Our 2026 Blue Jean Specialty Ribbon winners! Judge Bob Shreve on the far right.
The Rocky Mountain Blue Jean Specialty delivered everything we love about our Vizsla community—great dogs, great friends, and a wonderfully relaxed evening wrapped in denim and smiles.
The festivities began on a warm Colorado afternoon, but Mother Nature had other plans. Just as the temperatures peaked, the clouds rolled in and treated everyone to a perfectly timed light shower that cooled things down and made for an even more enjoyable evening.
Kicking off the afternoon was Sweepstakes and Veteran Sweepstakes as judged by Breeder/Judge Sabrina Corliss. Sabrina efficiently and confidently worked through her exhibits and we were so happy to have her there. Results of her judging:
Best in Sweepstakes:
Breeder/Owner/Handler Tatum Duvall & Davy – Everlong’s Easy For You To Say
Best in Sweeps: Cheeky with Jenny Fleischer; Breeder/Judge Sabrina Corliss; Best of Opposite: Archer & Lindsay Tita
Judging the specialty was Mr. Robert Shreve, whose positive attitude, warm demeanor, and genuine appreciation for both exhibitors and dogs helped make the event especially memorable. His enthusiasm set the tone for a night that was as much about camaraderie as competition.
A heartfelt thank you goes out to our generous trophy sponsors—5280 Vizslas, Everlong Vizslas, Velocity Vizslas, and Vortex Vizslas, for providing the beautiful and fun trophies. We are grateful to Leah Davis for chairing the event. Special recognition goes to the Duvall family for coordinating the judge and organizing the creative and memorable trophies, and Jenny Fleischer for getting our ribbon order together. We would also like to thank the German Shorthaired Pointer Club of Colorado for graciously allowing us to share their evening and helping make this specialty possible.
Best of Breed, Leo, with Handler Sarah Luther
Congratulations to all of our Specialty winners!
BOB – Leo – GCH Boulder’s N Solterra’s Climb Ev’Ry Mountain
BOW/WD/BBE – Elway – Velocity’s Comeback Kid
BOS/BOBOH – Boujee – GCH CH 5280 She Apres Skis In Spyder RN JH NA NAJ OF BCAT SWE SCM SIM SEME SHDN RATN CGC TKN FITB FTN
SD – Jaxson – CH Renaissance Mardi Gras Madness
SB – ZsaZsa –CH Sincerus Magnificent Beautiful Dreamer Of La Tierra
AOM –
Nugget – GCH Renaissance Who Got The Gold CGC TKN
Revel – GCH Renaissance Beads, Booze, and Beignets
WB – Lani – Bella Vista’s Heavenly Sky
Best Puppy/RWB – Davy – Everlong’s Easy For You To Say
Best Veteran – Dani – GCHS Solterra’s N Boulder’s Tru-Ly Inspired MH
RWD – Benny – Vortex Benny The Jet Set Soda Pup
Best Junior – Tatum Duvall
Whether you left with ribbons, trophies, or simply great memories, the Rocky Mountain Blue Jean Specialty was a reminder of why these gatherings are so special—a celebration of our amazing breed, dedicated exhibitors, and the friendships that bring us together year after year.
This past weekend the Rocky Mountain Vizsla club held our second Scent Work trial and we had such great feedback all weekend! What takes a trial from good to great is the people, and we had the best team. To our judges, secretary, photographer, committee, and all day workers, thank you for making this such a great weekend! The facility is the other big part of a great trial and our sincere gratitude is extended to Milan Hess and the Colorado Veterinary Specialty Group team for sharing your beautiful facility with us.
