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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 12/18/2011

EUKANUBA 2011!!!!

Orlando Fl ~ 12/18/2011 ~ At the one and only show of its kind, the AKC's Eukanuba National Championships, back home where it belongs after 5 years away in California......now back in Orlando Fl where it all started in 2001. For more information read the following The 2011 Eukanuba Championships

Information Source: Chambray Record Keeping

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 12/12/2011

The Winning Streak Goes to 51+ Dog Show Weekends At The Miami Dog Shows!!!!!

Miami Fl ~ 12/12/2011 ~ Two of our top puppies add two more wins to the current 51 straight dog show weekends of wins. 10 month old Chambrays Ruff Jewel Walter takes a Winners Dog for 2 points and 11 month old Chambrays Celestial N Counter takes Winners Bitch, both puppies are handled from the very competitive Bred By Exhibitor class, making both them eligible for an invitation to compete at the Eukanuba Championships once they achieve their AKC champions title.

Information Source: Chambray Record Keeping

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 12/01/2011

Chambray's Winning Streak hits 2 years with 50+Dog Show Weekends With Wins!!!!!

Miami Fl ~ 12/01/2011 ~ Starting in January of 2010..................then each and every dog show weekend  through the 2010 dog show season................ then starting all over again in January of 2011 through every single weekend of dog shows throughout the year to the most recent of dog shows in Ocala Fl November 17-20 the Chambray dogs have won a combined:

51 Winners Dog Awards
51 Winners Bitch Awards
26 Best Of Breeds
64 Best Of Opposite Sex
33 Select Champions
with
5 New AKC Champions
4 New AKC Grand Champions
1 New Canadian Champion
1 New AKC Bronze Grand Champion
7 Trifectas {BOB, Winners Dog, Winners Bitch same show}
2 Weekends with back-to-back Saturday & Sunday Trifectas

At least 1 win per weekend and some weekends with as many as 8 wins!!! A total of 225 wins in 50+ weekends!!!!!! Unheard of, totally unparalleled.............................mission accomplished by raising the bar for the betterment of the breed. To put the above in perspective 9999% of Labradors breeders will never experience all of the above in a lifetime of showing dogs! Most of the breeders showing dogs in Florida today have not had 5 champions bred by them in all the years they have been breeding and showing.

Information Source: Chambray Record Keeping

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 11/14/2011

Chambray's 1st AKC Bronze Grand Champion
AKC Bronze Grand Ch/Int BIS CH/UKC BIS Grand Ch Chambrays And The Best Goes On

Brooksville Fl ~ 10/14/2011 ~ In overwhelming fashion..........leading the Grand Champion's race throughout the 2011 dog show season, Cher accumulates the needed 100 grand champion's points to earn the AKC's Bronze Grand Champion's title and medallion!

Cher achieved the Grand Champion's title in February of 2011 in record setting time..........2 months after having won her champions title in December of 2010. So in less than 1 year's time in the ring, she achieves her AKC Bred By Exhibitor's Champion's title, the AKC Grand Champion's title and the AKC's Bronze Grand Champion's title!!!!!

Information Source: Chambray Record Keeping

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 10/19/2011

2011 Ahead Of The Great Record-Setting 2010 Pace

Miami Fl ~ 10/19/2011 ~ The 2010 record of winning an astonishing 54 Winners Dog & Winners Bitch awards by dogs from one kennel assuredly looked to stand the test of time. The previous record also set by Chambray was in 2008 with 29 WD/WB awards, so 2010 almost doubled the output!

How do the wins for 2011 compare to the astronomical 2010 mark? Below is the tale of the tape through the same month of October:

• Winners Dog awards   2011 ~ 27               2010 ~ 15

• Winners Bitch awards 2011 ~ 15               2010 ~ 24

Totals                                    2011 ~ 42              2010 ~ 39

The numbers are in for the 2011 dogs shows through October and remarkably 2011 leads with 3 more wins than 2010!!!!

Also, Best Of Breeds for 2011 are way ahead with 17 versus 5 for the same time through October of both years.

Information Source: Chambray Record Keeping

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 10/17/2011

Chambray Girls On Fire At Arcadia Shows

Arcadia Fl ~ 10/17/2011 The Chambray girls pitched a perfect game at the 4 days of shows in Arcadia Fl, by sweeping all 4 Winners Bitch awards and also taking 3 out 4 Reserve Winners Bitch placements.

At the 1st show on Thursday the 13th, starting off with her very first Winners Bitch award was 9 month old puppy Chambrays First N Counter (Gavi) is from the breeding of Gr Ch Gingerbred Celestial Thunder (Zeus) and Chambrays Eloquent N Counter (Ellie). Gavi would also be awarded Best Of Opposite Sex over champion competition. Chambrays Guardian Brie At Shady Banks was awarded the Reserve Winners bitch to Gavi's WB.

One of our veteran girls, WinQuest Chambrays N Nick O Time (Nikki) would add to her champion's title quest by winning Winners Bitch at Friday's show with Gavi's littermate Chambrays Celestial N Counter taking the Reserve Winners Bitch. Nikki now has 11 points and 1 major towards the 15 pts and 2 majors needed for the AKC championship.

Chambrays Guardian Eko would break into the winners point rankings with her first Winners Bitch award for 2 points at Saturday's show.

Gavi would double up for the 4 days of shows by winning her 2nd Winners Bitch award for 2 points and Eko would be awarded the Reserve Winners Bitch to her at Sunday's show.

Gr Ch Chambrays And The Beat Goes On would take 3 Best Of Opposite Sex and 1 Select Champion award to add 6 more points to her quest for the #1 Florida Grand Champion title and also towards her Bronze Grand Champion Medallion. 100 Gr Champion points are needed and Cher now has a total of 90 lifetime points. Cher is in 2nd place with 88 points for 2011, just 1 point behind the state leader who has 89 pts.

Also adding to his AKC champion's title quest was Chambrays Handsome Island Boy Louie by winning Winners Dog for 2 points at Saturday's show. WinQuest Chambray Reaching For The Stars (Jake) was awarded a Reserve Winners Dog award at Sunday's show.

Information Source: Chambray Record Keeping

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 10/03/2011

It's A Miracle: First-Ever IABCA Grand Sieger Best In Show Labrador

Orlando Fl ~ 10/02 2011 Three month old Chambray's Miracle On The Meadow sets a new IABCA record becoming the first-ever Labrador Retriever to ever win a Grand Sieger Best In Show! He also set another Chambray record in winning 3 Best In Shows and 1 Reserve Best In Show for the 4 shows in 2 days! Miracle comes from one of our top producing sires, AKC Ch/Int BIS Ch/UKC BIS Ch Chambrays Bailey On The Rocks. Miracle becomes Bailey's 2nd offspring to top the charts at successive IABCA shows, following last May's super wins by then 3 month old Chambrays Ruff Jewel Walter's 2 Best In Show wins.

Another Bailey offspring, Chambrays Archie Royale was awarded 1 Best In Show Adult and 1 Reserve Best In Show Adult to add to their sires resume.

Information Source: Chambray Record Keeping

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 09/24/2011

Jake Becomes Youngest Winner of 2 Majors @ 9 Months Of Age!

Deland Fl ~ 09/23 2011 WinQuest Chambray Reaching For The Stars was shinning bright at the Deland dog shows when he wins Winners Dog & Best Of Winners for a 3-point major, his 2nd major pointed win in 5 weekends of showing and before 10 months of age. He now has a total of 9 points, 2 majors and 2 Best Of Breeds to his credit.

Information Source: The AKC Points and Progression & Chambray Record Keeping

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 08/29/2011

Cher Takes 1st Place Back and Helps Chambray Keep The Winning Streak Alive in "Hotlanta"

Miami Fl ~ 08/16 2011 There is the "Big Easy", there's "Motown", there's Miami the "Magic City" and Orlando a.k.a. "O-Town" and just to the north of Florida there is "Hotlanta", Atlanta GA the capitol city of the deep south.

This weekend in "Hotlanta", the searing hot streak of winning 42 consecutive dog show weekends was kept burning amber white and so was Cher's earth scorching path to finishing up the 2011 Eukanuba year as the Number 1 Grand Champion from Florida. The Eukanuba year ends the 1st week of October and Cher has been in the #1 spot all year long with the exception of the week from August 20th to August 27th when another dog from the Chambray lines overtook Cher momentarily.

Now it is a 2 horse race for top bragging rights with less than 6 weeks to go before the deadline, of course we would love of our flagship dog Cher to finish out on top. Cher is owned by Mary & Bob Jakeway, but either way a Chambray line dog will have the honors regardless of who owns the dog.

Cher blazed into the Atlanta shows and came out with a Best of Opposite Sex for 2 points and a Best Of Breed for a 4-point major over some of the hottest Labradors in the country including the #5, the #7 and the #13 in the country for Best Of Breed Rankings!

Meanwhile the Chambray AKC Dog Show Weekend Winning spree now spans 3 different year's worth starting in the fall of 2009, all of 2010 and now 8 months into 2011. This winning streak does not take into account some of the winning that individual dogs have accomplished going off to other venues on their own.

On another note; the present pace of winning for the 2011dog show season is decidedly ahead of the astronomical and record setting  numbers posted last year in 2010 with 54 Winners Bitch & Winners Dog wins by the end of the year in December.

Information Source: The AKC Points and Progression & Grand Champion's Rankings for Florida & Chambray Record Keeping

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 08/26/2011

Hurricane Irene!

Miami Fl ~ 08/26th 2011  Our Sincere Gratitude!

Thank God we are safe and sound! Thank you all for the hundreds of emails with concerns.

This past week has been traumatic to say the least for perhaps millions of people concerned with the impending path of Hurricane Irene starting down in the Caribbean and into the Atlantic off the mainland USA coast.

There are still millions more that could be impacted with a direct hit in the next couple of days.

To all of those, the Herzon family wishes you all safety and a quick return to your normal way of  life.

