So just ten minutes before the check in closed we were at least at the harbour and we got on the ferry this time too! But I won't even mention the feelings I had standing waiting for Johanna to pick me up or in the car on the way there...
The weather was nice during the trip out from Stockholm and we could enjoy some time sitting in the sun on deck, and of course some Tax Free shopping!
Anyway, our goal with this trip was to enter the three days of showing in Kuopio, SAWO Show, with Yaya and Wilson. We were also spending some time with Myy from my A-litter and with some of Yaya's brothers.
So when we arrived in Helsinki on Thursday morning we drove to Elina and Myy's place and went for a little walk with them there before starting our drive towards Varkaus were Hanna with Arttu lives.
After a mandatory stop at McDonalds we arrives at Hanna's house in the afternoon. There we were also joined by Yaya's other brother Tarujen Uliona "Rampo" and his owner Heidi.
The evening was spend with a great BBQ dinner and a photosession of Rampo, see all those pictures HERE.
Yaya enjoying the sunshine on board
And so is Wilson
Wilson and Myy playing in Hanna's garden
Yaya and brother Rampo
Yaya's beautiful Rampo, see more pictures of him HERE.
Dinnertime!
Time for bitchclasses and first out was Juniors. I had the privelege to show Myy (Kadamo The Girl Next Door) from the A-litter. She did so well and ended up as Exc-2, so close to winning the class!
Yaya was shown in Openclass and I was very happy to see that the judge liked Yaya the most and she won the class. Time for Best Bitch class and Yaya did so well and won it too ending up Best Bitch with CACIB, Finnish CAC making her New Finnish Champion!!! And that at her very first try!
So time to compete for Best of Breed that today was won by the male "Pelle". Congratulations Libban and Liisa!
Yaya's critique:
"2 years and 3 months old. Nice feminine head. Correct bite. Nice neck and topline. Correct tail set. Very good free mover."
Dinnertime
Myy and me infront of the judge
Myy and me moving
Long legged girls
Happy New Finnish Champion!
Happy me and happy Yaya
BOB: Ch Murumbis Bright Brolle For You , Judge Stefan Sinko, BOS: SEUCH SEVCH FINCH SEV-10 Tarujen Uyaya Kadamo
Yaya with her Champion, BOS, CAC and CACIB ribbon and trophys
We all found something to buy but not really what we were looking for?!
When we got back to the house we went down to the lake for a swim in the +25 C warm water! Sooo nice! This became a daily routine! Myy turned out to be a great swimmer, she absolutely loves water which was great to see!
In the evening we got some company also from Kaisa and Prada and had yet another great dinner! Some mixed pictures follows here.
Another wonderful dinner!
Yaya relaxing in bed!
Yaya down by the lake posing
Yaya a natural poser
Myy swimming and making a bubblepool
Myy also has time to pose for the camera
Myy swimming some more
Saturday
and even warmer than the first day, I think it was +30 C something and
sunny... Making you wonder what you were doing there and not at a beach
instead!
Second day of showing today judged by Tom Johnston from England, breed
entry 40. Wilson started and he was again Winner of the Openclass with
Excellent. But again today no placement in Best Male. Won today of the
males was Kangelanis Impressive Ino by Ascot who today also got the last
CACIB he needed for his CIB title, congratulations!
In bitches Myy got Excellent too but only placed as 5th in class. Yaya
was today shown in Championclass which was the biggest class of the day.
She kept the good energy from the day before and won the class aswell
as winning Best Bitch with CACIB!
Her
critique:
"Nicely balanced feminine head. Good eyeshape and colour. Good
muzzle, correct bite. Adequote forechest. Moderate reach of neck. Good
depth of body. Nice topline. Good strong loin. Moderate turn of stiffle.
Adequothe muscular condition. Excellent ridge. Good coat colour. Moved
well far enough."
So time to compete for Best of Breed once more! The judges seems to like
the boys so todays win went to Ino and Yaya was BOS. Today Yaya also had
two of her brothers in the show, Arttu and Äijä and also Zorro
from kennel Tarujen so today we had a breeders group. This we won with
Honours Prize. We stayed for the groupfinals but did not get placed there
among the HUGE amount of breeders groups!
Wilson infront of the judge
It is important to keep your head cool in the heat!
Yaya's brother Äijä infront of the judge with his owner Eeva
Parts of the Best Male dogs
Me and Myy in the line up
A very tired Myy resting outside the ring
Beautiful Myy!
