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February 1,2,3, 2008:  Pepper (Shadrack's Great Expectations) had a very successful weekend at the Queensbury, NY, shows. Three different judges could see how well she represents the breed.  Her smooth side gait and terrific attitude help make her one of the stand outs for all three shows. She was Winners Bitch each day. To date, Pepper has 8 points and is well on her way to being a champion.

October 24, 2007:  Indy (Am/Can Ch Milano N Bearbrook at Longship) had 3 puppies.  The sire is Ch Shadracks Aim Us High.   Click here to go to the Indy x Amos Litter page.

September 9, 2007:   North Conway, NH:  Riggs (Ch Milano N Longship LethalWeapon) earned his final points to complete his AKC Championship.   Show pictures pending.

August 10, 11, and 12, 2007:  Ballston Spa, NY: Riggs (Milano N Longship LethalWeapon) was Winners Dog and Best of Winners on Friday for a 3-point major under Judge Jean Fournier, Winners Dog on Saturday for 2 points under Judge Carolyn Thomas, and Winners Dog and Best of Winners on Sunday for a second 3-point major under Judge Jeffery Bazell.

National Specialty,  Boulder, CO, April 29 through May 5, 2007:

We had an exciting (and long) trip to the National Show this year in
Boulder, CO.   We brought four of our dogs (Riggs, Scout, Tara, and Pepper)
and four dogs we co-own with others (Ethan, Cassie, Stormy, and Radisson).
Out of the eight classes entered, six of these dogs had placements at third
and fourth against some very tough competitors.   Show pictures have been posted.

September 16, 2006:  Neeka (Ch. Longship Tidal Wave)  earned her junior water title of WD (Water Dog)   She passed her test well under the time for each exercise at the 2-day Bear Mountain Newf Club water tests.   Neeka also earned 2 legs toward her Rally Novice title this summer at the Vermont Scenic Cluster shows held in Essex Junction, VT.   Handled and trained by Lorna Fortune.

September 4, 2006:  Annie (Ch Longship's Tugboat Annie) had 5 puppies with Riggs (Milano N Longship LethalWeapon).   Click here to go to the Annie x Riggs Litter page.

July 14, 15, and 16, 2006: Vermont Scenic Cluster, Essex, VT:   Riggs (Milano N Longship LethalWeapon) was Winner's Dog and Best of Winners all three shows that weekend.   Pepper (Shadrack's Great Expectations) was Winner's Bitch and Best of Opposite all three shows.   Each now has 3 points towards their AKC title.  Show pictures are posted on individual dog's page.

June 27, 2006:  Nana (Ch. Bedadsgirl Phare Ile-Belle-Mer) had 5 puppies with Gomer (Ch. Springhaven's Going My Way ).  Click here to go to the Nana x Gomer Litter page.

March 2006, Newfoundland National Specialty Show, Cumberland, MD:  It was a beautiful week for the Newf Specialty at the Rocky Gap Resort in the mountains of western Maryland.   We are very proud of all our dogs that performed well in the ring.   Additional praise goes to Riggs (Milano N Longship LethalWeapon) who was first in his class of Novice Dogs with 9 entries.   Pepper (Shadracks Great Expectations) placed 3rd in the 6 to 9 Mo puppy bitch class with 42 entries. Kosmo (Dream Time for Shadow's Eternity) placed 3rd in the 12 to 18 Mo. puppy dog class with 21 entries.

March 18 & 19, 2006:  At the Connecticut River Working Dog Association Shows, Tara (Longship's Gone with the Wind) was Best Newfoundland Puppy in the open show on Saturday.   On Sunday, Pepper (Shadrack's Great Expectations) was Best Opposite in Sweeps and Best Puppy in Show & Reserve Winner's Bitch in the open show.

November 25, 2005: Neeka (Ch. Longship Tidal Wave) earned her CD title in Novice B handled and trained by Lorna Fortune.  Congratulations to both of them!

November 18, 2005 : Scarlett (Ch. Longship's Frankly My Dear) completes her AKC championship in Syracuse, NY.

As of June 30, 2005: Nana (Ch. Bedadsgirl Phare Ile-Belle-Mer) is listed by the AKC as the second quickest finishing Newfoundland in 2005 by finishing in six shows over 13 days.  Click on this link http://gpyrs.home.comcast.net/index.htm?1,5,8,15 to get all the details.