We were spared here in South Florida with minimal winds, some rain and a power failure that only lasted a couple of hours. Thank you to all the wonderful people from all over the world, especially the owners of Chambray dogs that have been sending their concerns and well wishes from across the country.

I am truly overcome with emotions with such an out pouring of concern and loyalty from so many. The truest test of loyalty is something that is demonstrated and not boasted about and hundreds of our loyal owners have demonstrated just that.

We are very concerned for the citizens of the Bahamas and other islands that have been severely affected. We have lost contact with a dozen or so of our dog owners both in the Bahamas and Puerto Rico. Please as soon as you all see your way clear of danger, send us an email letting us know that you, your families, belongings and dogs have faired well and are safe. Let us know if there is anything we can do to help.

Thank you all again and please now send your thoughts and prayers to our neighboring states to the north as the Herzon family continues to do here.

Due to critical priorities here at home for the safety of our family, our home, the dogs that stay behind and even the dogs that would have traveled with us, we were forced to make the decision not to travel 800 miles plus up the east coast to the 4 days of the Atlanta dog shows. We regret any inconveniences this may have caused all those other folk that did make the trip to those shows, but with a looming threat such as this storm posed our immediate area, it was a simple decision as to what our choice would be.

Our thoughts and prayers are continuously with those in the path of the storm.

The Herzon family

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 08/16/2011

N Counter Labradors: A New Kennel Name Is Forged With New Members
of Chambray and the Labrador Owners Community

Miami Fl ~ 08/16 2011 According to AKC rules and regulations, a kennel name may be applied for after 5 years of active involvement with dogs and at least 5 registered litters in 5 years.

Jessie Herzon founded the name N Counter Labradors back in 2001 as 12 year old when she named her first puppy Chambrays Chance N Counter (Connie). Since then she has co-bred at least 6 litters, one of which was Connie's first litter and Jessie was to also keep a puppy from that litter in 2007 which was named Chambrays Charmed N Counter. A subsequent litter by Connie produced Chambrays Eloquent N Counter (Ellie). In the fall of 2010, Ellie was bred to Gr Ch Gingerbred Celestial Thunder (Zeus) which produced several puppies including 2 females that were placed on a co-ownership with Olga and Juan Marrero of Miami Lakes.

Those 2 girls were named Chambrays First N Counter and Chambrays Celestial N Counter continuing on with the names Chambray and also N Counter. Now the Marrero's have added a 3rd puppy to their family and future Labrador kennel and have joined with Jessie on a long range co-venture partnership for the future using the name N Counter Labradors. The new puppy is a black male from WinQuest Chambray N Nick O Time, Nikki's latest litter that is a product of a pay back co-bred litter with Laffitte Labradors. That puppy will also sport all 3 kennel names as Chambrays Laffitte Stellar N Counter and hopefully will develop much as the 2 girls from Ellie's litter have done for the Marreros.

Since Jessie has decided to continue on with the use of Chambray Labradors as her breeding kennel name in the future, plans will call for
Ma and Pa Herzon to do a "family transfer" of Chambray Labradors to include Jessie as an owner with the eventuality of her manning the fort when the Herzons retire from breeding.

Welcome on board to Olga and Juan Marrero with your new partnership with Chambray & Jessie and the use of the new kennel name,
N Counter Labradors.

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 08/13/2011

Chambrays Tops The Charts For The Eukanuba Championship Invitational

Orlando Fl ~ 08/13 2011 Chambray Labradors now leads all the Florida Labrador breeders in every category for qualifiers for the 2011 AKC's Eukanuba National Championship Invitational to be held in Orlando Fl on December 17th & 18th.

Chambray is tied for 1st place in the entire country for most Bred By Exhibitor qualifiers with
1) Gr Ch Chambrays And The Beat Goes On and 2) Ch Chambrays Bailey On The Rocks receiving the special invitation in the Bred By Exhibitor competition.

Besides being #1 for the most Bred By Exhibitor qualifiers from Florida, there are 3 more categories where Chambray leads the Florida pack as #1

• Total number of qualifiers with 5 different dogs receiving the prestigious invitation

• Total number of Grand Champion qualifiers with 3

• The only Florida breeder with a Best In Show qualifier

Information Source: Jeffrey Moore

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 08/08/2011

Charming Carley, Chambray's Newest & 1st Bred-By Canadian Champion

Canada ~ 08/08 2011 Chambrays Charming Cinnabar Carley becomes our newest Canadian Champion and comes 16 years after our first and only until now, Canadian Champion, Am/Can Ch Grandquest Chambray Slapshot (Slash). This gorgeous chocolate girl is the product of our breeding between Int Ch/UKC Ch Chambray Greenhead Cundiamor and Ch Wilcare's Leisure Suit Larry. She now holds the distinction of being our first home bred-by Canadian champion. Although "Slash" was very instrumental in our breeding program, he was an outside dog purchased to augment our existing Chambray lines

Information Source: Jeffrey Moore

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 08/27/2011

Jake Continues Winning Ways In Louisiana 2 BOB's @ 8 Months Old

Kenner LA. ~ 08/07 2011 WinQuest Chambray Reaching For The Stars "Jake" travels outside of Florida and scores 3 more points with 2 Best Of Breeds and 1 Best Of Opposite. He now has 6 points with a 3-point major and now 2 Best Of Breeds to his credit and he just turned 8 months old. Jake comes from one of the litters that was sired by Ch Zindfndel Brigham, bred to WinQuest French Toast (Jelly). Jakes next show will be up in Atlanta when he travels with the Herzon family for the 4 shows now at the end of August.

Information Source: Handler Dennis Williams

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 07/21/2011

New AKC Grand Champion WinQuest Chambray Sir Cadbury Oh You Heartbreaker.

Chambersburg PA ~ 07/25/2011 Cadbury takes 4 Best Of Breeds in a row in Chambersburg PA to achieve the needed points to finish his AKC Grand Champion title! These wins also give Cadbury 6 Best Of Breeds to his already impressive resume. He is now AKC Gr Ch/Int BIS Ch WinQuest Chambray Sir Cadbury Oh You Heartbreaker.

Cadbury is now 1 of 5 Chambray-bred dogs that will receive the highly coveted 2011 Eukanuba Championship Invitation and be able to strut their stuff on the fabled red carpet of Eukanuba. Cadbury will join his father, BIS Ch Chambrays Out Of The Ruff, plus 3 of his half siblings, Gr Ch Chambrays Charmed N Counter, Gr Ch Chambrays And The Beat Goes On (Cher) and Ch Chambrays Bailey On The Rocks in Orlando FL on December 17th 2011

Information Source: Kathy Mines

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 07/21/2011

That's A Wrap For The Florida Dog Shows, Now A Summer Hiatus Till The End Of September,
Select Dogs To Travel To Other States. Training To Continue Throughout The Summer.

Miami, Fl ~ 07/21/2011 Just having completed the West Palm Beach dog shows this past weekend, most of the Chambray dogs will have some down time until the Florida dog shows resume on September 24th and 25th in Deland FL. Of course all of those dogs will continue their prescribed training and conditioning regimens in order to keep them in peak show shape. The training classes will resume on July 26th at the farm for all the local dogs, especially for those puppies from the Class of 2011.

Many of the new puppies from the Class of 2011 will be making their show debuts throughout the country. Several are now showing in Texas, New York, Mississippi, Alabama, South and North Carolina. We will be posting how they do at each of those shows as the owners report back to us.

• Ch Chambrays Cadbury will join pro handler Kathy Mines in Connecticut and surrounding states for the 8 grand champion points he needs for that title and the eventual invitation to the 2011 Eukanuba Championships. 

• Chambray's Gordon will be touring through the southeastern states with pro handler Danny Sanchez,

• will his littermate sister, Chambrays Diamond Destiny travels the NY and NJ states with her owners and pro handlers.

• Our newest point winner, WinQuest Chambray Reaching For The Stars (Jake) will also do some of the southern states traveling with pro handler Dennis Williams.

The Silver Bullet (and of course the Herzons) will take a trek up I-75 into Atlanta GA for 4 days of shows on August 25th, 26th, 27th and 28th with a select group of contenders. There is a great opportunity for major pointed shows those 4 days, so the plan is to take some of those dogs that need majors to finish their championship. Several youngsters will also make the trip, with a couple making their AKC debut. Meeting us up in Atlanta will be our flagship dog, Gr Ch Chambrays And The Beat Goes On, continuing her quest to stay on top of the #1 spot of Grand Champion from Florida.

So, while the majority of our dogs take a break from the show action, there will be some that will remain out on the front lines vying for those elusive winners points. Good luck to all.

Information Source: Chambray Editor

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 07/12/2011

Reaching For The Stars Plus Winning Streak Extended To 41 Dog Shows Weekends @ WPB Dog Shows

West Palm Beach, Fl ~ 07/17/2011 Seven month old WinQuest Chambrays Reaching For The Stars (Jake) lived up to his namesake by equaling a benchmark that only one other puppy his age had ever risen to, winning a major-pointed show, making them the youngest puppies to do so! Four year's ago, it would be Chambrays Charmed N Counter that would set the mark as the youngest puppy to win a 3-pt major, now Jake matches that feat at the same age. The record tying accomplishment also extends Chambrays winning streak to 41 consecutive dog show weekends of winning.

For extra measures Chambrays Emerald N The Ruff also wins a 3-pt major at Sunday's show, giving her a total of 15 points with 1 major. This win puts Emmie in sole possession of 1st place at the Class Dog's Ranking For Championship Points, nosing out Chambrays Summer Breeze (Hanna) who has 13 points and 1 major to her credit. This win by Emmie now creates a 1 major win situation for her and for Hanna to become Chambray's 28th/29th Home-bred champion and the 4th/5th champion in 1 year from 1 breeder, both of which would be a state record.

Gr Ch Chambrays And The Beat Goes On (Cher) garners 1 Best Of Opposite Sex and 1 Select Bitch award, giving her a total of 5 Grand champion points for the weekend.

Three different dogs were very close to the points with Reserve Winner's ribbons; Chambrays Maya, Chambrays Harley and Chambrays Louie all walked away with the bi-colored RWD and RWB awards.

