Anarchy was not supposed to stay. She was also supposed to be a boy.
I advertised her for a show home, but no one was interested, and I couldn't just let her disappear. So she stayed.
Sometimes you get what you need before you know you needed it.
Anarchy is aptly named. She wasn't supposed to stay and completely upended my life. But i really can't imagine life without her now.
I regularly call her a terrorist as she wreaks mayhem wherever she goes. In that way, she is exactly like her mother. Everyone would say how sweet Summer is and i always complete the thought in my head, "Sure now, but earlier" Summer was also full of beans and a good-time girl. In this way Anarchy is exactly the same. She's so cheeky and always ready to have a good time. She's also a quick study and very observant. I have to be really careful as she's like a sponge, picking up everything. She also makes connections quicker than expected and in ways none of my other dogs has ever done.
I swear she watched me drive and figured out that my feet and hands made the car move. I think given a chance, she'd try to drive. 

She took 4 bitch challenges from her first 4 eligible shows.
Then COVID-19 struck and Victorians endured almost 2 years of lockdowns. That also wasn't part of the plan. She missed out on some critical steps and with her mother, incredibly lenient older sister and a boy who'd lost his hearing, she unfortunately picked up some bad habits.
One is that she must yell very loudly and in an exaggerated way to get her point across. Of course, this one came to be when Dolce wasn't taking the hint while she was in season. She seems to have generalised that to be all boys are dumb and need to be told off loudly that she doesn't want their attention. That took some work to undo. Then her mother lost her hearing and so we regressed a little. I have never found a way to explain to her that a sense that she takes for granted, other dogs may not have, or have lost after being fine earlier. It's a tricky one. If you know how, please get in touch, i'd love to know.

She's also a resource guarder. I have myself to blame for that. A series of small errors compounded. She also is very in touch with how i'm feeling and when my personal life took a big hit a few years ago she became very unsettled. We've worked on it a lot but at her age and with so much earlier reinforcement, some of these things are just managed.
I'm not a qualified dog trainer, i made mistakes and i've taken steps to try to prevent it happening again. She's a product of my hard work and my failings. I'm not altogether mad about it though. She's pretty damn exceptional.

She's a bigger girl, with a bigger coat to go with her big personality, and her awkward teenage phase was so much milder than I'm used to.
With everything in the right place as a puppy, I was crossing my fingers she matured out the other side just the same, and she was even better than I hoped for. I just can't believe how lucky I am to have her. 
We got back into the show ring eventually and Anarchy quickly took more Challenges, a few Best of Breeds (incredibly difficult to do in Victoria against the heavily campaigned and advertised competition here) and picked up her title at the end of 2021.

She has already outdone her mother, who arguably (and with complete bias) was a stunning bitch in her prime. Summer may have managed some big specialty wins, but she never could crack the All Breeds rings. Anarchy did. She was awarded the "BEST EXHIBIT IN GROUP" early in 2022. Could've knocked me over. I thought we'd blown it. I was busily trying to help a young junior handler in front of me to change out her lead and wasn't paying attention to the judge as she finished her individual exams and was assessing the ring. So when she called me out, I didn't understand what was happening and thought maybe she wanted us to run again. But No, we WON. Well, Anarchy WON, I just held the lead. She was pretty pleased with herself and I was thrilled with her for looking beautiful, taking it all in her stride and working hard on a hot day.

We've since moved out to the country and getting to shows is a little more difficult so Anarchy probably isn't getting the recognition she otherwise could if I lived closer and was more committed to campaigning her.
Still, she's continued to pick up some decent wins. Funnily enough, almost exclusively under international judges. Maybe they don't read the local dog magazines to see all the fancy ads and just pick the nice ones. We'll take the accolades. I honestly believe she deserves them and more.
One very notable win, under breed specialist Ms Roslyn Seare (of Theldaroy kennels in QLD) she was awarded BEST EXHIBIT IN SHOW.  I had no idea that was coming. It was such a mad few days and i was run off my feet. Anarchy was flawless and Ros kept making me do lap after lap in the ring for each of the dogs I showed. Anarchy was the very last exhibit entry of the day. She was on fire and I was lagging behind, so proud of her. Then we won and i could've floated I was so delighted for Anarchy.
Made even sweeter, Summer (her mum) was awarded Best Neuter Exhibit in Show. Mother - Daughter Duo. 

She's been awarded several Best in Group Placements and quite a number of very competitive Best of Breeds, in a breed where the males traditionally look more impressive and take the breed wins.

Along the way she picked up her International Champion Title, her Asia, Africa and Oceania Champion Title to go with her Australian Champion title. 
She doesn't look like the rest of the lineup, especially here in Victoria, so it sometimes takes a brave judge (or one who can truly appreciate a structurally sound dog) to award her. She's got more coat, feathering and substance for starters. For a breed needing to have a 'profuse coat' she's got it and then some. And when she moves she just floats. It's really beautiful to watch.
I don't measure her worth by the ribbons alone though she has plenty of them.

I want her to enjoy shows, but we don't do it all the time. We have other commitments besides chasing a ribbon in a show ring, She also enjoys farm life, getting muddy, chasing rabbits and possums and herding the chickens and sheep. She's living her best life most days.

Her dad is Finnish Champion Expected Snickers and her mum is Australian Champion Lecibsin Sametti. She's got a pedigree packed full of great quality dogs and some of my more obscure favourites.

She passed all her health checks and we were reluctantly planning a litter for her. Reluctant because after a litter, mums are regularly out of the show ring for 12 months, trying to grow their coat back after giving everything to puppies. Her half-sister Winter has taken 2 years to regain coat after her last litter as the phantom pregnancies in between also do a number on her coat. Her mother was almost as bad, I'm expecting Anarchy will be similar. So I put it off, trying to make the most of a 'good show year' out of lockdowns to see what we could do together.

Unfortunately that didn't really go to plan, and 2023 was a bit of a shambles though we still achieved some nice wins.
Which meant Anarchy didn't have her first litter until the end of 2024, predictably that kept her out of the show ring from November 2024 til September 2025 just to get her back in enough coat that she didn't look so puffy and round. She quickly picked up a bunch of points, an extra title and then came into season again. Such is life. 
Her second litter will be born in early 2026.