder: Nachthunde
Owner: Shaylynne Breeder: Sweetbrier
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Top 5 Hounds

Gold GCH Patchouli Man In The Mirror CD AOM

# Dogs Beaten = 1,650

98.50 Afghan Hound Dog
Owner|Breeder: XiZang

(GCH Akron Smoke and Mirrors x Patchouli Alabama V)

Bronze GCH Strange Fellows Hemsworth GCH Studios Look For Crazy Nice

# Dogs Beaten = 1,476 # Dogs Beaten = 1,338

98.20 Whippet Dog 97.75 Rhodesian Ridgeback Dog
Owner|Breeder: Strange Fellows Owner|Breeder: Studio Dogs

Brz GCH Eremitage Vision Of A Hermit GCH Eremitage Honorable Society

# Dogs Beaten = 1,325 # Dogs Beaten = 1,272

98.95 Borzoi Dog 98.80 Borzoi Dog
Owner|Breeder: Eremitage Owner: Socialites Breeder: Eremitage

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Dog—ALL BREEDS

Showdog.com Rankings
August 2016

# Dogs Beaten—5,446

2 - RESERVE BEST IN SHOW

GCH Eremitage Honorable Society 6 - GROUP 1
3 - BEST IN SPECIALTY
98.80 Borzoi Dog #5 HOUND, #1 Borzoi
Owner: Socialites Breeder: Ermitage
*Stats August 1-31, 2016
(GCH Sparrows Foul Play AOM
x Eremitage Journey To Russia)

Dog—ALL BREEDS

Showdog.com Rankings
August 2016

# Dogs Beaten—5,221

7 - RESERVE BEST IN SHOW

Silver GCH Zygfryd of Pendragon AOM 5 - GROUP 1
#5 HERDING, #1 Tervuren
98.55 Belgian Tervuren Dog
Owner|Breeder: Pendragon *Stats August 1-31, 2016

(Silver GCH Druids Naomhan AOM 8
x CH Isibeal of Pendragon)

BREED CONSERVANCY

As most long time players know breed health is an ever changing dilemma of Showdog.com. In many of the
breeds that populate the bottom half of the Breeds list it is not unusual for a breed to have only one or two
breeders. (And some players prefer to play in these type of breeds.) However, when these breeds lose a breeder

it is easy to lose all of the current SOP dogs. The Breed Conservancy page highlights breeds with
only 1-2 Primary Breeders (10 or more dogs of the breed.). Listings are classified as -
CRITICAL = a breed with less than 50 dogs in game -
OR - ENDANGERED = a breed with 51-95 dogs in game.

ENDANGERED ( 51-95 in game) CRITICAL ( <50 in game)

Bearded Collies [73] One of the two main breeders is Old English Sheepdogs [23 / 1]
leaving the breed. All their dogs are for sale (23). Black & Tan Coonhounds [35 / 1]
Belgian Sheepdogs [90 / 2] Bloodhounds [33 / 2]
Mudi [89 / 2] Otterhounds [45 / 1]
American Foxhounds [67 / 2] Scottish Deerhounds [34 / 1]
English Foxhounds [64 / 2] Chinese Shar Pei [46 / 1]
Pharaoh Hounds [73 / 2] Finnish Spitz [24 / 1]
Bichon Frise [87 / 1] German Spitz [42 / 1]
Lhasa Apso [82 / 2] Clumber Spaniel [41 / 2]
Curly-Coated Retriever [69 / 2] Irish Water Spaniel [24 / 1]
Dandie Dinmont Terriers [59 / 2] Border Terrier [43 / 2]
Miniature Schnauzer [80 /2] Manchester Toy Terrier [22 / 1]
Scottish Terriers [73 / 2] Toy Poodle [43 / 2]
Skye Terriers [61 / 2] Yorkshire Terrier [56 / 2]
Welsh Terriers [56 / 1] Great Pyrenees—All current dogs are source
Black Russian Terrier [77 / 2]

Black & Tan Coonhound - Photo by Marcia O’Connor

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Top 5 Non-Sporting Dogs

Silver GCH Valleys—Just Like Magic

# Dogs Beaten = 1,589

96.90 American Eskimo Dog Dog
Owner: Pinkz Eskies Breeder: Valley of

Dreams

(GCH Starfleet Colossus x Starfleet - Brea - Valley)

GCH Smatters Sidewinder Tornado GCH Lisra Ditto

# Dogs Beaten = 979 # Dogs Beaten = 887

97.75 Dalmatian Dog 97.50 Shiba Inu Dog
Owner|Breeder: Random Smatterings Owner|Breeder: LIsra

GCH Nidarehs And Justice For All GCH Bestbritts Megaglow Star
# Dogs Beaten = 598
# Dogs Beaten = 979
97.15 American Eskimo Dog Dog
95.80 Schipperke Dog Owner: Bestbritts Breeder: Enterprise Kennel
Owner|Breeder: Chschips
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Top 5 Sporting Dog

