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Pen and I embarked on a whirlwind tour of shows. Leeds, closely followed by Paignton. Our thanks to judges Catherine Buechler and Linda MacFadyen for thinking so higly of  Azi and awarding her Best Bitch. Bitch CC.

Azi had ace handler, Phillip Shaw, handing her at Leeds and they made the final cut of the Group. At Paignton. Pen and I shared the honour of handling her.

This completes her Championship title. We are so proud of this lovely girl. Our thanks go to Jana Fulierova for letting her come to the UK. Azi is a star!

Our show schedule has been hectic in June. Southern Counties was OK with 3rds for Flymo, with the judge commenting that he was giving away too much to the older dogs.

At Three Counties Flymo won 2 x 2nds and Azi was 2nd in Open.

At Border Union, both puppies were 3rd in their classes and Azi won Open, but got no further.

Blackpool ended the month on a high. Both puppies won their classes and Flymo was Best Puppy in breed and came a commendable 4th in a big Stakes class. Azi won Open.

Thanks to Phil Shaw for his handling prowess with Azi; the hot weather and having to show 4 dogs is taking it's toll on Penny and I. Blackpool in particular was a scorcher, with benches being a long way from the ring.

The July schedule is again hectic; we look forwards to it in anticipation. Must be mad..... :-)

A lovely show held in Windsor Great Park with Windsor Castle in the background, despite always having a commendable entry, we had no CCs there. It was a very hot day and the benches were no where near the ring meaning that we clocked up a lot of miles between us. I do not do well in hot weather. Anyway, the pups did their bit again, Flymo got a second with the judge being extremely complementary about his leg length, outline, style and movement. He just needs to body up. At  8 months. Abbi won a nice puppy bitch class and Roushka, Penny's veteran took her very well filled class. Traffic was good both ways, so a decent day all round

Tally came to Smiliesam to be shown and hopefully bred from. She has done some winning in the ring but is not everyones style of dog. Despite being mated 4 times, she has proved to be barren.

She needs a new home now. She is a delighful girl, if a little dominant, and loves people. If you think you can provide a suitable home for her, with lots of love, lots of exercise and lots of hard work grooming her big coat, give me a call. Only a very experienced home would be acceptable.

A glorious day at Bath for Penny and I. Pen won Bitch CC from Veteran with the lovely Roushka. Well done Penny! She also handled baby Flymo to win Minor Puppy Dog and Puppy Dog. And not forgetting a 1st and a 2nd with Abbi. Also to 3rd in the Minor Puppy Stakes for the little lad. Smashing!

At her first Ch show, Abbi was Best Puppy Bitch and qualified for the Puppy of the Year contest. Striker took 2 Seconds and qualified for Crufts.

Flymo got off to a later start but wowed us all at Redditch Open show being Best Puppy and Best of Breed, followed by Pastoral Puppy Group 3. At Coventry DCS at Stoneleigh, he won a strong AVNSC Pastoral Class and was BP, but then went on to top the Pastoral Puppy Group. He is a corker and gaining a growing fan club for his superb temperament, faultless movement and lovely breed type.

Their brother Striker who lives with Jana in Slovakia goes on with his winning ways taking Best Puppy Dog at the Samoyed Club of Slovakia specialty show. Well done Jana and family and Striker. He has fallen on his feet with you!

Smiliesam Strike Home has been making his mark in baby puppy classes at two dog shows in Slovakia and Austria. At the two day all breeds show in Nitra, he went Best Baby Puppy in Show. At the Nordic breeds show in Austria, he repeated the exercise! Two Best Baby Puppy in Shows at two shows! You can't get any better than that!  Well done to Jana and the lovely Striker!

His brother and sister 'come out' in the UK at the end of this month. Watch out for Flymo and Abbi!

We had a very satisfying Crufts this year with Sunni taking 1st in Special Yearling Bitch, Chase going 2nd in Veteran Dog and our visitor for the duration, Int Ch. Dutch Prince Yoshi & Us going 3rd in Open Dog. All classes were hotly contested. Our overseas visitors came complete with home made specialties which ensured we all had a happy time!

Prior to this, on a pre Crufts outing, Sunni went BOB and Group 2 at Sutton Coldfield. Sunni strikes again!

Jana returned to Slovakia after Crufts together with Striker, one of our precious Azi/Chase babes, while Abby used her considerable charms and persuaded Penny that she could not possibly part with her, so Stevenage gains another Sammy!

Flymo stays at Smiliesam and continues to amaze us with his gentle ways. We can't wait to get him in the ring!

On 27th October 2009, Azi presented us with three boys and a girl, courtesy of Chase! They are growing well and we are exceptionally pleased with them. At 17 weeks, Abbi has already strutted her precocious ways and won a training match evening, beating all the adults! Look out for these precious babes later in the year. Good luck especially to Shawn in Lytham and thanks to Linda Green for taking his owners under her wing.

I have returned from my first overseas judging appointment of the year in Estonia. I had a wonderful time and would recommend the country and dogs to any Samoyed Fanciers who like to travel! I will post a travel report shortly. Now I have to hope that Eurostar is running to get to Belgium!

I have been remiss in keeping my keen readers up to date with News! Sorry folks!

Sunni, under Penny's excellent tutelage, has been making her mark this year with some smashing wins under her belt. See her page (when I have done it!), but the culmination has to be the Res CC under Judge Robin Newhouse at the famous Birmingham National show.

Our latest trip has been to the World Samoyed Meeting in Slovakia, where we met up with old friends and made some new ones. There are dozens of photos on Facebook and on the WSM web site, some good and for the non-photogenic like me, some not so good! :-)  Judges for the Slovak Ch Show, John and Kathy Ronald had a terrific entry of 157 and made an excellent job of the quality dogs there.

We were delighted to see all the 'Yoshis', relatives of Azi and Sunni who are here with us in the UK.

Many congratulations to the WSM 2 Team who provided a memorable event for us. We hope to see you all again soon. And we are hoping to invite you to the UK in 2012 for the British version of this enjoyable and informative event..

My judging committments are already mounting up for next year, so how many shows we shall get to remains to be seen. However Penny will be flying the flag with her wonderful show team of Chase, Sunni and Roushka.(Astutus Carousel)