Picture from Denmark

I love this picture- on this you can see Hard Rock of Lahrob with Veronica, and Gi Gi Girl of Lahrob with Zoltan. Picture was taken on the EIWC show in June. Lovely, isn't it?

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Show Results: 2010/07/10 and 11 Gödöllő

The results of the Club show 2010/07/10:

Gigi: Excellent 1, CAC
Ivana: Hungarian Junior Club Winner, Best Junior, Best of Breed, And later on Junior Best in Show! Who can excpect more?
Judge: Miss Iren Naartis from Estonia

On Sunday, 2010/07/11:

Ivana: HPJ, Best Junior and Res. Junior Best in Show! I just can't believe it!

GiGi: Excellent 1, CAC, and with this HUNGARIAN CHAMPION!

Judges: Mr. Kazimierz Rychlik from Poland, Junior Bis Judge Mr. David Miller from USA

Pictures just right away:-)

Hungarian Sighthound Club and Special Show 2010/07/10-11

What a weekend we had!

But first, about the show. Since the past 11 years, I was always among the organizator team of our clubshow, I was helping, and working a lot before the club show and on the clubshow, usually I was a translator and/or ring stewart, which was a great experience for me- watching the judges during their work is a great experience to everyone who would like to learn more about the beloved breed. To organize a show it is not an easy work, there are so many things that the team is doing to make the excibitors pleased with the show.

The Hungarian Sighthound Club is a relatively small club, with approx. 100 emembers, who are very, very sensitive and inmediatelly let you know if you did something wrong with the show arrangements.

But this year, after 11 years I could show again in the club show and I saw the whole weekend through and eye of an excibitor.

First: I was really very pleased, and this has nothing to do with the results! The show itself was held in the park-garden of the castle of Godollo (the residence of the former Hungarian-Austrian queen Elsabeth, so called Sissi), the judges were sighthound specialist (as ususal), the ring assistance was professional, the judge critiques were printed, the trophys and the prizes were lovely, and the organizator team was very kind and they again prooved their hospitality by offering some snacks to the visitors and the excibitors before the BIS program.

Yes, as usual, there are a couple of things which could have been done better, but so far I think, by now, the Hungarian Clubshows are among the best.

The weather was extremely hot during the weekend, and te rings were on the sunshine, but the ring stewarts and the judges paid attention to send every dog to the shade who was not under judging: and the tentes were big enough above the judge and ring assistant area, to stand there even with an Irish Wolfhound.

The excibitors could find shadow under the big old trees of the park, so we had a very good time in the shadow (see picture:-)).

The BIS program started a little bit late on the first day, but this was because the judges done their job so good, that they gave a detailed critique to every dog and they were so kind, that after the judgement, if somebody went there asking opinion about a dog not even entered, they were happy to share their opinion with everyone.

The BIS program was a little bit slower, and agan it was because the judges wanted to make sure, that they are making the right decision, but the public was very happy and supportive with the applauses:-)

So overall, about the show I can tell that it was professionally organized. Thank God, that I could see it as an excibitor as well, and congratulations to the team who made it happen!

About the results and pictures, come back soon:-)

Pictures- Ivana at the EIWC show

Thanks for the wonderful pictures to Teresa!

Show News MKSZ CAC 4th of July 2010

On Sunday we participated in a small show with Ivana. This was a CAC show in Budapest.
Ivana got Hungarian Prima Junior title, and with this, she got her second junior championship as well, as now she is Junior Champion of MKSZ as well. She made us very proud!

EIWC 2010- Denmark

As I promised earlier, I wrote some lines about this year's EIWC show in Denmark.

We were really happy to participate. As our accomodation was on place, we did not have to travel around so much, and we estabilished the tent of our friends Christa and Veronica on the day before, so there was no big preparation on the day of the show at all.

But the organization, the event itself was excellent. The rings were VERY huge (I think this time too big), the ring stewarts and the judge were under tents the critiques were written with typing machine in english (so there was no challenge to read it), gifts were provided to every entered dog- so overall it was perfect. But again a small thing also ruined a little bit our happy feeling- the catalogue costed 10 Euros- well, again I did not buy it. Not because 10 EUR is a big money, but because it is a principle for me- I paid 95 EUR to participate in a show, i think a catalogue cost should be covered in the entry fee.

But let's talk about the nice things: the show begun in time, the judge Knut Olva Wille was sooo kind and professional. I loved the way he judged. Unfortunately Ivana was on her worse day- she simply had enough of the weekend, she did not want to stay, however she ran in the ring perfectly. But although we received an excellent critique and the judge was very pleased with Ivana, we only got very got because of her behaviour. I have to confess, I was very-very sad, not because the result- I agreed with it. But because it is really anoying, that I have a wonderful dog who cannot behave in the ring! I had tears in my eyes, because in this case I could only blame myself that I was that fool to even present her, when she clearly did not had any intention to being shown.

But after a half an hour I was allrigth (thanks to Tore and his nice words, and for sharing some chocolate biscuits as well)

On the other hand it made us very happy, that Gigi was doing very well again! This time she was placed 4th and in front of her, Christas and Veronicas Hard Rock of Lahrob was placed 3rd!

I was really very happy.

And I was happy to celebrate each of the nice placings of our friend's dogs: EoghanIII du Grand Chien du Cullan had junior EIWC winner title (at the final competetion Zoltan was presenting him!) Connie's Pitlochry's O' Bryan Orak winning best male BOS EIWC winner handled by Fleur, and not forget to mention Christas and Veronicas male Rudolph who won open class, and again we were very happy to congratulate to Daniela Iori and Marcello Poli, when their Ada dei Mangialupi reached the top, and won EIWC winner BOB and BIS titles!

We spent the evening with a nice barbecue with friends before our long trip to home on next day's morning.

See you all in 2 years time on the Italian EIWC show by the lake Garda!

Champion News

Meanwhile we are waiting for some pictures from the EIWC show to put here the results and show impressions, we have just receive the confirmations about Junior Championship of our girls Gi Gi and Ivana. In the very same day, we received also the junior championship diploma from Israel, that Gi Gi's sister Geffen is also Junior Champion there.

Thank you and congratulations to her owners!

We are very proud of our girls!