More shownews :-)

A little late but still wanted to share..
Last weekend we went to the international show in Luxembourg with 3 dogs: Trae, Boots and Flirt.
I actually hoped for Flirt to be succesfull at this show so with a little bit of luck she could have gained an FCI title which would have made it easier for her to gain some other titles in certain countries.
Unfortunately it was not to be..... when she was on the table the judge told me she thought her face was too long and than asked me if she was American.
Didn't know anything else to do than tell the judge she was and was told than that she did not like the heads on a lot of American dogs but they were excellent in body, bone and movement and sometimes you have to make compromises (don't we all know that?).
Flirt got 2nd in her class and after we had left the ring we had some really great comments from others (including some judges) about Flirt and that she had deserved more than she got.

We had a great day anyway as Trae who was entered in the champion class males did win the CAC and reserve CACIB, this CAC makes him a Luxembourg champion!
The little guy has not been shown much after he gained his Dutch title and he behaved like a fool in the ring but apparantly the judge liked him enough to give him the class and Reserve Best Dog in the end...
Boots saved the day by winning the open class - her first outing in open class - and she gained the CAC and CACIB as she was the best adult female.
The junior bitch winner was Howard's blue merle daughter Hope of the Golden Fir, she's a lovely girl with great neck and shape and lovely coat for her age.
She got Best Bitch against Boots and both of these girls are now Crufts 2010 qualified !!
Congratulations to Thea (Boots' owner) and Jenny (Hope's breeder/owner).

Our next show is Easter Monday, we will be spending our coming weekends walking at different places with the dogs getting them dirty and in shape ;-)