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About Us
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WELCOME...... Bushman Kennels was founded in 1964 by Peter Kennon who was involved with Labrador Retrievers and worked them with great success in Retrieving and Field Trials and later, Obedience trials. In 1978 after much nagging, begging and pleading, Peter purchased Judy her first dog, an English Springer Spaniel from Stephanie Rickard's famous Wongan Kennels. Peter took Judy to her first dog show and she was immediately hooked! A second English Springer was purchased and Judy had a ball with her, Ch Wongan Spicn Span CDX. After breeding several litters of Springers and working them in retrieving and obedience trials, Bushman Kennels were looking for a new challenge. We purchased our first Flat Coated Retriever, a dog, Ch Mishkador Black Chance and later his brother, Mishkador Black Jack in 1988 We decided if we were going to be involved with the breed we needed to do it properly so hunted down the most successful Flat Coated Retriever kennel we could find, Almanza in Sweden and Ragnhild Ulin sent us two very promising puppies, Almanza Better Than Ever 'Inga' and Almanza Never Think Twice ' Grady'. Inga went on to be one of the most successful Flat Coated Retrievers to be campaigned in Australia. Following the success, soundness and wonderful temperaments these lovely Almanza dogs brought into our kennel, we were on our way and went on to import several more dogs from Ragnhild. The next was Ch Almanza Burning Hell a dog who we tragically lost at the tender age of 5 years, with 802 Challenge points to his name. Then Ch Almanza Templation for Bushman followed by a bitch in whelp to the famous liver dog, Mulit Ch Almanza I'm On Fire, Almanza Eleanor of Aquitania who produced a huge litter of liver and black puppies. Our final dog from Almanza was Ch Almanza I Shot The Sheriff. These dogs all appear throughout the pedigrees of our current dogs and we wouldn't be where we are today without them. In 2006 we imported a dog from our wonderful friend, Mathilda Luckner. Ch Explicit No Trouble At All 'Disco' who has set breed records in the show ring and in 2008 another male from the Explicit kennel arrived in Australia, Explicit Heaven's On Fire 'Bling' has since broken many of the records set by other dogs we have campaigned. To date we have campaigned 24 Champions and 10 Grand Champions and in total there have been 35 Bushman Champions. We are very proud of our success and of not only the show and working dogs we have produced, but also the wonderful pets and companions that we have provided to the many people who have gone on to become wonderful friends. Our record so far......... Bushman Kennels is the only Flat Coated Retriever Kennel ever In Australia to have owned and campaigned 5 individual All Breeds Best in Show Winners. First Flat Coated Retriever Grand Champion in Australia - Gr Ch Almanza Better Than Ever (imp Swed) First Flat Coated Retriever Dog Grand Champion in Australia Gr Ch Bushman Burn Eternally NRD First Flat Coated Retriever to qualify for the Australian Grand Champion title under the new rules, 2010 - Gr Ch Explicit No Trouble At All (imp Swed) Youngest Grand Champion in Australia Gr Ch Explicit Heaven's On Fire (imp Swed) aged 23 months old First Flat Coated Retriever to win Best in Group at a Royal Show in Australia Gr Ch Almanza Better Than Ever (imp Swed) Perth Royal 1999 First Flat Coated Retriever to win Runner Up To Best in Show at a Royal Show - Ch Bushman Fire Cracker Launceston Royal 1999 First Flat Coated Retriever to win Best Puppy in Show at A Royal Show Ch Bushman Up And Flying Launceston Royal 2005 Only Flat Coated Retriever bitch to ever win 2 Best in Show Awards, All Breeds Championship Shows Gr Ch Bushman Talk About Lucky Only Flat Coat in Australia to win 5 All Breeds Best in Show awards Gr Ch Explicit Heaven's On Fire (imp Swed) Flat Coated Retriever Show Dog of the Year Awards 1998 Gr Ch Almanza Better Than Ever (imp Swed) 1999 Gr Ch Bushman Burn Eternally NRD 2000 Gr Ch Bushman Burn Eternally NRD 2001 Gr Ch Bushman Burn Eternally NRD 2002 Gr Ch Bushman Burn Eternally NRD 2003 Gr Ch Bushman Burn Eternally NRD 2004 Gr Ch Bushman Crash And Burn 2005 Gr Ch Bushman Crash And Burn 2006 Gr Ch Bushman Hit Or Miss 2008 Gr Ch Bushman Hit Or Miss 2009 Gr Ch Explicit Heaven's On Fire (imp Swed)
Puppy Of The Year Awards 2000 Bushman Talk About Lucky 2001 Bushman Crash And Burn 2002 Bushman Hit Or Miss 2003 Bushman Out Of The Blue 2004 Bushman Eternal Flame 2006 Explicit No Trouble At All (imp Swed) 2007 Bushman Playing To Win 2008 Explicit Heaven's On Fire (imp Swed) 2009 Ch Bushman No Trouble Flying
Most Successful Flat Coated Retriever in the Show ring in Australia Gr Ch Bushman Burn Eternally NRD 3 Best in Shows All Breeds, 4 Runner up to Best in Show All Breeds, 2 Best in Specialty Show (Flat Coated Retriever Championship show) 28 Best in Groups Championship Shows. Most Successful Flat Coated Retriever Puppy in the Show ring in Australia Bushman No Trouble Flying 26 Class in Group, 6 Class in Shows. Only Flat Coated Retriever Kennel to Boast Four Generations of Grand Champion bitches made up by our kennel. Gr Ch Almanza Better Than Ever (imp Swed) Gr Ch Bushman Burning Desire Gr Ch Bushman Talk About Lucky and Gr Ch Bushman Be So Lucky Most Successful liver Flat Coated Retriever in Australia: Ch Bushman Ready Aim Fire (iid) 12 Class in Groups, 2 Class in Show and 2 Runner Up To BIG awards. Youngest Flat Coated Retriever to ever win an All Breeds Championship Best in Show: Ch Explicit Heaven's On Fire (IMP Swed) At just 16 1/2 months old. Only Flat Coated Retriever Kennel in Australia to boast 10 Australian Grand Champion titles
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