Surrey
Hill Whippets
Archive -
part 1
Here
you will find pictures of the Whippets we have owned, bred, or co-bred which
have gone on to be used in breeding programs and might reasonably be expected
to be found in some pedigrees of dogs who are currently in competition or in
the hands of fellow breeders. Most of these dogs have sadly passed on, but a
few of the males are still standing at stud with their current owners, and we
have included a link to the appropriate website for those who are still in use.
It is our intention that this section of our website serve as a resource for
people who are doing pedigree research and want to know what some of those ancestors
in their pedigrees looked like. I welcome correspondence concerning these Whippets
of our past, and will be happy to share information about their virtues and
faults to the extent that I can. Not all of these photos are flattering of the
dogs or were taken at their mature peak, but I have tried to find an honest
photo of each. I lost many of my best albums in a storage building fire six
years ago, and so if you have a photo of any of these dogs which you feel is
better, or a photo of a dog bred or owned/co-owned by either Karen Bowers Lee
or Carolyn J. Bowers that you feel should appear somewhere on this site, then
please share it with me and I will be more than happy to add it. My ambition
is to eventually display at least one photo of every single Surrey Hill owned
or bred dog which ever produced a litter here, and most of our champions.
The Whippets who currently live with us can be found in the Current Dogs section
of the site, and these do include some who are now retired from all breeding
and competition, but who are important parts of our program and our family life.
Future hopefuls and current competitors bred by Surrey Hill which are active
right now can be found in the News section.
At the bottom of this section, there is a gallery of champions and other winners
that we feel represent our breeding program particularly well and were very
special to us, but who were never bred on from for a variety of reasons. We
invite you to look at them as they are closely related to a number of dogs which
were used, and therefore useful to study despite having no descendents of their
own.
"Stoney"
Whippoorwill Moonstone ROM
(Ch.
Misty Moor's Thornwood Dondi x BIS Ch. Lady Blair of Whippoorwill)
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The
start of it all. Unshown due to injury, Stoney can be found in many of
the top-producing show lines of today, and has descendents worldwide. |
"Poppy"
Ch. Whippoorwill Surrey
(Ch.
Whippoorwill Blue Fox x Ch. Whippoorwill Red Poppy)
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Bred
only once, to Stoney, Poppy produced four champions, three of whom went
on to be useful producers. |
"Heather"
Ch.
Baywood's Surrey Hill Heather
(Ch.
Misty Moor's Chalmondoley x Ch. Baywood's Misty Morning)
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Our
other foundation bitch, bought from Meribeth Metevia, shown as a puppy
winner in this photo. She produced a future #1 show Whippet and our beloved
Tiger Lily in her first breeding to Stoney. |
"Houston"
Am.Can.Ch. Surrey Hill's Houston F.Ch. ROMX
(Stoney
x Poppy)
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Sire
of over 55 USA Champions and quite a number of Canadian Champions during
a stud career cut short by an illness which rendered him sterile, though
he lived to a grand old age. Houston was not only a great producer himself
but a fantastic progenitor of top-producing bitches. |
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Stud
Dog Class winner Houston and his daughters at the 1988 National, Ain't
Misbehavin' and the eventual Am.Can.Ch. Allerei's Santa Paula F.Ch. ROMX
(Paula was RWB at this National). |
"Savannah"
Select Am.SBIS Can.Ch. Surrey Hill's Savannah SC ROM
(Stoney
x Poppy)
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"Savannah"
produced 5 AKC Champions and 6 CKC Champions and was Karen's personal
foundation bitch. |
"Silver"
Ch. Surrey Hill's Silver City
(Stoney
x Poppy)
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"Silver"
went to Whippoorwill to live, and produced Champions for Dr. Barbara Henderson. |
"Tiger"
Am.Can.Ch. Surrey Hill's Tiger Lily
(Stoney
x Heather)
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"Tiger"
produced multiple champions, but is most likely to be found today in pedigrees
down from Ch. Bo-Bett's Red Rolls Royce through her grandson, Ch. Surrey
Hill's Instigator. She was an AWC Veteran Class winner, a multi-group
placer, and a lifelong personal favorite of Carolyn's. |
"Moxie"
Am.Can.Ch. Surrey Hill's Modern Times ROM
(Ch.
Lidemara's Moonshadow x Savannah)
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"Moxie"
was a two-time AWC Sweepstakes winner and had a smashing puppy career.
