Feb.

Time  to update you on all our travels and wins in February!

We started in Atlanta, Ga

Thur.
Yogi (flat coat) 1st/rwd
Stella (border collie) 1st/rwb
Henry (golden) 1st
Albert (golden) made the cut

Fri
Yogi (flat coat) 1st
Stella (border collie) 1st/rwb major
Henry (golden) 1st
Google (golden) 2nd in a large class her first day out!

Sat
Yogi (flat coat) 1st/rwd to a 4 point major!
Stella (border collie) 1st/rwb to a major
Google (golden) 3rd
Henry (golden) 3rd
Albert (golden) made the cut

Sun
Google (golden) 4th
Henry (golden) 2nd
Albert (golden) made the cut
Stella (border collie) 1st
Yogi (flat coat) 1st/wd for a 4 point major!

This was a fun trip with Marta and Nicole.  One for the memory books for sure.

Indianapolis, IN

Thur.
Pync (basset hound) bob
Smarty (flat coat) 1st/wd 3 point major!
Jonah (springer) select

Fri.
Pync (basset hound) bos
Smarty (flat coat) 2nd/rwd
Google (golden) 2nd
Henry (golden) 3rd
Albert (golden) BOB his first of the year in a beautiful lineup!

Sat
Pync (basset hound) bos
Google (golden) 1st
Henry (golden) 1st
Smarty (flat coat) 1st/wd/bow 5 point major!  *This leaves Smarty needing 2 singles to finish*

Sun
Smarty (flat coat) 2nd/rwd
Jack (golden) 2nd
Pync (basset hound) bos

Good trip with crazy weather and great friends to celebrate the wins with!

Westfriendship, MD

Sat
Henry (golden) 2nd
Google (golden) 3rd

Sun
Henry (golden) 3rd
Google (golden) 4th
Albert (golden) made the cut

The weather was awesome the parking Nazi's not so much!

We are enjoying our first weekend off of the year after 7 weeks on the road!

#teamriverview is very busy this year!

*~*Justy*~*

Erie, PA

We ended the month of January in snowy, windy, and cold Erie, PA.  The weather was not nearly as bad as it can be in Erie but burr....

Only a few dogs showing this weekend and goldens didn't show until almost 315 on Saturday.

Bailey (golden) 2nd
Gertrude (golden) 3rd
Albert (golden) select

Albert enjoying the comfy bed at the Sheraton

Sunday
Gertrude (golden) 2nd
Albert (golden) select

We enjoyed seeing our friends while in Erie and Marybeth even got to come see Albert. A few dogs have went home and we are getting a couple new this week so watch for some new names to pop up.  We will see you in the south next week!

*~*Justy*~*

TN & 1st new title

We made a weekend trip to TN and finished our first title of 2017!!!

We made it to Harriman, TN unlike last year when we had a crazy snow storm and couldn't go.

Saturday
Gertrude (golden) 2nd
Bo (golden) 1st/wd NEW CHAMPION! Our first champion solely from the bred by class.

Bo New Champion from the bred by class

Sunday
Gertrude (golden) 2nd/rwb
Albert (golden) select

The weather was decent minus the rain but we didn't freeze to death and enjoyed some good company with friends we didn't even know were going.

Albert enjoying an afternoon tennis ball romp

We will see you somewhere where we have never been before. First new stop of 2017! Cross you fingers the weather stays good.

*~*Justy*~*

Sc and Va

Our first two stops of the year are done!

We first headed to South Carolina to see and evaluate Target's puppies. After that we went to Clemson to show.

Saturday
Gertrude (golden) 3rd
Bailey (golden) 2nd
Albert (golden) BOS

Sunday
Gertrude (golden) 3rd
Bailey (golden) 2nd
Albert (golden) Select

We headed home for about 36 hours and then headed to our first 5 day circuit of the year Fredericksburg, VA.

