A long Weekend

We went to Denmark! We arrived on Friday at about 2pm and collected our rental car and drove about 60km west of Denmark to where we were to stay the night. The weather was right around freezing, gray and VERY windy (which made it feel even colder) but dry.
The Bromølle Kro where we were staying was built at this location in 1198, and although it has undergone modernization in the years since then, some of the original beams can still be seen. We had a wonderful meal here on Friday night with friends Pia, Knud, Anne & Miikka. After a good nights sleep we left Saturday morning to go to the January Awards Party and show of the Danish Beagle Club, held just a few miles away..
The tables were set up around the ring and lunch and dinner were served amidst the judging – it did make for a very long day. The show had an entry of 99 and the judge was Manuel Borges, from Portugal. Full results. Several dogs we had sent to Denmark over the years did quite well with Starbuck Torbay Talbot Hill Grand Cru being 3rd best dog in show. We had made this trip to evaluate some puppies and 2 of them came home with us – Susan & Thomas. They are just 7 months old and will not be shown until they have grown up a bit, I will update our webpage soon with details on them, but they are by Danish & American Champion Starbuck Torbay About Face out of Danish Champion Gold Line Romantic Issue.

We flew home from Copenhagen on Sunday and stayed overnight in Seattle with our friend Carrie and drove home today. The youngsters handled the whole trip marvelously and came out of their crates at the airport tails wagging.

To Estes Park

On Thursday 25th September, we (3 people – Carrie, David and myself) and 5 Dogs (Herbie, Mister, Burt, Sera and Bob) piled into the car for the 1300+ mile journey to Colorado. Our first day of travel got us to Twin Falls, Idaho

where we stopped overnight and tried to get the dogs into the routine necessary for a long trip. The weather was lovely, not too hot. An early start Friday (pretty much the order of the day for the next 10 days!) saw us heading to Salt Lake City, where I attended the Akita National Judges education, while David and Carrie relaxed.
Saturday we drove to Estes Park and passed through some beautiful scenery on the way to the hotel.

We arrived at about 5pm and settled us and the dogs into the hotel, before heading out to dinner. We were amazed at how many tourists were in town also, fortunately this appeared to be a weekend crowd, as it was less populated during the week.
Monday started the week of showing with the Rocky Mountain Beagle Club Sweepstakes in which Bob won the 9-12 class, Mister won the 12-15 class and Sera was 4th in the 12-15 class (her sister Abby) won the class.
This was followed by the regular classes for Rocky Mountain Beagle Club and Bob was 2nd in the 9-12 puppy class Mister won the Bred By class and went on to win 15″ Best Bred By Exhibitor. Sera was 2nd in Bred By (her sister Abby again won the 12-15 class.) Herbie earned an Award of Merit
Our friends from Europe – Annica and Anne & Miikka joined us for Dinner on Monday along with Oleg from Maryland. Anne chose the wine and a VERY good choice she made!
The weather was just lovely, in the 70’s during the day, so great for walking, and we had some spare time and walked down to the lake, saw some Elk up close (pictures to follow soon, from my friends) and lots of deer near the hotel. The altitude unfortunately affected some people (Estes Park is at about 7500 ft) with a couple being hospitalized, our group of friends, was thankfully unaffected.

More to come……

Dog Shows

David did better in Colorado,than I did in Eugene - Herbie got a Group 3 today and I did not win any more points with Burt.
At least I got home early enough to mow the lawn, which has been growing fast with our stunning weather - 80 today and not a cloud in the sky.