Speaking of our photographer, Lisa Tapia, was AMAZING. She was there bright and early, had a smile on her face the whole time and gave us positive feedback! Lisa said she loved seeing how positive all the teams were, even if a search didn’t go their way. We take that as very high praise. Lisa captured some fantastic photos; please check them out the previews on her Facebook page, Lisa Tapia Photography, and when full edits are done, you’ll find them here: https://lisatapiaphotography.shootproof.com
Our judges were new to judging in the Colorado area, and from the feedback we received, we know they will be back! First, we had Cathy Hyatt from Albuquerque, New Mexico. Cathy was actually asked to join us last year, but AKC takes a bit of time to process new judges, and it prevented the assignment. We were so happy she could join us this year! Cathy’s searches were fun, challenging, and made you trust your dog and get out of your head. Our second judge was also asked to join us last year, but her schedule was already booked for out of state assignments! Tracy Patton, from Tomball, Texas, was able to join us this year and we were ecstatic to have her. Tracy trains detection dogs and was so thoughtful in her challenges and the dog’s scent behavior. We had so much fun on her searches! Our competitors had so many compliments for the judges; “you can tell both judges really love judging and watching the dogs work,” “thank you so much for introducing us to these awesome judges,” “these searches were so fun!” It went on and on. The judges were also so efficient that a full, two trial judge, was finished by 2:00pm each day. We highly recommend both judges to any club looking for a judge with great vision, efficiency, and who is just plain fun to be around.
And before we get to the awards, we must thank the incredible committee for their execution of such a high caliber event. Becky Clippinger, Neeta Cope, Megan Harper, Ginger Sammonds, Catherine Sayers, Lindsay Tita, and Trial Chair Jenny Fleischer — Thank you for all your hard work and organization. The committee was joined for the weekend by several incredible all day worker bees: Austin Adams, Ginger Brayman, Dylan Fleischer, Eydie Hoeppner, Heather Jackson, Carol Ann McConville, Caitlin Noblin, Byron Sayers, Sam Vangi, Chelsea Verduin, and Lindsey Walker — thank you for always being willing to jump in and help; keeping the trial moving so smoothly! The RMVC puts on several events a year, and it would not be possible without our incredible volunteers. To all who helped this weekend, thank you!
High in Trial Advanced, Penny! So excited to have it be a Vizsla!
For the fun stuff! High in Trials are often few and far between with the challenge of 4 for 4, but, we had a High in Trial Advanced team on Saturday, Megan Harper and Penny! We also awarded our High Scoring Vizsla team, and Manny & Becky Clippinger narrowly edged out Boujee/Jenny and Penny/Megan. It seemed the competition was really heating up for the weekend!
High Scoring Vizsla, Manny!
Sunday, is when the competition really heated up! We had three Vizsla teams take High in Trial! In Novice we had new comer, Collins, go 4 for 4 with her Aunt Becky Clippinger (Manny & Collins are littermates!) Collins’ owner, Lindsay Tita, was handling Collins’ daughter (also her first trial!) so Becky took the long line. And an honorable mention to Carol Napier with her 14.5 year old Border Terrier, Mungo, for also going 4 for 4! So cute to see the old man out there!
High in Trial Novice, Ms. Collins!
Next up in advanced, Megan Harper and Penny turned in ANOTHER perfect day, making it 8 for 8 for the weekend. Absolutely incredible! Megan was a new comer to the committee this year, so managing a perfect trial weekend while also being there ALL day to volunteer, is quite the accomplishment. Congratulations on a perfect weekend!
Look at all those ribbons! What a weekend for Penny!
In Excellent, Manny and Becky edged out Holly and Kathy Bourland for HIT. Holly is the cutest little beagle and we congratulate them on a job very well done; 4 for 4 in Excellent is NO JOKE!!! With a perfect Excellent day, Manny & Becky again took home the High Scoring Vizsla award. What a fantastic weekend for this team!
Manny and Becky with their HIT Excellent and High Scoring Vizsla ribbons!
By now you’ve seen several pictures with our awesome photobooth. Thank you to Lindsay Tita for the vision and the decorations! Lindsay also had an idea to give out bandanas along with everyone’s first Q of the weekend. We have to say, seeing all the dogs proudly sporting their bandanas was a fun extra touch! Along with those many Qs came many, many element titles! Congratulations to all those teams for a great performance! We also want to highlight the teams that earned their overall titles at our trial. Congratulations!
