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BOY, in 2017 was such a proud moment for
us having 2 homebred girls in the ring. Aaron
showed Kora and Sky showed Bless.

Kora won her second CC at the Southern
Counties show under Judge Kari Jarvinen
(Finland) which qualified her for BOY 2018

Our lives are totally focused on the dogs, no
more overseas holidays, we have no relatives
here in the UK so, Christmases, birthday and
anniversaries are celebrated with the 3 of us
and the bulldogs

Feeding, training, exercising, rearing puppies,
and caring for our dogs requires dedication We again had 2 girls who qualified for BOY.
and commitment and above all the love for Aaron showed Kora and Skye showed Kaya,
our beloved breed. Aaron and I are both Vice another proud moment for me watching them
Presidents of the Bath and Western Bulldog compete
Breed Committee and our daughter Skye is on
the committee. Working as a team to put on a But it was back to the drawing board as we still
top show is hard but rewarding work and it is so have other young dogs to show. Kaya earned
important to be a good host club. 3 RCCs, Harley a RCC and Hiku got his stud
book number. Ruakuri Remembrance Petals
All our dogs are Health tested to the highest (Poppy) has made a good start with her show
possible level career wining an Open Show and BPIB. An
exciting new boy Berg Esdeka at Ruakuri (imp
We currently have 8 Gold Health Tested dogs, Poland) son of Multi Int Champion joined our
one silver and when she turns 2 years old will team
also be Gold health tested.
And what is the future of Ruakuri? Ideally after
The dream to ‘makeup ‘a UK champion is over 20 years here I would like to go home
everyone’s goal. We were working so hard to to NZ, with grandchildren growing up, I’d like
get there, Bless had 1CC, 1 RCC, Gracey had to share the dogs with them and pass on our
1RCC JW, Chase had 3RCC’s, and Kora had knowledge and hopefully show in NZ. COVID 19
2CCs, 1RCC and now we were showing the has had a marked impact on our lives.
next generation.

On April 7th, 2019, our Bless’s daughter Kaya
(Ruakuri Shades of Red) was awarded the CC
at the Bath and Western Champ show by Breed
Specialist Cath Rodgers and we were over
the moon. Then the very next weekend at the
Northumberland and Durham Champ show our
dream came true. Breed specialist Paul Seal
awarded our Kora her 3rd CC, she was now a
Champion. The hours of hard work had paid off,
one of Lily’s progeny was now a Champion!

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