UPDATES 2008

May 4

*Good news about the two litters we are hoping for by the end of this month!

Both "Taksi", the Whippet, and "Gimmi", the Affenpinscher are definitely in whelp.

For details about their expected litters go to their pages.

*Here is a brag about the first Champion sired by our American Affenpinscher "Ross", Ch Yarrow's Jungle Jim.
From his first litter after his arrival in Sweden, ex. Ch Anzolas Tiril, the bitch Terrietype I'm The Last Puppy
was sold to Alfred Hove in Norway. Only a couple of weeks after her second birthday in March
 she won the qualifying CC for her Norwegian title at the Norwegian KC International show in Bergen,
Today at the International KC show in Kristiansand, Norway, she was BOB of 12 Affenpinschers,
judged by Christine Rossier, Switzerland.
Congratulations to her owner in Norway, and to her breeder Anita Andersson, Sweden.
This bitch is a litter sister to our Terrietype I'm Jane Airescot, the dam of our "Christmas" litter.

*From England we just received good news from The National Whippet Association Championship Show held today,
where Ch Airescot Ruby Rascal won the res. CC from Veteran class, and again was Best Veteran in Show.

Best Veteran bitch was again Ch Collooney Silver Silas, the dam of our "Taksi", Ch Collooney Winner Takes It All,

Rascal's daughter bred in Ireland by Viv Coulter.
The judges were Gay Robertson and Sandra Marshall, England.

April 27

*Yesterday, four months and one day old, the young Affenpinscher Airescot Christmas Gift, "Chopper" to his friends,

had a flying start to his show career by winning BOB Puppy of four in his breed, winning his Group competing with 13 BOB winners

and finally being placed BIS-2 in competition with 8 Group winners.
This happened at a Puppy Show for All Breeds in Örnsköldsvik in the northern part of Sweden.
Proud owner is Chatrin Lundberg, who is also the owner of Chopper's sire Anzolas Vincent Black Shadow.
Chopper's dam is Terrietype I'm Jane Airescot. Baby pictures of Chopper can be seen under Updates Februay 4
if you go to her page or to Affenpinscher Breeding. He was was then called Boy two.

You can see more pictures of him at Chatrin's website www.kennelcomon.se

*And today, at the Spring season's first Lure Coursing Trial in Sweden, Airescot Cyber Dragon, "Wille"
(Sportingfields B & W Airescot ex. Ch Collooney Winner Takes It All)
won the CC and was 3rd of 80 competing Whippets!
Congratulations to the proud owners Johanna Roos and David Sehlberg!

April 21

Yesterday at the Swedish KC National All Breeds Show in Västerås near Stockholm

our young Affenpinscher male Airescot Peer Gynt made a flying start to his career by gaining his first CC and BOS.
He was beaten for BOB by his kennelmate Winterkloud Frejya, winning her seventh CC.

Her day was crowned by a 3rd in Group placement.
Gunnel Holm, Finland, judged the breed. Group judge was Göran Bodegård.

April 17

*Pauline Oliver, Spyanfly Whippets in England, has kindly sent us a few pictures
of Ch Airescot Ruby Rascal at Crufts 2008 and also at the Whippet Club Championship show in England April 4,
where Rascal was Best In Show Veteran. BOS Veteran was Ch Collooney Silver Silas -
a nice couple as they are the parents of our Ch Collooney Winner Takes It All, "Taksi".

For more information and to see the pictures go to Rascal's page.

*We are also pleased to present the latest addition to our little flock of Affenpinschers,
the six months old bitch Avantgarde Moonshine Madness Madam, "Madicken".

April 12

Our English Affenpinscher boy Winterkloud Hector
has now his own page in this website with pictures, pedigree and critique from Crufts 2008.

April 3

*Great breeding activity with us at the moment.
Only a few days after his arrival from England to us in Sweden
our young Affenpinscher Winterkloud Hector celebrated his first birthday, April 2, by happily mating
our bitch Schnaffentangens Gimmi Gimmi, the dam of our first born Affenpinscher puppy Airescot Peer Gynt.
Hector will soon have his own page in this website, but until then more information
about him can be found if you click on Affenpinscher Breeding.
 

*Congratulations to "Zaffran", Int Ch Airescot Royal Rose
(Multi Ch Airescot Ruby Rascal ex. Ch Airescot Royal Occasion)
for being the top winner of all Sighthounds for 2007 in the Norrbotten division of the Swedish Sighthound Club.
She is pictured below when receiving her rosette for this prestigious win.
A month ago she returned from Italy, where she was bred to the young Italian champion Sobresalto Tally Ho,
by Ch Sobresalto Pourquoi Pas ex. Airescot Justina Casagli.

For more information go to Trollsångens kennel, UllaBritt Ideryd and her clever handler daughter Anna.
We wish them best of luck with the expected litter.

April 1

*A rare event nowadays at kennel Airescot: a Whippet litter is hoped for in the beginning of June.
For details go to Whippets/Breeding.

*To see new pictures of Winterkloud Frejya and Airescot Peer Gynt
go to their pages.

*We just received the good news from Latvia that Multi Ch Schnaffentangens Neibade

has given birth to five puppies, two boys and three girls, by our "Ross", Ch Yarrow's Jungle Jim.
Congratulations and best wishes to Ilona, the breeder.

March 27

Marie Hamill, Ireland, judged Affenpinschers at the Swedish KC International Easter Show in Stockholm,
where she made our Winterkloud Frejya BOS, winning another CC with CACIB.
BOB-winner was the young male Anzolas Vincent Black Shadow, "Knutte", winning his 10th CC.

Both of them are still too young to qualify for their titles.
"Knutte" is the sire of our recent litter ex. Terrietype I'm Jane Airescot
and is also pictured on her page.

To see Tjotte's pictures from the Easter show go to Frejya's page.

March 16

Six weeks since last Update!

After six weeks of hard work (who said that I had retired from work?),

interrupted by a judging appointment in Belgium and five days of fun at Crufts,
I now have a piece of sad news and also some good news.

*The sad piece of news comes from Finland, where Saara Murtovaara and Jatta Toivola
have just lost Ch Airescot Emily Gray (Ch Airescot Fandango ex. Ch Airescot Wendy)
at the age of almost 15 years.

Another good evidence of the super life Saara and Jatta are offering their Whippets is that
Airescot Carousel (Ch Sporting Fields Kinsman ex. Ch Moscow's Anastasia)

is still around, now almost 16 years old.

It was also with these loving people that Sporting Field Irish Mist, Paris Beatrix of Tiber,
Lorricbrook Monopoly and Sportingfields Jazz Fest spent their six months of then required
"home quarantine" in Europe before being allowed into Sweden.
We are forever grateful to Saara and Jatta.

*A good piece of news is that Airescot Cyber Dragon

(Sporting Fields B&W Airescot ex. Ch Collooney Winner Takes It All)
gained his first CC and  was second Best Dog with res. CACIB
at the Swedish KC International show in Malmö yesterday.

Judge: Lotte Jörgensen, Boxadan Afghans, Denmark.
Congratulations to proud owners Johanna Roos and David Sehlberg!

