Windy Pine Cane Corso

17/12/2025

✨ 2025 AKC National Championship – Royal Canin Week Recap ✨

We had an amazing week in Florida competing at the 2025 AKC National Championship with Thidwick , Zinnia, and C**t (owned and bred by )—always one of our favorite shows of the year!

📅 Tuesday
• Zinnia – Select Bitch
• C**t – Winners Dog for a 5-point major

📅 Wednesday
• Zinnia – Select Bitch
• C**t – Reserve Winners Dog to the major

📅 Thursday
• Zinnia – Best of Opposite S*x
• C**t – Winners Dog & Best of Winners for another major
- Mariska made the cut in her very competitive Open Intermediate Junior's Class.

📅 Saturday (NOHS Finals)
• Thidwick – Best of Opposite S*x

📅 Sunday – AKC National Championship Show
• C**t – 2nd in his class
• Thidwick – First Award of Excellent
• Zinnia – 3rd Award of Excellent

So proud of these dogs and grateful for a fantastic week filled with great competition, friends, and memories. Thank you Mariska and Kelsey for all of your help over the week and congratulations again on all of your successes!

Already looking forward to next year! 🐾✨

23/11/2025

17/11/2025

Want to guess where we went to a scent work trial at this weekend? There is a clue in the search area.

11/11/2025

Good doggies and wonderful people! We had a great time in Pueblo CO!

30/10/2025

Another pretty picture

28/10/2025

There just aren’t adequate words to describe Bo — he’s truly a special dog. ❤️

We began his RACH journey last year at the Cheyenne shows, but after Bo suffered an injury, we took a few months off to let him heal. Slowly but surely, we started chipping away at that goal… and fittingly, we finished his RACH at the very show where it all began. 🏆 I was hopeful that along our journey we could achieve at least one High Triple and one High Combine - we achieved multiple. Always having fun together.

Bo is the 5th Cane Corso to ever earn the title of Rally Champion.

Thank you, Bo, for always giving 100% and being the best boy, I could ask for. 💕🐾

23/10/2025

Pretty and smart — Thidy can do it all!

Huge congratulations to for finishing the 2025 NOHS year as the #1 Cane Corso! 🏆
Not only did they shine in the ring, but they also earned multiple performance titles, including Thidwick's RM and RAE, both earned in August! 🎉

A heartfelt thank you to all the judges who have awarded Thidwick along the way. ❤️🐾

20/10/2025

Mike and I had planned to go together to the Rapid City, SD shows — I’d never been and thought it would be a fun little trip. But life happened, and with an unexpected guest at home, he stayed back.

I debated taking the four dogs I had entered on my own to a show I’d never attended and decided to scale back to three — Aster, Morton, and Bo. They absolutely did not disappoint! Between 8 Rally runs, 3 Obedience runs, 3 times in the Breed ring, and 2 in Group, we made the most of it. While not perfect, we earned our fair share of ribbons. I definitely got my steps in — and while I’m exhausted, I couldn’t be prouder of the dogs. 💜

A huge thank you to the Black Hills Dog Training Club for putting on such a well-run trial with fun prizes. The camaraderie among your members was inspiring to see. I hope to join more of your future events!

If you have never been to the Rapid City SD shows, it is a fun little show with beautiful show grounds. Thank you to all the club members and our wonderful judges.

29/09/2025

Such good dogs. Lots of pretty ribbons, some new titles, and time spent in great company.

Thanks for a fun weekend and distraction. Congrats on all of Kros success!

Thanks to the Icelandic Sheepdog Association of America for a fun trial with great judges.

16/09/2025

🌺 Last but certainly not least — Zinnia! 🌺

We had big plans for Zinnia this year, hoping to see her shine in the Cane di Ferro Challenge and compete in Rally, Obedience, and FastCATs. Unfortunately, she came into season just before the show, so those events were off the table.

But Zinnia didn’t let that slow her down! 💪
✨ Barn Hunt: Earned her Rat Instinct title and her first leg in Rat Novice.
✨ CGC Urban.
✨ Made the cut every day in a very competitive special bitch class.
✨ National Specialty: Took the First Award of Merit.
✨ CCAA Regional: Walked away with Best of Opposite S*x.

To know Zinnia is to love her—she’s smart, funny, and endlessly loving. We are so proud of everything she accomplished and can’t wait to see what she does next! 💜🐾

15/09/2025

Brothers Russell and Thanos competed in the CCAA 4-6 Month Puppy Showcase. Russell won BOB.

Most importantly the both had a positive experience in the ring - the most important thing at this age. Thank you to Mariska for handling Thanos.

Thank you and congratulations to each of the boys' co-owners, the McNear family and the Taylor family. Also, a huge congratulations to their breeder Susanne Vaux