Saturday, December 15, 2007

Chinese Crested 2007-12-05 Stockholm (Int)

Swedish Kennel Club
International
Stockholm
2007-12-15

Judge: Espen Engh, Norway (dogs + BOB/BOS + groups) and Bo Skalin, Sweden (bitches)
Entered: 68 + 80

1st in open class quality NorwCh Eugenios Ren Ying
BOB veteran with ck NorwCh SwedCh Eugenios Tequila Sunrise


Ester did it for the second year in a row at "Stora Stockholm". She is all energy and joy in the ring.

Sunday, September 16, 2007

Italian Greyhound 2007-09-16 Vallentuna

Vallentuna Brukshundklubb
Unofficial
Vallentuna
2007-09-16

Judge: Anna-Lena Munkvall, Sweden
Entered: 1 + 1

BOB, BIG-2 NorwCh SwedCh Mannequin's Fantastic Fashion
BOS, BOB veteran, BIS-4 veteran NorwCh SwedCh Castello Di Cani Cosa Nostra


Ior showed his marvellous movements, and the judge liked what she saw.
Lisa didn't care about the cold and rainy weather, she moved like a youngster.

Chinese Crested 2007-09-16 Vallentuna

Vallentuna Brukshundklubb
Unofficial
Vallentuna
2007-09-16

Judge: Carin Lundwall, Sweden
Entered: 10

BD-4, BOS veteran NorwCh SwedCh Keshar's Mr Shot
BB-2 NorwCh Eugenios Ren Ying
BB-3, BOB veteran, BIS-R veteran NorwCh SwedCh Eugenios Tequila Sunrise


It was kind of a comeback for Totte after several years abscence from the show rings.
It's 13 years since he made his debut, but he is still able to show energy in the movements and a flowing coat. And his head is still top quality!

Sunday, August 26, 2007

Italian Greyhound 2007-08-26 Almare-Stäket (Nat)

Stockholms Kennelklubb
National
Almare-Stäket
2007-08-26

Judge: Barbara Ruth Smith, USA/Sweden
Entered: 2

BOB NorwCh SwedCh Mannequin's Fantastic Fashion


Unfortunately, rain and cold weather showed up for the finals...

Chinese Crested 2007-08-26 Almare-Stäket (Nat)

Stockholms Kennelklubb
National
Almare-Stäket
2007-08-26

Judge: Göran Bodegård, Sweden
Entered: 74

3rd in open class competition NorwCh Eugenios Ren Ying

Saturday, August 18, 2007

Chinese Crested 2007-08-18 Nyköping (Nat)

Södermanlands Kennelklubb
National
Rosvalla, Nyköping
2007-08-18

Judge: Glo Mitcham-Geringer, USA
Entered: 65

4th in open class competition NorwCh Eugenios Ren Ying
1st in veteran class competition NorwCh SwedCh Eugenios Tequila Sunrise


A (for us) short and (for all) windy day in Nyköping.
The judge wrote very short critics - Polka got 7 words and Ester only got 4 words. It was very difficult to understand the motivations of the judge by reading the critics.

Wednesday, August 15, 2007

Showing Chinese Cresteds

There is now some kind of official message from the Swedich Kennel Club and the Swedish Chinese Crested Club saying that the Chinese Crested Club thinks that it's OK with shaving occasional (a few) hairs on Chinese Crestad hairless. The Swedish Kennel Club hasn't stated what they think, so we have to assume that they accept the view from the Chinese Crested Club.
Shaving is not allowed at the show ground, and it's not allowed if it means any kind of suffering (or similar) for the dog. Shaving should be done with proper tools.

This means that anyone can claim that they only shaved "occasional hairs". So the shaving will continue as before, but people will now avoid doing it openly.

There were no additional consequences for me or Polka. She was stopped from most summer shows awaiting the final official decision from the Board of the Swedish Kennel Club.
(The result for Polka from Västerås in April was deleted, even if we didn't do anything that wasn't allowed.)

Based on this we will now start showing Chinese Cresteds again since we only shave occasional hairs.

Thursday, June 14, 2007

No more shows - Chinese Cresteds

SKK (Swedish Kennel Club) has decided to forbid all methods of removing hair on Chinese Crested hairless, also including normal shaving.
This decision came without prior information that the previous decision (allowing shaving) wasn't valid any longer.
As a result of this I was reported to SKK that found me "guilty" of shaving one of our dogs the day before show.

We will now stop showing Chinese Cresteds, at least until that we see how this will influence the show situation.
Will people start showing their dogs without removing the body hair?
Or will people continue to show shaved dogs and just deny that they do it?

Sunday, May 13, 2007

Italian Greyhound 2007-05-13 Österbybruk (Int)

Uppsala läns Kennelklubb
International
Swedish Winner show -07
Österbybruk
2007-05-13

Judge: Stefan Sinko
Entered: 15

BD-5 NorwCh SwedCh Mannequin's Fantastic Fashion


Sometimes I have a problem understanding....

Chinese Crested 2007-05-13 Österbybruk (Int)

Uppsala läns Kennelklubb
International
Swedish Winner show -07
Österbybruk
2007-05-13

Judge: Ole Staunskjaer, Denmark
Entered: 119

3rd in open class competition NorwCh Eugenios Ren Ying


I was also showing NorwCh Eugenios Apollon in open class.

Sunday, April 22, 2007

Chinese Crested 2007-04-22 Västerås (Nat)

Wästmanlands Kennelklubb
National
Rocklunda, Västerås
2007-04-22

Judge: Hans Boelaars, Netherlands
Entered: 82

3rd in open class competition with ck NorwCh Eugenios Ren Ying
2nd in veteran class competition NorwCh SwedCh Eugenios Tequila Sunrise


Both got VERY nice critics, without any mentioning of faults. A bit difficult to understand why he placed as he did.


Update 2007-06-04:
The result for Eugenios Ren Ying has been deleted by SKK due to a report saying that I had shaved the dog before the show.

Saturday, April 21, 2007

Italian Greyhound 2007-04-21 Västerås (Nat)

Wästmanlands Kennelklubb
National
Rocklunda, Västerås
2007-04-21

Judge: Dusan Paunovic, Serbia
Entered: 5

BD-2 NorwCh SwedCh Mannequin's Fantastic Fashion


The judge really liked Ior. He commented on his excellent depth of brisket, his excellent condition and body substance - and of course his movements and show temperament.
But he thought that his eyes were a bit too big, and he wanted a thicker coat.