*Finally we must brag again about Multi Ch Airescot Ruby Rascal,
who not only was the winner of the big Veteran Dogs Class at Crufts a week ago.
Today he went to The British Whippet Breed Council's Match Show in Chesterfield,
to which all CC and res. CC winners in England during 2007 were invited.
In competition with some 60 Whippets, dogs and bitches, Rascal was the Winner of the Match!
Congratulations to June Minns for keeping Rascal in such superb condition!
We are very proud.

February 4

Tomorrow we had hoped to be able to take new pictures of our Affenpinscher puppies, with enough light,

but our helping hand won't be here until the puppies are seven weeks,
so until then we'll have to be satisfied with the 5½ week pictures, taken last week.

To see them go to Micki's page or Affenpinscher Breeding.

February 1

Finally, kindly assisted by our guest Ilona from Latvia, we managed to take some snapshots

of our four Affenpinscher puppies, now 5½ weeks old.

Below the two boys and the two girls, pictured with flashlight.
We also took some nice individual and stacked pictures of them,
but to rely on daylight giving enough light for those shots was not one of my better ideas,
so next week we'll have another try with stacked pictures and hope for a better result.

The two boys: Airescot Christmas Cracker and Airescot Christmas Gift              The two girls: Airescot Christmas Eve and Airescot Christmas Carol

January 22

The best, and only, peace of news today is that our four Affenpinscher Christmas puppies

are four weeks today and thriving.
To see them enjoy their minced meat go to Micki's page or Affenpinscher Breeding.

January 8

A good start to the new year with four healthy Affenpinscher puppies
and two successful International All Breed Shows in Sweden.

*Our four Christmas puppies, now two weeks old, have just opened their eyes.
The boys are named Airescot Christmas Cracker and A. Christmas Gift,
the bitches A. Christmas Carol and A. Christmas Eve.

*At the two International All Breed Shows in Gothenburg, Sweden
our young Affenpinscher bitch Winterkloud Frejya was for the first time old enough (15 months) to be eligible for a CACIB.

She managed to win two CC's, two CACIB's and furthermore she was BOB both days!
Breed judges were Johan Juslin, Finland and Terry Nethercott, UK.

To see a charming picture go to Frejya's page!

*In Norwich Terriers at these two shows we were also very proud that Int Ch Airescot Joy Bells,
owned and handled by Kristina Jerlin, was BOB the first day.
Day two she was beaten for BOB by her half sister Int Ch Airescot Ada Lovelace,
owned and handled by Lene Weum, Norway.
These two bitches are both by our Canadian guest Ch Fairewood For Your Eyes Only,
now since many years back in his native country.

Being beaten for BOB day two, Kristina Jerlin was comforted with seeing her homebred young son

ex. Joy Bells, Cog-Wheel's Alladin-Sane, win the dog CC, CACIB and BOS.

Breed judges were Salvatore Tripoli, Italy and Rui Oliveira, Portugal.

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UPDATES 2007

December 31

On this last day of 2007 it's time to reflect and summarize.

As most of you in the Scandinavian Whippet world have noticed I have hardly been seen

in the Whippet rings during 2007 - and that is no coincidence. I still hope to breed a Whippet litter occasionally,
but I'll no longer be handling Whippets in the ring. As I so much enjoy handling my dogs myself,

I'll probably for the future stick to owning and handling Affenpinschers,
as I can still keep pace with them in the ring.

WHIPPETS IN 2007

Looking at the Swedish Top Winning Lists for Whippets in 2007
I'm delighted to find that Airescot is #3 among the Top Breeders.
As I haven't shown a single Airescot Whippet myself during 2007
this is only thanks to ambitious and devoted owners of Airescot Whippets,
and I'm very grateful to all of you.

I'm also very proud to find that among the top winning stud dogs for 2007

Ch Airescot Ruby Rascal is #3, Ch Airescot Sapphire Stallion is #5

and Ch Sportingfields Jazz Fest is #9.

Among the top winning brood bitches Ch Airescot Royal Occasion is #4.

In England Ch A. Ruby Rascal won his 10th British CC, this time from Veteran class.

We bred one Whippet litter during the past year, by Airescot Broadway ex. Ch Collooney Winner Takes It All.
It was a lovely litter and, so far, the puppies show great promise.

AFFENPINSCHERS IN 2007

    I'm very pleased that our "Ross", Ch Yarrow's Jungle Jim, is again Sweden's Top Winning Affenpinscher,

just like he was in 2006, when he was imported from the US. From now on he'll only be shown on special occasions.

A second thing to brag about is that our British import Winterkloud Frejya has managed to finish the year as #3
among the Top Winning Affenpinschers in Sweden. All this winning has been done from Junior class,
as Frejya not until yesterday, December 30, was 15 months old.

#4 on the list is the young male Anzolas Vincent Black Shadow, sire of our now one week old litter

ex. Terrietype I'm Jane Airescot.

Our first bred Affenpinscher puppy, Airescot Peer Gynt,  now 7 months old, is already giving us lots o fun.

NORWICH TERRIERS IN 2007

If I have been invisible in the Whippet rings, I have been even more invisible in the Norwich rings.

Only three Airescot Norwich Terriers were shown in 2007, Ch Airescot Ada Lovelace and Ch Airescot Joy Bells

once each, and Ch Airecot Pamela Mitford a few times, enough for her to gain her Swedish title and end up as #10

among the Top Winning bitches in Sweden. She is co-owned and handled by Lena Key.

We are proud to note that Int Ch Airescot Jumping For Joy is #4 among the Top Winning Stud Dogs,
and his litter sister, Int Ch Airescot Joy Bells, is #2 among the Top Winning Brood Bitches.
Joy Bells is owned by Kristina Jerlin, who has been so successful with her first litter as a breeder of Norwich Terriers.

PLANS FOR 2008

During the first part of 2008 we hope to breed a Whippet litter ex. Ch Collooney Winner Takes It All,
a Norwich Terrier litter ex. Ch Airescot Pamela Mitford and an Affenpinscher litter ex. Schnaffentangens Gimmi Gimmi,

dam of Airescot Peer Gynt.

FINAL THOUGHTS FOR 2008

A much admired friend of mine, born in Switzerland, now living in Canada, the writer Bruno Gideon, is every Sunday

publishing "Bruno's Minute" on the Internet, where he quotes and contemplates a remarkable "bon mot" or two.

Bruno's Minute is now enjoyed every week by 50 000 readers around the world. To find it, go to www.brunogideon.com.

A positive thought for 2008 was this saying by Michael Altshuler

The bad news is that time flies.

The good news is that you're the pilot.

With this we wish you all a happy and successful 2008!

December 27

For breeders of animals life and death are often not very far apart.

Still mourning for the loss of Redee, I have been blessed with a wonderful litter of Affenpinschers.
Christmas day "Micki", Terrietype I'm Jane Airescot,
quickly and easily gave birth to four puppies, two males and two bitches.
For more information go to Micki's page or Affenpinscher Breeding.
 

December 19

Good news are often followed by bad news.
This is also the case now, when my most beloved Whippet has left me.
Airescot Red Redee just had a stroke and lost all control of herself.

