today Chimay became grandmother...

... of 5 little bundles of joy. Chimay's daughter Chinka (Xin-Feng's Embla) got her first litter of 5, 3 females and 2 males:


The sire of these beauties is Hary-Ming Snowstar Knut.

Clubmatch NCCC

Last Sunday we had the annual Clubmatch of the Dutch Chow Chow Club. Three Xin-Feng Chow Chows were entered, first one to be judged was Endo (Xin-Feng's Endo):He was 4th with Very Good in the Open class dogs.Guido and Endo.

Next one was Chinka (Xin-Feng's Embla) in Open class bitches:Chinka was 4th with Very Good too.

And last was Demi (Ch Xin-Feng's Demeter NJK) in Champions class bitches:Demi was 2nd with Excellent!

We took Chimay and Ari with us. Ari did very well, he stayed with me all day and kept me calm. I deliberately missed Endo's judging, I got so nevous even thinking about it, because of the disaster last year... So I took Ari for a walk and returned when the judging was over.
Endo did a lot better with Guido as his handler.

Thanks Peter for taking photos!

birthday E-litter

Today is your second birthday, so Happy Birthday to Chinka, Egoi, Endo, Enrico en Molli!

For us it is a sad day without Eoos...

ED result Endo

Today we got the ED result for Xin-Feng's Endo.

ED Free

So both hips and ellbows have the best possible score!!!
Next step is testing his knees.

HD result Endo

Today we got the HD result for Xin-Feng's Endo.

HD-A
with bone-deformation 0 (no deformation) and Norbergscore 40
(Norbergscore is a calculation of the angles between thigh bones and hip and 40 is the best possible score)

Endo has great hips!!!

Now we are waiting for his ellbow results.

Chow Chow pups and more Chow Chow pups

Teija of kennel Basstrick's in Finland mailed us that Molli (Xin-Feng's Eki) got a litter of 7 at October 15th. On the picture is the sire Casper (Fin Ch Sherae Billi Billeri).

Molli got 4 males (1 fawn, 3 red) and 3 females (1 fawn, 2 red).Proud Mom!
And at Vita Texla Chow Chows on October 27th Vita Texla Lobke gave birth to 7 pups too, here the first picture of Vita Texla's L-litter:
I will enjoy all puppy pictures in the next weeks!

Clubshow Dutch Chow Chow Club

More than two weeks ago, on Sunday April 25th, was the yearly show of the Dutch Chow Chow Club.

Chimay was not feeling well, so she stayed home with Frank. He would come later with a friend.
Since he stopped taking Ritalin his energy levels are back the way it was before. So he needs a lot of resting time and long days are too much for him.
I went with an other friend and Eoos to Eemnes where the show was held.

Ilone picked up Endo on her way to Eemnes.
We had thought Ilone would show Endo, but he refused to walk with her, so I went into the ring with him.
Long time ago I vowed I would not ever go into the showring again, and I should have sticked to that...Endo was already a bit irritated and picked up on my anxiety, he snapped at the judge and got disqualified :-(

Afterwards we sat together recuperating:The rest of the morning Endo was doing great as PSD. He accompanied me all the time, supported me and ignored everyone else. Then I was very happy with him.

Next Eoos and her sister Chinka (Xin-Feng's Embla) had to go into the ring.Eoos, shown by Ilone, got Very Good (3rd) and her sister Very Good (4th).

Demi (Xin-Feng's Demeter) did very well in her class: Excellent (1st)!

Well, I had been courageous and went into the showring with Endo. Sadly the price was high again... It took more than two weeks before I calmed down a bit :-(

Thank you both Leni and Peter Wellinga for letting me use your photos.

first birthday of our E-litter

Yesterday they celebrated their first birthday: Chinka, Egoi, Endo, Eoos, Enrico and Molli, congratulations all!
And we think of Esmo, who is not with us anymore...

A picture of Eoos, our birthday girl:

Enrico (Xin-Feng's Erilo)

Yesterday we went to Nijmegen to visit Enrico (Xin-Feng's Erilo) and his owners.
Enrico was happy to see us bak.He leaned over the fence to greet us.Enrico and his owner Hubert.After a nice cup of coffee we went outside to get Chimay and Eoos out of the car and to take some pictures:Enrico has grown into a handsome dog!
As usual Chimay ruined my try to take a picture of them all...But Marijke managed to take a good one, from left to right Eoos, Chimay and Enrico:Enrico and Eoos meet:It was good to see Enrico, Hubert and Marijke again and we were happy to see how fond they are of eachother.

Molli (Xin-Feng's Eki)

Yesterday we got news from Finland. Teija told us that she went to two shows with Molli (Xin-Feng's Eki) and she did very well, both times she got Exellent.
On February 7th in Keuruu (Finland) she was best in Juniorclass and 2nd Best Bitch and on February 14th in Tallinn (Estonia) she was again best in Juniorclass and also Best Bitch!

Teija and Molli in Tallinn

Thanks Teija, you and Molli make us proud :-)

Chinka (Xin-Feng's Embla)

Today we visited Chinka (Xin-Feng's Embla), and her family in Almere.

A few days ago I received some great pictures of Chinka in the snow:

But seeing her in real was more fun, Chinka was very happy to see us.
We decided it would be nice to walk the three Chow Chows together and take some pictures. Sadly it started to rain when we went out, so the walk was cold and short. One of the pictures turned out well enough, from to left to right Chinka, Eoos and Chimay.

