1,200 of them, were naturally from the Netherlands,
but 134 came from Belgium, 44 from Germany, 35
from the UK, 24 from Sweden, 19 from France, 15
from Denmark, and other countries were represented
by smaller figures. Maybe the one from Australia and
four from the US have been staying in Europe for a
while; the European Dog Show in Brussels was just a
week earlier. The breeds with the most entries were
Golden, Flatcoated and Labrador Retrievers, Shih
Tzus, Rottweilers and Pomeranians.
The judging panel was also multi-national. However,
there is a rule in the Netherlands that half of the judging panel
must consist of Dutch judges. Some of them, especially the
newly qualified ones, don’t judge many breeds yet, but they
are given a chance here to increase their experience.
Nearly all the shows in the Netherlands are held indoors.
At Rotterdam, the venue was the big Ahoy fair center, where
there was room enough for 22 rings, trade stands and the
main ring.
PHOTO BY TEXTERRI
Saturday BIS
On the first day, the BIS judge was Mrs. Dagmar Klein from
Germany. She is originally Romanian but lives in Germany.
She is a well-known and popular figure in the European
show scene, herself involved in Papillons and Carpathian
Shepherds. The winner was beautiful Bearded Collie Int. Ch.
Beardie Connections Kenji, owned by the Otto family in the
Netherlands. He had a tough contestant in the Group, the
Australian-bred Puli Ch. Cordmaker Topsy Turvey, shown by
Camilla Tell-Collinge from Sweden. These two changed placings on the next day, when the Puli won the Group and the
Beardie was second.
I was very pleased to see “my” Group winner go as far as
Runner-up. The Scottish Terrier Lucia’s Dream Sparkling Wine
is owned by Betty Smit-Kamerbeek and C. and P. Tunzi. He is
bred and handled by the former but lives with the Tunzi family. They were thrilled about this big win. This dog hasn’t been
shown much yet, and he was not entered at all on Sunday.
Third place was the Shih Tzu Ch. Binkie’s Het Baken van
Adessium, owned and bred by D. Jansen-Werff and M. Werff.
She wasn’t entered on Sunday either.
Although sometimes in the Dutch shows all 10 Group
winners are placed, here only three were placed in each
competition. The other Group winners on Saturday were
the young fawn Great Dane Edendane’s Cover Girl, owned
by the breeder Teija Salmi-Aalto; the Longhaired Standard
Dachshund Uretep v d Hoefstael, owned by K. Versluis; the
Eurasier Ujjana Fieter de Fointjes, owned by W. Hell-Frijters; the Beagle Ambassador Xambrina, owned by A. Ellens;
the Wirehaired German Pointer Finn v Auental, owned by W.
Kippersluis; the English Springer Spaniel Lochbride Music
Dagmar Klein
from Germany
was the Best
in Show judge
on Saturday in
Rotterdam. Her
top choice was
the Bearded
Collie Int.
Ch. Beardie
Connections
Kenji.
Man via Dexbenella, owned by W. Van der Brink-Anbeek, but
bred in Scotland by J. Lauchlan; and the Italian Greyhound
Fiefoerniek’s For Hire, owned by S. Van der Graaf. All of
these