Next month we would have celebrated her 12th birthday.
A week ago she was running in the woods like a youngster, now she is suddenly dead.
It's very difficult to accept that we'll never more see her happy smile and everwagging tail.
She had the perfect Whippet temperament, for me there will never be another one like her.
What Airescot Gillian Lynne meant to me among Deerhound bitches,

Redee has meant to me among Whippets bitches.

Redee pictured  by Carl-Emil in July 2007

December 17

Now it's over with, the grand final show for 2007 in Sweden,
the Stockholm International and Nordic Winner show, with an entry of just over 10 000 dogs.
As is often the case with these final shows many of the usual winners were thrown out,
and in many breeds things were turned more or less upside down.

No Whippet of ours were entered, we co-owned or/and had bred a couple of entered Norwich Terriers
and we had entered two of our own Affenpinschers - and we had certainly no reason to complain!

*24 Norwich Terriers were entered under judge David Miller from the US.

His second best male was Ch Airescot Charles Dickens

(Ch Fairewood For Your Eyes Only ex. Ch Fairewood Felicitations), owned and well handled by Lena Key.

Second best bitch with CACIB was Ch Airescot Pamela Mitford (Ch Loddon's Prince Valiant ex. Airescot Such Is Life)   

owned by Airescot and co-owned and again well handled by Lena Key.

Third best bitch was her half sister Int Ch Airescot Joy Bells

(Ch Fairewood For Your Eyes Only ex. Airescot Such Is Life),

handled by her owner Kristina Jerlin, who was also the proud breeder ex. Joy Bells

of the CC-winning young male and his litter sister, which were 3rd best male and 4th best bitch resp.

The litter brother of A. Joy Bells, Int Ch Airescot Jumping For Joy,
had sired a very happy and outgoing junior dog, who was 4th best male.

BOB was Ch Villa Ekbackens Grymma Gubben,
and BOS was Villa Ekbackens Jambalaya from Junior class, too young to be rewarded the CACIB.

Congratulations to all involved!

*25 Affenpinschers were entered under Swedish judge Patric Ragnarsson.

BOB and Nordic Winner Affenpinscher male was our Ch Yarrow's Jungle Jim, "Ross".

BOS to him was our British import Winterkloud Frejya, last time out in Junior Class, as she is soon 15 months old.
She was still too young to be awarded the CACIB, but she won her third CC and was
Nordic Winner Junior Bitch 2007 as well as Nordich Winner Affenpinscher bitch 2007.
These wins qualified both of them for Crufts 2008.

Go to their pages to see how they were bred and by whom.

"Ross" finished 2007 as Sweden's top winning Affenpinscher, just like in 2006,
and Frejya was #3 among the Affenpinschers in Sweden in 2007, in spite of her young age.

Again we must thank Petter Fodstad for his help with presenting them so nicely.

November 26

Just a few notes as not much has happened since last Update,
but we must spread the news that our first bred Airescot Affenpinscher.
Airescot Peer Gynt, has now got his own page on this website.
Very suitable as he made his debut in the show ring yesterday, at the tender age of 5½ months.

Go to his page to see the result, a few snapshots and also his pedigree.

As we are now approaching Winter in Scandinavia, it's nice to present the lovely Summerly picture below,

which we just received from South Africa of "Merit", Airescot Sunday Sunrise

(Airescot Broadway ex. Ch Collooney Winner Takes It All),
when celebrating his 8 months birthday.

October 30

I'm still alive!

So sorry about this incredibly long silence with no Updates whatsoever.
The simple reason is that I have been away from home for almost six weeks,
staying on the Riviera, where I have been working on the translation of a book.
The Whippets stayed at home in the house with friends,
the Affenpinschers went with me to enjoy the house, the garden and the beautiful weather in France.

The Internet communication down there was very unreliable and very expensive,
that's one of the reasons for the lack of Updates.
Another reason was, of course, that there wasn't much news to report on,
but here are a few nice pieces:

*At the Midland Whippet Club Specialty, October 20th, Ch Airescot Ruby Rascal gained his 10th CC in Great Britain,
this time from Veteran Class. He was Best Veteran In Show and also Reserve Best In Show,
only beaten by the BIS-winning young bitch Courthill Cast A Shadow.

The judges were Mrs. J. McLeod and Mrs. J. Vagges.

Thank you, June Minns, for keeping Rascal in such excellent condition!

*From the Sobresalto kennels in Italy I have some good news about Airescot Justina Casagli
(Ch Sportinfields Jazz Fest ex. Ch Paris Beatrix of Tiber).
She has gained the special title "Reproducing Champion", which means that she is already the dam
of three champions in two different litters.

Furthermore, at an Italian Whippet Specialty in September Göran Bodegard found his BIS-winner
in Ch Sobresalto Pourquoi Pas by Ch Airescot Gold Field.

The CAC winner from Open class, qualifying him for his Italian champion title, was Sobresalto Tally Ho,
a son of S. Pourquoi Pas ex. A. Justina Casagli.

Another son of Pourquoi Pas was BIS Youngster, judged by Bitte Ahrens.
We are very proud to have been contributing to the Sobresalto success!

*Also good news from Rosemary Smith in South Africa about Ch Airescot Emerald Expression

(Ch Statuesque Extortion ex. Ch Airescot Emily Gray) who, from the only five litters he has sired,

 has now added a seventh champion to his progeny, one of them a Multi All Breed BIS Winner.

*And finally today the good news of our hopes for a second Airescot Affenpinscher litter!

October 23 our Ross-daughter Terrietype I'm Jane Airescot, "Micki", was bred to the young dog

Anzolas Vincent Black Shadow, currently #4 on Sweden's Top Affenpinscher list 2007.

For pictures and pedigrees go to Micki's page.

September 2

August 26, at the Stockholm KC one day All Breeds Show outside Stockholm in memory of Ulla och Bertil Sted Gren,
Airescot Broadway gained his 4th Swedish CC and was 3rd Best Dog.
Airescot Royal Romance did even better, as she, apart from also gaining her 4th Swedish CC, also won BOB and Group 4.

Elisabet Janzon, Sweden judged the breed. Barbara Ruth Smith, US, judged the group.

These two Whippets are owned and handled by sisters Elisabeth Magnusson and Marie Gellerstam,
Broadway, "Spike", is by Ch Sporting Fields Kinsman ex. Allsatin Swedish Love Affair.
Royal Romance, "Tracy", is by Ch Airescot Ruby Rascal ex. Ch Airescot Royal Occasion.

Due to the new rule for all Sighthounds in Sweden, a qualifying CC must be gained at a show
arranged by the Swedish Sighthound Club. That's why these two Whippets have not yet qualified for their titles,
in spite of fulfilling all other requirements.

"Tracy" and Marie pictured at the show by Åsa Lindholm

August 21

The past weekend was one of the craziest of my doings so far,
but luckily also very successful and thus worth all the struggle.

*As Ross, our American Affenpinscher, has a docked tail there are not many countries
in which he can be shown to get qualified for his International title.
So far he has 17 CACIB's in Sweden, one in Finland, only thanks to the dispensation
for docked dogs given at the European World Winner show last year.

