February 11, New York City
Multiple AKC Non-Sporting Group Winning
AKC Grand Champion Rinchen's Magical Illusion "Ali Baba"
​ awarded Best of Breed 
Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show

JUDGE: Michael J. Dougherty AGENT: David Murray OWNERS: Sheryl & Daniel Getman, Janet Krynzel & Brian Leonard BREEDER: Claire & Katherine Coppola

Ali Baba & his agent David Murray at Westminster Kennel Club, Feb 11

February 8, AKC Museum of the Dog Opens, NYC

Glad to be at the AKC Parent Clubs invitational opening of the AKC Museum of the Dog on Park Ave., with Tibetan Terrier Club of America Breed Ambassadors, Sheryl & Daniel Getman and Karen Tromblee.

March 23, National Puppy Day        

Responsibly bred puppies for responsible owners

!March 24, Edison, NJ
​5-point major win towards an AKC championship
for "Winnie" ( Bier's When Calls The Heart v Rinchen)
with 2 'Best Puppy" wins on March 22 & 23, too,
​during her debut show weekend !

March 23, National Puppy Day

"Winnie", Bier's When Calls The Heart v Rinchen, OWNERS: JoAnn Biercuk & Claire Coppola, AGENT: Courtney Norris, 5 point major win under JUDGE: Douglas A Johnson. Also Best Puppy, March 22nd & 23rd!

Early April... not much 'springtime' yet! 

Rinchen's All Eyez On The Dancing Queen "Vasilissa" with a stick. Teething time @ 5 mos!

Happy first birthday April 2018 puppies! 

Peri, 1 yr old tour guide puppy with his owner Mitsuko in the American South-west. (Michael & Kate son, April 2018)

A TT in his element showing off the view! (photo- A. Mitsuko)

Fun at any age! 

George (5 yrs old) & his Owner, K-Lynn, in the Ojito Wilderness Area, New Mexico Photo Credit: Bob Keller (Nov. 2018)

Puppy meet-up at Terry-All Kennel Club Match, April 12

Sisters reunite at 5 months! Nothing short of a good hug will do!

Hey, everyone! Spring's here!

Jobo, 9-1/2 yrs old, springtime in NYC , Champion Rinchen's XO Excellent Journey", (Photo - Stephanie Feuer)

Rinchen pups at their first training match... Mochi & Emily, Trouper & Claire, Marvel & Lauren from All-Breed Rescue & Training with Zack (on the left), & Bob & Wylie (right).

Spring in the Rockies, still snow on the peaks..

"Winnie" (Bier's When Calls The Heart v Rinchen), 12 mos old, awarded a 5-point Major win & Best of Winners at the Tibetan Terrier Club of America Regional Specialty by Judge Steve Hayden, agent Courtney Norris. Show Chair F. Barczewski, Owners: JoAnn Biercuk & Claire Coppola (breeder/owner)

May 2019

Rinchen's Super Trouper earns Non-Sporting Group winner under B "Fun" Match judge John Sanders, May 18, Castle Rock, Colorado. The point of a Match is to practice and have fun!

  
May 25- 28                            Tibetan Terrier Club National Specialty  (Massachusetts)
candid photos
**Ali Baba won "Select Dog" at the both the National and the Regional specialties
at 2 years,4 months old
​
** Winnie won "Best Futurity Puppy & Grand Futurity" at the National on May 25
and "Reserve Winners Bitch" at the Regional specialty on May 26
as well as earning her Canine Good Citizen title
and first leg of her Rally Novice title
​at 14 mos old

very happy for our Rinchen youngsters and their families! 
Thank you to all the super special people who made this a reality! 

SELECT DOG: "Ali Baba", Grand Champion Rinchen's Magical Illusion, agent: David Murray, Owners: Sheryl & Dan Getman, Janet Krynzel, Brian Leonard Breeder: Claire & Katherine Coppola Judges: Mark Kennedy (National Specialty) & Pamela Bruce (Regional Specialty)

Luminaries for Jhana, Mimo & Dharma (Teeko's luminary not in this photo) among approximately 200 in total along the 2019 Memory Walk honor our loved ones. Donations support the Tibetan Terrier Health & Welfare Foundation. Thank you Joyce Killinger for annually organizing this touching Remembrance.

