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to return him so I went by
her grooming shop to check
on him. When I saw him, I
immediately agreed to bring
him back to Copper Ridge!

That is where his name of One
Time Offer came from! LOL
Ranger finished easily in AKC
and ASCA with me primarily
on his lead.

At that time, it was quite a feat
because I was not the handler
in our family!

After he finished in AKC and
ASCA he still got pushed aside
because we had other males
Ranger... amazing producers so there
in our house that were truly

was no sense of urgency to put
him out as a Special.

Rowan had been out for two
years with Brian Livingston
and needed to be put up so
Yvette approached Sheree
about sending Ranger out with year out but only won one BIS. When he came home from
Brian. We agreed to do that, I always attributed that to a Europe he spent several years
so in November of his two little bit of a straight rear end in Kentucky just living a retired
year old year I took him and which was much improved as life and being shown locally at
dropped him off with Brian and he matured. the Louisville and Lexington
Alfonso Escobedo. shows.
When he came home, I was
He was totally ungroomed and approached about sending him He came home to live out
in absolute full coat. Alfonso to Italy with Gabriella Lovati the rest of his life with me in
took one look at him and and her friend Christina from Missouri in 2017 and produced
almost died. Spain about leasing him. several more Champions which
So off he went. I still have.
That seems funny now, but it
sure didn’t then as he had and While in Europe, he finished He was my best friend during
amazing amount of coat that several championships, and those years and slept at the
had to come out! also won Best of Breed at the foot of my bed every night.
Italian national that year. He was the sweetest and
The Specials career was He also produced several kindest dog ever and put that
interesting. Ranger did more Champions while there personality on his offspring!
than his share of winning including Gabriella’s Vivienne
including dominating the who won Best of Breed at Truly a once in a Lifetime dog.
“Texas death March” his 2 Crufts one year. With love, John
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