08/25/2026
✨ Our first Western Classics, and what a weekend it was! ✨
I honestly couldn’t be happier or more proud of my girl, Aia. She gave me absolutely everything this weekend and made our first Western Classics one I’ll never forget.
Aia showed her heart all weekend long giving us results I could only dream of:
🏆 Reserve Grand Champion at Specialty
🏆 Best Brace Team with her daughter, Narya
🏆 Reserve Grand Champion — Friday
🏆 Best of Breed and Group 4 — Saturday
🏆 Reserve Grand Champion — Sunday
🏆 Grand Champion — Sunday
And she didn’t stop in the conformation ring!
🎖️ Earned her United Weightpull title UWP
🎖️ Earned her Beginner Agility title BA
🎖️ Earned her United Companion Dog UCD title
🎖️ Earned her RUSH title
🎖️ Competed in Precision Coursing and earned her RACEN title
💎 Earned her Emerald Grand Championship
💎 Picked up a partial leg toward Ruby
💎And got quite a few first places in classes we competed
⭐ She also earned Total Dog every day — three awards for the weekend!
BARACEN UWP UCD HOP URO2 BN PN RUSH EGCH'PR'ICE'S ANGELS STARSEED SPOT-ON
And I believe she now has all six of the required titles toward her SUPER DOG title!
What makes me happiest is seeing Aia enjoy everything we do together. From the conformation ring to agility, obedience, and coursing, she continues to surprise me with how willing and versatile she is. Thank you Alaskan Klee Kai Of ICE for matching us.
It was also wonderful spending time with old friends and meeting new ones along the way. Those moments are such a special part of weekends like this.
A huge thank you to the entire Western Classics organization, the judges, stewards, volunteers, and everyone who worked so hard behind the scenes to make this event such a success. Your time and dedication are truly appreciated.
And a very special thank you to Cheryl Simpson for putting together such a wonderful specialty and making it such a special experience for all of us. And Alexandra Kimbrough for making the stained class ribbon awards.
We came to our first Western Classics hoping to have a great weekend, and we went home with titles, ribbons, wonderful memories, new friendships, time with old friends, and a heart full of pride for my girl.