January 2005
The results for the PEDIGREE / Oz Dog Magazine show dog of the year were finalised this month with "Kayo", Ch Auslander Living Doll, ranking as the No 1 Dobermann in her home State of NSW - and Peter wasn't even trying.

February 5th 2005
"Damien", Auslander The Archangel", commenced the year well, taking out Best Exhibit In Group from the Puppy Class at our first show for the year, under Mrs L Stevens (ACT). "Damien" was exhibited by Jann Williams. "Kayo" won the 10 point Bitch Challenge

February 19th,2005
Again shown by Jann, "Damien" again took out BOB over "Kayo" and then again went on to take out Best Exhibit In Group under Ms C Stuart (NSW).. Mrs S Patterson (NSW) subsequently awarded him Puppy In Show.

March 13th, 2005
Mrs L Buckley (ACT) awarded "Kayo", Ch Auslander Living Doll, Best Exhibit in Group. "Damien" was awarded Puppy In Group and then went on to take out Puppy In Show.

"Damien", Ch Auslander The Archangel
June 12th 2005, at thirteen & a half months of age

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Sunday May 22nd, 2005
My very first Working Dog Group judging appointment - and at the Ku-Ring-Gai Kennel Club at Castle Hill in Sydney - talk about going in head first! Anyway, had some lovely, lovely dogs and enjoyed the whole experience tremendously. My BIG winner was a beautiful Sheltland Sheepdog, and RUBIG I awarded to a stunning Australian Shepherd, both of whom were absolutely excellent moving dogs.

Friday August 5th.
While showing only sparingly over the intervening months, Jann has been steadily accumulating Challenge points with "Damien". Under Mrs H Furber (NSW), "Damien" passed the 25 points required after twelve months of age and attained his Australian Championship title at just over fifteen months of age. He finished in fine style, also taking out Runner Up to Best In Group.

He takes the number of Australian Champions carrying the Auslander prefix to fourteen. Two of whom also went on to become multi- Best in Show winning Australian Grand Champions - the bitch, Grand Champion Auslander Light Fingers & our outstanding top winning, mutlti-Royal BOB male, Grand Champion Auslander Dark Jester who has 43 BIS/RUBIS wins to his credit.

"Jesse", Grand Champion Auslander Dark Jester

Saturday August 6th, 2005
Consistently winning BOB over all the opposition, including "Kayo", "Damien" was awarded Junior In Group by Mrs P Guild (RSA)

Sunday August 7th.
Today, at the third Murray Valley Kennel Club show, Pat Bullivant's red male, "Meggsie", Auslander Rough N Reddy, took the honours, winning the Dog Challenge and Best of Breed under Mr Simon Lu Sim (Philippines). "Damien" was Reserve Challenge to him, was awarded Junior In Group, and went on to take out Junior In Show under Mrs Flora Mackenzie (Canada) - third time lucky!

Saturday September 3rd.
With her win at Narrandera under Mrs C Butler (NSW), "Kayo", multi- BIS winner, Ch Auslander Living Doll, passed 750 Challenge/BOB points, so needs only another 250 points to attain the title of Australian Grand Champion.

Saturday September 10th.
At the ACT Canine Associations Spring Festival Championship Show in Canberra, " Damien" was awarded Junior In Group by Mr K Pierce (Vic) and went on to take out Best Junior In Show under Mr A Goodwin (Vic.)

Sunday September 11th, 2005
Both "Damien" and "Kayo" won the Challenges under Mr A Goodwin (Vic), with Damien then taking out a 16 point Best Of Breed win and Junior In Group, at the ACT Canine Association's Spring Fair second Championship show.
Jann & Peter were also successful with their Minor Puppy Afghan, winning Best Of Breed with him both days and a total of 14 points for the weekend.

Monday September 26th
Again taking out both Challenges at Young Show Society in a large breed entry, "Damien" went BOB over "Kayo" and was awarded Runner Up to Best In Group, which went to the top winning Siberian Husky, Aust Grand Ch & Am Ch Pvt Stk's Fire In The Sky (Imp USA), currently ranked No 1All Breeds in the Dogz Online National Pointscore for 2005

Monday October 3rd, 2005
"Damien" capped off the last show of the long weekend on this NSW Labour Day holiday with another Best In Group win and Intermediate in show under judge Dianne Fenton (NSW)

Saturday October 15th, 2005
Yet another Best In Group win to "Damien" under Victorian judge, Mrs Phillipa Clark.

Saturday October 22nd
Consistently taking out both Challenges, "Damien" and "Kayo" again battled it out for BOB, with "Damien" winning and then going on to win Best In Groiup under Mrs Barbara Skilton (NSW).

Friday November 18th, 2005
The Dobermann Club of New South Wales Specialty, with renowned judge, Dr Sam Burke (Jr), President of the Dobermann Pinscher Club of America, held in conjunction with the RNSWCC Spring Fair Weekend.

Both "Damien" and his red litter brother, Auslander Vangelis "Van", won theirClasses - at just under nineteen months of age these were superb wins for both of them, by far the youngest in their Classes. Then "Damien" topped it off when he was awarded Reserve Challenge. "Quinn" also did her bit, coming second in her Class - again, she was the youngest bitch.

Saturday & Sunday, November 19th & 20th, 2005
At the Spring Fair, out of all the Dobermanns present, "Damien" was probably the most consistently good performer across the three shows, taking out second place in the Intermedaite Class over the next two days to different dogs.

"Quinn" did almost as well, winning her Class on Saturday and even "Isabeau" was placed on Sunday by Canadian Mrs J Hunt.

However, "Kayo" was the big star, winning Best Of Breed under Group Specialist Mr Ronnie Tolsen from Ireland on Saturday over Lynne Harwoods male challenge winner, Ch Cabochon Ecky Thump. Mr Tolson told Peter afterwards that if it hadn't been so hot (around 37 degrees) he would have sent them both around a few more times just to watch her move. Unfortunately he was not judging Group Specials.

These were our last shows for the year, so nothing more to tell until the middle of February 2006, except that I had my third Working Dog appoinment on New Years Eve at the RNSWCC Canine Complex at Erskine Park and awarded Best In Group to a stunning Border Collie.