Sammy – 4 weeks pregnant (or not – tomorrow we will know) did not let her added bulk bother her the least and both her and Funny had three very fast runs and was more than ready for more. Little Eliza Manchester terrier had also come along, and though she thought running after a bit of plastic a truly silly idea, she loved the idea of running along with her pal Sammy – and did a round and a half at full Sammy speed, rather impressive.

Another freezing cold days, dogs lazing indoors, fire burning from early afternoon. I have been watching a bunch of partridges (vagtler) walking on the snow outside, but when Eliza wanted out it looked like they had gone … NOT! … Liza caugth their movements in the rose bushes and literally flew through the garden and Sammy went from sound sleep to flying RR in a microsecond. Lots of movement in the rosebushes and then Liza proudly carries her prey out – while Sammy points perfectly. Then Sammy is allowed to carry – and by then I have got my wellies on to go out and check that the poor little thing is properly dead.
The amazing thing is, that even after a fair bit of proud carrying, the small bird has no marks of teeth, except right on the neck .- both dogs apparently having very soft mouths.

Eliza – went BOB again today at the Danish Terrier Club show under judge Sean Delmar, Irl:
“nice expression, would like the head a little longer, excellent topline, excellent angulation in the front and hindquarters, colours well defined. Coat in excellent condition, moves well”
Ex1, Best Bitch, CAC, Best of Breed
YEYAYYYYYYYYY!!!! finally, Eliza seems to be getting her act together, she shows beautifully, is happy and confident in the ring, is obviously enjoying herself and the attention she is getting. Her tan colours, which was rather muddy when she was younger has cleared and three BOB in her last three shows just proves that some dogs just takes their time to mature.
She is an absolute joy to show and I think both of us look forward to more ventures in the ring.

Last weekend was hard work – two show days: Saturday an all breed Danish National show in Hedensted. Both Eliza and Funny was entered and of course it was rather chaotics to bring two excited dogs as well as chairs and blankets the long distance from the car to the show grounds.
The weather was brilliant and it was nice to sit at the Ridgeback ringside in the sun. But the peace could not last as Eliza and Funny was due in each their ring at almost the same time As Eliza stood a good chance of getting her second CAC I tried to let a friend handle Funny, while I went to the indoor terrier ring. When I got there it was obvious we still had some time to go and I rushed back to show Funny – quite lucky as she absolutely refused to be shown by anyone else… and it turned out.. by me… so her VG was not surprising, and I was relieved when I could run from the Ridgeback ring to the Terrier ring and grab Elizas line and go in. This however went splendidly – Eliza showed herself as a professional, stood quitely on the table for examination (amazing taken her antics the day before when the vet tried to draw blood for her progesterone test) and walked nice and straight, and it paid off: BOB, CAC : Very good type, good proportions, little bit over the weight, nice feminine head, good topline, very well angulated, moves well (judge Astrid Lundava, Estlonia)
Sunday was Ridgeback club show in nearby Stouby, 62 dogs was entered from 4 countries – pretty good. Just Junior class bitches (Funnys class) was HUGE 10 bitches between 9 and 18 months. But now Funny moved like a dream, stacked like a pro and even her bad experience from the day before where the judge forced her mouth open to look at teeth was overcome by the nice approach of judge Per Iversen (Norway) , so this time she went #2 with excellent: En elegant ung tispe, med gode prop, fem hoved, god længde, men kunne have lidt mere dybde, meget god hals, velkroppet for sin alder, stærk ryg, meget god lårbredde, kunne have en anelse mere vinkel i front, god ridge, bra bevægelser, kunne være lidt mere frimodig, men dommeren kan gå til hunden.

Apart from that Funny was sooo well behaved that it was a treat being with her, just laid quietly in her crate when I didnt have time for her, and walked around on loose lead enjoying herself when she could.

X-pected Dine Mite Jack Sparrow fik i søndags sit første certifikat på Hillerød udstillingen. Han bliver superbt handlet af Caroline Hansen. Jack er nu ikke alene 1/3 af vejen til sit danske championat men også kvalifeceret til at deltage i Crufts verden største hundeudstilling i England.

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