Bronze GCH Wyndhaven Ferrari

# Dogs Beaten = 2,247

97.85 English Springer Spaniel Dog
Owner|Breeder: Wyndhaven Kennels

(Wyndhaven Perfect Motion x Wyndhaven Cassie)

Bronze GCH BarStar Smooth Criminal GCH Song Five Nights At Fredy*s

# Dogs Beaten = 2,115 # Dogs Beaten = 1,913

99.20 Golden Retriever Dog 98.25 German Shorthaired Pointer Dog
Owner|Breeder: BarStar Goldens Owner|Breeder: Windsong Hills

Silver GCH Goldriver Jukebox Smash Silver GCH Ceincaled Dylan Thomas
# Dogs Beaten = 1,446
# Dogs Beaten = 1,702
96.80 NS Duck Tolling Retriever Dog
99.25 Golden Retriever Bitch Owner|Breeder: Ceincaled
Owner|Breeder: GoldRiver
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DOG Breed Sex Owner # Beaten
1 Slv GCH GoldRiver Jukebox Smash Golden Retriever
2 Brz GCH Radiant Nova Kerry Blue Terrier B GoldRiver 7058
3 GCH BarStar Smooth Criminal Golden Retriever
4 GCH Eremitage Honorable Society Eremitage D Radiant 6954
5 Slv GCH Zygfryd of Pendragon AOM Belgian Tervuren
6 Brz GCH BlaiddDrwg The Darkest Throne Caucasian Mountain Dog D BarStar Goldens 6898
7 Brz GCH Krieghund Trooper German Shepherd
8 Brz GCH Inglenooks—Remember When Rottweiler D Socialites 5446
9 GCH Vercingetoriz of Pendragon Belgian Tevuren
10 GCH Studios Look For Crazy Nice Rhodesian Ridgeback D Pendragon 5221
11 Brz GCH Nimiipuu Secret to Keep Alaskan Malamute
12 GCH Kissangels Built Solid German Shepherd D Blaidd Drwg Caucasians 5096
13 Brz GCH Windswept Wayfaring Stranger Golden Retriever
14 Slv GCH IWS280 Irish Red & White Setter D Krieghund 4947
15 Brz GCH Eremitage Unyielding Prophet Borzoi
16 GCH Rough Edges Bully For You Siberian Husky B Masterpiece Goldens 4906
17 Gld GCH KiSt Dancing Master Great Dane
18 GCH TT Malfoy Toy Fox Terrier D Pendragon 4884
19 Brz GCH Tarot PYT Afghan Hound
20 Brz GCH Rough Edges Dont Look Back Siberian Husky D Studio Dogs 4774
21 GCH Smatters Sidewinder Tornado Dalmatian
22 BRZ GCH GLXYs Firestorm Great Dane B Artistri 4736
23 CH Fieldstar Into Trouble Redbone Coonhound
24 GCH Arons Spruce Goose Borzoi D Krisk 4413
25 Brz GCH Indigo Starrs Devil All Around Rottweiler
D Windswept Valley 4231

D Georgian 4035

D Eremitage 4013

D Rough Edges 3991

D Kick Start 3864

D TinyTerrorsII 3798

B Tarot 3785

D Rough Edges 3712

D Random Smatterings 3685

D Gallaxy 3651

D Fieldstar 3636

D Aron Kennels 3613

D Indigo Starr Rottweilers 3563

Please Note: when I started looking at the Top Dogs on the evening of August 30th, they were listed exactly as
they ended up after the SDWC ran on August 31. It seems that the World Cup numbers were not added to the
“Dogs Beaten” numbers for the month, perhaps due to Jeff working on the Judge issue. Due to time constraints I
decided to proceed with the information available.

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COMING IN SEPTEMBER

During the month of September I will be conducting a bit of an experiment.
I have a spreadsheet set up in Google Sheets and each day I will go in and
update the sheet with the day’s winning dogs.
BIS=10 points
RBIS=9 points
GROUP 1 = 5 points
GROUP 2 = 4 points
GROUP 3 = 3 points
GROUP 4 = 2 points
The dog with the most points will be the SD Chronicle #1 dog.
When we sort by group, we will use the same numbers to determine the
top dogs in each group.
We will also be able to sort by Owner. On a separate sheet we will track
points for all dogs being shown by one Owner to determine KENNEL
RANKING.
I am quite interested to see if or how much of a difference there is
between the SD Chronicle Rankings vs the Showdog.com rankings.

You can view the spreadsheet here > http://bit.ly/2bCsi2k

I hope to eventually add a Top Dog Hall of Fame Spreadsheet that lists our
Top Dogs including GCH points, # BIS, # RBIS, # Group Placements, #
BISS wins, and # of CH offspring. But that’s a project for another day….