Teeter (Doberman) and Mona Fasth earned their Master title – SWM
Dazz (Rottweiler) and Ginger Brayman earned their Excellent title – SWE
Archer (Vizsla) and Lindsay Tita earned their Advanced title – SWA
Cerby (Rottweiler) and Caitlin Noblin earned their Advanced title – SWA
Chord (Cavalier King Charles Spaniel) and Carolyn earned their Novice title – SWN
Thank you to all who joined us to make this such a fun weekend! A special shout out to our out-of-state competitors; the distances you traveled from Texas, Iowa, and New Mexico to join us really means so much! We hope you all had a great weekend and can’t wait to do it all again next year!
The Rocky Mountain Vizsla Club held our spring specialty in Longmont, again in conjunction with the GSPs. This year, we had a new location a bit closer to the Flatirons show grounds and an earlier show time so we avoided the dark for our win photos! Our show chair, Ginger Sammonds, found some awesome trophies and we all appreciate her hard work to organize this show every year.
Sweepstakes was judged by Donna Jordan, a local English Setter breeder and fancier. The results of Sweepstakes are:
This weekend the RMVC hosted it’s very first Scent Work trial and we came away with RAVE reviews! Both judges complimented us on having an abundance of workers and running a super efficient trial. First trials aren’t usually efficient, so we appreciate the nod! The very hard working committee was Jenny Fleischer (Chair,) Ginger Sammonds, Catherine & Byron Sayers, Neeta Cope, Carol Ann McConville, Alison Rodgers, and Dylan Fleischer. We also had planning help from Lindsay Tita Adams & Becky Clippenger who were both out of town, but still helped so much! Club members Katherine Hokens, Leah & Aaron Davis also came and pitched in on Saturday contributing to the many hands making light work! Besides our club members, we had many members of the community donate a day or two to help us keep things running. One volunteer, Ron Horn, even joked that he had to BEG to volunteer, something he has never experienced! Needless to say we extend many thanks to everyone who pitched in for helping us make it a great first event! We can’t skip thanking Dr. Milan Hess for renting us her gorgeous facility for the weekend too!
The 7am Crew! This hard working team was there early both days to get the trial started right on time.
Our judges, Ginger Brayman (NM) and Maureen Baumtrog (CO) set fun searches and made great use of the space for a weekend trial! They were both so very flexible and worked with us leading up to the trial to layout search areas and make sure they liked our planning. We can’t thank them enough for the collaboration! We would highly endorse both of these judges to any club looking for a great judge!
We had much success at our trial and awarded 4 High in Trial awards!! That is something to be proud of, especially at the upper levels! Our congratulations to Cindy Cohagen & Arie, Amanda Glazar & Jax, Jenny Fleischer & Whiskey, and Trudi Shoening & River for truly shining with your consistency this weekend! What fantastic teamwork to go 4 for 4!
High in Trial Excellent: Cindy & Arie
High in Trial Advanced: Amanda & Jax
High in Trial Novice (Sat): Jenny & Whiskey
High in Trial Novice (Sun): Trudi & River
We also offered a special award for Vizslas in competition and created a scoring system where points were awarded for Qs at all levels and then extra points for placements. Our High Scoring Vizsla teams this weekend were Jenny Fleischer & Boujee on Saturday, and Catherine Sayers and Nelli on Sunday! Huge congratulations to these teams!
High Scoring Vizsla Boujee & Jenny
High Scoring Vizsla Nelli & Catherine
We had so much fun and can’t wait to do it all again next year!
