specialty

ERIN''S EYECATCHER FIONNMAE

Handling by Tony

Sunday 21 September 2008 Specialty Ierdie Judge: Mrs. J. Pain UK

We arrived very early at the showgrounds and the location was not the best one you can imagine. The weather should be very nice so I suggested to make to ring outside and not inside. So the 60 entered dogs could be shown outdoors but the grass in the ring was very high and the ground not equaal so a bit difficult the show the movement of your dogs. Hope next year it will be better.

"Dusty"

The highest entry came from kennel Pitlochry & Gealtarra Eireann and then the dogs from my kennel Fionnmaë with 5 dogs. The show started with the puppies dogs and bitches. My young US importDusty became best puppy dog and was showing and moving very nice. Best of breed puppy was for the bitch I think because she is older and looked more mature. I really was impressed by the quality of the bitches at the show but the judge did not share the same opinion because she gave a lot of dogs qualification VERY GOOD and even GOOD.

My young male Lochbay Denver got very good 2nd. and Tsarskaya Prihot Mr. X (co. owned with H. vd. Berg & Hans Zantingh) got very good 4. Denver was shown by Anita Klerks.

Then my young home-bred bitch Tea Time (no picture)got very good without placing. And also Attractive Alisha wasn't the judge cup of tea cause she also got very good and a 4th place. I don't really have an idea what the judge was looking for today.

Erin on the move with Tony.

And then my beautiful Erin, a very difficult girl to handle was shown by Tony Groenendijk and did an excellent job with her. For me Erin's powerful movement with lots of reach and drive was one of the best I had seen today (even on this terrible ground) she got excellent 2.

I really hope that next year the specialty will be "special" again.

 

José