Information Source: Chambray Editor

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 07/04/2011

Fireworks Expected With Debut Of Class Of 2011 Puppies At West Palm Beach July 16/17

Miami Fl ~ 07/04/2011 WinQuest Chambray Reaching For The Stars (Jake), debuted at the Palmetto Dog Shows on June 18th with a spectacular Best Labrador Puppy & Group 4 placement and then followed that awesome start with a Reserve Winners Dog the day after
at Sunday's show. The following weekend he continued his winning ways with another Reserve Winners Dog at the Orlando dog shows and a Best Labrador Puppy at the Purina's Breeders Showcase.

Coming up soon is the WPB dog shows on July 16/17 and he will be joined by 4 more outstanding puppies from the Class of 2011 that
will be adding more fire power to our already formidable roster of show dogs.

The 4 debutantes are all from the Celestial n Counter Litter (Gr Ch Gingerbred Celestial Thunder X Chambrays Eloquent N Counter).
Three of those puppies, Chambrays First N Counter (f), Chambrays Celestial N Counter (f) and Chambrays Smoke N Fire (m) have already impressed the judges with all three winning a Best Puppy In Show at the IABCA dogs shows back in May as 3 month olds. They will be
joined by their littermate sister from Texas, Chambrays Gabrielle's Quest who is here in Florida for 2 months of intensive training and showing.

Making this an all important last show of the first half of the 2011 Florida Dog Show Season is that there are enough dogs entered to make it a Major Pointed show for the females. The males can also achieve a major win by crossing over the female's winner. There are several of our dogs that can finish their championships by winning 1 or both days.

• Chambrays WinQuest Summer Breeze (Hanna) showing from the Bred By Exhibitor Class needs 1 major win to finish out.

• Chambrays Sunny Daze, Chambrays Aslan, Chambrays Stella's Desire and Chambrays Emerald In The Ruff all need 2 majors to champion out.

If any of these dogs finishes out this coming show, it would give Chambray Labrador sole possession of the state record with 4 new champions in 1 year, as already we have had 3 dogs finish so far this year with Ch WinQuest Chambrays Cadbury, Ch Chambrays Bailey
On The Rocks and Ch Chambrays Lady Scarlet.

Ch WinQuest Chambrays Cadbury also can finish out his AKC Grand Champion's title this coming weekend of shows with 2 Best Of Breeds for a total of 8 points, which is exactly what he needs to fulfill the required 25 points as he now stands with 17 points, 3 majors and 3 wins over competition. Cadbury's Grand Championship will give him an invitation to the 2011 Eukanuba Championships in Orlando.

Gr Ch Chambrays And The Beat Goes On can add to her Florida #1 Grand Champion status by picking up anywhere's from 6 to 8 points by winning Best Of Breeds, Best Of Opposite Sex or Select Champion female.

The 2011 Eukanuba Championship, already having received their invitations are:

• BIS Ch Chambrays Out Of The Ruff

• Gr Ch Chambrays And The Beat Goes On

• Gr Ch Chambrays  Charmed N Counter

• Ch Chambrays Bailey On The Rocks

other possible qualifiers are

• Chambrays Summer Breeze (needs major pt-win)

• Ch WinQuest Chambray Cadbury (needs 8 gr ch pts)

Wow, what a great finale for the 1st half of the season this weekend of shows promises to be:

• With the champion's title race to the finish line for 5 of our dogs,

• the Grand Champions #1 status on the line and the making of another grand champion.

• Eukanuba qualifiers on the line with the deadline looming the first week in October

• the debut of 4 more Class 2011 puppies

We expect explosive fireworks galore for this all important dog show at West Palm Beach!

Information Source: Chambray Editor

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 06/27/2011

Cher Rocks The House with 10 Grand Champion Points In Orlando! Purina's Breeder Showcase Results.

Orlando Fl ~ 06/27/2011 In convincing fashion and manner, Gr Ch Chambrays And The Beat Goes On wins Best Female Labrador 2 days in a row with a Best Of Opposite Sex over all the females in competition, including another Chambray special's bitch champion and then at Sunday's show she goes Best Of Breed over 50 Labradors, males and females including 7 champions!

This now gives "Cher" 62 points for the 2011 AKC Grand Champion rankings, adding to her #1 Florida Grand Champion status. The Best Of Breed win at Sunday's show is Cher's 4th  BOB in 2011.

Ch Chambrays Dakota On Deck picked up 2 Grand Champions points at each of the 3 days of shows, now giving her a total of 10 Gr Champion points.

Ch WInQuest Chambray Cadbury added a BOS at Sunday's show for a grand total of 17 Grand Champion Points, with 3 Majors and 3 wins over competition, he now lacks 8 points to finish out his quest for the Grand Championship and his invitation to the 2011 AKC Eukanuba National Championships.

WinQuest Chambray Reaching For The Stars (Jake) participating at his 2nd weekend of shows at 6 months of age, once again catches the judge's eye with first place wins in all 3 shows, including a Reserve Winners Dog at Sunday's show. This follows a great debut the previous week at Palmetto where he took first place twice, Best Labrador Puppy and his first Reserve Winners Dog win.

Purina's Breeders Showcase News:

WinQuest Chambrays Reaching For The Stars (Jake) keeps our 5 year winning streak alive by winning Best Labrador Puppy & a Group 4 at the Purina's Breeders Showcase in Orlando June 25th 2011. For 5 years in a row at every Breeders Showcase, a Chambray puppy has won the Best Labradors Puppy award.

Our newest AKC champion, Ch WinQuest Chambrays Cadbury becomes the 4th Best Labrador Adult winner in 5 years at the Purina event.

Information Source: Chambray Record Keeping

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 06/20/2011

Back To Back New AKC Champions In 1 Weekend @ Palmetto Fl

Palmetto Fl. ~ 06/20/2011  Chambray Labradors and the Labrador Owners Community celebrated their 39th consecutive AKC dog show winning weekend in dominating fashion by crowning 2 new AKC champions in back to back shows!

Introducing for the very first time new AKC champions, Chambrays Bailey On The Rocks & Chambrays Lady Scarlet Of The Ribbons!

At Saturday's show, winning his 2nd Major-Pointed show, thus completing the requirements for the AKC champions title, Chambrays Bailey On The Rocks now sports 3 different registry crowns! He is now AKC Ch/Int BIS Ch/UKC BIS Ch Chambrays Bailey On The Rocks. He adds to both his sires and to his dam's impressive records; his sire, AKC BIS Ch Chambrays Out Of The Ruff is now the all time top champion producer for the state of Florida with 6 champions to his credit and Bailey's mother, AKC BPS Ch Chambrays Chance N Counter now is tied with her own mother, AKC Ch Chambrays Chisholm Chancey for producing the most champions with 4 titled offspring.

Sunday's show proved to be the charm with Chambrays Lady Scarlet of the Ribbons snatching up the 3-Point Major win to also complete her AKC champion's title chase and becoming Chambray's 27th homebred champion, adding to the already state record setting spree. Scarlet adds to her grandmother's resume by becoming Chancey's 7th champion grandkid. Four of those produced by BPS Ch Chambrays Charmed N Counter, 2 produced by AKC Ch Chambrays Mad About Madeline and 1 sire by AKC Ch Chambray's Chisholm Sir Lancelot.

Adding to the winning ways for the weekend was Gr Ch Chambrays And The Beat Goes On with 3 more grand champion points to add to her #1 Florida Grand Champion ranking.

Debuting for his very first show was 6-month old WinQuest Chambray Reaching For The Stars (Jake) with a Best Labrador Puppy and a Group 4 placement at Saturday's show and then a Reserve Winners Dog to a 3-Point Major win by the Winners Dog and eventual Best Of Breed by the same dog.

Information Source: Chambray Record Keeping

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 05/15/2011

Chambray Dogs Win Back-To-Back Best Of Breeds @ Perry GA

Perry Ga. ~ 05/15/2011 The incomparable 38 straight dog show weekend winning streak continues with the addition of Perry Ga. as yet another venue, city and state to the winning list dating now back to December of 2009!

New champion Chambrays Cadbury wins his 2nd Best Of Breed in as many weekends since coming out as a special's dog. With the 4 days of shows, he now has a total of 14 points, 2 majors and 3 wins against competition towards his AKC Grand Champion's title.

Gr Ch Chambrays And The Beat Goes On (Cher), continues her dominance at the top of the AKC Grand Champions scoreboard as the #1 Grand Champion from Florida by also taking her third Best Of Breed and her first Sporting Group placement! Cher now has 52 Grand Champions points and half way towards her Bronze Grand Champions title and AKC Bronze Medallion.

Joining in the winning spree at the 4 days of show at Perry Ga. were Chambrays Sunny Daze winning a Winners Dog & Best Of Winners. Sunny is now pointed out and only needs 2 majors to finish his AKC champion's title.

Chambrays Sky enters the race for the title with his first Winners Dog award and also a Best Of Winners placement.

Information Source:  AKC Points Progression & Chambray Record Keeping

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 05/10/2011

REVISION TO HORSE RACE PRESS RELEASE & The Perry GA. Shows

Miami FL ~ 05/10/2011 A review of the AKC's Point Progression System reveals that one of the top contenders for the AKC champion title race only has 6 points rather than the 9 points attributed to him the in Horse Race article press release of 04/26/2011! The official count for Chambrays Rum Tum Tugger is 6 wins with 6 points, 2 Best of Breeds and 2 Group IV Sporting Group placements!

In the meantime, Chambrays Sunny Daze has moved out from the tail end of the pack and into the middle and into contention with 3 show wins in as many weeks for a total of 8 points to propel forward in the now 12 horse, horse race.

Both Tugger and Sunny will have 4 opportunities to add points and distance this coming weekend at the 4 days of shows in Perry Georgia, May 12th, 13th, 14th and 15th! Joining the two of them will be new starter Chambrays Gordon with 1 point and at the rear of the pack, Chambrays Sky, just out of the box with no points yet.

