Schipperke 'Eve',  Ch & GB Ch Monterrez Jingle Belle for Hantraved owned by Paul, Jean and Kelly Lawless (handled by Kelly) won the CAC, CACIB, BOB and 3rd Best in Show at the Eindhoven International Show in Holland on Saturday 2nd February.

A personal view by Costanza Ferraris

There are dog shows that are more famous then others, there are shows that have more entries then others and there are shows that continue to be popular even in this period of crisis. Amsterdam belongs to the famous family. In 2012 they registered almost 4,500 entries! What is the recipe of this show to always remain in the Top List of the Most Important European Dog Shows after 123 years? We tried to discover its secret following exhibitors, visitors, stand holders…

November seems to be the month of the Afghan hound winning Best in Show at top events in the world of dogs. 

Last week it was Axel, the UK owned Afghan topping the lot in Kortrijk in Belgium, then on the same weekend across at the important FCI Americas and Caribbean show, a Mexican owned Afghan grabbed first place. Making a hat trick of winners for Afghans, Dutch judge John Wauben from Limburg in Holland, had the honour of judging The Amsterdam All Winners show making the Finnish owned Afghan Hound M. Ylitalo’s Agha Djari’s Blue Blood the overall winner from 4,500 dogs.

ON THE weekend of 3rd & 4th November Dordrecht KC held the International Dog Show at Bleiswijk for the 15th time. Almost 2,000 dogs were entered.

Best in Show was the Kaninchen Dachshund, Grandgable MS Just A Teas, owned by Philipp Meijer and Reserve Best in Show was a formidable English Cocker Spaniel, Nickle and Dime’s Moskow Night, bred and owned by Gerda van Empel. BIS 3 belonged to the Bullmastiff, Leatherneck N’Rodels Road Warrior, owned by W. Bus and D. Cominotto.