Karen and Joy earn Joy's CDX with a high in class, and in 2022 have achieved a master title in rally obedience

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2023 NEWS

Daisy and Elisa win back to back majors and Owner Handled Best of Breeds to finish her American Championship

Daisy finished 2022 in the top 5 UKC and is invited to Premiere

Tabitha wins Best of Winners for an AKC Major towards her US championship

Daisy and Elisa win two AKC Grand Champion majors her first weekend as a special with a Best of Breed and a Best of Opposite

Johnny and Dayna earns his AKC CGC and CKC CGN, as well as his Rally Intermediate and Trick Dog Novice titles

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2022 NEWS


Gwen wins Best of Breed under breeder judge Diane Fast, and the hound group under Susan Norris-Jones

Ellie, another Elliott x Oksana puppy is a new champion in only 3 weekends shown by Elisa

Daisy won singles her first time out lure coursing

Tabitha is halfway to her ASFA field champion title

Karen and Edison earn a novice rally obedience title and in fabulous news, Karen and Joy earn a Masters Rally Obedience title

Johnny is a new American Champion, Canadian Champion and a UKC Champion at 10 months of age, and has his Rally Novice obedience title

Elisa showed Johnny quickly to three AKC Majors, he needs a single point to finish his American championship at 10 months, and his sister Daisy has both her AKC major wins.

Elisa showed Johnny to his Canadian championship, with puppy group and regular group placements

Karen and Edison earn his Rally Novice title, and Joy is one leg away from her Master Rally title

Daisy wins Best of Winners for her first AKC points and goes on to BBE in Show Dunkirk NY

DD wins Select at the Whippet Club of Eastern Canada under Paul Stanton (Sweden) over 15 bitch specials

Johnny is RWD at the Whippet Club of Eastern Canada Specialty

Oksana wins Best Veteran In Show at Ottawa KC
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Tabitha earns her SDIN title with Elisa

Daisy is a new Canadian Champion and with multiple breed wins ​and was Best Puppy in the Queon Sighthound specialty

Johnny is a UKC Champion with a RBIS and a BIS, sister Daisy is a UKC RBIS winner and has her CKC novice instinct in scent detection

Tabitha is now a UKC Champion

Gwen wins a very competitive placement in a huge BBE class of over 40 under Phoebe Booth (Shamasan) at the American Whippet Club National Specialty, and a placement in Maturity under Karen Roberson.

At the American Whippet Club National, Oksana and Elisa won a placement in a veteran class of 24. Oksana's daughter Daisy placed in her futurity class.

Oksana's son Johnny won a major over specials from the 6-9 class at the Syracuse NY cluster at his first AKC show on his way to the American Whippet Club National Specialty with Elisa.

Lucinda wins a nice Select to the Breed winner in 49 bitches at the AWC supported entry at the Celtic Classic under JC Boulinguez

Oksana wins her Veteran class at the AWC Eastern specialty under Douglas Broadfoot (Broadstrider) to move on to compete in the breed ring. Entered just for the day, and on his 6month birthday, her son Johnny wins first in his sweepstakes class at the Eastern specialty under Annie Andrews and follows up with a third in the regular 6-9 class in the specialty. Sister Daisy wins a third in her sweepstakes class at the specialty.

Oksana is the first whippet to earn her CKC Versatality Bronze title

Gwen is a new Canadian Champion the week before the AWC Eastern where she placed in the BBE class 4 of 5 days

Oksana is a new Emerald level UKC Grand Champion, a first for a Canadian whippet

Tabitha earned her UKC Championship and CKC SDI (scent detection) with Elisa

6 month old Daisy (Elliott x Oksana) won a Group 1st at her first UKC show, the day after showing at the AWC Eastern specialty

Ch Vrymeer Queen's Warrant (Gwen)

​2021 NEWS



DD (our lovely Oksana daughter) finished her Canadian championship title handled by our co-owner Elisa

Beautiful Lucinda earned her American Bronze level Grand Champion title, a significant milestone owner handled by Stuart in the competitive American entries in Maryland

Tabitha and Elisa earned several titles, including scent detection, trick dog levels and Tabitha's CKC Grand Championship. In specialties Tabitha won Select Bitch at the All Hound specialty and Whippet Club of Eastern Canada Specialty and Best of Opposite at the Ontario Sighthound Specialty to our top ranked whippet at the time.

