Havanese speciality & a match show

Hey guys!

Yesterday it was time for the Finnish havanese-speciality show in Lohja. There was a remarkable number of entered havaneses - 133!! There was some competition indeed..

I travelled with Miia and Katja in the morning towards Lohja in a full-propped car. The rings would start at 10 o'clock, so we had plenty of time. I was there as a helper/handler so I took the dog which I was given and went to the ring with him :)

Males were judged by Per Svarstad from Sweden and females by Thorbjörn Skaar also from Sweden.

First I had a cute little black boy, "Musta" (means "black" in Finnish) was a 7 months old puppy. He did a great job and the judge liked him too, because he was 1st in his class with an HP. In the competition of Best male-puppy he got 2nd place :) Congrats to his owners Aila & Katariina!

After this I went to the ring with a big boy Bellezza's Next To Me "Tarmo", an intermediate class dog. He was a very strong one and I had to work very hard to get him nicely stacked. But we managed! "Tarmo" got EXC & CQ and 4th place in a class of 9 dogs.

4 best in intermediate class, showing "Tarmo"

Next in turn was the cute Bellezza's Merry Melody "Melli", an intermediate bitch, who I showed also in Vaasa INT last weekend. The bitches' intermediate class had an entry of 8 havaneses. Melli did a wonderful job with her happy performance and got EXC & CQ, and at last 2nd place in the bitches' intermediate class! Great!

When there wasn't any dogs to show it was all about the grooming! It's not easy with long-coated breeds..!

In the competition of Best Male I showed a lovely veteran dog, Visakoivun Zurriago de Oro "Ville". He didn't get a placement, but later in the BOB-veteran competition he was BOS-veteran with Miia :)

Best dog competition results:
BM 1 Behave's Joker In Jazz
BM 2 Bellezza's Keep It Hot


..and the rest: I have no idea.. Me and my memory ♥ Congrat's to Miia for Oiva's results and Kirsi, Charlotte and the handler Sanna for Calle's victory!

Me and "Salsa"

The best bitch then. I showed the cute little "Melli". She was "shortlisted" but didn't get a placement in the end.

BB 1 Zeralda's Icon Of Happiness
BB 2 Jatakabi's On My Mind
BB 3 Bellezza's Hot Gossip
BB 4 Bayarin Una Bella Chica

Did a bit better remembering the bitches.. lol. Congrats Sanna again for the marvellous 1st placement with "Pepita"! Lovely ♥ Also Miia for your beautiful young bitch, Olivia!

The time was at this point around half past two, the judge's had done a fast job! But still we got long critiques, which was great!

It was time for Best Of Breed competition, Sanna had a problem here, because she was the handler of the both BB and BM-winners, way to go! She handled at last her own "Pepita" who also got the highest award, BOB at the speciality! We may call "Pepita" now BISS C.I.B & FI & EE &LT CH Zeralda's Icon Of Happiness! Congrats once again Sanna ♥

After this it was the Best Breeder! There were 6 entered breeder's groups! wow! We had a group of 4 beautiful havaneses. Bellezza's Keep It Hot & Hot Gossip & Love Letter & White Diamond. I showed Bellezza's White Diamond aka "Salsa". He's a beautiful open class dog, who got today EXC/2 CQ.

We did an awesome job and ended up as BIS-BREEDER out of 6 breeder's groups! WOW! Right in the bull's eye I would say ;) Huge congratulations to the breeder - Aino-Inkeri Huurinainen! Great job!

kennel Bellezza's BIS-BREEDER

But the show wasn't over yet.. It was time for the last competition - Junior Handling! Yey! I competed today with a happy, little champion girl Bannera's Hot Headliner "Wilma". She had so much fun wagging her tail and she totally enjoyed to be shown. The judge for the jh was Daniela Sahari. We were 10 entered juniors in the elder group.

The judge asked to move around first all in a group and then come for individual judging. There she asked the dog's age and to move a triangle and a T. This went great and in the end I free-stacked "Wilma" and she looked great!

We were picked to the 5 best. We moved around and the judge started to place us. I got 2nd place and the winner was Sanna who had taken everything else also today! Hahah! Good job and congrats once again! :)

So, what can I say. A fabulous day! Thank you all for a great company and for letting me show your dogs!

Ninja at the match show

Today then we headed for a fun match show! We took both Ninja and Nelli with us. We spent a great day in great weather! Nelli won her pair, but didn't get a placement in the end. Ninja won also her pair and ended up as Group 2nd in the small dogs! Way to go mini-Ninja ♥ We also participated in junior handling with Ninja and ended up as 2nd :)

Ninja today at the match show, 23 months

So we had a fun weekend! On Friday we'll get on the plane and start our trip toward Zadar in Croatia! Whoopee! Ninja's getting her bath now and we'll do some grooming today..

I will post better pics when I get some! :)

Have a great start of your week! See ya!

♥ Hilde ♥