Wed.
Jack (golden) 4th
Pync (basset) select

Thur.
Pync (basset) select
Albert ( golden) made the cut

Fri.
Pync (basset) select
Bailey (golden) 1st

Sat.
Pync (basset) select
Jack (golden) 4th
Albert (golden) select for 5 points!

Sun.
Jack (golden) 1st
Albert (golden) made the cut

We get to spend the week at home and then head to Tn for the weekend!  Hope everyone is enjoying this crazy weather we are having.

We have received Derby's photo from Orlando.  Enjoy!

GCH Revloution's rock the casbah cd bn ra cgca "derby"

Owned By: Chris and Skeet Gray

Bred and Co owned by: Don and Debbie Bush

New Year!

We are about to start of the 2017 show season.  I wanted to let you guys in on our big news for the year!

MBIS BISS Can GCH/AM CH Chestnut Doesn't Get Better Than This,  BPIS, CGN, CSDHF

"Albert"

Leslie will be showing Albert this year!  He was Canada's #1 golden and #5 sporting dog in 2016.  We are all excited to have him back with us! 

We wish everyone the best of luck!

*~*Justy*~*

Happy New Year!

Our final post of 2016.

We finished our first full year of handling full time and while we worked hard we had a great time!

Finished 10 new titles, drove over 25,000 miles on the new Betty White, and made a year full of memories!

Cheers to 2017 and see you soon!

*~*Justy*~*

Orlando, FL

Last shows of the year!

Tuesday
Turner (golden) 1st
Bailey (golden) 2nd

Wednesday
Turner (golden) 1st
Andy (golden) made the cut

Thursday
Turner (golden) 1st
Bailey (golden) 3rd
Stella (border collie) 3rd

Friday
Turner (golden) 1st
Harlow (golden) 1st
Stella (border collie) 2nd

AKC Championship
Turner (golden) 1st making it a clean sweep of his class all week
Andy (golden) made the cut
Gentry (golden) made the cut
Stella (border collie) 3rd
Derby (springer) BOS to finish her GCH!!!

Derby BOS to finish her GCH!

We walked around 10-11 miles a day were exhausted the whole time ate like crap and had a long drive home but we wouldn't change it for the world.  Cheers to 2017!

*~*Justy*~*

Winston Salem, NC

We stopped in Winston Salem, NC on our way to Orlando.

Saturday
Turner (golden) 1st
Bailey (golden) 3rd
Burner (golden) 1st/rwb
Andy (golden) bob/group 2

Sunday
Turner (golden) 1st
Bailey (golden) 3rd
Burner (golden) 2nd
Andy (golden) select

One long last set of shows for the year and we will be done!

*~*Justy*~*

West Friendship, MD...new GCh!

The start of December started in West Friendship, MD.  We are pushing hard to close the year out!

Friday
Smarty (flat coat) 1st
Bailey (golden) 1st
Turner (golden) 1st/wd

Saturday
Smarty (flat coat) 1st/wd/bow
Bailey (golden) 2nd
Turner (golden) 1st
Jack (golden) 4th
Burner (golden) 4th
Banner (golden) select to finish his GCH!!!!

Sunday
Smarty (flat coat) 1st/rwd
Turner (golden) 1st
Bailey (golden) 2nd
Jack (golden) 3rd
Burner (golden) 4th

It was nice seeing some people we had not seen and the weather was not too bad! We are ready for one long trip left in the year and then we are done.  Check back with us to see how we do in NC and FL!  We are busy preparing this week.

*~*Justy*~*

Columbus, OH & new Bronze GCH

We went to the Buckeye state for four days of fun!

Thursday
Pync (basset hound) bos
Yogi (flat coat) 1st/rwd
Smarty (flat coat) 1st/wd
Turner (golden) 4th

Friday
Yogi (flat coat) 1st
Smarty (flat coat) 1st/rwd
Pync (basset hound) select to finish her bronze GCH

Saturday
Turner (golden) 3rd
Pync (basset hound) bos
Smarty (flat coat) 1st/rwd
Yogi (flat coat) 1st/wd for his first point!

