Saturday, July 13, 2013

BEFORE - DURING - AFTER











































The kennel building (a converted garage) and garden are now just about as I envisioned them when I bought this place in November 2010. Things are coming together nicely, and I´m quite happy with the result!

Kennelbygningen (den konverterte garasjen) og hagen er nå blitt omtrent som jeg hadde forestilt med dem da jeg kjøpte dette stedet i november 2010. Ting begynner å ta form, og jeg er ganske fornøyd med resultatet!

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Tuesday, July 2, 2013

Is this becoming our aesthetic ideal?

We´ve all been witness to ever-younger Scotties winning best of breed, groups and even winning places in BIS-finals of late. 

What´s happening? Is all the older, more mature, competition crap? Are Scotties in general maturing more quickly than before? Or has the aesthetic ideal amongst our judging corps shifted - away from the breed standard - to a new, fresh approach?

I´ll grant you that bitches often mature sooner than boys, but I think this new trend of putting up (barely more than) pre-teens everywhere is scary. I don´t like it at all and I doubt if it can be for the breed´s best.

What do you think?

Tatler Tickled Pink BOS in Vänersborg




























My homebred girl Agnes (Tatler Tickled Pink), born 08/10/12, went BOS (with the Swedish CAC and her first CACIB) under Liselotte Johansson on Sunday 09/06/2013 at Norra Älvborg International Kennel Club show. Very happy!

New Swedish champion

New Swedish championship to N UCH Sir Darnley´s Undercover Urchin at Norra Älvsborg International Kennel Club show at Vänersborg, Sunday 09/06/2013, under Liselotte Johansson.