Nordic and Amsterdam Winner Shows - November 28th

A bit late, but we had a nice Curvy weekend at the end of November!

Nordic Winner Show 2010, Norway
We had 3 IGs and 1 saluki entered. Easy was also entered, but since she'd been mated about 3 weeks earlier, I didn't want to risk anything.

No winner titles for us, but all 3 IGs were placed in Best Male/Best Bitch competition. Here's the full results:

BM-1, CAC, CACIB, NordW-10, BOS - Eugenios Amenhotep
BM-2, R-CACIB - Ch Alfheim's All Things Considered

BB-1, CAC, CACIB, NordW-10, BOB - Ch Py's Lyrica - New NO Ch!
BB-2, R-CACIB - Ch Biscotti Mademoiselle
BB-3 - Ch Dervisch Haze of Smoke
BB-4 - Ch Aviendha

Chivas - NO Ch Arab Bahari's Baytor Abdullah - got excellent and a great critic, but no placement in championclass for Saija Juutilainen, Finland. There were more than 50 salukis entered, so we're happy to get an excellent.

Amsterdam Winner Show 2010:

This was Esso's last show in the Netherlands, so he needed to do well to gain his last CAC towards his Dutch Championship. Judge was breed specialist Terry Nethercott, UK. He'd judged Esso as a youngster, and gave him excellent but no more. My hopes were not the highest, and I knew some of the most-winning IGs in the Netherlands were coming, but one has to try, right?

Esso won championclass and beat the winner of Junior class for Best Male! That gave him CACIB, the title Amsterdam Winner 2010, and a double CAC to complete his Dutch championship!!! Then Margrét wins Best Bitch with er junior Caeles It's Showtime (Ira daughter), for JCAC, double CAC and two titles: Amsterdam Junior Winner 2010 and Amsterdam Winner 2010! Margrét got help from her friend Asta to show Esso to BOB over Penny - thanks both of you! Nothing in group, but we got to show "them" a different type of IG than what usually wins in the area :)

Esso is now officially called:
Int Nord NO SE DK NL Ch NW-08-09 AmsterdamW-10 Biscotti Esclusivo

New champion!

At the Norwegian Dalmation Club Show (national show), Vita went BB-2 with CAC! She turned 2 years on October 2nd, and only needed a "small" CAC to complete her Norwegian championship!

She's my first home-bred champion, from my first (and so far only) litter, and I'm extremely happy and proud! She's also Esso's 3rd champion offspring (from 3 different litters), so this is indeed a big day for us at kennel Curvy.

Full results:
BOB: N Ch Eugenios Posh Spice
BB-2, CAC, Champion: Aviendha
BB-3: Zaira Feritte Bugsy
BB-4: Nord Ch Talata Yvett

Vita - Aviendha - 1AK 1AKK CK CERT BT-2 - NO Ch!
Nice eyes, good angulation in back legs. Nice head, uses ears well. Good expression. Nice black pigment. Nice bite, nice coat. Moved & showed well.

Easy - NO Ch NV-10 Dervisch Fiorella des Ombreuses - 1CHK 4CHKK CK
Good body, nice head. Good angulation in back legs, nice dark eye. Moved & showed well.

Chivas - NO Ch Arab Bahari's Baytor Abdullah - 1CHK 4CHKK BH-3
Nice dog. Nice head, good expression. Good topline, well muscled back legs. Moved & showed well. Nice neck, good ears.

NKK Int Hamar, October 9th 2010

Off we went to Hamar - thought we had enough time, but because of several detours due to roadwork, we barely made it in time for Chivas to enter the ring! No time to warm up, so not the best performance of his life. He ended up 4th in champion class without CK. But I dreaded a 2.prize, so I guess I'm ok with the placement.

Chivas - NO Ch Arab Bahari's Baytor Abdullah - 1CHK 4CHKK
Masculine male, good head & expression, good body and bones. Could have a firmer front, lowered (?) in topline. Enough angulations behind. Could have more power and spring in his movement. A bit short tail.

In IGs, I was hoping for the last CAC for Vita - she turned 2 years old on October 2nd, so this was her first chance on her championship. Also, I'm always hoping for a CACIB for Easy, and it would have been nice with another CACIB for Ira as well. But that was not going to happen today. BOB was Nord Ch Talata Yvet, BOS and new NO Ch was FI Ch Dervisch Papavero, coming all the way from Finland.

Ira - Am Nord Ch Alfheim's All Things Considered - 1CHK 3CHKK
Masculine head, well placed & well carried ears. Could have more underjaw. Nicely angulated in front, harmonic top/underline. Could have more angulated knees. Almost too much white on chest. Parallell up and down. Could have longer stride and more drive from the side.

Easy - NO Ch NV-10 Dervisch Fiorella des Ombreuses - 1CHK 2CHKK CK BB-3
Excellent type, feminine and well balanced head. Elegant neck, excellent coat. Harmonic top/underline, parallell up and down. Could have slightly longer stride in front (sideview).

Vita - Aviendha - 1AK 2AKK CK BB-4
Excellent breedtype, feminine head, could be slightly more filled out under eyes, could have stronger underjaw. Well angulated front and back, harmonic top/underline. Parallell down/behind, slightly narrow in front, balanced from the side.

So, better luck next time!

N Ch Cheerinova Alladin

Esso's son Cheerinova Alladin became Norwegian Champion today at Sortland, 3+2 IGs entered. He went BOB, BIG and BIS-4! Huge congratulations to Cecilie and Pål, talk about earning his championship with style!!!

Norwegian Sighthound Club Show

Another show today, this time the Norwegian Sighthound Club's Autumnshow. I only had Chivas entered, and he got excellent and CK (champion quality) but was unplaced in Champion Class due to a happy tail. Well, I'd take a happy dog with a happy tail any day over a dog that doesn't want to be in the ring!!!

He got an excellent critic from British judge Diana Allan:
Smooth cream, beautiful and elegant lines. Strong, well muscled neck into correct shoulder assembly. Correct lenght of brisket. Correct bend of stifle. Moved very well, side and front action.

I'll post photos later :)

I also helped show an IG puppy - my friend Mylene has 2 males who's both 8 months old. I helped her with Alvin, her black male, and he was awarded Best Male Puppy. She took him herself in breed, and won BOB. He was later BIS-4 puppy!!!

My sister had Keira (N Ch Biscotti Mademoiselle) and Sasha (N Ch Sasha) entered. I helped her show Sasha in Veteran, and she got Excellent. Keira was Best Bitch and BOS!!! This is her first show as a champion - nice work!

Norwegian Saluki Speciality

Chivas was entered at the Norwegian Saluki Speciality today. This was his first time out as a champion, and I couldn't be there myself to show him, as I had to work... Anyway, Evy did a great job and he got excellent with CK, but were unplaced in Champion class. He also got picked out to compete for Best Movement! Later, he participated in the competition for Best Smooth (won by Caravan Zariefa) and Best Movement (won by Heidi and Evy's Iba).

Our new houseguest

copyright photo: Elisa Honkala

When I visited Margrét earlier this month, we did a little switch - Esso stayed behind with her and I brought her American import Ira with me back to Norway. His official name is Ch Alfheim's All Things Considered (Ch Kimson's Countryboy of Alfheim x Ch Anthony's Poetic Edda O Alfheim). The goal with this switch is for Margrét to show Esso in Be-Ne-Lux, hopefully winning some CAC and perhaps even finish his Dutch Championship (he has 1 CAC there from last summer). And I'll show Ira here in Norway, the goal to finish his Norwegian and Nordic Championships + whatever CACIBs we can get our hands and paws on!