Date: 09/10/10 |
Thank you to Trudy for her hospitality and to all the Dutch competitors for making my first trip to Holland very welcoming. The weather was fantastic which was lucky as we were outside. The show atmosphere was very relaxed but the standard of dogs and handling was very high. A big thank you to my two fantastic stewards, Karin and Guus who were very professional and great company. Lastly thank you to Lorraine for being great company.
Class ‘A’
Steward: Karin Stegmeijer
1st) Ivonne v.d. Meer & AbFab Irausquinn, ws, lost 5
Lovely clean, stylish heelwork from this pair. A good recall, retrieve and scent gave them this win. Congratuatulations.
2nd) Yolande Hartman & Odessa Jitske v. Wilstemar, Kooikerhondje, lost 5.25
A lovely dog who produced fanstastic heelwork, but the recall costing the red one today. Well done.
3rd) Timoty de Cleyn & Bono of Geronimo’s Tribe, large Munsterlander, lost 6.25
Produced the best heelwork of the day, very clean and stylish but unfortunately the recall and scent costing the red one. Well done
4th) Jose Flierman & Nice of you to come bye be Clever, BC, lost 6.75
Consistent heelwork, lovely a recall but again the scent costing a higher place. Well done
5th) Wilma Struijk & Engy Ingo von den Gansewiesen, Entlebucher Sennenhond,
lost 7.25
Again this initial round from this pair was very, producing some good heelwork, but again the scent costing a higher place. Well done
6th) Rose Dewulf & Bekkis Your Faithfully, BC, lost 8
Produced a lovely clean recall and retrieve, just bits and pieces on the heelwork and again scent was costly. Well done
7th) Mirjam v.d. Broek & ZZ Joe, BC, lost 20.50
Unfortunate marks lost on stays costing the higher place, but an initial good round. Well done.
The standard of the ‘A’ class was exceptionally high on the initial rounds, just scent costing quite a few marks.
Class ‘B’
Steward: Guus Scholten
1st) Gwen Griffioen & Tomngwens Chocolate Dream, Kruising, lost 8.25
Gwen produced the best heelwork of the day, very stylish but also very clean, unfortunately the sendaway was costly but good retrieve and scent secured the win. Congratulations.
2nd) Jose Flierman & Nice of you to come bye be Clever, BC, lost 20.50
Cracking sendaway and retrieve, in the lead going into stays, but he just couldn’t manage to keep his bum there long enough, but I am sure your day will come. Well done
3rd) Jenke Labots & Joyful Stepping v Benvenida’s Joy, BC, lost 46
A very good initial round with a great sendaway and retrieve, but scent again costing the marks. Well done.
4th) Annemarie Ibelings & Absolutely Fabulous Phoebe, WS, lost 46.25
Another lovely bitch who produced a good initial round but fell fail of the scent. Well done.
5th) Rick v. Veeren & Sealight It’s a Magic Miracle, BC, lost 53.25
Bits and pieces on the heelwork but a good scent and sendaway, but scent costing the marks again. Well done.
We only had places down to 5th due to many training rounds, but the standard of heelwork very exceptionally good.
Once again thank you to the Dutch Obedience Society, you should be very proud of your dogs and I look forward to seeing more of them visiting the UK.