Lithuania shows

Last weekend we made a road trip to Vilnius, Lithuania for the Lithuanian Winner and Vilnius Cup shows with Lumi (Candida's October Opal), Moriz (Candida's Moody Blues) and Aida (Exclamation Rose Kiss).

On Saturday Moriz was placed 2nd best male and earned a reserve-CACIB under judge Leila Kärkäs from Finland. He lost the CACIB to Russian Moonlight Show Magic Moment, who (fortunately for us) is already an International Champion, so Moriz actually got his very first CACIB. Aida was placed 4th best female.

Lumi was shown under judge Matti Tuominen, also from Finland, and was chosen best female, BOS, earned a CACIB and the Lithuanian Winner title, and therefore also became a Lithuanian Champion!

On Sunday judging Akitas was Denis Kuzelj from Bulgaria. Lumi lost best female to Lithuanian Okimi Megami Go Sveika, but since she was shown in junior class, Lumi once again got a CACIB and the title of Vilnius Cup Winner. Aida was once again placed 4th best female under Ychai Barak from Israel, Moriz won his class but wasn't placed in the best male competition.

Kouvola 5.3.

Damon (Candida's Always Be) made his official show debut last weekend at a group show in Kouvola, where Mr. Harry Tast from Finland was judging. Damon did great and was placed 2nd best male!

Candida's Always Be

Aida (Exclamation Rose Kiss) was also shown that day, she got an excellent and was placed 2nd in her class.

Exclamation Rose Kiss

Candida's Non-Stop Song

aka "Tuuli" is now 14 weeks old, and she is still looking for a home.

Tuuli etsii sijoituskotia Suomesta, mieluiten Etelä-Suomesta. Tuuli on nyt 14 viikkoa vanha ja on saanut ensimmäiset rokotuksensa. Jos olet kiinnostunut tarjoamaan sijoituskodin akitanartulle, ota yhteyttä Merjaan, candidas@candidas.fi tai 0400-716826.

edit 23.3.2011: Tuuli has found a great home from Kokkola, Finland!

 

 

 

 

Turku INT

Lumi (Candida's October Opal) was shown in Turku international show January 22nd under judge Peter Harsanyi from Hungary. She was placed best female, and got her 2nd CACIB from Finland. Now she is only missing one time-CACIB from her C.I.B.-title! We finally lost best of breed to Russian Kenshin-Ko-Go Royal Nippon Akitos, because, as the judge put it, Lumi likes to eat and was not in the greatest show condition at the time.

BOB Kenshin-Ko-Go Royal Nippon Akitos and BOS Candida's October Opal

Here's what Mr. Harsanyi had to say about Lumi:
Typical bitch with good size and bones. A little bit heavy. Nice feminine head. Good expression. Correct topline. Good forequarters and angulations. Correct presentation and character.

Meri (Afterglow Hail Mary) was shown the next day under judge Dorothea Hanlon-Carrol from Ireland. She was placed 3rd in the intermediate class.

She was also shown in Parkano group show February 6th, where she was placed best female 4th under judge Tarja Hovila from Finland.

Candida's Name of the Game

aka "Roku" moved to Ylöjärvi yesterday. Here he is before we took him to his new home.

 

 

Candida's Northern Lights

aka "Keiko" has moved to a new home in Estonia today. Here are some pictures of her at two months old, right before she left.

New website

We've finally managed to launch our new website. You can find it at candidas.fi/candidas. Unfortunately due to technical issues (me not being a skilled enough coder) it doesn't look right when viewed with Internet Explorer, so for all you Explorer-users, we advise you to switch to Mozilla Firefox.