Author: Pavla

Over the weekend, Freddy (Piccolino z Negraland) and his owner went on another long trip to Poland. Although we went there mainly as supporters, we still hoped for slightly better results than we ultimately achieved. Unfortunately, the competition from large-headed and physically large to oversized juniors, some with extreme lips, was too great, and even though no problems were identified in the evaluations and Freddy performed well, he was placed last with one exception. It is quite a pity that the breed standard represented by extremely large individuals is moving in this direction. We will see if time will prove us right in the adult categories and return the perception of the beagle breed standard to where it belongs.

Results:
Moszczenica International Dog Show (judge: H. Itzeli (PL))
Junior class - Exc 3
Club show for hounds Moszczenica (judge: I. Orcsik (SRB))
Junior class – VG4
National Dog Show in Moszczenica (judge: L. Ferenc (HU))
Junior class – Exc 1

After all those international and club shows we made ourselves happy and went with Freddy to the Regional show in Bordovice together with our friends, which meant not only participation in the show itself, but also a nice weekend in Moravia.

Originally we were very curious about the opinion of the judge from Slovakia, who was also nominated for the judging FCI Group VI at the show, but in the end the judging of the beagle breed fell on the Czech judge Mrs. Lenka Fairaislová.

Freddy wanted this time to show off in front of his much more experienced dog friends and show who is the new raising show star. He showed himself beautifully both in the basic ring and in the wet grass in the final competitions (and he really didn't like the grass and wet grass after rain until recently). So he rightly got not only a nice judgement, the evaluation Exc. 1 and Winner of the junior class of the breed, but he was also selected in a great competition of young dogs of all breeds to the final five and finally won even 2nd place in the competition for the best junior.. And he even posed on the podium 🙂 We are very happy with him and we are looking forward to more show trips.

The organisers of the show should also be singled out – perfect large, flat, grassy rings, super refreshments and also suitable facilities clearly supported a great day. It is obvious that we will want to come back. Oh, and also – it's a show called Hubertka, which makes it clear that hunting dogs and hunting in general are top of mind here!

Results:
Freddy
junior class – Exc. 1, Winner of junior class
Judge: Lenka Fairaislová

2nd place – Best Junior of the Show
Judge: Anna Kochan (PL)

PS: Hugo stayed at home and supervised the preparation of a new independent dog living – an outdoor house. After all, he is an adult hunting dog and his carefree time at home is slowly coming to the end. Freddy won't let him down, of course, and they will soon be living in the outdoor house together.

Freddy (Piccolino z Negraland) went to Hungary with his owner at the last minute. Hugo (Néreus Hare and Hounds) stayed at home because he was participating in the National Dog Show in Mladá Boleslav on Saturday.

The 3x CACIB in the spa town of Sárvár had an unusual format of evening and night shows. The judging began at 7 p.m., promising better weather (lower temperatures), but we were very curious to see how it would look, how the show would proceed in the late hours after dark, and especially how Freddy would react.

Fortunately, beagles were on the agenda in the first part of the judging, i.e. between 7 and 8 p.m., so we were still running around in the ring while it was still light outside. We were very curious to see how Freddy would be evaluated by the judges, and although no written evaluations were provided at the show, to the credit of all the judges we met, they communicated their evaluations quite extensively verbally, either in Slovak or English. We would like to thank all three judges – Jozef Jursa (SK), Borsfaj Csaba (HU), and Enrico Drudi (SMR) – it was great to meet them in the ring!

We don't really speak Hungarian, so we didn't understand a word the staff in the circle were saying :-), but we are quite experienced when it comes to exhibitions, so we kind of know how things work (and studying the catalog wasn't too much work this time).
The evaluation of our Freddy was more positive than expected. He performed very well, even tolerating the less than ideal grass cover and not being distracted by the circle, which was uphill (or downhill when entering the circle). In the final battles for the best individual of the breed, he easily defeated the best junior female (so there was competition after all) and fought a fair fight with the best adult female, who had a slight advantage. However, the overall results are absolutely fabulous, and after three days of the show, Freddy took home his first junior championship – Hungária Junior Champion.
We decided not to wait for the final competition for the best junior of the show, as it was scheduled for the very end of the final competitions, which was well after midnight.
Grandma (i.e., the owner's mother) also joined us on the trip, and she thoroughly enjoyed the exhibition.

Results:
junior class – 3x V1, 3x HPJ (Hungarian version of CAJC), 3x J-CACIB, 3x BOJ, 3x BOS