Penny Shubert
Penny Shubert passed away on December 30, 2024
This website will remain active in her memory.
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Penny's Grooming Videos 2016 Newfoundland Grooming Video Grooming Newfoundlands at the
2017 National Specialty Grooming
webinar for the Northern Newfoundland Club (UK) |
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9560
Village View Boulevard Home
phone: 239-992-1230 |
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Penny's experience with dogs started in 1968 when she and
her husband Bob acquired their first
Newfoundland, Samantha who Penny trained to her C.D. Penny started
grooming 3 years later with her first show dog, Ch. Edenglen’s
Windjammer. Bob and Penny have bred Newfoundlands sparingly under the
Alpen kennel name. They successfully campaigned their home-bred Ch.
Alpen's American Greeting to her championship and as a special. Penny has refined her grooming craft with
the help of some of the top handlers, including Rich & B.J. Orseno,
Dick & Judy Cooper, Bob Walberg, Brian Meyers and Gretchen
Schultz. Although her primary focus is on Newfoundlands, she
trained and learned the tips and techniques for most coated breeds. She has
groomed winning St. Bernards, Great Pyrenees, and Bernese Mountain
Dogs. In Newfoundlands, Penny is without peer. Since the late
80’s, Penny has groomed almost every BB at the National Specialty, as well as
the majority of intersex winners and select dogs. At the 2003 National
Specialty, Penny groomed BB, BOS, WD(BW), WB, RWD, and 7 of the 10 Selects,
as well as numerous class and Sweepstakes wins. At the 2004 National
Specialty, Penny groomed BB, WD(BW), WB, RWD, RWB and 8 of the 9 Selects and
numerous class and Sweepstakes wins. At the 2013 Specialty, Penny groomed BB,
BOS, WB(BW), WD(AOM), Select Bitch, 5 of the remaining 9 AOM, RWD, and
numerous class and Sweepstakes classes. Internationally, Penny has groomed
the winning Newfoundland at Crufts, the Italian National Specialty and The
World Show. In addition to her grooming, Penny has
taught seminars at the NCA National Specialty, throughout the United States,
Europe, Australia and New Zealand. Penny also taught ballroom dancing in
Indianapolis with Rauno and Kristiina Ilo, who, as competitors, were
rated #3 in the United States. Before she started teaching ballroom
dancing, Penny competed around the country as an amateur. When she
isn't grooming dogs or dancing, Penny enjoys gardening and is learning about
the different plants that grow in South Florida. |
(Click
on the pictures for a larger view) Grooming seminar in Australia
Preparing a dog for
Crufts
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Click here for newspaper articles about Penny
Christine Wilson's article about how the U.K. was introduced to Penny