For many years, the October long weekend has meant 2 trips to Canberra for the ACTGSD club shows. Unfortunately this year, they weren't held, so we headed in the opposite direction, to Newcastle, for their show under new judge Mr Matthew Morris (NSW). π
We took Sami, Greg took Cash, and Tina and Stella took Tiny, for a relatively easy day of showing for our little team π
Whilst entries were small, the show was fun and we came away with good results. π
Khayem Wizja "Sami" - 2nd Puppy Bitch graded Very Promising, shown by Greg β₯οΈ
Swartzlic Meine Cash "Cash" - 1st Intermediate Dog, graded Very Good, Best Dog and Runner Up Best of Breed, shown by Stella. π
TreuschΓΌtzer Shaboo Shoobah AZ "Tiny" - 1st Junior Bitch graded Very Good π
Thank you to the judge and the Newcastle and Hunter Region GSD Club for a lovely show on your beautiful grounds. π₯³πΎ
And a huge thank you to our wonderful handlers, Greg with Sami and Stella with Cash and Tiny ππ
On Sunday, our little show team participated in the GSDL Members Competition under judge, Mr Salvatore Pittelli (specialist SA).
It was extremely hot and humid, not the best conditions to be having a dog show in, but our dogs come first and we made sure that Renzo especially was happy to go out in the conditions and, as always, he had a great time π. He's such an awesome dog. π₯°
Chani, Swartzlic Meine Charlie, won 1st Puppy Bitch graded Very Promising. Chani was only 1 week into the class so we are very happy with her π₯° Thank you to Mel Turoczy for handling Chani again β€οΈ
Renzo, *Khayem Revelation ET AZ, won 1st Open Dog (SC) and Best Dog (SC) in a class of lovely males. Renzo was again superbly partnered by Paris Turoczy β€οΈ They are an awesome team!
Thank you to Salvatore for his running of the show and his lovely critiques of both Renzo and Chani (see video of Chani in the comments) π
Tempe and Maze.
Daughter and her mum.
Mexican standoff! π
Mind you, there are at least 3 bones for them to chew on, but this is obviously the best one! π
Khayem Tempest AZ and Khayem Qwintessa ET AZ β€οΈ
Last weekend, under the most attrocious of conditions, we attended the 2 GSDL Championship shows at Luddenham Showground. The ground was absolutely saturated from all of the rain we have had, and a number of handlers took a tumble from the mud. And to top it off, the worst of the torrential rain started during Stock Coat Open Dog on Saturday.
On Saturday, we exhibited under Mrs Susan Belfield, a specialist judge from the famous Kassieger kennels in the UK. Our results:
π Swartzlic Meine Charlie "Chani" - 1st Baby Puppy Bitch graded Very Promising
π *Khayem Revelation ET AZ "Renzo" - 5th Open Dog Excellent
ππ₯CH. *Olymp vom LΓ€rchenhain (Imp Gmy) - 1st Open Dog Excellent, Challenge Dog, Best of Breed and Best In Show πΎππ₯ππ₯³π»πͺ
On Sunday, we exhibited Chani and Renzo under Mr Tony Gibson, specialist judge from New Zealand, for the following results:
π₯ Swartzlic Meine Charlie "Chani" - 2nd Baby Puppy Bitch graded Very Promising
π₯ *Khayem Revelation ET AZ "Renzo" - 3rd Open Dog Excellent
Our thanks again to our super handlers, Paris and Mel Turoczy. Paris did an amazing job handling Renzo (and staying upright) in the Open Dog class. They work so well together as a team that when Renzo felt Paris slip, he slowed down and turned to see if she was ok before gaiting on! Love this boy so much!!! β€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈ Mel of course did amazing work with Olymp, who really would have preferred to be at home on our bed! She always gets the best from him β€οΈπβΊοΈ
Thanks also to all of our friends in tent city, for all of the laughs under miserable conditions. ππ
Thank you to our judges too, for judging in these conditions, particularly Susan, who judged most of the day in the pouring rain, she was clearly soaked but powered on! πͺππ
Video of Renzo and Paris. Video of Chani in the comments βΊοΈ
Chani's critique on the pegs by our judge Mrs Natalie Humphries (WA) at the GSDL State Breed show, Luddenham Showground.
Throwback video 5 years ago, May 2017.
Maze at 10 months, Paige at 12 months and Sassy at 6 years old, in the backyard of the house we rented for the Brisbane National β€οΈ
*Khayem Revelation ET AZ
*Khayem Revelation ET AZ "Renzo" with Greg Jones last weekend at the GSDCV show under Melanie Groth (NSW)
Such a good boy, knows his job and gets on with it. π₯°
Our thanks to Margi Vasil-Raftopoulos for the video :)
Throwback to May 2016.
Lilli and Fergus having a grand old time.
Lilli was 10 and starting to slow down a bit. Fergus was 8, he loved his toys and sticks. Lilli loved Fergus β€
*Lilli vom Trompetersprung (imp Germany)
*Khayem Erasmus AZ
Miss them both β€