I have great memories from these shows since Moa became New Champion and BOS there last year on the first day and 2nd Best Bitch the second day. Yaya was then BOB/BISS on the Speciality! So we had to try to keep our honour this year!
After a mandatory stop at the candyshop in Hummelsta we arrived at the cottage and got ourselves comfortable enjoying to catch up with the lovely people there. When the clock started ticking late we all got to bed to rest before the first day of showing.
On Saturday it was the International show judged by Zoran Brankovic breed entry about 80. First out was Charlie and Ramoz in intermediateclass. They both behaved well and the judged was very careful choosing his winners, he moved the dogs around in placement several times before deciding. Charlie ended up as 3rd in the class and Ramoz....
Me and Charlie and Therese and Ramoz in the lineup
Charlie moving
And Charlie from upfront
Ramoz moving
So time for best male! A lot of running later Wilson stood as winner of Best Male with CACIB! Bosco ended up as 4th Best Male! Congrats Johanna and Lotta!
Wilson and Bosco moving (Dad to B-litter and dad to A-litter)
Wilson moving
Bosco infront of the judging table
Wilson winning Best Male!
Leya and Gaya in the lineup
Leya showing her movement
Leya infront of the judgingtable
Gaya in the lineup
Gaya moving
Gaya infront of the judgingtable
Time for
Championclass bitches and me and Yaya. Yaya was a bit tired today but
still did well. She finished as 2nd Best Championbitch (after last years
Most top winning Ridgeback Ch Karangas Dee Sibel af Lex.)
Her critique:
"Good size, format and type. Nice head. Strong neck. Good profile
line. Good set tail. Well developed chest. Very good in action. Nice coat
colour and temperament."
So time for Best Bitch class. A lot of beautiful dogs so a stiff
competition but Yaya did very well ending up as 3rd Best Bitch with R-CACIB.
Then it was time for Johanna and Wilson to meet the winning bitch Ridgebows
Scilla of Thanzi to compete for Best of Breed. They have met twice before
this summer but this time Wilson took the win becoming Best of Breed!
Great job and congrats to you both!
Yaya in the lineup
Yaya moving
Our critique:
"Similar type, nice head. Typical ridge, good stop and bottom line. Good set tails. Very good in action."
So for both us and Wilson it was time to wait for the finals! We were first out competing for Best in Show Breeders group and it was a lot of groups there, I would guess between 10-15. Judging the groups was Andrezej Kazmierski from Poland.
When we were picked out for Top 5 I was so happy! Such a great thing to be placed in the finals first time you try! And when the placements got down to being just us and the Dalmatians left we were quite nervous and got to do a last lap of running. We got the very honourable 2nd place this time which I am so extremely proud about!!!
THANK YOU Therese, Carin and Anna for the absolutely superb performance! So proud of you all to achieve this from minimum of practice!!! Best in Show-2 breeders group... Can live on that for a while!
Johanna and Wilson entered the Group-6 final judged by Eva Jönsson. She liked Wilson a lot and placed him as the most beautiful dog in the Group! BIG-1! Congratulations Johanna!
My breeders group being checked out in the breedring
My group from left Ramos, Leya, Gaya and Charlie.
Some of the breeders groups in the BIS-finals
And Kadamo Breeders Group BIS-2!!!
Wilson and Johanna BIG-1 under judge Eva Jönsson
The water was really nice and I enjoyed it alot! So did Yaya and Gaya who both did some swimming! The other dogs mostly stayed on land!
Once back at the house the BBQ was fired up and the mood was high. We had a very lovely dinner in perfect company, not just us from the Kadamo pack but also from Lotta, Maximus, Jocke, Sandra, Alvin, Ewa, Edith and Henk from the Zaxxon gang. Thank you all for coming over! It was a pleasure to have you there and I hope we can do the same again one day!
Maximus and Alvin enjoying eachothers company
BBQ time!
Henk the BBQ master!
Happy people!
Sunday comes and an even earlier start of the day. We all drove to the showground and was there around 8 am to get settled before todays Ridgeback Speciality Show would start.
It was judged by Andrezej Kazmierski and breed entry was about 100. Charlie and Ramoz was first out in the intermediateclass doing very well both recieving 1st prize in quality (some dogs did not). Left for placement in the class was 6 dogs and the judge said they were all excellent dogs and he was sad to only be able to place 5 of them, so he had to say thank you to one and unfortunately today that was Ramoz, who ended up as 6th best dog in the class.
Charlie finished as 3rd in the class with Championquality which meant he would compete in Best Male.
