23/09/2025
Thank you, Samantha Grubbs, for this photo you sent me, it brought into focus the whole three-day, dog show weekend at Deland FL, right into my ‘stay-at-home’, ‘field of dreams’……………. alive with imaginary galore…………… with just one pretty picture, one that actually reads to me, “More to the story than meets the eye!”
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Seeing the three ‘Chambray Owners Program’ dogs and their handlers in the Best Of Breed competition…………with Jessi Herzon & Zac, Eme & Yeager, and you, Samantha & Winkie, is a pure God-sent vision, albeit a still-life visual, but sure as shooting, I perceived it to be beyond the limits with pleasurable delight!
Not only was my incessant dog show, ‘cat-curiosity’ quelled, but it also solved/answered a present-day conundrum that I have wrestled with for years!
“How exactly does the Chambrays Owner’s Program work for those seeking a show-quality, breed-standard Labrador, maybe even for breeding?” (too numerous questers to name)
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I receive this question frequently in my emails, Facebook messages, and phone conversations - too many to recall precisely how many. And while it deserves an answer, the truth is that it’s not one of those ‘quick copy & paste’ jobs, definitely not a ‘one size fits all’ reply.
An accurate answer would be very personal, varying with the inquiring person; such as the motive for the puppy placement, the puppies available from a litter, whether there are reasonable show prospect puppies in that particular litter and finally, if that person will be able to function/work/participate within the parameters that have been setup by our different mentorship programs to benefit all involved, with the Betterment of the Breed, weighing first and foremost.
Phew, a tall order to accomplish; however, that’s the way it has been functioning successfully now for 35+ years, and we continue to experience the same or even better results now and in the future.
So, instead of diving into a dissertation, for now, I’m going to let this photo speak for itself. I’ll let it marinate—on your phones, your screens, your feeds. Let the pretty picture of true-blue breed-type Labradors do the talking, with each of their owners/handlers achieving tremendous successes with each dog.
If you are a Chambray follower and are here for eye candy, voilà—enjoy the view, because they are indeed beautiful champion Labrador Retrievers.
If you're looking deeper, wondering what conformation breed-type looks like, use the photos to compare how the dogs that you own, show, or breed, stack up with the three dogs we are using as excellent examples of Top Show Champion Labradors.
For those who have asked…………..are asking and…………. will ask……………… There is a ‘DIFFERENT’ story to be told for ‘EACH’ of those three Chambray dogs/owners in the ring……………..just as there is a ‘DIFFERENT’ story for each of the Chambray sires/owners and dams/owners that produced each of those three dogs in the photo.
For those wanting to know how these three dogs were in one way or another entrusted to the people that own them now……………..the three Labradors in the photo that Jessi Herzon, Emersyn Coddington and Samantha Grubbs are handling in the BEST OF BREED competition in front of an AKC licensed judge deciding which is the Best Of Breed, the Best Of Opposite S*x, the Best Of Winners, the Select Champion Dog and Select Champion B*tch.
Curious? Good. But here’s the kicker:
If you want those stories, you’ll have to tease them out of me. Give me a Like, or a Comment, or a Share—you know the drill. Bribery is welcome. Cajoling is even better.
Spoiler alert: You’ll be surprised how many fine folk—likely, someone you know…………..maybe, even you—played a role in getting these Labradors to the front row and center stage.
All those ‘chosen’, fine folk, having worked together and sharing the same goal: The Betterment of the Breed, and succeeding while we have been at it!🤩
