COMBINED CANINE CLUB PUP OF THE YEAR 2012
Pup of the Year 2012, ‘Quinn’, aka 13 months old Alldenria Eveready, qualified at Limerick at just 6 months and four days during the Munster Circuit, owned by Noel Beggs and June Wall, he goes back four generations of Everready Rottweilers to their big winning Ch & GB Ch Kanesbrook Black Commodore. Noel and ‘Quinn’ are seen here with the Judge, Paco Rodriguez, Sean Barry who represented sponsors, Gain Pet Food, and Paul Lawless of media partners Our Dogs.

PUP OF THE YEAR 2012
Noel Beggs with Alldenria Everready and the finals judge Paco Rodriguez.

PUP OF THE YEAR 2012
He did it....a delighted June Wall, co-owner of Pup of the Year Alldenria Everready celebrates the winning moment.

PUP OF THE YEAR 2012 - the final two
Noel Beggs with Alldenria Everready lines up with Tracy Shelly with Zaralee Gotta Lotta Nerve for the final decision.

PUP OF THE YEAR 2012 - 2nd Place
Runner-up was Tracy Shelly’s homebred Shar Pei Zaralee Gotta Lotta Nerve. Now almost 18 months old, ‘Twitch’ has enjoyed quite a winning career, having taken best overall in the Tibetan Breeds Gala under Michael Forte when she was just four months old. Now a junior champion, she was puppy stakes winner at Banbridge under June Bollard and took BPIS at Fermoy international under the aforementioned Michael Forte, who must have been delighted to see her go so far at the final.

PUP OF THE YEAR 2012 - 3rd Place
Third was Carmel Coogan’s Pug Kingpoint Where Them Girls At, a Finnish import who qualified at Dun Laoghaire under UK judge Ronnie Irving.

PUP OF THE YEAR 2012 - 4th
Sally and Sean Burns and Mary and Val Coghlan co-own the Standard Poodle Sarnia Magic Once More at Valentine, who was handled to fourth place by Sally, having qualified at Newtownards under Philip Behan.

PUP OF THE YEAR 2012 - 5th
The Keeshond Lyntova Midnight Dream, owned by Brian and Maureen Carroll, qualified at Clonmel under Wal Westren, and finished in fifth place.

PUP OF THE YEAR 2012 - 6th
Ross Delmar handled his Smooth Fox Terrier Shillelagh Port Vino to sixth place, having qualified at Bangor under Colette Muldoon.

PUP OF THE YEAR 2012 - 7th
Puppy stakes winner at the IKC National under Jean Lawless was Colette Cole’s Shih Tzu Cloughlea All That Jazz for Samchi, who finished seventh in the final.

PUP OF THE YEAR 2012 - 8th
Eighth placed was June and Andy Cairns’ Dobermann Tuwos Jackie O, handled by co-breeder Josh Henderson, who had also handled this Scottish-based dog to win the puppy stakes at Irish Ladies under Diane Stewart-Ritchie.

PUP OF THE YEAR 2012 - 9th
The puppy stakes representative from Bray under Willie Dobbin was Louis Hogan and John Yek’s Pekingese Pearlstone Suzi Wong, and she finished ninth overall.

PUP OF THE YEAR 2012

PUP OF THE YEAR 2012 - VENUE
The Ballroom at Moran's Red Cow Hotel.