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SoftMaple Curlies Mark and Cathy Lewandowski 8282 Soft Maple Road Croghan NY 13327
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3/28 & 3/29/2009 CH SoftMaple's Dark Star JH, WC, CGC, CD Buck and Gabby earn their first two Open Obedience Legs! with a 2nd place on Saturday and a 1st place on Sunday in Open A.
3/14/2009 Softcast Sweet Rosemarie ADC, SGDC at the Q-Ball trial in Cloverdale, she got Q's in Advanced Gamblers, Advanced Snooker and Steeplechase.
03/01/2009, Detroit Kennel Club SoftMaple Gunflint Typhoon at HntrBay (Lance) went WD, BOW under judge Mr. W. Everett Dean Jr. for his second point.
02/28/2009, Detroit Kennel Club SoftMaple Gunflint Typhoon at HntrBay (Lance) went WD, BOW under judge Mrs. Mary Ann Alston for a point from the 6-9 puppy class.
1/31/2009 Conyers Kennel Club of Georgia Inc, SoftMaple's Yankee Pudel was WB, BOS for a point under Judge Mrs Loraine Boutwell
1/30/2009 Sawnee Mountain KC of Georgia Inc, SoftMaple's Yankee Pudel was WB, BOS for a point under Judge Mr Harold J Pybus.
1/03/2009 Land O'Lakes Kennel Club Inc. Under Judge Mr Charles E Trotter Softmaple Gunflint Rainbow's End at just 6 months old was Winners Bitch and then BOS over a group winning special for her first point!
1/04/2009 Land O'Lakes Kennel Club Inc. Under Judge Ms Linda C More Softmaple Gunflint Rainbow's End was Winners Bitch for her second point.
New AKC CHampionship CH Softmaple TransAtlantic Affair CGC
New Finnish Championship FIN & NOR CH SWE SH CH TK2 Softmaple Cimramin Jorneyman
New Nordic Championship FIN & NOR CH SWE SH CH TK2 Softmaple Cimramin Jorneyman
New Swedish ChampionshipFIN & NOR CH SWE SH CH TK2 Softmaple Cimramin Jorneyman
New TK2FIN & NOR CH SWE SH CH TK2 Softmaple Cimramin Jorneyman
New CGC Softmaple TransAtlantic Affair CGC
New CGC CH Softmaple Boot Scoot'N Dese CGC
New Rally Excellent Ch Fairway's Softmaple Finnheir, CGC, CD,NA, NAJ, RN, RA, RE
New Rally Fast Ch Fairway's Softmaple Finnheir, CGC, CD,NA, NAJ, RN, RA
New ROM CH SoftMaple's O'Dark Thirty MH WCQ CD CGC TT HOF ROM
New UKC Seasoned Title HR, SHR CH SoftMaple's Ma Belle Bouclee CGC, WCX, JH, SH
New AKC Rally Novice Title SoftMaple Z Rues The Day RN
New AKC NA AKC/UKC/Int'l CH, SHR, AG1, UWP, Beltane's Bodacious Blue WC, CGC, TT, SS, SWET, WETT, CD, BPS, TDI, RN, JH, NA, NAJ (Co-bred)
New AKC NAJ AKC/UKC/Int'l CH, SHR, AG1, UWP, Beltane's Bodacious Blue WC, CGC, TT, SS, SWET, WETT, CD, BPS, TDI, RN, JH, NA, NAJ (Co-bred)
New NAHRA SR SR Gunflint Highland Hunter CD, CGC, WC, WCX
New AUST CH Aus CH SoftMaple BackCast Traveler
New AKC TD U-AG2 Softmaple Frolic In The Wind TD RN NAJ NF TN-O OJC NAC TG-N NGC
New AKC Open Agility
CH Fairway's Softmaple Finnheir CD RE OA NAJ NF
November 30, 2008 Mow earns his Aust Show Championship!
Mow also is #3 CCU in point standings
11/22/2008 Rosie Softcast Sweet Rosemarie at the Leaps N Bounds AAC agility trial in Abbotsford, B.C. had a clean run in Starters Jumpers, 20 seconds under time for a Q and a 2nd place. In Snookers, Rosie and Sheila got a Q and a third place. And in Starters Standard a Q for her first leg of her ADC title.
