Dog show scenes from Caledonia ON

Last weekend I was at dog shows in Caledonia Ontario with a few of my dogs.  There were two specialty shows for Vizslas (OAPBDFC and Vizsla Society of Ontario) and 4 all breed shows hosted by the Erie Shores Kennel Club.

Elsie (Varazs Kedves Grand Finale) from our 2011 litter free stacking.  She came 2nd in her class and was Reserve Winners Bitch on one of the days.

Sylvia at the front with almost 10 -yr old Vadasz in the VSO Veteran Sweepstakes

Sylvia with Vadasz

More photos of Sylvia and Vadasz.

Vadasz took a nice win in the Veteran Sweepstakes!

Vadasz - 2013 Best of Opposite Sex in Veteran Sweepstakes, Vizsla Society of Ontario Specialty Show

 MISKA

 Int'l BIS/RBIS (Veteran) AKC/CKC/Int'l/UKC CH Varazs Kiralyi Kedvesem NAVHDA NA Prize III CKC: FD, CDX, RE, RAE, AgIS, AgIJS, CGN; AKC: JH, CDX, RAE, OAP, OJP, CGC; Misc: URO2,TDI

Below:  Miska in Veteran Sweepstakes, Vizsla Society of Ontario Specialty Show on June 8. 

She came 1st in her class - 7-9 year old bitches!

Miska free stacking

Miska gaiting

QUEST

CH Varazs Quester  (from my 2006 litter)

 

Below, half-brothers, BODI (born May 2011) and QUEST in the
best of breed line-up, VSO Specialty Show.

Bodi: BIS (UKC), CKC/UKC CH Varazs Mokany Kiralyi Orban FDJ JH URO1

CGN NAVHDA NA PZ I
On Thursday June 6, Bodi took Best of Breed at the Erie Shores all breed show and picked up more points towards his Grand Champion title!  Woot, woot!

Bodi made the judge's cut; Quest didn't

Quest and Vadasz giving their dad COMPLETE attention!

A good time was had by all our dogs!

VSO Specialty Show & Sweepstakes

Four of my dogs did very well at the 2012 Vizsla Society of Ontario's Specialty Show and Sweepstakes.  First to the Puppy Sweepstakes.  Elsie, a female puppy from Miska's last litter born May 31, 2011, was entered in the 12-18 month old Female Puppy Sweepstakes.  She won her class and then was selected as Best of Opposite Sex in Puppy Sweeps!

Elsie

Second to the Veteran Sweepstakes. Nine year-old Vadasz (Am/Can CH Varazs Kiralyi Vadaszat FDJ, Can/Am CD, NAVHDA NA Prize II, JH, RN (AKC), RA (AKC), CGN) won the 7-10 year old veteran class and then was awarded Best Veteran in Sweepstakes.  His sister and my dog Miska (won the 7-10 year old Female Veteran class and then was awarded Best of Opposite in Veteran Sweepstakes.  The judge was Alexandria Richard of London, ON, herself a long-time Vizsla breeder and owner.  It was an honor to my dogs to be acknowledged by her.

And then Miss Elsie took Reserve Winners Bitch in the Specialty Show under Hungarian judge, Dr. Tamas Jekkel of Budapest. To see more of Elsie at the show, click here.

Quest (CH Varazs Kedves Quester) made the cut for Best of Breed.  He was handled by my friend, Rhonda Smith Gianni.

Quest at the front of the Best of Breed line-up

Stacked nicely

Quest (far L) making the BOB cut

Elsie's first dog show

Pretty Elsie

Elsie, aka Miss Yellow, aka Varazs Kedvesem Grand Finale born May 31, 2010 out of our Miska-Brick litter attended her first dog shows this past weekend.  And she picked up 4 points towards her CKC Champion title.  And she was also entered in the Vizsla Society of Ontario's 2012 Specialty Show Puppy Sweepstakes and Specialty Show and did very, very well!  Although she didn't take any points at the VSO shows, she was Best Female Puppy in the 12-18 month-old and was Best of Opposite Sex in the Puppy Sweeps which were judged by fellow Vizsla breeder, Alexandria Richard of Kivalo Vizslas who has bred some lovely Vizslas.

Later at the Specialty Show, Elsie was pulled into first place in the Bred-by Exhibitor class by Hungarian judge, Dr. Tamas Jakkel of Budapest but a late participant in the class (due to an error by the show secretary) usurped her win.  She came 2nd in the Bred-By class and went Reserve Winners Bitch.

At other shows throughout the weekend hosted by the Hamilton Kennel Club, Elsie took her 4 points under judges Lisa Avery (Brantford, ON), Michael Hill (Toronto, ON) and sporting dog breeder and judge, Virginia Lyne of Saanichton, BC.  Way to go Elsie!!

Crating in the Vizsla area.  Where is everyone else?

Elsie stacked & being baited

Gaiting around the ring

Elsie (L) and one of her competitors at the Specialty Show

Elsie is Best of Opposite Sex in the Puppy Sweepstakes

The best veterans!

The Rio Salado Vizsla Club's veteran sweepstakes (Feb. 7, 2009) were sparsely attended in Phoenix AZ. Very sparsely in fact - only 3 veterans entered and two of them were my dogs. Traveling from California to visit us here in AZ was Elizabeth Packer who entered Gryphon (Am & Int'l CH Varazs Gryphon's Magical Mist JH CD RA) pictured at Right in the sweeps. I hadn't seen Elizabeth and Gryphon for a few years so it was wonderful to meet up with them again. Gryphon turns 8 on Feb. 21 and he is still so handsome with a beautiful dark, rich rust coat. He has a beautiful head and absolutely fantastic feet - probably the best cat feet I've ever seen on a Vizsla. And get this, in all the years Elizabeth has owned Gryphon, she's only had to trim his nails a couple of times when he was a puppy. His nails grow but they get worn down naturally. That's a dog owner's dream come true - and probably a Vizsla's too!



Back to the veteran sweeps . . . Gryphon was the only male veteran. My Nova (Cdn CH Ferngold Varazs Innovation JH, FDJ Am/Cdn CD, Cdn RA, Am RE, CGN) pictured at the left was one of only two female veterans. Well, she could have come 2nd out of two, but the judge, Mary Jane Mowry from Phoenix, liked her and gave her first. Gryphon and Nova then went up against one another and Ms Mowray picked Gryphon as Best Veteran and Nova as Best of Opposite. In both cases, I was the 'winner' being the breeder and/or owner of both dogs. But what was so nice to hear were the compliments from the judge who is an Irish Setter breeder. She loved both dogs and couldn't find enough nice things to say about them and commented that they were so much better than many of the Vizsla puppies she had just judged in the sweeps. That meant a lot. So here's to our veteran sweeps winners, Gryphon and Nova!