News 2019 - June to Apr. 2019
Article Index
June 29, 2019:
There are new photos of Hippie (Champ. von Shinbashi HIGH PROVOCATION) in her Photo Gallery - Hippie is grown up.
June 12, 2019:
Now it is official, today Certificate and Diploma were in the mailbox: On May 21, Hippie (Champ. von Shinbashi HIGH PROVOCATION) was awarded the title Beauty Champion Croatia. From now on she will be shown in Champion class.
June 7, 2019:
Another birthday: Sterling (Champ. Daretobebares STERLING SILVER) is 13 years today. All the very best and she shall be healthy and with me for some more years.
May 26, 2019:
Today a very special darling celebrates his 8th birthday: Maverick (Multi-Champ. Caipirinha's NEED 4SPEED). The most heartfelt congratulations to this stunning treasure, who had so much success in his show carreer and always made me proud. May we be granted many, many more years together.
All the very best also to his sibbling Tanner in Canada as well as Needy and Toulouse, of which unfortunately I don't know where they are.
May 21, 2019:
Voodoo (Champ. Family Song's VOODOO) would have his birthday today. For him, too, a candle has been lit..
May 18, 2019:
It is one year ago that Porsche (Caipirinha's PINK HOT PORSCHE) passed only two days after his emergency surgery and only three days after his 4th birthday. He is missed so much ...... a candle has been lit in memory of him.
May 15, 2019:
P litter celebrates 5th birthday. All the best to Prada and Pagani as well as to Porsche on the other side of the Rainbow Bridge. Concerning Prada and Pagani I unfortunately don't know if they are still where they came to in July 2017.
May 8, 2019:
Now all photos of the shows and the short holiday are arranged and in the corresponding photo albums: Hippie (Shows), from Ula (Multi-Champ. Family Song's ULA) there are two new videos in her Photo Gallery (the last two in the listing). The Show Results of Hippie have also been updated. The photos of the resort, the sight seeings and the homeward journey are in the newly setup album Short Holiday Croatia 2019 in the kennel homepage.
May 2, 2019:
Time has come, the short holiday ends and after breakfast the car was packed and the homeward journey started. Again we made several rests but could travel well as also today the traffic was ok and the border controls not bad.
A big thank you goes to Susi for the nice company and especially that she participated in paying the costs of this trip. I hope she is ready to make such a tour again with me so that we can hertily laugh and she recounts great and incredibly stories of her working life. One thing is for sure: latest next year I will go there again, maybe even longer than this time. The leisure opportunities are great and one can really relax there in a great way.
This day is actually a very sad day for me: It is a year today that my beloved Keanu (Multi-Champ. Whisperingln' THE DEVILS ADVOCATE) has left me totally unexpected and went over the Rainbow Bridge. Every now and then I had tears in my eyes during driging home hidden behind the sun glasses, because I miss this endearing boy so very much. I wish so very much that he was still here and would make me daily smile with his funny side. ......
May 1, 2019:
The most important first: A very Happy Birthday to the sweet, successful Hippie (von Shinbashi HIGH PROVOCATION) who celebrates her 2nd birthday today. Of course she will get extra treats.
The show today was totaly the opposite of the previous days (not only for us): we left the ring with result very good, but I totally did not care because Hippie gained something with the last results of which I had never dared to dream of.
We spent some more time in a pub garden with Claudia and Sandy prior leave-takging. A big consolation is that in May I want to meet at least Sandy again. I am looking forward to that.
Today was the warmest day and therefore, Susi and I enjoyed some hours in the sunshine on the patio prior to driving to Zadar in the early evening to take a look at the historic city and to take more photos of our short holiday. The stroll through the city was beautiful and we shopped few things before we drove back to the resort. There we started packing a bit (Susi nearly all her stuff, me less), and then we decided before long to go to a pub - Ula joined us, Hippie preferred to sleep in the bed. Today we decided to have creps which were just delicious. I then packed my stuff till deep in the night while Susi went to bed. What a pity that tomorrow is departure. I could withstand here longer.
April 30, 2019:
Until now everything went perfectly with the shows ...... more than perfect: Hippie got at the recent 4 shows four times CAC and therewith fulfills the conditions for the title Croatian Beauty Champion. Furthermore she was twice Winners Bitch and three times BOS. I am overwhelmed, I had not expected such great success. Now she even has her first prospective entitlement for the title International Beauty Champion. The application for the Croatian Championship could be filled out, be paid and be submitted at the show ground. From tomorrow on, when Hippie is 2 years of age, she is entitled to bear this title.
The weather had also been on our side: even though it had heavily rained during two nights, once even with a heavy thunderstorm, it was dry during the days and partly sunny. Hippie and Ula enjoy the short vaccation as much as Susi and I do. The beach is very beautiful and spacious but we could have left the bathing clothes at home. With max. 16°C during the days we ran around and about in warm clothes - except in the show ring. Well, it could have been worse.
