Birmingham National

At Birmingham National last Saturday the results for Cotonkiss were as follows:
Best Bitch and BOB - Cotonkiss Vienetta
Best Dog - Cotonkiss Versace
Best Puppy - Cotonkiss Carte Blanche
Junior Bitch - Cotonkiss Tiger Lilly
Post Graduate Bitch - Cotonkiss IWannabe at Cotonden
Judge: Dr M Brown
A great result, well done to everyone for their hard work.

Vienetta does it in France!

We left here at 9.00 p.m. on Friday evening all packed up ready for our expedition to a dog show at Amiens in France.  The weather was good,  just right for travelling and the roads pretty quiet. First stop the Channel Tunnel, Folkestone; we just had time to stretch our legs and grab a coffee before being directed onto the train.  For anyone who hasn't done the Chunnel before, it is so quick, around 30 minutes and you are in France.

We arrived at our destination at 6 a.m.  The doors or rather the gates didn't open until 8 a.m. and after trying to get through the only open gate at the same time as the whole of the French dog fanciers we eventually found our hall and a nice grooming area.

It was a beautiful day, it started a bit chilly but by mid morning the sun had really got hot.  The french were very hospitable and it was lovely to see some familiar faces.

It will be a day to remember ... Cotonkiss Calvin Klein won Junior Dog, Best Junior and Best Dog and Cotonkiss Vienetta came up trumps, she won Open Bitch, Best Bitch, Best of Breed and placed Group 2 in the Toy Group.   

Weekend News

Congratulations to Mary and Ken Farnes this weekend; Cotonkiss Mor q Dos for Coppi was entered at her first show in France and won her first CACIB, Cotonkiss Amore won the RCACIB.

New additions

Thought you would like to see our two new additions - two baby girls.

The first photo was taken at only 2 hours and the next at four and a half days old.

Cotonkiss Angel of Grace

Tony and Aina Sherer visited us this afternoon with their puppy Cotonkiss Angel of Grace aka 'Rosie' who is now 7 months and who I haven't seen since she left us when she was a tiny baby.
Tony and Aina are not new to cotons, in fact they have owned Cotons longer than anyone else in this country; however this is their first show dog. I think Aina (who is chiefly responsible for the bathing and grooming) has been quietly watching how everything is done when she has been spectating at the shows as little Rosie has been brushed and bathed religiously and is an absolute credit to them. We gave her a little bath and brushed her up while she was here with us this afternoon and took a couple of photos......what do you think?


Unfortunately she didn't go to UK Toydog because Tony and Aina had a wedding to go to but she will surely be out sometime in the near future.

CATCHING UP ON THINGS
There is so much news to catch up on - I can't go into details but apologies to everyone who has come back over the last month to see what has been happening - now at last I am able to do stuff again on the website and hopefully bring you up to date with things.


CRUFTS 2008
Thanks to everyone for all your compliments and congratulations that you sent to me and Vienetta on our fabulous Best of Breed win at Crufts; and a big thank you to the judge Ms Elisabetta de Luca for thinking so highly of her.

Photo - Judge Coton de Tulear breed specialist Eli de Luca and Hazel Gill with Best of Breed COTONKISS VIENETTA

It was a fantastic day and probably the only time that I have remained quiet for any length of time much to my husband's delight.....amazing what nerves can do!!! Cotonkiss had a great day with their results ... Special Junior Dog 1st and Best Dog Cotonceilidh Mr Bojangles of Wydewyche (I am seriously delighted with this result; even though I didn't breed this dog he is one of the offspring from a female that I bred called 'Cotonkiss Faberge' and sired by my dog Uniquement de L'echo des Elingues), 2nd Cotonkiss Calvin Klein, 3rd Cotonkiss Versace handled by Margaret Harvey. Post Graduate Dog 1st Cotonceilidh Tartan Terror (again this dog was bred by Kathryn Solley but he is one of the offspring from 'Cotonkiss Icemaiden' and again sired by Uniquement). Special Junior Bitch 2nd Cotonkiss Pussycat Doll who went on to win the Best Puppy award. Post Graduate Bitch 1st Cotonkiss Iwannabe at Cotonden. Open Bitch 1st and Best of Breed Cotonkiss Vienetta.
It was an honour respresenting the breed in the main ring at the end of the day and an experience that I will never forget.

UK TOYDOG
Another really successful day for Cotonkiss under French judge Sylvie Desserne; this time Bojangles and Vienetta swapped places for BOB and RBOB. It was a lovely day seeing some new puppies making their debut. Cotonkiss Carte Blanche was awarded Best Puppy, bless him he did so well going around the big ring at the end of the day in the Puppy Group but you could see he was tired as was his human mum.....just have to say though that they did drive from Montrose to Stafford for this show so it is not surprising.

Will be back again soon with some gossip hopefully.

Louis

Thanks for the info Jane - second time out and little Cotonkiss Carte Blanche aka Louis went to East of Scotland Canine Club Open Show in Edinburgh today and won Special Best Minor Puppy in Group, the judge was Mrs J Peters (Jepechis).