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American Eskimos

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Qinmiq American Eskimos is primarily a show home, in the greater San Francisco bay area. Ryan, Erin and Nathan are our three Junior Handlers, shown in Photo to the right.Our family includes three Wonderful Eskies Cody, Amethyst, and Katara. 

Our family adopted our first Eskie, Cody, as a 3-month old puppy and immediately started showing him as a Non-Licensed puppy in the UKC, as well as the Junior Handler ring, in 2008. Since then, Cody has received several Best of Breed and Group placements in UKC shows. In January of 2009 Cody received a Best of Opposite Sex placement at the Golden Gate Kennel Club blue-ribbon show and in March of 2009 was awarded his first Best of Breed in an AKC show. He was Handled by Nathan, who was 8 years old at that show. In November of 2008, we brought Amethyst home as a new family addition. She is a very nice female with good confromation. She began showing in early 2009 attending her first show in the AKC at the Apple Valley Kennel Club show, where she was awarded the Best of Opposite Sex, as a 6-month old puppy. Since then, she has earned her UKC champion title in April of 2009, and a UKC Best in Multi Breed Show. Katara is our new puppy, born in March of 2009.  As a non-licensed class puppy, Katara has won mulitple UKC Puppy Best in Multi Breed Show awards. We are looking forward to her career in the show ring.

After a successful 2008 year, our Junior handlers followed up with an exceptional year in 2009. In their first full year as Open Juniors, Erin placed #1, Ryan placed #6 and Nathan placed #8, in UKC Region 4 standings, which includes Oklahoma, Colorado, Texas and California. With all three of our Juniors in the Top 10 for 2009, they have each earned an invitation to compete in the National Top-Ten competition. We are proud of all three of our Amazing Juniors, and our Wonderful Eskies. Check out the current Open Junior Standings at the UKC website, the QINMIQ kids are in Region 4 (CA, CO, OK, & TX).

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Cody is an amazing example of the American Eskimo Dog with an exceptionally loving and quiet temperament, like his mother. He was bred by Virginia Voit and Dennis Strong of Tiki Kennels and Bit's Kennels. He is the first American Eskimo to join our family. He is a very playful boy and loves to love, and be loved. He is a trooper and was our family's first show dog. He has been shown by multiple members of the QINMIQ family and learned as we learned along side of him, mistakes and all. He is eager to please and trained quickly. He loves to be pet and adored by the whole family. He has had a very interesting show career earning mulitple UKC Best of Breed awards and  Northern Breed Group 1st placements. He also earned his first points toward an AKC championship with a Best of Opposite sex placement at the 2009 Golden Gate Kennel Club Blue Ribbon Dog Show. Cody was awarded an AKC Best of Breed placement in 2009 in the picture above. Cody needs two more Major Champion wins for his UKC Grand Champion Title and two AKC majors for his AKC Championship.

                     July 6, 2009                                         September 6, 2009                                     May 30, 2010
     CH of CH, Best of Breed, Group 1                  Champion of Champions                         Champion of Champions
              Judge Arlene Grimes                                Judge Kimberly Allison                              Judge Richard Klatt

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 Amethyst is a truly fine example of the American Eskimo. She has a wonderful temperament, and great structure and movement. She has developed a very close relationship with our family and she warms up quickly to strangers. She has been a wonderful addition to our family. She is the daughter of sire Tikis Gamblinman of Sycamore and Cir-B Snobear's Aimin for the Top. She was bred by Jane Wood of  Arctic Magic's American Eskimo Dogs. Amethyst came home with us as a 10-week old puppy in November 2008. One week after turning six months old, Amethyst received an AKC placement as the Best of Opposite Sex at the Apple Valley Kennel Club. What a coming out party that was! She continues with her showing career and has earned several UKC Champion of Champions and Best of Breed placements. On July 4th 2009, at just over ten months of age, she received a Best in Multi-breed Show honor, under UKC judge Susan Nikkel. On October 18th, the day following the NAEDA National Specialty, Amethyst recieved the Reserve Champion of Champions award in a field of 12 extremely nice champion eskies from all over the United States. Amethyst is one major win away from her UKC Grand Champion title. On May 31, 2010 after taking several months off, Amethyst won her Grand Champion title in an impressive way, being put up in a class of seven very nice Champions, and then took Best of Breed and Group 1. She then entered the next ring for the first time as a Grand Champion and was awarded the Grand Champion class, followed by Best of Breed and another Group 1.

