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| Dalmatians at the dog show. |
There was a dog show this weekend here in Tromsø, and even though I wasn't showing my own dog, I went there on Saturday. I know several people that show their dogs and I also knew that there was going to be an agility competition, so I was looking forward to meeting other dog enthusiasts and taking a lot of pictures.
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| A whippet jumping over an obstacle on the agility course. |
My friend Monica, that breeds Siberian Huskies on an island outside of Tromsø, showed one of her own dogs and helped show a puppy from her kennel. It felt really good to cuddle a bit with Vida, whom I've known since she was born. I miss them all so much! Must make sure to visit them more often in the future.
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| Monica and her Siberian husky Vida, showing great contact. Both of them has really come a long way since there first dog show together. I'm so proud of both of them! |
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| Vida trotting beautifully. |
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| Storm, a puppy from Monica's kennel. |
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| Monica's friend and team mate on team Snykovet, Silje, showing her Siberian Bella. | |
For the second time ever I stayed for the final where they compete for Best in Show, or BIS for short. The first time I did that was because I then helped show some dogs in Harstad. Read more about that
here.
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| A Gordon Setter, an English Pointer and a German Pointer in the Best in Group (BIG) final. |
My favorite part is the puppy BIS final. The stakes aren't as high there and there is more focus on letting the dogs have a good experience than it is for the adult dogs.
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| A chihuahua puppy being rewarded with liver paté during the Best in Show puppy final. |
I also met a friend and her new Malinois puppy Mar. She was stunning! Now I almost want one... But Link is still enough work for me without adding another dog. At least for the time being.
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| The 11 week old Malinois puppy called Mar. |
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| A slightly older Malinois puppy in the BIS puppy final. |
During the day I also seized the opportunity to check out another favorite dog breed of mine, the Danish Swedish Farmdog. There were about ten of these wonderful dogs there and they showed quite a lot of diversity, something that is to be expected in such a young, and so far relatively healthy, breed.
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| This guy looks like he could be the brother of Mads' parent's dog Scott, with the same color and very similar markings. |
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| Four Danish Swedish Farmdogs waiting to get their chance in the show ring. |
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| There was of course time for some play before their turn in the show ring. |
I took roughly 1400 photos during this day, so here comes some of the best ones:
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| A Bernese Mountain dog puppy. |
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| Bichon Frisé that won BIG (best in group). |
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| Cairn terrier puppy in the BIS puppy final. |
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| A Chinese Crested. |
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| Flatcoated Retriever, if I'm not mistaken, this dog got BIS 2, which means second place in the Best in Show final. |
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| French bulldog |
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| A couple of Golden retrievers sniffing a very interesting spot on the ground. |
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| Two Gordon Setters. |
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| Icelandic Sheepdog |
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| Jack Russel Terrier |
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| Lancashire Heeler |
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| Leonberger puppy in the BIS puppy final. |
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| A Miniature Bull Terrier puppy in the BIS puppy final. |
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| A closeup of the Miniature Bull Terrier puppy. |
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| A rather uncommon breed up here, actually don't believe I've ever seen one before, this is a Podenco Ibicenco. |
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| Pomeranian in the BIG final. |
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| A Rhodesian Ridgeback that got second place in the BIG final. |
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| The Dalmatian that won Best in Show! This picture is from the BIG final, which it of course also won. |
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| Samoyed |
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| A Shetland Sheepdog puppy in the BIS puppy final. |
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| Shetland Sheepdog doing agility. |
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| Shiba. |
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| Staffordshire Bull Terrier. |
For more pictures from the dog show:
http://dogtelligent.blogspot.no/2014/09/troms-dog-show-6-september-2014-more.html
