19 September: VK Spezialzuchtschau in Recklinghausen, judge: mr Berni Büchel. Casimir in open class: 1 Exc., CAC-VDH & CAC-VK, Febe in intermediate class: 1 Exc., CAC-VDH & CAC-VK, and Libby got her 3rd Veteran CAC and is now waiting for confirmation of her title German Veteran Champion!
18 September: VK Spezialzuchtschau in Recklinghausen, judge: mrs Hassi Assenmacher-Feyel. Casimir was 3 VG in open class, Febe in intermediate class 1 Exc., CAC-VDH & CAC-VK (her first adult CAC's!) and Libby got the Veteran CAC.
22 August: at the clubmatch of KC Almelo (NL) Nixe & her daughter Febe were Best Brace. Febe was 2nd best Champion bitch in show. Casimir was Best of Breed. Judge for the Papillons was mrs I. Zwaartman.
21 August: we went to the VK Landessieger-Zuchtschau in Haan-Gruiten. Judge for our breed was mr Igor Selimovic (Croatia). Libby got 3rd place in veterans class, with Exc. allthough veterans normally don't get a qualification, it's the thought that counts ;-) Febe got a VG in youth class and Zilvia was 3 Exc. in open class.
14 August: Oscar (Can. Ch. Heads N' Tails Prince of Hearts, CGC, TC, TT) finished his AKC Companion Dog title! He qualified three times in a row; this weekend he was High In Trial on Friday (PAPS Specialty, Enumclaw, WA) and High Scoring Papillon on Saturday (Olympic Kennel Club, Enumclaw, WA). Way to go Helen & Oscar :-)
17 July: we went to the Landessieger-Zuchtschau held by the VK's countygroup Bremen/Weser-Ems in Moorbeck. Our breed was judged by mrs Jutta Brockmann. The results: Casimir was Best Male, CAC-VDH & CAC-VK, Landessieger Bremen/Weser-Ems 2004, BOB, and BIS-4. Zilvia was Best Bitch, CAC-VDH & CAC-VK, Landessieger Bremen/Weser-Ems 2004. Libby won her first Veteran-CAC.
26 June: Hazel & her handler Gerrit Elgersma earned a 3rd place at the Dutch Agility Championship!!! Big congratulations, we're so proud of you!
6 June: Helen Dohrmann & Oscar showed in the obedience ring (novice A) in Puyallup where they qualified with a score of 189 points and a 3rd place! This is Oscar's first leg towards the AKC Companion Dog title :-) Well done Helen & Oscar, we're very proud of you two!
Please take a look at the page that their training center Pawsabilities made for them: http://www.pawsabilities.com/gal_oscar_cd.htm
3 June: time for a family-update: Oscar (Can. Ch. Heads N' Tails Prince of Hearts, CGC,TC,TT) is dad to two adorable daughters named Ciara and Charis. Their mom is Can. Ch. Inkies Twinkling in Gold, CGC, aka Twinkle. You can see them all on the Firerose Papillons website of Helen Dohrmann, USA.
Pics taken by Helen Dohrmann: Oscar & his kids
Look who's a Cover Girl! This is Hazel (Heads N' Tails Happy Hazel), littersister of Oscar, Nixe and Floyd. She lives with Ietje & Henk Postma & Gerrit Elgersma (Fan de Suerich Papillons) whose Papillons appeared in a special breed article in the Dutch magazine Hondenmanieren (Dogmanners).
25 May: Nixe has two sons :-) More about the kids on the Puppy page.
19 May: Raiya's first litter is born, 3 boys and 1 girl. Mom is doing a wonderful job. Babypics can be seen on the Puppy page. Yippeeeeeeee!
9 May: we went to the VK's CAC-specialty show in Dortmund.
Judge for our breed was mr Herbert Heim who made Zilvia 1 Exc. in open class, Best Bitch with VDH-CAC & VK-CAC, and ... Best of Breed!
We & Zilvia's breeder/co-owner Kitty Sjong are absolutely thrilled about this result of her first time in open class.
Photo: Zilvia kindly interrupting her playtime to have her photo taken "the day after".
Febe won youth class and got her third Youth CAC, so now she's ready to apply for the title of German Youth Champion :-)
Febe gained her Y-CAC's in less than 2 1/2 months and shortly befor her first birthday.
29 April: new photos of Raiya and Febe.
25 April: Febe won her 2nd Youth CAC in Lingen, judge was mrs Johanna Billhardt.
7 March: Febe went to her first show in the Netherlands, in Zuidlaren, where mr Hans v.d. Berg judged the Papillons. Febe was 1 Exc. in youth class, best bitch, CAC. We're very proud of her performance, she's not even 10 months yet and loves going to shows.
6 March: Nixe and Raiya had their annual eyetest, both tested free.
3 March: New updates: changes on the pages of Pippi, Libby, Prince, Nixe, Floyd, Zilvia, Febe and Hannah. New links on the Link-page. New photopages.
28 & 29 Februari: At VK's CAC show in Recklinghausen, on Saturday the Papillons were judged by mrs Jutta Brockmann (D). Febe got 3 VG in youth class, it was her very first show and she loved it. Her mom Nixe was in open class 1 Exc., CAC, and Best Bitch.
On Sunday, the judge was mr Peter Prins (NL). Febe: 1 Exc., Youth CAC. Nixe: 1 Exc., CAC-VDH, res.CAC-VK.