 
                    June 27th 2009 - GRCH Leg #1                                        June 27th 2009 - GRCH Leg #2   
                  CH of CH, Best of Breed, Group 1                                          Champions of Champions        
                                      Al Orwin                                                                       Debbi Orwin                  

                     July 5th 2009 - GRCH Leg #4                                       May 31, 2010 - GRCH Leg #5
                         Champions of Champions                                        CH of CH, Best of Breed, Group 1
                                Lisa Enriquez                                                                  Pamela Perdue

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UKC CH 'PR' TIKIS QINMIQ AVALANCHE Born March 21, 2009 of Sire Tikis Montana Glacier and Dam Kiskapoo Tikis Geisha Girl Bred by Virginia Voit 12 3/4 inches - Miniature  Optigen Pattern A 6 UKC Novice Puppy BIMBS 3 UKC Best of Breeds before 1 year 1 AKC Best of Breed Puppy and Group 4 Puppy Placement 1/31/2010

Katara is our most vocal family member, and an ideal example of the miniature American Eskimo Dog. She, like Cody, came to us from Virginia Voit of Tiki Kennels in Northern Oregon. She is the daughter of sire Tikis Montana Glacier and dam Kiskapoo Tikis Geisha Girl. She loves to run and play with Cody and Amethyst in the yard. She quickly integrated into the family. She is a very affectionate little girl and never misses the opportunity for a tummy rub. Shown several times in the UKC before the age of six months, Katara earned six Novice Puppy Best in Multibreed Show placements. In her first UKC show weekend, she demonstrated some serious potential when she was put up as Best of Breed at 6 1/2 months of age while in the ring with some very nice eskies. In October of 2009, Katara was awarded the Best Miniature Female Puppy at the National American Eskimo Dog Association breed specialty show. In January of 2010, Katara was given the honor of receiving an AKC Group 4th placement at the Golden Gate Kennel Club show, in San Francisco.

                June 27th 2009                                         June 28th 2009                                        June 28th 2009
       Novice Puppy Best in Show                  Novice Puppy Best in Show                       Novice Puppy Best in Show 
                   Al Orwin                                                  Jim Jones                                                Judy JonesJuly 4th 2009                                         July 5th 2009                                              July 5th 2009
       Novice Puppy Best in Show                  Novice Puppy Best in Show                       Novice Puppy Best in Show

                July 4th 2009                                         July 5th 2009                                              July 5th 2009
       Novice Puppy Best in Show                  Novice Puppy Best in Show                       Novice Puppy Best in Show
                Carol Gaines                                          Lisa Enriquez                                             Arlene Grimes       

Our family is very proud of our junior handlers. All three of them advanced in the UKC from Novice to Open juniors within the first year of showing. As three of the top ten handlers in the UKC Region 4, they have their work cut out for them competing against each other at every show they attend. That is some stiff competition!

Erin started showing the family's American Eskimo in the middle of 2008. After a couple of shows, she quickly became a proficient and successful handler, earning multiple Best Junior Handler awards. By years end, she had earned herself a spot in the Top 10 Open Junior Handlers, at number 5 in the Region 4 (CA, CO, OK, TX) and an invitation to the annual Top 10 Junior competition in Kalamazoo, MI. By the time the Top 10 competition arrived (mid-2009), Erin was near the top of the Open Junior class in the region. Shortly after returning from Kalamazoo, Erin moved into the top Open Junior spot in Region 4 and remained there through the end of the year. In October 2009, Erin competed in the junior handler ring at the National American Eskimo Dog Association specialty. After an intense competition with not only her two brothers who are both Top Ten handlers, but also two of the best handlers we have seen from Washington, she was able to capture the 2009 NAEDA Best Junior Handler award. Congratulations Erin!

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Ryan is the first junior in the family to compete. With our new 4-month old puppy in hand, Ryan entered the ring under Barbara Marin and started his showing career. Ryan emerged that day with a placement and his first ribbon. Amid stiff competition, it was about one year later that Ryan showed Cody for a Best of Breed placement and a Northern Group 2nd under Barbara Marin shown here to the right.  Ryan became fairly proficient at handling quite quickly. He finished in the UKC Top Ten for Novice Juniors earning the #4 postion. Early in 2009 Ryan earned his first Best Junior Handler award and was catapulted into the Open Junior class. Once in that class Ryan competed with Erin, Nathan and the other Open Juniors in California. Ryan earned his spot in the UKC Top Ten as the #6 Open Junior in Region 4 for 2009, and an invitation to the UKC Top 10 Junior handler competition. 

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Nathan started his showing career as a UKC sub-junior. After five months he turned eight years old and was able to compete as a Novice Junior. On his first weekend showing as a Novice Junior, Nathan was given the opportunity to handle a dear friend's Toy Fox Terrier. Nathan really shined after studying up on the breed and it's history. He was able to answer all of the breed specific questions and won his first UKC Best Junior Handler placement, moving into the UKC Open Junior class. Nathan is shown in the picture to the left where he handled Cody for an AKC Best of Breed placement at the Apple Valley Kennel Club show in 2009. (Nathan was 8-years old). By the years end, Nathan earned a position in the UKC Top Ten as the #8 Open Junior Handler in Region 4 (CA, CO, OK & TX) and an invitation to the National UKC Top 10 Junior Handler competition. 

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QINMIQ does not have any puppies available at this time. However, our friend Virginia Voit who bred both Cody and Katara has a very nice available puppy named Panzy.

This is Panzy.  She is a Miniature American Eskimo Puppy. She was born in April of 2010. She is a sweet puppy who is, like all puppies, a combination of energy and love.  Her mother is Tiger Lily, an AKC Champion and UKC Grand Champion. Both of her parents are wonderful examples of the American Eskimo Dog and Panzy will grow up to be as well. [Click Here] if you are interested in meeting Panzy and maybe adding her to your family

 

 

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This home is a member of the North-Western American Eskimo Association.