Updated February 23, 2011
Gigi - Our Specialty Winner!
Can. Champion Protege-Kismet Azurette O'Cherden
Intl CH Cherden Thunder Run ex Kismet's Snow White
Genetic Tests
Eyes: CERF clear (September 2009)
MDR1: DNA tested normal/normal (WSU #13659)
Hips: OFA Good (SS-16711G24F-VPI)
Thyroid: Normal
VWD: clear by parentage
13-1/2 inches; Full Dentition
Blue Merle, Non-Bifactored, White-Factored
Gigi's litter sired by Intl CH Cherden Thunder Run
arrived on February 21, 2011!
Gigi has an exquisite head, is sound and beautifully balanced.
With her virtues and pedigree, she is key to our program
to be line-bred on her grandfather,
Am/Can JCC Grand CH Barkley's SS Pajero Junior CD CC ROM, "Pajero"
in a direct line to Am CH Banchory High Born ROM ROMC
See Gigi's kids
by BISS Am CH Stonerhaven Samurai
Azarel A Muse In Lace, "Muse"
and Azarel Aerodynamic, "Aries"
Gigi won 10 Championship points in ONE DAY!
August 8, 2009Shetland Sheepdog Club of British Columbia Specialty
Gigi winning five points with WB and BOW
under Breeder / Judge Judith Byrne.
"She is simply exquisite!" said Judge Judith Byrne.
That afternoon under Judge Hans Lehtinen from Finland
Gigi took WB, BOW and BOS for another five points
at the Victoria City Kennel Club show
August 9, 2009
Gigi went on to another five point win
under Sheltie Breeder / Judge Guy Jeavons
Finishing her Canadian Championship in one weekend!
Gigi is a grand-daughter of the incomparable
Am/Can JCC Grand CH Barkley's SS Pajero Junior CD CC ROM
Pajero was the top Specialty winning male in US history
with 40 Best In Specialty Show wins
8 All-breed Best In Shows
3 ASSA National Awards of Merit
and was 2002 Number One Sheltie in the US
Gigi's breeders were Kori Bryant of Protege Shelties
and Guy and Thelma Mauldin of Kismet Shelties
Thank you to Cheryl Anderson, Cherden Shelties,for selling us our once-in-a-lifetime girl - Miss GIGI!
Azarel Shelties - Raised Naturally
For optimum health, we nurture our Shelties with love,a biologically appropriate raw diet
a healthy balance of raw meats and raw bones,
rare seasonal fruits and veggies, no grains,
minimal "medical" intervention and no pesticides.
Azarel Shetland Sheepdogs
Quesnel, British Columbia, Canada