June 11, 2005:  Brome, Quebec, Nana (Ch. Bedadsgirl Phare Ile-Belle-Mer) gets two Group 4 placings at the St. Francis Kennel Club to complete her Canadian championship.

June 10, 2005:  Brome, Quebec, Riggs (Milano N Longship LethalWeapon) gets Best of Breed and a Group 4 placing for his first 3 points!

May 23, 2005:  Montreal, Canada, Neeka (Ch. Longship Tidal Wave), owner-handled by Lorna Fortune, wins Best of Breed at the Hochelaga Kennel Club to bring her total Canadian points to six.

May 22, 2005:  Montreal, Canada, Nana  (Ch. Bedadsgirl Phare Ile-Belle-Mer) wins Best of Breed at the Hochelaga Kennel Club at her Canadian debut for 3 points towards her Canadian Championship.

May 21, 2005: (Ch. Longship Tugboat Annie) has six healthy puppies - three boys and three girls.   Click here to go to the Annie x Theo Litter page.

April 3, 2005: Syracuse, NY, Nana (Ch. Bedadsgirl Phare Ile-Belle-Mer),  handled by Sam Mamano, finishes her AKC Championship after 10 shows in two weeks with a total of 18 points!

February 25, 2005:  Black Hawk Kennel Club, Chicago, IL, Annie (Ch. Longship Tugboat Annie), handled by Sam Mamano, takes Winner's Bitch under Judge Patricia L. Brenner for a 4-point major and her AKC Championship!!!

November, 27, 2004:   Worcester, MA Neeka (Longship Tidal Wave) takes Winner's Bitch and Best of Opposite for 1 point and her AKC Championship!

November 19-22, 2004:   Springfield, MA  Neeka (Longship Tidal Wave) takes Winner's Bitch and Best of Opposite on Friday (4-point major), Reserve Winner's Bitch on Saturday, and Winner's Bitch and Best of Opposite on Monday (3-point major).     Only one more point needed for her championship!

November 11-14, 2004:   Syracuse, NY.   Neeka (Longship Tidal Wave) takes Winner's Bitch and Best of Opposite on Thursday, Reserve Winner's Bitch on Friday, and Winner's Bitch, Best of Winner's and Best of Opposite on Sunday.  She now has a total of 7 points towards her championship!

October 22-23, 2004:  Delaware, Ohio.   Annie (Longship Tugboat Annie) takes Winner's Bitch on Friday for 2 points and Winner's Bitch and Best of Winners on Saturday for a 3-point major!   She now has 12 points!

October 21, 2004:  Very sad news today.  Blinken (Bearbrooks Blink of 'N Eye) died after a valiant battle with cancer.    She was 11 years 4 months old.  We will miss her terribly.  Her legacy lives on in her grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

October 8-9, 2004:   Springfield, Ohio.    Annie (Longship Tugboat Annie) takes Winner's Bitch on Friday and Saturday for 1 point each and is Reserve Winner's Bitch on Sunday.

September 4-5, 2004:  North Conway, New Hampshire.  Saturday, Indy (Am/Can Ch Milano N Bearbrook at Longship) wins BOS.  Neeka (Longship Tidal Wave) takes Winner's Bitch.  Sunday, Annie (Longship Tugboat Annie) takes Winner's Bitch, BOW, and BOS.    New show photo on Annie's page!

June 12-13, 2004- "Indy" is now known as Am/Can Ch Milano N Bearbrook at Longship. She finished her Can. championship at the St. Francis shows in Quebec, handled by John. "Logan" won WD/BOW on Saturday for another 3 points towards his Can Ch. He needs just 2 more points!

May 22-23,2004- Longship's Wave Runner ("Logan") won WD/BOW/BOB and a Group 2 at the Hochelaga Kennel Club in Montreal, Canada for his first 5 pts towards his Can. Ch.  (Logan was handled by Wheatley) On Sunday, Indy won WB/BOW/BOB and a Group 2 for 5 pts. Indy needs just 1 more point in Canada to finish. Indy was owner handled by John. Pictures to be posted soon.

