We are delighted and happy for the wonderful news that Birgit from kennel Mkondo wa simba (BE) shared with us today: beautiful Zara (mch. Aresvuma Zahara Zinara)  and Mch. Berry Neomele will soon be parents !!! The pregnancy is confirmed, and on the ultrasound they saw many babies !!!

More informations about this litter on:

http://mkondo-wa-simba.com/en

Two weeks ago Birgit from kennel Mkondo wa simba (BE) came to visit us with her beautiful Zara and little Maylin.

We had a wonderful time together, talking about shows and breeding, it was very nice getting to know each other, and I really appreciate all the good advice about barf diet she gave me (we are beginners in this sense, but we are willing to learn I believe this is for our dogs the best diet).

The reason she came was obviously the mating between Berry and Zara, and the two really liked each other….so, we really hope the lady will soon be confirmed pregnant…

4 NIGHT SUMMER SHOW SPLIT (HR) our girl vWW, Ch.HU, JBISS Dakota Cubo Moka (Mch.Myollnir Kyala x Mch Naitingeila Moka Farastero Sinbest) at the age of 2 years, made her debut in champion class, and this is the result:

1.day, nat show, judge Paul Stanton (S) exc.1 CAC
2.day, int, show, judge Arne Foss (N) exc.1 CAC, CACIB, BOS
3.day, nat show, judge Jochen Eberhardt (DE) exc.1. CAC, BOS

yesterday she got the last CAC valid for the HR championship, so she is now NEW CROATIAN CHAMPION !!! We are incredibly happy and proud of her, she is still so young, and yet has 7 CACIB in 4 different Countries, and 17 CAC in 5 different Countries, was 8x BOS and 3x BOB, with 2 BOG placements, and sweetest of all, she is vice World Winner 2013 !!

I am particulary happy that the judge noticed her show attitude, the last evening he even wrote in the report that she enjoys showing and being in the show ring !! It is true, she really is competitive, loves to show herself and like her famous mother can taste victory !!!
Thanks to the judges, and to our RR friends !

We went to Vicenza last saturday, to take part to the italian club show, judged by Sandra Fikes from USA.

We had a nice enter of 75 RR, and as always many friends were there, and we spend a nice time with them on the showground.

Berry entered the champion class (6 males) and placed 2. with excellent, Dakota entered the intermediate class (4 females) and won her class with excellent. She also was awarded “best head” of the show !!!

Despite the heat, both dogs had a lot of fun, and we really enyojed the competition.

Thanks to the judge for this nice results !!

Last weekend we went to Klagenfurt, Austria, to the double int. show. Both days Berry entered the champion class, Dakota the intermediate.

We had a nice enter of 6 males in ch. class (2 were absent) and 4 females in intermediate class. these are our results:

day 1. Berry exc.2 RCACA, RCACIB, Dakota exc, 1 CACA, RCACIB, NEW austrian ch. candidate

day 2 Berry exc, 1 CACA, CACIB, BEST MALE, BOS, NEW AUSTRIAN CHAMPION, Dakota exc. 1 CACA, CACIB, BOB, BOG 3 !!!

We are so happy and proud of our dogs, they did so well, and what can I say about the great performance of our little baltic princess… she is born to show, she enjoys the competition and she is an excellent mover, what a nice time we had !!

I must say I am particularly happy that we met many RR friends, they showed us true sportmanship and we all enjoyed the competition.

It was nice to meet Nina and Robert again,  and of course Berry’s son Diego, who came to say hallo. He is developing very nicely !

We are looking forward to the next show !!!

We went this year to the World Dog Show in Hungary, after Berry won the champion class last year in Salzburg over 38 champion males, we decided it was worthy to go and try again. We entered also the World gundogshow the day before the WDS, the judge was Monika Tusanova from SLovakia.

Berry in ch. class got an excellent without placement, Dakota in intermediate class got exc. 1 CAC.

Next day it was the big day… we got up early, to get a nice place near ringside, because we had to follow both rings (males and females).

Dakota was again in intermediate class, so she was THE VERY FIRST ridgeback to enter the ring (youngsters and veterans were in a third ring).

The judge for the females was Erdos Laszlo, and I did not know what to expect: normally I wait ringside and watch the judge working, so when it is my turn I am prepared. Well, this time I couldn’t’ prepare myself, but I was confident that my girl was ready, and she was !

Everything went fine and after the judge examination Dakota moved around the ring with such drive and elegance that I really hoped the judge noticed her… and he did !! On the final cut he did not even look any more at her, so I thought… she will be the last…. or the first… When he started to pic the bitches from the last back to the first, my heart missed a bit… Dakota was not last… she was not picked till the end… she was FIRST !!

Again this mind blowing feeling… being first in class at the World Dog Show….and this time with Dakota !

After that I had to enter the male ring with Berry, in champion class judged by Christian Jouanchicot from France. Many famous champions, many nice dogs, Berry presented himself very nice, but we were not picked by the judge this time, anyway he was rated excellent. I went back to my girl to prepare for the most important competition: the title of World Winner.

When the time came, we entered the ring, together with the winning bitches from champion and open class. Dakota really was in perfect condition, and presented herself absolutely perfectly, but the judge gave the CACIB to the champion bitch, a very nice and famous one. It was not the end, after the rCAC bitch from open class joined the ring, we moved around again for the RCACIB which means vice World Winner title…. Dakota really flied around with elegance and self confidence, and this time the judge could not ignore her, SHE WON !!!! So at the age of 22 months, competing from the intermediate class, my lovely baltic princess is now vice WORLD WINNER 2013 !!!

On the way home i picked up my copy of the magazine “the european ridgeback” and I found out that Berry was awarded 2. BEST ADULT MALE in the european TOP DOG competition, based on the succes obtained on the past show season, this reminds me of his qualities as a show dog .What a nice surprise !!!!

We came back from Budapest really satisfied: these two amazing dogs will mate for the first time in autumn, I really hope to have a nice healthy and beautiful litter from them !!!