It has been a while since I up-dated our blog. A lot has happened the the most wonderful thing is that all the snow is gone and spring is here and sunnier days. Kids participated an all breed Puppy Show in Lohja where Iris was Best Bitch and BOB and went all the way to Group-2 as well!!! Brutus was Best Male and BOS Puppy. So that was a very nice start and it was lovely that both did so well.
Then in April we travelled to Estonia for international title show called "Tallinn Winner 2012". I took Tara, Iris and Brutus there. Mostly so that pups just to get some experience in traveling to new places on a ship and how to stay at the hotel (well how to behave nicely at the hotel).
We had our usual gang on board. This time Suski brought another saluki lady with us and she was a pleasure to travel with. We had a hotel booked in the center of town. Very easy to get to and next to a very well taken care of park. This was just a one day show for us, so we only stayed there for one night. Show itself was held at the Saku Suurhalli as usual this time of year.
Kids and mum liked being at the hotel. We had a large double room with large double bed, which seemed to provide them with endless amount of entertainment. No-one was nervous about new place, everyone ate well in the evening and enjoyed this new experience.
In the morning we headed to Saku halli for the show. In the show there whippets from Finland, Sweden & Estonia. It was all very exciting for the pups and of course to me as well. This was their first time in Junior Class and I was very interested to hear what the judge thought of them. Both just about 10 months old and still very much babies (in my eyes :D).
Our juniors did really well. Iris was Best Junior Bitch with an EXC and also Best Opposite Sex Junior. Brutus was Best Junior Male with EXC and also Best of Breed Junior!!!! As Brutus was too young, he could not compete in "certification class" (which we don't have in Finland), but Brutus was still in the competition for Best Male. It was very very exciting as he was up against a swedish champion male. Judge
Liliane de Ridder-Onghena from Belgium finally made a decision and BRUTUS was selected BEST MALE-1!!!!!! WUHUUUU!!!!
Very very exciting!!!! Maybe too young to accept a CC or CACIB from the show, but still it was a very very sweet win for us!!! Brutus did not come home empty "pawed" :D. He received two official titles: Tallinn Junior Winner 2012 (TLN JW-12) and Tallinn Winner 2012 (TLN W-12). Also he got his first Junior-CC!!! Also he took part in BIS-Junior competition where he competed against all the BOB Juniors from all other breeds. Brutus wasn't placed but he was shortlisted among the 10 best juniors in the show!!! Seriously, I could not get any prouder!!!
Brutus on the move.
Brutus posing.
Iris posing in the ring.
Pics taken by: Sakari Lampola and Laura
Iris also received her first official title Tallinn Junior Winner 2012 (TLN JW-12) and got her first Junior-CC. She wasn't placed in the best bitch ring this time, where pup´s mother (who wasn´t perhaps on her top form in this show.. read: a bit fat :D) was BB-3! So our team did really really well. We are also very pleased that BOB was Tara´s half-sister and our Eppu´s daughter super stunning Satangin Absolute Carrot!!! Congrats to Carry and whole family!!!
So over all a very lovely show experience for us and we are super please for this wonderful start to our pups show career!!!
