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STOCKHOLM DOG2010 INT. DECEMBER 18th
Judge: Carin Åkesson, Sweden
Yummie
did it again! She won Junior class and is now qualified to Crufts 2011!!! Then
she ended up by be 2nd best bitch with CAC! Her second in two different countries
and she just turned 12 months old! Shiku became 2nd best dog as well, Dragongårdens
Darwin at Xmas Exc4 in Intemediate class, mother Lovis Exc6 in Champion class,
Diwa was not placed in the Intermediate class.
And then we won both Best Breeder Group and Best Progeny Class with Shiku -
and we are now officially TOP BREEDER 2010 and have the TOP PROGENY DOG 2010
with Shiku, who finished the year by be Top-2 at the "Gold Lion-list"!
What a year!
Thanks to all puppy owners who have made all this possible, couldn't have done
it without you!
Lovis and Diwa
Darwin and Shiku
Yummie
Yummie with mother Kusbolejonets Karamell "Amber". 2nd and 3rd bb
Best
Progeny Class from the left; Shiku, JWW-10 Vallonbygdens Crazy In Beer, Vallonbygdens
Crazy Mix, Cevitas
Come An' Get It, Cevitas Rock An' Roll Angel
Best Breeder Grop to the right, from the left; Dragongårdens Clint Eastwood,
Overnight Sensation, Mendoza, Diwa at Xmas
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VÄXJÖ INT. NOVEMBER 7th
Judge: Roberto Schill , Romania
Dragongårdens
Darwin at Xmas was placed as Exc 2 in the Intemediate class, while his mother
Lovis ended up as Exc 3 in the Champion class. Then we also won Best Breeder
Group!
Thank you all puppy
owners who came just to be a part of the Breeder group!
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SUNDSVALL INT. OCTOBER 9th
Judges:
In
the breed; Björn
Einarsve, Sweden
Best In Show Progeny class; Charlotte Sandberg, Sweden
Shiku
and Lovis won each Champion classes and ended up as third best dog and third
best bitch! Dragongårdens
Clint Eastwood "Chiefen" was also placed in the class as Exc 3. Congratulations
Helena Lutz!
Diwa did her debute in Open class and she also ended up as Exc 3, while
Dragongårdens Cancun de Cacique "Bella" was
reserve in the class. Congratulations Mimmi Nordin!
Vi also won Best Breeder Group and Best Progeny Class and finished the day by
becoming BIS-Progeny Class for the day with Shiku!
Lovis and
Bella. Thanks Gunilla for
handling!
Best Breeder Group to the left; Dragongårdens
Clint Eastwood, Overnight Sensation, Cancun de Cacique and Diwa at Xmas. BIS
winning progeny class to the right; Shiku, JWW-10 Vallonbygdens Crazy In Beer,
Vallonbygdens Crazy Mix, Ceivtas Rock An´Roll Angel and Vallonbygdens
Crazy For Nothing.
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SOFIERO INT. SEPTEMBER 11th
Judge: John-John Johnsson, Sweden
Yummie
was the only one who Jessika brought with her. She won BOB-puppy again in a
competition of seven puppies and then in the finale she was picked in the top-10!
This show was Yummie's last show in the puppy class, and what a successful puppy
carrier she had!
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HÖGBO INT.
SEPTEMBER 5th
Judge: Kurt Nilsson, Sweden
61
Leos was entered of the annual show in Högbo. We had six dogs with us,
and almost all were placed during the day!
Yummie was first out and was beaten out of her sister "Jump" who then
also was BOB-puppy! Diwa and brother Darwin was fifth and third respectively
in the Intermediate class, Shiku was second best male, Dragongårdens Proud
Mary "Smulan" was in Open class with Excellent but, unfortunately,
was unplaced. Lovis did well in her debute in the Champion class and was third
with Excellent! Jessika also showed beautiful
Kusbolejonet Interesting Dream "Tindra"
to BOB! Congratulations
Catrin Eriksson!
Later we won again Best breeders Group and Best progeny class with Shiku again.
Shiku is still by far the top stud dog Leonberger in Sweden!
Shiku and Lovis
To the left
Best Breeder Group, from the left; Dragongårdens Darwin at Xmas, ...Diwa
at Xmas, ...Overnight Sensation, ...Proud Mary.
To the right Best Progeny Class, from the left; Kwenobe Balfen Shiku, Dragongårdens
Darwin at Xmas, Vallonbygdens Crazy For Nothing, Dragongårdens Diwa at
Xmas, Vallonbygdens Crazy Mix
BOB Ch.Kusbolejonet
Interesting Dream BOS Ch.Gep´s Big Bear´s Peace
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VISBY
INT.
AUGUST 29th
Judge:
Per
Andersson, Norway
Dragongårdens Qornelia at Xmas won BOB-puppy again against her brother
Dragongårdens Qubiq at Xmas as won BOS-puppy, congratulations Elisabeth
Olofsson! Dragongårdens Mendoza won BOS and CACIB! Again, congratulations
Annelie!
