winter photoshoot

6.5 years old and standing strong, my big boy, love you to bits

International Dog Show in Milan (Italy)

On January 23 we opened this year's show season in the beautiful Italy. Miss D got excellent in Champion class and CACIB and Sargis was Best of Breed under Mr. Silvio Rivolta (IT). Then Sargis was placed second in the Group competition by the Irish breed specialist Mr. Paul Lawless. Huge thanks to both judges!

Winter 2011

Vilnius, December 2010

We ended the year with style and without going too far from home to have fun - INT CH Wyndsong Halcyon Midnight Watch went best of breed at Vilnius Winter International Dog Show (breed judge Nijole Zeniene, Lithuania) and was shortlisted in the group by the Russian judge Natalia Raschihmarova. Next day he was Best of Breed at Christmas Cup International Dog Show and won nicely represented Group 1 under Lithuanian herding breeds specialist Natalija Nekrosiene.

Many thanks to all our friends and supporters and of course the judges!

Photos by Stasys Barauskas

Sargis in Slovenia

Yes, we did it again!

On October 2, my schips won two high titles - in dogs and bitches at the European Dog Show 2010 in Celje, Slovenia!! INT CH Wyndsong Halcyon Midnight Watch - CAC, CACIB, Best of Breed, European Winner'2010 and shortlisted in the group! Breed judge Mr. Tamas Jakkel (Hungary), group judge Blaz Kavcic (Slovenia)

INT CH Shalako Dynamite - CAC, CACIB, European Winner'2010!

Many thanks to both judges and my friends and family who support me along the way.

Kaunas 2010

On September 12 Sargis was Best of Breed and Group 2 at the all-breed National dog show in Kaunas judged by the herding breeds specialist Elena Balazovitz from Hungary. Team Andrew-Sargis competed in the Junior Handling competition and was placed second in Andrew's age group by Dagmar Klein (Germany)

Vilnius shows September 4-5, 2010

The autumn is here and we are continuing our fun show season 2010! On September 4-5 I took Sargis to two back-to-back National all-breed dog shows in Vilnius held by our home club - Vilnius City Kennel Club. Sargis won two Best of Breed titles and was placed second in FCI group 1 on Saturday and won the group and was 3rd in the Best in Show lineup! Many thanks to all judges who said so many nice words about my pet pup and to everyone who cheered for us at the Group and BIS ring!

Congratulations to my son Andrew, who competed in the Junior Handlers competition for the first time that weekend and was placed 5th in his age group!

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!

Parnu International Dog Show

This was the hottest weekend in Estonia ever - over +30C in shade and just smothering in the sun. Not the best day to show not only a black dog, but any dog. However, we did pretty well considering the weather - Sargis, INT CH Wyndsong Halcyon Midnight Watch - CACIB and Best of Breed under Mr. Miroslaw Redlicky and then resBIG under Mrs. Anna Redlicka. Both judges come from Poland and are well-known and popular herding breeds specialists wh judge all over the world including the US. Huge thanks to both of you for the high praise of my boy - you both judged him when he was a bit over 1 year old and now I am so proud to show to both of you how he turned out.

Miss D, INT CH Shalako Dynamite, won CACIB and was BOS.

Here are some photos of Sargis competing in the JH ring with his new friend Alexandra.

Aukstaitija Summer/Moletai Major Cup

Oh what a weekend!! Sargis, INT CH WW'09 EUW'09 Wyndsong Halcyon Midnight Watch - LT CAC, CACIB, Best of Breed and Group 2 at Dzuku Summer International Dog Show in Lithuania (breed judge Holm Gunnel/Finland, group judge Leif Herman Wilberg/Norway).

Next day he also won LT CAC, CACIB and Best of Breed - this time under breed judge Leif Herman Wilberg) and won the Herding group under Linda Jurgens/Estonia!! Then Aramis Joey Lim from Australia chose Sargis as his Best Lithuanian Dog of the show - out of all Lithuanian dogs who placed in groups during this show finals and awarded him with the Moletai Mayor Cup! Many thanks to everyone who cheered for us behind the ring and congratulated us afterwards - we had such a great time!! Congratulations to all of the BIS finalists - well deserved!

Estonian Winner Show

Sargis, INT CH WW'09 EUW'09 Wyndsong Halcyon Midnight Watch, won CACIB and went Best of Breed under Mrs. Jean Lawless on Sunday, June 6, in Tallinn. Later that day Mr. Paul Lawless picked Sar as resBIG. Many thanks to both judges for thinking so highly of my boy!

Tito (Avatar Even Atlantis Keren Shemesh)

We had a pleasure of meeting Tito in Israel this weekend. What a great personality!!

Italian weekend

We are back from sunny Italy. On May 1st Sargis, INT CH Wyndsong Halcyon Midnight Watch, Best of Breed at Orvieto International Dog Show with CACIB and 3rd Italian CAC towards his IT Championship title under Mrs Nina Karlsdotter (Sweden). On May 2nd he was Best of Breed at San Marino International Dog Show under Ms Suncica Lazic-Antoniu (Serbia). Sargis was shortlisted in the group both days. Many thanks to both judges for the great critiques and a special thank you to my hosts for the weekend, the Manni family!
PS. Miss D missed the show due to her season which started out of schedule this time. Next time..

Crufts continued

My schips' critiques from Crufts by breed judge Mrs. Penny Laverick:

INT CH Wyndsong Halcyon Midnight Watch - Open Dog 2. More of an old fashioned type but moved well with good coat.

INT CH Shalako Dynamite - Open Bitch 1 resCC. A beautiful true Schip - very lovely but just lost out to the CC winner, but she is the whole package - very alert too.

Deena's advert @ Crufts Winners Issue of Our Dogs

Sargis at Crufts 2010

Many thanks to Linda Schenk for those photos!

Archibald Ein HaNamer Keren Shemesh

The puppy formerly known as Archi now has a new call name and his own human to play around with. I want to welcome Itzik Vax into our happy family and wish him all the best of luck with Marshel!

Puppies Update

I received some new photos of Archi and Tito - Sargis' and Chiki's puppies in Israel.