Judge for the day was Marja Talvitie from Finland and there were 22 lapinkoiras entered.
First up in the ring was junior boy Lapinlumon Xensaatio in a junior male class with 5 entered dogs. Tio´s last show in Mora he did not have time to collect himself after the drive, he got very carsick as a puppy and still does not enjoy driving and in Mora he went straigth from the car to the ring and so did not really want to show. This time however even if we were the first breed in the ring, he had had time to settle and walk around for quite a while as we were there in such good time. It paid off and he felt much better in the ring. We were really happy when he won the class with an excellent grading (the only excellent in the class) and was also awarded a CK quality ribbon. Next up was Ilolas, Lapinlumon Elämänilo, who won the champion class and the it was time for best male. Ilolas won and Tio was third and was also awarded the CAC not even one year old. Nice result! We were even more proud as only 3 males were awarded the CK ribbon qualifying for the best male competition and two of them were our boys.
Next up in junior bitches was Lapinlumon Xaana who repeated her brothers act and won the class with an excellent. She however was not graded a CK. Second in the class was her and Tio´s sister Lapinlumon Xaaga also with an excellent grading.
Last up from our four dogs entered was Lapinlumon Yllätys who did it with style as well, won the champion class, won best bitch, was awarded the Swedish CAC and thereby also finished her Swedish champion title!!!!!!!. Her and Ilolas met for best of breed competition were Ilolas was BOB and Totti (Yllätys) BOS. Waw what a result, winning both best male and best bitch and both CACs! Only 5 dogs in total were awarded a CK and 3 of them were ours. We brought 4 dogs and all 4 won their class. We also showed the four of them in our breeders class and won BOB breeders class with honory price.
However this was not all. At the end of the day we entered the group ring and were deligthed when Ilolas was picked out among 6 final dogs. Even more deligthed when he was placed as 3rd in the group!!!!! Only beaten by an American akita and a pharaohound, both excellent dogs and fair winners we felt very happy and proud. Esther was extremely happy with him winning some nice flowers and she did not let go of them untill we reached home. It helped a bit on her disapointment with her dog Xaana not getting a CK. She wanted to show her herself and I said no, but promised she could show her for best bitch if she was going to the ring again and she was really sad she wasn´t, but got to show Totti for BOB competition instead and the flowers made up for her disapointment. In the car on the way home she fell aslep, but still held on tigth to the flowers waking up every five minutes to check they were still there.
Ilolas winning BOG3, photo by Cattlin Marques
