As promised here some news about the nice Saturday I have spent with Tweed at the Sight Hound championship show ("Raduno Club del Levriero, Padenghe sul Garda, 30 April, 2011) she was entered: what a successful day and what a positive start for her in the show ring!

The nice place (so huge, with lots of trees and lawns) helped me to relax as I was a bit worried about the big number of dogs that Tweed would have met…but it was ok as she’s always happy to meet other dogs being very friendly both with big and small dogs.

10 Deerhounds were entered at the show and all the owners were so kind with us and very well impressed by Tweed’s quality. In the ring Tweed was so well behaved and moved very well (better that some dogs entered in other classes!). This is the judge’s critique:

“VERY TYPICAL 5 MONTHS OLD PUPPY BITCH. SHE SHOWS A GREAT DEAL OF QUALITY, MATCHING PERFECTLY THE BREED STANDARD IN ALL TRAITS. LOVELY HEAD AND EXPRESSION, EXCELLENT BODY SHAPE, IDEAL TYPE OF DEERHOUND. HER WELL BUILT HINDQUARTERS ALLOWS HER TO MOVE FOR THE BEST ADVANTAGE AND VERY FREELY FOR A ONE SO YOUNG, NICE TO SEE HER ON THE MOVE. IT’S A PLEASURE TO SEE SUCH A DEERHOUND IN ITALY. VERY PROMISING,  SURELY SHE WILL HAVE A BRILLIANT CAREER, WAITING TO SEE HER IN THE RING
AS ADULT”.

In the afternoon, we have had another happy and successful moment as Tweed was in the ring again to compete for the “Best Puppy in show”…and she was BEST PUPPY IN SHOW!!! (there were 6 hounds entered: an irish wolfhound, Tweed, a whippet, a Galgo espanol, an azawahk and a saluki.
All the visitors by the ring side were very excited for her first place...noisy clapping hands!!

..what a great moment. It was like jumping back in the past (1996) when my very first border terrier bitch thrilled me winning the 1st place in the "Best puppy  in show " of her first Club show...

Now we take a rest, maybe we will be in Turin for the championship show in the middle of June and then we will be back in the ring in September.  At the moment Tweed apart from playing with the borders, is“nursing” Joga’s litter (it’s real fun to see how gentle she is with the border t. pups at play, even if I never leave when she is with them).