End of the year

Well the last show of the year was the Winner shows in Helsinki. Nothing big this year for us, well Nessi did start her veteran career by winning Helsinki Veteran Winner -14 title. Go Nessi!

As the year is ending it is time to look back on this year and what a year has it been....

Thank you dear friends, judges and all who have celebrated our success with us. You are all a vital part of this all and this year would not have been what it was without you!

The year started with some puppy shows with our Chiqi & Joe babies. And they did us proud!

Alex, Exclamation Before The Dawn went 3 x BIG-2 and sister Mila, Exclamation Dusk Till Dawn won many times BOS to his brother and also 1 x BIG-3. We showed also our breeding class with them to BIS-3.

Alex

Mila

Our fauve boy Basil, Exclamation Le Chiffre also debuted in the puppy rings with super results. Shown 5 times: 5 x BOB with 2 x BIG-4, 1 x BIG-2, and also reserve Best In Show at Basset Main Speciality! So proud of this youngster.

Basil

During the year we had several unforgettable moments. Here's a bit of summing up.....

In March our golden boy Miro, Exclamation Miracle On Ice rocked at Lithuanian Winner show weekend by winning not only 2 x CACIB & CAC but also Lt W-14 title.

April was one of those months I'll remember forever. Not only did two of my second generation breeding finish their Champion titles on their first try but how.....
Armas, Exclamation Beyond The Horizon finished in Loviisa under Viveca Lahokoski. He did not stop there though. First winning the Group under Tuula Savolainen and then winning BEST IN SHOW under Tanya Ahlman-Stockmari. What a THRILL!!

precious Armas

Later in April Miro did finish his Finnish & Lithuanian Champion titles by winning Best male 2nd under specialist Terry Stacy, USA. So proud!

In May we took a crazy trip to Lithuania to Baltic Winner. 3 days of showing. I can tell you we were tired on the way back home but oh SO HAPPY!
We had 4 dogs with us and got absolutely amazing results!
Tara, Aika Von Der Engelburg won BOB all 3 days with CACIB's & CAC's and gained Baltic W-14 title and also became Lt Ch & C.I.E!!!!
Alex, E. Before The Dawn won 2 x jun-CAC making him Lt JCh and he also won 2 x BOB junior and added Baltic JW-14 title to his credit and was shortlisted on Saturday to TOP 6 from 100+ juniors. This young lad also won BOB on Sunday! At the age of only 9 months!!!! SUPER!!
His sister Mila, E. Dusk Till Dawn won 3 x jun-CAC making her Lt JCh and also Baltic JW-14!!
Armas, E. Beyond The Horizon shined throughout the weekend by winning 3 x CAC, 2 x CACIB, BOB,  BM 2nd to Alex and added Lt Ch and Baltic W-14!!! What a weekend!!!

baby Alex

Tara

Armas

Mila

We also had our Finnish Bassetclub's Main Speciality in May where Nessi, Easeful Cafe Espresso won BEST OF BREED and also went BEST IN SHOW 4th and Basil BOB puppy with BIS-2 ending. Super happy!!

Nessi

May gave Armas, E. Beyond The Horizon his second BEST IN SHOW for the year when he won BOB & CAC & BEST IN GROUP in Vyborg, Russia under Per Iversen and under Marja Talvitie won it all - Best In Show. Proud. That is the only word for it!

Armas with all his trophies

His brother Cosmo, E. New Horizon debuted in the show rings the next day with BM 3rd & CAC under breeder-judge Vibeke Paulsen.

Cosmo

In June it was time for Alex, E. Before The Dawn to enter as an adult in Finland in Lohja. He went BOB & CAC under Tanya Ahlman-Stockmari and BIG-4 under Monica Cyperling. Such a super boy!"

Alex

His sister Mila, E.Dusk Till Dawn continued great success in Norway by winning BOS & CAC  at Tromssa International!!