You can nearly buy everything on the areal of the Zaton Holiday Resort, and there are lots of restaurants and pub side by side. Until now we have eaten excellently, of course things which we don't want to pay for at home as too expensive.
We have found great new friends: Claudia and her daughter Sandy from Bavaria, who lived directly next to our mobile home. Both of them are really great and we daily spent lots of nice hours together, even until deep in the night and with lots of laughter. Besides that Sandy helped me a bit with the styling of Hippie, and I am incredibly thankful for that. I am looking forward to the next show where I am going to meet them again. Unfortunately they are already departing tomorrow as Sandy has to go to work on Friday. The last evening prior to our own departure Susi and I have to spend alone.
In the afternoon we drove to the little town Nin, have made a stroll through town, bought some souvenirs, had a coffee and took lots of photos. When I am back home I will set up a photo album of that short holiday, and of course photos of the shows will be updated.
April 26, 2019:
Today was departure for 7 days to Croatia with Hippie (von Shinbashi HIGH PROVOCATION) and her grandma Ula (Multi-Champ. Family Song's ULA) to the Zaton Holiday Resort for the five days show circuit Zadar. My friend Susi joins us.
We drove the nearly 690 km with four rests in 8 hours with nice weather, not much traffic and no long stays at the borders. After our arrival at the Zaton Holiday Resort it started raining heavily and made ourself comfortable in the rented and spacious mobile home (2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, kitchen fully equipped, living/dining area, TV and WiFi, big patio with big table and chairs as well as camping beds) instead of undertaking something. Hippie was bathed and groomed to be pretty for tomorrow's firt show day - for the first time in intermediate class.
The 5 shows during 5 days are 4 international and inbetween one national. The online information of the Croatian Kennel Club was excellent, and therefore we could already see on our arrival day at which time we had to be at the show ring each day. And the best: it did not even take us 10 minutes to walk to the show area. This way we could plan our free time well for shopping, strolling, beach visit and rides to points of interest. Only the weather had to be on our side.
April 25, 2019:
Ula (Multi-Champ. Family Song's ULA) got her stitches of the gallbladder surgery removed today. The scar was never swollen nor wet, and because our vet is great in stitching surgical scars, one will see nothing in one to two weeks.
Ula is totally back to herself: she "talks" to me when she dislikes something, she only does what she wants, demands for attention persistently and is allowed to jump on the couch again. I am thrilled how fast and well she recoverd from her surgery at that age. Even eating the diet food nearly works perfectly now. On some days she even accepts the enzymes directly on the food.
In a month there will be another blood check as well as an x-ray to see how the liver values are and how the pancreas looks like. And because Ula is doing so well she is allowed to travel with Hippie (von Shinbashi HIGH PROVOCATION) and me to Croatia tomorrow, so that I can be sure that she gets her daily medication and also takes them. To prevent the risk of heartworm the vet gave her a spot-on.
April 20, 2019:
I have to get supplies of the liquid diet food from the clinic, as Ula prefers this at the moment mostly. She is rather picky at this point, wishes variety of food on the one side, and on the other side she likes the liquid most. The past two days have been an up and down concerning her medication: as soon as she smells the enzymes on her food she does not touch it. So now she gets everything - the enzymes, antibiotics, pain killer and a supplement for the liver with a syringe directly into her mouth immediately after eating. Else things went better and better each and every day with Ula. To let the vet see how she proceeds, she will join me.
April 18, 2019:
Today in the afternoon I could get Ula home. She made very good advancementsie and therefore, nothing spoke against a dismission from the clinic.
The joy about meeting each other again was big on both sides. Ula is tired but in good mood. Now she needs diet food which we got in the clinic, and for the pancreas she needs enzymes in the food or directly after eating, 10 days antibiotics and for 4 days pain killer. On April 25th the stitches shall be removed.
April 17, 2019:
Ula is doing well according to the phone call of the clinic. If she continues this way I can go and pick her up tomorrow.
April 16, 2019:
At a health check last week it turned out that Ula (Multi-Champ. Family Song's ULA) has pancreatitis and problems with the gall bladder. Today the gall bladder will be removed and Ula will have to stay in the clinic for two to three days.
With mixed feelings I drove to the clinic with Ula: Scared that she is going to have problems with anesthesia with her over 14 years of age, but also the words of the vet in my ears that she has huge chances even at her age, that she will handle everything without complication.
With a heavy heart I left my special darling behind in the veterinary clinic and waited at home patienttly for the promised phone call of the vet in the evening. When the call came only good news were told to me: anasthesia handled perfectly, Ula walks already around and has even eaten - not by herself but she took everything that was offered to her by hand. Tmorrow noon I will be informed again.
April 7, 2019:
There are some new Photos of Hippie (Hippie is grown up).
April 6, 2019:
I should not let Mojito (Caipirinha's MOJITO BACCARDI) wear the blue suit of his died sire Steel (Champ. Silver Bluff STEEL KING LEGACY, SOM), because that is the reason that tears pop up as I see liefely Steel in front of me ......