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Top 5 Terriers

Bronze GCH Radiant Nova

# Dogs Beaten = 3,108

96.25 Kerry Blue Terrier Dog
Owner|Breeder: Radiant

(CH Sarah*s Meteor x Brz GCH Radiant Rise To Fame)

Silver GCH Tullamore Heart of the Matter GCH Blush Reddy To Wreck N Roll

# Dogs Beaten = 1,516 # Dogs Beaten = 1,012

96.00 Soft Coated Wheaten Terrier Dog 95.50 Norfolk Terrier Dog
Owner|Breeder: Tullamore Wheatens Owner|Breeder: Blush

GCH Chenlow Absolute Beat Bronze GCH Las Vegas Degrees of Glory
# Dogs Beaten = 872
# Dogs Beaten = 953
96.05 Staffordshire Bull Terrier Dog
90.45 Manchester Terrier Dog Owner|Breeder: Las Vegas Kennels
Owner|Breeder: Chenlow
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Top 5 Toys

Bronze GCH GDs Either In Or Out

# Dogs Beaten = 1,034

93.05 Pug Dog
Owner|Breeder: Go Direct Kennels

(GCH Comic Most Gracious Prince AOM
x CH GDs Catch Your Breath)

Bronze GCH Hazygate Spaced Out GCH CL Enterprise
# Dogs Beaten = 943
# Dogs Beaten = 826
96.85 Pomeranian Dog
Owner: Cambrian Kennels Breeder: Hazygate 96.25 Chinese Crested Dog Dog
Owner|Breeder: Crested Life

GCH Lowchie Rough Nite Gold GCH Società Eccentrica Kismet
# Dogs Beaten = 872
# Dogs Beaten = 691
92.45 Italian Greyhound Dog
94.65 Brussels Griffon Dog Owner|Breeder: Società Eccentrica
Owner|Breeder: Low Hie
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SHOWDOG.com WORLD CUP

CH Fieldstar Into Trouble

93.10 Redbone Coonhound Dog
Owner|Breeder: Fieldstar

AUGUST 2016

JUDGE: Anthony Lara

The SDWC is the Showdog.com equivalent to Westminster or Crufts. It is a ‘yearly’ invitation only show for the top dogs1.6

Seasmoke John Wick 17

95.80 Old English Sheepdog Dog
Owner|Breeder: Seasmoke

GCH Nidarehs Howard at SC

96.00 Schipperke Dog
Owner: Stumpcreek Breeder: Chschips

Silver GCH IWS280

95.35 Irish Red & White Setter Dog
Owner|Breeder: Georgian

GCH Flavia To Tell The Truth

95.05 Border Terrier Dog
Owner|Breeder: Flavia

CH Trip Modest With Malice

92.75 Havanese Dog
Owner|Breeder: Trip

Brz GCH Mournebrake Shout About It UD
93.80 Komondor Dog

Owner: RockBottomHounds
Breeder: Mournebrake

Top 5 Working Dogs

Silver GCH Marquetry Mr Electric

# Dogs Beaten = 2,911

98.65 Boxer Dog
Owner|Breeder: Marquetry

(GCH KaCees Ultimate Warrior
x Marquetry Oscar Nominated

Bronze GCH Indigo Starrs Devil All Around GCH Marquetry Viking Commander

# Dogs Beaten = 2,369 # Dogs Beaten = 2,152

98.85 Rottweiler Dog 98.40 Boxer Dog
Owner|Breeder: Indigo Starr Rottweilers Owner|Breeder: Marquetry

Bronze GCH Inglenooks - Remember When Bronze GCH NLS Mystic Dance
# Dogs Beaten = 1,635
# Dogs Beaten = 1,985
98.85 Siberian Husky Dog
98.85 Rottweiler Bitch Owner: Kaisai Kennel
Owner: Masterpiece Goldens
Breeder: Northern Lights Siberians
Breeder: Inglenook

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Next Month…

So I originally had more pages in the Zine, but since I only
started this on Monday, I ran out of time and cut a few pages.
Next month, with more time to work on the “content” pages I

hope to have more… Things like…
Obedience—title records,how to
Breed Focus (A look at one of our breeds)
Meet the Judges (Look at the new judges for the month)
Best In Show Club (List of all BIS winners for the month)
Beginner’s Corner - Hints and Tips for Beginners
Real Show Dogs - Pics of you and your dog

(Possible Top 10 All Breeds, Upcoming Shows)

Fun and Games - Trivia or Game of some sort
Hot Topics—recap of important forum topics

Top SOP - Who’s the Top SOP

If you have an idea for an article or regular feature or you
would like to submit an article for the zine - just send me a note

at [email protected]

Background photo - Jumping Lab

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For the

TOP SOP Dog

Submit your breed’s TOP SOP Dogs at
bit.ly/2bIAFsr

View the current TOP SOP Dogs at
bit.ly/2biIHUS

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