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Bryan and Nancy Martin Welcome You to Shows, etc!
Bryan and Nancy Martin have been involved in the world of dogs all their lives, and this website allows you to view the history of their love of dogs and dog shows. Both have retired from their previous work on the dog show circuit, but Bryan has continued to remain involved with the American Kennel Club and currently works as an Executive Field Representative, and will be covering the Northwest Territory.
Bryan and Nancy have traveled throughout the continental
United States and across the globe, presenting dogs of all breeds in both National and International competitions - averaging more than 150 shows every
year. Both of these very talented and experienced handlers have earned the highest of honors in the sport of purebred dogs, achieving multiple Specialty and All-Breed Best in Show wins at many of the most prestigious shows throughout United States and in global competition.
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BIS BISS GCH. CH. Topsfield-Sanchu Eenie Meenie Miney Moe - "Tiger"
Bryan Martin -
The 2011 AKC Registered Handler of the Year!
Bryan and Nancy are very proud of the following honor awarded by the American Kennel Club at the AKC/Eukanuba Championship Dog Show on December 17th, 2011 -
"The American Kennel Club Registered Handlers Program applauds Bryan Martin, Recipient of the 2011 AKC Registered Handler of the Year Award.
Nominated by his peers, and selected by the Field Team of the RHP, Bryan has continuously stepped above and beyond as a member of the Registered Handlers Program, and in his role and a Regional Representative he embodies the character and professionalism desired in our membership."
What a thrill for Bryan, and truly an honor!
Highlighting the "Grand Champion"!
On May 12, 2010, the American Kennel Club began offering a new conformation title, the Grand Champion, which was made available to AKC Champions of record. A Special Note of Congratulations goes out to the following show champions that have completed the requirements and been awarded the honor of being a "Grand Champion".
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BIS GCH. CH. Polar Mist War Admiral - "Riker"
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BIS BISS GCH. CH. Topsfield-Sanchu American Express - "Timmy"
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GCH. CH. Windfall's Chain Reaction - "Spike" (awarded 07-03-2010)
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BIS GCH. CH. Ri Lee's Stellar Performance - "Reese"
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GCH. CH. Dare's Victory Fourtold - "Drew"
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GCH. CH. Adeline's Sticky Wicket - "Wicket"
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BIS BISS GCH. CH. Fort Merrill Topsfield Yahoo - "Yahoo"
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BIS GCH. CH. Sammantic Now Or Never - "Maestro"
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GCH. CH. Chindale's Oriental Infusion - "Booty"
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GCH. CH. Sammantic Nanacy - "Nancy"
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GCH. CH. Windfall's Flashpoint - "Markus"
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GCH. CH. Ponwood's Oblong - "Oblong"
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GCH. CH. Rivergroves Star Sapphire - "Gem"
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GCH. CH. Huntlover's Readymade From Denmark - "Torben"
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GCH. CH. Aramis Farms High Road To Killary - "Gilbey"
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GCH. CH. Sentez Jagr - " Jagr"
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GCH. CH. Forevergreens Scout - " Scout"
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BIS BISS GCH. CH. Topsfield-Sanchu Eenie Meenie Miney Moe - "Tiger"
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GCH. CH. Sir Aston Martin Of England - "Aston"
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GCH. CH. Riverspruce Yukon Jack - "Henley"
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GCH. CH. Rivergroves Sky's The Limit - "Sky"
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GCH. CH. Ponwood's Smoky - "Smoky"
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Spotlight on the Shows!
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For a complete listing of show results, click here.
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13-14 April - Bryan and Nancy are in Crown Point, Indiana, for the two day weekend, and start off Saturday with a Hound Group 4 for Tiger, which MimiChin takes it to the top of the Toy Group for a Group 1 win!
The weekend ends on a double high note, with Bryan and Tiger, the magnificent Basset Hound winning the hound Group and MimiChin, with Nancy expertly guiding her, taking the top rosette in the Toy Group.
MimiChin and Nancy go on to the final victory and BEST IN SHOW number eighteen!
And their story will go on as they begin writing a new chapter...
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04-08 April - It is trip out west to Kansas for the Martin crew, and MimiChin starts out with a great Breed win and a Group 3 placement at the Kansas Toy Dog Show on Thursday. MimiChin and Nancy follow up on that win with a Toy Group 1 at the Hutchinson KC show on Friday, with Team Tiger pulling in the rosette for a Hound Group 3! Saturday's show brings a Hound Group 2 placement for Tiger, and MimiChin beings in home with another Toy group 1 rosette, which leads her to a Reserve Best in Show win!! Sunday brings more Group rosettes for Tiger (Hound Group 4) and MimiChin (Toy Group 2)! Monday rounds out the show weekend with a Hound Group 4 for Team Tiger and another Toy Group 1 win for MimiChin!! |
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30-31 March - Bryan, Nancy and the crew head home from the Clinton Iowa KC shows with some nice wins over the two day weekend.