The Rocky Mountain Vizsla Club held our August Specialty in conjunction with the Greeley Kennel Club show on August 17, 2024. Thank you to Ginger Sammonds and her committee for organizing this specialty and rounding up some beautiful prizes for our winners! The results of the specialty, as judged by Nancy Liebes follow:
Best of Breed: GCHS CH KOPPERTONE’S CHICKS DREAM ABOUT ME ~ Clooney BREEDER: Mark & Bonnie Goodwein & Martha Williams. OWNER: Stacie Ryan & Mark Goodwein & Katelyn Ford
Winners Dog/Best of Winners: FC AFC FIRESTORM’S RARE VINTEDGE ~ Edge
Cheeky and club member, Jenny Fleisher (breeder/owner/handler)
Best of Opposite Sex: CH KIZMAR 5280 SOMEONE’S HALO SLIPPED JH OA OAJ XFBCAT ACT1 ACT2JSWM SCME SIME SEMESHDMRATN CGC TKA ~ Cheeky
Breeder/Owner/Handler and club member, Tatum Duvall with Rev
Results of the Rocky Mountain Vizsla Club ‘Blue Jean’ Specialty Show on May 30, 2024 as judged by Breeder/Judge Carol Sommerfelt:
Best In Specialty Show was Boujee, CH 5280 She Après Skis in Spyder JH SWN SEE SIA CGC. Owned by Jennifer Follett & Dylan Fleischer, bred by Jennifer Follett & Marc Spencer, MD.
WD/BOW – Walker – Everlong’s Walking After You
BOS/OH – Leo – GCH CH Boulder’s N Solterra’s Cimb Ev’ry Mountain
SD – Manning – GCHG CH Kizmar Live for Th’ Applause
The RMVC held a 2 day event this week where 16 dogs competed in 1 hour long braces off horseback – all competing for the Regional Championship title.
Spring 2024 Rocky Mountain Regional All Breed Championship Placements Congratulations to all! Thanks you to our committee, and our judges Sarah Hayes and Jeff Hoskins!!
1st Place – AFC Lambourn’s Surface To Air Missile “Sam”, Handled by Josh Nieman, Owned by Robin Lambourn 2nd Place – Osage Earth Shaker “Brutus”, Handled by Josh Nieman, Owned by Jake Phipps 3rd Place – FC Fusion’s Make No Mistake TKN “Reckon”, Handled and Owned by Brooke Flavin 4th Place – FC Llano’s Game on Greta “Greta”, Handled by Josh Nieman, Owned by Chad Inderman
The Rocky Mountain Vizsla Club held its early summer Specialty Show in Longmont, Colorado, on June 1. We share the evening with the German Shorthair Club of Colorado at a great outdoor location and have a fun evening watching beautiful dogs strut their stuff. Thank you to our Show Chair, Ginger Sammonds, for all her hard work!
Check out the exciting results below, and be sure to put this Specialty on your calendar for 2024!
Final Sweepstakes line up
Our Sweepstakes judge was Kit Goodrich.
Best in Puppy Sweepstakes was 5280 Alfa Romeo Spider JH owned by David Trow, Jenny Follett, and Tad Walden.
Best of Opposite in Sweepstakes was his sister 5280 She Apres Skis in Spyder owned and bred by Jenny Follett.
Best in Veteran Sweepstakes was GCH Kizmar Live For The’Applause owned by Sarah and Michael Luther.
Best of Opposite in Veteran Sweepstakes was GCH Gambol JH FDC CGCA TKN owned by Tanya, James and Tatum Duvall and Mary Grant.
Best in Sweepstakes ~ Miles
Best of Opposite in Sweeps ~ Boujee
Best of Opposite in Veteran Sweepstakes – Gambol with owner TatumOur youngest handler, Cami Sparrow, in the final line up for Best of Breed with Quila
Our Conformation Judge was Tim Catterson.
Best of Breed was GCHG Sincerus Magnificent Obsession of LaTierra owned by Laraine Clark and Kelly Park.
Best of Breed ~ Maggie
Best of Opposite Sex/ Best NOHS was CH Rhapsody Turn Up The Toon owned by Leah and Aaron Davis and Michelle DeLucia.
Best of Opposite / Best Owner Handled ~ Elroy
Best of Winners/Winners Dog was 5280 Alfa Romeo Spider JH owned by David Trow, Jenny Follett, and Tad Walden.
