I promise this is the last post about the success of our Griffs at
Hatboro 2 results, as after that show we went home 🙂

Tuni finished her Championship in 1 weekend with three 5-point Majors

Res WB went Polly (JOVAL Good Golly Miss Polly) owned by our dear friend Delyne Sloan.

Polly is Tuni’s half sister.

Kevin finished his Championship in 2 weekends with all majors.

Pia was BOS and Tony was Select under Connie Clark

Made it home Sunday after a wonderful trip to New Jersey and Pennsylvania to watch my Polly in two of the three largest dog shows in the USA. She didn't do too bad considering the really tough competition she was up against. She even gain a point towards her championship status.
The first and largest show is only held once every five years and had 4455 dogs in the competition. Everyone dressed in vintage costomes. What an experience! My bestie Nancy shared the experience with me and we made sure to hit a couple of quilt fabric stores. OMG what wonderful stores!!!!
We met up with my friend and mentor Valeria Rickard who's wonderful dogs really set the bar of who to try to beat. Although we had setbacks and issues at the shows all involved had a great time. Special thanks to Candice Waters who jumped in to show Polly when my knee buckled on Thursday. Valeria. Thanks for all the pointers in the ring. See you all at the National in Louisville! What a wonderful week!

Here are our JOVAL win pictures from the Brussels Griffon National Specialty

And not to be forgotten,
Our youngster Tuni (Joval’s Fortune Cookie) won Best in Sweepstakes at the Brussels Griffon National Specialty in Louisville. She is a natural born show girl and put on a stellar performance. Our sincere thanks to breeder judge Mr. Vance for finding her in such a competitive line up of many beautiful and promising Griff youngsters.
Special thanks to Joanne Thibault for her help with the youngsters

On a very cold day in Virginia…
All dressed up and ready to go
The rest of the Griffs are staying inside and can’t wait for the spring to come

Kevin ( Joval Mint to Be) went to play show dog for the first time ever, and ended up winning Best of Breed at the puppy stakes at the Royal Canine Championships.

Later that day he made a cut to the final 7 in a very competitive Toy Group.

During the all-breed shows during the week, he went reserve winners dog on two days.

Sushi (now CH Joval’s Miso Happy) had an outstanding week in Orlando. She won all majors by going WB/BOW four out of 5 days to complete her Championship. She also won res WB at the Brussels Griffon Roving National Specialty for another major.

Tony ( BIS Can GCH & Am GCH Joval Full of Pastabilities) wins Group 4 placement in a very competitive Toy group amount best Toy dogs in the country, he also wins Best Of Opposite Sex and Select Dog at Royal Canine National Championships in Orlando to complete his Am Grand Champion title.

Freddie, Joval Blackhemiam Rhapsody, finished his championship in fine style this weekend. On his second weekend of shows winning all 4 toy groups.
He is such a fun little monkey to show.
Thank you AKC for all your hard.
Thank you Valeria for allowing him to come North.

Very proud of our little monkeys, another very successful Brussels Griffon National in Louisville.
Our Littermate Youngsters Skittles and Strudel, Dunkin daughters.

We are back from Louisville and this years Brussels Griffon National.
It was a world wind type of trip.
Starting with a marathon grooming session to get the dogs whipped into presentable shape after a long trip away, but with the help of Katerina and Faye we got it all done and our dogs did extremely well at the show.
We only showed the first 3 days, as I needed a few days at home to catch up before work starts up again.
Here are some of the highlights:
- Tony (BIS, Can CH JOVAL Full of Pastabilities) Best of winners and Best of Opposite Sex at the National, Winners Dog at Supported Entry on Friday. piloted to the wins by his co-owner Faye.
- Dunkin (GCH JOVAL Donut Worry Be Happy) Best of opposite sex at supported entry on Thursday and AOM on Friday.
- Pia (JOVAL I Only Have Pies For You) Best of Winners at supported Entry on Friday, res WB on Thursday.
- our youngsters also did well with Skittles winning her 9-12 class the first 3 days, and
Strudel winning her huger 12-18 class at Sweeps and placing second in the bred-by class.
- and we congratulate Janet (Walenga Material Girl) on winning Winners Bitch at the National and at supported entry on Thursday. Janet is co-bred and co-owned by me.
It was a great time seeing and spending time with many friends that I don’t get to see throughout the year.
Special thanks to Faye and Maureen for their support
And to John and Katerina for holding the fort down at home.
Official win pictures to follow later.

