Karlštejn Beagles

Freddy & Hugo

Category: Hugo

  • European Dog Show 2025, Brno – 10.4.2025

    We were there! And even took away beautiful placements and ratings and especially a wonderful experience thanks to the TOP judge Lenka Frnčová, thank you very much. We have been looking forward to this cynological holiday for a long time and we are really excited.

    Freddy (Piccolino z Negraland) with European Hope (Promise) 2025 and judge Lenka Frnčová, EDS 2025, Brno, 10.4.2025

    We knew that this would be the culmination of our show efforts so far, but the result exceeded our expectations. We can see that careful preparation and pathfinding is paying off. All of this was enhanced by our most popular judge (beagle specialist) Mrs. Lenka Frnčová, who judged all the dogs and bitches of the breed with ease and great erudition. The atmosphere around the ring was extremely positive and finally the big ring with a white carpet (albeit in a sunken hall of the exhibition centre) gave the whole show the hallmark of uniqueness.

    We also met a lot of important breeders from all over Europe and we are very happy that they are worth to say hello and have a few words with us. And we take that as a great appreciation for our only one year "career in the show ring".

    Freddy and his handler Jitka Svobodova won the Puppy class and therefore the title European Hope 2025, which we take as a big commitment for the future.

    But Hugo did not lose his way and confirmed his level by winning Excellent rating again in the busy Junior class. It is not possible for someone to participate in Junior class in two European shows (2024 in Celje and 2025 in Brno) and to succeed in both of them. Thanks also to Hugo's handler Pája Píchová.

    Piccolino z Negraland aka Freddy

    (s: Zorro for Negraland Weinlinie, d: Kassandra z Negraland)

    puppy class – Very promising 1 (1/5), European Hope 2025!

    Handling: Jitka Svobodová (TDH Team & Academy)

    Néreus Hare and Hounds aka Hugo

    (s: Alkes Deep Desire, d: Briseona Dragon Roan)

    junior class – Excellent (no order out of 13)

    Handling: Pája Píchová (TDH Team)

    and we must also mention our friend Jeremi z Kunčiček aka Jerry

    (s: King Weinlinie z Negraland, d: Gina Mantis)

    junior class – Excellent (no order out of 13)

    owner: Petra Václavková

    Handling: Andrea Petrová team

    Hugo with Pája Píchová, EDS 2025, 10.4.2025
    Freddy with Jitka Svobodová, EDS 2025, 10.4.2025
    Freddy, EDS 2025, 10.4.2025
    Hugo, EDS 2025, 10.4.2025
    Hugo, Freddy and Jeremi with judge Lenka Frnčová, EDS 2025, Brno, 10.4.2025

  • Hugo and Jerry Training Camp in Zlín – 16.- 21.3.2025

    As the top of (our) this year's show season is approaching - EDS 2025 , we agreed with Petra Václavková to include a new element in the preparation of our dogs. Petra for our Hugo (Néreus Hare and Hounds) and her Jerry (Jeremi z Kunčiček) prepared an incredible fitness program in Zlín and its surroundings.

    We started the whole training camp 🙂 on coursing training in Čechy pod Kosířem, where the boys ran after a tassel simulating a hare hunt. Both of them proved that they have it innate and passed both the first short course (200 m) and the full training course (700 m) without any problems, Hugo even got a training card entry (Jerry unfortunately does not meet the age limit for such an entry yet). We also met Jerry's dad King (King Weinlinie z Negraland) and his owner Lenka Frnčová, who showed us this great dog sport (King is already Champion of Silesia in coursing).

    The following days both boys got a lot of exercise on demanding trips around Zlín, they had a great time on the dog playground and also trained obedience with Petra. On Friday we came to see them also with Freddy (Piccolino z Negraland) and together we worked on show skills.

    Very good event! Petra, thanks for everything!

  • Looking Back To The First Show Year With Hugo

    Hugo (Néreus Hare and Hounds) during training in TDH Academy (2025-02-12)

    A year ago we took our Hugo (Néreus Hare and Hounds) to his first exhibition (not yet competing).

    A lot of things happened that year, we made a lot of friends and discovered a new world for us. We also added another dog to our team, Freddy (Piccolino from Negraland).

    Even after a year, we still think that for us the most beautiful show was Club show of Beagle Breeders Club of Slovakia in Bobrovnik in May 2024 with great judge Lenka Frncova.

    One of the key shows was IHA Salzburg in August 2024 with judge Darko Drobniak (RS), where Hugo competed in junior class for the first time and proved to be a great cunning 🙂 (in 9 months and 2 days he beat the reigning world junior winner by half a year older). 🙂 (v 9 měsících a 2 dnech s přehledem porazil úřadujícího o půl roku staršího světového juniorského vítěze).

    It was a wonderful experience to participate in the European Dog Show in Celje in October 2024 with judge Ann Ingram (IRL), where we were very much helped by TDH Team.

    We also have very fond memories of our start at the Danube CACIB in Bratislava in October 2024 with judge Iveta Vojtekova (SK).

    And the icing on the cake was The Regional Halloween Show in Provodovice - Kelč, once again with judge Lenka Frncova..

    And the December participation at at the shows in Wels (CACIB and CAC) in "men's only composition" with the support of Alexa Matelová from TDH Team on the spot and the completion of the Austrian Junior Champion deserves attention.

    But we also like to remember other experiences and judges where we may not have gotten the best score, but their attitude in the ring was absolutely amazing.

    And so a bit of statistics comes in handy

    • We have planned a total of 30 starts in 3 show classes.
    • In the end, Hugo showed up 28 times (unfortunately, illness prevented him from starting twice).
    • We met 25 different judges from 10 countries..
    • We visited 6 different countries – besides our country, Slovakia, Austria, Poland, Germany and Slovenia.
    • He started 3 times in minor puppy class, always with rating VN1 and won Club Show Winner of Minor Puppy Class in Slovakia.
    • He started 4x in puppy class, always with rating VN1 and got Club Show Winner of Puppy Class in the Czech Republic..
    • He started 21x in junior class and obtained:
      • Junior Champion of Slovakia
      • Junior Champion of Austria
      • Winner of the specialty show – junior dog (SK)
      • Winner of junior class and Winner of JBIG FCI VI. (regional show)
      • 6x BOJ
      • 5x CACIB-J
      • 8x CAJC
      • 1x Exc. from European Dog Show
      • 9x Exc. 1
      • 3x Exc. 2
      • 1x Exc 3.
      • 1x Exc 4.
      • and also 5x Very good and once not assessed 🙂

    We still have a month to go in the junior class so we are training hard. Thanks a lot for the training and occasional handling TDH Team & Academy, for handling our junior handler Melca Rulcova and for valuable advice to more experienced friends.

    We are looking forward to meeting our friends at other shows and of course to meet new and already known judges.

    And since we don't have a photo from the last show, which we couldn't attend, one photo in show stance from training at TDH Academy.

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