In the ultimate of races, the AKC's Best Of Breed & Grand Champion's race for Grand Champion points, Florida's #1 leader, Gr Ch Chambrays And The Beat Goes On (Cher) with 44 points and new entry Ch Chambrays Cadbury with 6 Grand Champion points will represent the colors of Chambray at Perry GA as well!

Information Source:  AKC Points Progression & Chambray Record Keeping

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 05/01/2011

Dog Show Weekend Winning Streak at 36: Cher Adds To Her Grand Champion Points Keeping Her #1: Sunny Wins Back-To Back Winners Dog

Vero Beach FL ~ 05/01/2011 The streak's alive at 36 straight weekends of dog shows even with our top dogs sitting on the sidelines waiting
for major-pointed shows to come along! Sunny, Cher and Cadbury each posted wins ensuring that the Chambray winning streak continue on' Chambrays Sunny Daze won back to back Winners Dog, adding 2 points each day to his AKC champion's quest. He now has a total of 7 Winners Dog points. Cher would also add 4 more Grand Champion points creating some distance between her and the rest of the dogs vying for the #1 position in Florida's Grand Champion race. Most of those dogs were also competing this weekend and none made up any ground on her. WinQuest Chambray Cadbury would add 2 points to his debut Best Of Breed (4 point major) last week and now has 6 points towards  his Grand Championship. 

AKC Grand Ch. Chambrays And The Beat Goes scores a Best Of Opposite Sex on Sunday and a Select Champions Bitch on Saturday to add 4 more grand champion points to her already Top Of The Charts, 1st Place ranking for #1 Grand Champion from Florida.

Joining in the winning spree for those same grand champion point is our newest AKC champion, Ch WinQuest Chambray Cadbury, who was awarded a Select Champion's Dog for 2 points at Sunday's show. Cadbury was awarded his first grand champion point last week at the Zolfo Springs dog shows, with a resounding Best Of Breed!

Scoring back to back Winners Dog was Chambrays Sunny Daze, adding 4 more points in his quest for the AKC championship title. Sunny now has a total of 7 points.

Information Source:   Infodog

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 04/26/2011

It's A Horse Race To The AKC Champion's Finish Line

Miami, FL ~ 04/26/2011 ~There are now 11 horses in the Chambray Race To The AKC Champion's Finish Line!

There are 8 month's left worth of dog shows in 2011 and the race has tightened up considerably between 11 of Chambrays
premiere show dogs for the honor of being the 26th Home-bred AKC champion.

Leading the pack by a head is Chambrays Bailey On The Rocks with 14 points and 1 Major win and 2 Best Of Breeds to his credit.
Nipping at his heels is Chambrays Lady Scarlet of the Ribbons with 13 points, 1 Major and 1 BOB.
Just a half length behind is Chambrays Summer Breeze (Hanna) with 12 points 1 Major, 2 Best Of Breeds and the only Bred-By Exhibitor
Best In Show in our history by a Chambray-bred dog!

All three of these dogs can flash across the finish line by winning 1 more Major-pointed show and step into the winners circle of Chambray champions!

Within striking distance of the 3 leaders and 2 lengths behind is the  super star of the Class of 2009, Chambrays Emerald In The Ruff with 12 single points (no majors), 1 Best Of Breed and a Best Puppy In Show! Emmi would need to win 2 Major-pointed shows to champion out and edge the leaders for the supreme title of AKC champion.

From the Class of 2007 and one of the 5 Divas is Chambrays Stella (10 points, no majors) also needs 2 Major-pointed wins to dash across the coveted champion's finish line. Stella has come on strong in the last months with several wins to her credit and hopefully will take this winning spree all the way across the finish line.

In a dead heat, neck to neck are 3 of Chambrays finest from the Class of 2007 with 9 points each and 1 Major win, each needs to win a Major and some singles to land in the promise land of 15 points and 2 majors; those dogs are Chambrays Handsome Island Boy Louie, WinQuest Chambray N Nick O Time and WinQuest Chambray Jewel In The Ruff. Handsome Island Boy Louie just posted 3 back-to-back winning shows to boost him past several top contenders. He too has a full head of steam and could very likely scoot past those at the home stretch sliding past the current leaders at the front end of the pack!

Half a length back in another dead heat and coming on strong are 2 of our Class of 2010 meteoric shooting stars, Chambrays Aslan (Fantastic 4 Litter) and Chambrays Rum Tum Tugger, each with 9 points (no majors) and each with 2 Best of Breeds. Actually Tugger edges Aslan out by a whisker with 2 Sporting Group Placements to 1 for Aslan! Each of these boys have the strength and pedigree to make a huge surge and create a photo finish at the wire.

Still in the hunt and a real dark horse, both in color and with an outside chance to whiz by the leaders is Chambrays Curious George with 8 Points and both majors, lacking either 7 single pointed wins or 2 major-pointed wins of 3 & 4 points to stretch a neck past the leaders and into the champion's circle!

There are other strong contender dogs with points chomping at the bit for winners points in the horse race as well as a whole new crew of youngsters ready to go to the starting gate for Chambray, the newest addition to the betterment of the breed the puppies from the new Class of 2011.

Information Source:   Chambray Labradors Record Keeping Dept.

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 04/25/2011

35 Straight Dog Show Weekends Winning Streak Intact ~ TRIFECTA #37 ~ Cher Is Still The One &
Cadbury Comes Out As A Special With A Roar!

Zolfo Fl ~ 04/25/2011 In the middle of nowhere, little lifeless towns, vast stretches of cattle ranches, endless orange groves and vacant, abandoned farms, in a place named Zolfo Springs the conga continues without missing a beat!

In overwhelming fashion the 35 straight winning weekends of dogs shows continues with wins on Saturday and all the wins on Sunday at Zolfo! That's every weekend of dog shows in Florida since December of 2009, all of 2010 and now well into the 4th month of 2011! Wins in every city of Florida and now the 3rd Trifecta for 2011in only 4 months of dog shows!!!!

Our newest AKC champion, Chambrays #25 Home-bred champion, debuts as a specials dog with a resounding win, a Best Of Breed over 4 nationally ranked champions and handled by Ryan Herzon.

On Sunday Cadbury teams up with a half brother Chambrays Louie (Winners Dog & Best Of Winners), a half sister Chambrays Stella (Winners Bitch) and the icing on the cake, another half sister Chambrays Cher (Best Of Opposite Sex) making them the 37th time that Chambray-bred dogs win each and every award at the dog show, the Trifecta and the Clean Sweep! All four of these winning dogs were sired by AKC BIS Chambrays Out Of The Ruff

At Saturday's show, Chambrays Louie also won Winners Dog and Best Of Winners, with Saturday and Sunday's shows, Louie added 4 more points to his already 5 and now has 9 points and 1 major toward his AKC championship!

Grand Champion Chambrays And The Beat Goes On (Cher) has led the Grand Champion's standing as the #1 Grand Champion from Florida since the beginning of the year and this weekend added some distance between herself and the rest of the pack in the hunt for AKC Grand Champion points and Top ranking!

Information Source:   AKC & Infodog

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 03/19/2011

Cadbury Wins 3-Point Major In Raleigh NC....Chambrays State-Record 25th Home-Bred Champion

Raleigh NC ~ 03/19/2011 WinQuest Chambray Cadbury Oh You Heartbreaker becomes Chambray Labradors 25th home-bred AKC Champion  by winning the remaining major-pointed show in the very tough Raleigh Dog Shows loaded with northern dogs handled by the top professionals in the country!!!

Proving that Florida born dogs, especially Chambray dogs can win anywhere in the country. Most of Cadbury's points were won in NJ, CT, MA, RI, and NY beating some of the top northern kennel dogs.

Cadbury now heads home to Boca Raton for some RR before heading out as a special's dog in the Best Of Breed competition chasing the very elusive AKC Grand Champion points starting at the Zolfo Springs shows on April 23/24

Information Source:   Nina Otto and handler Kathy Mines

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 03/07/2011

Chambray Back~To~Back TRIFECTAS (#35 & #36) & Consecutive Weekend Winning Streak
Extends To Every Florida City From 2009 to 2011

Ft Walton Beach Fl ~ 03/06/2011 The winning of 1) Best Of Breed ~ 2) Winners Dog & 3) Winners Bitch by dogs from the same kennel is so rare that 95% of Labrador breeders will never experience that thrill at a dog show in a career of showing dogs! The 5% that do win that threesome of Crown Jewels will savor the taste for a very long, long time before it magically occurs again if ever!

For Chambray Labradors it has repeated itself an unprecedented 36 times since the very first one in 1992! 

This past weekend in Ft Walton Beach it happened 2 days in a row with the same dogs winning the awards. One of our up and coming super stars, 15 month old Chambrays Rum Tum Tugger (from Chambrays Bailey On The Rocks) would rise from the 12 to 18 Class and win Winners Dog, Best Of Winners and then BEST OF BREED 9also a Group 4 both days!) over 3 stellar champions those 2 days, joining him for the rare Trifecta back-to-back feat was Chambrays Summer Breeze (Hanna) as Winners Bitch both days.

These wins in Ft Walton Fl now extends the Chambray Silver Bullet Express winning streak to every weekend of dogs shows starting in December of 2009 to the present and to every Florida city that has a dog club show.

Information Source:   Onofrio Dog Shows and AKC website.

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 02/26/2011

Cher, Chambray's Record Setting 2nd Grand Champion In 3 Months

Tallahassee Fl ~ 02/26/2011 Chambrays And The Beat Goes On now becomes Chambray Labradors Florida 2nd state record grand champion in less than 1 year of the AKC establishing the newest crown jewel's of titles!

Following her sister, Grand Champion Chambrays Charmed N Counters being the first-ever female grand champion in Florida, this now gives their sire AKC BIS Ch Chambrays Out Of The Ruff (Hogan) 3 Grand champions to his credit. (Grand Ch van Dalen's Cedar Tree Hunter also championed and grand championed in 2010, Hunter is from Hogan and another Chambray-Bred and owned bitch, Int Ch WinQuest Chambray Onyx)

This grand champion distinction qualifies Cher for the 2011 Eukanuba Invitational Championship. Watch for Cher to continue her quest for supremacy as the #1 Grand Champion from Florida.

