In April, we planned our second trip to Poland, this time to an international exhibition held in the beautiful surroundings of Moszna Castle near Opole, Poland.
The nicer the area was, the worse the surface of the ring was with uncut and completely wet grass and uneven surface. In addition, the staff assigned to the ring clearly did not know what to do. Nevertheless, we fought back and Hugo in his last start in junior class won the last BOJbut most importantly CACIB-J and CAJCthereby completing two championships (Polish Junior Champion and CIB-J).
Freddy Freddy still doesn't like the grass (especially not the tall one), but he eventually stood up nicely on the table and in Puppy class he was awarded VP1 and The best puppy in the breed. For Freddy, this result also means fulfilled conditions of the second puppy championship, this time in Poland.
Amazing positive atmosphere in the ring and smooth course of judging despite the above-mentioned obstacles was again prepared for us by a great judge Mrs. Lenka Frnčová, for which she deserves a big THANK YOU for all participating exhibitors.
Since the career of our beagles is mainly directed to hunting, we could not miss the Spring Hunting Dog Meeting. Unfortunately, our home OMS Beroun does not organize such a gathering, so we used the date and place suitable for us organized by OMS Prostějov.
Both Freddy and Hugo succeeded at the show, got nice evaluations in a different format than we are used to from classic shows, and overall we can say that we saw more interesting hunting breeds that we do not see at shows. All dogs at the show were very carefully judged by Mr. Ladislav Frnčo, including describing each of them to the spectators. This was a great experience!
Hugo even got a beautiful green cockade for the best dog of FCI Group VI.
Overall a wonderful event, super venue, perfect organization and refreshments. We are definitely looking forward to the next event in the form of hunting trials.
So now we have to work hard on our preparation so that next time we don't embarrass ourselves 🙂
Since we were already in Moravia at EDS 2025 and NDS at EDS 2025, we extended our show tour to Poland, just over the border with the Czech Republic, where two national shows were held in the Zakrzów sports complex.
A beautiful place for such a show, nicely prepared, only the language barrier is a bit tricky for us 🙂 The evaluation of the dogs in Polish handwriting is really hard to decipher, but thanks to our Freddy's breeder we finally got the desired information.
Especially Hugo (Néreus Hare and Hounds) was stellar, who got Exc.1, CAJC and even twice BOS in junior class.
Freddy (Piccolino from Negraland) was competing on grass for the first time and after the winter indoor season both he and his owner were a bit uncomfortable. On the first day we got Promising 1 in puppy class, but on the second day everything was on top and we got Very Promising 1 and Best puppy in breed.
Judges: Marian Paweł Bocianowski a Bogusława Szydłowicz-Polańczyk (PL)
But after the four-day marathon we didn't wait for the final competitions and went home instead.
On Friday 11.4.2025 was the second show day for beagles in Brno, this time the National Dog Show at EDS 2025.
We combined youth with youth, Freddy (Piccolino z Negraland) had the honour to be handled by the best junior handler of the Czech Republic for 2024 Anna Plundrova. And they were great together! We are not worried about the future of handling and we will keep our fingers crossed for Anna in the EDS 2025 Junior Handling Finals.
We were there! And even took away beautiful placements and ratings and especially a wonderful experience thanks to the TOP judge Lenka Frnčová, thank you very much. We have been looking forward to this cynological holiday for a long time and we are really excited.
Freddy (Piccolino z Negraland) with European Hope (Promise) 2025 and judge Lenka Frnčová, EDS 2025, Brno, 10.4.2025
We knew that this would be the culmination of our show efforts so far, but the result exceeded our expectations. We can see that careful preparation and pathfinding is paying off. All of this was enhanced by our most popular judge (beagle specialist) Mrs. Lenka Frnčová, who judged all the dogs and bitches of the breed with ease and great erudition. The atmosphere around the ring was extremely positive and finally the big ring with a white carpet (albeit in a sunken hall of the exhibition centre) gave the whole show the hallmark of uniqueness.
We also met a lot of important breeders from all over Europe and we are very happy that they are worth to say hello and have a few words with us. And we take that as a great appreciation for our only one year "career in the show ring".
Freddy and his handler Jitka Svobodova won the Puppy class and therefore the title European Hope 2025, which we take as a big commitment for the future.
But Hugo did not lose his way and confirmed his level by winning Excellent rating again in the busy Junior class. It is not possible for someone to participate in Junior class in two European shows (2024 in Celje and 2025 in Brno) and to succeed in both of them. Thanks also to Hugo's handler Pája Píchová.
