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Name Jim Moses and career are inextricably linked to the German shepherd dog, he was nine years old when his father gave him his first German shepherd and 13 when he finished his first champion of the dog fancy in his blood his mother raised miniature poodles and he won his first all breed Best in Show with a poodle when he was only 15 years old.
It is normal that the man whose name is synonymous with German Shepherd dog handled two very different shepherds who remembered that the high OFA won Westminster in 1987 winning show dogs of all time Ch-Tucker Hill Covy Manhattan, ROM, when he was about eight years, and remains the only race to have done in 1984, he won the AKC Fair Centennial in Philadelphia on an entry of nearly 8,000 Manhattan or Hatter as he was more familiarly known, is the all-time top winning male exposure of any breed dog, with 201 all-breed Best in Shows.
3 times Select Ch Altana of Mysticism is listed in the Guinness Book in 1999 of Records as the Top Dog Show of all time, with an amazing 275 All-Breed Best In Show 30 Best In Specialty Show Win Moses Manhattan and Mystique treated for their owner, the late Jane Firestone, who had a lifelong love of the breed, and Moses called a great friend of the German shepherd dog.
The story of Moses and Manhattan really began with Moses partnership with the late Jane Firestone The first time Firestone and Moses met, she asked him to show a German Shepherd bitch for her She was back when I ' had a really big head, Moses recalls, I told him the dog had not been good enough later, Firestone approached Moses still She said that if the shepherd had not been good enough for me, I would find her who was said -it Besides being a fine example of the breed, Firestone requires the dog to be mentally and physically in his words Moses, she wanted to show the public what a wonderful Shepherd could be.
The dog Moses found for Jane Firestone was Moses Manhattan heard about him from a friend Manager, Douglas Crane whelped in California in 1979 by breeders Cappy Pottle and Gloria Tucker Hill Birch Covy German shepherds, Manhattan was a combination of Pottle and Birch's two female lines and line breeding about two famous litter brothers Select Ch Lakeside Gilligan's Island, ROM and GV Ch Lakeside Harrigan dam ROM Manhattan was Rosemary hill Tucker GV Ch Covy, ROM, and his father was Covy s Flanigan of Tucker Hill.
Pottle and Birch sold Manhattan as a prospect of exposure on a co-ownership when he was a puppy when his owners were divorced, it was sold to Shirlee Braunstein North Woodmere, New York When Moses heard the dog, he had a group win his credit based on what he had heard from his breeders and Crane, Moses went to Manhattan and bought it for Jane Firestone and Firestone Braunstein locally owned him throughout his career show.
Manhattan wins are impressive, but they say the dog t He had a history of gifted education, Moses said that its original owners have done a lot of dog training working with Manhattan, and when he came to Moses, the manager began to enter his head Moses took the dog everywhere, even in the bathroom and allowed no one to feed or attention to in about 10 days, their relationship was formed.
Moses showed Manhattan a few times before winning his first All-Breed Best In Show The dog was only two years old and Jim knew he wasn t still in his prime, he put it on the ice, so to say while continuing to travel with him while he Manhattan to the garden, where he won the Herding Group in 1984.
The pair often stolen from all wheel shows was very different in those days, he said After collecting the dog and luggage, Jim would be the Manhattan station on top of his car, secured by his advance it to then leave curbside dog to watch the bags while he took his car, he was still there when I came back, he said, and no one touched luggage.
Moses cites visual appeal, anatomical structure, and personality as the three components of a show dog capable of winning in the long run, and Manhattan had all he has done the best shows all races he says he won in breeder-judges, but lacked the extreme range it took to win specialties for this reason, Moses showed the dog to specialized national German shepherd him.
What distinguished Manhattan outside his presence was huge ring, with its wonderful eyes and a good sense of right and wrong, Moses said he never met someone he didn t like, unless you something you should not Manhattan's ability to judge the character was revealed later in his career, when he and Jim were in shows in Biloxi, Mississippi at 3 am Hatter needed to get out, and Moses let offlead six young men charged intoxicated in the parking lot of the hotel bar it didn t take 10 seconds to Manhattan to size them, Moses said, les six of them finished above their cars.
