Showsight October 2018

to judge 48 Bullmastiffs, the only breed she judged, but what a nice score for this breed that is growing in popular- ity! She did not judge on Sunday like Mr. Habig did. He came from Germa- ny to judge 93 dogs on Saturday and that included 25 Boxers and 32 Great Danes. He was the best scoring judge of the weekend as he finished with 202 dogs in total. On Sunday he judges 109 dogs including 30 Shih Tzus. But Mr. Jan Coppens from the Netherlands did better with a score of 110 entries, thus the best score on Sunday. Two Belgian judges also had a nice score on Sunday. Mr. Bart Vandaele had an entry of 75 dogs, but it were the 24 Australian Shepherds mainly, that helped him reach this good result. And Mr. Jos De

Cuyper, our main speaker at shows, is a judge too and had an entry of 90 dogs, and for him it were the 36 Chinese Crested dogs and the 29 Chihuahuas that caused this nice result. It was Mr. Christopher Habig, who was granted the honor to pick out the Best In Show. And notwithstanding the three placements only for all the parts of the Main Ring program, for the Best In Show he had to place all group win- ners, all but one who did not stay till the end. For a two day show, it would be best to chose a Best of Day. That would save the winners of the other groups of that day to come back the next day with only one chance to ten to win Best In Show. It must be frustrating to spend your Sunday, coming back all the way or

rent a hotel room, just to find you being placed number ten or nine or eight, I never understood this. And what if you have entered for another show 5OO km away or if you live that far away and you need to be back on Sunday for work or school on Monday! There are many reasons why group winners of Saturday hate this system, being disadvantaged compared to the winners of Sunday. Let us not forget it is just a regular show, not the World Dog Show or the European Winner. Anyway! Mr. Habig’s 3rd place went to the Weimaraner “Grey Classic’s Make Mine A Double”, owned by Edwin Lenaerts. Fifteen were entered for judge Mr. Burski Wojciech from Poland. He also judged the Group. This male was entered in Champion Class and is five years old. Reserve Best In Show was for the Standard Dachshund Longhaired “Quickstep Fonzie Of Mister Quincy”, entered in Intermediate Class for judge Inez Pattison from Ireland. And here too it was the same judge who judged the group later. A nice surprise for owner Marianne Maes who is a breeder for many years of Standard Longhair Dachshunds. The dog is only 17 months old. The winner of Best In Show went to one the Rottweiler “Minaeleas Black Mambo”, a choice of Mr. John Bond from Ireland, and again the same judge for the group. Black Mambo was entered in Champion Class being

“IT WAS MR. CHRISTOPHER HABIG, WHO WAS GRANTED THE HONOR TO PICK OUT THE BEST IN SHOW.”

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