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Team Tiger makes it back-to-back Hound Group 1 wins
- MimiChin and Nancy add their Toy Group 1 and 2 wins to the lot
- LC the Tibetan Terrier is in the ribbons with a Non-Sporting Group 2 and 3
- with Leif the Finnish Laphund bringing home a Herding Group 4 placement! What a great way to ring in the Spring Season!! |
14-17 March - Team Tiger heads south to Kentucky for the big Kentuckiana Cluster where they continue in the ribbons with a four BOB wins, two Hound Group 3 placements and a Hound Group 4 during the Cluster weekend!!
At the Kentuckiana Basset Hound Club Specialty show, held Saturday evening, Team Tiger again came out on top with another Specialty Best of Breed win!
There is another big winner for the weekend - Kentucky crowns a new Champion - Oscar, the Japanese Chin goes all the way to Best of Breed for the 5-point major win and his new CH title! Congratulations to Oscar's owners - Diane Corkey and Jacqueline Gonsowski.
It was a great run for Bryan and Tiger at the Kentuckiana Cluster in Louisville!!
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07-10 March - Bryan and Tiger are in Nashville, Tennessee, for the beginning of a long weekend, and they start with a huge Hound Group 1 win!! The second day of the weekend brings a Hound Group 2 placement for Team Tiger!
It is on to Indiana, and Saturday brings the big win for Team Tiger - a BEST IN SHOW at Logansport KC!! Congratulations to Tigers owners, Dr. Claudia Orlandi and Claire Steidel, on this wonderful achievement for Tiger!! MimiChin stays in the rosettes with a Toy Group 2 and Smokey PON has a great showing in the Herding Group with a Group 2 placement!
As if Saturday was not enough, Team Tiger does it again, bringing home the BEST IN SHOW rosette for Sunday at Logansport!! The boys are really rockin' the weekend!! MimiChin does it yet again with another Toy Group 2, Piroschka the Samoyed is in the placements with a Working Group 2 and Smoky PON ups the placement in the Herding Group to a win earning a Group 1 rosette!!
Great weekend all the way around!
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02-03 March - The teams are off to Detroit for the two day weekend. On Saturday, Team Tiger works the Hound Group earning a Group 2 rosette, while MimiChin puts on a show of her own, garnering the Toy Group 1 win!
MimiChin and Nancy top it all off with a Best In Show win on Sunday! Congratulations to MimiChin's owners - James Dalton, Dr. John Turjoman and Marsha Ballard!!
Nancy and MimiChin celebrate Best in Show #17 at the Detroit Kennel Club
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21-24 February - Back in Chicago for the annual International Cluster of Dog Shows! And Team Tiger stays in the ribbons with a Hound Group 3 and Group 4 placements for the Thusday and Friday shows, and MimiChin kick starts the weekend with a Toy Group 4 and a Toy Group 1 win! Looks like the start of a great weekend!
The International Kennel Club of Chicago shows are on Saturday and Sunday, and Team Tiger continues their streak of Hound Group placements with Group 2 and Group 3 rosettes earmed, while MimiChin makes it a "3-Peat" of Toy Group 1 wins by taking big blue rosettes Friday, Saturday and Sunday!
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15-18 February - Team Tiger travels in the opposite direction this weekend, and they head west - to Denver, Colorado! Tiger started the weekend off with a Hound Group 2 at Friday's show, and then a Hound Group 1 and Reserve Best in Show win on Saturday! On Sunday, it is another Hound Group 1 win for Tiger! Monday rounds out the weekend and Team Tiger brings it home with a Hound Grouo 2! Way to go, Team Tiger, for wonderful weekend results in Denver!! |
11-12 February - Bryan and Nancy are in New York celebrating their 30th wedding anniversary!!
Oh - and it is time once again for the Westminster Kennel Club show!! And we will be posting results as soon as we can!!
On Monday morning they start out with big wins in the Finnish Lapphund ring - Best of Breed with GCH CH Yutori's Shades Of Autumn (Leif) and Best of Opposite with CH Yutori's Winter Solstace (Celie)- congratulations to owners Lynn Drumm and Cathy Pollack!!
Leif, the Finnish Lapphund goes Best of Breed!!
And Best of Opposite Sex for Celie!!
And MimiChin and Nancy continue to work their magic in the Japanese Chin ring and earn Best of Breed honors! Congratulations to owners James Dalton, Dr. John Turjoman and Marsha Ballard!!
MimiChin is Best of Breed at the Garden!
