Blue Banner Days

	September 16, 2006 was a Blue Banner Day when Attie, (Ch MACH Windamir Salsa Des Charmettes TD RN NAP NJP) reached a milestone for German Pinschers.  Attie finished her Master Excellent Jumpers title - a first for the German Pinscher. She has also earned her Master Excellent title.   Attie is ranked the #1 AKC Agility German Pinscher in 2006 & 2007.   Attie represented the GP breed at the 2007 AKC Agility Invitational and showed the world that the German Pinscher is indeed a fine agility partner. August 2008, more historical firsts as Attie becomes the first German Pinscher to earn the AKC Master Agility Champion (MACH) title. By virtue of earning her MACH title, she also becomes the first dual AKC Champion German Pinscher.
	Ch Blue Banners High Noon VCD1 RE AXP AJP On April 6, 2008, Shooter again made history by becoming the first German Pinscher to earn the coveted AKC Versatile Companion Dog (VCD) title. On that cool, rainy morning, Shooter nailed Track #1 at the Oriole Dog Training Club's tracking test to earn his Tracking Dog (TD) title, thus finishing the requirements for the VCD1 title. Shooter achieved a perfect score of 100 at the 2006 German Pinscher Club of American National Specialty in Rally. Earlier that day, Shooter strutted around the breed ring and won the Veteran's Sweepstakes. Shooter is an all around performance dog holding titles in conformation, obedience, agility, tracking and rally.
	Blue Banner's Magnum CDX  RAE (CH Windamir's O'lay x CH Blue Banner's Two For Tea NJP) and owner Debbie Kaminski have excelled in the performance venues. Not only have they earned their CD and RA but were invited to the All Stars tournament and placed 3rd in Rally Novice. They also were awarded High Scoring German Pinscher at the 2005 GPCA National Specialty. They have earned their Schutzhund BH title and have legs towards their Novice Standard and Novice Jumpers agility titles.  In 2006, Debbie and Magnum completed their CDX Obedience title and their Rally Excellent title. Deb and Magnum earned their RAE title in Rally in 2007, a first for a male GP.
	CH Blue Banner's High Octane (CH Blue Banners High Noon x CH Windamir Salsa Des Charmettes) and owner Laura Mills earned a CGC at the 2005 GPCA National Specialty. Tia was only 7 months old at the time. This young girl will start her show career in 2006. Update 7/06: Tia finishes her AKC Championship with 5 majors. She was awarded BOS from the classes several times over ranked Specials.
	CH Riward's Bluebanner Mae West CD RA (CH Blue Banners High Noon x CH Riward's Rikki Marie) and owner/handler Nancy Wuest finished their AKC Championship at the Crown Classic shows in 2005. Mia finished her title at 17 months old and is now working in obedience. Mia is also a UKC Champion and has her CGC.  Nancy and Mia finished their CD Obedience title at the Cleveland Crown Classic shows, December 2006.  Mia is taking some time off for puppies but will be back for more action later in 2007.  After motherhood, Mia has been busy and earned both her Rally Novice and Rally Advanced titles.
	CH Riward's High Society TD(CH Blue Banners High Noon x CH Riward's Rollin Roc Rockette) Zana celebrated her first birthday in style by finishing her AKC Championship.  She was handled by her owner, Terry Pfaff, to earn her title.  This team also earned their first invitiation to the Eukanuba Classic show. Terry and Zana now have their sights set on the performance venues, and we know they  will do very well. Terry and Zana earned their Tracking Dog (TD) title in April 2007.