TTCA 2019 GRAND FUTURITY WINNER out of the Puppy Class & RESERVE WINNERS BITCH at the next day's TTCA Regional Specialty (out of the 12-15 month class) "Winnie" Bier's When Calls the Heart v Rinchen, Owners: JoAnn Biercuk & Claire Coppola, Breeder: Claire Coppola Judges: Jami Smith (Futurity), Pamela Bruce (Regional Specialty) Special thanks to Kim & Emily Lennox for creating the beautiful Futurity trophies offered by Ron & Margy Pandiewicz and Linda Hufnagel!

Ali Baba in the ring at the National Specialty Show

Our Rinchen family attending the TTCA National 2019 in Massachusetts. Karen Tromblee & Frankie (London's son), JoAnn Biercuk & me with Winnie (Mia's daughter), Sheryl Getman & David Murray with Ali Baba (Allura's son) & Kim Lennox with Decker (sitting on carpet, Michael's son). Always so happy to continue the tradition of our family of TTs and friends. I would blush to write about all the accomplishments of these wonderful TTs in the care of their loving owners!

June 4  - Happy 1oth Birthday Michael & siblings London, Jersey, Tashi,  Mikey & Dewey

At 10 years old, "Michael" MBIS, MBISS, MRBIS Gold Grand Champion, Canadian Champion Rinchen's Blazing Black Icon (#1 TT 2013)

Michael, 10th birthday photo, Register of Merit Stud Dog - Tibetan Terrier Club of America

Tashi, 10 yrs old, after her spring spa session (photo - K. Coppola) "Champion Rinchen's Blazing Black Iris"

Mikey, 10 yrs old, Rinchen's Blazing Black Ice

Dewey, 10 yrs old, Rinchen's Blazing I Doc , (Photo - M Waynik)

​June  - more sunlight, more rain & more dog shows! 

Vasilissa, 7 months, at her first dog show, Best of Winners & a 5 point major! Thank you judge Judith Daniels! (Rinchen's All Eyez On The Dancing Queen) Longmont, CO- Flatirons KC

Mochi, first Major win, with her family the Smiths

"Trouper", 7 months, Best of Winners, Major win, Best Puppy! Thank you judge Marcie Dobkin. (Rinchen's Super Trouper)

All the 4 Rinchen pups being shown at the Colorado Springs shows earned points & 3 had major wins!

A stop at Garden of the Gods after the dog show!

July -  2019 is half over! enjoying the long days of summer! 

Rinchen Champions Allura (5 yrs) Mercedes (4 yrs) & Michael (10 yrs) with guest Cecily White

Happy July 4th! (2 wk old puppy)

5 week old [puppy getting friendly with a young guest

Mia, Saint's dam, her Tibetan prayer flags blown by the wind to spread good will and compassion to Saint's extended family & friends ... love you Everett James....

AUGUST 2019 - summer's winding down

Winnie, new Champion, Best of Breed & Group 3 win at 16 months old under judge David Kirkland with agent Courtney Norris

Super Trouper, 5 point major, judge Shalisa Neely, Aug. 18, 8 mos old

Vas-y! 5 point major, judge Keke Kahn, Aug. 17, 8 months old! (handled by Claire Coppola & Lauren Fox)

Fetchlab UNC is the University of Northern Colorado's Facility for the Education and Teaching of Canine Hearing and Laboratory for Animal Bioacoustics, Here evaluating our puppies hearing are the Professors /Doctors of Audiology & interns. All our puppies are hearing tested at Full Circle Veterinary Hospital, Johnstown, CO, Patricia Mahoney, DVM.

Just an average hair pile to be swept up after grooming

Summer picnic with mom!

Mercedes, 4 yrs old, imagining something yummy!

New Rinchen kid on the block! Pico, debuted this summer, picking up points as Winners Dog/Best of Winners. Rinchen's Kiona Pico owned by Lucas & Jaime Jensen & Claire Coppola

Rain always welcome in Colorado, usually comes over the Front Range out of the Eastern Rockies around sunset.

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SEPTEMBER - INDIAN SUMMER

Winnie at the annual heavily attended September Non-Sporting Club of New Jersey Show - awarded Best of Breed & a Non-Sporting Group 2 placement under the prestigious Breed & Group Judge - Roberta "Bobbie" Wood ! Elizabeth Melzer, agent. (owner photo - JoAnn Biercuk).

