Colombia
Report March 16, 2006
Day 4 Association
Club Canino Colombia First Day
The first day of dog
shows had arrived and we arrived at the magnificent
Country Club De Bogota Polo Grounds. The expansive
grassed fields had been meticulously laid out with
hundreds of tents surrounding the large rings. The
grass was immaculate and cut to a very short length
no longer than that of outdoor carpet. We had a
large tent adjacent to the rings with an excellent
view of the judging. We had arrived early in anticipation
of the congestion of opening day and found easy
unloading and excellent parking. With traffic and
first day woes for many it was decided to delay
judging in fairness to the exhibitors still unloading.
It had rained the night before but the well built
polo grounds had soaked up the water well and the
sun was shinning as we anticipated a super day.
We enjoyed watching the judging of the various breeds
and being reacquainted with the many friends we
had met while judging last year. Fellow Canadian
Larry Clark was also here with Basenjis and a Pomeranian.
On the judging panel was Mike MacBeth and Jack Ireland
from Canada.
Shih Tzu judging was
in the early afternoon with an entry 7 of which
only 3 showed up. The absent dogs were from out
of the country and had experienced flight problems.
The first dog in was a nice 9 month old puppy Happy
Del Rinconcito bred and owned by Betty Puerta. This
dog must have had a Canadian connection as it was
sired by a Waardenburg dog from Canada. Next in
Open males was "Remi" Am Can Ch Wenrick's
Affair To Remembre in the Open Dog Class. The other
dog was Martha's Champion male "Beeto"
Col Ch Beethoven De Guaymaral. Today's judge was
Jack Ireland and Jenny and Remi won Best of Breed
and The 'Happy' puppy was Best Puppy. Both would
go on to Group judging later in the day. Another
fortunate thing was the weather had held out for
Shih Tzu but the rain clouds let loose and a heavy
downpour raged for the next several hours. Even
the great facilities could not accommodate the heavy
rain and pools of water started to accumulate on
the rain soaked ground. Our friend and translator
Diana won the breed with her Saint Bernard "Olaf".
The weather caused
further delays and Group judging finally started
in the early evening. We are in Group IX, Companion
dogs and all the groups were judged in order in
the main ring under cover. We managed to win a Group
3rd and were very pleased with the first days results.
Larry Clark from Canada won the Puppy Group a Basenji
owned by Jenny Behles from New Mexico and Group
Second with "Jake" Ch. Ahmahr Nahr's Hady
In Red, his 'Special' in Canada but an Open dog
here. The eventual Best In Show winner was a Whippet
bitch owned by Gabriel Valdez named Col Ch Dragonfly's
Dreama Lil Dream.
The weather had not
improved and we packed quickly to return to Martha's
for a late dinner and to celebrate Martha's birthday
which was today....yet another excuse to party after
an exhausting day.
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