Casey Kerry Blue Terriers
               Established 1968
  
 

        Group, Best In Show and Best In Specialty Show Winners


Dogs from Casey Kerry Blue Terriers are competitive in the show ring and that is where our focus lies.  Because of this emphasis on exhibition, we have bred very few litters, but maintain an excellent win percentage at the Group and Best In Show level. Since our first litter in 1971 dogs from this line, bred by us or others, have won groups, multiple specialty shows, all breed bests in show and been ranked in the top ten breed/all breed.  The dogs below are some of those winners.  Click on a picture to see the pedigree of each dog.

 

The two dogs below are Best In Show littermates from our first litter.  On the left, Ch. Casey's Blue Tiger (Blue) and his sister, Ch. Casey's Irish Mischief (Erin).  Blue was handled to his Best In Show by Raymond Bay, now an AKC judge.  This was Mr. Bay's first all breed Best In Show.  Erin was handled to her Best in Show by Sally Terroux, noted dog trainer and all breed handler.  
Ch. Casey's Blue Tiger Ch. Casey's Irish Mischief

Ch. Merry Kerry o'Meaghan

An elegant bitch, Ch. Casey's Merry Kerry O'Meghan (Merry Kerry), was owner handled to her Best In Show by Charles Croley, the man behind Casey Kerry Blue Terriers until his death in 2000.  This Ch. Ballycastle's Hi Shennanigans daughter, was bred to Ch. Torum's Corky Capers and produced Ch. Casey's Merry Night Caper, herself a multiple group winner.   

Am/Can Ch. Casey's Chasten The Blues, ROM (Sunshine) was born to show.  She won a group at 14 months of age for her first major.  Multiple Best In Show/Best in Specialty Show winner this bitch is pictured here winning the 1994 USKBTC National Specialty at the Montgomery County Kennel Club show.  #1 Kerry breed/all-breed 1994 she was also the Pedigree Award winner the same year. Sunshine was handled by noted terrier man, Denis Springer.

Ch. Casey's Chasten The Blues

Ch. Tontine's Desmond Dwyer

Am/Can Ch. Tontine's Desmond Dwyer, ROM (Desmond) was a Best In Specialty Show winner, multiple group placing, and a top ten Kerry Blue handled by a young handler, Kari Anderson, who had worked with Denis Springer.  Desmond wasn't shown until he was three years old.  Interestingly, he was not a Tontine dog at all.  He was bred by Lou Perry (Tontine) and Lois Croley (Casey) and born in California at Tontine. His dam was a Casey bitch, Casey's Caper of Tontine, and his sire was the great Canadian Kerry Blue Terrier, Am/Can Ch. Ballymoon Flynn Tango.  The single breeding of these two dogs also produced the #1 dog all breeds in Canada in 1995.      

Am/Can Ch. BlueMtn's Footloose and Fancy Free (Connor) is a multiple Best in Show/Best in Specialty Show winner shown here winning the Nor Cal Kerry Blue Terrier Specialty show.   Connor was ranked in the top 10 for the years he was shown and is the foundation sire for Blue Mountain Kerry Blue Terriers. Connor is a dog at the top of the standard for height and has powerful, clean movement and beautiful color.  This dog was sired by Ch. Casey's Burst of Sunshine and handled throughout his specials career by Eddie Boyes.  Today Connor is a service dog, assisting his owner with travel and day to day tasks.    

Ch. Casey's Blue Mountain Promise (Eva) is a multiple group winner in both 2008 and 2009.  She has been in the top 10 Breed/All Breed, at times, during those years and won an Award of Merit at the 2008 Montgomery County weekend. Eva is shown exclusively by Odebt Massey (Pawsatively Handling).  This bitch has a dynamic ring presence and powerful, driving movement rarely seen today.  Noted dog show judge, and terrier man, Ric Chashoudian, described Eva in his column, One Man's Opinion, Canine Chronicle, Sept. 2009:  "There was a beautiful Kerry Blue Terrier that had perfect coat and color, soft and wavy and the color a steel blue.  This one could go anywhere and would have to be accounted for."  Ric Chashoudian was a long time handler of Kerries and showed Ch. Melbee's Chances Are, the dog our line descends from.