Crufts 2009 ... 3 x 1st in Class!!

From left to right: Kalle, Kylie and Jordi
Well don't they look cheerfull?!

Jordi 1st in Post Graduate Class (dogs)

Kalle 1st in Special Working Gundog Class (dogs)

Kylie (Nova) 1st in Special Working Gundog Class (bitch)

Jazz (in the middle) was in the Open Class, where all the English champion bitches were shown. Unfortunately she didn't make it, but looked and moved beautifully.

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We were pretty succesfull showing at Crufts last weekend! All three Stommeerpolder "puppies" became 1st in Class and were showing in the final round for Best Dog and Best Bitch of breed. Kalle even stayed in until the last 4 dogs! There were 121 Large Munsterlanders shown. Well I haven't seen that many LM's together in my whole life! It was great to watch and we had a good time.

Ilona, thank you very much for your company, support and showing Jazz and Kylie for me. And Cheryl, thank you very much for your hospitality and great cooking!! while staying at your place!

Jordi and Kylie

Last weekend we were in England where we visited Marie and Ken for the Crufts. This nice picture is of brother Jordi (sitting) and Kylie, both with long tongues.

Gimli v.d. Stommeerpolder

What a nice surprice, I received some new pictures of Gimli. Gimli is living with Jeanet en Jeroen Visser in the far north of Holland. As you can see he's a real Stommerpolder dog.

Safe and sound

(click on the little triangle to start the movie)

Some little creature hid in this drainage tube and despite of all the effort of Jazz and Kylie trying to reach it, it was safe and sound in that tube. This is just one of the daily scenes on a regular walk, but I always think they are very funny.

Doedag

Tough guys carrying a geese. Kylie's got practical experience with it (above), but Kalle wondered what would be the best way to lift it. He's still perfectly bringing it to Hennie, although a little unhandy :-))

Underneath Kalle is bringing in a very bad smelling fitch, you could tell by the way he looks. Kylie totally refused to take the fitch because of that bad smell. She rather fetches pheasants for instance, as in the picture above.

On February 21 the Dutch Large Munsterlander Club organised a Doedag. On that day there were a lot of multiple tests you could do with your dog, without competition. And there was a lot of game provided. A fantastic opportunity to have a good training and a lot of fun. Ofcourse Kalle and Kylie were there, but also Ginny was present. Unfortunately she was not in our group, so I couldn't make any pictures of her performanse.

And here's the picture...

As promissed, this is the official picture of Kalle in Fredericia, Danmark, where he was placed reserve Best in the Huntingdog Group.

Kalle did it again!!

Last Saturday on Valentinesday, Kalle won 2nd place again in the Huntingdog Group, this time at the International Dogshow in Fredericia, Danmark!! Well done!! Congratulations to Peggy, Anke and Hennie. They travel throughout whole Europe to show the world our beautifull breed, and succesfully! As soon as we get the pictures, ofcourse they will be shown. For now this lovely picture of Kalle in Valentinesuit will do.

Training Kalle and Kylie

Above: Kalle with speaking eyes

Above: Kylie with the rabbit

Underneath: Kalle with the rabbit

Above: Kylie with the pheasant
Underneath: Kalle with the pheasant

Underneath: Kylie with pheasant ánd rabbit
If you can't choose, just bring them both in.

These pictures were made last Sunday while training Kalle and Kylie for the hunt.

Happy Pax

Today's picture of Pax, after a good rolling over on the grass.

Proud Django jr.

It realy is time to put some pictures on the blog again and I have some beautifull ones! Like these pictures . They were made of Django jr. on the Large Munsterlander beachwalk on Januari 11th. What a proud dog!

Winterwonderland

Winter can be beautifull!
A picture of Jazz on my favorite walk.

Ginny and Tommie

Here's a nice picture of another beautifull Stommeerpolder-girl Ginny, together here with her little boyfriend Tommie in a wheelbarrow.

Hunting pictures

The wheather was beautifull this morning and we were again asked to help with the hunting. Good modelwork from Kylie with her beautifull game.

Merry Christmas and a happy New Year!

Kalle 2nd in Huntingdog-group Genk, Belgium!

Yesterday Kalle became 2nd in the Huntingdog Group on the dogshow of Genk, Belgium. Well done and congratulations!! This is realy a rare achievement for a Large Munsterlander in our regions, but ofcourse Kalle is gorgeous! Kalle's mum, Jazz ones became 3rd in group at the dogshow of Groningen this year and that's about it. Looking at the picture above I think Kalle fits in perfectly with the other beautifull dogs, so lets see what the future will bring :-))

Kylie and the rabbit hole

Above: too bad, the rabbit had already gone :-((
Underneath: click on the triangle button to start the video

I just found out I can also upload little video's on the blog. That's fun! This one I made with my mobile phone. On our walks Kylie is obsessed by rabbit holes. Jazz always comes by every now and then to check if Kylie made any progress, but then runs off again. In this video Kylie 's been digging for about half an hour already on two exits, so the hole is deep and Kylie is getting a bit less active :-))

Out hunting again

Above: that's a bit awkward with the clapping wing
Underneath: always presenting the game properly

Underneath: how do you solve this? swim? ... no just jump

Underneath: this hare had bad luck, but Kylie loves to fetch

I usually carry a little camera with me to snap a picture here and there, but on huntingdays it can get very exciting and I forget to make pictures. This day I luckily made a few.

Puppy update 25-11-2008

Aren't they totally sweet!! I can hardly await our next litter!

Terschelling

Above: together with Dirk on the bicycle
Underneath: lots of exercising and no cars around

Underneath: the beaches are favorite. No rules there!

Underneath: wet, sandy and tired

It realy is time for an update again! Last month we stayed a few days on Terschelling. In the north of Holland there are five habitable islands in the North Sea and a few smaller ones. They are beautifull. Enormous beaches, lots of moor and wetlands and hardly any cars. The islands are birds paradises and if you visit off-season, there are not many people around. So perfect for a visit with two Large Munsterlanders. And what do Dutch people do on their Dutch hollidays... they cycle all the time. We hired a cycle the dogs fit in, for 6 hours of running next to a cycle is a bit too much asked, so now and then they could rest while my husband Dirk was cycling them around. It was a very healthy and satisfactoring weekend for all of us.

Puppy update 11-11-2008

Above: bitch

Underneath: dog

Aren't they lovely! The little boy is dark, after his parents. But realy, it seems like the little girl looks after her grandmother Jazz :-))

Pax v.d. Stommeerpolder

Today we met Pax. In the summertime Pax lives in Sweden (lucky Pax!) Pax is a very bussy chap. He used to be very tiny, but wow did he grow up well!! Another dog to be very proud of.