The whole “MachSpeed Team” went down for the dog shows in Ho Chi Minh City (SaiGon), VietNam last weekend. We got down there by train from Phan Thiet on Friday night. That turned out to be a fiasco — The conductor guy said that dogs aren’t allowed on trains. I think this is very strange, because trains are the perfect form of transport for dogs, a lot of people have dogs in VietNam, and dogs are not allowed on busses. (So how does one get a dog from point A to point B in VietNam? My answer, for the return anyway, ended up being hiring a private taxi. Expensive compared to other forms of transport, but much cheaper than one would expect.) The taxi on the return came out not much more than twice what I paid to get there by train. You see, to get there by train, not only did i have to buy my ticket, I also had to take a taxi from my beach town of Mui Ne to the closest big city (Phan Thiet), and pay for the dog’s spot in the motorbike car, and then take a taxi from the Saigon train station to my hotel. A private taxi, on the other hand, takes you door to door. When I traveled by train, I had a few scares… including being told I cannot take the dogs just minutes before the train was to depart.
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
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- 3rd Annual VKA National – Best in Show
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- Part of the Best in Group Competition (VKA National)
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- Lajka Taking Best in Group 10
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- The Crew in the Hotel after the Saturday Show
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- What am I gonna do with these??
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- Rocket and Lajka Pose with the Cups
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- Rocket says, “What’s all this trophy stuff about anyway?”
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- Rocket on Shoulder at the Show
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- Walking the Dogs at the Show
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- Astro at the Dog Show
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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