NEWS of 2011
December 2011
Happy Christmas & Happy New Year to all our Friends here & Overseas, and all the best for 2012 and see you all then
Nice end to the year and what a super year we have had, with all of Fleurs super wins at home and overseas. Now a rest till 2012 for us all and look forward to seeing our friends soon.
The final show of the year for us and one year on from Fleur's debut into the showring, saw us back at Wealdstone and Northolt CS. Fleur won 1st Post Graduate and Best of Breed under Mrs Elizabeth Dawson and then was second in a strong hound group under Mrs Sally Kimber. Hussy was 1st Puppy and Best Puppy in Breed under Mr Alan Carter. Out of 3 open shows, Hussy has won 3 x BP and 1 BOB and at her one Champ show, she qualified for Crufts.
At Dover and Deal CS, Hussy won 1st Pomeranian Junior and BPIB under Mr Gerry Wattam
At LKA, Hussy made her debut at Champ show level and was entered in the Minor Puppy Bitch class, along with 11 other poms. Hussy was placed 3rd by breed specialist, Julie Sparrow, thus qualifying for Crufts 2012 at her first and only attempt. In addition, Shaggy won Best Veteran in Breed.
At LKA Fleur was 2nd Junior under Marita Rogers, this is now the end of Fleurs Junior class & up with the big girls now.
What a wonderful day we had at Rouen International Show France Fleur was EX1 Intermediate, CACS & CACIB under Jean Jacques Dupas. This is Fleur's first CACS & CACIB at 17mths & first time in Intermediate class.
Our new baby, Hussy, made her debut into the show ring on 1st December, at the Horsham & District CS show. Aged only 6 months and 2 days, she won 1st Pomeranian Post Graduate, Best of Breed and Best Puppy in Breed under Miss Amber Henshaw
November 2011
At the All Winners show in Amsterdam Fleur was graded Excellent & placed 4th in Junior Bitch under Magnus Hagstead. Had a super time, and pictures to follow.
At Crystal Palace, Fleur was 1st in Afghan Junior under Clair Boggia
Not many shows this month, as we are off to Amsterdam for the All Winners Show, so Fleur is having a good rest before we go. Will get lots of pictures, and videos, and will be nice to see our friends who we met at the World Show.
October 2011
At Gravesend & Medway Fleur was 1st Junior & BOB under Tina Watkins
September 2011
At Ashford & Faversham Fleur was 1st Afghan Junior under Sandra Goodman
At Coulsdon Yarla was BOB under Nigel Cook
At Eastbourne & Dist Fleur was 1st Junior under Charlotte Strickland, & Michaela showed Tiffany Tekalhaus Octopussy (Long haired Dachs) and was 3rd in AVNSC Hound Open under Charlotte Strickland
At City of Birmingham Ch Show, Shaggy won 1st Pomeranian Veteran Dog under Mr Nev Ibbertson and Fleur was 3rd Afghan Junior Bitch under Mr Alex McKenzie
August 2011
At Kent County Canine Association, Shaggy won 1st AV Toy Veteran under Mrs Julie Cook and Fleur was 1st Junior and Reserve Best of Breed under Barry J Kennett
July 2011
At East of England Ladies CS, Fleur was 1st Junior under Bob Parsons and Shaggy won 1st AV Toy Veteran under Julie Sparrow
At Kingston CS Fleur was 1st Junior under Bettina Adams, & Kiszie was 3rd in Post Graduate under Gordon Haran.
At Worthing & Dist Fleur won Junior under Lucy Trethowan
We have just come back from our lovely experience of the World Show where we had a super time, got many pictures, and videos which hopefully will be on here soon.