Information Source: Gladly provided by AKC.org website

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 02/19/2011

Hanna Scores Chambray Labradors First-Ever BEST IN SHOW BRED BY EXHIBITOR

Lakeland Fl ~ 02/19/2011 Chambrays WinQuest Summer Breeze leaps into the Chambray Record Book of Honors with the 1st ever BEST IN SHOW BRED BY EXHIBITOR! Hanna is out of Chambrays Out Of The Ruff and WinQuest Chambray Summer Storm (Olivia).

Hanna needs 1 more major-pointed win to finish her AKC championship and earn an invitation to the 2010 Eukanuba Invitational Championships in Orlando Fl in December of 2010.

Information Source:   AKC.org website & Rosie Feeley

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 01/24/2011

Cher Racks Up The Grand Champion Points At The Tough Florida Winter Circuit Shows

 Brooksville Fl ~ 0/26/2011 ~ Competing against the toughest of competition, professional handlers with truck loads of Northern Labradors from the best kennels in the North East, Cher holds her won and comes out with the lion's share of Major-Pointed & Wins Over Competition in 4 shows. Great job by the Herzon team of Jessica & Johanna Herzon and Cher's owners the Jakeways

Information Source: The AKC website & Infodog.com results & of course Cher's owners the Jakeways!

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 12/13/2010

"IN OUR HOUSE" RECORD SETTING MIAMI DOG SHOWS FOR CHAMBRAY

 Miami Fl, ~ 12/13/2010 ~ Proving that no one comes into our house, the 4 days of the Miami-Dade Cluster provided the climaxing
venue for the most awesome 1 year show season for any breeder ever! Here is the tale of the tape for the 4 shows in Miami.

• The finishing of our 1st Grand Champion, Grand Ch Chambrays Charmed N Counter

• The finishing of our 24th Home-Bred champion and our 3rd Bred By Exhibitor champion,
  Ch Chambrays And The Beat Goes On (Cher)

• Back To Back Trifectas ~ 2 days in a row where every single award was won by a Chambray dog! That's Best Of Breed, Winners Dog Winners Bitch, Best OF Winners and Best of Opposite Sex. Of major importance was that for Best Of Breed, the competition had
  the #3 Labrador the #12 Labrador and another Labrador in the Top 25!

• All 4 Winners Dog & all 4 Winners Bitch for the 4 days were won by Chambray dogs against entries by at least 5 other kennel names.

• Back to Back Best Of Breeds from the Bred By Exhibitor Class, Chambrays Bailey On The Rocks

• Major pointed wins by Cher & Bailey

• Clean Sweep of the special Best Veterans, Best Bred By Exhibitor & Best Puppy competitions.

• Clean Sweep of all 4 RWD & RWB

The Miami Dog shows in our own back yard, "our house", plain and simple, the perfect exclamation point on a year that set every win record ever for 1 breeder all over the state of Florida.

• Record setting 54 Winners Dog & Winners Bitch for the year.

• *Record setting Every Single Weekend of shows in Florida with a "pointed" win! Winners Bitch and Winners Dog wins at every single weekend except the November Ocala shows, however Charm saved the weekend with a 3Pt Best Of Opposite Sex  and a 3Pt Select Bitch win both over competition all wins for her Grand Champions title. That was 25 straight Florida weekends with wins.

• Wins by dogs from Chambray in 15 different states, including FL, NY, NJ, MA, CT, RI, TX, AK, MS, AL, KS, AK, MA, VA, NC

• 2 new champions sired by  Hogan, 2 Grand Champions sired by Hogan.

Information Source: Gladly provided by "The Horse's Mouth"

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 12/07/2010

CHAMBRAY LABRADOR WELCOMES 2 LITTERS SIRED BY ZINFNDEL BRIGHAM

 Clewiston Fl, & Sunrise Fl ~ 12/07/2010 ~ Top Champion Producer from Ohio has been bred to two of our top show producing females.
Int Ch WinQuest Summer Storm (Olivia) whelped a litter of 2 girls and 3 boys in Clewiston Fl as a co-bred litter between Chambrays, Guardian and WinQuest Labradors.

WinQuest French Toast (Jelly) (sired by Lobuffs Bobwhite at Chucklebrook) a half sister to Olivia (sired by Windfalls Pipe Major) had a litter of 5 boys and 4 girls. The 2 litters were born 1 day apart. Jelly is owned by WinQuest Labradors of Sunrise Fl and the litter is a co-venture between WinQuest & Chambray Labradors.

Information Source: Guardian Labradors & WinQuest Labradors

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 11/28/2010

TUGGER ADDS TO THE CHAMBRAY 2010 RECORD SETTING WINNING SPREE
WITH 3 WINNERS DOG, GRAND CHAMPION HUNTER TAKES 3 BEST OF BREEDS TOO!

TUSCALOOSA/MONTGOMERY AL. ~ 11/28/2010 ~ Chambray Guardian Rum Tum Tugger wins 3 back-to-back Winners Dog
shows in Tuscaloosa Alabama adding 3 more Winners Dog wins to the already record setting number of Winners Dog & Winners Bitch
awards foR 2010 by Chambray-bred dogs. Tugger who just turned 13 month's old is from Chambrays Bailey On The Rocks and
Gateways Talk Of The Town's 1st litter, making him the 5th dog fromthe Class of 2010 to be AKC champion-pointed!

Tugger lives in Pensacola Fl with his owners Chuck Lewis and Scott Brady. Plans call for Tugger to show at the Jackson Mississippi shows now in December and also at the Houston TX shows in early spring.

Coincidentally, at the same 3 shows, New Grand Champion Van Dalen's Cedartree Hunter took 3 back-to-back Best Of Breeds. Hunter was sired by BIS Ch Chambrays Out Of The Ruff which is Tugger's grandsire, making Hunter the uncle and Tugger the nephew, so a three-peat winning family affair in Alabama.

Information Source: Onforio Dog Shows, Chuck Lewis

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 11/27/2010

LAKELAND FL UKC SHOWS NOVEMBER 26~28, 5 BEST OF BREEDS, 1 NEW UKC CHAMPION

BROOKSVILLE, FL ~ 11/14/2010 ~ UKC Grand Champion Chambray's And The Beat Goes On takes 5 out of 6 Breeds at the 3 days of
UKC shows in Lakeland, adding to her UKC National Ranking's breed count. Cher is owner/handler at the UKC shows by Mary Jakeway
and of course

At the same weekend of shows, Cher's mini-me Chambrays Ruff N Reddi wins the required Winners Bitch points to earn her new UKC Champion's title. Many of the Chambray partners have remarked at how similar Cher and Reddi are. Both were sired by AKC BIS Ch/Int BIS Ch Chambrays Out Of The Ruff.

Information Source: Mary Jakeway

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 11/16/2010

ASLAN TAKE 2ND BEST OF BREED BEFORE A YEAR OLD!

BROOKSVILLE, FL ~ 11/16/2010 ~ Chambray's Sir Aslan king Of Dreams becomes Chambray Labradors 1st puppy 2 time
Best Of Breed winner before the age of 1 year's old. This win in Brooksville gives Aslan 4 Winners Dog wins for 6 points,
2 Best Of Breeds and 1 Group 4 award to add to his winning credentials.

Aslan is owned by Patty Rosado and family from Ocala Fl. and currently is training with Jessie Herzon living in Gainesville.
Jessie is also his primary handler at the dog shows.

Information Source: Jessie Herzon, Patty Rosado

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 11/15/2010

CADBURY COMES HOME WITH FROM THE NORTH TOUR WITH 6 WINNERS DOG AWARDS

BOCA RATON, FL ~ 11/15/2010 ~ WinQuest Chambray Sir Cadbury Oh You Heartbreaker comes home to Florida after 3 months of
touring the Northeast with professional dog handler Katherine Mines of New Jersey. Proving that Florida Labradors and specifically, Chambray dogs can win in any state, Cadbury wins 6 Winners Dog Awards for 8 points and is not pointed out with a total of 9 points for his AKC championship title. He now needs 2 major pointed show wins and finishes out.

His winning trek took saw him win points in New Jersey, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts and Rhode Island and add Florida, giving him Winners Dog awards in a total of 6 states, 5 of them "Northern" states!

We look forward to continuing showing Cadbury for the rest of the 2010 Florida dog show season, finishing up at the Miami Dog Shows on December 11th and 12th.

Information Source: Nina Otto

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 11/07/2010

SUNNY & CHER TEAM UP TO MAKE IT 22 STRAIGHT WEEKENDS OF WINS FOR CHAMBRAY

WEIRSDALE, FL ~ 11/07/2010 ~ Chambray's And The Beat Goes On (Cher) teams up with Chambrays Sunny Daze at the
Weirsdale Dog Shows, with Cher winning Winners Bitch at Saturday's show and Sunny winning Winners Dog at Sunday's show.

The Winners Bitch 2-point win for Cher now gives her a total of 13 points with 1 major, pointing her out and now only needing
a major win to finish her AKC champion's title.  The Winners Dog win for for Sunny now gives him 2 wins for the year for
a total of 3 points,

Both Sunny and Cher are owned by Mary and Bob Jakeway of Tarpon Springs Fl.

These 2 wins in Weirsdale Fl. for Chambray dogs now make it 22 straight weekends of wins in Florida for 2010 and brings the total to
43 Winners Dog/Winners Bitch wins for our dogs.

Information Source: Mary Jakeway & Jessica Herzon

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 11/04/2010

SPECIAL INVITATION FOR THE DIRECTORY TO LABRADOR RETRIEVER PEDIGREES

Saugerties, New York ~ 11/04/2010 ~ Ed and Cindy Noll, new publishers of the Directory to Labrador Retriever Pedigree have extended
Chambray Labradors and the Labrador Retriever Owners Community a personal invitation to take part in their inaugural launching of their newly
acquired magazine. As many of you know, the "Directory" has been an integral part of Labrador life for several decades with Julie Brown as publisher.

