Swedish winner show 2012

We ended the show year with style! All year has been amazing with so many wins and this last show of the year turned out to be a perfect ending.
Gunnel Holm from Finland was judging and there were a bit more than 40 Finnish lapphunds entered. We "only" entered 4 this time, Halla, Ilo, Ämmi and Xaana.

First in the ring was Halla aka Lapinlumon Tahmatassu. He celebrated his second birthday in November making this his first show in open class and also the first show where he was old enough to finish his title. Halla has 4 CACs from Denmark won as a junior before we moved to Sweden and here in Sweden he already won 3 CACs as well during the summer so a final CAC would make him Danish as well as Swedish champion. He won a big open class with CQ and was ready to compete for best male.

Below are two shots of Halla in the ring by Anna Blomgren

Next up was old boy Ilo aka orso-Farm Ötömöttinen. Soon 12 years old and still going strong he has had a great year in the rings winning each veteran class he entered as well as the titles Nordic veteran winner 2012 and Danish veteran winner 2012. He did it again and won the title Swedish veteran winner 2012 winning the veteran class with CQ. For best male we had both Halla and Ilo in the ring and were glad to see both making the cut among the final 4 being placed. My goal was the CAC for Halla so big was my surprise (and joy of course ;-) ) when he ended up best male in a high competition! This did not only give him the CAC and CACIB earning him his two champion titles of Denmark and Sweden, it also gave him the title Swedish winner 2012! 3 titles in one go. Not bad for such a young boy. Ilo ended up as 4th best male. A shot of him below (he is the one on the rigth) handled by Cattlin (thankyou Cattlin! ;-) )

Then it was time for the bitches. In intermediate class we had Lapinlumon Xaana and she followed in the boys footsteps and won her class with CQ. Next up was Ämmi (Orso-Farm Ämmi) as a veteran. She has been extremely sparely shown the last many years, but her coat was starting to come back after her last litter and I found it time for her to enter the ring again. She won the veteran class with CQ and was ready for best bitch. As with the boys we felt proud and happy to bring only 2 females to the show and have both selected among the final 4 for best bitch. Even more happy and proud did we feel when finally Ämmi won best bitch and was not only Swedish veteran winner 2012, but also Swedish winner 2012 soon 10 years old! Her daugther Lapinlumon Xaana rigth behind her as 2. best bitch winning the CAC and the CACIB.
Below is a photo of Ämmi also by Anna Blomgren

It was a great day, bringing 4 dogs and having all four win their classes and place in best male and best female, winning both the CACs and both the CACIBS and taking 4 of the 6 possible titles as well as BOB and BOS and BOB and BOS veteran!
For the finales Ämmi won BOB-veteran with Ilo going BOS and Lapinlumon Tahmatassu won BOB with Ämmi as BOS. Thanks to Christian for all the handling help and for being such a good sport ;-)
Below a photo of Halla and Ämmi BOB and BOS