In the Baltic countries dogs with docked tails are still allowed to be shown,

so Friday evening Ross and I flew to Estonia and the International All Breeds show in Tallinn.
We arrived a couple of hours after midnight, and after very few hours of sleep at a hotel facing a night club

we went to the show, where Ross won the CC, CACIB and BOB and was thus qualified for his International title.

As our flight back to Sweden was in the late afternoon we couldn't stay for the group judging,

but got home reasonably early for some more hours of sleep, before driving off at 6.00 a.m.

to the Swedish KC All Breeds show in Nyköping, to which show Ross

and our 11 months old Affen bitch Winterkloud Frejya were entered and were to be judged first in our ring at 9.00 a.m.

Of the18 Affenpinschers entered Ross was again Best Dog, Frejya was Best Bitch winning her second CC from Junior Class,

and then she was BOB over Ross and later even pulled out in the Group!

She is the second bitch ever to have beaten Ross for BOB in Sweden. Our breed judge was Svante Frisk, Sweden.

*Our Whippet news from the past weekend are from England and Norway.

At the East Anglian Whippet Club Championship show Ch Airescot Ruby Rascal was entered in Veteran Class.
17 Veteran Dogs and 11 Veteran Bitches were entered, and Rascal won Best Veteran in Show!

At two small shows in Norwegian Mo i Rana a dog fram Rascal's first ever litter, born in 2001,
and a bitch from his latest Swedish bred litter produced by AI in 2005 were BOB and BOS.

BOS was the dog Ch Courtbourne Ramazotti, bred in Norway ex. Ch Paper Moon's Parisian Mamsell,

BOB and winner of the Sighthound Group was "Zaffran", Ch Airescot Royal Rose ex. Ch Airescot Royal Occasion.

Her straight road to Nordic champion titles was described in the July 23 Update below.

The same owner's bitch puppy Airescot Splendid Sunday, pictured below, a litter sister to "Merit" and "Blåå"
bragged about in my August 8 and August 13 Updates, was BIS-4 Puppy Saturday and BIS-3 Puppy Sunday.

August 13

More brags about Airescot Whippets:

*Today, from an entry of more than 200 Whippets at the All Breeds Championship Show at Bournemouth, England,

Ch Airescot Ruby Rascal, now seven ýears old, won the Res. Dog CC
beaten for the CC by his son Osterfen Diamond At Silenko (ex. Ch Osterfen Amber Nymph)

winning his first CC and BOS.

*At the Swedish Whippet Club Annual Meeting in connection with the Breed Specialty in July
the bitch Airescot Jenny Lind (Ch Sportingfields Jazz Fest ex. Ch Paris Beatrix of Tiber), owned by Jeannette Lindblad and Peter Vecht,

and the dog  Airescot Primetime (Ch Carmodey Prima di Tutto ex. Ch Airescot Serene Silver), owned by Johanna Roos and David Sehlberg
were awarded the much coveted Triple Prize. Well done, dogs and owners, you do not win this prize without hard work!

*At the Swedish Sighthound Club Specialty in Visby in the beginning of July I was just told
that Ch Airescot Sapphire Stallion (Ch Statuesque Extortion ex. Ch Lorricbrook Monopoly)

won Best In Show with his Progeny Group, judged by Frank Kane. Congratulations to the proud owner of "Dennis", Birgitta Linderoth.

*At the SKK International Show in Ronneby Saturday Airescot Harris (Skräddaregården's Spicey Lion ex. Collooney Dancing Queen)
was third Best Dog from Junior class, handled by Carl-Emil Nettelman for his grandmother.

*The last brag today is about 4 months old Airescot Sunday Suntan, "Blåå",

 BIS-2 Puppy at the Swedish Sighthound Club Specialty in Umeå yesterday.
He's a litter brother of "Merit", bragged about below, and is proudly owned and handled by Elisabeth Magnusson.

This snapshot proves, that he doesn't mind moving in the rain.

August 8

Great news from South Africa about Airescot Sunday Sunrise, "Merit"

(Airescot Broadway ex. Ch Collooney Winner Takes It All)

"Merit" has made his debut in the show ring at the tender age of 4½ months,

where he wasn't only BOB Baby Whippet Puppy.
He was also BOB Whippet over the adults, and then went on to win the Hound Puppy Group!

Congratulations to his owners Rosemary and Peter Smith (Smithvale Whippets).

August 1

Just about to recover after a very hectic weekend with the Annual Swedish Whippet & Sighthound Specialties
plus the Annual Swedish Affenpinscher Specialty.

*Some 270 Whippets were entered both days. Such an enormous competition taken in account,
we were very pleased that "Taksi", our Irish bitch Ch Collooney Winner Takes It All,
was 5th Best Bitch in show at the Whippet breed Specialty, where Ch Airescot Red Redee,

now 11 years old, was BIS Veteran, and that Taksi at the Sighthound Specialty was 4th best Whippet bitch.
 

Other well placed Airescot Whippets were Airescot Broadway, Airescot Cyber Dragon,
Airescot Dark Magician, Airescot JJ and Airescot Primula. Congratulations to their owners and handlers.

Whippet judges this year were
Ian Doherty, Martinique, Australia and Jackie White, Baldrey, England.

*At the Affenpinscher Specialty almost 50 Affens were entered under Swedish Breed Specialist Siv Jernhake.

We had the most fantastic day with "Ross", Ch Yarrow's Jungle Jim, winning Best In Show,
and our British import Winterkloud Frejya, winning Best Opposite Sex from Junior Class.

From Intermediate Class our "Micki", Terrietype I'm Jane Airescot,
from Ross' first Swedish bred litter, was fourth Best Bitch.

Go to Micki's page to see a couple of pictures of her and Petter Fodstad.

Again I must thank my ex-husband Petter for helping me make our Affens so well presented,
and this time he was even there himself to give a hand with the handling.

In pouring rain the picture below was kindly taken by Per Klang

July 23

Congratulations to UllaBritta and Anna Ideryd for their achievements with their young bitch Airescot Royal Rose

(Ch Airescot Ruby Rascal ex. Ch Airescot Royal Occasion).

In Pello, Finland, this past weekend she gained her qualifying Finnish CC, which, together with her Swedish and Estonian CC's,
makes her not only a Finnish but also a Swedish and Estonian Champion.
She has also gained enough CACIB's in three countries during more than the required year

to make her an International Champion as soon as it has been confirmed by the FCI.
In Norway she has already gained two CC:s but so far none after her second birthday,
which is required for the champion title, but it seems rather likely that she'll soon also become a Norwegian champion.

At the show in Pello, Zaffran, as she is called, did not only win the CC, but also BOB
and in the afternoon judge Moa Persson gave her the Sighthound Group!

What more can a breeder expect from a puppy buyer?

July 17

Two pieces of news, forgotten yesterday:

*At the American Affenpinscher National Specialty a week ago

Ross' litter brother Ch Yarrow's Action Jackson won Best In Show,
owned and handled by his breeder Beth Sweigart. Congratulations to them!
The previous weekend Beth was in Sweden,
where she judged Affenpinschers at the Swedish Kennel Club All Breeds Show in Borås.

*June 23 and 24 our whippet Sporting Fields B&W Airescot appeared in two of his rare shows,

this time at a Sighthound Specialty in Denmark, where he won the CC both days.