October, new Open Agility title!
CH Fairway's Softmaple Finnheir CGC, CD,NA, NAJ, RN, RA, RE, OA
10/25/2008 Kennesaw Kennel Club Inc. (1)SoftMaple's Yankee Pudel was WB, BOW, BOS for a point under JUDGE: Col Joe B Purkhiser
10/24/2008 Griffin Georgia Kennel Club (2) SoftMaple's Yankee Pudel was WB, BOW, BOS for a point under JUDGE: Dr Alvin W Krause
10/23/2008 Griffin Georgia Kennel Club (1) SoftMaple's Yankee Pudel was WB, BOW, BOS for a point under JUDGE: Mr Kenneth A Buxton
September 28th, New Champion! CH Softmaple Transatlantic Affair CGC is winners dog, Best of Winners to finish his championship!
September 25th SoftMaple's Yankee Pudel (Torri) earns a 5 point major at the Fingerlakes shows going WB BOS
Moxie (CH SoftMaple's Pheasant Dreams CGC, WC, RN, RA, JH) tied for 2007 Dogs in Review's top Dam for Curly Coated Retrievers!
Among her offspring are:
In July, Blue, AKC/UKC/Int'l CH, SHR, AG1, UWP, Beltane's Bodacious Blue WC, CGC, TT, SS, SWET, WETT, CD, BPS, TDI, RN, JH, NA, NAJ
who was bred by Molly Kerwin, and co-bred by me, earned his AKC NA and NAJ! Blue is owned and trained by Stephanie Ayers of Ayershire Curlies
Emma will be living in with Paula and the gang at BackCast while I am busy with puppies!
July 5th, New Rally Novice! SoftMaple Z Rues The Day RN Andy and Rue earned their Rally Novice title Saturday July 5 at the Ann Arbor Kennel Club trial held at the Monroe County Fairgrounds!
July 4th SoftMaple Z Rues The Day and Andy earn their second Rally Novice leg.
SR Gunflint Highland Hunter CGC,CD,WC,WCX traveled to Washington State to earn his NAHRA Started Retriever Title (SR) in June 2008. Skye is owned by Pam Panther and Al Dadd.
Thank you to Paula Sarkkinen for doing so much with this boy!
Denzel has been busy in Finland
Denzel also was was BOB with CACIB and second CAC at a show in Finland!
CCRCA National Specialty 5/9/2008
SHR, CH SoftMaple's Ma Belle Bouclee CGC, WC, WCX, JH, SH was second in Working Retriever Class! I am so proud of these two girls!
New CGC Softmaple TransAtlantic Affair CGC
Also congratulations to Scooter (CH Softmaple Boot Scoot'N Dese CGC) and Gabby (CH SoftMaple's Dark Star WC, JH, CGC, CD) who made the first cut in the huge Breed class.
Ch Fairway's Softmaple Finnheir, CGC, CD,NA, NAJ, RN, RA Finished his Novice Fast Agility Title! Way to go Finn and Pat!
3/1/2008 HR, SHR CH SoftMaple's Ma Belle Bouclee CGC, WCX, JH, SH earns her UKC Seasoned title!
Ch Hntrbay's O'Dark Justice got an OFA Good rating for his hips. CR-848G38M-VPI, CR-G3A50/33M, CR-932, CR-CA295/34M/C
1/6/2008 (News from Finland) Denzel went to a show today. He was graded Excellent and first in working class and 3rd best dog! Here is the critic: Excellent type, straight bearing, beautifully presentet male. Good bone and feet. Very good proportions in body. A bit deep set eyes but still beautiful _expression. Beautiful topline. Good forechest. Balanced construction. Moves with correct lenght of step. Good coat.
