We visited our favorite Styria for a long weekend, this time not only for wine, but the main program was participation in three exhibitions in Graz.
Both Freddy and Hugo did very well, although the conditions were very rainy and cold this time (unheated hall). Both of them ran and showed beautifully, judges at CACIB shows judged very carefully and we also had a lot of fun in the ring :-) And on Sunday Hugo showed under his owner and they won again J-BOB in Junior class.
Big thanks to the Austrian Beagle Club (ABC), which takes care of the nominations of judges for international shows in Austria for the Beagle breed, provides the staff of the ring and what is the most amazing supplies a lot of prizes (cups and cockades) for the winners of each class and breed. So besides the great results themselves, we also brought back a bunch of cups (5 in total from ABC) and one beautiful medal and cup from the show organizers. We are rightly proud members of this club organization abroad!
Unfortunately, a bit of a pain are the local space possibilities of the main ring, virtually the preparatory ring for the final competitions and also a bit of organization of the final competitions - unfortunately in the Puppy and Junior classes there is a large number of dogs and people, a lot of spectators who are crowding into the area of waiting dogs, which especially Hugo was not at all excited and Freddy was also not enjoying the waiting and frolicked.
On Saturday, another promising young junior handler Ester Mihálekováhelped us with Freddy's performance in the final round and we congratulate her for the overall JH victory on Saturday and 2nd place in the older category on Sunday.
Results:
Freddy
Saturday Premstätten Winner – CACIB I – Very promissing 1 in Puppy class
Saturday Premstätten CAC – Very promissing 1 in Puppy class
Sunday Styrian Winner – CACIB II – Very promissing 1 in Puppy class
Hugo
Saturday Premstätten Winner – CACIB I – V2, res. CAC in Intermediate class
Saturday Premstätten CAC – V1, CAC in Intermediate class
Sunday Styrian Winner – CACIB II – V1, Best Junior (J-BOB), Junior FCI-CACIB, Jugendbester, Junior Styrian WInner in Junior class
Hugo successfully started another adult championship, this time in Austria.
We got nice reports from other judges we met for the first time: on Saturday morning Mr. Willi Güllix (DE) and on Sunday Mr. Roman Rovanšek (SLO). And we enjoyed a lot of fun and movement in the ring on Saturday evening under the guidance of the well-known judge Mrs. Sonija Momčilovič Bognič (SRB).