It is important, Manhattan stopped his pursuit and returned to Jim the moment he was called, I let my dogs get away with murder, he said they can maim me and jump on me, and I permissive to about because I always want them to have a personality to the ring but when I call them, they have to come, I would ta special dog that I could not trust me t come off lead.
Manhattan Best in Show at Westminster victory came after the group won in 1984 and 1986, I had never shown to Louis Auslander, Best In Show Judge, and I had no earthly idea what to expect, Moses reminds Usually the Herding group was the last group before Best in Show, but in 1987, the Herding dogs were presented Monday, while Manhattan was fresh when he entered in the Best in Show ring the next day in fact it was so high that he broke the march, which Jim to move Winning again was a relief to Moses, the keystone in the career of a large dog.
When he left the ring, Manhattan went to live with Mrs Firestone He liked to uproot its tulips and other plants, much to the distress of his gardeners Oh, they can always plant more, Firestone would say let him do what he wants Firestone really beloved dog, and when he became incontinent during the last year of his life, could not bring himself to forbid him to his room rather Firestone simply topped with thick plastic sheets not cleaned up after the dog, except itself, Jim recalls.
Beyond his performance record, inheritance Manhattan race was his temperament At the time, Moses said, the shepherds were developing a reputation for temperament issues, including shyness With his confidence, friendly personality Manhattan has made many friends in the race, he said he sold many pet puppies for many breeders.
Ch Altana of Mysticism, the top winning dog show of all time, was very different from Hatter She was raised kennel and didn t have innate confidence Manhattan Key to Mystique was one of Moses personal dogs, a champion Pembroke Welsh Corgi named cocoa, who became the sidekick Mystique and travel partner I had for four months before I showed him, Moses said she had a lot of concern about dog shows, so I just took him with me and let relax and unwind with Cocoa, so there will be no stress.
Mystique was raised by Maureen Charlton Alberta, Canada She was by MV Select Ch Hill proven Up N Adam ROM Altana Hill Tucker Covy Ch, ROM, OFA Moses had always loved him; but at the time, he showed another specialty Jane Firestone Made Custom Floor Bramblewood, ROM, OFA When Conan died suddenly, he was contacted by co-owner of Mystic Joan Hunt Smith Smith offered sympathy for his loss, and asked if he had an interest in another of his dogs wanted Jim Mystique, and as soon as it became available, he bought it for Jane Firestone.
She had enormous appeal of the eyes, Moses said she was a large dog with a beautiful color, a dense undercoat, beautiful head and eyes, and a fleet very, strong mover she was feminine despite its size, and you could tell she was bitch just by looking, Moses continues, and it was really well done, with a good Mystique prosternum didn t have a natural love of the ring, and double treatment Sheree Moses and Moses wife and partner, or cocoa sidekick was necessary to get him to move, stack and live entertainment mind Jim doesn t discuss double handling is a fact of life in this race, Moses said his problem if it interferes with other dogs or with the judge sees.
When Mystique came to Moses, she won specialties, but never an all-breed Best in Show she was five years old when she won her first under Dr. Carmen Battaglia judge Breeder His record of 275 Best in Shows 30 best in Shows specialty victories has been accumulated over only 30 months, she has won 119 best in Shows in one year is like 10 a month and it's not easy, believe me, he said.
It is an incredible record all the more because after Mystique Best In Show, Jim didn t show it to the judge again, it wasn t fair to other exhibitors and other dogs, he said she had many victories, and I kept it last year because I thought it deserved a chance to go to the garden.
Jane Firestone died in 1994 before seeing Mystique in Westminster its left will bitch Moses, which funded the last months of his career itself a tribute to Firestone, Moses left Mystique in his name His papers are still in my drawer, he said I have sent them into Mystique went to the garden, where she took second in the Herding Group and retired, she spent the rest of his life as a dog house, and he died at 14, she loved the retired life and his personality really came outside and said, Mystique has never produced a litter, she lacked a breeding and show career she kept too busy to try again.
Could Manhattan and Mystique as successful if they were competing today The breed has evolved, says Moses, but pleased that American farmers are turning away from the extreme angulation there ten years Sometimes people think that if a little is good, a lot is great, he says, but these dogs aren t his, and you Couldn the picture are we standing on the rubble after September 11 Manhattan Mystic remembered as great dogs of exposure and great examples of their sound race, beautiful dogs with great temperaments.
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