Piccolino z Negraland aka Freddy
(s: Zorro for Negraland Weinlinie, d: Kassandra z Negraland)
puppy class – Very promising 1 (1/5), European Hope 2025!
Protože se blíží vrchol (naší) letošní výstavní sezóny – EDS 2025 , domluvili jsme se s Petrou Václavkovou na zařazení nového prvku v přípravě našich pejsků. Petra pro našeho Huga (Néreus Hare and Hounds) a svého Jerryho (Jeremi z Kunčiček) připravila neuvěřitelný kondiční program ve Zlíně a jeho okolí.
Celé soustředění 🙂 jsme zahájili na tréninku coursingu v Čechách pod Kosířem, kde si kluci zaběhali za střapcem simulujícím hon na zajíce. Oba dva prokázali, že toto mají vrozené a naprosto bez problémů absolvovali jak první krátkou trať (200 m), tak i plnou tréninkovou trať (700 m), Hugo dokonce získal i zápis do tréninkové karty (Jerry bohužel ještě nesplňuje věkovou hranici pro takový zápis). Potkali jsme se také s Jerryho tátou Kingem (King Weinlinie z Negraland) a jeho paničkou Lenkou Frnčovou, kteří nám tento skvělý psí sport ukázali (King je již Mistrem Slezska v coursingu).
Následující dny dostali oba kluci pěkně do těla na náročných výletech po okolí Zlína, vyblbli se maximálně na psím hřišti a také s Petrou trénovali poslušnost. V pátek jsme za nimi přijeli také s Freddym (Piccolino z Negraland) a společně jsme popracovali na výstavních dovednostech.
Hugo (Néreus Hare and Hounds) during training in TDH Academy (2025-02-12)
A year ago we took our Hugo (Néreus Hare and Hounds) to his first exhibition (not yet competing).
A lot of things happened that year, we made a lot of friends and discovered a new world for us. We also added another dog to our team, Freddy (Piccolino from Negraland).
Even after a year, we still think that for us the most beautiful show was Club show of Beagle Breeders Club of Slovakia in Bobrovnik in May 2024 with great judge Lenka Frncova.
One of the key shows was IHA Salzburg in August 2024 with judge Darko Drobniak (RS), where Hugo competed in junior class for the first time and proved to be a great cunning 🙂 (in 9 months and 2 days he beat the reigning world junior winner by half a year older). (v 9 měsících a 2 dnech s přehledem porazil úřadujícího o půl roku staršího světového juniorského vítěze).
It was a wonderful experience to participate in the European Dog Show in Celje in October 2024 with judge Ann Ingram (IRL), where we were very much helped by TDH Team.
We also have very fond memories of our start at the Danube CACIB in Bratislava in October 2024 with judge Iveta Vojtekova (SK).
And the icing on the cake was The Regional Halloween Show in Provodovice - Kelč, once again with judge Lenka Frncova..
And the December participation at at the shows in Wels (CACIB and CAC) in "men's only composition" with the support of Alexa Matelová from TDH Team on the spot and the completion of the Austrian Junior Champion deserves attention.
But we also like to remember other experiences and judges where we may not have gotten the best score, but their attitude in the ring was absolutely amazing.
And so a bit of statistics comes in handy
We have planned a total of 30 starts in 3 show classes.
In the end, Hugo showed up 28 times (unfortunately, illness prevented him from starting twice).
We met 25 different judges from 10 countries..
We visited 6 different countries – besides our country, Slovakia, Austria, Poland, Germany and Slovenia.
He started 3 times in minor puppy class, always with rating VN1 and won Club Show Winner of Minor Puppy Class in Slovakia.
He started 4x in puppy class, always with rating VN1 and got Club Show Winner of Puppy Class in the Czech Republic..
He started 21x in junior class and obtained:
Junior Champion of Slovakia
Junior Champion of Austria
Winner of the specialty show – junior dog (SK)
Winner of junior class and Winner of JBIG FCI VI. (regional show)
6x BOJ
5x CACIB-J
8x CAJC
1x Exc. from European Dog Show
9x Exc. 1
3x Exc. 2
1x Exc 3.
1x Exc 4.
and also 5x Very good and once not assessed
We still have a month to go in the junior class so we are training hard. Thanks a lot for the training and occasional handling TDH Team & Academy, for handling our junior handler Melca Rulcova and for valuable advice to more experienced friends.
We are looking forward to meeting our friends at other shows and of course to meet new and already known judges.
And since we don't have a photo from the last show, which we couldn't attend, one photo in show stance from training at TDH Academy.
in a strong competition of dogs from all over Europe.