New Champion! Rinchen's All Eyez On The Dancing Queen, 10 mos old, under esteemed judge Dennis McCoy, Sept 7th. This girl loves to show!

Vas-Y! at the Evergreen show, Sept 7th. She's a pleasure to present to any judge, our young "Dancing Queen"!

The first Friday the 13th of 2019 must have brought good luck! Courtney Norris handling Winnie for her first of 3 Best of Breed wins for the weekend! (photo JoAnn Biercuk)

Rinchen puppy settling in to her new home... lucky she's seen our next door neighbor's horses along our fence line before!

Mia clean and tidy after grooming & bath now that her puppies have joined their families!

Double delight for Everett James....

October - Autumn  back east & Winter in Colorado! 

Happy 5th Birthday, Allura! We love you so much!

Non-sporting Group 4 awarded to 18 mos old 'Winnie" with Elizabeth Melzer under Judge Lawrence C Terricone in my former local show ground, Augusta, NJ. Owner JoAnn Biercuk & Claire Coppola (owner/breeder) GCH CH Rinchen's When Calls the Heart CA (CA=Canine Good Citizen Advanced award)

Two Starbucks Puppucinos, please, for da Vinci & Nikki De Briae! (straight up whipped cream!) @ Mountain Village, Telluride. 9500' elevation

Three snows in October! latest is Halloween week with 10 year record cold and accumulation for the Denver area.

 NOVEMBER - final shows  of  the 2019 colorado season

Winnie (Grand Champion Bier's When Calls The Heart Canine Good Citizen Advanced) with agent Courtney Norris earning a Best of Breed & Group 4 placement under Judge Joe C. Walton at the Palisades KC show, Bloomsburg, PA). This was a great November 1 birthday present for me! (JoAnn Biercuk, owner, Claire Coppola owner/breeder)

Trouper & Mochi under Judge Sulie Greendale-Pavenza with assistance in the Best of Breed ring from Lauren Fox. Trouper earns Best of Winners & Mochi takes Winners Bitch on Nov. 8. They are both just a year old this month!

New Champion (pending AKC confirmation) Rinchen's Super Trouper, on Nov. 9 following his first birthday on Nov 1. Thank you Judge Jan Paulk for recognizing his merit.

Trouper has a HUGE coat that turns him into a Wookie as soon as he shakes his head!

"Mochi", Rinchen Ryan's Raven, new Champion (pending AKC confirmation) under judge Jan Paulk, 5 days before her first birthday. Sincere thanks to Emily & Dennis Ryan, her owners, for staying the course for her title & even taking her in the rings for most of her shows! It's been FUN!

Young Ruby (Rinchen's Journey to Ruby Falls) meets up with her grand-dam Journey (CH Rinchen's Champagne Journey) 10 yrs old and Journey's owner, Brad Jensen. Nice get-together of the generations!

Flashback to March 2012... Journey earns her AKC championship at 17 months old!

Reserve winners Bitch for Ruby at her first two shows!

Last 2019 show weekend in Colorado, we're dressed in Veteran's Day colors! L to R: Courtney Gibson & Torrey, Susan Van Hecke & Baker, Debbie Lasher & Parker, Allison Preston & Piper, Lauren Fox & Mochi, me (Claire C) & Trouper, Van White & Lhakpa

Hello there, little one! Time tatters yet you are amongst us....

Tashi (10-1/2 yrs) enjoying Thanksgiving with family in Western NC (CH Rinchen's Blazing Black Iris) photo: K. Coppola

December - winding down 2019....

Resting in my PJs after a busy Thanksgiving week!

Kate, 6 yrs, on a snowy visit! Kate & 2 her litter mates were born on Prince George's actual birthday.. hence, the "Royal" litter named Kate, Willa & George!

Ahoy matey! 20 month old Rinchen boy enjoying the coastal waters! (photo the Pratesi family)

A perfect yard for a TT..a tall fence, lots of room to run and a high vantage point! (photo D. Alvarez)

Winnie, in 9 mos of occasional shows, not yet 2 yrs old, ends 2019 ranked among the Top TTs for the year with multiple Best of Breed wins and Non-Sporting Group placements. Shown here with Courtney Norris, agent. Owner: JoAnn Biercuk. Breeder/Owner: Claire Coppola

Coa waiting for Santa! (photo D. Alvarado)