Judges were Mr and Mrs Knoll from Brazil.

July 16

Now happily recovered from some major surgery I'll publish news from two shows.

*The most sensational and perhaps once in a lifetime happening took place at the SKK Int Show in Borås, July 1st,

where Geir Flyckt Pedersen, US, judged the breed and his five Best Dogs all happened to be bred by Airescot:

Airescot Broadway gained his third CC, which would have made him a champion, if a new rule in Sweden hadn't required

that one of the qualifying CC's must be awarded at a Sighthound Club show. Broadway is owned and handled by Elisabeth Magnusson.
Second best dog was Airescot Cyber Dragon from Intermediate Class, owned by Johanna Roos and David Sehlberg,

handled by Johanna. Third best dog was his litter brother Airescot Dark Magician, owned and handled by Pernilla Åhs.

Fourth best dog was a litter brother to Broadway, Airescot Fifth Avenue, owned and handled by Allette Boos,
and, finally, fifth best dog was Ch Airescot Silver Sensation, also owned and handled by Pernilla Åhs.
These five dogs represented three different combinations.

The first four went into the big ring to compete with the 20 Breeder's Groups, where they were awarded
an honourable 5th place by Sue Goldberg, USA. Thank you to all the owners for keeping the Airescot flag flying without me!

*At Tvååker in Sweden there are always two Swedish KC shows for all breeds, one National, one International.
They took place last weekend and we were there with our Whippet bitch Ch Collooney Winner Takes It All,
shown for the first time since her litter born in March. She was second best bitch both days, judged by Dan Ericsson

(his first Whippet appointment in Sweden) and Svante Frisk resp.

*Ross, our Affenpinscher, had two good days at Tvååker and was BOB and placed in his huge group both days.
Breed judges were Ann Horan, GB and Diane Anderson, US. Group judges were Marit Sunde, Norway and Diane Anderson.

And our Winterkloud Frejya was first time out as a Junior after her many wins as a puppy.

She was awarded her first CC and BOS by Diane Anderson.

*Finally we must brag about several of Ross' young progeny having won their first CC's.

His youngest offspring is our Airescot Peer Gynt, now six weeks old and trotting off happily as in the snapshot below.
His dam is our Schnaffentangens Gimmi Gimmi.

June 18

*Today Airescot Peer Gynt opened his eyes and says hello to the world.
 

Saturday his sire "Ross" had a another good day, this time at the SKK All Breeds show in Avesta,
winning BOB and second in group. Jahn Stääv judged the breed. Group judge was Nina Karlsdotter.
BOS to Ross was Peer Gynt's aunt, Schnaffentangens Glade Gunda, winning her first CC from Intermediate class.

*Good news also from England, where Ruby Rascal's daughter Ch Oakbark Mystery Romance at Brownsover
(ex. Ch Oakbark Mystical Pride) won her fourth CC, BOB and second in Hound Group
at the Border Union Agricultural Society Championship show.

Mrs. Ledger, Tradewind Whippets, was the breed judge. The Hound Group was judged by Frank Boswell.

Congratulations to breeders and owners!

June 13

*June 5 the first ever Airescot Affenpinscher was born.
In honour of his Norwegian bred dam, Schnaffentangens Gimmi Gimmi, his name will be Airescot Peer Gynt.

His proud sire is our "Ross", Ch Yarrow's Jungle Jim.

*From Rosemary Smith, Smithvale Whippets, I just received a picture of Airescot Sunday Sunrise, "Merit",
taken just after his arrival in Johannesburg, South Africa.

I couldn't resist matching it with a puppy picture of his grandfather Airescot Ruby Rascal, taken by Annika Janson.
 I find their similar, sweet expressions quite irresistible,

and I'm so relieved to see that "Merit" looks as relaxed and charming as ever, even after his long flight.

                                                               "Merit" at 11 weeks                                                                                         Rascal at 7 weeks

May 28

Almost a month now since last Update, sorry about that.

* Most of Taksi's puppies have left for their new homes.
Spring Sunday has gone to Anita Hansen in Norway, Splendid Sunday is staying in Sweden

with UllaBritta Ideryd, who already is the owner of two Airescot bitches.

Sunday Surprise is also staying in Sweden with Jenny Orvarsson, Orust,

and Sunday Suntan has gone to Elisabeth Magnusson to join his sire, Airescot Broadway.

Tomorrow morning Sunday Sunshine is leaving for Zita Bretka in Hungary, who already has Airescot Miracle Fusion,
and on Wednesday Sunday Sunrise goes to Rosemary Smith, Smithvale Whippets, in South Africa,
whose Ch Airescot Emerald Expression, now seven years old, has been a most successful stud dog.

To see the latest snapshots of Sunshine and Sunrise go to Whippets/Breeding.

*Our Affenpinschers have been to a few shows and have done very well in good competition.
"Ross" is so far this year unbeaten in the breed in Sweden, and so is Winterkloud Frejya, our bitch puppy.

They were both shown at the Swedish KC All Breeds Show at Österbybruk outside Stockholm May 12,

where Hans Almgren judged the breed. Frejya was pulled out among some 60 puppies of All Breeds,

and Karl-Erik Johansson gave Ross an honourable second place in his huge group.

Yesterday, at a Swedish Schnauzer-Pinscher Specialty, Ross and Frejya were again BOB and BOB Puppy resp.

judged by Anita Whitmarsh, Sweden, and in the finals, judged by Torbjörn Skaar, Sweden,
Frejya was BIS Puppy and Ross was BIS-2! A great day for the breed and for us!

To see Helena Norling's pictures of Ross and Frejya, go to their pages!

April 29

Today six weeks old Taksi's puppies by Spike have enjoyed another Sunday,
much appreciating not to be stacked, but instead being allowed to run wild and free in the sun.
To see some snapshots go to Whippets/Breeding.

April 22

Today, when five weeks old, Taksi's Sunday puppies by Spike
have been pictured when stacked for the first time, more or less against their will.
To see the result go to Whippets/Breeding.

April 15

Today Taksi's Sunday litter is four weeks old.
So far no attempt to take stacked-up pictures,
but if you would like to see what the puppies look like when eating eagerly
go to Whippets/Breeding.

April 9

As always at Easter we have the Swedish KC International All Breeds Show in Stockholm
and the prestigious competitions Veteran of Veterans and Champion of Champions,
to which the top winners at the previous year's Swedish KC shows are invited.

We were extremely proud that "Ross", our Affenpinscher, was invited to Champion of Champions,
one of only five from his huge group, and a first time ever for his breed to be represented here.

In the breed ring "Ross" was again BOB with CACIB (his 15th !),
and we were happy to introduce our latest addition to this delightful breed at her first show.
Six months old Winterkloud Frejya, imported from England, made a successful debut in Puppy Class
winning BOB Puppy. She was also later pulled out in the final.

April 1

Today Taksi's Sunday puppies by Spike are 14 days old.

They have now been given their Sunday names and have also been pictured one at a time,

even if still only thriving lumps, just about to open their eyes.

To see them go to Whippets/Breeding.

March 23

Only a few days ago we were happy to report on the birth of a lovely Whippet litter.
Today we are very sad to report on the death of the great great grandfather of these puppies,

 our beloved "Irish", US Int Ch Sporting Field's Irish Mist.