Sunday
Yogi (flat coat) 1st/rwd
Smarty (flat coat) 1st/wd
Jack (golden) 4th
Pync (basset hound) bos

We took Thanksgiving week off and enjoyed time with family.  I will let you know what happens in December as we have 3 big trips and the 2016 is over!

*~*Justy*~*

Winston Salem, NC and 2 new titles

We headed south for the weekend.

We also had a new member of the team this week. Smarty the flat coat.

Saturday
Smarty (flat coat) 1st/wd/bob
Turner (golden) 3rd
Bourbon (golden) 2nd
Jack (golden) 4th
Andy ( golden) select
Gentry (golden) 1st/wd for his final major! Congrats Candace and Drew on your first AKC Ch!

Sunday
Turner (golden) 1st
Bourbon (golden) 1st
Jack (golden) 3rd
Dora (golden) 4th
Smarty (flat coat) 1st/rwd
Andy (golden) select to finish his GCH!

Going home with a new CH and new GCH! Fun ladies weekend in the south. :)

*~*Justy*~*

Delaware, Ohio

We spent the weekend before Halloween in Delaware, Ohio. We had just a few dogs this weekend!

Saturday
Bailey (golden) 3rd
Turner (golden) 2nd
Dora (golden) 2nd
Kolsch ( golden) bob/ made the cut in group

The BOB was beautiful for such a small show.  It was a honor to win bob today!

Sunday
Turner (golden) 1st/rwd
Bailey (golden) 3rd
Dora (golden) 1st/rwb
Kolsch (golden) showed great

Sunday was a runner up kind of day but let us get home early!

We are home for a weekend and then back on the road until Thanksgiving!  This year is ending quickly.

*~*Justy*~*

Cumberland, Md

We headed to a 4 day circuit in beautiful Cumberland, MD and for the most part the weather was the best it had been at this site in years!

Thursday
Jonah (springer) select
Turner (golden) 1st
Bo (golden) 1st/rwd
Liv ( golden) 1st/rwb
Dora (golden) 2nd
Gigi (golden) 1st
Banner (golden) select

Friday
Jonah (springer) select
Turner (golden) 1st/rwd major
Jack (golden) 3rd
Gentry (golden) 1st
Bo (golden) 1st
GiGI (golden) 1st
Dora (golden) 1st
Liv (golden) 1st/wb/bow/bos for her first major!
Banner (golden) select

Saturday
Jonah (springer) select
Turner (golden) 1st
Bo (golden) 2nd
Gentry (golden) 1st
Jack (golden) 4th
Genie (golden) 1st
Dora (golden) 1st
Liv (golden) 1st/wb/bos to single out!
Banner (golden) select

Sunday
Izzo (berger pickard) select
Jonah (springer) select
Jack (golden) 3rd
Gentry (golden) 2nd
Turner (golden) 1st
Bo (golden) 1st
Genie (golden) 1st
Dora (golden) 1st
Liv (golden) 2nd/rwb
Banner (golden) BOB he picked up 13 gch points this week!

Leslie had lots of help juggling all the dogs!  We head back to Ohio a place we haven't visited for awhile.  Until then!

*~*Justy*~*

North Augusta, SC

Well, we headed south even though Hurricane Matthew was coming. We were in the safe zone though with many evacuees. We showed in North Augusta, SC but stayed in Augusta, GA. It rained all day Friday and finally quit around 1 on Saturday. Thankfully the show was inside!

We started the weekend off with Jayden and Oz qualifying for Westminster!

Zipper (brittany) bos

turner (golden) 1st/wd/bow

dora (golden) 3rd

Liv (golden) 1st/wb/bos

Andy (golden) bob

What a great day for #teamriverview! 

Sunday

Zipper (brittany) bos

Turner (golden) 1st/rwd

Dora (golden) 2nd

Liv (golden) 2nd

Andy (golden) bob/group 4

wine country NY

The team traveled to the Wine Country circuit in NY for the first time.

