We weren’t able to perfom for long becuase it was hot and sunny.  Rocket got tired.  If I were to go home for another dog, the beach would have been full of kites by the time I got back.  There is a chance we will try to take a few more shots before i need to head off to SaiGon to prepare for our move to California.

If when you are in Mui Ne, you need a photographer or a cameraman for a project, or want to learn how to Kite-Surf, you might try to get a hold of Adam.  Contact to him is on the Surfpoint internet site.  You can find the link on one of my other blogs:  www.muinet.wordpress.com

Click on the thumbs to enlarge the photos.

I am going to miss Mui Ne, but I am sure that a lot of exciting times are up ahead of us in California :  my new work,  the music scene,  the whippet scene, the Frisbee and Aerobie scene, etc.  I will miss the weather, but it doesn’t get very cold in California and the climate will be just about ideal for the dogs.

• January
• 08 : Taoyuan, Taiwan
• 29 : Chiba, Japan

• February
• 05 : Jakarta, Indonesia
• 05: Kanagawa, Japan
• 12: Karachi, Pakistan
• 19: Lahore, Pakistan
• 19: Taichung, Taiwan
• 24: Manila, Philippines
• 25: Manila, Philippines
• 26: Manila, Philippines (Asian & Pacific Section Show)(25-26?)

• March
• 04 : Shizuoka, Japan
• 10 : Shanghai, China
• 18 : Semarang. Indonesia
• 18 : Gunma, Japan
• 18 : Gyeonggi-do , Korea
• 18 : Taiinan , Taiwan
• 24 : Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
• 25 : Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
• 31 : Tokyo, Japan (through April 01)

• April
• 07-08 :  Xi’an, China
• 08 : Gyeonggi-do, Korea
• 15 : Tokushima, Japan
• 21-22 : Harbin, China

• May
• 06 : Daegue, Korea
• 12-13 : Shenyang, China
• 12 : Bangkok, Thailand
• 13 : Bangkok, Thailand
• 13 :  Bandung, Indonesia
• 13 : Shiga, Japan
• 20 : Gyeonggi-do, Korea
• 20 : Taichung , Taiwan
• 26 : Marikina, Philippines
• 27 : Marikina, Philippines
• 27 : Fukushima, Japan

• June
• 03 : Surabaya, Indonesia
• 16 : Marikina, Philippines
• 17 : Marikina, Philippines
• 17 : Nagano, Japan
• 17 : Taiinan, Taiwan
• 30 : Bangkok, Thailand

• July
• 01 : Bangkok, Thailand
• 08 : Hokkaido, Japan
• 14 : Marikina, Philippines
• 15 : Marikina, Philippines
• 15 : Taipei, Taiwan

For Asia shows listed by country, please see: http://www.fci.be/expositions.aspx

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If you have any specific links to any of these shows (info for the future shows, or results from the past shows of 2012), please feel free to send them to us in a mail or a comment… We will try to add the links to this post.

I am so lucky to have her here at Mach-Speed.  After all, I haven’t been deep into the show aspect of Whippets for very long.  People associate us more with the frisbee/disc, sport and pet aspects more than with pure-bred showing.

When I look back at Laika’s past year (to year and a half), as far as shows are concerned, its been so much more than I ever expected.

Here’s a quick look at the successes:

• In Laika’s last 6  shows, she has taken Best of Breed or Junior Best of Breed in ALL 6 of them!   …and in all 6 shows she was up against competiton.
• In her last 2 shows, she took Best of Breed, Best of Group and 3rd Best in Show both times — from a field of approximately 400. (collecting a CAC and a CACIB in the process)
• In her only show as a puppy, she took Best of Breed Puppy.
• She completed her Junior Polish Champion title in, if I remember correctly, the minimum number of shows.
• She accomplished all this with a less than exception handler (me), and she missed quite a few chances at Best of Group and other awards because I didn’t know what was going on.

She is my 50cm tall sweetie (that I sometimes call “Tweetie”) that seems to have something magic.  She seems to use the magic the most when judges are watching…  Not to say that she is the easiest to handle in the ring, cuz she is not.  But she seems to be getting better.

Here are some pics I took of her today in Mui Ne, VietNam.  Click on thumbnails to see them in full-size.

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To see more (through links, etc), please go to the original blog entry on this subject.  (It was 2 or 3 entries before this one.)

Here are some pics of Lajka (Karadhras Tinker Bell @ Mach-9)

Here are some of the results:

The three shows in Saigon were:

• The 3rd Annual VKA National Dog Show (on Saturday)
• Judge: Mr. David Strachan (Australia Judge; ANKC All-Breeds Judge)
• BiS1 - Bull Mastiff (Thailand) – “Peacekeeper’s Bacardi Braut” (from dogs-open)
• BiS2 – Miniature Schnauzer (Malaysia) – “Hubee Rythm of the Air” (from dogs-intermediate)
• BiS3 – Whippet (Karadhras Tinker Bell @ Mach-9;owner: Glenn Greer-Meyer)(from intermediate-bitches)
• Best Junior in Show – Rottweiler (VietNam)
• Res. Best Junior in Show – Siberian Husky (VietNam)
• The 1st Annual FCI International Dog Show (on Sunday)
• Judge: Mrs. Jackie Perry (FCI Thailand Judge)
• BiS1 – Pomeranian (Thailand) – “Dream Team Moon Walker” (from dogs-open)
• BiS2 - Bull Mastiff (Thailand) – “Peacekeeper’s Bacardi Braut” (from dogs-open)
• BiS3 – Whippet (Karadhras Tinker Bell @ Mach-9; owner: Glenn Greer-Meyer)(from intermediate-bitches)
• Best Junior in Show – Pomeranian
• Res. Best Junior in Show – English Bulldog
• The 4th Annual Phu Quoc Dog Show
• Results – (data unknown)

Mach-Speed Results at the Two Shows:

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Lajka (Karadhras Tinker Bell at Mach-9)

• National Show: V1, BOB, BOG, BIS3, CAC
• International Show: V1, BOB, BOG, BIS3, CACIB

• National Show: V1, BOB2, BOG2, reserve CAC
• International Show: V1, BOB2, BOG2, reserve CACIB

Abbreviations:

V1 – Judged as “excellent” and 1st place in class

BOB – Best of Breed

BOG – Best of Group (in this case, Group 10 – Sighthounds)

BiS – Best in Show

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As you may assume, we are all very happy with the results.  The shows were well organized and there were a lot of nice dogs there from VietNam, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Russia, and maybe from some other countries.  I will find out soon if my hunch is correct — They seem to allow BOG2 to be from the same breed as the BOG winner in VietNam.  (They seem to have placed Rocket ahead of the Afghan in the ring following the BOG comparisons.)  I thought he judges were quite impressive and professional.

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There were approximately 350-400 entries in the shows.   Group 10 was made up of Whippets and Afghans.

Results now online:    http://vka.vn/page/24

(I’m not quite sure what to make of Rocket being listed as BOS3 instead of Lajka.  I will investigate. It doesn’t matter to me if I am mistaken or they.  :)   )

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Here are some links to photos and articles from the shows!:

http://dogsinvietnam.com/diendan/showthread.php?t=1511

(this one above is the newest set of shots…  many more from the ring than the other links so far)

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http://vietdog.com/forum/index.php/topic,16735790.0.html

http://www.vnphoto.net/forums/showthread.php?t=113045&page=1

http://en.baomoi.com/Info/First-International-Dog-Show-a-big-hit/12/212789.epi

http://vka.vn/page/24