He had just celebrated his 13th birthday, but for some time now he has not been well,
so we decided that we would not let him suffer after having lived such a long and wonderful life.

For many years Irish has been living with Pernilla Råberg and Peter Mellström,
who have given him the best life a dog could wish for.

Irish has been a very influential stud dog, and many breeders have appreciated to have him

in the pedigrees of their breeding. Most of his progeny have inherited his strength,

his beautiful head & expression, and his special charisma and alert show temperament.

The picture below, taken by Åsa Lindholm, has always represented the Whippet breed on our website.

Irish will be greatly missed but never forgotten.

March 19

Yesterday, Sunday, March 18, Taksi quickly and successfully whelped her litter by "Spike", Airescot Broadway.

For more first pictures and information go to Whippets/Breeding.

February 26

From Norway we just received this lovely picture of Schnaffentangens Rosso Zorro and Schnaffentangens Rossa Lita,

now three weeks old puppies by our "Ross" in his latest litter

 bred by Grete Hansen and Frank Torkildsen, Norway, ex. Ch Schnaffentangens Nille.

February 25

A few short notes before this short, snowy month comes to end.

*A couple of weeks ago at an Áll Breeds Show in Norway five Affenpinschers were entered

and judged by Jean Lanning. As winners of the Bitch CC with BOB and second Best Bitch

Mrs Lanning chose two litter sisters from Junior class, Terrietype I'm The Last Puppy

and  Terrietype I'm Á Jungle Virus. They are sired by our American import Ch Yarrow's Jungle Jim, "Ross",

in his first born litter in Scandinavia ex. Ch Anzolas Tiril, bred in Sweden by Anita Andersson

and both owned in Norway by Alfred Hove. Congratulations to breeder and owner!

*A second piece of good news is that "Taksi", Ch Collooney Winner Takes It All,

is definitely in whelp. The litter is expected around March 20.

The sire of this litter, Airescot Broadway, was shown today in Intermediate class at a Swedish Sighthound Specialty

near Stockholm, judged by Espen Engh, and was placed Second Best Dog,

another lovely win for this young male, owned and handled by Elisabeth Magnusson.

For more information, pictures and pedigree of the expected litter, go to Whippets/Breeding.

January 19

Just back from the short but nice judging trip to Florida I have two pieces of news, one is sad, one is exciting.

*The sad piece of news for all those who are waiting for a puppy from our Norwich Terrier bitch Airescot Pamela Mitford is

that she did not conceive. We thought she was pregnant, but no. It was to be expected, though, as she was mated too late.

*In Whippets the exciting piece of news is that "Taksi", Ch Collooney Winner Takes It All,
was bred yesterday to the young Airescot Broadway. This is a change of breeding plans.
For more information, pictures and pedigree go to Whippets/Breeding.

January 11

Before leaving for the US tomorrow for a judging appointment at the Florida circuit
I'll just quickly report on a couple of quite successful days for the Airescot Whippets

as well as for our Affenpinscher Ch Yarrow's Jungle Jim in Gothenburg last weekend.

*At the Swedish KC All Breeds National show our young boy Airescot Broadway (Ch Sporting Fields Kinsman ex. Allsatin Swedish Love Affair)
won the CC from Intermediate Class and was Best Male. He's co-owned and handled by Elisabeth Magnusson.
First time out in Open Class Airescot Royal Romance (Ch Airescot Ruby Rascal ex. Ch Airescot Royal Occasion)

was second Best Bitch, owned and handled by Marie Gellerstam.

 Int Ch Airescot Red Redee (Ch Sporting Fields Irish Mist ex. Ch Oakbark Mercia), a couple of weeks before her 11th birthday

was 5th Best Bitch, Best Whippet Veteran and Fourth Best Veteran all the breeds on that day in the final ring.

*At the Swedish Sighthound Specialty also held during the same weekend in Gothenburg

Ch Airescot Silver Sensation (Ch Statuesque Extortion ex. Ch Airescot Royal Occasion) was Best Male.

He's owned and handled by Pernilla Åhs. Airescot Broadway was third Best Male, BOB Whippet Intermediate and BIS-5 Intermediate.

From Junior Class Airescot Cyber Dragon (Sportingfields B&W Airescot ex. Ch Collooneý Winner Takes It All)

was BOB Junior Whippet and BIS-4 Junior. He is owned by David Sehlberg and Johanna Roos and was handled by Johanna.

Finally a young daughter of A. Silver Sensation, Bokellas Ocean's Twelve ex. Bokellas Pansy Parkinson,

bred, owned and handled by Siv Ögren, was BOB Whippet Puppy.

*Another good weekend for our Affenpinscher Ch Yarrow's Jungle Jim.  He was BOB at the National as well as

at the International KC All Breeds show and was placed No. 5 in his Group the first day and made the cut of 8 the second day.

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UPDATES 2006

December 21

Christmas is very soon over us, and then a new year is waiting around the corner, so perhaps time for a sum up.

2006 has been a year of almost too much travelling for me, Nenne, with big and exciting judging appointments

in Sweden as well as in England and the US.

The Swedish Top Winning Lists in Various Breeds are now being published,

and we are just as surprised as pleased to see that Airescot is placed 2nd among the Top Winning Whippet breeders.

As we have hardly shown any Airescot Whippets ourselves this year,

we have not contributed much to this result - apart from breeding the dogs, that is.

So we want to say Thank You and Well Done to the owners of several Airescot Whippets
who have kept the Airescot flag flying during 2006!

In Norwich Terriers we have been almost totally absent in the rings ourselves, and we have bred one single puppy!

Very few Airescot Norwich Terriers have been shown during 2006.

It all boils down to the fact that, when at home, we have been concentrating on our new breed, the Affenpinscher.

We have been quite captivated by these small, smart and sporty little clowns,

and we are very proud that our American import Champion Yarrow's Jungle Jim

has had such a fantastic year in the Swedish rings, winning a couple of BIS- placements at All Breed Shows, several groups
and a great number of group placements in hardest possible competition.

People say that "Ross" has put the breed on the map in Sweden. They may be right,

and if so we are very pleased to be involved in such a contribution to the breed.

In any case all these wins have made "Ross" Sweden's Top Winning Affenpinscher 2006,

and we want to thank Beth Sweigart and Letisha Wubble for letting us have this great little dog

and Petter Fodstad for keeping his coat in order between the shows.

If you go to Breeding, you can see that we hope for litters in all our three breeds during 2007.

Finally, we wish you all

A MERRY CHRISTMAS

AND

A VERY HAPPY AND SUCCESSFUL 2007

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December 5

Last night Håkan Lagerström, Oakshaw Whippets, Sweden, the owner of Ch Airescot Red Rum,

brought me the sad message that "Ram" had been kindly put down after some time having suffered from kidney problems.

Ram was one of the three males in the remarkable litter by Multi Ch Sporting Fields Irish Mist ex. Ch Oakbark Mercia,

born in January 1996, so in a month's time it will be 11 years ago.

Ram was indeed a whippet of all arts. Apart from being a lovely companion and a show champion

he was an excellent racer and courser. In 2004 he received the Swedish Whippet Club's very coveted Triple Prize,

having achieved merits in five sports, even though only three are required for the prize.