Winners Dog / Best of Winners ~ Miles
Reserve Winners Dog was Jen’s Penny Finnley Champagnadanga owned by Kelly and McKenzie Abdon.
Winners Bitch/Best Puppy/Best Bred By Exhibitor was Everlong’s Pacific The Good Fight owned by Tanya and Tatum Duvall, Mel Reveles, Brooke Flavin.
Winners Bitch / Best Puppy / Best Bred By Exhibitor – Sloane
Reserve Winners Bitch was Solterra Solo Cup owned by Erica and Cami Sparrow, Corey Garrett, Hannah Westbrook.
Select Dog was GCH Happy Tails Finn McCoom McConville owned by Carol Ann & Robert McConville.
Select Bitch was GCHB Solterra’s N Boulder’s Tru-Ly Inspired MH owned by Shannon Buckvold, James Hrusovsky, Judy Hetkowski, Erica Sparrow.
Award of Merit/Best Veteran was GCH Kizmar Live For The’Applause owned by Sarah and Michael Luther.
Award of Merit was CH Kizmar 5280 Someone’s Halo Slipped NA NAJ OF JH SWM SHDM RATN TKA owned by Jenny Follett, Marc Spencer MD, Tad Walden.
Award of Merit ~ Cheeky (left) posing with her kids, Miles and Boujee
Hard working club volunteers! L to R: Dale Hokens, Alison Rodgers, Katherine Hokens, Jenny Follett, Ginger Sammonds, Lindsay Adams, Neeta Cope, Rod Cope
Well, our first agility trial in several years is complete! Back in January, we decided to host a Novice/Open agility trial as big trials were still canceling due to the pandemic. Colorado Veterinary Specialty Group offered up their facility, and we figured if we crated out of cars we could meet all the requirements for holding an event during the pandemic. What we thought was going to be a small trial actually filled to our limited 250 run capacity! Seems as if there were a lot of Novice and Open dogs who got stuck behind during the pandemic.
The morning briefing. This is just Novice competitors — check out that crowd!!
A huge thank you goes out to our trial Committee — today wouldn’t have happened with your dedication and help planning! Our thanks to: Jenny Follett (Chair), Dale Hokens, Katherine Hokens, Alison Rodgers, and Ginger Sammonds. This group not only worked from start to finish both days but also held several conference calls to plan for the day. They thought of every detail needed, and kept a fun and upbeat atmosphere even though the majority were not competing.
Additional RMVC club members were able to pitch in and help this weekend, or leading up to the event. Couldn’t have done it without Lindsay Tita Adams, Neeta Cope, Rod Cope, Christi Uhrig, Laurie Olson Edwards, Leah Davis, Spencer Sparrow, and Erica Sparrow. This group either came and worked during the weekend, or helped with execution like supply shopping, bringing coolers, check signing, etc. It’s the little details and running around that make these events successful! Thanks to our volunteers, we had plenty of cold water and shade tents. Couldn’t have set up or torn down all the canopies without the help!
Cheeky patiently waiting at the start line — the sport turf at this facility is second to none!
We are also lucky in Colorado to have one of the best trial secretaries in the business; Deb Lewis of Lookout K9 Trials. Our judges this weekend were just amazing! Beth Godwin and Kitty Bradley are both VMOs (special judges that can do official height measurements) and had dozens and dozens of dogs to measure in addition to their judging duties. And they totally did it with a smile! Their courses were very well designed for young dogs and they smiled along with us all day. For the debut at the facility, Dr. Milan Hess was so kind in facilitation the use of her facility . For the equipment gaps, Derrel Manceaux (Front Range Dog Agility Equipment Rental) not only brought the extra equipment, but he stayed and worked with us all day on both days!
There were so many community members that worked all weekend; instructors who came to support their students, people who chipped in when they weren’t running, and unentered enthusiasts who wanted to come give back to the community for a day. We so appreciated all the the help; please know you are appreciated and your efforts did not go unnoticed.
The feedback from the community was so fantastic that we just might have to do this again! Thanks again to everyone that contributed, we couldn’t have pulled it off without you!