Championclass bitches
Yaya and me in the line up
The big Best Bitch Class
Ino and Yaya competing for Best Of Breed
BOB: Ch Kangelani's Impressive Ino by Ascot, Judge Tom Johnston, BOS: SEUCH SEVCH FINCH SEV-10 Tarujen Uyaya Kadamo
Arttu, Äijä, Yaya and Zorro
A very tired and warm Yaya sleeping in the shade
Our little camparea at the showground!
The boys started as always and today it was Yaya's brother Tarujen Ugumu "Äijäs" turn to shine! He won the Openclass and Wilson was third. In Best Male Äijä ended up as third with his last CAC needed for the Finnish Championtitle! Congratulations to Anne and Eeva!
In Juniorclass Myy was quite tired and not this judge cup pf tea and she "only" recieved Very Good. Yaya on the other hand kept on shining and yet again won Championclass.
Her critique:
"2 years 3 months. Very well constructed bitch. Lovely head. Good eyes, ears and teeth. Beautiful expression. Strong neck. Good topline and ridge. Good tail. Very good angulations. Good forechest. Very good ribs. Good straight legs. Compact feet. Nice coat conlour and condition. Free and easy movement. Good temperament."
After that is was time for Best Bitch which Yaya won! Third day in a row, doing a real hattrick! So time to meet the Best Male who was the same as yesterday, Ino. We got to do some running and this time the judge gave me and Yaya the red and yellow ribbon! Not a bad ending of a great showweekend to do it with a Best of Breed!
Very happy, very warm and very tired we had a few hours to kill before the finals. So of course the dogs were in focus so we walked a few minutes trough the woods to the water and they all got to swim and cool down for a while.
Then after some more waiting it was time for us to enter the Best In Group finals judged by Jose Homem de Mello from Portugal. I didn't feel like the judge looked that much at Yaya, he seems to be more into the smaller dogs like the bassets...
But into the big ring we ran and I was very happy to be picked out for placement! And when I realized it was only me and one more dog left and the judged walked up to the other one and placed it second I realized that we had acctually won the Group!!
Not bad at all!
So very happy we went back into our spot in the shade for some more waiting before Best in Show. My first time running in a Best in Show final!
The final was judged by and Italian judged that I unfortunately don't know the name of. But it doesn't matter because we were unfortunately not placed. But that was ok! I am still MORE than happy about Yaya's successful weekend in Finland!
Tarujen Ugumu "Äijä" New Finnish Champion!
Juniorclass, Myy and me as number 2
Me and Myy moving around the ring
Yaya infront of the judging table
Yaya winning Championclass
BOS: Ch Kangelani's Impressive Ino by Ascot, Judge Jo Scheepers, BOB:
SEUCH SEVCH
FINCH SEV-10 Tarujen Uyaya Kadamo
Yaya and me running into Best In Show final
Yaya in Best In Group final
Yaya winning the Group!!
Best in Group: SEUCH
SEVCH FINCH SEV-10 Tarujen Uyaya Kadamo Judge:Jose
Homem de Mello, Portugal
Hanna
checking out the finals
Yaya
and me running in Best in Show
All
the grupwinning dogs in Best in Show
A very
tired Yaya in Best In Show finals
One
of my cheerleaders Elina in our very packed car!
My
other cheerleader Hanna! Thank you girls for staying with me for the
finals!
Anyway, after our last swim it was time for a little photosession! Yaya had to pose with all her prizes (9 trophys and 9 ribbons!) and I had to get some new pictures of Myy! (See all her photos HERE.)
So that was on the scheduele before our last great dinner together for this trip!
Yaya and me posing
Posing some more
And Yaya posing herself!
Beautiful Myy 16 ½ months old
Myy again
Johanna and I enjoyed our lunch in the grass relaxing with the dogs before driving towards the harbour and take them for a last walk before starting our trip back home.
The dogs did so well at the boat and the trip home went easy. We were all quite tired so no big celebrations this night! For me it was just back to work so no rest after this trip either! I can sleep in my next life!
THANK you to Hanna for letting us stay with you this whole trip! It was as always great to see you and Arttu and the rest of your family! Thank you for all the great dinners and the best company! I hope to see you in Sweden again this year... ;o)
THANK you Elina for coming along so I could spend some quality time with our little princess Myy!
THANK also to Heidi and Eeva for bringing your boys so I could meet them and of course you! Hope to see you all again soon!
And last THANK you Johanna for your travel company and for not killing me this trip either! ;o)
I had a great week and I will remember it always!