Thursday, June 7, 2007
Tallinn Dog Shows
I entered Juuli to the Estonian Winner 2007 and Sighthound Specialty Shows in Tallinn last weekend.
Shows went really well but the hotel we stayed the night between shows nearly burned down as some pyromaniac decided it was a nice idea to ignite not one but *two* houses nearby the hotel into flames, the closest right behind the hotel in the woods! Yikes!! 
Luckily the fire department got them under control, with some-4 fire-fighting vechiles, 4 police cars and an ambulance... Some excitement was also created because our transportation never really came when it was agreed on, we went on a group trip so that we had a bus to travel around with. Otherwise the weather was great (I got sunburns everywhere...) and I was very happy with our results.
Juuli was BOS and got a CC from the Sighthound Specialty show, meaning that she was the best (and only..) saluki bitch and second best saluki with dog Aziz Yavand, aka Nemo, getting the BOB and he went to become Best In Show as well! If Juuli becomes a Finnish Champion in shows in Finland, she will then become also Estonian Champion, Yay!
Juuli was 3rd best saluki bitch in the Estonian Winner 2007 show and got Res-CACIB with a rosette to go. Nemo went to become BOB there as well and placed 4th in the Group 10 competition. Sadly with our bus leaving I missed the Best In Show ring as I had to go as not to get left behind by the bus...
Interesting was that the both judges in the shows were American and Juuli got excellent reviews from both of them, so maybe I should enter her to shows where there's US judges from now on... 
Here we are with the Specialty Show judge Eugene Blake
Posted by littlewind @ 11:34 PM EET [Link]