Moxie produced quite a few champions and winners for Russ and Vicky Thorne's
Briarthorne kennel. Most lines seen nowadays from Moxie are bred down
through her daughter Carmen (below) and her daughter Ch. Briarthorne's
Porsche, who became an outstanding producer for Red and Denise Tatro (Redglen). |
"Jobyna"
Can.Ch. Surrey Hill's Safety Last F.CH. SC
(Ch. Lidemara's Moonshadow x Savannah)
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"Beans"
produced several champions and was a great favorite for her intelligence
and charm. Her bloodline continues through her daughter Splash, at Hand's
Whippets in NC. |
"Godfrey"
Am.Can.Ch. Surrey Hill My Man Godfrey JC
(Ch.
Highlight Bold'N Spectacular x Savannah)
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"Godfrey"
can be found in quite a few pedigrees today. He was a useful sire for
his owner, Mary Downing of Whimsey, and greatly missed by all who knew
him. |
"Selena"
Dual Ch. Chelsea Selena F.Ch. CD CRX ARX DPCX CGC
(Godfrey x Ch. Chelsea Take My Breath
way ROM)
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When
I found out the beautiful "Sara" was going to bred to Godfrey,
I made sure I was the first one on the list. Even though I was within
a month of having a baby, I flew out to California to bring her home.
Selena has been everything I could have dreamed of, and more. Her devotion
to me is complete, and her work ethic is second to none. She achieved
every goal I set for her, and surprised a whole lot of people when she
turned out to not only be beautiful, but extraordinarily fast for an all
showbred pedigree. She was also an AWC Regional Specialty BOS and Award
of Merit winner, and was four times in the Top 10 of the AWC Triathalon.
Selena ruled for 12 years as the Queen Bee of my household. She was bred
by Lee and Deann Christianson, to whom I will forever be grateful for
letting Selena be my special girl. Sadly, I lost Selena suddenly in February
of 2005. Her obituary and a nice memorial page can be found at the Whippet
World Memory Garden: http://groups.msn.com/WWArchives/wwmgpage21.msnw There you can read some of the things that made her dear to me. |
"Martina"
Can.Ch. Surrey Hill's Swing Time Am.Can.F.Ch.
(Ch.
Highlight Bold'N Spectacular x Savannah)
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Foundation
bitch for Camelot Whippets in Washington State. Martina won Best Puppy
at the 1988 AWC National, but a few months later decided that she hated
to show, and so despite being AKC pointed, she never did finish her bench
title in the USA. She did love to course, though, and did that quite well. |
"Katie"
Am.Can.Ch. Surrey Hill I'm No Angel F.Ch. ROMX SC
(Ch.
Highlight Bold'N Spectacular x Savannah)
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Dam
of 10 AKC champion children. Three of her sons produced an AWC Best in
Futurity Winner. She was not only a key brood bitch for us, but also served
as the cornerstone dam for De Sud kennel when she was leased by (then)
newbie fancier Kathy Armato. |
"Gilly"
Am.BIS,SBIS Can.Ch. Swiftsure Out of Africa
(Can.Ch.
Swiftsure Happy Daze ARM x Savannah)
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"Gilly"
holds the record and then some for SBIS wins in Canada, many of which
he won from the Veteran class. You can see more of him and his offspring
at the Swiftsure home page. |
"Harrison"
Ch. Surrey Hill Millenium Falcon F.Ch. SC
(Houston
x Katie)
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"Harrison"
produced beautiful type and gait in his limited opportunities. His only
descendents today can be found in the progeny of LaRee Johnson's Ch. Surrey
Hill's Sweet Danger F.Ch. |
"Dawn"
Ch. Surrey Hill's Dawn Treader F.Ch.SC ROMX*
(Houston
x Katie)
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"Dawn"
is ROMX-qualified. Her first litter contained 3 bitches, who all finished.
Subsequent litters produced other very nice and useful children, including
my current male, Pungo. |
"My"
Select Ch. Surrey Hill My Vindication
(Ch.
Gold-Dust Joint Venture x Katie)
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"My"
died quite young in an accident, leaving his owner, Vickie Marchand, devastated.
He produced a beautiful litter for Deann Christianson, including a Best
in Futurity winner, Ch. Chelsea Just One Look, who did get used. |
Kathy
Armato's Kids
(Am.