BOB Ch.Altonastigens
Kaiser BOS Ch.Dragongårdens Mendoza
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VISBY NAT. AUGUST 28th
Judge:
Thord
Byström, Sweden
Dragongårdens Qornelia at Xmas won BOB-puppy, and Dragongårdens
Mendoza won Champion class and finished as second best bitch. Congratulations
Annelie Forsner!
Qornelia, 8 months old
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CLUB
SHOW IN MOTALA AUGUST 28th
Judges:
Puppies;
Per-Erik Wallin, Sweden
Males; Kirsi Kenttälä, Finland
Females; Svante Frisk, Sweden
Record
number Leonberger was entered to the specialty, 180, athough Visby had it's
double annual dog show the same weekend.
The day gave us mixed results with our dogs. Yummie was first out and went second
best bitch puppy after her beautiful sister Lejonvinden's Yummie Kiss Mint,
which later again became BIS puppy! Congratulations breeder Gunilla Hallgren!
Shiku's wonderful offspring Vallonbygdens Crazy For Nothing, and her brother
Vallonbygdens Crazy In Beer won Intermediate class and ended up as fourth best
bitch and best male third. Congratulations Catrin Eriksson!
Diwa, although she has no coat, placed fourth in Intermediate class while mom
Lovis won the Open class out of 34 bitches. She finished as second best bitch
with CAC and became CHAMPION!!! Darwin were unplaced, and Shiku was also without
placement in the Champion class.
We finished the day though with winning both Best Breeder Group and Best Progeny
Class with Shiku!
Thanks Marie, Toril and Helena for pictures!
Lejonvinden's
Yummie Mint Kiss "Jump" and Diwa
Vallonbygdens
Crazy In Beer and Lovis
Shiku
Best Breeding
Group (from the left; Dragongårdens Overnight Sensation, Diwa at Xmas,
Darwin at Xmas, Clint Eastwood) and Best Progeny Class with Shiku (from the
left; Kwenobe Balfen Shiku, JWW-10 Vallonbygdens Crazy In Beer, Dragongårdens
Darwin At Xmas, Knockando's Winther in Salinas, Vallonbygdens Crazy For Nothing)
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ESKILSTUNA INT.
AUGUST 22nd
Judges: Puppies; Nina Lönner-Anderson, Sweden
Adults; Margareta Sundqvist, Sweden
Best In Show-puppy; Anita Whitmarsh, Sweden
Group-2; Thord Byström, Sweden
A good day! Yummie won BOB-
and BIS-5 puppy, while Shiku won BOB, CACIB and BIG-3!
Yummie to the
left. To the right BOB Ch. Kwenobe Balfen Shiku BOS Ch. Kusbolejonets
Karamell
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ASKERSUND INT. AUGUST 14th
Judges:
Puppies; Göran Bodegård, Sweden
Adults; Jahn Stääv, Sweden
Best In Show-puppy; Zoran Brankovic, Serbia
Best In Show Progeny class; Jouko Leiviskä, Finland
Yummie won BOB-puppy again and then in the finale in a tough competition, she
became BIS-3!
Shiku won BOS & CACIB and with some of his beautiful offsprings later we
won Best Progeny Class for the day! Congratiolations to all!
From the left; Kwenobe Balfen Shiku, JWW-10 Vallonbygdens Crazy In Beer,
Vallonbygdens Crazy Mix, Lejonvinden's Smaragd To Teddybear, Vallonbygdens Crazy
For Nothing
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RANSÄTER
INT.
JULY 31st
Judge: Ulrica Göransson, Sweden
Shiku was second best dog with R-CACIB. Yummie won BOB-puppy!
Thanks Emelie Hermansson for pictures!
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KÖPING INT. JULY 23rd
Judge: Nemanja Jovanovic, Serbia
Shiku achived another BOB and CACIB. He competed with lovely Kusbolejonet Interesting Dream which was BOS.
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TVÅÅKER NAT. JULY 10th
Judge: Joseph Van Hummelen, Germany
Yummie
was beaten out of her half-sister, who is from our kennel, Dragongårdens Qornelia,
which then became BOS-puppy. Congratulations Annelie Forsner! Shiku
won BOB and then was top-seven in the group.
BOB
Ch.Kwenobe Balfen Shiku, BOS Ch.Mathoaka's
Vårvind
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TVÅÅKER INT.
JULY 9th
Judge: Benny Blid von Schedvin,
Sweden
Yummie
did well at her first "real" show. Among the nine contestants puppies she won
BOB-puppy! Shiku won BOS.
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CLUB SHOW IN AVESTA JUNE 13th
Judges: Males and females adult; Björn Einarsve, Sweden
Puppies; Ann-Christin Sultan, Sweden
90 dogs were entered, including 25 out of them were puppies.
