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 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!
Zavítali jsme na prodloužený víkend do našeho oblíbeného Štýrska, tentokrát nejen za vínem, ale hlavním programem byla účast na hned třech výstavách v Grazu.
Freddy i Hugo si vedli náramně, i když podmínky byly tentokrát velmi deštivé a chladné (nevytápěná hala). Oba dva krásně běhali a předváděli se, rozhodčí na CACIB výstavách posuzovali velmi pečlivě a v kruhu jsme si také hodně zaběhali :-). A v neděli se Hugo představil pod vedením svého páníčka a vybojovali opět J-BOB v Junior třídě.
Velké díky patří rakouskému Beagle clubu (ABC), který se pečlivě stará o nominace rozhodčích na mezinárodní výstavy v Rakousku pro plemeno beagle, zajišťuje personál kruhu a co je nejúžasnější dodává spoustu cen (pohárků a kokard) pro vítěze jednotlivých tříd i plemene. Takže jsme si kromě samotných skvělých výsledků dovezli také hromadu pohárků (celkem 5 od ABC a jednu krásnou medaili a pohárek od organizátorů výstavy. Jsme právem hrdými členy této klubové organizace v zahraničí!
Bohužel trochu bolestí jsou místní prostorové možnosti hlavního kruhu, resp. přípravného předkruhu pro závěrečné soutěže a také trochu organizace závěrečných soutěží – bohužel ve třídách Puppy i Junior je velké množství psů a lidí, spousta diváků, co se tlačí do prostoru čekajících pejsků, z čehož zejména Hugo nebyl vůbec nadšený a Freddyho už čekání také nebavilo a dělal „psí kusy“.
V sobotu nám s předvedením Freddyho v závěrečném kole pomohla další z nadějných mladých juniorhandlerek Ester Miháleková, které gratulujeme k celkovému vítězství JH v sobotu a 2. místu ve starší kategorii v neděli.
Results:
Freddy
sobota Premstätten Winner – CACIB I – Very promissing 1 v Puppy class sobota Premstätten CAC – Very promissing 1 v Puppy class neděle Styrian Winner – CACIB II – Very promissing 1 v Puppy class
Hugo
sobota Premstätten Winner – CACIB I – V2, res. CAC v Intermediate class sobota Premstätten CAC – V1, CAC v Intermediate class neděle Styrian Winner – CACIB II – V1, Best Junior (J-BOB), Junior FCI-CACIB, Jugendbester, Junior Styrian WInner v Junior class
Hugo tedy úspěšně rozběhal další dospělý šampionát, tentokrát v Rakousku.
Dostali jsme krásné posudky od dalších rozhodčích, které jsme potkali poprvé: v sobotu dopoledne posuzoval pan Willi Güllix (DE) a v neděli pan Roman Rovanšek (SLO) a užili si spoustu legrace i pohybu v kruhu v sobotu večer pod taktovkou nám již známé rozhodčí paní Soniji Momčilovič Bognič (SRB).
Of course we did not miss the international dog shows in Bratislava, which followed the Victory Dog Show. And here we continued in a similar vein. I'm thrilled with how both of them work not only in the ring, but throughout the show day. In addition, we have already met other friends here, the boys saw their friend Jeremi z Kunčiček again and we enjoyed the whole day together (not forgetting the refreshment stands with a variety of drinks :-) ). Thanks to all our friends for their support!
The final star this time was Freddy, which on Sunday he "grabbed" together with his handler Petra Kolegarova 2nd place in the final competition for the Best Puppy of the Show and also won the big cup!
Overall results are absolutely amazing and it is an honour to compete with the biggest star in Slovakia among beagles Elliott Little Carpathians and his handler for the best adult dog (we will beat you one day anyway!). Res. CACIB counts!
We have to thank also both judges - Mrs. Gabriela Ridarčíková (SK) and Mr. Štefan Šinko (SI), who gave us beautiful professional opinions on both dogs and appreciated what we have learned together in the ring.
Results: Freddy (Piccolino z Negraland (FCI) puppy class – 2x VP 1 and in the finals on Sunday 2.3.2025 - 2nd place in the competition for the Best puppy of the Show
Hugo (Néreus Hare and Hounds) intermediate – 2x Exc.1, 2x CAC, 2x res. CACIB
Hugo not only added two more CACs for adult Slovak Champion, but also started International Champion.
Although we didn't know until the last moment whether we will be able to participate in the top of the show season in Slovakia, we finally went with both dogs.
And I must say we are very happy! First of all, in the ring itself we met a very nice approach of the judge Viera Staviarska (SK). We have met her before, but this time we enjoyed the positive atmosphere and professional judging even more.
But the best thing is that Hugo finally! took to the grace of the show and showed his best. This change is a reward for a lot of training and thinking how to do it (thanks to Lenka Frnčová for her advice on how to get there!).
Results:
Hugo (Néreus Hare and Hounds) intermediate - Exc.1, CAC, VICTORY JUNIOR WINNER
and in the end Junior Best of FCI Group VI. - 2nd Vicechampion of Champions of Slovakia 2024
Freddy (Piccolino z Negraland (FCI)) class Puppy Champion - Very promising 1, VICTORY PUPPY WINNER
Both of them confirmed their Slovak championships from 2024 and Hugo also started the adult Slovak champion. And we also brought back a total of three trophies 🙂
On the weekend we made a trip to Slovakia again, where on Sunday both dogs competed on the last day of the international Carnival Cup Dog Show in Nitra.
Freddy (Piccolino z Negraland (FCI)) was last time in Minor Puppy category, he got VP1 and even though the judge didn't write the judgement, he got verbal praise. In the final rounds, he held his stance beautifully for an interminably long time and then showed himself nicely in the final ring.
Hugo (Néreus Hare and Hounds) got VG2 in junior class, but he deserves praise for how he ran nicely in the ring this time.
Judge: Vladimír Piskay (SK)
All in all, we enjoyed the trip not only in Nitra, but on the way back we also visited Prostějov for lunch with nice friends.
At the first domestic show in 2025 both our beagles started together for the first time.
Freddy won VN2 in the puppy category. He showed himself nicely and it is obvious that he enjoys shows.
Hugo in the young category got Exc.1 and CAJC. Even though he was very angry, he and his handler did very well.
Judge: Mrs. Věra Dvořáková (CZ)
We would like to thank for handling Hugo great junior handler Amelia Rulcova and we would like to congratulate her for finals in the older category of Junior handling - 2nd place on Saturday 11.1.2025 and 3rd place on Sunday 12.1.2025.
in a strong competition of dogs from all over Europe.