During 2006, at the age of almost 11, he managed to become a Blood Trial Champion.

Thank you, Håkan, for giving Ram such a happy, exciting and successful life!

The picture below was taken by Malin Westlie at the Stockholm show in December 2004, when Ram was shown in Veteran class.

Sadly enough Ram never had any progeny, but his litter brothers Ch A. Red Rooster in Argentina

and Ch A. Red Robin in Norway, as well as his litter sisters Ch, A. Red Riding Hood in Greece and

Ch A. Red Redee with the Airescots in Sweden have all been bred from successfully

and now appear in many predigrees around the world, so Ram's genes will not be lost.

Red Robin, Red Riding Hood and Red Redee are still going strong.

November 26

*November 21 our Norwich Terrier bitch Airescot Pamela Mitford (2 CC's from Junior Class)

was bred to Ch Porrigito Åkej. For more information and pictures go to Norwich Terrier/Breeding.

*From Rita Van Heeren in Belgium we just received a couple of nice pictures taken at the World Show in Poznan.

To see the one of GB Ch Tonmawr La Petite Ballerina go to Rascal's progeny page.

To see the one of "Taksi", Ch Collooney Winner Takes It All, go to Taksi's page.

November 14

We are just back from the World Show in Poznan, Poland, where Airescot progeny made us very proud:
*Kristina Jerlin's Norwich Terrier bitch Int Ch Airescot Joy Bells (Ch Fairewood For Your Eyes Only ex. Airescot Such Is Life)
won BOB over some 50 Norwich Terriers, as always presented and handled by Susanne Andreasson, Sweden.

*Of some 170 Whippets the BOB-winner from champion class was GB Ch Tonmawr La Petite Ballerina,

Multi Ch Airescot Ruby Rascal's first British champion daughter. She was handled by her breeder/owner Paul Jones, England,

and was one of six to be pulled out in the Sighthound Group.

*Allette's Tosca (Airescot Winter Tale ex. Airescot Olympic Fest)  won the big Intermediate class,
bred, owned and handled by Allette Boos, Sweden.

*Our own Rascal daughter Ch Collooney Winner Takes It All got a nice fourth place of the 25 champion bitches.

October 20

Even if I'm just back from a fortnight in the US, it's unbelievable that I haven't updated my website for more than a month!

Time is no doubt running faster than I am.

*Now I have some great news from South Africa, where the Whippet bitch Ch Corandy Jadore of Smithvale,

Hound of the Year (Sporting Dogs Ass.) in 2004 and 2005, was invited to an event for BIS-winners

from the previous year. "Jade", as she is called, won this competition and is Supreme Dog 2006!

She now has a daughter, who is winning Groups and BIS-placements.

Why do I brag of this bitch, you may wonder. The reason is that she is sired by Ch Airescot Emerald Expression

(Ch Statuesque Extortion ex. Ch Airescot Emily Gray), exported to the Smithvale Kennels in South Africa as a puppy.

"Jade" was bred by Rosemary Smith's daughter Corinne, now emigrated to New Zealand,

but "Jade"has always stayed with and been campaigned by Rosemary, Smithvale Kennels.

To see pictures and read more about "Jade" go to http://www.showdogs.co.za

In the right hand bottom corner of the ad about her, which was one of her prizes, click on "Jade's page".

*Also good news from the International All Breeds Show in Uleåborg, Finland,
where UllaBritta Ideryd's bitch Airescot Royal Rose, just having celebrated her second birthday,
won the CC with CACIB, BOB and Group IV, judged by Arne Foss, Paper Moon Whippets, Norway.
"Zaffran" is by Multi Ch Airescot Ruby Rascal ex. Ch Airescot Royal Occasion
and is a litter sister to Marie Gellerstam's Airescot Royal Romance, "Tracy", also well on her way to gain her champion title.

Go to Ocki's page to see recent pictures of Tracy and Zaffran.

*We have been asked about our breeding plans, for Whippets as well as for Norwich Terriers and Affenpinschers.

To see what we are hoping for during 2007 go to

 Whippets/Breeding,  Norwich Terriers/Breeding or Affenpinschers/Breeding

September 10

Today Frida's sons are 7 weeks old. To see new snapshots of them go to Whippets/Breeding.

September 7

"Beo", Sportingfields B&W Airescot, has sired two lovely litters lately.

At kennel Magic Colour Airescot Scented Silver gave birth to one male and four bitches August 21,

and at kennel Skarnbro Skarnbro's Dream Devotion whelped three males and five bitches September 4.

Five of these 13 puppies are black&white. For more details and pictures go to Beo's page.

September 4

Good news from England and Norway:

*At the City of Birmingham All Breeds Championship Show Friday

Rainer Vuorinen judged the Champion Stakes and gave Ch Airescot Ruby Rascal a third place,

but his winner was Rascal's first British Champion daughter Tonmawr La Petite Ballerina,

mentioned on this website many times earlier, e.g. in the August 21 Update.

*From two All Breed Shows in Narvik, Norway during the past weekend we have received nice results for 8 months old

Airescot Magical Explosion (Sportingfields B & W Airescot ex. Ch Collooney Winner Takes It All).

She won BIS Puppy both days! from some 60 and 90 puppies resp. Proud owner is UllaBritta Ideryd, Sweden.

To see a couple of snapshots from the event go to Taksi's page.

August 28

*Since his arrival in Sweden in January this year "Ross", the Affenpinscher, has been unbeaten in his breed,

but Saturday he was BOS at the Swedish Affenpinscher Club inofficial Specialty.

For more information go to his page.

*More good Whippet news from England where Ch Airescot Ruby Rascal's daughter Oakbark Mystery Romance at Brownsover

won her second British CC, with BOB and No. 4 in the Hound Group at the Scottish Kennel Club Championship show.

She is ex. Ch Oakbark Mystical Pride, bred by the Meakins and owned by A. Boughton-Leigh. Ferelith Somerfield was judging.

At the same show Mossbawnhill Cast No Shadow from the successful litter by Ch Airescot Bob Fest

ex. Rascal's daughter Collooney Mamma Mia, won Junior Dog.

He was bred by the Hunters and is owned by C. Martin.

August 24

Today Frida's almost 5 weeks old "three men in a boat"-puppies have been stacked for the first time.

To see the result go to Whippets/Breeding.

August 21

*This weekend at the Swedish KC Int Show in Norrköping "Ross", our Affenpinscher,

was again third in his group beaten by the same Newfoundland and Great Dane as several times before,
but this time he had more competition already in the breed than usually
as the top winning Affenpinschers from Sweden as well as from Norway and Finland were entered and beaten.

Breed judge: Sue Bruno, Australia. Group judge: Per Svarstad, Sweden.

*Great news from Ireland, where at the Hound Association of Ireland Championship Show yesterday

Mossbawnhill Better Man won BOB, with GB Ch Tonmawr La Petite Ballerina winning BOS.

The judge was Guy Jeavons, Canada. What makes these wins especially fascinating is that

Ch Airescot Bob Fest sired the BOB-winner, bred and owned by Mr & Mrs Hunter, Ireland,

 while Multi Ch Airescot Ruby Rascal sired the BOS-winner, bred and owned by Mr & Mrs Jones, England.