Shaun (Ch Vrymeer Westbound to Santa Fe) owner handled by Gary easily attained Shaun's Canadian Championship finishing with a nice win - Winners Dog at the Whippet Club of Eastern Canada Specialty under Barbara Pepper (USA)

Gwen's first CKC show was in September and what a debut. Gwen (Vrymeer Queen's Warrant) wins Best of Winners at the Whippet Club of Eastern Canada Specialty out of Bred by Exhibitor class for 5 points under breeder judge Barbara Pepper (USA). That day in the all breed show Gwen won Winners Bitch under breeder judge JC Boulinguez.

Owner handled by Sarah Ringuet, Billie (Ch Vrymeer Raine Dance) finished her Canadian Championship quickly under breeder judges winning Best of Opposite over specials under Joanne Boudreault at the Whippet Club of Eastern Canada booster, followed by a significant Best of Breed from the classes over multiple specials under Jeff Horswell (UK) on a whippet specialty weekend.

Gorgeous Raine pictured in the page header wins Best Brood Bitch at the whippet specialty

Shaun wins Winners Dog to finish his Championship at the Whippet Club of Eastern Canada specialty under breeder judge Barbara Pepper (USA)

Beautiful Billie finishes her championship winning Best of Breed from the classes over specials under breeder judge Jeff Horswell (UK) at the specialty weekend , and commented she was "very whippety"

"Gwen" Vrymeer Queen's Warrant wins Winners Bitch for 5 points Whippet Club of Eastern Canada specialty from BBE class

Sarah handling Billie to Best of Winners and Best of Opposite over multiple specials at the Whippet Club of Eastern Canada booster under breeder judge Joanne Boudreault. Judge's comment " curves in all the right places".

Tabitha with Elisa under breeder judge Alan Pepper at the Ontario Sighthound Association specialty

2020 NEWS 

This year saw the start of the COVID-19 pandemic and as a result the world has changed for the foreseeable future. At the writing of this update late July, most Canadian dog events have been cancelled or seriously impacted. Due to limits on the size of social gatherings our picnic is on hold for the time being. In the meantime, we have produced some exceptional puppies towards a fifth generation of our breeding programme, happily expanding our families with our versatile, entertaining whippets.
As of October there have been less than a handful of Covid protocol shows.

Lucinda ranks again in the top 10 2020 AKC National Owner Handler Series

Oksana and Tabitha earn their AKC Rally Novice and Advanced Trick Dog titles with Elisa

Oksana wins a UKC Sighthound Specialty Best in Show and is in the top ten in breed for UKC for the fourth year in a row

Oksana earned her Virtual Champion title ABI and is in the Top 25

Tabitha at her first ASFA trial wins open and earns a quarter of her points towards her FCh

Tabitha is a new Canadian champion earning her last point at the first covid dog show handled by Elisa Holland, winning Best of Breed, and now has half her points towards her Canadian Grand Championship title.

Elisa has trained and titled Tabitha with an AKC Rally Novice, as well as Novice, Intermediate and Advanced Trick dog titles

ACE (Am GCh Vrymeer It's In the Cards) has a normal echo and eye clearance at age 4 in January

In March, Tabitha places in the BBE class three of four shows and gets a lovely RWB to the major at the supported entry at the AWC Celtic Classic Cluster in conjunction with the Eastern Specialty-- then we hightailed it home before the borders closed.

This July, our very special stud dog OTTO (Ch Vrymeer Deepwater Phoenix) at seven years of age has been collected and frozen


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​2019 NEWS


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Karen and Joy earn Joy's CDX obedience title with a high in class. Joy currently ranks as the #3 hound in obedience in Canada.

