33rd International dog show in Rotterdam, Holland

Holland greeted us by strong winds and chilling rain, but we felt right at home in this hospitable country. Besides attending the 33e Internationale Kampioenschaps-Tentoonstelling voor honden van alle rassen we spent 3 lovely days in Rotterdam. I am happy that INT CH Wyndsong Halcyon Midnight Watch became Best of Breed and earned CACIB and his first CAC in Holland and INT CH Shalako Dynamite became Best of Opposite Sex also with CACIB and CAC under Dr. K. Scheel (Denmark). Many thanks to him for the thorough critiques and kind approach. Also huge thanks go to the Schenk family - you are the best! Well, looks like we will be going back to Holland!

Dzukija Summer / Druskininkai Mayor Cup 2010

Another superhot but fun weekend for us! Two days in the lovely town Druskininkai located in Dzukija region of Lithuania left us with many happy memories. On Friday, August 6, INT CH Wyndsong Halcyon Midnight Watch won LT CAC, CACIB, became Best of Breed and was shortlisted in the group under herding breeds specialist judge Barbara Muller (Switzerland). INT CH Shalako Dynamite won LT CAC, CACIB and went BOS handled by Dominyka Kolesova.

On Saturday, August 7, INT CH Wyndsong Halcyon Midnight Watch, got another LT CAC, CACIB and BOB under Karl-Erik Johansson (Sweden) and went Group 2 under Tatyana Ivanova (Russia), INT CH Shalako Dynamite was once again BOS with LT CAC and CACIB. Then we went into the competition for the Best Lithuanian Dog of the show and (what a huge and most wonderful surprise!) judge Olga Sinko Kupriyanova (Slovenia) chose Sargis! Now we have another huge cup to add to our ever-growing collection - Druskininkai Mayor Cup.

Many thanks to everyone for your support, e-mails and calls afterwards!