April 19-23, 2004- NCA National Specialty in Delevan, WI. Rio won Best In Sweepstakes over an entry of 134 other puppies! Way to go Rio!! Owner handled by Karen.

April 4, 2004 - "Logan" Aka Longship's Wave Runner won WD for his first 2 points at Troy KC in Albany NY!! His pictures are on his newly created page. Click here to view.

March 13-14, 2004
Cinder won BISSw on April 13 at the CT River Working Dog show in a very competitive entry and was BOSSw the next day to her brother, Rio who was BISSw!!

December 5, 2003
Arrow's New Champion photo is up on her site.

November 21, 2003
Arrow won WB for 3 points to complete her Am. Championship!! She is now Ch Longship's Right On Target. Owner handled by Wheatley.

October 31, 2003
Neeka's picture is posted on her site.

October 18, 2003
Neeka won WB/BOW/BOS for her first 2 points at the NCA supported entry, handled by Kathy Kalos. Picture is posted on her site.

October 6, 2003
Cinder's picture of her first 2 points as WB/BOW/BOS is up on her page

September 24 and 28, 2003
Cinder won WB/BOW on the 24th for her first 2 points. On Sunday the 28th, Cinder won WB/BOW/BEST OF BREED at just 10 months of age over a very lovely bitch and dog special to give her a 3 point major (Total of 5 points now)! All wins owner handled by Wheatley!

September 17, 2003
Cinder's picture is up on her page.

September 6-7, 2003
Indy won Best of Breed over two very nice male specials at just 17 months of age! Owner-handled by John! Cinder won Best Puppy in Breed over 3 older pups and then went on to win a Puppy Group 2 over some very tough competition!! On Sunday, Indy won Best of Opposite Sex. Photos soon to follow.

August 31. 2003
Arrow won WB/BOW/BOS over a special for 2 more points towards her Am. Championship. She needs just one major to finish! New pictures up on her site, taken August 31, 2003.

August 22, 2003
Indy's Championship photo is up! Click here to go to her page.

August 9, 2003
Indy won WB/BOW/BOS for another 4 pt major and her championship. She is now: Ch Milano N Bearbrook at Longship at just 16 months of age! John handled her to her final and 3rd major!!

August 8, 2003
Arrow wins WB in Ballston Spa, NY for 1 pt.

July 14, 2003
Indy and Arrow's photos from their wins in Springfield are on their pages.

July 11, 2003
Indy won a 3 point major going WB/BOW/BOS at the CVKC shows in Essex Junction, VT. handled by Kathy and Karen! Indy now has both of her majors and just needs 4 points to finish! New pictures of Rio were updated on the males page

July 3-5, 2003
Indy won 2 points going WB/BOW in Springfield on 7/3, handled by Kathy KalosArrow won 2 pts the next day, 7/4, going WB and was reserve to yet another major on Saturday, owner handled by Wheatley. Pictures soon to follow.

June 13-15, 2003
Indy won 4 points in Brome, QC Canada for the first of her points towards her Canadian Championship, owner handled by John.

June 1, 2003
Indy (Milano N Bearbrook at Longship) won 2 more points at the Wrentham, MA shows! Kathy Kalos and Karen Friedman showed her to these points.

May 5, 2003
New photos added of Indy's placements at the National. New page made for Arnica (Longship's Tidal Wave). Cinder's page is up!

April 22-25, 2003
At the Newfoundland National Specialty in Ellicottville, NY: Indy won 2nd place in 12-15 month sweeps in a class of 20 bitches. Indy then won 2nd place in the 12-18 month class with 29 other bitches present!! Longship's Tidal Wave "Neeka" placed 3rd in the 6-9 puppy class with an entry of over 20 bitches! We had a great national! Thanks to Kathy Kalos and Karen Friedman for their expert grooming and handling!

We have added two new babies to our family, Cinder and Rio. Rio is co-owned and lives with Karen Friedman of Culpepper Newfoundlands. More information and pictures will be coming soon!

April 6, 2003
Arrow's mom, Dixie, is now known as CH Gatsby's Deliberate Diva. She won her last major today at the Great Barrington Kennel Club show in Troy, NY! She'll be going back to Indiana to be with her mom Marsha at the end of the month. Many thanks to Kathy Kalos and Karen Friedman for their expertise in handling and grooming her!