Outstanding first day at the Brussels Griffon National Specialty in Louisville, KY.
The star of the day was Tony!
JOVAL Full of Pastabilities, who won Best of Winners and Best of Opposite Sex from the Open dog class shown and co-owned by Faye

Merry Christmas from JOVAL Kennel, Valeria, John and Olivia

Today at the prestigious Westminster Kennel Club show, our home bred girl GCH JOVAL Ewok Network, Espen, was awarded Best of Breed in a company of 12 beautiful Griffons. With much appreciation to the judge Ms. Sandra Lex. To say we are proud and excited in an understatement.

I don’t post very often and don’t show at many dog shows any more, but I wanted to share a few pictures and news from Brussels Griffon National ’23 in Louisville. We only showed till Friday as I had to leave for Olivia’s tennis tournament.
Now CH JOVAL Margarita Kinda Girl won Winners Bitch to finish her championship with all majors. In my relatively short time in this breed, this is my Third Straight WB win at the National all from Bred-by class!
GCH JOVAL Ewok Network, went Select Bitch.
Dunkin, Maddie and Pia were all in the ribbons as well.
I am SO Proud of my little Gremlins!!!

Last week was crazy at work so had no time for anything.
But here are some pictures of our current Griff litter.
We had many willing participants
They bring me so much daily joy throughout our hectic and busy lives.

Thank you Show Scene for Rodd’s beautiful ad this week!

Our office assistants are hard at work

I am not there in person (only in spirit) but our dogs had an exception day at Hatboro shows:

In Griffs,
-Beau wins BOB at the specialty
-Opie won Winners bitch for a 4 point major yesterday and finished her Championship.
Thank you to the judges for finding and appreciating our dogs and especially huge thank you to our handlers for loving, preparing and showing these guys.

At Westminster
Espen showed great, made it to the final cut.

We are finally on our way to Westminster.
This is becoming a pattern, since we have a trip planned, everybody decided that they needed to be born today! Next time I am taking a day off.

Here is some sweetness for this evening. My little stress relievers at home. Luv our Griffs. Our first smooth litter.
2022-05-22
And here is our Ad in “Top Notch Toys” Magazine.
So proud of our dogs!!!
2022-05-25
Our beautiful Espen, National Specialty Winner, is on the cover of the ABGA magazine. So proud of our home-bred youngster!

And here is our Ad in “Top Notch Toys” Magazine.
So proud of our dogs!!!

Espen is on the top cover of ABGA magazine

Sometimes things work themselves out in interesting ways…
And just like that - After one week of shows at the Nationals, three of our dogs ended up getting ranked in the top 5 Brussels Griffons in the country based on breed ranking:
- Clark is currently number 2
- Beau is number 4
- Espen number 5 overall and number One Bitch.
We are so proud of these dogs, and congrats to our co-owners and breeders, without whom we would not be able to achieve and enjoy this moment.

Here are our JOVAL win pictures from the Brussels Griffon National Specialty

The Official pictures have finally arrived and I am extremely proud to present our team from this year’s Brussels Griffon National.
It has been a little over a week but what happened during the Nationals week in Louisville still seems like a big dream, someone else’s story, completely surreal.
I am so proud of everything that our dogs have achieved! And, as a breeder, to have some of the wins come from the Bred-by class is especially valuable.
It is such an honor to be recognized by so many judges while surrounded by and competing against the Best Griffs in the country!

We have older puppies or young adults available for sale to local trustworthy families that can enjoy companionship of our beautiful and sweet griffons while working with us within our kennel and breeding program and allowing us to continue to breed and show these dogs.

If that something that interest you – feel free to contact us to discuss this further.

This years trip to the Brussels Griffon National will go down in the books as the one to remember and truly remarkable! Today, at the ABGA Supported Entry at Louisville Kennel Club, Lolly ( now CH Joval Lollypop) won Winners Bitch again for another 5 point major to finish her championship in 3 shows. And Prank (Now CH Loco Motion’s Trouble Comin’ Every Day) won Winners Dog/Best of Winners to finish his championship with three majors. Prank was bred by Cathy Storgaard Hjelm and Bev Thomas. So proud of our little monkeys!The rest of shows for this weekend are cancelled, so heading home tomorrow.

Lolly is on a roll! Back-to-back Winners bitch for 5 point majors. Today was ABGA Supported entry at the Mid Kentucky Kennel Club.

Some very exciting news today from the American Brussels Griffon National Specialty in Louisville, KY. In the entry of 90 beautiful Griffs, My first home bred girl, JOVAL Lollypop, wins Winners Bitch and Best of Winners from the Bred-by exhibitor class her first weekend out with me showing. She is just 12 month old but she is such a natural and cute little show girl.Thanks to my friends who have helped along the way and contributed to this special win today, especially Maureen, Sarah & Ariel, and Adam & Katie. And extra special thanks go to Tuna