Fleur was entered at the French Championship show and was Graded Excellent & 2nd in Junior Bitch under Mr Kuzelj Denis
At the World Show
Fleur was graded Excellent and made the final cut of 8 in a huge Junior Class (27 in the class) under Mr Vojtek Vkatislav
At Windsor Champ Show Fleur was 5th in Junior Bitch (1st junior class) under Mrs Brenda Kennedy
June 2011
At Whitstable & Dist Fleur was 1st Junior, & BOB under Mrs Jan Friers
At Southern Counties Fleur was 2nd Puppy bitch under Sandra Weinraub (USA) & Shaggy was Best Veteran (Shaggy has won this in 2009, 2010 & 2011) under Espen Engh
May 2011
At Bath Champ Show Fleur was 1st Puppy Bitch under Ken Andrews & 4th Pet Plan Puppy Stakes under Alec Mckenzie, & Meme was 4th Veteran under Ken Andrews
At the Midland Afghan Hound Champ Show Fleur was 2nd Puppy bitch & Meme was 4th Veteran bitch under Mrs Lotte Jorgensen
Fleur has now finished all her Open Shows in Puppy and in a short 5mths in the ring has achieved at
19 Open Shows:
18 Best Puppy in Breed
3 x Group 1
4 x Group 2
4 x Group 3
5 x Group 4
1 x Res Best Puppy in Show (7mths)
1 x Res Best of Breed
At 3 Championship Shows that Fleur has attended she has qualified for Crufts 2012 at all of them
At Chertsey & Dist Fleur was Best AVNSC Hound Puppy & Group 4 under Mr Graham Osborne
At Sutton Society Fleur was BP under Carolynne Scott & then went on to win Hound Puppy Group under Catherine Mason.
At Birmingham National under Mrs Anne McDonald Fleur was 2nd Puppy Bitch
At The Afghan Hound Association Meme was 3rd Veteran Bitch, & Fleur was 3rd Puppy Bitch under Gail Link
April 2011
At Beckenham Fleur was BP AV Hound under Mr Dave Perkins & Kiszie took RBOB under Mrs Rankin
At Camberley & Dist Fleur was BP under Marlis Wyatt, & Puppy Group 4 under Oonagh Gore & Meme was Best Veteran Hound under Oonagh Gore
At Crystal Palace Fleur was BP under Mr Harry Nelson, & Hound Puppy Group 2 under Mrs Anne Lunt. Kiszie was 1st AVNSC Toy PG & Yarla was 3rd in AVNSC Toy Open
March 2011
At Gravesend & Medway Fleur was BP under Jackie Lee & Hound Puppy 3 under Mr Jeff Luscott
At Woolwich & Bexley Fleur was 1st Afghan Junior BP & RBOB under Mrs June Sutton, & Hound Puppy Group 1 under Mrs Muriel Boydell
On 18 March we said goodbye to our old man Theo Kiriemuir Devils Advocate at Sharhazlah 09/06/96-18/03/11 RIP little old man go & find Romeo & your daughter Angel
At Horsham Fleur was 2nd Afghan Junior & BP under Linda McCall & Hound Puppy group 3 under Mrs Dawn Russell
At Folkestone & Hythe Fleur was 2nd Junior Afghan & BP and Group 4 under Mrs Simber & Meme was Best Veteran in Show under Tom Islesworth
At Romford & Dist Fleur was 2nd Junior Best AVNSC Hound Puppy & Hound Group 3 under Mr Peter Pask
February 2011
At Kent County CS Fleur was BP under Tracey Gosling, & Hound Puppy Group 2 under Glyn Dymock. Kisie was 1st under Nikki Worthington.
At Horley & Dist Kiszie was 2nd PG & Yarla was 2nd Open under Liz Warren, and Fleur was BP under Sue Cronk and Hound Puppy Group 2 under Mr Chris Payne
At Maidenhead CS Yarla was 1st Open & RBOB under Hazel Fitzgibbons, and Fleur was Best AVNSC Hound Puppy & Puppy Group 4 under Viv Phillips
At Thames Valley Yarla was 1st NSC Toy under Mrs Taylor, and Fleur was Best Puppy under Fiona Merrion, 1st Hound Puppy Group under Mrs Sue Hewart-Chambers, and Res Best Puppy in Show under Mr Gordon Haran
At Worthing & Dist Fleur was 1st Puppy, Best Puppy in Breed & 3rd in the Hound Puppy Group under Mr Doug Hall
January 2011
At Henley on Thames Fleur was 1 Puppy & Best Puppy in Breed under Mrs Penny Thomson and then went on to win Hound Puppy Group 2 under Mrs B Eyles
At our first championship show of 2011 (Manchester Championship Show) and Fleur's first champ show she was 2nd in Minor Puppy Bitch & Crufts Qualified, Meme was 1st Veteran & Best Veteran Bitch, under Mrs E Bothwell, Shaggy was 1st Veteran Dog & Best Veteran Dog under Mr Martin Freeman
At Ashford & Faversham CS Fleur was 1st AVNSC Hound, Best Puppy & Hound Puppy Group 3 under Mrs Dee Waterman. Good start to the New Year with our new baby.
