Tue 02/09/08 Before we left on holiday (on our way to Finland) we went to see the stud for Capri in Germany. Now we are glad to announce that he will be El Oso Pardo von Baywatch "El". (www.ingas-neufis.eu/neufi) He's got very good health results, and he is very beutiful with a good structure and movement. He has had a few brown litters which have been very good, so we're hoping for similar progeny.

He's got the basic newf character; stubborn, but kind and easy to train (like Capri). He's also a waterwork newfoundland, which is always a very big plus. :-)
Some pictures we took of him before the summer: http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v703/bettin/EL%20oso%20pardo%20von%20baywatch/ 

   El Oso Pardo von Baywatch (El)

The puppy-meet (although they are already three years old!) went well. This time both of the Paavo's managed to come. They got along together very very well. Most of the time they just played and ran together, totally ignoring Vera (who also wanted to play and got frustrated at them and started barking.. ).  The boys did relax eventually and were totally asleep by the time it was time to go back home.
Next year hopefully everyone'll be able to join again!

Paavo (Henkivartija), Paavo (Herrasmies), Capri (Brysselinblicca), Vera (Huomiongohde)

During the holidays we didn't show Capri, except for two Junior Handler competitions with the youngest, Markus (10 years). Vera went to five shows, receiving one CAC and two RCAC. Three times she was EXC 1 and twice EXC 2. 

Paavo (Larinkallion Herrasmies) went to one show, where he was EXC 2, BM 3, RCAC!  

  Larinkallion Herrasmies (Paavo)

We arranged a trimming day in Finland. It was a day during which we showed new newf owners how to trim and take care of their newfoundlands coat. The day passed quickly and everyone left with a smile on their face, having learnt a lot of new stuff. Even the landseer-owner got some good tips for her landseer and bought a new brush from the next show (later on she thanked us again and again for showing it to her).
We trimmed Paavo ourselves (though only one side so the difference would be more visible) and the others trimmed two newfoundlands together. Everyone got to try different types of brushes, combs and scissors and decide which ones were the best for their newf.
Next summer we will arrange it again! :-)

Around twenty kilometeres is a good lenthy hiking trip for two days. It doesn't sound much, but when you have a great big rucksack with the tent and all, it is enough. We went on twice on the hiking trips with the dogs to the national park, just two kilometers from our gate. It was very beautiful! The paths were small, rocky and uneven, but we managed well. To our surprise even the dogs managed to climb and come down very very steep paths (where we had to go on four, or slide down on our behinds!) without any problems. They both stayed on the path well and didn't hesitate at all when encountering slippery rocks, steep hills or even wobbly bridges! Everyone we met wanted to pat them both and always joked about the looking like two bears.. (joke is getting old, especially when we hear it everytime we see anyone..! )

The nights were pretty cold (around 7 degrees in August!), but we had the dogs inside to keep us warm. Especially Capri was very happy to be able to sleep so close to (even on top of!) us, Vera preferred to sleep in the corner, at our feet.. 

 

On our way back to Belgium, we went to a two-day-show in Visby, Gotland, Sweden.

Saturday Vera won the open class with certificate-quality (CK) and received a CAC, she was also the best bitch and best of opposite sex. Capri was best bitch 2 also with cetrificate-quality.  The Best of Breed (also Best of Group 2) was a beautiful male from Finland; Destellon Rio-O-Hoi (who also became Swedish Champion).

Sunday we didn't show Vera, because she had already received the CAC we wanted for her on Saturday. Capri won the open class with certificate quality, she also won the champion and junior class winners becoming best bitch and later best of opposite sex, she received a CAC and CACIB becoming SWEDISH CHAMPION. The Best of Breed (also Best of Group 4) was the beautiful Destellon Rio-O-Hoi.

Capri is now International, Finnish and Swedish Champion. Vera isn't a champion yet, but she has six CAC's from five different countries. When she eventually receives one more CAC from Finland she'll become Finnish and Swedish Champion, or one from Luxembourg and she'll become L CH.

 

Wed 17/07/08 Both Capri and Vera passed the A-Brevet with the landseer club! Congratulations to both! :-)

Today we're heading towards Finland, so no updates untill early September. You can of course always contact me for more information, but don't be worried if you don't get a reply straight away. I try to check my email at least once a week from the library.

We have decided on a perfect stud for Capri. Ask for pictures and more information by email. We will announce him on the website after summer.

Sat 05/07/08 The Bellewaerde park - event went very very well. We felt like moviestarts with cameras flashing around all the time! All the dogs did well, and they sure were tired the next day! Tomorrow we have a waterwork test organized by the Landseer club!

We took some new pics of the girls: http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v703/bettin/kesakuvia08/

Fri 27/06/08 We are very sorry to announce that Vera has been ultrasounded to be empty. :-(  We will try again the same combination to her next heat around December. We will also try for a brown litter with Capri for autumn -08, the stud will be announced shortly as we need to first check him out ;-)

Tomorrow we will be going to a Dog Day waterwork demonstration at Bellewaerde Park. (http://www.bellewaerde.be/)

Mon 16/06/08 During the weekend Capri went to two shows; on saturday she was 1 EXC, RCACIB. And on Sunday she  was 1 EXC, CACIB, BOB, also becoming INTERNATIONAL CHAMPION!! 

Wed 04/06/08 Balto was gorgeous, and it was great to meet him again! He was as excited about everything as when we last met him, but he was adorable: a REAL newf in all ways! (new pictures: http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v703/bettin/Balto/?start=all )

   Thank you very much for everything! :-)

Tue 27/05/08 Meanwhile trying to keep my mind cool and not be too ecstatic about the hopefully to-be puppies, I found another beautiful picture of Balto in Goldcup -07:

Thank you very much for letting me post it here ( http://www.neufundländerfreunde.de/ ) ! I do recommend the site to others too, I found myself spending quite a bit of time browsing through it even though I don't understand German! The show pictures were of course very interesting, could get a good peak of who was where and what dogs I've only heard of, look like :-) . Go and have a look yourself, I know you'll enjoy it!

Tue 20/05/08 New pictures of Balto added: http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v703/bettin/Balto/ 

He did very well in a couple of shows they went to during the weekend. On Saturday he was BIM (Best of opposite sex) and on Sunday he was 1st! Congratulations! :-) 

Sat 10/05/08 While we're waiting for Vera's heat to start, we decided to go to a few shows..

Today at the Luxembourg speciality show:

Capri, Larinkallion Brysselinblicca received 1st excellent, CACL
Vera, Larinkallion Huomiongohde received 1st excellent,  CACL 

Couldn't have been a better result!  :-)

Thu 10/04/08
Vera will have a litter with the gorgeous "Balto" (Egebaek's A cup of cafe au lait). For more pictures check this site:
http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v703/bettin/Balto/
Balto in Zeus's Danish brother. Balto is a huge, very beautiful dog. He moves well and has a head the size of a football. :-) He's got a very nice structure all the way. His coat colour is almost like Capri's except for a few lighter spots (due to swimming in salty water), but not of a yellow colour. He's extremely kind to everyone. :-)
Hopefully Vera'll have both black and brown puppies.