Way to go Team Tiger - working their way to a Best of Breed win in the Basset Hound ring!! And on to a Hound Group 2!! Congratulations to owners Dr. Claudia Orlandi and Claire Steidel!!
Tiger wins the Breed and goes on to a Hound Group 2!!
There were even more great results to post on Tuesday as Gem, the Great Pyrenees, earns the rosette for Best of Opposite Sex! Congratulations to Gem's owners, John and Joan Hanover, and Jean Boyd.
Gem goes Best of Opposite Sex at Westminster!
It has been a wonderful couple of days at the Garden in New York. Thank you to everyone for all the support and for the wonderful dogs we get to work with each and every show weekend! Now it is on to the next dog show! |
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07-09 February - It is a stopover for a couple of days in Indianapolis for Bryan and the crew as they make their way out to the east coast. And Tiger the Basset Hound keeps it in the ribbons on Thursday with a Hound Group 3 placement! Then it is back to back Hound Group 1 wins on Friday and Saturday!! Smoky added some variety to the winners list, earning a Herding Group 4 placement on Saturday!
Now on to New York!!
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02-03 February - The flu bug finally struck Team Martin and Nancy is down for the count, but Bryan is feeling great and takes a few of the crew south to balmy St. Joseph, Missouri, where on Saturday it is Tiger on the Hound Group 1 podium and Smoky the Polish Lowland Sheepdog earns the rosette for a Herding Group 2 placement!
Team Tiger!!
On Sunday, Team Tiger tops off the weekend with a Hound Group 1 win and a Best in Show rosette!! Congratulations go out again to Dr. Claudia Orlandi and Claire Steidel on BIS win number nine for Tiger!
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25-27 January - It is a cold January weekend in Grayslake, Illinois, but MimiChin and Team Tiger at HOT! Highlighting the weekend are the Group one wins for Tiger and MimiChin, who goes on to win Back to back Reserve Best in Show rosettes on Friday and Saturday!! There are also wonderful Group placements earned for Lief the Finnish Laphund and for Smoky the PON!
Sunday is a special day as we celebrate the Hound Group 2 placement for Tiger the Basset Hound, and a Working Group 4 placement for Piroschka the Samoyed and...
...the 16th Best in Show win for MimiChin!! Congratulations to owners James Dalton, Dr. John Turjoman and Marsh Ballard on a "Sweet Sixteen" record of BIS wins for MimiChin and Nancy!
We are also proud to announce that we had a number of new title holders this weekend!
- Dewey the Glen of Imaal Terrier, has completed his Championship title this weekend! Congratulations to Jeffry and Sandra Kellman, and Maura High on their new titleholder.
- Kody the Tibetan Terrier, has completed his Championship title this weekend! Congratulations to Jane E. Cladus and Nikki Kinsiger on their new Champion.
- Gideon the Pomeranian, has completed his Championship title this weekend! Congratulations to Jeanne Heager and Judy Mehicz on their new Champion Pom!
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19-20 January - Happy Sunday Birthday to Nancy!! Brrr! Heading off to the Central Iowa Kennel Club shows. The weekend goes very well with numerous Best of Breed wins and Group placements for Piroschka the Samoyed, LC the Tibetan Terrier, MimiChin and Tiger the Basset Hound!! And a major win from the classes for Gideon the Pomeranian! |
12-13-06 January - Bryan and Nancy head north to Oshkosh, Wisconsin, for a great show weekend where MimiChin earns Back to Back Reserve-Best In Show wins! Piroschka, the Samoyed, earnes rosettes both days for a Working Group 1 and a Group 2, while Tiger brings it home with Hound Group 2 and Group 4 placements!
Stoli, the Samoyed, earns his Champion Title on Saturday by going Winners Dog and Best of Winners! Congratulations to owners Kevin and Leah Harnack, and additionally to breeder Sandra Patterson on her 65th Champion Titled Samoyed! |
04-06 January - Team Martin start the year off with trip to Cleveland and a Hound Group 2 for Tiger and a Reserve Best in Show win for MimiChin!! Saturday brings Group 3 placements for both Tiger and MimiChin! Sunday's results bring another Toy Group 1 win for MimiChin and a Hound Group 2 for Team Tiger!! What a wonderful start to the 2013 show year!!
Wishing Everyone a Fabulous 2013!!
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14-17 December - Bryan and Nancy are ending the 2012 show year with a four day weekend in Cleveland, Ohio. MimiChin and Nancy have four straight days of Toy Group placements - two Group 2's and two Group 3's, with Team Tiger bringing home a Hound Group 2 and Ace the American Eskimo Dog rounding out the Group placmenets with a Non-Sporting group 4 rosette! |
08-09 December - The second half of the four day show weekend moves to Rosemont, Illinois. MimiChin and Nancy start Saturday off with a Toy Group 3 placement and Team Tiger brings it home with a Hound Group 1 win! Seannie the Glen of Imaal Terrier caps it off by completing her Championship title with a Best of Breed win on this first day! Congratulations to Seannie's owners - Theresa Nesbitt, PJ Estes and Jody Daulton - on their new title holder!!