Below is a picture of the two from the show.

Good news, too, that the dam of M. Better Man, Collooney Mamma Mia,

a litter sister to our lovely bitches Ch C. Winner Takes It All and C. Dancing Queen (now having three lovely male puppies)

won the Green Star and CACIB at a previous International All Breeds Show, in Ireland,

judged by Dr Richard Greathouse, USA. Mamma Mia and her litter sisters are also sired by Ruby Rascal.

August 14

*We have forgotten to report on the latest achievements of our "Ross", the Affenpinscher,

so far unbeaten for BOB since his arrival in Sweden in January this year.

At the Swedish Schnauzer-Pinscher Specialty at Svenstavik August 5, "Ross" was BIS-4, and at the Swedish KC

All Breeds show the following day he was third in the huge group, to which he belongs in the FCI countries.

At the Swedish KC All Breeds show in Askersund August 12, he was again given an honourable 3rd place in the group.

Thanks to his great wins so far in 2006 he is currently Nr. 7 on the Swedish list of Top Winning dogs of All Breeds!

Quite amazing and unheard of for this breed in our part of the world, and thus worthy of bragging about.

*"Ross" has only been with us in Sweden for seven months, but has already sired 18 healthy puppies

from four litters, most of them bitch puppies! That is more than anyone could have dreamt of, and, in fact,

more than the Swedish Affenpinscher Club approves of. We hope to be able to introduce

a male with at least partly new blood to help up the situation.

From "Ross"' latest and, for the time being, last litter, born July 14th,

two lovely bitch puppies are still for sale. If you would be interested in buying one of them,

please let me know at nenne.runsten@telia.com and I'll forward your interest to their breeder.

To see 4-weeks-picture of the puppies go to "Ross"' page.

August 11

*Frida's three puppies are now almost three weeks old and have been amply named from Jerome K. Jerome's

"Three Men in a Boat": George, Harris and JJ.

To see snapshots of their heads go to Whippets-Breeding.

*Good news from Norway, where Norwegian champion Airescot Snow Storm

(Airescot Gold Fever ex. Paper Moons Panache)

had a great weekend at two all breed shows in Northern Norway August 5 and 6

winning BOB, Group-1 and BIS-2 day one, and BOB, Group-1 and BIS day two!

Breed, Group amd BIS judge day one was Frank Christiansen, Norway. Breed & Group judge day two was Kresten Scheel, Denmark.

BIS judge day two was Brenda Banbury, England.

Congratulations to proud owners Inger Lise Lindmark and Finn Arne Haugli!

August 2

Two most exciting days of judging Whippets at the "Skokloster Summer Show", now called the "Gripsholm Summer Show"

due to the change of show site and castle.

Jackie Bourdin, du Manoir de la Grenouillere Whippets, and I shared the judging between us,

Jackie judging bitches for the Whippet Club Breed Specialty, where I judged the males and Best In Show,

Jackie judging males and BOB at the Sighthound Club Specialty, where I judged the bitches.

At the official Sunday show critiques had to be written on every exhibit, so due to the big entry

Margaret Dixon, Millwold Whippets, was called in from England to judge all puppies and juniors, males as well as bitches.

Jackie and I didn't end up with the same winners, but her BOB was my second Best Male

and her Best Bitch was my second Best Bitch so we were not very far from each other.

To find that Saturday's BOS-winner is a daughter of a half brother to Sunday's BOB-winner,

and that Sunday's BOS-winner is a daughter of Saturday's BIS-winner was an extra bonus!

It was a great entry with so many beautiful Whippets to choose between, as always especially among the bitches,

and there were quite a few exhibits from Norway, Finland, Denmark, Germany and Italy to give the show an international flavour.

My perfect ring stewards, Conny Jansson and Caroline Appelfeldt, added to the joy of my day.

BIS-winner at the Whippet Breed Specialty was Multi Ch Sobresalto Jamiro Quai from Italy.

Best Bitch was Ch Siprex Siri from Norway. Photo: Pekka Nykopp

BOB at the Sighthound Specialty was Multi Ch Adagío Love Supreme, Sweden.

Best Bitch was Sobresalto Rendez Vous, Italy. Photo: Adagio

July 24

Yesterday, July 23, "Frida", Collooney Dancing Queen, gave birth to three male puppies, all solid red with white trim.

Unlucky for those of you, who were waiting for a bitch puppy from this litter! For more information go to Whippets-Breeding.

The snapshot below shows the puppies at the age of 12 hours.

We have also just received the pictures below of Airescot Royal Romance with her proud owner Marie Magnusson

being placed Group IV at Högbo last weekend, and of the young Airescot Broadway on the move to honourable placings.

For details of their breeding see Update of July 21.

July 21

A very successful but long and hot weekend for the Airescots at the Three International Shows

at Högbo Bruk, Sweden July 14-16.

*In Whippets we were pleased to see so many Airescots being well placed all three days.

Day 1: Second Best male  was Ch Airescot Bob Fest, owned by Elisabet Levén and Sven Westerblad.

Fifth Best male was Airescot Broadway (Ch Sporting Fields Kinsman ex. Allsatin Swedish Love Affair)

from Junior class, owned by Airescot and Elisabeth Magnusson.

Third Best bitch and Best Veteran was Ch Airescot Red Redee and Fifth Best bitch

was Airescot Royal Romance (Ch Airescot Ruby Rascal ex. Ch Airescot Royal Occasion)

from Youth class, owned by Marie Magnusson.

Day 2: Best male and BOS Ch Airescot Bob Fest, Fifth Best male again the young Airescot Broadway.

Best bitch, CC, CACIB, BOB and Group 4 the young Airescot Royal Romance,

Best bitch 2 Ch Collooney Winner Takes It All and Best bitch 5 and Best Veteran Ch Airescot Red Redee.

Day 3: Best male 3 Ch Airescot Bob Fest.

Best bitch, BOB, CACIB and Group 4 Ch Collooney Winner Takes It all

and Best bitch 3, BOB Veteran and BIS 5 Veteran Ch Airescot Red Redee.

Airescot won BOB Breeder's group all three days but they did not compete in the finals.

*In Affenpinschers our "Ross" was BOB with CACIB all three days,

followed by one Group 2 placement, one Group 4 and one making the cut of eight.

So all in all a most memorable weekend!

July 6

Whippet news:

*Taksi's litter sister Collooney Dancing Queen has been bred to Skräddaregårdens Spicey Lion.
Her litter is expected mid July. For pictures and pedigree go to Whippets/Breeding.

*A third puppy from Ch Airescot Ruby Rascal's litter ex. Ch Oakbark Mystical Pride has won a British CC.

This time it was Oakbark Magical Cracker at Chibuko JW winning the bitch CC at Windsor Championship show last weekend,

The Res. CC went to another Rascal daughter, Ch Tonmawr La Petite Ballerina JW.

Norwich Terrier news:

Nord Ch Airescot Ada Lovelace has been bred to the young Finnish bred Patchwork Mr Ginger Nut, both are red.

Litter expected end of August. Pedigree.