Again the last day of the year. What has happened again soon! Last year we sat around this time in France in the snow, fleeing the fireworks. Now you don’t have to, Brandir doesn’t like it but isn’t really upset. Chidish and Cytaugh have not responded to this until now and therefore do not seem to suffer from it. Hopefully that will stay that way! Still a big walk with the hounds in the PANNEHOEF, normally they can go loose some pieces but because of the nice weather it was so busy that they had to remain largely on the line. Bales but yes, they only run a round, at five thousand square meters you can also enjoy. For this year I had once again enrolled for the Winner. Fortunately Sonja offered to come and go along, I had them all three reported so good help I could use and Simon’s hobby is not it! So Sunday the thirteenth left we packed early in the morning and slumped towards Amsterdam. Chidish and Cytaugh behaved exemplary, truly Deerhound worthy.

Chidish also showed neat, but Cytaugh made a jar of it, which really must be ‘ shown ‘ in advance. They both got a lot of promising from Willem outer camp. Brandir showed himself from no angles, he clearly has no more fun in it and yes, you can do better with a sack of potatoes in the ring, which is more manageable then. He got the reserve CAC and reserve CACIB. After the show it is always good rest, especially if you can safely lie with your father.

    Since Chidish defeated his sister at the battle for best puppy he had to appear in the honour ring in the afternoon. This was a good experience for him, great ring, lots of people, loud music and many other dogs. He was impressed, but showed himself fairly well. Cytaugh had already had it and just wanted to go home. So as soon as I came out of the honour ring, where Chidish of course was not selected, we took our mess together and walked towards the exit. Cytaugh, who had not done a pee all day, despite several requests, could not stop and did just before the exit, in the middle of the hall, a big puddle on the clean, shiny, marble floor! Then they have to make sure that the exhaust places are just as clean, they would have thought. And Right She has! The weekend after I was allowed to approve in Cuijk. The quality of the hounds was severely attacking me, something that has already been noticed by me and many other greyhound stadium judgements in recent years. Many errors are; Too few or just too many ribwelving (Italian greyhounds!), much less nobility in the heads by high foreheads and non parallel lines, too few lendewelving, short tails, too steep on the wrists and of course a bad gait work. And if you give a ZG because the hound is a very disturbing mistake or has so many mistakes that one you really can’t do, you’ll be watched as a judge angry. The people had to read the qualification rules and the standard of their race, they would understand. But it’s not nice if you wait for the moment your winner steps into the ring and that doesn’t happen! Anyway, hopefully it will be better in the coming years with the quality.   Another few hours and we’ll slip the new year back in. What will it bring us? I wish; That people are taking a little more account of each other, which are less aggressive on each other, just being more socially and friendlier against each other. That makes life a lot finer!

Happy NEW Year!!!