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Thanks go out to all the dedicated owners and trainers
Champions of Record (CH-AKC) UKC Champions CKC Champion FIN Champion NOR Champion SWE SH CH Champion Aust SH CH Champion Companion dogs ( CD-AKC) UKC Companion dogs (U-CD) Companion Dog Excellent (CDX-AKC) CKC Companion Dog (CKC CD) CKC Companion Dog Excellent (CKC CDX) FIN TK2 Obedience Rally Novice (AKC RN) Rally Advanced (AKC RA) Rally Excellent (AKC RE) AKC TD Working Titles (WC) Working Certificate Excellent (WCX) Working Certificate Qualified (WCQ) Junior Hunters (JH-AKC) Senior Hunters (SH-AKC) Master Hunters (MH-AKC) CKC JH Started Certificates from NAHRA Started Hunting Retriever SHR UKC Seasoned title HR (The Sarona Jacob of Marvadel & Sarona Sam of Marvadel Memorial Field Trophy) Agility Titles AKC Novice Agility (AKC NA) Open Agility (AKC OA) Agility Excellent (AKC AX) Novice Agility Jumper (AKC NAJ) Novice Agility Preferred (AKC NAP) Open Agility Jumper (AKC OAJ) Open Agility Preferred (AKC OAP) Open Jumpers With Weaves Preferred (AKC OJP) Novice FAST (AKC NF) USDAA Agility Dog (USDAA AD) UKC UAGI UKC UAG2 Agility Dog of Canada (ADC) Starters Games Dog of Canada (SGDC) NADAC Novice Jumpers NJC
NADAC Novice Tunnelers TN-N
NADAC Novice Touch N Go TG-N
NADAC Open level Tunnelers TN-O
NADAC Novice Regular (NAC)
NADAC her Novice Chances title (NCC)
NADAC Open Jumpers (OJC)
Agility Dog of Canada VAADC
Agility Dog of Canada VMGDC CGC AKC Canine Good Citizens CKC CGN Canine Good Neighbour TT - Temperament Test TDI, Registered Therapy Dogs Stability Test (ST) Group Placements National Specialty BOW National Specialty Best in Sweeps CCRCA Best in Veteran Sweepstakes CCRCA National Specialty JAM ROM ROMX HOF (CCRCA Hall Of Fame) CAC Finland CACIB Finland CAC Sweden CAC & CACIB Norway
4/5/2009
SoftMaple's Gunflint Skywatcher and Connie earned a Junior Hunter Pass in Greensboro, AL. Stella is 10 months old! This would earn Stella her CCRCA WC. Way to go Connie and Stella!
January 17, 2009 Softcast Sweet Rosemarie ADC, SGDC at the K9 Cliffhangers AAC Agility Trial in Cloverdale, B.C., Rosie got a Q and second place in Starters Titling, to earn her third leg and her Agility Dog of Canada title (ADC)
Rosie also earned Starters Games Dog of Canada (SGDC) title.
Rosie also got a Q in Advanced Standard.
Titles for 2008
U-AG2 Softmaple Frolic In The Wind TD RN NAJ NF TN-O OJC NAC TG-N NGC
12/14/2008 Sarah and Gambol qualified at the AKC tracking dog test in Leesburg, Va, earning their TD!

Aus CH Softmaple BackCast Traveler
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11/23/2008 Rosie Softcast Sweet Rosemarie and Sheila earned their second Starters Standard Leg with a first place.
10/26/2008 Kennesaw Kennel Club Inc. (2) SoftMaple's Yankee Pudel was WB, BOW, BOS for a point under JUDGE: Mr Erik Bergishagen
September 27th, Softmaple Transatlantic Affair CGC earns another major going Winners Dog, Best of Winners.
September 26th, Torri is RWB, Softmaple Transatlantic Affair CGC is winners dog for a point
Softmaple Transatlantic Affair CGC (Ranger) is Winners Dog, Best of Winners for his first major!
September 6th and 7th, SHR, CH SoftMaple's Ma Belle Bouclee CGC, WC, WCX, JH, SH and Stephen pass two more Senior Hunt tests
September 2008 Gunflint Highland Hunter CD, CGC, WC, WCX Skye earned two Junior Hunter Passes. Skye is owned by Alan Dadd & Pam Panther, co-bred by Softmaple and Gunflint. Way to go Alan and Skye!