March 30, 2003
We had a good weekend in Syracuse New York. Indy and John won a 4 point major from the 9-12 month puppy class and Arrow won yet another major reserve to her younger half sister! Arrow's mom, Dixie, won a 3 point major and just needs one more to get her American Championship.

March 2003
New pictures of Indy (Milano N Bearbrook at Longship) added!

February 2003
At her first two shows at 6 months of age, Longship's Tidal Wave "Arnica" (our Scarlet's sister out of Ch Shadrack's Midnight Spirit CD and Longship's Tugboat Annie) won Reserve Winners Bitch in an entry of 8 other females on the second day! Picture soon to follow

January 2003
New pictures added of Indy, Scarlet. More updates of several pages.

Arrow's RWB win from the GRNC Regional Specialty is on her page

October 19, 2002
New page added for our "retirees". New page made for our "Scarlet". All of the puppies have gone to their new homes!

August 16, 2002
Annie and "Buda" (Ch Shadrack's Midnite Spirit CD DD WD) had 10 healthy puppies on August 5, 2002! 5 girls and 5 boys! Pictures are located on the Litters page. All of the puppies have wonderful homes lined up.

June 23, 2002
New pictures added to Indy's site. Arrow won RWB on Friday and Saturday and won WB/BOW/BOS on Sunday for 1 point at the Topsfield, MA shows.

May 27, 2002

We have a new addition to our pack and her name is Milano N Bearbrook at Longship, aka Indy. We'll be updating pictures often. Click here to go to her page.
 

May 21, 2002
Arrow's picture from Maine is up on her site and Dixie's picture from the National is up on her site.

May 5, 2002

Arrow won WB/BOS and Best Puppy at the Biddeford Maine shows for 1 point over an entry of 5 bitches.

April 30, 2002

We're back from the National and we've added new photos and some news to Arrow and Dixie's pages. Marsha Medlock, Gatsby Newfoundlands, was nice enough to let me show Dixie (Arrow's mother) for her to a 3rd place finish in the American Bred class!! Click here to go to Dixie's page. I've also gotten some very nice photos of Arrow alone and with her mother and father from the National show. Click here to be taken to Arrow's page.

April 11, 2002

Lola's championship photo is now up on her site. Thanks goes out to Brian Still and Rebecca Carner for doing such a wonderful job with our girl and taking such good care of her when she was away from home!!

April 6-7, 2002

Annie won WB/BOB on Sunday over a special at the Sherbrooke, PQ shows this weekend for her first Canadian point with John. At the Troy NY shows, Arrow and Wheatley won RWB to a 3 point major from the puppy classes on Saturday.

March 28 2002

We are pleased to announce that Lola is now Am/Can Ch Longship's Cherry Cola Lola. She finished her American championship today in Syracuse, NY with Brian Still for her second major! Lola will be seeing the obedience ring next with Elaine on the other end of the leash for her CD title.

March 18 2002

BIG NEWS FOR ARROW!!

Arrow (Longship's Right On Target) won WB/BOW for a 5 point major at the CT River Working Dog Assoc. show on Saturday at just 10 months of age, owner handled!!!! There was a nice entry there and we were quite happy and surprised! She also won  Best Puppy and in Puppy group she made the final cut!

On Sunday she won Best of Opposite Sex in Sweepstakes!!

March 2002

New photos added to Annie's, Ditto's and Arrow's pages!!

Bogie's information updated with his latest litter information.

February 2002

Longship Newfoundlands moves its site to a new location : http://www.longshipnewfoundlands.com

November 19, 2001

Lola won WB/BOS to get a 3 point major, to get her up to 13 points while out with Brian Still and Rebecca Carner. She just needs one more major to finish! New pictures of her will be up soon.

New pictures of Blinken and Lola. See their pages by clicking here

October 7 2001

At the Newfoundland Club of New England's match show, Arrow, at the tender age of 4.5 months, wins another BOS puppy over an entry of approximately 19 other female puppies (ranging in age from 3 months to 18 months!!) Not to be out-done by her  2nd cousin, Annie wins BOS Adult over a nice entry of adult bitches!! We are very pleased with our newest shining stars!!  

October 5-7

Lola wins 3 more points to total 9 points towards her American Ch., now she just needs majors!

 

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