I think Chinka looks a lot like her half-sister Demi (Xin-Feng's Draupadi), here pictured at the Young Chows Day of the Dutch Chow Chow Club, September 2008:

Endo

On December 26th Guido and Endo came to Lelystad.
We picked them up at the trainstation and went straight on to the Zuigerplasbos, a big park where the dogs are allowed off leash. That way everyone is used to eachother and tired..
Chimay, Eoos and Endo had a good time, sadly no pictures, I forgot to take my camera...
Back home Frank made us a fabulous diner :-)

The next mornig I took some pictures from Eoos en Endo:And one more time Endo:

Show Wijchen

Today was the big day for Xin-Feng's Endo and Xin-Feng's Eoos: for the first time in the Youthclass.

Yesterday Guido and Endo came to Lelystad and this morning the alarm went off at half past four! A little after six we went on our way to Wijchen. We arrived early enough to get a nice spot for us and the Chow Chows. Ilone, the owner of Xin-Feng's Demeter, arrived a bit later with two of her Shibas.

Ilone offered to show Eoos. She has a lot of show experience, so we took her offer gladly.

Endo had not his day. His left eye teared a lot and he was tired of the night at our place. The judge J. van Hummelen from België gave him a Good.
Smooth, 9 months. A bit insecure. Irritated eye. Crooked teeth. Straight forelegs. Good bone. Good back. Correct tail. Good angrulation in front and back. Fluent movement.
The other male, Orso van het Bossche Front, got an Excellent, so he won the Youthclass males.
Then Ilone and Eoos went into the ring, Eoos did very well and got an Excellent.Smooth. Nice expression. Good ears. Dark eye. Correct bite. Good front. Straight forelegs. Good feet. Strong bone. Good backline and tail. Standing back legs parallel. Excellent coat. Nice movement..
She won her class and got Best of Breed!!!So Eoos got her first CAC and the first point for Youth Champion.
In Group 5 she was not selected, but we were already so proud of her!

A very good day in Wijchen and thank you Ilone!!

Xin-Feng's Egoi

We stayed in a hotel in Montceau-les-Mines. The last part of our vacation was visiting Cathy and Cédric, who live near this town. They are the owners of Eoos brother Xin-Feng's Egoi.

Chimay and Egoi, he has the same dark red color as his mother.

Egoi and Eoos meet.

Egoi and Cathy


It was good to see them all back. We even met Cathy's parents, who came bye. The visit was way too short, but we had a long drive back home to go. So we all got back in the car again and at 4 in the morning we were back home...

Show Bleiswijk

Yesterday Endo and Eoos went to the all breed show in Bleiswijk.

We had to get up very early, the alarm went off at 5:30!
At 6:30 on our way and picked up Guido and Endo at 8:00 in Gouda.

We had an Australian judge: Mrs G. Cook, she will be judging the Best in Show today. Chinka (Xin-Feng's Embla) was entered in the show too, so in the Puppy Class were 3 pups entered, all Xin-Feng pups.
Endo was the first to be judged and did very well together with Frank.
Immediately after Endo the two sisters went in the ring. Eoos did not very well, she can behave much better than she did. But the judge made her the best of the two sisters, they both got a Very Promising.
Then I had to go into the ring too, because Endo and Eoos had to compete with eachother for Best Pup of the breed. De judge was very charmed with Endo, so he won.
The judge said to Frank that Eoos needed some training, so he told her we had not been training with Endo and had been working with Eoos for some months ;-)

Here the critiques of Endo and Eoos:

415 Xin-Feng's Endo
An extremely promising young male very typical for the breed. Very good head and expression. Well set ears, lovely eye, good pigmentation. Excellent rear, correct stilted gait. Good coat.
  1 very promising, Best Pup

419 Xin-Feng's Eoos
Bitch of very good type, size and balanced. Lovely head and expression. Excellent coat texture. Good overall construction. Very good bone and feet. Excellent rear.
  1 very promising

Because Endo was Best Pup, he was expected in the big ring to compete for Best Pup of the Day. Endo really tried his best, but the judge had other preferences.

It was a good first show day for Endo and Eoos!
The next show we will attend will be in December in Wijchen.

Xin-Feng's Eki

did well at her first show!

On October 24th, at the show in Seinäjoki, she was best pup of the breed under judge Marianne Holmli. The complete results, with photos, can be found on Netchows.

Molli (Xin-Feng's Eki)

We got a picture again from Finland. Molli will attend her first show at the end of October. A Finnish breeder and judge saw Molli recently and liked her very much... so we have high hopes for Molli in the showring!

Young dogs day, Dutch Chow Chow Club

Last Sunday, September 20th, was the yearly Young Dogs Day organised by the Dutch Chow Chow Club.
Eoos, Endo and Chinka (Xin-Feng's Embla) were presented in the ring for the first time. This is not an official show, so no qualifications are given.The handling classes payed off, Eoos stood perfectly still and went good trough the ring. Only she did not like being touched by the judge, so that is important to do in the next handling classes.
After they had been in the ring, Peter Wellinga took a picture of every young Chow. Here is Endo:Chinka looked great, if you see something strange: she wore pants because she was in heat. She is an adorable and happy little Chow!Peter took a great picture of our three smooths:and a nice picture of me and Chimay.And here a picture I took of Chimay with her son and two daughters:Eoos had enough of all photocameras, but from a distance I took this headshot.And finally Endo proud with his ribbon (all young Chows got this ribbon).