CH Softmaple Boot Scoot'N Dese CGC
CH SoftMaple's Dark Star JH, WC, CGC, CD
FIN & NOR CH SWE SH CH TK2 Softmaple Cimramin Journeyman
CH Riverwatch Bella Freeze
CH Riverwatch Frozen Assets
CH Riverwatch Carbon Glacier
We welcome our newest addition to the USA from FlatCurls Kennel in Germany
FlatCurl's Follow Me Forever To Softmaple
Moxie's litter is born July 1st! 
6/29/2008 FIN & NOR CH SWE SH CH TK2 Softmaple Cimramin Jorneyman earns a Best of Breed

June 2008 FIN & NOR CH SWE SH CH TK2 Softmaple Cimramin Jorneyman.
Denzel had a busy weekend! He gained his last 1st prize from open obedience and training mark to earn his TK2!
In the show he earned his final CAC, which finishes his Finnish Championship, His Nordic Championship and his Swedish Championship!

5/26/2008 Softmaple TransAtlantic Affair CGC earns his first two points going BOW at the Kalamazoo shows! Way to go Rob and Ranger!

FIN & NOR CH SWE SH CH TK2 Softmaple Cimramin Jorneyman.
earned a First Placement in Open Class Obedience!
Award of Merit CH Softmaple's Pheasant Dreams WC, CGC, RN, RA, JH!
CH Softmaple's Pheasant Dreams WC, CGC, RN, RA, JH also won the Brood Bitch Class!
CH SoftMaple's Dark Star WC, JH, CGC, CD
First in Working Retriever class
CCRCA National Specialty 5/8/2008
New CGC CH Softmaple Boot Scoot'N Dese CGC
First place and first leg in Rally Novice A SHR, CH SoftMaple's Ma Belle Bouclee CGC, WC, WCX, JH, SH!
Qualified in Rally Novice B for their first leg, SoftMaple Z Rues The Day.
Ch Fairway's Softmaple Finnheir, CGC, CD,NA, NAJ, RN, RA, RE, Finished his Rally Excellent title with a 4th class placement!
We are also happy that both the Best of Breed winner and the BOS winner are out of Raven, one of the international kids born at SoftMaple Nov 24 1999! Raven left SoftMaple to travel to California with Iris Andre. She has proven herself to be a great producer in the breed. It is nice to see such consistency with the judges picks, that the BOB and BOS are half siblings.

FIN & NOR CH SWE SH CH TK2 Softmaple Cimramin Jorneyman.
4/20/2008
Denzel wins BOB at a show in Norway earning CAC and CACIB! Denzel now has one CAC from Finland, Sweden and Norway
Jet earns his ROM!
CH SoftMaple's O'Dark Thirty MH WCQ CD CGC TT HOF ROM CR-536G27M-T CR-CA177/89M/C-PI-ECHO, CERF 2001 GSDIIIa clear, CHIC
Mowgli
SoftMaple BackCast Traveler Has been to a few shows in Australia
this March. He has taken Reserve dog and BOB. He now has 28 points towards his title!

Congratulations Stephen Engel and Bouclee!#45205
CH SoftMaple's Dark Star JH, WC, CGC, CD, got a pass on her elbows, but was not so lucky on her hips. :-( CR-CA279/17F/C-PI, CR-EL185F30-PI
SoftMaple's Yankee Pudle got her re-cerf number (we had the test in September, but I am real bad about sending in results to CERF! so it just came out this month) CR-897 06,07, CR-CA250/20F/C-PI, CR-823G26F-PI, CR-EL174F26-PI, #38871
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Mowgli's new page
Glycogen storage disease type IIIa (GSDIIIa)
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Even if the title is CPE (Couch Potato Excellent!)
