Khados 2012 journal

8th January, Boston Championship Show, our first show of the year and we had a girl's only outing. Baby, Khados Baby Spice (Sumanshu Hotter N'Hot at Khados (JW) ShCM, IKC Jun Ch, Imp NED x Khados Fifi La Femme) was at her first ever show and suprised us with her good behaviour coming 2nd in Minor Puppy Bitch, which qualifies her for entry to Crufts 2012 - guess we will have to do some training now then! Her older half sister PomPom, Khados Madame PomPom (Khados Solitary Man (JW) x Khados Fifi La Femme) showed her how it should be done and was placed 1st in Limit Bitch

20th January, Manchester Championship Show, flying the flag for Khados today was Karen King and Daisy, Khados Fragarant Daisy for Karamyst (Wharlie Hugo Boss x Khados Patchwork Princess), they won the Special Beginner Stakes - well done ladies.

29th January, new kids on the block, Les and Elaine Burton were very happy and excited when their youngster Khados Sunshine Superman (Khados Solitary Man (JW) x Khados Polka Dot) won Best Puppy In Show at Wilmslow and Auderley Canine Society Show. Arun is just nine months old and the first Tibetan Terrier that Les and Elaine have owned. Well Done.

4th February, and a solo trip to Dublin but well worth it. At the first ever Championship Show of the All Ireland Tibetan Breeds Association, Rutger - Sumanshu Hotter N'Hot at Khados (JW) ShCM, IKC Jun Ch (Imp Ned) (Multi Ch Bhaskar Lhun-Po x Sumanshu Da-Wa Li-Sa) won Open Dog with Excellent grade and was awarded the Dog Green Star and Pascha - Ch/IKC/Ned/Int Ch Khados Pink Passion for Cloudbuster (Khados Fun Time Frankie (JW) ShCM x Khados Mustbe Maude) won Champion Bitch with Excellent grade and was awarded the Bitch Green Star. Rutger went on to Best of Breed and Best in Show 3rd Place. Thank you to Judi Andrews for handling Pascha in the challenge. Thank you also to the Committee of the AITBA for putting on such a good show. This was also the first time we have received written critiques in Ireland, very interesting to get the written opinion of FCI judge Darja Skok Lamut - thank you for the nice words.

11th February, more excitement, this time from the West country when Zeta, Khados Sunshine Girl for Layoli (Khados Solitary Man (JW) x Khados Polka Dot won Best Puppy In Breed and Best Puppy Utility Group for proud owners Malcom and Anita Fenton. Meanwhile we were experiencing a totally new adventure at the Holiday Inn in Telford where the ShropDog Dog of the Year Event was taking place. Rutger being one of the top winning dogs at the Shropshire shows in 2011 had been invited to attend. It was a very pleasant day out, a super lunch and then the competiton. Very pleased to say he made it through to the semi final round and we came home with a nice goody bag of treats.

19th February, Cheltenham Open Show, time for Neil, Khados Solitary Man (JW) (Wharlie Hugo Boss x Khados Patchwork Princess) to come out for an outing and he won Open class, Best of Breed and 4th place in the Utility Group. Baby Spice was Best Puppy In Breed and 3rd place in the Utility Puppy Group. Reserve Best of Breed and winner of Junior was Khados Love Is Precious (Cloudbuster Heartthrob x Multi Ch Khados Pink Passion) Gucci is owned by Kelly Pyle. Elise O'Connor, aged 10, handling Panda, Khados Dancing Bear, (Int/Deu/Dan Ch Khados Dance with Ti La Shu x Khados Ladidah) was first in Any Variety Puppy and also won her age class in the Junior Handling Association class.

8th March, Crufts - as every year, we had a great Crufts time with our friends and overseas visitors, welcoming guests to our home from Netherlands, Germany and Sweden. We had great results too. We showed three dogs this year and all three did us proud, Howard, Champion Khados Howz' That ShCM (Khados Funtime Frankie (JW) x Ch Khados Dizzy Doris (JW) ) was placed first in Veteran Dog, Rutger, still not two years old, was placed 3rd in a strong Open Dog class amongst top winning champions and Baby, who most certainly did not behave herself, was placed third in Puppy Bitch, the youngest exhibit present, she stole many hearts along the way and received huge applause from her evergrowing fanclub - thank you. Well done for being there and taking part to the other Khados owners. wishing you good luck and success for the ongoing show year.

11th March, Crufts International Junior Handler Finals, Travis, Int/Deu/Dan Ch Khados Dance with Ti La Shu Deu Jun Ch (Khados Funtime Frankie (JW) ShCM x Khados All That Jazz) and Neil, Khados Solitary Man (JW)
were on loan to the Junior Handling Association to be handled by two of the overseas competitors, who they had never met before the day for the finals in the main ring. Both the boys were fantastic, it was a long day for them, the competition in the morning lasted about 90 minutes and due to a shortage of dogs for the handlers, Neil was actually in the ring for the whole time, Travis did at least get a ten minute break. Later in the afternoon, they were back in the main ring for the judge's decision, Sandra Villumsen from Denmark, handling Neil was selected to the final ten to remain in the main ring for the final placings, so an extra long day for Neil, who never stopped showing and never put a foot wrong. Not at all phased by the bright lights, the crowds and the TV cameras, we were so proud of him, especially when we watched it back on telly later. Top marks to all the dogs that were on loan, and to these young and skilled handlers, especially for their presentation and sportsmanship -lessons to be learned watching them.

