Ch. Cedar Springs Paj-Bleu Linen

Linny finished her championsip with four majors including a 5, 4 and two 3 pointers. She has also placed in Group.

Linny broke a toe on her front foot as a puppy and her toe was sticking straight up in the air. It eventually went back to normal and we entered her in the Twin Cities Labrador Retriever Club for her first show. She won her class at the specialty and the next day won Best of Winners at the Land O' Lakes Kennel Club supported entry, for a 5 point major. (Her litter sister Polly won Best of Breed over the #1 Labrador male in the country.) She went on to win three more majors to finish her Championship along with a Group 4.

Linny isn't the happiest Labrador in the show ring but she does everything right, except wag her tail. I handed her off to friends standing at ringside for her first three specialty Best of Opposite Sex wins, because I was showing her sister Polly. All I had to tell them was to point her in the right direction and run along side her. When she stops she squares herself up and always has her ears up and that beautiful expression. She baits very well! Now if we could only get that tail moving...oh well. We're working on it. It's funny, but the first person I asked to show Linny at Winnebago, turned me down because Linny was completely out of coat. When I went out to the ring to pull her number, the ring steward told me to show her, it was a specialty, and she was here, so I asked someone else and she said "she is bald, but the judge would love her face". At the Twin Cities Lab Specialty the person I had asked was a beginner, and she said she would do it but almost backed out at the last minute. In Shawnee Mission the same thing almost happened, I thought I was going to have to get someone else at the last minute. At the National Labarador Specialty I was all set to take Polly in but after watching what the judge was picking all day, decided to hand off Polly instead because my helper was very tall and would look better with Polly. The judge was picking smaller compact dogs. Well, it was a very hot day and the judge was very thorough. It took a long time in the ring, and I thought Linny was going to poop out on me. Linny and I won, and what a thrill it was for me to be handling her myself this time.

Linny was bred to Ch. Langshott Galeforce from Kimvalley, and this breeding produced L.C. (Cedar Springs Linen and Lace), Cedar Springs Life of Riley, Cedar Springs Harris Tweed, Cedar Springs Ivory Cashmere, and Cedar Springs Gunner of Birchpoint (already has 3 points,) who are all specialty winners. Riley won first place at the WLRC, Cash won 2nd and Gunner was 4th on the 6 - 9 month puppy class. Harris won first in the 6 - 9 month puppy class at the Puget Sound Labrador Retriever Club. Cedar Springs Ivory Cashmere won BOB over specials from the Puppy Class. I might add that all of their owners are beginners in the show ring.