Karakul Blazing Autumn
Soft Maple Kyrabean Queen
Avanti's Best Bet
Soft Maple's Warrior Princess
Soft Maple Black Teddy
Soft Maple Natural Finish
Avanti SM Fair Trade
Soft Maple's O' Dark Thirty
Soft Maple Crossing Delancy
Soft Maple Water Works
Soft Maple's Turning Leaf
Fariway's Softmaple Finnheir
Ptarmigan Huron's Soft Echo co-owned/bred
SoftMaple Dese's Int'l D'Lite
SoftMaple N HunterBay NY Wknd
SoftMaple International Fling
SoftMaple Boyerie Int'l Dateline
SoftMaple's Pheasant Dreams
SoftMaple Avanti Mileage Plus
SoftMaple Fairway Explorer
Fairway Pizzazz Rendezvous
Softmaple Paramount All That
Softmaple Sziok Seven Stars
SoftMaple's Dr Kananga
SoftMaple Comin' To America
SoftMaple Gunflint's Beauty
Softmaple Boot Scoot'N Dese
SoftMaple's Ma Belle Bouclee
SoftMaple's Dark Star
HntrBay's O'Dark Justic
Softmaple TransAtlantic Affair
Soft Maple Kyrabean Queen
Ptarmigan Huron's Soft Echo co-owned/bred
Karakul Blazing Autumn
Softmaple Cimramin Jorneyman
Softmaple Cimramin Jorneyman
Softmaple Cimramin Jorneyman
SoftMaple BackCast Traveler
Karakul Blazing Autumn
Soft Maple Kyrabean Queen
Avanti's Best Bet
Soft Maple's O' Dark Thirty
Soft Maple Darcy
Fariway's Softmaple Finnheir
SoftMaple's Comin' To America
SoftMaple's American Dreamer
Gunflint's Highland Hunter
SoftMaple's Dark Star
Soft Maple Kyrabean Queen
Karakul Blazing Autumn
Karakul Blazing Autumn
Karakul Blazing Autumn
Softmaple Cimramin Jorneyman
Soft Maple Kyrabean Queen
Fairway SoftMaple Finnheir
SoftMaple's Pheasant Dreams
Softmaple Frolic In The Wind
SoftMaple's O'Dark Thirty
SoftMaple Z Rues The Day
Soft Maple Kyrabean Queen
Fariway's Softmaple Finnheir
Softmaple's Pheasant Dreams
Fariway's Softmaple Finnheir
Softmaple Frolic In The Wind
Soft Maple Kyrabean Queen
Soft Maple Velvet Elvis
Soft Maple Black Teddy
Soft Maple's O' Dark Thirty
Soft Maple Crossing Delancy
Soft Maple Fosters Lager
SoftMaple's Pheasant Dreams
SoftMaple's MaBelle Bouclee
Gunflint's Highland Hunter
SoftMapl's Dark Star
SoftMaple's Gunflint Skywatcher
Soft Maple Kyrabean Queen
Soft Maple's O' Dark Thirty
SoftMaple's MaBelle Bouclee
Gunflint's Highland Hunter
Soft Maple's O' Dark Thirty
SoftMaple's MaBelle Bouclee
Soft Maple Kyrabean Queen
Soft Maple Velvet Elvis
Soft Maple Black Teddy
Soft Maple's O' Dark Thirty
Soft Maple Crossing Delancy
SoftMaple's MaBelle Bouclee
SoftMaple's Dark Star
SoftMaple's Pheasant Dreams
Soft Maple's O' Dark Thirty
SoftMaple's Ma Belle Bouclee
Breeder of the first Master Hunter with an AKC CH
Soft Maple's O' Dark Thirty
Soft Maples Northern Star
Soft Maple Kyrabean Queen
Gunflint Highland Hunter
Soft Maple's Ma Belle Bouclee
Soft Maple's Ma Belle Bouclee
2003 Soft Maple's O' Dark Thirty
2001 (co-winner) Soft Maple's O' Dark Thirty
Home of the First Curly AKC NA, OA and AX.
Home of the First curly USDAA AD.