Can. Ch. Sporting Fields Kinsman-Luke x Katie)
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Three
of the very successful litter of four champions out of Katie and Ch. Sporting
Field's Kinsman, co-bred on lease to De Sud--Am.Can.Braz.Ch. Ole Soul
de Sud, Ch. Harlot's Halo de Sud ROMX, and Ch. Evensong de Sud of Foxford.
This litter has numerous descendents who are winning for many kennels
and owners. |
"Jerry"
Ch. Kindred Spirit De Sud
(Luke
x Katie)
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"Jerry"
sired a Best in Futurity winner and other champions in his one mating
at De Sud. |
"Smitty"
Am.Can.Braz.Ch. Ole Soul De Sud
(Luke
x Katie)
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"Smitty"
sired a Best in Futurity winner and quite a few dogs who have had good
specials careers. |
Never
Bred,
but Never Forgotten
"Angus"
Ch.
Surrey Hill's Aberdeen JC
(Harrison
x Carmen)
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"Angus"
finished as a pup with four majors and a BOB over 8 specials. He went
to live with longtime fanciers, Gordon and Joan Tobias of Bryn Mawr, PA. |
"Demster"
Dual Ch. Surrey Hill Darker Than Amber
F.Ch. ARX CRX DPCX
(Harrison
x Selena)
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"Demster"
was a great all-around competition Whippet who was never happy to be second
to any other dog. She gave 200% effort at everything in her life. Naturally,
she could be trying at times. |
"Charlotte"
Am.Can.Ch.
Surrey Hill's Charlotte
(Stoney
x Poppy)
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| A beautiful group-placing bitch, lost young due to a freak accident. She finished easily despite being marred by an obvious scar on her show side. Still the most beautiful Whippet I have ever owned. |
"Goldie"
BIS
Am.Can.Ch. Surrey Hill Goldenrod
(Stoney
x Heather)
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"Goldie"
was a Top 10 Whippet her first year out under the ownership of Mrs. Margaret
"Peggy" Hodge, but went on to be #1 Whippet, all systems, under
the owership of Robert Koeppel, for two years running in the mid-1980's.
She was specialed by Joy Brewster, now a judge. Although she came back
to us after her specials career was over, she sadly proved infertile. |
"Mia"
Surrey
Hill Adagio Miami Heat
(Harrison
x Carmen)
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A
beautiful Futurity class-winning Whippet who was the first cream I grew
out for showing, "Mia" was hit by a car and killed while down
in Florida for showing by her co-owner, to whom no blame attaches. Although
she died before finishing, I have to include her for her perfect Whippet
body, and because I still think of her as one of my best. We were extremely
sad to lose such a sweet and beautiful, exotic-looking bitch. |
"Prime
Time"
BIS
Ch. Allerei's Prime Time
(Ch.
Bo-Bett's Wild Tobiano ROMX x Ava)
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"Prime
Time" was an all-breed Best in Show winner ranked in the Top 10 for
two years running. He was specialed in the Pacific Northwest by Al Lee,
Jr. |
"Travis"
Am.Can.Ch.
Silkrock Surrey Stern Chaser
(Ch.
Bohem Circus Pony x Sanibel)
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Co-bred
with Saulo Biscoto, "Travis" finished both titles easily and
is retired with owner, Jenn Hughes. |
"Victoria"
Ch.
Surrey Hill Victoria's Secret
(Ch.
Gold-Dust Joint Venture x )
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"Tori"
is an AWC National Specialty class winner and Regional Speciality Award
of Merit Winner. She lives with owner Vickie Marchand. |
"Iriquos"
Ch.
Surrey Hill's Irresistable CD F.Ch. NA
(Ch.
Bo-Bett's Wild Tobiano ROMX x Surrey Hill Topaz Iriquois)
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Iri"
was one of two champions from this litter out of a mostly unshown Houston/Tiger
Lily daughter. She proved an all-around competitor for owners/trainers
Meribeth Metavia and Tom Quinn, and is the dam of multi-titled offspring. |
"Robinhood"
Select
Ch. Gatsby's Robin Hood Sur-Hil
(Ch. Gold-Dust Joint Venture x Ava)
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This
dog finished as a puppy and won a Select Award at the 1993 National. He
was later placed by owner, Dr. John Burger. |
"Rush"
Ch.
Surrey Hill Rocket to Russia
(Godfrey x Jobyna)
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| "Rush" finished with wins under all hound and sighthound specialist judges amd was an AWC Supported Entry Best in Sweeps winner. He lives in happy old age retirement with Lesley I. Merrill in Savannah, GA, who has four of our Whippets. |