About
Us!
Bushman Kennels was founded in 1964 by Peter Kennon who
orinally was involved with Labrador Retrievers and worked them with great
success in Retrieving Trials and later, Obedience trials.
In 1978 after much nagging, begging and pleading,
Peter purchased Judy her very first own dog, an English Springer Spaniel from
Stephanie Rickard's famous Wongan Kennels.
Peter took Judy to her first dog show and she was
immediately hooked! A second English Springer was purchased and Judy had
a ball with her, Ch Wongan Spicn Span CDX.
After breeding several litters of Springers and working them
in retrieving and obedience trials, Bushman Kennels were looking for a new
challenge.
We purchased our first Flat Coated Retriever, a dog, Ch
Mishkador Black Chance and later his brother, Mishkador Black Jack in
1988 and haven't looked back since!
We decided if we were going to be involved with the
breed we needed to do it properly so hunted down the most successful Flat
Coated Retriever kennel we could find, Almanza in Sweden and
Ragnhild Ulin sent us two very promising puppies, Almanza
Better Than Ever 'Inga' and Almanza Never Think Twice.
Inga went on to be one of the most successful Flat Coated
Retrievers to be campaigned in Australia. Following the success,
soundness and wonderful temperaments these lovely Almanza dogs brought into
our kennel, we were totally hooked and went on to import several more dogs
from Ragnhild. The next was Ch Almanza Burning Hell a dog who we
tragically lost at the tender age of 5 years, with 802 Challenge points to his
name. Then Ch Almanza Templation for Bushman followed by a bitch in
whelp to the famous liver dog, Mulit Ch Almanza I'm On Fire, Almanza Eleanor
of Aquitania who produced a huge litter of liver and black puppies. Our
final dog from Almanza was Ch Almanza I Shot The Sheriff. These dogs all
appear throughout the pedigrees of our current dogs and we wouldn't be where
we are today without them.
In 2006 we imported a dog from our wonderful friend,
Mathilda Luckner. Ch Explicit No Trouble At All!
To date we have campaigned 21 Champions and 7 Grand
Champions and in total there have been 31 Bushman Champions. We are very
proud of our success and of not only the show and working dogs we have
produced, but also the wonderful pets and companions that we have provided to
the many people who have gone on to become wonderful friends.
Our record so far.
First Flat Coated Retriever Grand Champion in Australia -
Gr Ch Almanza Better Than Ever (imp Swed)
First Flat Coated Retriever Dog Grand Champion in Australia
Gr Ch Bushman Burn Eternally NRD
First Flat Coated Retriever to win Best in Group at a
Royal Show in Australia Gr Ch Almanza Better Than Ever (imp Swed) Perth
Royal 1999
First Flat Coated Retriever to win Best Puppy in Show at A
Royal Show Ch Bushman Up And Flying Launceston Royal 2005
Only Flat Coated Retriever bitch to ever win 2 Best in Show
Awards, All Breeds Championship Shows Gr Ch Bushman Talk Abourt Lucky
Flat Coated Retriever Show Dog of the Year Awards
1998 Gr Ch Almanza Better Than Ever (imp Swed)
1999 Gr Ch Bushman Burn Eternally NRD
2000 Gr Ch Bushman Burn Eternally NRD
2001 Gr Ch Bushman Burn Eternally NRD
2002 Gr Ch Bushman Burn Eternally NRD
2003 Gr Ch Bushman Burn Eternally NRD
2004 Gr Ch Bushman Crash And Burn
2005 Gr Ch Bushman Crash And Burn
2006 Gr Ch Bushman Hit Or Miss
Puppy Of The Year Awards
2000 Bushman Talk About Lucky
2001 Bushman Crash And Burn
2003 Bushman Hit Or Miss
2003 Bushman Out Of The Blue
2004 Bushman Eternal Flame
2006 Explicit No Trouble At All (imp Swed)
Most Successful Flat Coated Retriever in the Show ring in
Australia Gr Ch Bushman Burn Eternally NRD 3 Best in Shows All Breeds, 4
Runner up to Best in Show All Breeds, 2 Best in Specialty Show (Flat Coated
Retriever Championship show) 28 Best in Groups Championship Shows.
Most Successful Flat Coated Retriever Puppy in the Show
ring in Australia Ch Explicit No Trouble At All (imp Swed) 28 Class in
Group, 3 Class in Shows, 2 Runner up to Best in Group and 2 Reserve Royal
Challenges all in just 6 months in the show ring, prior to turning 12 months
old.
Only Flat Coated Retriever Kennel to Boast Three Generations
of Grand Champion bitches made up by our kennel. Gr Ch Almanza
Better Than Ever (imp Swed) Gr Ch Bushman Burning Desire Gr Ch Bushman Talk
About Lucky.
Most Successful liver Flat Coated Retriever in Australia
Ch Bushman Ready Aim Fire (iid) 12 Class in Groups,
2 Class in Show and 2 Runner Up To Best in Group awards.
Youngest
Flat Coated Retriever to ever win an All Breeds Championship Show Best
in Show Ch Explicit No Trouble At All (imp Swed)
one day
short of his second birthday.
