Page 59 - Chow Life - Spring 2018
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Judge Critique
Mrs. Melchoir
Chow- Chow at World Dog Show
in Leipzig (Germany) 2017
I would like to give you my personal impressions
of the World Dog Show and German Winner
Show in Leipzig (Germany ) November 2017.
As invited judge to these two events that I
accepted with big pleasure, I can only congratulate
the German organizer VDH for this fantastic work
they have done to make this event unforgettable.
From Wednesday 8th to Sunday 12th of
November , 31115 dogs participated , not included
the many dogs presented at the club shows.
The halls were big and the rings were of very
WDS17_World JuniorWinner17-Peter Pan von WDS17- World Junior Winner 17- Isamashii large size , so that there was no problem to see
Mien-Shan_Best Junior of the breed Shensi each dog moving in a very acceptable condition.
I had the big honor to judge at the German
Winner Show on Wednesday the following breeds:
Schapendoes, Giant Schnauzer pepper and salt,
Schnauzer pepper and salt, Black Schnauzer and
the miniature Schnauzer in white. And at the end
of the day, I got the honor to judge group 2 in the
main ring, where I put up a Leonberger.
Friday, was the day , when group 5 was judged at
the World Dog Show . 131 Chow- Chows, males
and females were presented to Mr. Schwarz and
to myself. I judged the Chow- Chow females with
a lot of pleasure. The females were all presented
in good condition and the exhibitors were very
friendly and accepted my decisions with fair-play.
The work of the stewards and secretary was very
professional .Unfortunately, I couldn´t follow the
competition for best of breed and best of opposite
sex chosen by Mr. Schwarz. I had to go to another
ring for judging the Swedish Lapphund and the
Lapponian Herder. But at the end of the day, by
WDS17-World Veteran Winner 17 _Honiland following the selections in the main ring, the
Exclusive Black Smooth WDS17- World Veteran Winner 2017- Liusu-
Ai-Lin - Best Veteran Chow- Chow got 3rd place on the podium.
Sunday was the last day of this really big
event and I judged the Miniature Schnauzer
females in black and silver. 93 females were
presented and the pleasure, that I had the
days before, was the same and I enjoyed each
minute of this show.
Best female, World Winner:
Bon Triumph Tiffany
Breeder and owner:
Marina Vekovishcheva
from Russia
Judge:Melchior Marie-Josée
WDS17-BOB-WORLD WINNER17-BIG5 from Luxembourg
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