Pickwick's Peachtree Forever is Now (Princess Buttercup)

From our "Thrill on Blueberry Hill" litter, born July 13, 2018, Princess Buttercup has one of the softest, plushest coats you will ever feel. Taking after her father, Grand Champion Mianda's Prince Charming at Vanity, her beautiful face will take your breath away. She takes after her mama, Champion Peachtree's Kirkcudbright Kayleigh (KK) with her zest and love of people. In her temperament evaluation at 7 weeks of age, she crawled into the evaluator’s lap and made herself at home and that was a true indicator of her future indeed. We think she would make a tremendous therapy dog one day. Her show name breaks with the St. Louis theme and is taken from a wonderful poem by Emily Dickinson "Forever is Composed of Nows" by Emily Dickinson:
Forever – is composed of Nows
‘Tis not a different time
Except for Infiniteness
And Latitude of Home
From this – experienced Here
Remove the Dates – to These
Let Months dissolve in further Months
And Years – exhale in Years
Without Debate – or Pause
Or Celebrated Days
No different Our Years would be
From Anno Dominies

​Dam: Champion Peachtree's Kirkcudbright Kayleigh, RN, TKNDam: Champion Peachtree's Kirkcudbright Kayleigh, RN, TKN

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Sire: GCH Mianda's Prince Charming at Vanity, Sire of the Year 2018

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Collector of ribbons!

Birthday! July 13, 2018 (yes, Friday the 13th!):

Days 5 & 6 - dew claws removed and still growing!

Eyes starting to open!

Puppies move out of the whelping box!

Eating real food!

Trying out a new cat toy!

Almost walking!

3 Sisters Playing . . . .

Day 35 .... attack the evil robot toy!

At 6 weeks:

Watching Downton Abbey!

Pool party!!

New pink tutu dresses!!

Working on recalls with her sisters!

Buttercup is "contestant #1" in this video (at 0:36)

Go Buttercup Go! At her very 1st show in Tallahassee, Florida, she went onto the Toy Group. Wahoo! Already collecting points toward her championship with just one show. She was not too concerned about her Toy Group after winning Best of Breed. And she made her dad proud with her performance! We are just smitten with this gorgeous girl. All 4 girls participated so here are some clips of some hi-lites:

All 4 girls participated so here are some clips of some hi-lites:

Our schedules don't allow us to attend as many shows as we like, plus Buttercup only entered a handful of shows since we quickly realized we couldn't handle all 3 girls at the same time! Despite this, she made it further up the rankings of the The Pug Dog Club of America than we thought. The shows are simply too stressful for her and, while she loves spending time with us, she much prefers scent work and other sports, so we will probably rest from conformation a bit and let her enjoy life. Nonetheless, we are very grateful to many judges who appreciated her beauty and encouraged her with some nice wins against tough competition, especially that Best of Opposite Sex win to Biggie, even beating out her sister, Lilly, several times!

AKC Conformation:
Total Number of Awards: 23
Okaloosa Kennel Club - Judge Houston (Toddie) Clark, Puppy 6-9 Months - 1st Place (1 Puppy of Achievement Point)
Okaloosa Kennel club - Judge Nancy Bodine, Puppy 6-9 Months - 1st Place (1 Puppy of Achievement Point)
Greater Panama City Dog Fanciers - Judge Melinda L. Lyon, Puppy 6-9 Months - 1st Place  (1 Puppy of Achievement Point)
Greater Panama City Dog Fanciers - Judge Kristen L. Francis, Puppy 6-9 Months - 1st Place, Winners, Best of Winners (2 Points), Best Owner-Handled in Breed
Ochlockonee River Kennel Club - Judge Mr. Zell Von Pohlman, Puppy 6-9 Months - 1st Place, Reserve Winner (to her sister Miss Dior)
Hendersonville Kennel Club - Judge Gloria Geringer, Puppy 9-12 Months - 1st Place (1 Puppy of Achievement Point)
Hendersonville Kennel Club - Judge Melinda L. Lyon, Puppy 9-12 Months - 2nd Place
Spartanburg Kennel Club - Judge Dr. Clyde E. Shaw, Puppy 9-12 Months - 1st Place  (1 Puppy of Achievement Point), Reserve Winner
Spartanburg Kennel Club - Judge Mrs. Elaine J. Lessig, Puppy 9-12 Months - 1st Place  (1 Puppy of Achievement Point), Reserve Winner
Woodstock Dog Club - Judge Randy E. Garren, Puppy 9-12 Month - 2nd Place 
Woodstock Dog Club - Judge Robert D. Ennis, Puppy 9-12 Months - 1st Place  (1 Puppy of Achievement Point), Reserve Winner
Green Mountain Dog Club - Judge Dana P. Cline, 12-18 Months - 1st Place, Winners, Best of Opposite Sex (1 point)
Huntsville Kennel Club - Judge Timothy S. Robbins, Bred by Exhibitor - 2nd Place
Huntsville Kennel Club - Judge Eugene Blake, Bred by Exhibitor - 2nd Place
Total Puppy of Achievement points: 9
Total Champion Points: 3