Foto: Evelina Ranonyte
We would like to say huge thank you to the judge Mrs Joan Duffus from Ireland for her great job at the Samoyed Club Show in Lithuania!
Thank you very much to all the participants, LSK club members and guests of the show! And special thanks goes to the main show sponsor Oliver's!
We also want to enjoy and share the wonderful judge's thoughts about our show and our country.
First of all I want to apologise for taking so long to write to you but life has been hectic for the last week.
I would like to express my sincere thanks to you and all members of the Samoyed Club of Lithuania for the warm welcome and superb hospitality we received while we were in Kaunas. From the minute we stepped into the arrivals lounge at the airport I was overwhelmed . That canvas of my lovely Jonah will have pride of place in my home. You all went out of your way to ensure that we would have a very memorable few days in your lovely country. Thank you so much for all the presents.
I was very honoured to receive the invitation to judge our lovely breed at your Club Show and it certainly was the highlight of my judging career.
I have never seen so many beautiful dogs and wonderful representatives of our breed at one show, not even at Crufts. The standard of the dogs was top class, presentation was superb and movement was excellent. You should all be very proud of yourselves and what you have managed to achieve in such a short time. You have all worked so hard to improve the breed and it certainly showed in the quality of the dogs present. It can only get better and better as new kennels are formed and you all work for the betterment of the breed which is what we should all be doing.
A lot of hard work had gone into the organisation of your show and you all worked together as a team to ensure that everything went like clockwork. It was a superb venue with a lovely sized rings to give exhibitors plenty of room to move their dogs.
Your prizes were excellent and I loved your rosettes and sashes for BIS and RBIS winners.
I would also like to thank my very capable steward and scribe Kristina and her friend ( sorry I cannot remember her name). They both kept me right and explained everything to me. Without people like this we would never be able to run shows. Their work is invaluable and I certainly appreciated their help.
A big thank you also to the exhibitors for the sporting way in which they accepted my decisions. The classes were very strong and it was not easy . So many super dogs to chose from who all performed well and I was really having to nit pick to come to my final class placings. That is certainly a lovely situation to be in !
It was certainly a day and a trip I will remember for the rest of my life.
Please pass on our very sincere thanks to Ausra for everything she did for us. We really appreciated her giving up her time to drive us around and see some of your lovely country. We really enjoyed her company and the lovely chats. Thank you also to your lovely daughter for driving us to the airport.
And lastly a very sincere thank you to you for all your help and friendship.
It was a wonderful trip from start to finish and Patrycja enjoyed every minute of it even though she is not a Samoyed owner herself. She has handled Asha for me many times over the last 3 years .
I would like to wish you, your family and the Samoyed breeders in Lithuania a very successful future. You should all be very proud of your dogs and your achievements. Well Done to you all.
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