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Ok, it's time to make some serious pictures... like all the "big dogs" do. ;-) So, here they are... without further delay... Ca' Frosco's H-LITTER !! :-) female 1: HAZE female 2: HIBA female 3: HANJA  male 4: HELIOS male 5: HARTWIN male 6: HAKON male 7: HELDAR female 8: HOLLIE female 9: HELLA female 10: HALINA female 11: HAIDEE

It's always lovely to take part in the Borzoi Specialty Show held at Palazzo Manzoni in S.Zaccaria (RA). This year in was set in September, and we had the honor to be judged by Mrs. Marton-Pollock ( Falconcrag ). So early on a Friday morning Elena and I started our journey to Ravenna. We arrived in the afternoon, and since it was still quiet (all the other borzois would have come early in the morning of the following day), we decided to work a bit with the dogs, before it started raining heavily.  Luckily we had an unexpected sunny weather the next day, so even the judge could enjoy a bit of the italian sun. ;-) Unfortunately I still haven't found the complete results on the net, so I will have to give you the ones I remember (all the following photos are from courtesy of the Sighthound Club of Italy ): MALES Champion Class: exc1 Stepnykh Almazov Extrordinarius (Majenkir Timeless Arts x Stepnykh Almazov Balthajsha) B: C. Epifani O: C. Civita  Open Class: exc1 Russkiy...

Oookayyyy, I really needed some fresh air in these days, since I haven't been out recently. Well, the opportunity came from Elena Bertolini, who asked me to handle her dogs at CAC Venezia. We went there with quite a handful of 'zois... Elena brought Dobrinja (Bakur Red Fox x Velikij Jalina) in Champion class, Ebony in Junior Class (Arcana x Barghal) and last but not least little Grace (Aistra x Barghal) in Puppy Class.  Unfortunately Ebony decided that he wasn't in the mood for a dog show, because he prefered to run on the beach, so we didn't show him in the end; but the other two girls gave us some big satisfactions. DOBRINJA won exc1 BB BOB ...and... BOG!!! GRACE won exc1 puppyBOB In addition to these wonderful news, the owner of DARINKA, Dobrinja's sister, called us to tell us that this wonderful girl was exc1, CAC, CACIB and BOS at CACIB Ercolano in Naples!!! Dobrinja in BIS ring Grace in puppy BIS ring Dobrinja winning BOG

We received lovely news from Elena, the owner of our beloved Milky (Golden Retriever - sweets litter).  Since they both did some excellent training on the retriever working trials with their group  OASIRETRIEVER , they decided to compete in the WORKING DAYS WITH GAME, near Bologna. Though Milky participated just the first day, everybody was satisfied by his performance, being the first time for him. He did a great job with the pick-up and return of the dummies, and our golden boy also surprised us with his excellent marking of quails, also with a very good blind retrieve. :-) What can I say, apart that I'm very proud of Milky and Elena? I just wish to make some big congratulations to this wonderful couple handler/dog, and wishing them the best of luck for future competitions! Here are some photos of the event that Elena kindly sent us: I bet Milky was very happy and satisfied of this day too! :-)