Ed & Cindy Noll of Glenerie Labradors (http://glenerielabradors.com/) have undertaken the task as new editors and publisher of this all important
breed specific publication. Their first issue is due to come out at the end of March 2011 to coincide with the Potomac Specialty in Maryland.
They have now extended the deadline for submission to December 12th 2010. Special pricing for this all important issue is:

• Full Page Black/White ~ $150  

• Full Page Color ~ $250

• and those prices include a copy of the 2011 issue (a $75 value).

This is a great opportunity to promote your dog with a photograph and the dog's pedigree and have thousands of Labrador owners, exhibitors and
breeders get acquainted with the awesome dogs we have down here in Florida.

The invitation, extension of deadline and special prices are extended to all Labrador owners, exhibitors and breeders in the USA and abroad as well.

For more information, visit the website at http://www.Pedigreelistings.com or contact either Ed or Cindy at edandcindy@pedigreelistings.com

Information Source: Ed & Cindy Noll of Glenerie Labradors & the new Directory of Labrador Retriever Pedigrees.

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 10/30/2010

HOGAN PUPPIES SWEEP WINNERS DOG & WINNERS BITCH AT BOCA

Boca Raton, Fl. - 10/30/2010 - The record setting winning streak continues for the 21st weekend that Chambray dogs win in Florida,
however the headline news this weekend is all about 2 puppies winning Winners Dog and Winners Bitch and both are littermates from
Hogan and Belize's record setting litter*.

Chambrays Ruff N Reddi was the little star that could at the Boca Raton shows this weekend with a Winners Bitch, Best Of Winners,
Best Of Opposite Sex and adding some electrifying icing on the cake, she wins Best Labrador Puppy as well! Reddi comes from the
November 2009 litter between Florida's top AKC point winning producer, AKC BIS Ch/Int BIS Ch Chambrays Out Of The Ruff (Hogan)
bred to 6th Chambray generation bitch, Chambrays Scuba Divin In Belize

Not to be left out of the winning spree by his brothers (Aslan and Harley) and sister Reddi, it would be Chambrays Tebow On The Run
that would take the Winners Dog completing another record of tandem littermate puppies* winning Winners Dog and Winners Bitch in 1 show.
That litter debuted in the Spring of 2010, thus from the Class of 2010 and now referred to as the Fantastic 4 of 2010 litter.

Littermate Chambrays Ruff Rider Harley set the record for the youngest AKC point winner ever at 6 months of age.
Littermate Chambrays Aslan set the record for the youngest AKC Sporting Group winner ever at 10 months of age.

*New Records:

• 21 weekend straight of wins by Chambray dogs.

• 2 puppies from the same litter winning Winners Dog and Winners Bitch

• 4 puppies from 1 litter all winning AKC points before they are 1 year old!

• 1 year record of 40 Winners Dog/Winners Bitch so far for 2010

Information Source: Sandy Herzon Chambray Labradors, Miami, Fl.

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 10/17/2010

WAHOO WEEKEND @ LAKE CITY OCTOBER 17TH, 2010

Lake City, Fl. - 10/17/2010 - *Chambray home-bred champion #23 (state record), *20 straight weekends of wins by Chambray-bred dogs,
*3 straight weekends of Winners Dog by Chambrays Aslan, *back-to-back Winners Dog (Saturday & Sunday) by Aslan and Cash,
*Best Of Breed & Winners Dog & Winners Bitch by Chambray-bred females (all going back to our foundation bitch of 1986),
* 37 Winners Dog/Winners Bitch for 2010.

• Our newest AKC champion (#23), Ch Chambrays Dakota On Deck, handled by Jessie Schulz and owned by her dad Pete and Greta Schulz
  wins her final 1 point and finishes her AKC title just in time to be bred later this week to BIS Ch/Int BIS Ch Chambrays Out Of The Ruff.
  Dakota is a 5th generation Chambray-bred dog coming from Chambrays Sydney Down Under owned and co-bred with
  Mike Gibbs of Ocala, Fl. Sydney's dam was Ch Chambrays Klever Kloi also owned and co-bred with Mike Gibbs. Kloi came from AKC-Ch-pointed Chambrays Apollo Barker whose mother was our foundation bitch AKC-Ch pointed Beaver Creeks Crystal Chambray. Dakota was sired by Featherdowns A Fair Judge (http://www.averylabradors.com/Dan.html) owned by Page Johnson of Avery Labradors.

• The 3 Winners Dog and Winners Bitch at Lake City this weekend extends the winning streak to 20 straight weekends where Chambray-bred dogs have won 37 Winners Dog/Winners Bitch wins thus far for 2010. At Lake City this weekend it would be Chambrays Aslan that would win Winners Dog on Saturday, on Sunday it would be Chambrays Dakota a Winners Bitch and Chambrays Cash a Winners Dog.

• Chambrays Sir Aslan King Of Dreams at 10 months of age was now won 3 straight weekends of Winners Dog, tying the record of 3 back-to-back weekends wins held by Ch Chambrays Franco back in 2001.

• Aslan and Chambrays I Walk The Line (Cash), both sons of BIS Ch/Int Ch Chambrays Out Of The Ruff sweep all the Winners Dog wins for the weekend for the males.

• For Sunday shows, all the winners of Best Of Breed, Winners Dog and Winners Bitch were produced by Chambray-bred females!
  Ch Chambrays Mad About Maddie is the mother of the Best Of Breed winner, her littermate Multiple BPS Am Ch/Int Ch Chambrays
  Chance N Counter is the mother of the Winners Dog and Chambrays Sydney Down Under is the mother of the Winners Bitch.
  All three of these champion producing dams go back to the original foundation bitch Beaver Creeks Crystal Chambray brought into our
  kennel from Beaver Creeks Labradors of Cranberry Pa. owned by Dr Francis & Dr Carol Rabalais in 1986.

• These 3 new Winners Dog and Winners Bitch awards at Lake City now add up to a new year record of 37 Winners Dog/Winners Bitch wins by Chambray-bred dogs for 2010!!!!!

Information Source: Jessie Herzon, Lake City, Fl. Sandy Herzon Chambray Labradors, Miami, Fl.

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 10/11/2010

HOLY MOLY WEEKEND @ ARCADIA FL OCTOBER, 11, 2010

Arcadia Fl. - 10/11/2010 - Trifecta #32, 19 weekends straight of wins by Chambray dogs, a Best Of Breed & Group 4 win by a
10-month old puppy, 4 different dogs winning points and a "partridge in a pear tree".........................as dominating as can be!

Partridge in a pear tree and Aslan above

• Trifecta #32 ~ A Trifecta, that's winning Best Of Breed, Winners Dog & Winners Bitch by dogs from the same kennel, all the top ribbons
  and points won by the same breeder in one day! For most breeders that would be a once in a lifetime show dog achievement if it ever
  does happen, for Chambray the 32nd time that our dogs have combined to take top honors at one show since 1993! This time around it
  would be 2 of Hogan's kids that would team up to win the 32nd Trifecta, Chambrays Sir Aslan wins Winners Dog, Best Of Winners
  and Best Of Breed and his half sister, Chambrays Stella takes Winners Bitch and Best Of Opposite sex. This is also the 2 Trifecta
  for 2010, the 1st back in February at the Boca Raton show.

• 19 Weekends of Winning for 2010 ~ At every single weekend of Florida dog shows a 1 or more Chambray dogs have come away with
  the Winners points.

• 10 month old Chambrays Sir Aslan becomes the youngest Chambray dog to ever take a Group Placement, being awarded a
  Group 4 at Arcadia's Thursday show. He is also the youngest male to take a Best Of Breed.

• Besides Aslan's win, Chambrays Stella, Chambrays Emmi and WinQuest-Chambrays Nikki would also join in with the winning fest and
  add points to their AKC champion's title hunt.

Information Source: Chambray News

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 10/03/2010

KISSIMMEE FL. INTERNATIONAL SHOWS A HUGE SUCCESS

Kissimmee Fl. - 10/02/2010 - The IABCA International Dog Shows that travel down to Florida on a semi-annual basis, provides the perfect
venue for all of Chambrays and the Labrador Owners Community puppies and young dogs to debut in a very dog-friendly and super relaxed
atmosphere for the owners as well.

The lineup of dogs for our group is an invitation only event, with the absolute best youngsters 3 months to 18 months receiving the special
invitation to participate. This special gathering of our up and coming show stars gives the Herzons and excellent opportunity to evaluate
conformation and performance to help decide which dogs will be better suited for the added rigors of AKC competition.

Every 6 month, in May and again in October the most promising of our newest class of puppies/owners are prepared in advance with training
and conditioning and then the cream of the crop are sent the special invitation for the 2 days with 4 shows of competition. Out of the 38 puppies
from the Class of 2010, 18 were invited and 13 actually signed up and made the trek to Kissimmee Fl.

Once again, as has happened every 6 months for the last 7 years, the puppies and dogs from Chambray Labradors dominated the big wins
from the Labrador and from the Sporting Groups and for the 27th through 32nd time in those 7 years, coming away with either a
BEST IN SHOW or RESERVE BEST IN SHOW!!!!

Congratulations to all the owners that made the trip with their dogs and also to those that could not go but sent their dogs with the Herzons
in the Silver Lab Limo!!!!!! We received the highest commendations from the judges as well as many of the other breeder/exhibitors with other
breeds of dogs.

Information Source: Chambray News

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 09/28/2010

NEW CONFORMATION TRAINING CLASSES IN GAINESVILLE FL.

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BIG WIN FOR ASLAN AT THE DELAND DOG SHOWS SEPT. 26, 2010

Deland, Fl. – September 26th, 2010 - 10-month old Int Baby Ch Chambrays Sir Aslan King Of Dreams owned by the Rosado family of Ocala, Fl.
is now AKC-champion pointed by taking Winners Dog for 2 points at the AKC Deland dog show Sunday September 26th 2010.

