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I brought him to
a show at the
age of 4 months
for
socialization.
Ilsa Sternberg
and
Barbie Irwin
both fell for
him that day.
The same day
Richard told me
that he had the
ugliest head of
any Pap we'd
ever bred!!
Suffice it to
say that he
later changed
his mind about
that.
Time passed and
Len had many
group placings
and even two
group wins to
his credit.
Chuck Woods
became his
co-owner.
One
day Chuck and
Richard were
sitting in my
motor home at
the Ladies
Kennel
Association
show. They
started to
discuss
what dog
Chuck should buy
for Richard to
show. I put my
hand on my hips
and said:
"So what's
Lenny...chopped
liver ?!"
Well,
it took a little
time but the
rest is Papillon
history. The
little
"chopped
liver" dog
was the Number
One Papillon in
AKC
rankings for
fourteen years;
not a bad run.
He is still
number three on
this prestigious
list.
Only
Len and his
great-grandsire,
Ch. Jaclair's
Doodles of
Josandre, CDX
ever went Best
In Show having
won the
National.
This in the days before
our National
was an
independent
event. In
Len's case, I am
proud to say
that he had to
best two of the
most famous show
dogs in history
to accomplish
this feat. They were
the Scotty, Ch.
Braeburn's Close
Encounter and
the
German
Shepherd, Ch.
Covy Hill's
Tucker
Manhattan.
He went on to
beat Manhattan
two more times;
once at Saratoga
and
once again
at Cheshire.
Len
loved going to
shows but there
was one thing he
loved even
more...SEX!!
He was a
remarkable stud
dog, never
failing
to get
his girls to
fall for his
charms in less
than a minute.
Every
time he did so
he'd turn around
after they were
tied and give
the bitch a
kiss. He
never failed to
do this
At
the very end of
the AKC's
Papillon breed
video he is the
dog used as the
example of
correct
movement.
Elsewhere in the
video, his head
and ears are
featured as
positive
examples of
breed type.
Perhaps all of
these things say
it better than
I.
I still miss him
every day and I
always will.
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