CH.
HUGELY HANDSOME O'BJ
AKC CH. #1 RANKED MULTI-GROUP PLACER
Jane's outcross son Calvin
Cool
is my Home Page representative. He is Hugely's sire. We only bred him once before a local couple
came into our life. Calvin Cool became her therapy dog and I have no
regrets.
Hugely's
mother was Ch. Phoenix Arizona O'BJ (Zona) a multi-BB
winner over male specials, from the classes. An incredible package
herself, we bred her to
Calvin (my home page dog!) but there were just two puppies, both males, both of
exceptional quality! I chose one to keep but Bill said "sell him to
the football coach and keep the black-saddled male." Bill was never
wrong. My 2nd choice puppy became the legendary
Ch. Hugely Handsome O'BJ.
His brother is the team mascot
and sleeps with the kids. The best of both worlds from a
one-time breeding.
Born
August of 2003, Hugely became the #2 Toy Fox Terrier in only a handful of shows,
breeder-owner-handled and with no advertising. He was only defeated twice
as a class dog, once it was due to presenting what All-Breed judge Joe Gregory,
a former top handler, considered a poorly groomed dog. He gave him Reserve to
a major and gave me a lecture! I learned real fast how to groom this breed!
His only other loss was strictly politics; a gangly, mismarked dog that went no
further.
Hugely quickly finished his
Championship with multiple Best Of Breed wins, from the Bred By Class, defeating top
Specials, meaning champions that were being campaigned. He quickly
accumulated a string of Group placements and was "talked about" by the
judges, many of whom said they had been looking forward to seeing him move.
And move he did!
Hugely shot to fame
breeder-owner-handled, defeated only four times
in his entire lifetime. His last shows were back-to-back Group II wins
over three of the nation's top ranked Toy dogs. My husband was very ill
that weekend. It was our last dog show together and it would be years
before I ventured to a show alone.
Hugely's
fourth and final "loss" was First Award Of Merit at the 2005 Toy Fox Terrier
National Specialty Show under Michele Billings. It was a
record-breaking entry of 114 Toy Fox Terriers including 34 Champions.
So okay, he didn't take the breed but calling it a loss would be a dishonor to the
112 outstanding dogs he did defeat.
The next day, he was Best
Of Breed at the Supported Entry under Beverly Lehnig. We had never seen
her before, knew nothing about her, etc. but it didn't matter. He did his
thing and she fell in love.
We quit showing due to my husband's advancing cancer and many have said we
should have sent Hugely out with a handler or at least made him available at
stud. Perhaps. Hugely passes on
his faultless structure, "get out of my way" movement, perfect dentition, and
cocky, ultra-masculine personality.
His
head and neck are as classic as his movement. Deep underjaw, parallel
planes, strong deep muzzle and chin with deep rooted terrier teeth and perfect
dentition. Hugely's stallion neck carries back through well laid back shoulders,
short hard back and powerfully muscled rear quarters.
His coat is thick and hard which is faulty,
BUT he improves the faulty thin "see through" coats seen so often
today. We would like richer rust-red markings but the extraordinary
rust-red markings of his sire Calvin carry through in many of Hugely's puppies. And of
course, Jane's perceptiveness and character.
I am honored, as are
the owners of his progeny, that Hugely is still considered the Standard Bearer
by so many breeders. He is to me, the perfect combination of "toy
and terrier" and the result of generations of dedicated breeders going back to
when the breed was known as the American Toy Terrier,
a name that best and most accurately describes the breed.
Having the All-Time #1 Akita sire
and two of our bitches tied for All-time #1 dams, plus two of the Top 5 owner-handled
Akitas of all time, we are no less proud to have bred and owner-handled Hugely. His
career was cut short, he's never been at public stud, therefore he's had limited opportunity to contribute
to the breed but I don't really care about that.
He is my
full-time house dog, lap dog, and my most loyal friend. What more could
anyone ask?
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