Mr Murphy (or Smurf as he is known to those who love him) – BIS BISS GCHS Kazuri’s Everything’s Gonna Be Alright deserves his own post.

On Friday under Mr. Robert E Hutton, Murphy won the breed. He went on to win the Hound group under judge Mr Jon Cole and then Best In Show under Mr. Robert E Hutton. He also won the breed every other day of the cluster and got two Hound group 3s.

I couldn’t be more proud of Murphy as a breeder or owner! And so thankful to Randy who presents him so well.

We thought it would also be fun to do a photo of Murphy with some of the kids who were at the show (Vada Potato has already gone home so is unfortunately not in the shot). In the group shot it is Mac and Pickles (son and daughter of Mishka/Murphy), Savannah (daughter of Echo), Murphy, Beacon & Lyric (son and daughter of Willow/Murphy).

Three of his kids finished their CH titles this weekend, and another got two 5 point majors! Super results.

Murphy was bred by Sarah Sweetman, Mike and Karen Kurtzner. He is owned by Sarah Sweetman, Sarah Smith-Falkner and Ruth Sampson.

Washington has wanted but not been able to have a conformation based Beagle Club. Many attempts have been made over the years and so we were told we couldn’t do it. So, with hard work and working around the AKC parameters/rules, we received our AKC club status in Dec of 2024. We called it the Inland Northwest Beagle Club based in the Spokane area, but open to all.

We had this crazy idea to host our first Beagle Specialty at the Memorial weekend cluster and somehow we managed to pull it off.

We got a great entry with majors in both varieties, and people came from as far away as Hawaii, Pennsylvania and California as well as Oregon, Washington and Idaho. We couldn’t believe it.

It was great to spend time with friends, put my hands on dogs and sit back and enjoy days and days of beagles.

Cali (GCHB Kazuri’s Everything’s Sugar N Spice DCAT) and Savannah GCHB CH Kazuri’s Gonna Be Peachy FDC DCAT) completed their CGC titles on a whim.

Callie also got Select B at the INBC under judge Dana Cline and BOS/BOVOH under judge Robert E Hutton the following day – She went onto a OH Group 3 under Mr Eric Leibes. She was only entered and shown on those 2 days.

Savanah got Select Friday, Saturday and Sunday for 14 more points to her silver GCH

I’ll do a separate post about all the other wonderful wins from this weekend or else it’ll be very very long.

Unfortunately my sweet Nick got an injury on the first day and so was pulled from competition from the first day on. But he showed up and enjoyed his naps on the top of the trolley as he “cheered” everyone on.

The WWHA never disappoints. It is a lovely show to attend each year.

This year, Murphy (GCH Kazuri’s Everythings Gonna Be Alright) won BOV both days and then went onto a lovely group 3 with his co-owner Sarah Smith-Falkner

Murphy’s daughter Savannah (CH Kazuri’s Gonna Be Peachy) went Select B and BOS to her father for more majors towards her Grand CH title!

On Saturday Morrison (Kazuri Everthing Reminds Me Of You) went BOW for a 5 point major and then Sunday repeated it for his 4th major to finish his CH title.

On Saturday, Brin (Kazuri’s Chasing My Dreams) went WB/BOS for a 5 point major!

On Sunday, Lumi (Kazuri’s Illuminate My Dreams) went WB for a 3 point major to take her to 13 points (including a major) from the 6-9 class!