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Winners of the 2025 Upstart Crow Prize
The Shaksper Norwich Kennel announced the three winners of the inaugural 2025 Upstart Crow Prize. The following three dogs have each won $1,000 for their owners.
Camio’s Believe It Or Not As Half a Bob
Coventry’s Got Moxie
Verdant’s Radiant Camila
These Norwich had each been scoped and scored for Norwich Terrier Upper Airway Syndrome (NTUAS), and the results made public. The Shaksper Kennel thanks Norma Bruan for drawing the dogs at random from those eligible. One dog will be eligible for the 2026 Upstart Crow Prize from those Norwich between now (6 October 2025) and the 2026 Montgomery whose airways are scoped and scored for NTUAS, and the result made public.
Complete details of the award are available at: https://shakspernorwich.net/thoughts/upstart.html
What does this mean?
Verdant got a $1,000 check from Mr. Blair Kelly owner of Shakper Norwich because we go the extra mile in scoping the airways of our breeding stock and make our dog’s scores public. Mr. Kelly is very devoted to the breed and is one who believes health testing is essential, not only to be done, but also to be shared. He serves the Norwich terrier breed by hosting an online pedigree database that many breeders use, and also by providing breeders with a consolidated space for us to share our health records related to NTUAS. This allows us to make informed decisions about which dogs would be good to breed to.
BEST OF BREED AT DEVON DOG SHOW ASSOCIATION
OCTOBER 7, 2023
GCH CH Glengariff’s Field of Red Clover
Clover won BOB at one of the four shows during the Montgomery County, Pensylvania weekend, which boasts the largest annual gathering of Norwich terriers in the world. Clover is owned by Judy Laffey. Judy purchased Meadow, Clover's mom, from us about 4 years ago. She bred Meadow to one of our dogs, Taki. So in essence Clover is a Verdant pedigreed bitch. We are very happy for Meadow and Clovers' sucesses.
Verdant Norwich shines - 2018 Norwich Terrier Club of America National Show held at Purina Farms in MO.
Our breeding program is now being recognized nationally. We entered 3 young dogs at the National show weekend. Here are our results at the largest gathering of Norwich show dogs.
Levi, 6-9 months puppy dog class.
Day 1: 1st in class
Day 2: 1st in class and Reserve Winners Dog, 3 popint major win
Day 3: 1st in class
Layla, 6-9 puppy bitch class
Day 1: 1st in class
Day 2: 1st in class
Day 3: 1st in class
Ivy, Bred by Exhibitor Bitch class
Day 1, 1st in class, Winners Bitch, 5 point major win
Day 2: 1st in class, Winners Bitch, 5 point major win and Best Bred-by exhibitor in Show
Day3: Best Opposite Sex, 5 points toward Grand Champion title
We moved to the countryside
We moved in the summer of 2015 from midtown Sacramento to the countryside in Clarksburg. Clarksburg is located in the San Joaquin- Sacramento Delta. The dogs now have over 3 acres to play, run, bark, and chance squirrels. They love it. We have many trees on the property and everything is so green - our kennel name Verdant is now apropos!
