Because of her color, black, actual flag names were somewhat limited to those on a Pirate Flag theme. (I must say that I wanted to call her "Old Glory".) Anyway, some of the known pirate flags were Jolly Roger.... Not good because she's definitely not a "Roger". Jolly Rogue - Nope... no "rogues" in this litter and, besides, who ever heard of calling a girl a "rogue"? There were red pirate flags as well as black pirate flags (who knew?) and Betsey, her co-owner, suggested "Jolie Rouge" because that's what the French called the red pirate flag... uhm... she's black, not red. And, come to find out, Jolie Rouge is the root for Jolly Roger. Back there again.... Sheesh! Talk about frustrating! So, we came up with "Jolie Noire". Ya know, naming puppies shouldn't be this hard!
Glory was never claimed by her co-owner, so she permanently resides here in New Mexico with her two brothers. She regularly beats up on them here at the house. She rules the boys and shows her dam, Abbey, proper respect. Like her Aunties Jib & Javelin, she's another busy body who is always into something!
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| Best Opposite Photo, Coronado KC |
Prior to finishing her lure coursing title, Glory was major pointed in AKC lure coursing and has 8 points, including a 5 point major by going Best of Breed over the field champions. Hmmm... I'm sensing a pattern here. She beats up on her brothers & she beats up on champions? The girl is an Amazon, an Amazon that is very fleet of foot. One of her lure coursing wins was at age 14 months when she finished first in the Open stakes at the GCA Western Specialty lure course in 2008. She tired, however, and did not win breed. If she had, she would have retired the GCA Western's lure coursing trophy as she would have been my 3rd winner as an owner. Our other two winners with legs on that trophy were BJ and Jiblet.
In Glory's first attempt at ASFA lure coursing, she got
points when she finished 2nd to her littermate, Banner, on Saturday. In
that effort, she qualified for the Region 3 Regional and garnered 18 points
towards her field championship. She has since finished her ASFA FCh title. We also tried oval (NOTRA) racing and she did get a JOR. However, that toe is keeping her from competing further in NOTRA and in any other running events. So sad...Glory has been open field coursing and she's pointed with AK's. She showed great promise as a hunting bitch but that toe injury has, as of now, effectively ended her running days. At least, until after she finishes her AKC Grand Championship.
In May 2012, Glory was entered one day & one day only in the Rio Grande Cluster. We pulled her out of retirement to show to Dr. Edna K. Martin. Dr. Martin awarded her Best of Breed over other champions of record for a 5 point major towards her Grand Championship. To get a GCh, a dog needs to have 3 major wins (3 points or more) over champions of record and a total of 25 points. Well, since Glory took that major win, we've brought her out of retirement to show. In October 2012, we entered her two of the four days of the Los Lunas cluster. She took two, 3-point majors on the days she was entered. That gives her the required 3 majors and a total of 11 points towards that GCh. Not too shabby... Three majors in Three Days under Three judges.... The hard work is done, now she only needs to point out.
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| AKC Page for DC DM Jolie Noir FCh JOR aka Glory |
We are thinking about heading to the Eukanuba National Championship, which is being held this year in mid-December in Orlando, Florida, to see if we can pick up more points and another major towards that Grand. It would be nice. Out of a total of 11 puppies, 5 of them have been Eukanuba invitees with several of them being invited more than once. We are very proud of our record and of our dogs.
Glory in continuing in the footsteps of her predecessors and she's doing it with class & style! Beauty & function go paw in paw....
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