Aslan comes from the litter between BIS Ch/Int BIS Ch Chambrays Out Of The Ruff and Chambrays Scuba Divin in Belize born in November 2009. This is the same litter that Chambrays Ruff Rider Harley came from, who won his first AKC points at 6 month of age and also their sister Chambrays Ruff N Reddi who recently won a UKC Best In Show award.

Information Source: Sandy Herzon

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 09/23/2010

2010 AKC/EUKANUBA NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP INVITATIONS

Long Beach, Ca. – September 23rd, 2010 – BIS Ch Chambrays Out Of The Ruff and his daughter Ch Chambrays Charmed N Counter have qualified for the 2010 AKC/Eukanuba National Championships Invitational to be held at Long Beach Ca. on December 4^th and 5th of 2010.

This will mark the 3^rd year, starting in 2008 that 2 Chambray-bred dogs have qualify and have been invited to compete at the most prestigious breeder’s dog shows in the country.

Hogan has qualified for the AKC/Eukanuba event by virtue of:

·        Winning his AKC champion’s title exclusively from the Bred By Exhibitor Class.

·        Winning 21 Best Of Breeds

·        Two years for his Top 25 Labrador National Ranking,

·        Winning an unprecedented Best In Show

Charm has qualified for the following:

·        Winning her AKC champion’s title exclusively from the Bred By Exhibitors Class

·        Winning 4 Best Of Breeds

Information Source: The AKC

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 09/18/2010

CADBURY ADDS PENNSYLVANIA TO HIS WINNERS DOG RESUME

Macungi, Pennsylvania – September 18th, 2010 – WinQuest Chambray Sir Cadbury Oh You Heartbreaker, owned by
Nina and Edgar Otto of Boca Raton Fl, now touring with professional dog handler Kathy Mines of NJ has just added yet another
Northern state to his winning ways! Proving that Florida born and raised Labradors can and will win throughout the country!

Cadbury will continue his northern trek until Late October when he is scheduled to come home for the Boca Raton dog shows
on October 30th and will finish out the 2010 dog show year on the Florida fall circuit with Team Chambray handling.

Plans also call for Cadbury to compete at the very tough Florida Winter Classic show circuit in January 2011 again teaming
up with Kathy Mines

Information Source: Kathy Mines, Nina Otto, Rau Dog Shows

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  09/19/2010: Cadbury wins back-to-back Winners Dog on Sunday in Pennsylvania!!!!!!!

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 09/14/2010

SAMMIE X HOGAN PUPPIES ON THE WAY

Floral City, FL. – September 14th, 2010 – The third time is a charm! The tests have come back positive!!!!! AKC Ch-pointed/Int BIS Ch WinQuest Chambray Some Like It Hot, (a.k.a. Sammie) is carrying puppies from AKC BIS Ch/Int BIS Ch Chambrays Out Of The Ruff (Hogan).

Sammie was bred to Hogan last year and she came up empty, she then was bred to Int Ch WinQuest Chambrays Motown Luiggi who is also owned by the Peeple's family and blanks were fired a 2^nd time, so the lucky charm is now on our side.

Jessie Peeples, Sammie’s owner, happily reports that Sammie is doing great and has already gained 5lbs in her 35 day of pregnancy.
Her due date will be October 6th for an all yellow litter.

Information Source: Jessie Peeples

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 09/08/2010

HUNTER RACKS UP 3 MORE BEST OF BREEDS AGAINST TOP RANKED SPECIALS

Bayou Louisiana – September 3rd,4th,5th, 2010 – Ch van Dalen’s Cedartree Hunter, son of two Chambray-bred Labradors
BIS Ch Chambrays Out Of The Ruffand of Int Ch WinQuest Chambray van Dalen Onyx takes 3 out of 4 Best Of Breeds against a
Top 5 Labrador Retriever in the country at the 4 Day Bayou, Louisiana/Vicksburg, Mississippi dog shows.

The Top 5 ranked dog is a son of Am/Int Ch Chambrays Mad About Madeline.

These 3 wins now give Hunter a total of 19 points for the AKC’s Grand Champion’s title. Hunter now lacks 1 major and 6 points for the title.

Information Source: Onofrio Dog Show Results, Ed Hollie

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 09/03/2010

FREE EYE CERF CLINIC TAMPA FL 09/11/2010

Tampa Fl - September 03, 2010 - A free CERF eye examination clinic is being offered by the Florida Veterinary Specialists
at 3000 Busch Lake Blvd Tampa Fl 33614 on September 11th 2010 between the hours of 8AM and 4PM. All breeds over the age
of six months are welcome.

The exams will be conducted by Dr. Tammy Miller DVM, DACVO of the Florida Veterinary Specialist group.

They need a large number of dogs to provide a small blood sample for a cardiac research project. In return each dog that participates
will receive a CERF eye exam at no charge. This is a great opportunity to catch up on a health clearance while helping the continued
research of canine health. No appointment is necessary, however more information may be obtained by emailing
Trish Dreby at Baysidedals@gmail.com

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 08/30/2010

HOGAN'S HUNTER CHASES GRAND CHAMPION'S TITLE

Topeka Ks. – August 30, 2010 – Hogan’s (BIS Ch/Int BIS Ch Chambrays Out Of The Ruff) newly crowned champion offspring Ch van Dalen’s Cedartree Hunter's chase for the next title of AKC Grand Champion, scored big his first weekend out as a “specials dog",
with 2 Best Of Breeds and also 2 Best Of Opposite Sex at the Topeka-Manhattan Kansas 4 days of shows!

The AKC instituted the Grand Champion category on May 12^th 2010.

The requirements call for accumulating a total of 25 points, 3 major wins, and 3 wins against competition. Already 2 of Hogan’s champion
offspring have jumped into the arena for the coveted new title. Ch Chambrays Charmed N Counter leads the race to become the
newest grand champion coming from the Chambray lines with 17 points and 3 majors, she lacks 8 points and the 3 wins against competition.

Hunter collected 7 points and 1 major on the weekend that he became a new AKC champion back on July 23, 2010. Now adding this
weekend’s awards he has a total of 13 points, 1 major, the 3 wins against competition. 

His owner Ed Hollie reports that as soon as he finishes his AKC Grand Champion’s title that he will start in the fall with the hunt tests
for his JH hunt title.

Information Source: Ed Hollie, www.AKC.org    www.onofrio.com

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CADBURY WINS POINTS IN THE NORTH

West Springfield, Ma. ~ August 26, 2010 – WinQuest Chambrays Sir Cadbury Oh You Heartbreaker  (one of Hogan's sons)
with professional handler Kathy Mines at the North Western Connecticut Dog Club shows takes Winners Dog & Best Of Winners
for his first points up north!!

The tour through the North East with Mines handling is a departure for Cadbury who had been used to the comforts of home showing in the
Florida dog shows. Since arriving and showing in that region of the country, he has been consistently in the ribbons taking his class more
often than not.

This past Sunday’s show 08/22/2010 at the Tioga County Kennel Club in Owego NY, Cadbury “Came so close that I could taste it” was Mines
report after he was awarded Reserve Winners Dog!

Cadbury will continue his trek with Mines showing in several states through the rest of August, all of September and part of October.

Information Source: Kathy Mines, Nina Otto, Infodog.com and Raudogshows.com

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UKC BEST IN SHOW/RESERVE For Reddi @ Clearwater Fl.

Reddi poolside at her Naples home with the McKain family

Clearwater, Fl. – August 14/15, 2010 – UKC Best/Reserve In Multi Breed Show for 9-month old Chambrays Ruff N Reddi
owned by Arlene McKain of Naples Fl. Reddi was sired by AKC BIS Ch/Int BIS Ch Chambrays Out Of The Ruff (Hogan)

Chambray Labradors was well represented with 5 Labradors at the most recent UKC Dog Shows held at Clearwater Fl.

The 2-day 4 show event on August 14/15 drew Chambray owners from Tarpon Springs, the Jakeways with Chambrays Cher and
also Chambrays Sunny, Dave Baxter with Chambrays Stella from Vero Beach, Erica Palomo with Chambrays Aggie from Tampa Fl
and Arlene McKain with Chambrays Reddi from Naples Fl.

At Saturday's 2 shows, competing from the classes, Reddi and Aggie would each win a Winners Bitch award and Cher and Stella each
would take a Best Of Breed competing out of the Grand Champion (Cher) and the Champion Class (Stella). Stella would go from BOB to
winning a Group 1 Gun Dog and Cher would take a Group II after winning a BOB.

Sunday’s 1^st show results had Reddi taking Winners Bitch and Cher taking Best Of Breed and also a Gun Dog Group 1.

The fireworks would go off at show #4 with Chambrays Ruff N Reddi winning her 3^rd Winners Bitch over competition and then taking a
Best Of Breed over the Champion’s Class winner and also the Grand Champion’s Class winner.

Reddi would then win a Group 1 Gun Dog allowing her to go into the Best In Show competition. There she would be awarded Best/Reserve
Multi Breed Show. Reddi earned a total of 85 points out of the 100 needed for her UKC champion's title.

Chambrays Sunny and Chambrays Stella would split the 4 Champion's winners class wins, each earning 2 legs towards their Grand Champion's
title.

A great outing for all of the Chambray dogs and their owners.

Information Source: Dave Baxter, Mary Jakeway.

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 08/12/2010

Grand Slam Home Run! New Colors, Google Search, Press Releases, Newsletter Website Format,
All Big Hits!

Chambray News. Click on image to enlarge.

Miami Fl. – August 12, 2010 – The website statistics at www.chambraylabradors.com have spiraled upwards with activity in the few
weeks since the re-structuring of the format for the site. Visitations have increased 40%, length of stay has doubled and more
importantly pages navigated to has increased 300%!!!!!!

The re-structuring of the website’s front page to reflect more of “newsletter look” has brought about hundreds of positive emails from
hundreds of visitors to the website. The “easy to follow” feedback is very recurring with many of the posters, however the
“new colors” seems to have resonated with the majority of those writing in..

