Bella's "Grand" Grandmum.....

Bella's Grandmum INT CH Heds Cajsa De Lux (on the left, with her owner/breeder Maud Hedberg) was selected as the Kennel Club of Södra Älvsborg's The Veteran of The Year. This was done in the GULDHUND 2006-show. Cajsa was the Best Veteran for the second time in a row !!!

This bitch has also been BIS at the Breed Specialty TWO TIMES in a row, in 2004 and 2005 !!! So there is a Very Special Bitch !!!

Bella is proud of her "Grand" Grandmum !!!

This event, GULDHUND 2006, was held in January this year. Now it is only about 2 months to this year's Breed Specialty which is held in Simmatorp, in Southern Sweden. This year is also the 30th Jubileum of SKV so there is going to be great festivities at the show !!!! Gee,...it would be GREAT to go there !!!

Malmö INT dog show...

Bella's mum, Umbra, and her half-brother Rätt o Slätt Qasper, were in the Malmö INT dog show, that was held at the 18th of March. There were 37 adults and one pup. ONLY 3 bitches and 4 males got CK (= CAC quality). Bella's brother was BOB-pup and her mum Umbra got Open Class 1 (= very good) and Open Competition Class 3. Below is Umbra's critique:

Knappt medelstor tik. Könspräglat huvud, Kraftig hals. Utmärkt rygg o bröstkorg. Tillfredsställande vinklar och benstomme. Korrekta rörelser. Typ storlek och helhetsintryck: Mycket bra.

and the same in English:

Almost medium sized bitch. Feminine head. Strong neck. Excellent back and ribbcage. Adequate angulation and bone structure. Correct movements. Type, size and general impression: very good.

The judge was Anders Cederström and he dealt out several 2s (= good)and even a 3rd (= satisfactory) in that show. So Umbra's "Very Good" was a great result !!!! BM-4 and BOB-vet was NUCH SUCH Lejondalens Amos-Pärson, who is Bella's great granddad (he is the sire of Umbra's dad)so Bella's relatives had a GREAT show weekend !!!

Bella bellissima !

My lovely lady Bella has been with us for 9 months now ! It was 9 months ago on Tuesday when I picked her up from Sweden and yesterday was that 9-month-marker !
I am hoping she will be with us for many more years to come !!!! She is a giver by nature and now I have a chance to give something back to her. I wish her a long life and lots of happiness !!!

One picture tells more than 1000 words...

Yesterday my dogs had a outing and they were allowed to run free...

They had a blast !!!

Two of a kind...

On the left is Bella and on the right is her dam Umbra. Both look amazingly similar...if one doesn't count the tail. :-)

Herding...

On Sunday the 5th of March Jonni and I went to Kitee, about 70kms from us. There lives Minna Eronen, who trains border collies for herding. She has sheep and also beef cattle. Her breeding cows were having an outing when Jonni and I arrived. Jonni tried herding with sheep but these sheep were not used to a barking herder so they fled several times, which caused Jonni to chase them and that made the sheep scatter all over the place. Minna had a border collie near by so he went and collected the sheep if Jonni made them escape.

We had a go at the cows and that seemed to suit Jonni better. He is such a "pushy" dog and he puts too much pressure on the things he herds so he might be better suited to herd cows...

We had a nice day out and we are definitely going there again !!! And next time Bella is coming with us !