Sunday brings another Hound Group 1 win for Team Tiger, a Herding Group 2 for Smoky, and a Toy Group 3 for MimiChin! There is another Champion crowned - Peak the Flat-Coated Retriever! Congratulations to owners Marilyn Wilcox and Cheryl Kistner on Peak's Championship title!
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06-07 December - It is a weekend close to home, as Bryan and Nancy head to Wheaton, Illinois, for Thursday and Friday shows. Tiger brings home the Hound Group 2 and Group 4 rosettes, and Smoky brings in a Herding Group 2 placement. MimiChin makes her own statement with a Toy Group 4 on the first day and a Reserve Best In Show win on Friday! Pretty good start to the weekend shows! |
01-02 December - A good time was had in East Lansing, Michigan where Tiger brings in a Hound Group 2, MimiChin earns herslef a Toy Group 1 and a Toy Group 2, and Piroschka the Samoyed grabs the rosette for a Working Group 3 placement.
Plus - two new Champion titles earned for
- ChaCha the Leonberger, owned by Virginia Bartholomay and Gary Butterfield
- Ozzy the Leonberger, owned by Matt Messley
And - Allie the Otterhound takes a Hound Group 3 placement after winning the Breed from the classes, and earns a 5-point major win towards her Champion title!
Congratulations to all dogs and owners for a wonderful weekend! |
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30 November - The Hounds make a big statement at the Michigan Hound Association show in East Lansing, Michigan. Tiger the Basset and Henley the Otterhound earn Best of Breed wins on the day, while Tiger and Bryan continue on to earn a Hound Group 2 rosette! Way to go, Henley and Tiger!!
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24-25 November - Team Tiger heads to Ohio and brings in a couple of Breed wins and a Hound Group 2 placement! |
24-25 November - Nancy and the crew stay in Illinois for the weekend, where MimiChin earns a Toy Group 2 placement and a Group 1 win!! Great couple of days for the girls! |
17-18 November - It is a weekend for the Hounds at the Chicagoland Hound Association show.
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Tiger earns a Hound Group 2 on both Saturday and Sunday
- Shelby the Afghan brings home a a Hound Group 3 and a Best of Breed win for both days
- Henley the Otterhound takes home the Best of Breed ribbon for both Saturday and Sunday
- There is also a class dog in competition and Ollie the Basset takes Winners Dog on Sunday!
It is a great showing for all the Hounds!! |
15-16 November - Bryan and Tiger win Best in Show #8 at the Sandusky Kennel Club show in Columbus, Ohio. Congratulations go out again to Dr. Claudia Orlandi and Claire Steidel on their wonderful boy, Tiger! Day 2 of the weekend brings another Hound Group 1 win for Tiger!
It is also a great start to the weekend for Nancy and MimiChin, who bring home a Toy Group 4 placement. The next day, MimiChin takes it to the next level and earns herself a Toy Group 1 win! |
10-11 November - Nancy and Bryan are in Springfield, Missouri, where Team Tiger does it again - it is Back to Back Best in Show wins for Tiger and Bryan!! Congratulations to Dr. Claudia Orlandi and Claire Steidel on BIS wins number six and seven for thier handsome boy!
Tiger relaxing with Best in Show rosettes #6 and #7.
There are additional Group wins and placements for the weekend as well - a Toy Group 3 for MimiChin, a Hound Group 4 for Henley, a Working Group 4 for Pioschka, and a Herding Group 1 and a Group 4 for Smoky!
There is also a new Champion title eraned for Mr. Big, the Tibetan Terrier, owned by Barbara Bruns and Wolfgang Stamp. Congratulations on their new title holder.
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08-09 November - Bryan and Smoky, the Polish Lowlnd Sheepdog, travel to Brooksville, Florida, for two Specialty Shows and return home with TWO Specialty show Best of Breed wins! Congratultions to Barbara Bruns and Wolfgang Stamp on these fantastic wins for their wonderful boy, Smoky!!
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Wisconsin Weekend (Jan 10/11, 2009) show results are posted.
Back to Back Group One wins for both Tasy (Working) and Noodles (Hound)!
To see complete show results, click here. |
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BIS BISS GCH. CH. Pem We-Syng Lucky Mi - "Mimi"
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Bryan and Nancy hope that you enjoy your visit to Shows, etc., and encourage you to come back often to see what part
of the "World of Dog Shows" they and their current four-legged competitors have been visiting!
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