Lucinda and Stuart win her third Best In Show Owner Handled, finishing the year in the top ten and qualified for the National Owner Handler Series finals in Orlando

Ace earned his AKC Grand Champion title

Tiramisu earns her AXJ agility title

Oksana earns her American pre-novice obedience title

Karen and Joy earn two legs towards Joy's CDX title

Oksana wins another UKC Best in Show with Elisa

Fergus is close to his Grand Championship

Tabitha wins Best of Breed over specials, a hound group placement, best puppy in the group and a beautiful Best Puppy in Show at London Canine Association

Tabitha wins Best of Breed over specials and Best Puppy in Group

​Judith and Tiramisu earn an AKC "AX" title in agility

Karen and Joy earned Joy's RAE title with her average score being 99. Joy is #1 in breed and #10 all breed in rally obedience as of mid April.
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Lucinda wins Select Bitch at the American Whippet Club Eastern Specialty and OHBOB

Lucinda wins Best of Opposite and OHBOB at the AWC supported entry two days before the Eastern specialty and goes on to win her second Owner Handler Best in Show with Stuart Bannett

Vrymeer CoverGirl "Elle" wins Best of Breed from the classes over 5 bitch specials and a group placement to quickly finish her Canadian championship in style owner handled by Barbara Crossley (Sitcom)

OTTO's handsome son Jetstream Paragon (Kelvin) finished his American championship with 3 majors.
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Karen and "JOY" Vrymeer Christmas Joy ranked #5 in the breed and #6 hound in the CKC top dog rally obedience awards in 2018

American Whippet Club Eastern Specialty 2019, Stuart and Lucinda win Select Bitch

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2018 NEWS

We are thrilled with Lucinda's Best in Show OH in October in Maryland, a fantastic year for Stuart and Lucinda
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Fergus is awarded Select under breeder judge Joan Goldstein at the Great Lakes Whippet club specialty

Oksana wins a hound group 4th under Breeder Judge Allan Pepper

Fergus wins a hound group 3rd at Essex County his first show as a special

Oksana wins Best of Breed at the Capital Area Sighthound Association Specialty from the Field Champion class--a VERY rare win from this class at a specialty

Oksana wins an Award of Merit at the Whippet Club of Eastern Canada specialty and wins both of the Lure Coursing classes at WCEC and the National specialties. She won a second placement by only 5 points earlier at the National field trial

Fergus finished his Canadian championship always handled by John Rumble in the Bred by Exhibitor class

Ace and Lucinda have lovely new ads celebrating their US championship titles

Otto's son Kelvin wins Best Puppy in Match held following the AWC MidWest specialty
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Oksana wins a CKC group 4th handled by Elisa
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Oksana was the lure coursing meet winner at the UKC Premiere held in Michigan

Lucinda is a new American champion, winning Best of Breed over specials owner handled by Stuart. She now has 3 majors towards her Grand Champion title

JOY successfully completes 8 rally trials in two days handled by Karen. Joy now has 6/10 RAE runs completed and is currently ranked #2 Whippet and #2 hound in Canada in Rally Obedience as of June

OKSANA wins Select at the Whippet Club of Eastern Canada specialty and Lure Coursing class

FERGUS wins the breed and a group placement from the puppy class earning a few points toward his Canadian championship. He is major pointed in the US.

OKSANA in her first obedience trial earns a leg at the AWC National in Maryland, and completes triathalon
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OKSANA earned her Canadian Grand Champion title
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LUCINDA wins Best of Winners under Donna Lynch (Hamrya) at the AWC Eastern Specialty owner handled by Stuart Bannett.

ACE wins another 5point major at the Celtic cluster (AWC Eastern) to finish his US title entirely owner handled by Paula Wilson.

FERGUS is Reserve Winners Dog to the major his first day at the Celtic Cluster AWC supported entry.
FERGUS places 3rd in the large 6 to 9 class at the AWC Eastern specialty under Donna Lynch

OKSANA has been awarded a CKC Top Lure Coursing Award ranking 9th in Canada in breed for 2017. This is quite an achievement considering she did it in 5 trials

Joy ranked #6 hound in Rally Obedience in Canada 2017

We mourn the passing of Terry Taft (Baccarat) a friend and mentor who will be greatly missed

Young Fergus has had some nice wins as a baby puppy, we look forward to some fun this year.

​Otto sired a litter of 12 in February with very exciting prospects

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​2017 NEWS
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Oksana earned her Rally Novice title in November

Oksana is now a CKC Field Champion
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Darcy wins a 5 point major to finish her American championship

Oksana wins Best In Field at the Gazehound Ontario CKC September field trial
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​Tiramisu earned her OAJ agility title

Tiramisu completed her AKC Field Championship, which earned her the very special AKC Dual Champion (DC) title

Oksana earned 2 legs towards her Rally Obedience title

Oksana wins a UKC Best in Show

Oksana earned 2 second placements at her latest CKC field trial

Tiramisu earned NA and NAJ agility titles
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Oksana earned her UKC Grand Champion and CGN titles

​Darcy wins Best of Breed at the Great Lakes Whippet Club specialty in a competitive entry at the Erie Shores weekend of hound specialties.

