Italian Greyhound 2010-12-18 Stockholm (Int)

Swedish Kennel Club
International
Stockholm
2010-12-18

Judge: Renée Sporre Willes, Sweden
Entered: 17
1st in junior class quality and 1st in junior class competition with hp  Mannequin's Quello Quando Quando


Pluto in his first "big" show. He is a happy guy that is more interested in making new friends than walking on a straight line in the ring.
He is still young and not fully developed, but we have very good hopes for him!

Italian Greyhound 2010-10-17 Vallentuna (Nat)

Swedish Sighthound Club
National
Vallentuna
2010-10-17

Judge: Tuula Savolainen, Finland
Entered: 2 + 6

1st in junior class quality and 1st in junior class competition with hp  Mannequin's Quello Quando Quando


Pluto behaved well at his official debut, but he didn't like the cold and he was more interested in checking out all that happened around the ring then walking in a controlled way.

Italian Greyhound 2010-09-12 Vallentuna

Vallentuna Brukshundklubb
Unofficial
Vallentuna
2010-09-12

Judge: Carina Ekwall, Sweden
Entered: 1

BOB puppy, BIG-3 puppy Mannequin's Quello Quando Quando


Our new little boy made a great debut. He was relaxed but alert in the ring. He stood on the table as if it was the most natural thing on earth. He moved with ease and with minimal interference from my side.

Chinese Crested 2010-09-12 Vallentuna

Vallentuna Brukshundklubb
Unofficial
Vallentuna
2010-09-12

Judge: Carina Ekwall, Sweden
Entered: 2

BB-2, BOB veteran, BIS-3 veteran NorwCh Eugenios Ren Ying


Polka did great in her veteran debut and after a 2 years break. She stood there in the wind as if she was saying: "Just look at me."

A year without dog shows - almost

2009 has been the first year, in I don't know how many years, without any dog shows for us or our dogs. We haven't entered any of our dogs to any show since September 2008.

There are many reasons to that:
- Focus on family, job, house, garden
- Focus on just being with our animals
- Finding other things more fun
- The sadness after having said the final farewell to two of our dogs and two of our cats in just a few months
- The weird (and not so nice) atmoshere in the dog world

We might come back to the show ring some time in the future, you never know....



OK, there was ONE show in 2009. Per-Arne jumped in as handler for Zokii in Avesta when owner Håkan had broken his leg. (And if you have to choose only one show in a year you should of course choose the one with pouring rain and cold winds...)

Chinese Crested 2008-09-14 Vallentuna

Vallentuna Brukshundklubb
Unofficial
Vallentuna
2008-09-14

Judge: Pia Lannermalm, Sweden
Entered: 4

BOB, BIG-1 NorwCh Eugenios Ren Ying


Last year we did this show with all our dogs. This year it ended up with only Polka, but she did really good.

Chinese Crested 2008-08-16 Nyköping (Int)

Södermanlands Kennel Club
International
Nyköping
2008-08-16

Judge: Paula Heikkinen-Lehkonen, Finland
Entered: 85

2nd in open class quality NorwCh Eugenios Ren Ying


The judge thought that almost everything was wrong with Polka - head too short, too short on legs etc.

Italian Greyhound 2008-08-16 Nyköping (Int)

Södermanlands Kennel Club
International
Nyköping
2008-08-16

Judge: David Miller, USA
Entered: 17

BD-4 NorwCh SwedCh Mannequin's Fantastic Fashion

Italian Greyhound 2008-07-05 Stockholm (Int) - World Dog Show 2008

Swedish Kennel Club
International - World Dog Show 2008
Älvsjö, Stockholm
2008-07-05

Judge: Gilberto Grandi, Italy
Entered: 88

"very good" in champion class NorwCh SwedCh Mannequin's Fantastic Fashion


At least we were there!

Chinese Crested 2008-03-23 Stockholm (Int)

Stockholm Kennel Club
International
Stockholm
2008-03-23

Judge: Sue Dykes, UK
Entered: 60

2nd in open class quality NorwCh Eugenios Ren Ying
BOB veteran with hp NorwCh SwedCh Eugenios Tequila Sunrise

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.

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!

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

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.

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.

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?

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.