Judging in Portugal

Last weekend was really intersting again. The Portugese Cavy Club (CAPI: http://capi-portugal.com/ ) invited me to judge on their show which was organized together with AVISAN, a big fair for the pet trade and breeders. The event took place in Santarém, a town north of Lisbon.
I was excited to judge in Portugal, as I had the idea that they are very strong in longhairs. Well, I did not have to be disappointed. There were some very strong classes, with several high quality animals. Grooming of the coat of the longhair breeds is also very professional here. I will write a show report (including details of all winners) soon, which will be available on my site (www.brentwoodhotel.hu).

I would like to thank all organizers of the show as well as all exhibitors who gave me the pleasure to judge their cavies.

Just a few photos here to show a few of my favourites:

My Best in Show lineup, 3, 2. and 1. place:

The same in a short video:

And the winner is...

Last weekend - another show. It was the Europe Show for poultry, pigeons, ornamental birds, rabbits and... CAVIES! This year, it took place in Nitra (Slovakia), really not far from Budapest, so it was evindent that we can not miss it.

It was nice to see so many cavies, arriving from various parts of Europe, from Sweden, Russia, Great-Britain, Holland, Germany, Austria, and certainly from Czechia and Slovakia.

The best part was to meet our "old" friends and we could meet some new ones, too! :o)

Brentwood Hotel + Impala cavies went to 5 Polish caviaries, and one alpaca baby arrived from Britain (who will stay here temporary).

BEST IN SHOW went to Viby's Amintha, a beautiful tortoiseshell-white sheltie from Sweden (breeder + owner: Lena Tysk). Congratulations!

(Thank you to Daniel Banasiak for the photo. It shows Amintha in her show cage, but it nicely reflects her qualities.)

Impala Evening Hope

Hope is 5 months old now, and I think she has matured into a really nice lady. She has a cute face, fantastic shoulders and topline.

Her father is Impala Antartis from a Dreiländereck - Cavatinas mating. Her mother is Lunabakelo Federica, from my friend Erika, one of the pioneers in longhair tans in Europe.

Hopefully, Hope will bring some tan-tris a bit later. :o)

Thanks a lot for her, Ioana!

2. show in November: judging in Brno

I had a very hectic but great day last Saturday. I was invited to judge all longhair breeds in Brno (Czechia). It was the first time I judged by the EE standards, and it was a very interesting experience.
I saw many outstanding cavies, it was a pleasure to comment on them. I met several nice people, too!
I would like to say a big "thank you" to all organizers of the show, all people who helped me so much with my work!

I can show you just a few photos now, but my detailed report with lots of photos will follow on my site soon hopefully.


Maybe my greatest surprize: a black Swiss Teddy. I was very pleased to see such an outstanding cavy in this really difficult breed. Showing quality overall, including her coat (!):
Rozárka Farma Kvítkovice (Breeder: P. Svarcová, Owner: V. Heinzová). Best in Show:



A very nice young coronet: Suleika vom Klostergarten (imported from Germany by Ms. Smolková):



And my absolute favourite of the day: Pacco vom Wuschelland, a silveragouti-white peruvain boar. I can not say too much about him: he is just the type of peruvian which I like so much.
It was nice to hear after the show that he has become Czech Champion with his result I gave him.

CONGRATULATIONS to his breeders Peer and Sabine Mannheim, and his owner Petra Rusnoková!

Busy November has started...

This November will be quite busy with a cavy show every weekend. We had our show in Budapest last weekend, then comes Brno (Czechia), then the EE show in Nitra (Slovakia), and finally the CAPI show in Portugal.

We had some very nice cavies in Budapest, which was confirmed by our judge Mr. Petr Tejml (Czechia), who judged all breeds by the EE standards on Friday and Sunday.

I was also pleased with the quality of my winners on Sunday. BIS and West of best went to a really promising young US teddy sow Clio of Piglet House (breeder + owner: Rita Hausknecht, Hungary). She won the same titles on Saturday, too.


Clio with some of her trophies (... and the proud judge) on Sunday. Yes, I liked her a lot! :o)



Clio with her litter sister Chalsey: