On Saturday I went with Elven and little Floradelys to Jerez de la Frontera.
The CAC was on the calendar and we wanted them to gain show experience.
For Elven it was the second show and a premiere for little Flora and since Espen Engh was selected to be the judge, I really looked forward to it.
To be honest, I don’t understand why some breeders don’t like him.
He is highly qualified and knows exactly what is very important in a Borzoi and he gives very good advice. What is the point in avoiding a tough judge and just trying through luck and quantity of shows to collect as many CAC/CACIB’s as possible, when I want to breed with the best dogs I can select?
So, there we went and Elven received a Very Good. With him at just one year and 3 weeks old, this was a very happy result. He still needs to get a little bit more substance, but his overall appearance and movement were commented as “already very good and elegant”.
For this second time of his in a show ring, I was and still am very pleased.
Flora went to impress the judge and received a Very Good 1 and Best Puppy of Breed.
In the finals she made it to Best Puppy of Group!
She succeeded beyond all expectations and I am very proud of her.
Thanks a lot to Alice, who appeared out of nowhere when I needed a hand, she was a great help and much appreciated.
Thanks to her for the videos on our YouTube Channel
Elven was everybody’s darling and loved to get cuddles from the kids and to “wash” as many of their faces as he could.
The next shows we plan to attend are Granada and Seville, both in 2011.
Stay tuned….
best regards
Ingo


