Bitches Open Class, with 3rd from left Marina and her BagrijanaFrom Friday 1st till Sunday 3rd May sight hound lovers from Austria, Croatia, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Slovenia and Switzerland gathered up with their best hounds for what turned out to be one of the most exciting, interesting and pleasant events ever to be held on Italian soil. And what a soil: the sweetly sloping hills right at the shores of the Garda Lake, surrounded by olive, pine, cypress and oak trees towering over laurels and magnolias, with the old castle of Padenghe framed against the silhouette of the Alps, the top of which was still covered with snow, while a glorious sun announced the arrival of the Mediterranean summer.
This is where a 2-days Club Show under specialist judges from Germany, Great Britain, Norway and Sweden took place, plus an action-packed Sunday with breathtaking coursing by the most athletic of the entries. And this is where I had the privilege of assisting the President of the German Sight Hound Club, Mrs. Frieda Schwerm-Hahne as her interpreter and ring steward. I am most grateful to Mrs. Schwerm-Hahne for all the things I've learned, the details I became aware of, the subtleties I was able to catch. It was an honour and a pleasure.
My thanks also go to all the many friends - old and new alike - who were there to share these emotions with me, and especially to discuss dogs, discuss dogs, discuss more dogs... :-)
Making sure we're talking about the same thing :-)
This is where a 2-days Club Show under specialist judges from Germany, Great Britain, Norway and Sweden took place, plus an action-packed Sunday with breathtaking coursing by the most athletic of the entries. And this is where I had the privilege of assisting the President of the German Sight Hound Club, Mrs. Frieda Schwerm-Hahne as her interpreter and ring steward. I am most grateful to Mrs. Schwerm-Hahne for all the things I've learned, the details I became aware of, the subtleties I was able to catch. It was an honour and a pleasure.
My thanks also go to all the many friends - old and new alike - who were there to share these emotions with me, and especially to discuss dogs, discuss dogs, discuss more dogs... :-)
Making sure we're talking about the same thing :-)
4 comments:
Thank you very much Stefano for these wonderful days we passed ALMOST together. I'm sorry I didn't say goodbye but we had a long car trip to do. I hope you've enjoed this "holiday" as much as we have.
See you soon.
Marina
Hi Marina, was good to see you there... How does it feel to win a BOB at the Club Show, you profi handlers are being spoiled from the start :-)
Big hug, Stef
Wow, how nice ... Very international! The story is lovely and makes me want to go there one day and have a look for myself ;-)))
Thanks Deb! About the story: Yes it was a real privilege to go hunting with Martin the Shark. And the West of Ireland is simply unique for sight hound people!
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