The "Princess" of the Jack Russells, Revlon needs no introduction. Revlon   is out of Windermere Jazz of Lost Acres by Tag of Windemere, a combination that has proven to be a magical cross in JR breeding. She truly is a bitch that comes along but once in one's lifetime; smooth, balanced, flawless. Revlon is the only terrier I have ever had where I can say there is absolutely nothing about her I would change.  She is as close to perfection as possible.

Her show ring career was nothing short of fantastic. Very rarely does a smooth bitch have what it takes to able to compete against, and win, over both rough bitches and dogs.   Revlon was very rarely, if ever, out of the Championship ribbons from the very first day she ever stepped foot into the ring.

Her accomplishments as a broodbitch are even more impressive; the dam of  Sow's Ear White Riot, 1998 U.S. and Canadian National Champion, and Sow's Ear Snippet, 1997 U.S. National 4-6 Month Puppy Champion, 1999 Canadian National Best Open Bitch and Reserve Open Terrier, & 2001 U.S. National Reserve Working Terrier Bitch.  Her look-alike daughter Sow's Ear Solitaire was a consistent winner in the conformation ring, having numerous working terrier championships and reserves to her credit. Rev seems to have a knack for producing Bronze Medallion babies!   Her flawless son, Sow's Ear MaxFactor This! was virtually unbeatable in conformation showing both as a puppy and adult; tragically he was lost in August of 2002.   An incredible terrier and promising young sire....one of her best babies ever.  

 Her daughter from was supposed to be her last litter, Sow's Ear Reflection, may well be the puppy that has what it takes to fill her mother's shoes.  She is simply breathtaking, and as close to Revlon as can be possible without cloning!!  Revlon's accomplishments in the Family Classes are unequaled; she is the only bitch to have ever won the Brood Bitch & Produce class for 4 consecutive years, and then each of those years go on to win either Best Family or Reserve.  It's an unprecedented record that more than likely will never be broken.

She is also the winner of the Canadian National Reserve Best Family for 2000 & 2002.

She is truly unmatched as a producer and as an individual.   Very rarely, if at all, does a bitch gain more recognition than even the most outstanding of stud dogs, but such is the case with Revlon.

She decided to try her hand at the Veteran Class at the 2002 Canadian National Trial, and captured Best Veteran honors, and did the same in 2003.  Perhaps even more astonishing though, was her entire show season for 2003........at 9 1/2 years of age, Revlon was "dusted off" and stepped back into the ring in regular Working classes, where she was consistently winning Working Terrier Championships and Reserves!!!  

But it doesn't stop there.  True to her racing blood, she was also the 2000 U.S. National Under Veteran Racing Champion.  Up until 9 years of age, she still remained competitive in the Veteran racing classes, but was finally retired in 2003 due to a back injury.    But even though she still can "Run, Revy, Run!", she has passed that torch on to her daughter Riohttp://www.sowsearfarm.com/riot3.htmt. 

At well over 10 years of age, Revlon was bred for the very last time.   Not for the sake of getting yet another litter of puppies out of her, but because she needed to be spayed due to her having repeated false pregnancies.  Running the risk of losing this bitch to a pyometra just isn't in the cards!   So, as long as I had to put her on the table anyway to spay her, I decided I may as well take puppies out at the same time.......it certainly wouldn't be any harder a surgery on her.  She was bred to Cuchalann's Mick, a stunning working red Lakeland bred by Dessi Mackin in Ireland, and on July 21 gave me two beautiful Russell bitch pups!   The decision to breed her to this fantastic red dog was really an easy one, since Mick, in my opinion, is really nothing more than a red version of old Sailor, who Revlon crossed so fantastically with.   Time will tell whether this cross can even come close to what she produced with Sailor.

As a postscript of sorts, I also decided to transfer Revlon back to Iris for her final litter; it just seemed fitting to hope that perhaps as this legendary Lost Acres bitch was retired, perhaps she might be able to pass the torch onto yet another Lost Acres bitch that would be capable of walking in her mother's footsteps.   These girls were named quite appropriately:  Lost Acres Last Hurrah "Moth" and Lost Acres Perfect Ending "Pretty".   My hope was that as they matured, they'd live up to those names.   And while there will never, ever be another Revlon, her two last daughters certainly have managed to "do their mother proud" thus far.   Moth has produced some very lovely puppies, and Miss Pretty has had a stunning show ring career..........accumulating championship after championship, culminating with the top honor of the 2006 JRTCA National Working Terrier Champion!!!   Amazing to think that a bitch at over 10 years of age could still produce yet another National Champion!   Something only Revlon could accomplish!   There will never be another like her.