Outi and Henna took our precious Jade, Tln JW-15 EXCLAMATION ECHOES IN TIME to Estonia, Tartu couple of weeks ago and came back with res-CACIB under Alex Zee, Taiwan and CACIB & CAC under Ligita Zake, Latvia. Thank you girls and judges!!
Since I have not shown in over a month, I've been thinking a lot about the hobby.
Dogshows are a nice hobby indeed and I have met really great people through it, some of them I proudly call my friends. But I must admit that the interest to show has decreased tremendously over the years. Not due to the fact that my dogs would have changes somehow, no in fact they do still win and also big but I do show them sparingly.
The lack of interest comes from the fact that sadly it is not even vaguely all about the dogs anymore. True , there are those judges that still respect their profession and honesty and keep judging the dogs according to the standard. But far too many have no real knowledge of the traits written down on the standards. And even more sadly far too many base their judging to politics and some twisted hierarchy that is not only a disgrace but also a disservice to all pedigree dogs.
This trend can be seen all over the world but I think it is emphasized in the countries where there are shows like mushrooms in the forest.
So I do choose carefully when and where to spend my money.
I still like to show my dogs, I just sometimes have to weigh if I have some other more important things to do or simply if I just want to save my money for something else. Simple as that.
And with this note I also need to brag about our young Basil, LTW-15 EXCLAMATION LE CHIFFRE, who rocked the stage at Finnish Basset hunting field trial Championships. It was the highest level of competition EVER, and our Basil got WINNER 1st PRIZE with 82,16 points loosing ONLY under two points to the winner!! This means he came 3rd at Finnish Championships, what a achievement from this 2 year old boy! Super happy and proud!!!
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| (c) Reija Helkkula The winning trio, congrats to all! |
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