12.5.2013 News from Germany

"Mei" Manoush Padmé Amidala is living comfortably in Germany with her beloved family Mira and Janne. She was taken part in some shows. Latest news from from Dresden. She competed in intermediate class and was Excellent-1, CQ (SA) and got a res-CC and BB-3!!!! Super news!!! Judge was Caroline v. Zanten from Netherlands. Here is the critique in Finnish:

"1v. ja 10kk vanha erittäin hyvänlaatuinen nuori narttu, erittäin kaunis pää, oikeat silmät, korvat ja hampaat, erittäin kaunis pitkä kaula, valitettavasti vähän liian laskeutuva selkälinja. mutta erittäin oikeanlaiset kylkiluunmuodot (?), rintakehän syvyys ja eturinta. vahvat luut ja oikeanlaiset tassut. seisoo myös erittäin hyvin kinnernivelillä. erittäin kaunis turkki. erittäin kauniit sivuliikkeet, mennessä oikeanlaiset, tullessa hieman leveät liikkeet. ystävällinen käytös."

" 1-year and 10-month old high quality bitch pup, very beautiful head, correct eyes, ears and teeth, very beautiful long neck, unfortunately her topline lowers a bit approaching rear, but very correct ribcage (?), depth of chest and front. Strong bones, correct paws, stands excellently on her hocks (?), very beautiful top coat,. Very beautiful side movements, correct also in going, a bit wide coming. Friendly behaviour."

Here is a picture from the show. Mei and Mira on the left. Congratulations to Team Mei!!!!

12.5.2013 Other news and pictures

Here are some lovely pictures and news sent by the owners of our Tara´s pups.. We are always very excited to see them and also it is super nice to hear how everyone is doing in their "chosen path" :D.

"Manu" Manoush Dexter Jettster took part in his second show in Tuusniemi on 24.2. and judge was again a whippet specialist and breed judge Åke Cronander from Sweden (kennel Albicans). We were thrilled that Manu got an Excellent from him and was placed 2nd in competition class. Well done Team Manu!!!!

"Mano"´s family sent use some new candid pictures of the little firecracker.. he is maturing nicely and we expect great things from him, once he starts his coursing career. Mano is very keen and enthusiastic after the lure and last week he was at the Hyvinkää race track at the practices and ran really really well. Look forward to seeing him race officially! Good job keeping him in super condition Anne and family!

Here are a few pics of Mano at the track and with his lovely family!

Our Brutus at the same practices as well (ran with his mum Tara for the first time :D). Field was too wet for coursing training so we were happy to try out track racing instead.. it was the beginning of our club´s training sessions this summer. Luhtilaukkaajat rules! Thank you Anna for the pictures!

12.5.2013 Some fresh up-dates!!!

I can´t believe I´ve managed to stay away from our blog for this long ;D. I think up-dating facebook comes so naturally so this has just been left behind a "bit". So now we start with some news. Most of the winter, we´ve pretty much kept ourselves quiet, but today, we attended our first show in months.

Both Iris (Manoush Deliah Blue) and his brother Brutus (Manoush Darth Tyranus) were in intermediate  class and our judge was a breed specialist Unto Timonen from Woodbrook´s world famous whippet kennel. I had been looking forward to showing my dogs to him and this was our first opportunity to do so. After a long winter break we were perhaps a bit "rusty" in the ring performance, but I am very pleased to tell that Brutus was EXC-2 & CQ (SA) in his class and he was eventually placed as Best Male-4!!!! Iris, of course wasn't left behind. She won her class with an EXC-1 & CQ (SA) and was placed as well 4th in Best Bitch ring!!! What a super way to start our new show year!! Next show will be our Speciality show in June.. Mother Tara will be going there as well.. so I have a bit of dogs to shows :D.

A few pictures from the show

Brutus

Iris

9.12.2012 Iris at the Winner 2012

It was again the time of the year when you cannot miss out on the biggest and baddest dog show on the planet - Winner 2012 show - in Helsinki!!!

I had entered both Iris and Brutus to the show, but due to a minor accident Brutus wasn't able to attend. When you cannot move to your full potential, it is better to stay at home and rest :).

So on Saturday I visited the Helsinki Winner 2012 to meet up with new friends and see wonderful iggies!!!! It was great to meet Lucien from Fiefoerniek´s Italian greyhounds and Whippets. Lucien´s and Sandra´s italian greyhounds were just a dream to watch!

Also I had a pleasure to surprise Anna and her son Niko and Mano at the ringside. Mano was entered in Junior Class and he got an Excellent and was placed 4th in the competition class. Well done!!!

