Ch. Nomvuyo Globes Fanzikid, TT (S.Af. Imp.)
Fanigalor x S.Af. Ch. Crosswick Nomvuyo Fan the Fire
Breeder: Janet Wang, Nomvuyo Ridgebacks
Kelly made fast work of getting her championship. We didn't start showing her until she was 16 months old, then off most of the summer, and finished at 21 months of age. She picked up her first major the 4th time in the ring when she and our 6 mo. old puppy, Timmy both won 3 point majors that day. Kelly finished with BACK-TO-BACK 5-POINT MAJORS, while Timmy also picked up one of those 5 pointers that same weekend.
We were looking forward to a long specials career for Kelly as well as the opportunity to breed her in due time. Unfortunately, Kelly developed a severe infection only a few weeks after she turned 2 years old that required we spay her in order to save her life. We were disappointed to lose her as a brood bitch, but overwhelmed with joy that we were able to save her. We were able to start showing Kelly again when RRCUS began offering Altered Bitch classes at their National Specialties. Kelly easily won that class at the 1998 RRCUS Specialty in New York. The judge's comments were, paraphrasing, "I knew the minute she moved around the ring that she was my winner; her conformation and movement are amazing. BUT, please tell me why on earth did you spay this stunning bitch?" Kelly placed 4th in a large Altered Bitch class at the 2000 RRCUS Specialty after I almost caused us to miss the class and had to run her across a large field, up hill all the way to get to the ring. I was so beat by the time we got to the ring, it was all I could do to make it around the polo-field-size ring, which I'm sure cost us a higher placement. In recent years, Kelly won BEST VETERAN and BOS VETERAN at back-to-back RRCUS Supported shows in Atlanta. She continues to be one of the smoothest, most stunning moving dogs we have ever seen; and Kelly still enjoys going to shows, and best of all, charming everyone in her path.
Since we were unable to breed Kelly, we waited another FOUR years to find a bitch related to her to import from Breeder/Judge, Janet Wang. That bitch is "Shelby", NOMVUYO GLOBE'S SIROCCO. Shelby has all the sweetness of Kelly mixed with a large dose of "mischief"! Like Kelly, Shelby has a wonderful temperament, excellent movement and stunning conformation. Shelby's multi-Best In Show winning sire is out of a full sister to Kelly - Kelly's mom, S.AF. CH. CROSSWICK NOMVUYO FAN THE FIRE, is sired by our top-winner/producer CH. GLOBE CA-ABI REIGN ON TEASER, ROM. Shelby offers all the wonderful elements that we found in Kelly and her pedigree, but Shelby took the pedigree even further offering two crosses back to BIS, SA/ZIM., CH. GLOBE'S ROVING RED REGENT. Our dream of breeding our first South African x American bred litter came true in November 2002. Now we have that sweet, loveable temperament of Kelly's in our Shelby x Scout offspring.
