Here are some more pics from various sources….
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.)
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27/12/2011
Dog Shows, Dogs (General), Mach-Speed Whippets, Saigon, Sighthounds, Southeast Asia, Vietnam, Whippets dog shows in vietnam, FCI group 10, SaiGon Dog Show, Vietnam, vietnam dog shows, VKA, whippets in the ring, whippets in vietnam 3 Comments
Here are some more pics from various sources….
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.)
13/12/2011
Dog Shows, Dogs (General), Mach-Speed Whippets, Saigon, Sighthounds, Vietnam, Whippets asian dog shows, dog shows in asia, dog shows in vietnam, FCI, Ho Chi Minh City Dog Show Results, Nguyen Du, phu quoc dogs, saigon dog show results, THÔNG BÁO CHUYỂN SÂN THI ĐẤU, vka results 8 Comments
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:
Mach-Speed Results at the Two Shows:
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Lajka (Karadhras Tinker Bell at Mach-9)
(this one above is the newest set of shots… many more from the ring than the other links so far)
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17/10/2011
Dog Shows, Saigon, Southeast Asia, Vietnam Dog Show, FCI, hcmc, Purebreds in VietNam, saigon, SaiGon Dog Show, Vietnam Kennel Association, VKA Leave a comment
Near the end of this calendar year, the Vietnam Kennel Association will host 3 Dog shows on one big weekend in SaiGon. This will be their innaugural FCI International show!
WHEN: 10th & 11th of December, 2011 (Sat, Sun)
WHERE:
Link to the location in an online city map (Diadiem): http://www.diadiem.com/vnmap.aspx?l=0&st=SaiGon&n=50%3B50%3B438016%3B1238272%3B438016%3B1238272%3B7%3B5%3B0%3B438868%3B1238862.5%3B877736%3B2477726%3B0%3B-1&s=0&a=14037267147705140301671444000001025F140300651444007470075F1403720714027202&pAds=1&P=1&sd=-1
Here is the link to the site: http://www.vka.com.vn/Homepage.aspx
Here is the link to the general information about the dog shows: http://www.vka.com.vn/NewsDs.aspx?NewsID=b54df0aa-eef8-4a82-8a91-cef26a441a27
Much of the english translation doesn’t work properly, so i suggest using a web-browser plugin for translation. Google Chrome has it, for example. If you don’t have this and don’t want to bother with it, you will see the menu choice of “DogShow” in English at the top. Or, if you want, you can go straight to the registration-form download section: http://www.vka.com.vn/FormDownload.aspx
08/10/2011
Dog Care, Dogs (General), Saigon, Vietnam dog-owners on facebook, dogs in HCMC, dogs in saigon, dogs in vietnam, facebook in vietnam, ho chi minh city Leave a comment
There is a relatively new group on FaceBook. It is called “Dog-Owners in SaiGon”. The languages of the threads and files and links are English and VietNamese. At the moment of this posting, the group had 39 members — a mix of Ex-Pats and VietNamese. I expect the “enrollment” to jump in spurts, as word gets out.
Here is the link:
02/10/2011
District 4 HCMC, Mach-Speed Whippets, Saigon, Sighthounds, Southeast Asia, Vietnam, Whippets green machine, honda super-cub, ton dan, vietnam alley, whippets & scooters 1 Comment
A week or two ago, the MachSpeed Crew welcomed a new “vehicle” to the team. She is an old green and white Honda Super-Cub. Here are Łajka, Rocket, and Astro with the Green Machine:
We shall soon see how well I will be able to keep up with the dogs on this motorbike. We will check that out when there will be a fitting place and time and situation for some fun. For now, I take the dogs for a run next to my bicycle occasionally (most often just after dawn or after/during a rain shower). Another way is to take them somewhere by taxi or to take one on the bicycle. (My bicycle now has a place for one dog to sit on the back).
23/08/2011
District 4 HCMC, Dog Sports & Racing, Mach-Speed Whippets, Saigon, Whippets dog sports, fetch, flyball, freestyle, whippets Leave a comment
Here is a little slideshow of the made-up “sport” of Extreme Flyball Freestyle. We, theoretically are joking, but now that I think of it, this probably would be a cool sport. Maybe it could be played in a room with slippery floors (like we have here), no furniture, and slightly padded walls (which we don’t have here). Since we don’t have these conditions, and I played the role of thrower and photographer at the same time, the photos are not very “extreme”. Maybe someday in the future I will get a friend to take the pics as I throw the ball.
Its kind of amazing how quick they react to the deflections in random directions off the furniture. It would be great to film this with a slo-mo cam — especially considering how slick the polished rock floor is!
08/08/2011
Mach-Speed Whippets, Saigon, Sighthounds, Vietnam, Whippets District 10, District 5, hcmc, karadhras, mach-speed whippets, saigon, whippets, whippets in love, yakuza.gdy 1 Comment
Here are some pics from last Sunday. We were all over districts 10 and 5. The first shot is from the “trip”, the rest were back home — exhausted (and in love, I suppose as well). Astro stayed in because his pads were still sore from his solo trip around our local district 4 (2 days earlier). Click on an image to enlarge it.
11/07/2011
Mach-Speed Whippets, Saigon, Southeast Asia, Vietnam, Whippets Bodyguard, glennskii, pham ngu lao, rocket, whippet, Yakuza 2 Comments
It turns out that a lot of people viewed the last post — so here are a couple more pics from that day (click on the image to see in full size):
09/07/2011
Mach-Speed Whippets, Saigon, Sighthounds, Southeast Asia, Vietnam, Whippets Bodyguard, glennskii, hcmc, ho chi minh city, rocket, saigon, Saigon Bus Station, whippet 5 Comments
Rocket decided to employ a personal bodyguard for taking him around SaiGon. He decided to do this after getting bit by a street dog (probably half Phu Quoc and half Husky or Wolf or something). He wanted to take the bodyguard from a professional firm, but I offered a very competitive price that he just couldn’t pass up. Rock-Bottom Rates!