The Press Release feature is the “biggest winner” item, with a record 750 page views in 1 day alone! That page has also amassed
the longest stay per page since its inception, with a 2.35 minute stay on page span, meaning that visitors are reading through most
of the items posted at that page.

The “navigational helper” smiley face has also developed a huge following with many visitors asking for more pages with the friendly
helper to aid in surfing through the site. Numerous have expressed that the friendly smiley face “softens the tone” of all the
information provided.

Google’s Website Search installed on 08/11/2010 has generated more than 500 in-house searches in a 24 hour period!!!!!
These new statistics indicate an obvious big hit with those searching for specific information from the 750-plus pages of the
massive website.

The number 1 search item at the newly installed feature is the single word “puppies”, followed closely with the name “Hogan”.
 

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New Chambray UKC Grand Champion Crowned At UKC Lakeland Dog Shows

Mary & Cher. Click on photo to enlarge

Tarpon Springs, Fl. – August 09, 2010 – The UKC has notified the owners of  Chambray’s And The Beat Goes On (Cher),
that by virtue of winning the 4 Best Of Breeds over other UKC champions at the UKC dog shows at Lakeland Fl July 31^st and
August 1^st, she has attained the required wins over champions to earn the UKC’s Grand Champion title.

Competing at the 2-day, 4-show event, handled by her owner, Mary Jakeway, Cher now is a double registry high achiever adding
this new title* to her already impressive prefixes making her now Int BIS Ch/*UKC Grand Ch Chambrays And The Beat Goes On CGC.

Cher was sired by AKC BIS Ch/Int BIS Ch Chambrays Out Of The Ruff (Hogan) bred to Am Ch/Int Ch Chambrays Chance N Counter (Connie)
and was part of their 2^nd litter nicknamed the 5 Divas Litter. She was placed with Mary and Bob Jakeway of Tarpon Springs, Fl
(members of the Labrador Owners Community) as a show prospect.

Cher is also AKC champion-pointed as well with 11 points and 1 major. She is handled at the AKC shows by her breeder/co-owner
Jessica Herzon in the very competitive Bred-By Exhibitor class.

Congratulations to her owners, the Jakeways on an excellent outing at Lakeland and good luck this coming weekend at the UKC Clearwater
shows where Cher will show as a brand new UKC Grand Champion.

Information Source: UKC, Mary Jakeway and Chambray Labradors.

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Top Show Female From Chambray/Guardian Labrador's Newest Litter Placed
With Shady Banks Labradors.

Chambrays Guardian Brie at Shady Banks

Clewiston, Fl. – August 04, 2010 - Chambray & Guardian Labradors announce their newest co-bred litter sired by
AKC Ch-Pointed/UKC BIS Ch/INT BIS Ch Chambrays Bailey On The Rocks bred to Int Ch Gateways Talk Of The Town (Gabby).

The 7th week Show/Temperament evaluation of this most recent litter has determined that there were 2 yellow show females,
1 yellow show male, 1 black show male and 2 black pet males that each will be placed accordingly.

The top Show quality yellow Female puppy has been placed with Labrador Owners Community participants Matt & Warunee Hedrick
 of Ft Lauderdale, Fl owners of Shady Banks Labradors http://www.shadybankslabradors.com/. The puppy has been named
Chambrays Guardian Brie of Shady Banks.

The litter was a co-venture between Chambray and Guardian Labradors of Clewiston Fl, owned by Humberto Calvo who has been
part of the Labrador Owners Community for over 2 years now, Calvo is a professional security and protection dog trainer
and also breeds Belgian Malinois. In addition, Calvo's  5-year old daughter Brianna is apprenticing with Jessica Herzon for eventual
Junior Handling 4 years from now!!!

The breeding and placement of the top show female puppy culminates in a 4-way Labrador Owners Community project, with
Chambray & Guardian producing the litter sired by Bailey (owned by community owners Faith Bandklayder and Neil Wasserman)
and placed with Shady Banks Labradors

Information Source: Guardian, Shady Banks and Chambray Labradors.

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***Release Update 08/09/2010 -  new puppy named Chambrays Guardian Brie of Shady Banks

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Kathy Mines, Top NJ Professional Handler To Take Sir Cadbury On!

Chambrays Cadbury now in NJ

Boca Raton Fl. – August 03, 2010 – WinQuest Chambrays Sir Cadbury travels to New Jersey to meet up with his new
professional handler Katherine Mines!

Kathy Mines, regarded as one of the nation’s top trainer/handlers, specializing in sporting dogs including Labrador Retrievers
will take the helm with WinQuest Chambray Sir Cadbury Oh You Heartbreaker. Mines also breeds Labradors under the
Rocky Creek Labradors kennel name.

Cadbury, sired by BIS Ch/Int BIS Ch Chambrays Out Of The Ruff (Hogan) is one of two Chambray-bred Labradors owned by
Nina and Edgar Otto of Boca Raton and has been featured out of the very competitive Open Yellow Class at the Florida
dog show scene with the Herzon family as his handlers. He is AKC Ch-pointed and has also won several Best In Shows
on his way to the IABCA International Champion’s title.

Cadbury teams up with Mines in Ringoes NJ at the Hunterdon Hills Kennel Club Dog Shows for their first outing Sunday, August 08^th 2010.

Information Source: Nina Otto.

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Chambray Girls Dominate BOB @ UKC Lakeland Shows!

Cher & Stella ham it up after the show.

Lakeland Fl. – August 01, 2010 – Chambrays And The Beat Goes On (Cher), owned by Mary and Bob Jakeway of Tarpon Springs, Fl takes
3 Best Of Breeds over other UKC champions at the Lakeland Fl UKC dog shows and littermate Chambrays Stella’s Desire, owned by
Dave Baxter wins the 4^th Best Of Breed for a clean sweep of the BOB’s.

The sisters, sired by BIS Ch/Int BIS Ch Chambrays Out Of The Ruff (Hogan) are both UKC champions and were competing at
the 2-day, 4-show event vying for their UKC grand Champion’s title. 5 Best Of Breed wins are needed and Cher is now 1 BOB shy of the title,
Stella needs 3 more BOB’s for her UKC Grand Champion's title. Both will compete at the UKC Clearwater shows August 14/15.

Congratulations to their owners, the Jakeways and Dave Baxter.

Information Source: Mary Jakeway.

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For more information of the 2010 Show Season winning streak check out the following articles:

• That's A Wrap
  The First Half of the Florida Dog Show Season
  Is Now History 08/15/2010
   

• An Awesome Weekend At WPB 2010
   

• Sizzling Summer of 2010
   

• Spring Break 2010 March 22nd 2010

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New Shady Banks/Chambray Labradors Show Puppy Placed With The Padgett Family

Shady Banks Chambray "Ti" with the Padgett family

Ft Lauderdale Fl. – July 31^st, 2010 – The Padgett Family add a 2^nd show prospect to their household.
The new puppy, a yellow male is a product of a joint venture breeding between Shady Banks and Chambray Labradors.

Shady Banks Labradors joined the Labrador Retriever Owners Community with this co-bred litter featuring two world-class
pedigreed Labradors, Am Ch Devonshires Limited Editions (Teddy) (http://www.devonshirelabs.com/Devonshire_Labradors/Teddy.html )
bred to Centre Court Martini (http://www.shadybankslabradors.com/ )

The litter produced a sole male puppy whelped June 1^st 2010. The subsequent 7^th week Show/Temperament evaluation determined the
puppy to be Show Quality and was placed with existing Chambray owners, Paul and son Derek Padgett. The Padgett family already own
Chambrays Guardian Eko (Co-bred litter with Guardian Labradors). The puppy has been named Shady Banks Chambray Tiberius Dusk Till Dawn.

Mr.  & Mrs. Matt Hedrick of Shady Banks Labradors from Ft Lauderdale, Fl. have been part of the Labrador-related activities provided by
Chambray Labradors; besides this co-bred litter they have been attending the show training classes plus have had their other dog
Centre Court Salty Dog professionally handled by the Herzon family.

Information Source: Shady Banks Labradors, Chambray Labradors and the Padgett family all part of the Labrador Owners Community.

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 07/30/2010

Hogan’s Newest AKC Champion Offspring Finishes In Grand Fashion,
Best Of Breed Over Ranked Specials!

Hunter finishes with a major-pointed BOB

Houston, TX. – July 23, 2010 – van Dalen’s Cedartree Hunter wins needed major-pointed show to earn AKC Champion’s title.
Having gone Best Of  Breed over 3 specials from the classes, the next day takes Best Of Breed as a champion over
5 more specials and follows that up with a Select Dog at the 3^rd day of shows.

“Hunter” owned by Marlene & Ed Hollie, handled by Linda Clark, breeder van Dalen Labradors, is a product of
2 Chambray-bred dogs BIS Ch/Int BIS Ch Chambrays Out Of The Ruff (Hogan) and Int Ch WinQuest Chambray van Dalen Onyx.

Hunter becomes the 3^rd AKC champion sired by Hogan, behind Am Ch/Int Ch/UKC BIS Ch Chambrays Charmed N Counter
and Am Ch/Int BIS Ch/UKC BIS Gr Ch Chambrays Hogan's Hero Rocky. Hogan, owned by Rosie and Bill Feeley of WPB, Fl
(members of the Labrador Owners Community) is the top producing show dog in Florida with over 20 offspring in
AKC show competition, including 12 that are already AKC Champion-pointed. Hunter’s dam, Onyx is a product of the
Labrador Owners Community having come from a co-bred litter with WinQuest Labradors. Onyx was placed with
van Dalen Labradors as a show prospect and handled by Team Chambray to her International champion’s title.

Congratulations to all involved in achieving the coveted AKC champion’s title.

Information Source: www.onofrio.com specifically http://www.onofrio.com/execpgm/WBSRBREEDS?WTSHKY=HOUS150929
Hunter's photo courtesy of & permission to use by Ed Hollie

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