Mila

In July we travelled to Latvia as this was the first try for Armas to get his International Champion title. What a weekend it was, again!!!
Basil, E. Le Chiffre won 3 x BOB, 3 x BOB junior & 3 x Jun-CAC making him Lv JCh!!
Alex, E. Before The Dawn won jun-CAC with BM 2nd and gained Lv JCh title.
His sister Mila, E. Dusk Till Dawn dominated the bitches with 2 x BOS & jun-CAC making her Lv & Baltic JCh!! And the star again.... Armas, E. Beyond The Horizon won 2 x BOB & CACIB & CAC. Wow! On Saturday he gained his C.I.B title with Lv Ch title in addition. This was his first try to finish C.I.B in 1 year and 5 days!!! He did not stop there though.... later he went reserve Best In Group too!!! On Sunday after winning the breed he also won the Group and later on the day..... his THIRD BEST IN SHOW for the year!!! Speechless!!!

Armas, super boy

Armas & Mila, BOB/BOS both days

August was a busy one too. Mila, E. Dusk Till Dawn continued her success with BOB & CAC in Finland. Alex, E. Before The Dawn won another BOB and few CAC's, including BOB junior in Kuopio where he was also shortlisted to top 15 by Harri Lehkonen from a huge amount of juniors! Basil, E. Le Chiffre won also CAC with BOS in Kuopio. Nessi, Easeful Cafe Espresso won BOB and later BEST IN GROUP 4th under Harri Lehkonen in Kuopio too!!

Nessi

World Winner show came to Finland and of course we had to be there too! Nothing big, Nessi won res-CACIB, so close but so far :D But our Tara, Aika Von Der Engelburg was shown under FCI Judge committee president mr Horst Kliebenstein from Germany, the breed origin country. So I think this was the few times when a judge had seen other pudelpointers live and I was anxious to hear what he'd say. Well, he loved her!! Tara was awarded BEST OF BREED & CAC & CACIB making her Fi Ch and World Winner 2014!!!!

Tara

And we travelled to Tallinn to try and finish Miro's International Champion title too. His first try with 1 year and 5 days ( how bizarre, exactly the same as Armas.... ). Basil, E. Le Chiffre won 2 x BOB, 2 x BOB-junior & 2 x jun-CAC making him Ee JCh too! Alex, E. Before The Dawn won 2 x BM 2nd, 2 x BOB junior & jun-CAC making him Ee & Baltic JCh!!! Miro, Exclamation Miracle On Ice did it! He was BOB on Saturday and BOS on Sunday, gaining 2 x CACIB, CAC making him Ee Ch and brand new C.I.B !!! And as he did not want to be any worse than Armas he also finish his C.I.B title with reserve Best In Group!!!

Alex

Miro <3

In October it was time for Finnish American Cocker Club's Annual Club Show. Under Rita Crowe our cuties performed quite nicely :D
Mila, E. Dusk Till Dawn won BLACK VARIETY BITCHES and went BEST IN SHOW 5th while his half-brother Raipe, Little Life Really Royal Dynasty won BLACK MALES and went BIS 3rd. Both are sired by our lovely C.I.B Afterglow Tokyo Joe!
In the cut-down class I had three Exclamation dogs entered. In males multitalented Mike, E. Miracle Hunter won it all and in bitches Fiona, E. Dare To Dream went 2nd best bitch after Sisi, E. Time To Remember, who returned from maternity leave to win bitches and also BEST IN SHOW CUT-DOWN!!! Super proud!!

Mike and Sisi

Raipe & Mila

Fiona & Sisi

And in addition to all the wins in the show ring our dogs were represented in other sports too during the year!
Fiona, E. Dare To Dream gained super results in obedience and gained a training award TK1.
Mike, E. Miracle Hunter competed with super results both in agility and obedience! He also won Obedience Breed Championships in Open class!!
Lempi, E. Silver Kiss became the very first Finnish yankee ever to gain Swedish Tracking Ch title!!!!
Armas, E. Beyond The Horizon gained only one month after his third BIS in the shows OPEN 1 st prize in Hunting Tracking!!

I am extremely proud of these dogs and their owners and handlers. You are all rock stars!!!!

All in all - WHAT A GREAT YEAR!!!!

So many Champion titles, super wins and much, much more.