But back to Winner 2012 on Sunday. It was almost surreal to be at a show with just one dog. Iris performed in general really well and I was pleased with her drive in the ring. The only thing that she wasn't really pleased about was showing her teeth to the judge. She was (as the judge said) on a very stubborn mood that day :D. But she did get an Excellent which we are very happy about.

"17-months old bitch of excellent type and with beautiful lines. Good body and upper line. 
Balanced presence. Moves well. In a bit stubborn mood today"


Here are a few pics from the shows.

Me and Iris (Photo by: Sara Siponmaa)

Iris on the table (Photo by: Antti Ruotsalo)

Mano posing (Manoush Nomi Sunrider, Photo by: Manoush Whippets)

21.10.2012 "Mei" Manoush Padmé Amidala 3rd in LC-competition

Had some wonderful news about Mei and her family in Berlin. She participated in her first lure-coursing competition in Germany and was placed 3rd with top points (being the youngest dog of all breeds). Super congratulations to Mei, Mira and Janne for their success!!!! Super proud!!!!

Here is Mei with her first rosette!!!

21.10.2012 Manoush Darth Tyranus new Estonian Junior Champion!!!

Had a super interesting weekend in Rakvere, Estonia with our little boys Brutus. Since last summer he had been missing just one Junior CC in order to qualify for an Estonian Junior Champion title. I was half thinking that maybe I would just leave it to 2 Jun CCs and forget about traveling to Estonia one more time this year, but in the end I decided that I should make an effort and go there. I mean no harm in trying right! And I am super happy that we did. Our judge was Cristian Stefanescu from Romania and he gave Brutus and EXC-1 on Junior Class and placed him as Best Male -2 as well. Brutus got a wonderful critique as well "Elegant general appearance, excellent excellent head, beautiful neck, normal topline, well developed chest, good muscles, strong croup, good tail, very good presented, very good condition". So we are super pleased with that.

We were supposed to take part in BIS junior competitions but it has been hard and tiresome past two weeks at work, so I decided to skip it this time (and the show next day) and head home. We already got what we came there for and I thought it would be nice to sleep in my own bed this time :D

Here is a few pictures of Brutus in his "thoughts" in our hotel bed (just about to leave for the show). He is such a lovely young male. Just had his 16-month birthday with his sister and I seriously could not be more pleased with them both (and generally our first litter). Brutus is now officially (waiting for confirmation) Est JCh, TLN W´12, & TLN JW´12 Manoush Darth Tyranus. I cannot wait for our adventures next year!!!

30.9.2012 Some up-dates and pics

It has been a while since I up-dated out blog. Facebook seems to be so much faster way to get "new" broadcasted, but this is I guess a smarter way as I am not FB friends with everyone :D.

Anyway, quite a bit has happened since July. Mei (Manoush Padmé Amidala) moved to Berlin with her family and already attended her first show in Open Class with EXC. She also continued her coursing training over the summer and I am sure Janne and Mira will keep up with her training and showing in the future as well. She has already her lure-coursing licence and she was officially measured  46cm tall.

Mano (Manoush Nomi Sunrider) from Orimattila also showed a lot of promise in coursing training (very enthusiastic young guy!) and he has taken part in a few shows with very nice placements EXC-1 and EXC-2 with CQ.

Pilkku (Manoush Sy Snootles) and his owners we met up with in Hyvinkää sighthound course about a week ago where he ran coursing track. Looking very promising as well and he has his lure-coursing licence ready as well. Officially measured 49.7cm tall. He was very enthusiastic after the lure and killed it many times in the end, so we are of course very pleased about that as well :D.

Our kids at home (Iris, Manoush Deliah Blue and Brutus, Manoush Darth Tyranus) have been training coursing and track racing. They both have their lure-coursing licences ready for next year. They both leave from the box wearing a muzzle without a problem so I am hoping that next spring we will aim for track racing licence and of course also take part in coursing competitions as well.

In general, summer was wonderful time with dogs and I am very very pleased for everyone´s progress. I am keeping my fingers crossed that next year we have some fresh results to admire from both shows and coursing :D

Here are some pics of the kids from this autumn.

"Brutus" TLN JW-12 & TLN W-12 Manoush Darth Tyranus

"Iris" Est JCh, TLN JW-12 Manoush Deliah Blue

"Pilkku" Manoush Sy Snootles

"Brutus" TLN JW-12 & TLN W-12 Manoush Darth Tyranus

"Iris" Est JCh, TLN JW-12 Manoush Deliah Blue