Saturday was no good day. Competition in obedience. The judge did obviously not like us and we did not score very high even though we made our best performance this far. Arwen behaved very well after barking at the judge at the beginning. She did exactly what I asked her to do and I did not turn around this time to watch were she had gone, etc. But we did not get the scores. Other dogs made worse than us but got higher scores and I do not consider that to be fair. People approached me after the competition and asked why we didn't get higher scores. Well, I do not know. And I didn't ask. I was too furious and upset and disappointed. On the way back home Arwen tried to comfort me and calm me down, whispering in my ear that although the judge didn't like us we made a good performance without double commands. My sweet girl.
Yesterday was a much better day. Six dogs were there, all of them connecting to Strandkungens. Arn, who is Aragon's son, is six months and four days and competed in the puppy class. He is very white with a strong and nice head, like dad, good angulation and nice movements. He got a Very Good and I do not know why he didn't get more.
The young guys Bernini and Love (Big Boss) were in the intermediate class and Bernie had a great performance. He got Excellent and the CAC. Congratulations to Camilla and Bernie!! Love got a Very Good.
The girls Betty Boop and Bambina both got Very Good, Betty was V1 and Bambi V2.
Finally Arwen was in the Champion class with an Excellent. The Polish Judge was very fond of Arwen and expressed how pleased she was with the anatomy. "Excellent, perfect" were words she used. And Arwen was dancing around showing herself from her very best.
Arwen became Best of Breed and Bernie Best of Opposite Sex. Bernie was the second in this litter to achieve a CAC. Bambi got the CAC on Gotland. And Love and Betty have achieved excellent earlier. This litter is both goodlooking and mentally very good! Aico and Cariña was a nice combination!
We competed with a breeder's group and a progenity group (Cariña), too. Both groups got 1st prize with honour, meaning they were in the final. And the critics were very, very good.
In the final ring the breeder's group was without placement. The other group with Cariña achieved a 2nd place and I was so proud! Second place in the final ring, that is good both for the breed and for my kennel. Today I bought some dog's food in a store and the cashier commented that I had been to the show yesterday. ? . She had been showing one of the dogs in the group that was on third place and she recognized me... got a discount ...
Arwen was in the BIG-final. I have been showing Cariña, Hoss, Aragon and Arwen in BIG-finals but this was the very first time the judge didn't give just a quick glance at my dog. He stopped and looked at her, called for her attention, looked again and spent about 30s looking at her. I have a feeling that it was quite close that we were picked out for a placement. Interesting because there were a number of dogs in the ring, not just a few.
From the left: Cariña, Bernini, Big Boss, Betty Boop and Bambina
To make a summary of the weekend, it started with a deep dip and ended with happy smiles. It was a very good Sunday for my dogs and the kennel.
Lots of hugs and thanks to all of you that helped throughout the day!! You were all winners together with the dogs!
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