Raine wins Best of Winners and Best Puppy in Specialty at the GLWC specialty and is very close to her Canadian title on her second weekend showing in Canada

In May, Ace was WD every day in Lancaster Pa

Oksana earned her CKC championship entirely owner handled by Elisa

Darcy wins a very nice major at the AWC supported entry the week of the AWC Eastern specialty

ACE and Paula win a 5 point major from the 9-12 month dog class in Virginia under Dr Robert Smith in January


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2016 NEWS
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*Just in time for Christmas, Joy earned her CD title at her first day of obedience trials and is now Vrymeer Christmas Joy CD RA RE CGN. Joy is our first whippet to attain the CD title, special thanks to our co-owner Karen who is now working on her CDX.


*Vrymeer It's In The Cards (ACE) wins Best of Opposite at the MAWA Specialty Sweepstakes in Atlanta under Judge Phoebe Booth (Shamasan Whippets) from the 6-9 month dog class in a large and very competitive sweepstakes entry.
​Ace is co-owned with Frederick and Paula Wilson. He was introduced to the fancy at the Southern by Paula and we are very proud of all their accomplishments in Atlanta.
*Ace's dam Darcy won the large and very deep quality BBE class at the supported entry on Friday under Judge Lorene Rooney-Flynn and placed in BBE at the Southern under Judge Raymond Yurick. We had a fun week with friends and enjoyed southern hospitality.
A very nice and well organized AWC regional specialty that was well worth the trip.

Ace beautifully handled by Paula.

*Karen and Joy had great success in Rally Obedience obtaining Rally Advanced and Excellent titles in one weekend with scores that now rank JOY at #2 whippet in Rally Obedience in Canada

At her first day of trials Joy passed her rally advanced 3 for 3 and got high in class in trial 2 and high in trial with a perfect 100 score in trial 3. The next day Joy moved up to Rally Excellent and passed 3/3 for a rally excellent title.
​ She achieved two scores of 98/100 and another 100/100, that included 2 high in class out of 3

JOY is pictured below with all her ribbons from the weekend!

*Tira earned her Canadian Grand Championship at the end of September.
*In November Tira earned two legs towards her NAJ agility title in the USA handled by Judith Bannett
* A week later, Tira won a 40pt BOB on the field and she is now 2points shy of her AKC FCh title. Tira is Am GCh Can GCh Vrymeer Cartier Halo SC and resides in Maryland with the Bannett family

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*Lucinda wins a very nice Puppy Group 1st in the USA with Stuart Bannett at her debut in beginner puppy class. ​Also known as "Vrymeer What Dreams May Come" Lucinda is one of our flashy red girls from our Mitchell X Cindy litter.

* Darcy wins a nice Group placement from the US classes handled by her buddy Calley Potts under Judge Nancy Bodine

*In August Rusty earned his Canine Good Neighbour title, and his CKC Chase Ability title in September. 

*Shown in the very competitive Bred by Exhibitor class, Darcy placed all 4 days at the American Whippet Club MidWest Specialty show weekend in Madison Ohio.We are pictured here after winning RWB at the supported entry on Sunday July 17th 2016.
So proud of our lovely girl, always in the ribbons.​

Joy earned her Pre Companion Dog and Canine Good Neighbour titles with Karen and is now Vrymeer Christmas Joy RN PCD CGN

​Puppies arrived the first week of June 2016, updates will be posted on our litter page 

In March, Rusty earned his PCD title in Obedience and is now getting ready for his CD always handled by Anna

CKC just released the final Top Dog stats for 2015 and Darcy was a Top Dog ranked  #5 whippet in Canada! We are thrilled to make the top dog rankings (top five) considering how little she was shown last year.Thank you to the judges who have recognized the potential of our exciting little girl, we look forward to the future.