Karakul Blazing Autumn
Soft Maple Kyrabean Queen
Fariway's Softmaple Finnheir
Beltane's Bodacious Blue Co-bred
Karakul Blazing Autumn
Soft Maple Kyrabean Queen
Karakul Blazing Autumn
Soft Maple Kyrabean Queen
Fairway SoftMaple Finnheir
Softmaple Frolic In The Wind
Beltane's Bodacious Blue Co-bred
Soft Maple Kyrabean Queen
Soft Maple Kyrabean Queen
Soft Maple Kyrabean Queen
Soft Maple Kyrabean Queen
Softmaple Frolic In The Wind
Fairway's Softmaple Finnheir
Karakul Blazing Autumn
Ptarmigan Huron's Soft Echo co-owned/bred
Soft Maple Kyrabean Queen
Softmaple Frolic In The Wind
Softmaple Frolic In The Wind
Soft Maple Wind on Water
Softcast Sweet Rosemarie
Softcast Sweet Rosemarie
Softmaple Frolic In The Wind
Softmaple Frolic In The Wind
Softmaple Frolic In The Wind
Softmaple Frolic In The Wind
Softmaple Frolic In The Wind
Softmaple Frolic In The Wind
Softmaple Frolic In The Wind
Soft Maple Wind on Water
Soft Maple Wind on Water
Karakul Blazing Autumn
Soft Maple Kyrabean Queen
Avanti's Best Bet
Avanti SM Fair Trade
Soft Maple's O' Dark Thirty
Soft Maple Darcy
Soft Maple Water Works
Fariway's Softmaple Finnheir
Ptarmigan Huron's Soft Echo co-owned/bred
SoftMaple Dese's Int'l D'Lite
SoftMaple N HunterBay NY Wknd
SoftMaple International Fling
SoftMaple's MoonShadow
SoftMaple's Pheasant Dreams
SoftMaple Gunflint's Beauty
SoftMaple Fairway Explorer
Softmaple Paramount All That
SoftMaple's Comin' To America
SoftMaple's MaBelle Boucle
SoftMaple's American Dreamer
Soft Maple's Beachcomber
Gunflint's Highland Hunter
SoftMaple's Dark Star
Softmaple TransAtlantic Affair
Softmaple Boot Scoot'N Dese
Soft Maple Wind on Water
Soft Maple Kyrabean Queen
Soft Maple's O' Dark Thirty
SoftMaple N HunterBay NY Wknd
Soft Maple Kyrabean Queen
Avanti SM Fair Trade
Soft Maple Darcy
SoftMaple's American Dreamer
Karakul Blazing Autumn
Soft Maple's Warrior Princess
Group 1 SoftMaple's Pheasant Dreams
Group 2 SoftMaple's Pheasant Dreams
Group 4 SoftMaple's Pheasant Dreams
Group 1 SoftMaple Gunflint's Beauty
Group 2 SoftMaple Gunflint's Beauty
Group 2 SoftMaple Gunflint's Beauty
Group 2 SoftMaple Gunflint's Beauty
Group 3 SoftMaple Gunflint's Beauty
Group 3 SoftMaple Gunflint's Beauty
Group 3 SoftMaple Gunflint's Beauty
Group 3 SoftMaple Gunflint's Beauty
Group 3 SoftMaple Gunflint's Beauty
Group 3 SoftMaple Gunflint's Beauty
Group 3 SoftMaple Gunflint's Beauty
Group 4 SoftMaple Gunflint's Beauty
Group 4 SoftMaple Gunflint's Beauty
Group 4 SoftMaple Gunflint's Beauty
Group 4 SoftMaple Gunflint's Beauty
Group 4 SoftMaple Gunflint's Beauty
Group 4 SoftMaple Gunflint's Beauty
Group 4 SoftMaple Gunflint's Beauty
Group 4 SoftMaple Gunflint's Beauty
SoftMaple Boyerie Int'l Dateline
SoftMaple's Pheasant Dreams
SoftMaple's Dark Star
Soft Maple's O' Dark Thirty
SoftMaple's Pheasant Dreams
Avanti's Best Bet
Soft Maple Natural Finish
Soft Maple Kyrabean Queen
Soft Maple's O' Dark Thirty
Avanti's Best Bet
Soft Maple Natural Finish
Soft Maple's O' Dark Thirty
Soft Maple Kyrabean Queen
SoftMaple Cimramin Journeyman
SoftMaple Cimramin Journeyman
SoftMaple Cimramin Journeyman
SoftMaple Cimramin Journeyman
SoftMaple Cimramin Journeyman
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