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!

Companion and Toy Dogs Show

Today Ari went with Marijke and Valentina to the Companion and Toy Dogs Show in Zutphen. First time in the Youth Class, Ari was yesterday exactly 9 months.

The judge was Mrs Zwaartman-Pinster, just as at the FlevoDogMatch in september.
On the left Ari at the table with the judge and Marijke, Ari got an Excellent 2nd place in the Youth Class.


Ari and his littersister Sacha. Sacha got Excellent, 2nd place in the Youth Class too. And she got the reserve CAC!

Team Ari: Marijke, Valentina and Ari.And a last picture of Ari in Zutphen.

Champion Demi

Yesterday at the show in Leuven (Belgium) Demi (Xin-Feng's Demeter) got BOS, with this win she got the last needed point for her Belgian Championship!
Congratulations Ilone and Demi, sorry Demi I will write down your complete name with titles: Neth. & Belg. Ch. Xin-Feng's Demeter Neth. Youth Ch..

Ari at the dogshow in Zwolle

It has been a while since I wrote here.
The past weeks I have been busy redoing the website, new lay-out... patience, it is nearly finished...

And Ari keeps me on my toes, the Chow Chows are stubborn, but Ari... is even more stubborn AND he is smart!
Keeping up with his coat takes some time too, but our cooperation gets better each time I brush him.

Last Saturday, October 9th, Ari went with Marijke and Valentina to the dogshow in Zwolle. Marijke handled Ari too at the FlevoDogMatch. Because Frank and I can't do it, a day at the show is too tiring for Frank and too stressing for me, it is nice someone else wants to take Ari to the show. So Ari was put in his bench and on his way to Zwolle he went!
Leaving behind a flabbergasted Eoos, what was going to happen with Ari? She just recently started to play with him and now he was leaving??

The other people with Pekingese dogs at the show were very nice and attentive, here one of them is brushing Ari, so he will look his best when entering the ring.

Valentina and Marijke with Ari on her lap, at the ring side.

Ari at the table in the ring, it was a pity that the German judge Jungblut was very short about Ari: 4,5 MON. ALTE BABY ANSPRECHENDE KORPER GUTER KOPF, qualification Very Promising

Ari with is bowl for Best Baby of the Breed!

Ari en Marijke in the spotlight for Best Baby in Show

Early in the evening Ari returned with his first bowl :-)
Eoos was VERY happy her friend came back! Ari was happy to be home and exhausted after a day from home.


Thanks to Marco & Jolanda Draijer, owners of Ari's sister Sacha (photo left), for taking and sharing their photos.

Many thanks to Marijke and Valentina for taking Ari to the show and Valentina for the spotlight photo.

FlevoDogMatch 2010

Last Sunday we went to the FlevoDogMatch here in Lelystad. We entered all our dogs.

Judge for both the Chow Chow and the Pekinese was Mrs. P.C. Zwaartman-Pinster.

The Chow Chows were first to be judged, so Endo (Xin-Feng's Endo), entered in the Young Dogs class for dogs between 15 and 24 months, went first into the ring. Guido and Endo did very well and the judge gave Endo an Excellent! That made him Best Dog.

Then Eoos (Xin-Feng's Eoos) went into the ring, entered in the Young Bitch class for bitches between 15 and 24 months. Frank showed Eoos very well. The showtraining classes payed off ;-)
Eoos got an Excellent too.

Then the Open class bitches: Frank with Chimay (Xin-Feng's Chimayra) and Ilone with Demi (Xin-Feng's Demeter). The judge was surprised when she felt Chimay, she is very musculair ;-)
But she did not move well enough in the rear, so she got Very Good. Demi got an Excellent and won the Open class.

Then Eoos and Demi competed for Best Bitch, Demi won and went on against Endo for Best Of Breed. Demi won again, so she went on for Best of Group at the end of the day.



Marijke showed Ari for us, thanks very much Marijke!
Ari was entered in the Baby class, for dogs between 3 and 6 months. To our surprise the judge liked him and awarded him with Very Promising. So Ari went on for Best Baby of the show at the end of the day.

Ari with his medal for 4th place in the Best Baby competition It was a very tiring day with excellent results for all.

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.

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 :-)

Demi BOB in Eindhoven

Yesterday was the Dog Show in Eindhoven.

Demi (Xin-Feng's Demeter) was entered, for this was her first chance to become Dutch Champion,as she turned 27 months in January. In the Netherlands dogs have to be at least 27 months when they get the last point for their championship.

And Demi did it again: she was Best of Breed and earned her last point to become Dutch Champion!!!
Congratulations Ilone & Ben, we are very proud, Demi is the first Chow Chow we bred who became Dutch Champion!

More photos at Ilone's weblog (in Dutch).

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!!

Demi did it again!

Last Sunday Demi (Xin-Feng's Demeter) won in Brussels for the third time Best of Breed!
At Ilone's weblog an impression (in Dutch).

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.

Miniature Bull Terriers

Yes, you read it right, no I don't want one, although the are very cute ;-)

Val asked me if I wanted to write the critiques at the clubmatch of the Dutch Miniature Bull Terrier friends. The judge was from England, so they needed someone who could write Eglish well enough.
Frank went with me to take over if necessary, Chimay went as my Service Dog and Eoos went to get used to shows. Val was ring commissaris and Marijke joined us too.
Left the judge, behind the table me (Anita) and Val.
It went very well, there were not many Miniature Bull Terriers (18), so it was not a lot of writing. Chimay stayed all the time behind my chair: and Frank and Eoos watched it al from a side:
It was a good day.
Eventually I would do it again ;-)