The first day it pretty much rained all day.  It let up in the next 3 days but did rain at least once each day.

Here are the results!

Thursday
Bo (golden) 1st/rwb
Dora (golden) 3rd
Lilly (springer) 1st

Friday
Lilly (springer) 1st
Bo (golden) 1st
Turner (golden) 1st
Dora (golden) 2nd
Liv (golden) 4th

Saturday
Lilly (springer) 1st
Turner (golden) 1st
Dora (golden) 3rd
Liv (golden) 4th

Sunday
Lilly (springer) 1st
Turner (golden) 2nd
Dora (golden) 3rd
Liv (golden) 3rd

The girls made a short trip over to Niagara Falls!

See ya soon
*~*Justy*~*

Pinehurst, NC

Jayden, Leslie, and the gang headed for the hot and historic town of Pinehurst, NC for the Tarheel GRC and Moore County KC of NC.

We started Friday's specialty early with a couple dogs in sweeps.

Friday
Sweeps
Trooper 4th
Coconut 1st
Porscha 2nd

Regular Classes
Turner 1st
Gentry 2nd
Jack 4th
Coconut 2nd
Liv 3rd
Porscha 2nd

Gentry at the specialty on Friday

The weather was best on Friday

Saturday

We started off the day with Jayden winning her 6th Best Junior with Oz

Jayden winning her 6th Best Junior

Jack (golden) 2nd
Liv (golden) 1st
Spirit (golden) 2nd
Coconut (golden) 1st
Gentry (golden) 1st/wd for a 4 point specialty major
Andy (golden) BISS/Group 4 This Andy and Leslie's first specialty win and group placement

The girls celebrated by having a nice relaxing pedicure afterwards.

Sunday

This was the hottest day of all!

Gentry (golden) 1st
Jack (golden) 2nd
Spirit (golden) 3rd
Liv (golden) 3rd
Andy (golden) BOB/Group 1

Andy after winning a group 1 under KeKe Kahn

What a great birthday Leslie had from a nice steakhouse dinner, cake, and some great show results.

The team is off next week but then will be hitting the quickly for the last quarter of the year.

*~*Justy*~*

Lexington

We skipped the first day at the horse park but enjoyed 4 beautiful days with great dogs and friends!  We celebrated Keleigh's 18th birthday with some putt putt golf and went to see a Arabian horse farm!

Friday
Trooper (golden) 2nd
Baskin (golden) 1st
Gentry (golden) 1st
Spirit (golden) 1st

Saturday
Stella (border collie) 2nd her first day out
Trooper (golden) 1st
Baskin (golden) 1st
Gentry (golden) 1st/wd/bow
Spirit (golden) 1st
Liv (golden) 4th
Derby (springer) select at the specialty!

Sunday
Stella (border collie) 2nd/rwb
Trooper (golden) 1st
Baskin (golden) 1st
Gentry (golden) 1st/rwd
Spirit (golden) 1st
Liv (golden) 1st/wb/bow
Andy (golden) select

Monday
Trooper (golden) 1st
Baskin (golden) 1st/rwd
Gentry (golden) 1st
Spirit (golden) 1st
Liv (golden) 1st

So proud of how the dogs held up with 14 shows in 21 days. We had a nice relaxing weekend at home and will see everyone in NC for one of the last golden specialties of the year!  Can't believe fall is almost here.  Time flies!

Chat soon!
*~*Justy*~*

a review of August

We started August off in Salem, VA

Wednesday
Banner (golden) made the cut

Thursday
Derby (springer) made the cut
Gentry (golden) 1st
Jack (golden) 1st
Kolsch (golden) 1st/wd New Champion!

Friday
Jack (golden) 2nd
Kolsch (golden) held in to hold the major ended up 5th
Liv (golden) 2nd
Gentry (golden) 1st/rwd major
Derby (springer) Select at the supported entry

Saturday
Jack (golden) 2nd
Gentry (golden) 1st/rwd

Sunday
Liv (golden) 3rd

Most of this circuit was filled of rain. Thank goodness we were inside.  We had the next week off after 6 weeks on the road.