Yummie third best puppy, her sister Lejonvinden's Yummie Mint Kiss won again and was finally BIS-puppy! Congratulations again Gunilla Hallgren! Dragongårdens Darwin at Xmas became place five in Intermediate class, where his sister Diwa won the class and eventually became fourth best bitch with CAC!!
Shiku was second best dog and then we also won the progeny- and breeders class!
Also a congratulations to several of Shiku's offspring for their wins and placements!
Thanks Marie Ahlgren for pictures during the day!
Breeders- and
progeny class
From
the left; Meduza, Darwin, Duffy and Diwa. To the right from the left; Shiku,
Amstel, Diwa, Angel and Mix
Diwa and Yummie
Diwa and Shiku
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NORRKÖPING
INT.
JUNE
6th
Judge: Björn Einarsve, Sweden
Shiku won BOB, Dragongårdens Darwin at Xmas won the Indermediate class and then
we also won best progeny class with Shiku and his offspring Darwin, Diwa, Engla
and Mix.
In the group, where Carlos Fernandez-Reanau was judging, Shiku eventually became
BIG-4!
BOS Ch.Mathoaka's Vårvind and BOB Ch.Kwenobe Balfen Shiku
Darwin, Shiku and Diwa
Progeny
class from
the left; Mix, Engla, Diwa, Darwin, Shiku
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CLUB SHOW IN ÖSTERBYBRUK MAY 29th
This year's second specialty was in a rainy Österbybruk.
120 dogs were entered for the two judges (females: Anette Edlander, males: Yvonne Brink).
Yummie was the first of our dogs to achieve a second place. Second best bitch puppy in big competition - 22 puppies was entered! The winner was her sister Lejonvinden's Yummie Mint Kiss, which then also became the Best puppy for the day! Congratulations to their breeder Gunilla Hallgren!
Dragongårdens Darwin at Xmas and his sister Diwa did both finished second in the Intermediate class.
Shiku was then finally out to be second best male, (Runner up). Dragongårdens Clint Eastwood "Chiefen" was placed fourth best dog. Congratulations to owner Helena Lutz!
After a lot of second places, we won the brace, the breeder class and then also the progeny class.
Thanks all for a nice day in the rain, and also to thank Marie Ahlgren for pictures.
Lejonvinden's Yummie Mint Kiss and Lejonvinden's Yummie Yam Yam
Shiku and Darwin
Breeder class from the left; Meduza, Diwa, Darwin, Chiefen
Brace with Darwin and Diwa. Competitors were Shiku's son and daughter (Vallonbygdens
Crazy In Beer together with Vallonbygdens Crazy For Nothing). Chiefen on the
picture to the right
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HÄSSLEHOLM
INT.
MAY
23rd
Judge:Benny Blid von Schedvin, Sweden
55 dogs were entered at the annual show in Hässleholm.
Shiku had to be content with being beaten in both the Champion Class and Best
dog after the same male.
Shikus offspring Knockando's Winther In Salinas was also there and became BOB-puppy.
Congratulations Ruth Lintonsson!
3 of 10 in the line-up in Best dog
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STOCKHOLM'S COCKER CLUB MAY 9th
Judge: In the breed and Best In Group; Dodo Sandahl, Sweden
Yummie did really well at her show debut! In good competition, she was BIG-2 out of 16 puppies!
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LILLA STOCKHOLM INT. APRIL 4th
Judge: Bengt-Åke Bogren, Sweden
59 Leonberger were entered. Shiku became BIR and also won its breeding group with four fine offspring. In the finale, Shiku then became BIG-3 when Zorica Salijevic assessed group-2.
Thank you Marie Ahlgren Josefin Blom for photos during the day.
Shiku's breeding group from the left; Crazy, Engla, Akasha and Mix
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CLUB SHOW IN KÖPING FEBRUARY 20th
183 dogs were entered under three judges; Jahn Stääv (SE) puppies, (we didn't have any puppies entered) Celia Peters (UK) males and Eivor Hofmandselv (NO) females. The results were mixed. Shiku's offspring made it very well. Diwa and Darwin get both placed, second and fourth out of 27 females and 20 males in the Youth class.
Shiku's stunning son Vallonbygdens Crazy in Beer "Amstel"
Shiku won the Progeny class with Amstel, Engla, Diwa och Crazy.
Lovis in the ring and Zera at the third placement in Veteran.
Shiku was reserve in Champion class. In our Breeder group did Diwa, Zera, Meduza and Chiefen participate. Meduza and Chiefen did also get placed in the Champion classes. Thanks to everyone who showed the dogs, took pictures and stayed over the day until the end!
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GOTHENBURG
"MY DOG" INT.
JANUARY 7-8th
Judges: Thursday; Leif Ragnar Hjort
Friday;
Per-Erik Wallin
79 Leos were entered at My Dog both
days.
The photo shows the placement in Champion class males, Thursday
Shiku
"flows" to a third place on Thursday and a Reserve place on Friday.
Dragongårdens
Caracas de Cacique and Proud Mary achived both fourth place in Intermediate
and Open class.