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frites, hamburger, cakes all kind, sand- wiches... Small details make often a big difference, it creates the general atmo- sphere and it determines of someone comes back for sure, maybe or never. On Saturday there were 922 dogs entered, on Sunday there were 1019. From across the Chanel came 52 dogs from the United Kingdom and 6 from Ireland. Best In Show was offered to Mr. Francisco Salvador Janeiro from Por- tugal. For the finals, only 3 dogs were placed! Fantastic! An example to many other shows that place all dogs. And for the BIS Mr. Francisco had to place only one dog! His winning dog was a real surprise! It was a Sloughi, a breed that rarely scores so high. This was the sec- ond time in history I was told but I can- not check it. Kosmas Kristina entered her Champion for Mr. Hlebarov’s judg- ment. He was also the group judge “Malala Schuru-Esch-Schamps”, is a Ger- man-bred dog of a little over 4 years old. GENT 2018 From one show every two years to a double show now and this every year. The show will probably move to May. 1504 Dogs were entered on Saturday, 1470 on Sunday. A big part were entered on both shows, espe- cially the foreign dogs. At the last sin- gle show Gent had 1966 entries, now they had almost 3000 dogs for the two shows. But compared to both shows individually they lost nearly 25% of the entries. Mr. Markku Mähönen from Finland was asked to judge the Best In Show on Saturday. Winning dog was the Ameri- can Staffordshire Terrier “Carmichael’s Liar Liar Pants On Fire”. This bitch was entered in Champion Class by Olaf Ver- horevoet who bred her and owns her along with Benny Cheek. She lives in the Netherlands. Last year this bitch was 3 times Best In Show. She’s 3 years now! On Sunday Mrs. Liliane De Rid- der from Belgium was on term to judge Best In Show. And who won the Best In Show this time? Yes, believe it or not, the very same dog as Saturday. Liar Liar writes history for sure, being one of the most crowned Amstaffs in the Ben- elux and double Best In Show winner on one weekend. I saw a lot of Saturday podium places come back on Sunday. A good thing was that only 3 dogs were placed in the groups. Unfortunately, all dogs had to be placed for the Best In Show, maybe that will change soon too. GENK AMBIORIXTROFEE 2018 Bad luck affected this show as a heavy snowstorm prevented British and Irish judges to come over to Belgium.
nothing was the case. As often troubles can arise within an organization and as often rumors go around and start a life of their own. That was what hap- pened in this committee too. Without going into details, the new committee took over with great enthusiasm. There was a new layout of the rings and main ring. It was much more comfortable, easy walking and talking and gathering around the 3 indoor cafés, food-stands and commercial boots. It was more “breathable” as usual. 1259 dog were showed this year, over hundred more than other years. For a CAC show it is a good result. There were also 20 dogs from the United King- dom and 5 from Ireland entered. The show did end each day at a very reason- able hour and that makes that there is public around the ring until the very end and applause for the final lining up and Best In Show winner. Best In Show judge was Mr.Stefan Sinko from Slovenia. Best in Show went to the Kleinspitz Orange “Dan-Star-Kom Griffon Boy”. The breed was judged by Mr.Van Den Bosch from Belgium. Grif- fon Boy is Russian bred and 4 years old. He lives with Vanvaerenbergh-Van Den Brant Julie from Belgium. The group was judged by Mr. Nodalli from Italy. LOMMEL 2018 It was pouring rain in several areas of Belgium and Lommel was at risk. But the showers were very local. Half- way from my place to the show I had to drive through 20 to 30cm of water as the road was flooded over about 5km. Fortunately, Lommel was not affected, but there was always a chance as a lot can happen in a weekend’s time. But they were lucky as it was warm, not too hot and no accumulation of heath in the sports hall where the show takes place. About the same number of dogs as last year were entered, 1131. A printed cata- log could be ordered for 5 EURO extra if not you had a free digital version online. Alike last year I loved the speakers team! One was asking questions while the other one explained alike in a radio and TV shows. Mrs. Mieremieczyk from Poland, a well-known judge, was grant- ed the honor of choosing the best dog in show. Her winner was the particolor American Cocker Spaniel “Royalty Inc. Beat It”. This male was entered in Veter- an Class and won that class in the main ring. Later on he won the group and ended Best In Show, nice! He is 8 years old! Mr. Pawel Osak was his judge for the breed judging and again, he was the group judge too. It was quite impressive to see the numbers of trophies handler/ breeder Jessica Van den Boom could take home. The owner of the dog is Mr. Rui Da Silva. One tip: rent a bungalow
As this could not be foreseen it was a big problem for the committee as they were forced to look for judges who could replace them in the very last moment. Mr. Wade, Mr. Stearle, both from Ireland and Mr. Chapman from the UK were forced to stay home. After lots of stress, phone calls and puzzling the judging panel could be repaired by 6 Belgian. We have to take into account that the average dogs/judging day rate was extremely high with 72 dogs and I don’t need to tell that the impact is huge if a judge needs to be replaced, let stand 3 judges. “Chapeau” for the committee! The total amount of dogs was 1513 and that is very, very good, taken into account that it is a CAC show, not a CACIB! And it proves that a single show has more competition to offer than a double show, and often attracts more rare breeds too. Mr. Aleksoski was asked to judge Best In Show. It was the winner of group 2 who won Best In Show, a Mas- tino Napoletano, named “Pirelli Luigi”, bred and owned by Sonja Smidova from Belgium. Luigi is 2 years old and was entered in Champion Class along with 2 others and was judged by Mr. Schogol who was the Group Judge as well. BRABO SHOW 2018 It was the 52nd edition of this famous show in Flanders capital. It is, fortunately, a single CACIB show and a rather good one with 1826 entries. Last year there were 2152 entries. Affected by the new rage of double shows ? The show was on the very same weekend as the famous and very popular 10-miles run in Antwerp. Best In Show judge was Mrs. Monique Van Brempt, world famous and originating from Antwerp herself. Mrs. Van Brempt is one of our few all- rounders and a keen Terrier specialist. Best In Show went to the Toy Poodle “Yamit Muskat Boomer”. Judge Vana- ken Jean-François from Belgium is his proud owner. Yamit is Russian bred and was entered in Junior Class male to be judged by Mrs. Van Raamsdonk-Blatter who made him Best Of Breed, made him also Best Junior dog of Saturday and along with her husband Best Junior In Show. Mrs. Hectors gave him BOG. Judge Vanaken was obviously delighted to see his dog be awarded by so many of his colleagues and take away so many trophies and titles. Let us hope that Brabo will face the concurrence of the many double shows and stand out as one of the big shows in Belgium. WIEZE 2018 Notwithstanding rumors that it would be the last edition of this show,
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