Blue Monday's Ring Of Fire (Ringo) was born Dec 4, 2009.  He started showing at 6 months in Paducah, KY; then Owensboro, KY; Greensboro, SC; and will continue in Atlanta, GA; Chattanooga, TN; Murfreesboro, TN; Knoxville, TN, Decatur, AL; and other places until he gains his championship title.
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Ringo entered the Atlanta shows and won another first prize ribbon, this was his biggest show ever, with the most competition.  We look forward to the upcoming back to back shows in Chattanooga on Friday, Sept 17th, being held by our own East Tennesse Boxer Club.
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L'il Z started her show career on Saturday morning, Aug. 8th with her first puppy match.  She took first prize for 6-12 mos. old Working Class Bitch Puppies.  We will also be showing at the Wilson County Fair on Aug. 25th at 6 pm.  Please come and show your support!
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L'il Z won her first Blue Ribbon at the Wilson County Fair in Working Class Puppies.  Next, we will visit the East TN Boxer Club show in Chattanooga on Sept 12, then attend more training classes and enter the Greater Murfreesboro Kennel Club show on Sept 26.  Please come and show your support!
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We entered the Greater Murfreesboro Kennel Club show on Sept 26 and Sept 27.  I must admit that I was a bit nervous since this was our first big AKC show.  We showed up early to scope out the competition and quickly learned how tiring it can be to wait an hour.  We went on to win our first red ribbon for second place on Saturday.  We were more prepared on Sunday, and everyone took notice.  We felt we had finally arrived in the big leagues, and earned our second red ribbon.
On Oct 17 and Oct 18, we entered the Tri-Star Kennel Club of Williamson County show in Nashville.  We are now starting to see familiar faces of dog owners, handlers, and our competition.  Our competitors seem more like family as they support and advise each other, and network for upcoming shows and breedings.  We are feeling accepted into a wonderful world where everything revolves around the Boxers.  After receiving advice on how to show more properly, we entered the ring and won another red ribbon on Saturday.  We are gaining more momentum and confidence, which truly showed on Sunday.  We made it past the initial round, and entered competition for Reserve Best of Bitches.  This red ribbon represents that we came in second only to the best female.
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Our last show of the year was on Nov 7th at the Decatur Alabama Kennel Club outside of Huntsville, AL.  Most of our new family was there and they showed support as we brought home another 2nd place red ribbon.  We are now being accepted into the East Tennessee Boxer Club where most of our new friends meet monthly in Knoxville, TN.  Now that we've spent a lot of time with these folks, we recognize that we are in good company.
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	Our first show of 2010 was a fun and fantastic event.  The Country Music Cluster brought in over 50 Boxers to one ring where our Lil Z got to strut her stuff, shake hands, and be a star for a shining moment.  Although she was eliminated in the first round, she had a great time, got to act up a little and earn another ribbon.    We are still looking to show her in other conformation rings, and now she is starting to train for Agility competition.  Since she already knows how gorgeous she is, we feel Agility will be a better experience since she is so much happier when she gets to move around.    So, watch for more upcoming pics as we travel down a whole new road together.
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