3/15/2002 ~ 8/12/2012
Ch. Storm Kloud's Yyes Just Say Yes WWPDX WTDX WLD 94 Iditarod
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Ch. Akeela's Star Quest O' Storm Kld WWPDX WTD ROM-WD
OFA Hips: AM-11616G32F-PI (Good)
OFA Cardiac: AM-CA70/83F/C-VPI (Normal)
CERF:AM-2494
OFA thyroid: AM-TH33/43F-PI (Normal)
ChD: AMCA-12362
2010 Racine dog show
Best Veteran In Show Winner
8 weeks old
In the backyard
First points, 2004(?) Elgin Kennel Club
Real baby, adopted baby
Klondike Days, Eagle River, WI
2009 with baby Bumper
When we decided to add a third dog, we put a deposit down with Nancy Russell at Storm Kloud. We wanted a show quality male because we had no intention of breeding and our priority was the show ring. The litter arrived: 1 male, and he was black and white. Nancy thought it was unfair to send me, a real novice, into a ring 'in the land of the grey and white open face' with a black and white dog. It would be VERY hard to win. Instead I was offered pick bitch out of the litter: a grey and white open face. By 6 months of age she was leading our three dog team. She proved to be an excellent working dog and weight puller her first season out. My "show dog" never ended up actually liking the show ring....and that turned out to be just fine.
When Nancy was retiring from breeding and leaving the area, we feared the line might die off so we dug in, started learning everything we could about bloodlines and breeding and in 2005 we had our first litter.
"They follow in her paw prints" Bella's been a fun working dog and now she passes that onto her children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren. Their numerous accomplishments have been listed below, current as of May 2025.
The Alaskan Malamute Club of America offers multiple areas of reproductive achievement. Bella has earned most of those.
Her first litter earned her the Register of Merit Working Dog (ROMWD)
Her second litter earned her the Register of Merit Working Dog Excellent (ROMWDX) title
FIRST in breed history to qualify for the Register of Merit for Perfomance (ROM-PERF)
FIRST in breed history to qualify for the Register of Merit for Agility (ROM-AG)
FIRST bitch and 2nd Malamute in the breed to earn the Register of Merit for Rally (ROM-RAL)
The 10 active kids:
~Weight Pull~
AMCA National Specialty 61-80# weight pull class winner, 2007, 2008, 2011, 2012, 2017 & 2018
AMCA Regional Specialty 61-80# weight pull class winner, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, & 2017
AMCA National Top Percentage of Body Weight Pulled Winner, 2008
8 class winners, non-specialty weight pulls
GLAMC high weight pulled record holder
AMALAPAC female record holder (2012)
AMALAPAC overall record holders (4, 2 male, 2 female)
Multiple Top % weight pull winners (4 of the 5 in her first litter in fact, 1 in the second litter, 1 in the 3rd!)
Top % Alaskan Malamute, AMCW 2010-2011 and 2012-2013 weight pull season
Top weight pulled Alaskan Malamute, AMCW 2012-2013 weight pull season
AMCW 2008-2009, 2011-2012, 2012-2013 weight pull season Winners (3 different dogs)
8 AMCW Weight Pull Ranked Top 4 ('06-07, '07-08, '08-09, '09-10, '10-11, '11-12, '12-13, '14-15, '17-18)
2 Iron Dog Weight Pull Dog 1, 2, and 3 titles, class winner
4 have pulled more than 3,000lbs in competition (2 male, 2 female)
2 have pulled 4,ooolbs (both female)
9 Working Weight Pull Dog Titles
8 Working Weight Pull Advanced Titles
8 Working Weight Pull Excellent Titles
4 earned the Working Weight Pull Dog Superior title, an elite title offered by AMCA
~Agility~
5 AKC Agility class winners, all-breed trials, perfect scores
5 Novice Agility (AKC)
4 Novice Agility Jumpers (AKC)
4 Novice FAST (AKC)
1 Open FAST (AKC)
2 Open Jumpers with Weaves (AKC)
1 Open Standard (AKC)
1 Excellent FAST (AKC)
3 Agility 1 title (UKC)
3 Agility 2 title (UKC)
Top Ten Agility (AMCA 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018)
1 ACT 1 and ACT 2
AMCA National High Score Preferred (2012)
~Rally Obedience~
6 Rally Novice (AKC)
4 Rally Advanced (AKC)
2 Rally Excellent (AKC)
2 Rally Advanced-Excellent (AKC)
1 Rally Advanced-Excellent 2 (AKC)
The breed's FIRST Rally Masters title (AKC)
1 Rally Masters 2
1 Rally Masters 3 (breed first)
2 UKC Rally 1
2 UKC Rally 2
1 UKC Rally 3
UKC High In Rally Trial, All-breed show
At least 1 Top Ten Rally for -NINE YEARS RUNNING- (AMCA 2010-2019)
AMCA Regional Specialty Rally Trial, High Combined Score 2015 & 2018
AMCA National Specialty Rally Trial, High Combined Score 2018
AMCA Regional and National Specialty Rally Trial, High Triple Score 2018
4 qualifiers for the AKC Rally National Championship (2012 and 2 in 2016, 2 in 2018 including the first and only Malamute to qualify for the RACH class, 1 in 2019 )
Multiple High Combined Advanced B and Excellent B winner, all-breed trials
Multiple High Triple Qualifying Score, all-breed trials
~Conformation~
Winners Bitch/Best of Winners at the largest specialty in the country outside of AMCA National week
Specialty Best of Opposite Sex from the Working Bitch class, back-to-back years
#1 class bitch WI/IL, #2 Nationally via AMCA rankings
2 AKC Champions (1 more major pointed)
AKC Grand Champion
4 UKC Champions
Multiple Best of Breed Winners, Multiple Group Placers (UKC, AKC, & AKC special attraction)
AMCA Working dog Showcase Best of Opposite Sex, 2008
AMCA Working dog Showcase placers, 2006, 2008, & 2014 (3 different dogs, 2008 two placed)
~Working, versatility, stability, and the future~
2 Gee-haw leaders & 2 other leaders
5 Working Pack Dog titles (AMCA)
4 Working Team Dog titles (AMCA)
1 Working Lead Dog title (AMCA)
3 Trick Dog Novice (AKC)
4 Achiever Dog (AKC)
4 AMCA Performance Award of Merit winners (2013, 2014, 2017, 2018)
3 AMCA Versatile Alaskan Malamutes (Class of 2014, 2015)
2 AMCA All-Around Alaskan Malamute (Class of 2013, 2015)
6 AKC Canine Good Citizens
2 AKC Canine Good Citizen Advanced
2 AKC Canine Good Citizen Urban
2 daughters who themselves have also earned the AMCA ROM-WDX
1 daughter who also earned the ROM-PERF --2nd bitch in the breed to do so (Bella was first)
1 daughter who also earned the ROM-RAL -- 2nd bitch in the breed to do so (Bella was first)
1 daughter produced FOUR Best In Show offspring over three separate litters (Italy, Russia)
Additionally, her daughters and sons have gone on to produce offspring as versatile as they themselves are.
We are eternally grateful to Nancy for Bella and proudly carry on with her descendants.
Teaching her young daughter Lucy well
Lu and Bella
Age 10
With her daughter Grace 2010