Happy Christmas & Happy New Year to all our Friends here & Overseas, and all the best for 2012 and see you all then
Nice end to the year and what a super year we have had, with all of Fleurs super wins at home and overseas. Now a rest till 2012 for us all and look forward to seeing our friends soon.
The final show of the year for us and one year on from Fleur's debut into the showring, saw us back at Wealdstone and Northolt CS. Fleur won 1st Post Graduate and Best of Breed under Mrs Elizabeth Dawson and then was second in a strong hound group under Mrs Sally Kimber. Hussy was 1st Puppy and Best Puppy in Breed under Mr Alan Carter. Out of 3 open shows, Hussy has won 3 x BP and 1 BOB and at her one Champ show, she qualified for Crufts.
At Dover and Deal CS, Hussy won 1st Pomeranian Junior and BPIB under Mr Gerry Wattam
At LKA, Hussy made her debut at Champ show level and was entered in the Minor Puppy Bitch class, along with 11 other poms. Hussy was placed 3rd by breed specialist, Julie Sparrow, thus qualifying for Crufts 2012 at her first and only attempt. In addition, Shaggy won Best Veteran in Breed.
At LKA Fleur was 2nd Junior under Marita Rogers, this is now the end of Fleurs Junior class & up with the big girls now.
What a wonderful day we had at Rouen International Show France Fleur was EX1 Intermediate, CACS & CACIB under Jean Jacques Dupas. This is Fleur's first CACS & CACIB at 17mths & first time in Intermediate class.
Our new baby, Hussy, made her debut into the show ring on 1st December, at the Horsham & District CS show. Aged only 6 months and 2 days, she won 1st Pomeranian Post Graduate, Best of Breed and Best Puppy in Breed under Miss Amber Henshaw
November 2011
At the All Winners show in Amsterdam Fleur was graded Excellent & placed 4th in Junior Bitch under Magnus Hagstead. Had a super time, and pictures to follow.
At Crystal Palace, Fleur was 1st in Afghan Junior under Clair Boggia
Not many shows this month, as we are off to Amsterdam for the All Winners Show, so Fleur is having a good rest before we go. Will get lots of pictures, and videos, and will be nice to see our friends who we met at the World Show.
October 2011
At Gravesend & Medway Fleur was 1st Junior & BOB under Tina Watkins
September 2011
At Ashford & Faversham Fleur was 1st Afghan Junior under Sandra Goodman
At Coulsdon Yarla was BOB under Nigel Cook
At Eastbourne & Dist Fleur was 1st Junior under Charlotte Strickland, & Michaela showed Tiffany Tekalhaus Octopussy (Long haired Dachs) and was 3rd in AVNSC Hound Open under Charlotte Strickland
At City of Birmingham Ch Show, Shaggy won 1st Pomeranian Veteran Dog under Mr Nev Ibbertson and Fleur was 3rd Afghan Junior Bitch under Mr Alex McKenzie
August 2011
At Kent County Canine Association, Shaggy won 1st AV Toy Veteran under Mrs Julie Cook and Fleur was 1st Junior and Reserve Best of Breed under Barry J Kennett
July 2011
At East of England Ladies CS, Fleur was 1st Junior under Bob Parsons and Shaggy won 1st AV Toy Veteran under Julie Sparrow
At Kingston CS Fleur was 1st Junior under Bettina Adams, & Kiszie was 3rd in Post Graduate under Gordon Haran.
At Worthing & Dist Fleur won Junior under Lucy Trethowan
We have just come back from our lovely experience of the World Show where we had a super time, got many pictures, and videos which hopefully will be on here soon.
