The day she turned 6 months old Poppy entered her first show taking BOB. In her first two shows she took Minor Puppy In Group.
A week later whilst still in Minor Puppy class Poppy dispatched all NSW based male MS Grand Champions via a Best of Breed at Dalwood Show. Poppy's title takes her sire CH Awesome's In The Mood With Risepark (USA) one step closer to being the UK's most prolific Champion producing sire of all time.
Peter Newman and Barry Day had planned to keep this bitch for their own breeding program however, she is now headed to Australia to compliment Ch Risepark Stylemarker (aka ‘Newman’) and the other Risepark stock currently in Australia. Newman's recent near record time to be titled and the dogs wonderful conformation are now well known, however, to put the quality of this bitch into perspective here is what two of the world's leading Miniature Schnauzer Judges have had to say of her in the last few days: When critiquing Poppy, Judge Barry Day said, "my personal analysis is that she is a better specimen than Newman," (in no way questioning Newman wonderful conformation of course.) Judge Day said, "Well as you know Poppy was originally intended for us. We just wanted you to have a really good one." .Judge Liz Cartledge (UK) who has judged BIS at Crufts inspected Poppy as she left the UK bound for Australia and thinks Poppy is a very very