We then headed to five more days in Greensboro, NC

Wednesday
Lola (golden) 3rd
Liv (golden) 1st
Rifle (golden) select

Thursday
Lola (golden) 3rd
Target (golden) select

Friday
Spirit (golden) 3rd
Liv (golden) 2nd
Gentry (golden) 1st/wd
Rifle (golden) Bob/Group 4

Gentry also earned his dock novice title!

Saturday
Gentry (golden) 1st
Jack (golden) 1st
Peyton (golden) 2nd
Spirit (golden) 3rd
Liv (golden) 2nd
Rifle (golden) bob

Sunday
Gentry (golden) 1st
Peyton (golden) 1st
Spirit (golden) 3rd
Liv (golden) 1st/rwb
Rifle (golden) makes it a hat trick for his 3rd BOB of the week!

Went home for just a few days and hit the road for another 5 day circuit in Ownesboro, KY.

Thursday
Jonah (springer) BOS
Target (golden) BOS
Liv (golden) 4th
Spirit( golden) 3rd
Baskin (golden) 2nd
Gentry (golden) 1st/rwd
Bourbon (golden) 1st/wd for his first point first day out as a show dog!

Friday
Bourbon (golden) 1st
Baskin (golden) 2nd
Gentry (golden) 1st/wd
Spirit (golden) 3rd
Liv (golden) 4th
Target (golden) select

Saturday
Bourbon (golden) 1st
Baksin (golden) 2nd
Gentry (golden) 1st/rwd
Spirit (golden) 2nd
Liv (golden) 4th
Target (golden) select
Jonah (springer) bos

Sunday
Jonah (springer) bos
Bourbon (golden) 1st/rwd
Baskin (golden) 2nd
Liv (golden) 1st/rwb
Spirit (golden) 3rd
Gentry (golden) 1st/wd
target (golden) select

Monday
Jonah (springer) bos
Bourbon (golden) 1st
Gentry (golden) 1st
Liv (golden) 2nd
Spirit (golden) 3rd
Baskin (golden) 1st/wd for his first point!
Target (golden) select

This was a fun circuit!  Lots to do within walking distance of the show.   It is a different time zone which we didn't realize until over there but we really enjoyed it!  You should visit Owensboro.

Now we head in September which will be a little slower for us.  I will let you know how we do!

*~*Justy*~*

Greenville, SC

We ended the month of July in Greenville, SC. Yes, as always it was very hot!

Thursday
Chance (golden) 4th
Target (golden) Award of Merit

Friday
Derby (springer) select
Peyton (golden) 1st
Chance (golden) 1st
target (golden) BOS at a huge entry of goldens!

Saturday
Derby (springer) select
Gentry (golden) 1st
Gentry also won Best Of Opposite In Sweeps with his owner Candace
Mindy (golden) 4th
Kolsch (golden) made the cut
Chance (golden) 4th
Porscha (golden) 2nd in sweeps

Sunday
Derby (springer) BOS
Chance (golden) 2nd
Gentry (golden) 1st

We are happy with how all of the dogs showed. This is always a fun circuit to attend in the middle of the summer!

*~*Justy*~*

Centre Hall, PA *Happy Valley*

We spent a hot weekend in Centre Hall, PA.  Another weekend of just a few dogs while we are holding out to show everyone where the majors will be the next two weeks!

Saturday
Porscha (golden) 1st
Spirit (golden) 3rd
Liv (golden) 1st/wb
Target (golden) select

Sunday
Porscha (golden) 1st
Spirit (golden) 1st
Liv (golden) 1st/rwb
Target (golden) select

We are proud of Porscha for winning 1st her first weekend in bred by!

We also would like to take a moment and say we are praying for all involved in the tragic accident in South Bend, IN this past week.  Precious souls were lost and lives were changed forever.

Can't believe this next trip is the last one for July...this year is flying by!

See you soon!

*~*Justy*~*