Fleur was entered at the French Championship show and was Graded Excellent & 2nd in Junior Bitch under Mr Kuzelj Denis
At the World Show
Fleur was graded Excellent and made the final cut of 8 in a huge Junior Class (27 in the class) under Mr Vojtek Vkatislav
At Windsor Champ Show Fleur was 5th in Junior Bitch (1st junior class) under Mrs Brenda Kennedy
June 2011
At Whitstable & Dist Fleur was 1st Junior, & BOB under Mrs Jan Friers
At Southern Counties Fleur was 2nd Puppy bitch under Sandra Weinraub (USA) & Shaggy was Best Veteran (Shaggy has won this in 2009, 2010 & 2011) under Espen Engh
May 2011
At Bath Champ Show Fleur was 1st Puppy Bitch under Ken Andrews & 4th Pet Plan Puppy Stakes under Alec Mckenzie, & Meme was 4th Veteran under Ken Andrews
At the Midland Afghan Hound Champ Show Fleur was 2nd Puppy bitch & Meme was 4th Veteran bitch under Mrs Lotte Jorgensen
Fleur has now finished all her Open Shows in Puppy and in a short 5mths in the ring has achieved at
19 Open Shows:
18 Best Puppy in Breed
3 x Group 1
4 x Group 2
4 x Group 3
5 x Group 4
1 x Res Best Puppy in Show (7mths)
1 x Res Best of Breed
At 3 Championship Shows that Fleur has attended she has qualified for Crufts 2012 at all of them
At Chertsey & Dist Fleur was Best AVNSC Hound Puppy & Group 4 under Mr Graham Osborne
At Sutton Society Fleur was BP under Carolynne Scott & then went on to win Hound Puppy Group under Catherine Mason.
At Birmingham National under Mrs Anne McDonald Fleur was 2nd Puppy Bitch
At The Afghan Hound Association Meme was 3rd Veteran Bitch, & Fleur was 3rd Puppy Bitch under Gail Link
April 2011
At Beckenham Fleur was BP AV Hound under Mr Dave Perkins & Kiszie took RBOB under Mrs Rankin
At Camberley & Dist Fleur was BP under Marlis Wyatt, & Puppy Group 4 under Oonagh Gore & Meme was Best Veteran Hound under Oonagh Gore
At Crystal Palace Fleur was BP under Mr Harry Nelson, & Hound Puppy Group 2 under Mrs Anne Lunt. Kiszie was 1st AVNSC Toy PG & Yarla was 3rd in AVNSC Toy Open
March 2011
At Gravesend & Medway Fleur was BP under Jackie Lee & Hound Puppy 3 under Mr Jeff Luscott
At Woolwich & Bexley Fleur was 1st Afghan Junior BP & RBOB under Mrs June Sutton, & Hound Puppy Group 1 under Mrs Muriel Boydell
On 18 March we said goodbye to our old man Theo Kiriemuir Devils Advocate at Sharhazlah 09/06/96-18/03/11 RIP little old man go & find Romeo & your daughter Angel
At Horsham Fleur was 2nd Afghan Junior & BP under Linda McCall & Hound Puppy group 3 under Mrs Dawn Russell
At Folkestone & Hythe Fleur was 2nd Junior Afghan & BP and Group 4 under Mrs Simber & Meme was Best Veteran in Show under Tom Islesworth
At Romford & Dist Fleur was 2nd Junior Best AVNSC Hound Puppy & Hound Group 3 under Mr Peter Pask
February 2011
At Kent County CS Fleur was BP under Tracey Gosling, & Hound Puppy Group 2 under Glyn Dymock. Kisie was 1st under Nikki Worthington.
At Horley & Dist Kiszie was 2nd PG & Yarla was 2nd Open under Liz Warren, and Fleur was BP under Sue Cronk and Hound Puppy Group 2 under Mr Chris Payne
At Maidenhead CS Yarla was 1st Open & RBOB under Hazel Fitzgibbons, and Fleur was Best AVNSC Hound Puppy & Puppy Group 4 under Viv Phillips
At Thames Valley Yarla was 1st NSC Toy under Mrs Taylor, and Fleur was Best Puppy under Fiona Merrion, 1st Hound Puppy Group under Mrs Sue Hewart-Chambers, and Res Best Puppy in Show under Mr Gordon Haran
At Worthing & Dist Fleur was 1st Puppy, Best Puppy in Breed & 3rd in the Hound Puppy Group under Mr Doug Hall
January 2011
At Henley on Thames Fleur was 1 Puppy & Best Puppy in Breed under Mrs Penny Thomson and then went on to win Hound Puppy Group 2 under Mrs B Eyles
At our first championship show of 2011 (Manchester Championship Show) and Fleur's first champ show she was 2nd in Minor Puppy Bitch & Crufts Qualified, Meme was 1st Veteran & Best Veteran Bitch, under Mrs E Bothwell, Shaggy was 1st Veteran Dog & Best Veteran Dog under Mr Martin Freeman
At Ashford & Faversham CS Fleur was 1st AVNSC Hound, Best Puppy & Hound Puppy Group 3 under Mrs Dee Waterman. Good start to the New Year with our new baby.