Catching up year 2014

For me year 2014 was very exceptional. There are not enough words to explain what I have experienced. I decided to do a summary of Rickys wins and show in picture the top moments during the show year 2014 (better later than never)! Since the results achieved during november and december 2013 was counted in the Top Dog competition for 2014, I also want to present these results.

During year 2014 Ricky has won at international or all breed dog shows:

3 x BEST IN SHOW

12 x BIS-placements

20 x BEST IN GROUP

29 x BEST OF BREED

Ricky ended the year as #1 TOP DOG ALL BREEDS IN FINLAND 2014!

Ricky has indeed charmed hearts with his happy temperament and winning attitude. He has been recognized by breed specialists and allrounders with beautiful critiques. Thank you all for making this possible and true deep thank you to breeder Sirkka Sundström for trusting this amazing boy in my hands!!

In November 2013 Ricky won Res. BEST IN SHOW at the HUGE Jyväskylä international dogshow with over 5100 dogs entered. This show started the Top Show Dog competition (all breeds) in Finland.

In December 2013 Ricky did something I never thought could be possible. One weekend, three Winner shows and Ricky won Best In Show, BIS-2 and BIS-3. This was the biggest dog event the Finnish Kennel club has ever organized during their 125 years!! Over 23 000 dogs were entered for the whole weekend.

In February Ricky strike again! He won BEST IN SHOW – 3 out of 4300 dogs! Pictured with the Group judge Marja Talvitie. Photo by Salla Kuikka

At Vaasa INT show Ricky won reserve BEST IN SHOW out of over 2500 dogs! Pictured with BIS judge Anca Giura.

Photo by Vaasa KV 2014

In May Ricky won again reserve BEST IN SHOW at Helsinki INT show. In the picture with BIS judge Angel Garach Domech  

After the show we had a photo shoot with Petri Örling from Pasada (http://pasada.kuvat.fi/), and this picture above is one of the results.

Already in the beginning of the summer Ricky was leading the Top Show Dog competition (all breeds) with 203 points!!

At the Basset Specielty Ricky won BEST OF BREED and placed third in the BIS competition out of 14 different breeds

Ricky winning group at Kokkola INT. Copyright Ronja Sarasvuo

Kokkola  and Oulu weekend Ricky definitely took everything he could. First day he won the group at Kokkola int show. Best in Show was held on Sunday and as we were in Oulu the next day we could sadly not enter to the final. In Oulu on Sunday however Ricky ended the trip by winning BEST IN SHOW! Both shows had over 2400 dogs entered.

In Kuopio we had some amazing show days at the three international dog shows with about 3000 dogs entered every day! Ricky won Res. BEST IN SHOW and two times the group!

This happy picture was taken at Kouvola all breeds show where Ricky won reserve BEST IN SHOW. In the picture are BIS judge Petr Rehanek and breed&group judge Jan Coppens

One more day with fantastic results, excellent company and beautiful weather! Ricky GROUP WINNER and BEST IN SHOW-3 at Helsinki all breeds show with approximately 1700 dogs entered!

At Porvoo dog show in September Ricky won BEST IN SHOW out of 2700 dogs under Saija Juutilainen. After this show it was also confirmed that Ricky would be representing Finland at the Eukanuba World Challenge held in december! 

The Top Dog competition ended at Seinäjoki all breeds show with 3600 dogs entered. Superman Ricky won BEST IN GROUP under Markku Kipinä.

After Seinäjoki weekend I can officially say that I own the #1 Showdog all breeds in Finland 2014!!

Ricky has indeed charmed hearts with his happy temperament and winning attitude. He has been recognized by breed specialists and allrounders with beautiful critique. Thank you all for making this possible and true deep thank you to breeder Sirkka Sundström for trusting this amazing boy in my hands!!

Happy breeder Sirkka, Ricky and me when we got some beautiful prizes for Top Dog from Suomen Bassetkerho! Thank you!