Next out from us was Johanna and Wilson in Championclass. They just kept the flow from the day before winning the class and also winning Best Male! The A-litters dad Bosco was 2nd Best Championmale and 4th Best male overall! Very proud of both the sires I have used!
Charlie unfortunately wasn't placed this time but instead he competed in the end of the day for Best ridge which he won! Great job sweet boy!
Charlie and Ramoz in the lineup
Ramoz moving his long legs around the ring
Ramoz doing some more running
Charlie and Ramoz again, handsome boys!
Wilson and Bosco in the line up
Wilson and Bosco moving
Wilson moving
Handsome Wilson winner of Best Male!
Charlie Winning Best Ridge!
Time for the girls to enter the ring. Today I had three girls in Intermediateclass, except for Leya and Gaya we also had sweet Jenna (Kadamo First Lady) from Germany there for the show. They all did very well today gaining 1st prizes. In placement Jenna finished as 5th in class, Leya as 4th and lovely Gaya went all the way and won the class with Championquality! Great job Anna!
Then it was my turn with Yaya in Championclass. Yaya stood nicely but I think she didn't move as well as she could but despite that she won the class!
Her critque:
"High quality bitch. Very elegant in style. Dry feminine head. Absolutely well constructed and well angulated. Moves freely but carry her tail little to high, in the faster speed she becmoes converting coming and going, rest is Fantastic."
So time for Best bitch for both Yaya and Gaya. I was soooo happy to see both girls picked out for Top 5 and placement! Gaya finished as 5th Best Bitch and Yaya got to keep on running for the number 1 position. It was a close call by my wonderful girl got the win for her femininity according to the judge!
Leya, Jenna and Gaya from the A-litter
Carin
and Leya in the lineup
Leya moving
Sabine and Jenna in the line up
Jenna moving
Anna and Gaya moving
HAPPY! Gaya giving mum Anna a big kiss after winning the Intermediate
class!
The most beautiful classwinners!
Some more posing
Yaya and Me in the line up
Yaya getting checked out by the judge
Yaya infront of the judging table
Yaya winning Best Bitch!
And Yaya RUBISS this year! That means she got to give back her BOB/BISS trophy and give it to Johanna and get the BOS/RUBISS one instead this year, pretty ok too, for a dog to have had them both!
Psych talk or peptalk? Wilson and Yaya up against eachother for Best of Breed
Silly happy Johanna and Wilson getting BOB/BISS!
BOS/RUBISS: SEUCH FIUCH SEVCH SEV-10 Tarujen Uyaya Kadamo , Judge: Andrezej Kazmierski BOB/BISS: SEUCH SEVCH SEV-10 Roseridge Red Rastaban
Check out all their nice prizes! The both got a bag of dogfood and a Bean Bag! And of course the Trophys!
The most beautiful BOS and BOB!
The day wasn't finished yet! Of course I had my breeders group entered today aswell! And we did just aswell as our first try the day before winning it again! GREAT JOB girls! I am so proud of each and everyone of you for showing your dogs so nicely making us win this!
Our group critique:
"Lovely group. All the members similar in style and type. High quality type. Fantastic Team."
As I already mentioned Charlie was also entered in Best ridge which he won and Gaya was picked out in Top 5 for Best Head. So it wasn't a bad day at all for me and the Kadamo pack!
Just an amazing ending of the summer, finishing with our heads held high and very proud!
Therese and Ramoz, Carin and Leya, Anna and Gaya and me with Charlie
The judge giving me the 1st prize ribbon for my breeders group!
Some posing to the left...
And some posing straight ahead!
The best camparea on the showground! The Kadamo corner!
After a long day we packed up our things and headed back to our cottage to pack up the last of our stuff. Then when the car was packed me and Johanna went back to the showground to wait for the Best In Show finals that was held in the afternoon. After some more waiting and some rain it finally started, judged by Paul Odenkircher from Canada. 10 beautiful dogs competed for the 5 placements and Wilson was one of the lucky to be picked out!
It was so exciting standing by waiting for the speaker to call out the placements! When he didn't say ridgeback for the 5th one I was so happy! And when he didn't say it for 4th place either I was really nervous!
Wilson ended up as 3rd Best In Show!!! Not at all bad for a ridgeback who rarely place in the Best in Show ring! HUGE congrats Johanna! Enjoy this win for a long time and make sure it doesn't slip your mind what a great dog you have!
Not just handsome but sweet, loving and the best playful daddy to his puppies too!
With some organisation and determined minds we got everything in the car and drove back to Stockholm and back to reality. I am back with having all my dogs with me just the way it should be!
Wilson and Johanna BIS-3
A very very filled car!