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GiGi was born on October 14, 2004, and is co-owned by Kay L. McGuire, DVM (Ashscot Westies). Reminiscent of
the Gibson Girl made popular in the early twentieth century in America, GiGi is filled with spirit and confidence, attracting instant
admiration wherever she goes. She is a model for today's ideal Westie girl.
GiGi is shown above at six months of age, at her show ring debut the weekend of April 23-24,
2005, where she won the Bred-by class and took Reserve Winners Bitch while showing against mature bitches. GiGi achieved the following wins at nine months of age (July 2005): (1) Best In Match at the Houston All-Terrier Club AKC Sanctioned B Match (defeating
at least thirty other dogs; read about this win in the Fall 2005 issue of Just Terriers
magazine, Vol. 5, No. 1), (2) Reserve Winners Bitch from the Bred-by class at the WHWTCSET Specialty Show, (3) Best
Opposite in Sweepstakes (Houston KC), and (4) Winners Bitch/Best of Winners from the Bred-by class for a four-point major
at the Beaumont Kennel Club show. Her puppy résumé includes two
Best of Breed wins over specials, Bred-by Exhibitor Group Two (at the Cen-Tex Kennel Club show in November 2005), and
Bred-by Exhibitor Group One (at the Conroe Kennel Club show in December 2005), plus a mention in Terrier Judge Ric Chashoudian's
monthly "One Man's Opinion" column (The Canine Chronicle, February 2006) as "a beautiful, young West Highland
White bitch." GiGi finished her championship in February 2006 (at sixteen months of age), with all points from the bred-by
class. As a recipient of the AKC Bred-By-Exhibitor Championship Medallion, GiGi has qualified for entry in both
the December 2006 and 2007 AKC/Eukanuba National Championship Invitational shows.
GiGi had a very successful short run in the show ring as a special,
attaining the AKC breed standing of Top Ten Westie and #2 Westie bitch (for shows processed through May 14, 2006). Although
GiGi left the ring early in the year for a promising summer breeding (which did not take), she still managed to retain a ranking
among the Top 25 Westies in the country and received a second invitation to the December 2006 AKC/Eukanuba National Championship
invitational.
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Paula Christie Cohen, Charles S. Cohen, Kay L. McGuire, DVM,
and Shane A. Allbee
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Paula Christie Cohen and Charles S. Cohen / Kay L. McGuire, DVM |
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10.50 inches (not measured with an official AKC wicket) |
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Good (24 mos.), OFA # WH-95G24F-PI |
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Normal (24 mos.), OFA # WH-LP17/24F-PI |
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Normal (28 mos.), OFA # WH-PA58/28F/P-PI |
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Genotypically Clear of Pyruvate Kinase Deficiency, OFA # WH-PK10/16F-PI |
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GiGi is pictured above winning Best In Match
under Judge Adelene Pardo at the Houston All-Terrier Club
AKC Sanctioned B Match on July 9, 2005.
GiGi winning a four-point major at nine months of age
under Judge Patti Long Smith during a specialty show weekend.
GiGi is shown above displaying all
of the right moves at the Morris & Essex Kennel Club show in New Jersey on October 6, 2005, and Judge Jim Reynolds
awarded her first place in the Bred-by class, a great honor at this historic show because of the tremendously large entry. Equally impressive, GiGi took fourth place in her class at the National Sweepstakes
in Kimberton, Pennsylvania, on October 8, 2005, under
Breeder/Judge Barbara Barrie.
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GiGi winning Best of Breed from the classes
under Terrier Judge Ric Chashoudian
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