We did not breed in 2015 due to a variety of commitments however we have whippet litters planned in 2016 which will keep us rather busy here at Vrymeer.  Please see our litter page for details as they are announced. We generally have VERY limited availability, so if you are interested in a Vrymeer pup please contact us early in order to be screened for our waiting list. If you have any interest in a show or performance prospect please feel free to inquire on our future litter plans.

We already have some exciting news in 2016. We have recently been entrusted with the remaining frozen semen from Am Can Ch Cariad's Mr Bo Jangles SC. A very heartfelt thank you to Carol and Dave King for trusting us with your beloved Bo. We look forward to the future. Bo will remain in storage in CANADA as of August 2016. 

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American Canadian Ch Cariad's Mr Bo Jangles SC

This beautiful oil in the style of the old masters was painted by world renowned artist Leisa Temple. The original is in private collection. Giclees are available from the artist's website. The artist was inspired to paint Bowie when she saw a photograph taken by Laurie Rusticus.

2015 NEWS

• Darcy wins two tough fall hound group placements over top ranked hounds at the Belleville Kennel and Obedience club under Barbara Heal (Grp4) and Paula Hartinger (Grp3) to end 2015  in our Canuck Dog standings #6 whippet in Canada (all breed) , #4 in breed points (whippets defeated). Quite an achievement considering Darcy was only shown over a handful of weekends as our schedule permitted starting at our National Specialty the last weekend of August and ending at Belleville KC in mid-October. Final CKC ranking results are a few months off yet.

Darcy under Judge Barbara Heal

• Vrymeer Christmas Joy earned her Rally Novice title at just over one year of age, and two legs towards intermediate with high scores. Congratulations to Karen for this accomplishment, there will be many more titles to come and much more "JOY".  
• Mr Burns, and youngsters Paige and Oksana certified for lure coursing in 2016. Thank you to owners Sarah&Etienne, Dawn& Dan and Elisa&Paul for all your work and effort with your beloved whippets. 
• Rusty earned his Rally Novice title in March, and is working on his obedience and FCh titles with Anna, very proud of them.
• Darcy places in the large and very competitive Bred by Exhibitor class at the AWC National in April in Wisconsin under Judge Tracy Hite (Tivio), a very special moment for us 
• Our junior handler Danielle Clark wins the American Whippet Club Junior Handling Best Overall Junior Handler award at the AWC National Specialty in Wisconsin under Judge Jacqueline Fogel, and a beautiful piece of High Horse pottery 
• At the Canadian National Specialty weekend, Darcy wins an Award of Merit Friday at the Great Lakes Whippet Club Specialty, Saturday at the National Darcy wins Select Bitch under breed specialist Raymond Yurick (Brushwood). On Sunday, Darcy wins Best of Breed (entry 27) under Peggy Beisel-McIlwaine (USA) and then places 3rd in group later under Francisco Chapa (Mex) for 87 all breed points. 
• Rusty wins National Whippet club of Canada Select Dog under breed specialist Judge Raymond Yurick (Brushwood) 
• Bowie wins Select Dog at the Great Lakes Whippet Club of Canada Specialty the day prior to our National Specialty
• Rusty is Best Stud Dog and Best in Lure Coursing Class at both Great Lakes Whippet Club and the Canadian National Specialties
• Olivia is Best Brood Bitch at both Great Lakes Whippet Club and National Whippet Club of Canada Specialties
• Oksana (Vrymeer Soliloquy) wins her Sweepstakes class at the National, earns her UKC championship title and wins 8 points towards her CKC Championship title all owner handled by Elisa. 
• Our junior handler Danielle Clark wins the National Whippet Club of Canada National Junior Handler award! 
• Tira finishes her American Grand Championship title and earns her Canadian championship title

In April in Oconomowoc Wisconisin at the American Whippet Club National Specialty Danielle wins Best Junior Handler under Judge Jacquelyn Fogel. A very memorable win and a very proud moment for all of us. Danielle is pictured with Ch Caradawn Sophia her current JH whippet.

In August Danielle wins Best Junior Handler under Donna Miner (Domino Whippets USA) at the Canadian National specialty. To win this at both the US and Canadian National specialties in one year is quite an accomplishment. Danielle is pictured with Dora, (Ch Baccarat Wheatenridge Endora) her first JH whippet. Danielle also won the Veteran Sweepstakes the same day with Dora.

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