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When we began attending
dog shows in 1995, this was a family activity. Both of our daughters,
Melissa and Heidi traveled with us to dog shows and Melissa immediately
became extremely interested. She studied all of the exhibitors and
professional handlers and we would often find her imitating the handling
she had just watched while walking and exercising dogs.
Once Melissa turned 10
years of age, she applied for an AKC junior handler number and the first
show she was eligible to compete in was the Collin County Kennel Club.
This was a 2 day show, and on the first day she took 3rd place. When
she came out of the ring, we congratulated her and told her how good she
did. She then asked us what she could have done differently and how
she could improve. It was now that we realized how competitive our
little girl was. She then told us that the next day she would WIN!
As always, we would tell her that it was only important that she have FUN!
Well, on the second day, she won her class. To add to her
accomplishment, she then went on to win Best Junior Handler beating the
top Junior Handler in Texas at that time.
During that first year of
eligibility, Melissa continued to participate in Junior Showmanship and
consistently won (25 first place wins, 12 BJH awards) and easily qualified
to enter and participate at the prestigious Westminster Kennel Club.
Over the next 6 years,
while Melissa continued to participate in AKC Junior Showmanship, she was
provided the opportunity to use various other breeds to participate in
junior showmanship with. She began showing various breeds for our
dog show friends in the Conformation Breed ring also. One of the
breeds that Melissa began co-owning was a Brittany and we became active in
that Breed also and founded Brittstorm Brittanys.
Near the end of Melissa's
Junior Showmanship career, she won Best Junior Handler at the 2001 Golden
Retriever Club of America National Specialty, the 2002 Golden Retriever
Club of America Western Regional Specialty, and also at the 2002 American
Brittany Club National Specialty.
Melissa has handled many
AKC Breeds toward AKC conformation awards and placements (i.e WD, WB, BOW,
BOS, BOB, BISS, and Group Placements). The various AKC Breeds that
Melissa has handled include: Sporting Group: Brittany, Golden
Retriever, English Setter, Gordon Setter, Irish Setter, Black Cocker
Spaniel, Ascob Cocker Spaniel, Parti Color Cocker Spaniel;
Hound Group: Standard Smooth Dachshund, Ibizan Hound;
Working Group: Alaskan Malamute, BullMastiff, Great Pyrenees,
Standard Schnauzer; Toy Group: Chinese Crested,
Japanese Chin, Papillon, Pekingese, Pomeranian, Pug;
Non-Sporting Group: Boston Terrier, Dalmation;
Herding Group: Australian Shepherd.
Melissa is available for
All Breed Handling at select shows (she is a full time college student) and can be reached for handling requests through this
website.
A gallery of conformation
handling pictures of dogs Melissa has handled over the years are shown
below. Please enjoy the pictures and notice the determination that
Melissa has displayed over the years while handling these dogs.
Conformation Handling by
Melissa Meyer - pictures
Gracious Glds Love On The Rocks (AKC CH pointed) Ellen / Alan Meyer - Goldenwind Goldens
& Shari Degan
CAN CH. Gldn Glows Sunny Serenade (AKC CH major pointed)
owner: Collen Maddox - Dogwood Springs Golden Retrievers.
CH Summit Goldenwind High Caliber SDHF owners:
Ellen, Alan and
Slygo's Unchained Melody (AKC CH pointed) owner: Bernadette
Melissa Meyer - Goldenwind Goldens
Tetro - Slygo Golden Retrievers
Slygo's Bat Outta Hell (AKC CH pointed) owners: Bernadette
Tetro -Slygo Golden Retrievers, Ellen / Alan Meyer - Goldenwind Goldens
Goldenwind Take'em By Storm (AKC CH pointed)
Goldenwind Rock My World (AKC CH pointed) owners:Ellen,
owners: Jennifer Snyder and John Smith
Alan and Melissa Meyer - Goldenwind Goldens
CH Quantum Leap - owners: Tracy Wiles and Melissa Meyer
Peachcreek Why Not (AKC CH pointed) owners: Nan Gilliard -
Peachcreek Brittanys, Melissa and Ellen Meyer - Brittstorm Brittanys
Group Placing CH Brittsotrm Crystal Clear
- owners: Ellen, Alan and Melissa Meyer - Brittstorm Brittanys
Multi-Group Placing, BISS Brittstorm Thunder N Lightning -
owners: Ellen, Alan and Melissa Meyer - Brittstorm Brittanys
Multi-Group Placing, BISS Brittstorm Thunder N Lightning -
owners: Ellen, Alan and Melissa Meyer - Brittstorm Brittanys
Multi-Group Placing, BISS Brittstorm Thunder N Lightning -
owners: Ellen, Alan and Melissa Meyer - Brittstorm Brittanys
BIS Multi-Group Placing CH Acura's Blue Sage - owners: Matt &
Multi-BIS Multi-BISS AKC/ASCA CH Rainyday's Red Red Wine - owners: Linda
Natalie Mathews Phillips and Kathrin Phillips-Ellis
Multi-Grp Placing
BISS AKC/INTL CH.Brittstorm U Askd For It
U Got It CH Blueridge's Ambren Express - Owners:
Blueridge Brittanys - David
Owners: Nancy Crandall, Caitlyn Sanchez - Kabina Kennels,
Ellen Meyer - Downng, Ed Peace Brittstorm Brittanys
CH Brittstorm Lightning Flash - owners: Nancy Crandall,
Kaitlyn Sanchez - CH Brittstorm
National Debt - owners: Heidi Kurek, Ellen Meyer
Kabina Kennels, Ellen Meyer - Brittstorm Brittanys
Multiple Group Placing CH Brittstorm National Weather Service - owners:
Sally Scolton & Ellen Meyer
CH Castle Brittstorm Lightning Bolt - owners: Ned & Betty
Castillo, Castle Brittanys
CH Brittstorm
Fahrvergnugen - Owner Goldie Coates, Wyngold Brittanys
CH Brittstorm Chip of Love
- Owners:Stacy Pearson - Love Brittanys, Ellen Meyer - Brittstorm
Brittanys
CH Brittstorm Clear
Elegance - Owners: Ellen, Alan and Melissa Meyer - Brittstorm
Brittanys
CH Brittstorm Clear And
Present Danger CD JH- Owners Joanne &Ed Corleys
Cher-Gay Best Kept Secret - owners: Cheryl Grossman, Ellen
Meyer -
CH Tejas' Venus Lacy SS - owners Lucia Butler - Tejas Dachshunds,
Cher'Gay Australian Shepherds
Melissa winning BJH at
2001 GRCA National Specialty with CH Tempo's Melissa winning
BJH at 2002 ABC National Specialty with CH Triwin's
Joy To The World Owers
Alan, Ellen &Melissa Meyer
Forget Me Not Owners Melissa Meyer & Nancy Lamm, Triwyn Brittanys
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CH Tempo's Joy To The Word