ringtraining

as we call it, I think the best translation would be handling class.

Every wednesday we train with our Chows for the show. Together with some others from the neighbourhood, all of them show and breed.
Last Wednesday I finally did NOT forget my camera ;-)

Val owns kennel "Rovamel", she teaches us. Her breed is the Staffordshire Bull Terrier. This week she had Digit and Poppy with her.

Val with Poppy

Gertrud owns kennel "van het Bovenwater", her breed is the Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever. She was with Talutah.

Gertrud and Talutah

Marijke owns a Dutch Shepherd shorthair Amazing, callname Stella, but usual she is training one of the Staffords from Val.

Stella

And then there are Frank and me with the smooth Chow Chows Chimay and Eoos; kennel "Xin-Feng".

Chimay and Eoos


Normally Chimay sits next to me and we watch the training together. But this time I was taking pictures so Chimay had to watch alone:


They have to learn to stand stil for some time:
Poppy
Talutah
Eoos

And trotting through the showring
Talutah

When the youngsters are done, the older dogs get their time too.
Digit
Stella
And Chimay showing off she knows what to do:
After the handling class Gertrude teached some basics of doggy-dance. That was fun for all.
It was a nice training, we are looking forward to next weeks class!

Klaaswaal

A new car makes us drive, to get used and because it drives great.
Going for a ride is even better with a goal, so sunday we went to Klaaswaal to visit Ilone and Demi (Xin-Feng's Demeter).
It was a good visit, Ilone and I both took a lot of photos.

Frank, Eoos and ChimayChimay, Demi and EoosChimayEoos in actionDemi happy to see FrankEoos with two young Shiba Inu's: Baruda and Chimari (Ilone breeds Shiba Inu's)
On Ilone's weblog are more photos and some short movies (weblog in Dutch).

new car

After ten years and some we replaced our yellow Renault Kangoo.
On monday August 24th our new car finally arrived (we waited since May). A white Dacia Logan.
We got a sticker from Ilone with a photo of Demi (Xin-Feng's Demeter) on it. Frank had to be persuaded, but the sticker is on the car now ;-)

Endo

On August 2nd we visited Endo.
Endo, Eoos and Chimay

Molly

Teija mailed some photos of Molly (Xin-Feng's Eki), here nearly 5 months old.

Esmo

Marcel gave me a lot of photos of Esmo (Xin-Feng's Esmoreit), Bono and Whoopi.
Bono is a great-uncle and Whoopi a (half) great-aunt of Esmo.

Esmo (April 30th, 2009)Marcel and Esmo (May 2nd, 2009)Whoopi and Esmo (May 2009)Bono and Esmo (May 2009)Bono, Esmo and Whoopi (June 2009)Esmo at the top of the stairs (June 2009)