18th March, Oswestry Open Show, another outing for Neil and this time taking no prisoners, he went all the way to the top - Best of Breed, Best In Group and Best In Show. Elise handled Panda to Best Puppy In Breed, Reserve Best Of Breed and Utility Puppy Group four.

April 7th, Dublin again, this time in the company of Avril McLean celebrating a birthday weekend at the Combined Canine International Championship Show. Rutger was graded Excellent and placed 2nd in Open Dog and Pascha was graded Excellent and 1st in Champion Bitch with reserve Green Star and reserve CACIB

April 14th, Tibetan Terrier Association Open Show - not only was Baby the naughtiest puppy in the show, she was also awarded Best Puppy In Show winning three classes on the day!!

May 7th - Tibetan Terrier Breeders & Owners Club Championship Show and what a fantastic day we had. Rutger was placed 1st in Open Dog and was awarded the Dog CC, this is his third CC in UK and qualifies him for his UK Champion Title (subject to KC confirmation). Baby was placed 1st in two classes, Maiden and Novice Bitch and was placed 2nd in Junior Bitch and Madame PomPom was placed 1st in Limit Bitch. Neil also came out to play and was admirably handled by Michael Craig to 4th place in a strong Limit Dog class. Thank you to judge Roger Bayliss (Kertellas) for our fabulous results.

May 8th - out to Banbury Open Show for a bit of fun, there were no TT classes scheduled so we had to compete in the AV classes and we did really well. Baby won her pupppy class and was Best AV Utility Puppy and 4th placed Best Puppy In Show, Elise handled Panda and won 1st AV Utility Junior and 1st AV Novice, Neil won the AV Utility Open class and best AV Utility and Michael handled Travis to win the AV Champion Stakes and was 3rd placed Best In Show

May 12th, National Championship Dog Show after a hair raising journey we make our class on time and Rutger is placed 1st in Open Dog. Riley - Renvall's Life of Riley is placed 1st in Minor Puppy Dog and qualifies for Crufts at his first championship show. Handled by Antonio Skabollous owned and bred by Aimee and Val Vernall

May 17th, we have two birthdays,Khados Madame PomPom is three and Khados Time for Tea is two. Lara has gone to spend her summer holidays with granny Jan (Dobriach) in Essex. She is training in obedience and has already gained her KC Bronze Good Citizens award.

May 19th The World Dog Show, Saltzburg, Austria as a very special treat for Dave's 65th birthday we went on a five day trip to Austria and competed at this prestigious show with Rutger and Pascha. The whole trip was wonderful and a never to be forgotton experience and we achieved way above our expectations. Rutger was placed 2nd in Open Dog with Excellent Grade and awarded a reserve CACA. Pascha was placed first in Champion Bitch with Excellent grade and was awarded the CACA and CACIB thus gaining the title World Winner 2012. We cannot begin to say how thrilled we are with these wins in such World wide top class competition. We take away some marvellous memories both from the show and from this lovely County and of course of the dear friends who shared this joyous time with us, most especially Petra and Will Keulers who became a walking/talking version of our German/English dictionary - thank you both so much for all your help, we could not have done it without you and thank you Petra and Ike for arranging Dave's birthday party and the yummy cake Petra made and brought all the way from Holland, so nice to have such good friends.

Bank Holiday Monday May 28th - Bath Championship Show - Rutger is placed first in Open Dog and awarded the Dog CC, his 4th -Yipee - and his son Mikey - Mikudi Hot On His Heels to Khados (Ch Sumanshu Hotter N'Hot at Khados x Ch/IKC/Int Ch Schanti's Zara Lamleh mit Mikudi) - at his first Championship show is placed first in Puppy Dog and awarded Best Puppy Dog later that same week at Crewe and District Open Show, Neil - Khados Solitary Man (JW) - gained his Show Certificate of Merit

Summer 2012 - in case anyone is wondering where we have got to - after a lot of serious thought, we have decided to sell up and retire - not an easy task with thirteen dogs, a big property and a business to get in order, so we accepted that for a while our show activites must come to an end and we must knuckle down to some serious work at home and what better time to bow out than after making up a new Champion and achieving a World Winners title? The TTs of course are still enjoying life at home as always, shows or not - as you can see........

Well done to the owners of children and offspring of Khados who have been out there showing through the season, we are very proud of you all, we hope we will be joining in the fun again next year when we are settled.

And finally .............. hope you all have a great Christmas and look forward to a Happy New Year 2013