LAMZ

Laurie & Gaby

LAMZ Bedlington Terriers came to be in 2003 with the addition of Gypsy (CH Chelsea's Blue Gypsy Dancer RA SE CGC) to our family. She was our first show dog, and with her we began to learn the ins and outs of the show ring. After showing her for a few months we were hooked. At Montgomery that year, Gaby stole Gypsy away from Laurie and so it was decided that one dog was one too few for two handlers. Soon after, Vegas(CH LAMZ Viva Las Vegas RN SE) joined the family. Both dogs finished on the same day in 2004 and we decided to put Gypsy away and lightly show Vegas as a special. In 2005 he did extremely well and ended the year as the #5 bedlington in the US after winning a Best of Breed during a national specialty weekend at Morris & Essex. We have had him out now in 2005, 2006 and 2007 as a special and he has done very well, completing all three years in the top-10 of the breed and was the #1 bedlington (breed-points) in 2007. He was put into semi-retirement after 2007, and has since made limited appearances at the larger shows where he continues to be placed among the top dogs on the day.

In 2005 we had our first litter, from which we kept two puppies, Rocky and Chloe. Both puppies became AKC champions, with some nice wins along the way. We have now bred 7 litters and have dogs out in show rings throughout the country. We have produced numerous group placing dogs, Puppy Group placers/winners, 5-point major winners, a Best Puppy in Specialty winner, a National Specialty Winners Dog/Best of Winners, a Regional and Floating Specialty Winners Dog, performance titled dogs and dogs who have gone on to other big accomplishments. We look forward to what the future has in store for all of the LAMZ puppies.

We believe that a top dog should not only prove themselves in the show ring and, subsequently, the whelping box, but should also excel in performance events that test their instinct, brains and temperament. We compete with our dogs in a range of performance events such as Rally-O, Agility and Earthdog. Gypsy and Vegas have Senior Earthdog titles, and Rocky has a leg towards his Junior Earthdog title. Chloe has qualified many times in Intro to Quarry. Gypsy and Vegas compete in Rally-O on occasion and Gypsy has earned her Rally Advanced title while Vegas has his Rally Novice title. We have started agility and so far, Gypsy has two legs towards her Novice Standard title and a leg towards her Novice Jumpers title.

We are strong supporters of juniors, both in our breed and in others. Gaby competed actively in Junior Showmanship until she aged out in October of 2007, and was the #2 Bedlington junior in 2005, and #1 bedlington junior in 2006 and 2007, as well as being a top-10 terrier junior both years and in the top 30 juniors in the country in 2007. She was the first junior to show a bedlington at the AKC/Eukanuba National Championship. With Vegas, she qualified for Eukanuba twice and Westminster once. All of the children in our family have competed in Junior Showmanship and have moved into the open class. Ryan has a few wins and has been a ranked bedlington junior during numerous years.