Very Special Gifts...

These are two of the gifts I received for Christmas this year. There are very special to me, because they are unique and come from owners of Brentwood Hotel cavies.
May a breeder wish for anyhting more?... :o)

MANY THANKS TO THE OWNERS FOR THE UNFORGETTABLE SURPRISES!

This is a mug with a portrait of Eija at Brentwood Hotel (Owner: Ági Juhász, Cobre Verde caviary):



This calendar was made by the Bajnóczi family, the owners of Wafer at Brentwood Hotel "Dönci" and Alex at Brentwood Hotel:

Christmas Special: some cards I received

The Whiteface Boys

These are the two new boys here. I was lucky to be able to keep two with a half-white face. It is nothing special, I just like it so much. :o)
They look so similar, even if they come from different lines:
Zero Gravity at Brentwood Hotel comes from Emporio Armani at Brentwood Hotel and Queenie vom Gotenholz,
Vita di Pasolini at Brentwood Hotel comes from Cavatina's Stacy and Bolshoi Theatre at Brentwood Hotel.

And this is their other side:

And now face to face:

Christina today

The first photos of "Kriszti" at the Hotel...
Just a little furball of a few weeks of age, but already looking great:

Christina arrived!

I received a very promising baby today. She is Blue Sky Christina, a little red-white sheltie girl, looking great and having a perfect pedigree.
Her Dad is Hamlet vom Distelrasen (Opal vom Hölkenbusch - Harmony von den Knuffels), Mom is Emma vom Hölkenbusch (Salomon Villa Gremlin - Ofra vom Dreiländereck).

Her brother, a red-white coronet boar stay at "Blue Sky".

Many thanks Vivien for letting me have her here!

These are the very first photos of Christina:

Last Show 2008.

Our last show this year was not a big one, but again, some excellent animals were shown. It was nice to se beautiful coronets, peruvians and alpacas or example.
I did not show too many animals, but it was not a bad weekend for us, either:

Zero Gravity at Brentwood Hotel (tortie-white texel boar, Baby Class):
1. in class (both days), Baby BIS 3 (Sunday), Best Brace (with "Shake") on Sunday

Shake the Disease at Brentwood Hotel (tortie-white texel sow, Saturday: Baby Class, Sunday: Junior Class):
1. in class, Best of Breed (both days), Baby BIS 2, Best Brace (with "Zero") on Sunday

I was very proud of the Brentwood Hotel cavies shown by other exhibitors:

Quincy at Brentwood Hotel (saffron-white sheltie boar):
CR, Best of Breed (Saturday)
Owner: Ilona Tóthné Glökler

Valentine at Brentwood Hotel (lilac-gold sheltie boar):
Best of Breed (Sunday)
Owner: Ilona Tóthné Glökler

Mindy von Werne (beige-white texel sow):
1. in class (Saturday), 2. in class (Sunday)
Co-owner: Katalin Kálazi

Many thanks to Katalin and Ilona for promoting the cavies so well!

A Tribute to Mandarin

I just noticed a nice surprise on Irina's site: a short tribute to "Mandarin":
http://www.piki-kvik.ru/stati.htm
You can see his photos and read his story there. The text is in Russian, so maybe it helps if I write a few lines here, too... :o)

Mandarin Cocktail at Brentwood Hotel (red-white texel) was born in 2005, and went to Irina Biletskaya (Piki Kvik caviary). He was a very promising baby, and I think we had a good eye for that: he had a great show carreer in Russia. Also, he produced several nice babies, his children and grand-children live in many caviaries.

His line (parents: Berlusconi at Brentwood Hotel - Chrissie von Piccolinos) is what I frequently use in my caviary: Berlusconi has had a great influence, and Mandarin's full sister (from a later litter), Xtra Piccolino at Brentwood Hotel still produces excellent offspring.
One of her youngest sons, Brother Grimm at Brentwood Hotel (father: Berlin vom Hölkenbusch) has just left to Irina to follow the steps of his uncle Mandarin after producing some very interesting litters here.

I am very greatful to Irina for taking such a good care of Mandarin, and promoting him so successfully. I wish her all the best with Grimm!

Show in St. Petersburg: 22-23. November

Great news from our friend Irina: she won 4 Best of Breed titels last weekend in St.Petersburg!
Also, Best Collection with Skinnies!
Judges: Evelyne van Vliet (GB) and Lena Willheimsson (S).

Congratulations to the success!

The photos below show the red-white Peruvian boar Piki Kvik Absolut (BOB)

Lunabakelo Regina

I received this photo from Erika (Lunabakelo caviary) today. It is Lunabakelo Regina, a black otter sheltie sow. I am very proud of her, as her mother is Hope and Darkness at Brentwood Hotel, a black texel sow (based on our imports from Irene von Werne and an English boar).

Thanks for the beautiful photo, Erika!

Rammstein left the Hotel

Rammstein went to my friend Ioana last weekend (Ioana sent me the below photos already. Thank you!). After spending 2 years here, Rammstein will support the Impala cavies.
His full name is Austrian Peruaner Rammstein, imported form a caviary which unfortunately stopped breeding lately. I am very pleased with his pedigree: made up from Dreiländereck and Hohen Stein cavies, he is also grandson of my favourite MaJa's Yaris.

Wishing him all the best for the future!

Very strong and very elegant at the same time: this is Rammstein:

Slaties from Bertolucci

This litter of slate blue and slate blue - gold argente babies was born today at the Impala caviary.
Father is Bertolucci at Brentwood Hotel.

Many thanks for the great photo, Ioana!

Skinnies at the Hotel!

We had special guests for a few days. Two skinny ladies arrived here last Wednesday. They spent a few days with us, just to relax after the long journey from Moscow. They looked really unaffected by the changes: they were calm and eating well. :o)
They made the second part of their trip yesterday, and arrived to their new owner Susanne Frank in Germany. Good luck to these great animals, Susanne!

Piki Kvik Fauna:



Piki Kvik Flora:



The girls in their new home already:

Sad Sunday: farewell to Reddie...

After years of trying to manage her sore pad on her right front foot, we had to give up finally... Reddie started having constant pain, so I decided to spare the long dying. So, it was our last trip to the vet today...
Reddie has a special story. I never wanted to breed Peruvians. Although I adore this beautiful and noble breed, I have never had enough room, time, etc. to start another breed - in addition to my beloved texels and shelties. In 2001, no real Peruvians existed in Hungary. Some friends of mine wanted to start them here then, so we went to Austria to look around. It is a difficult breed, we found lots of mediocre and faulty animals. BUT then we found a perfect little red mop! Yes, it was Reddie. My friends did not want to buy one only animal, because one animal is not enough to start a new breed, you know... But I was so pleased to see a perfect Peruvian (it was not the same situation as it is today!), that I did not want to leave her there... so, Red Royal vom Mozartweg moved to the "Hotel".
It was a pleasure to show her, she did lots of winning, and she also had a few litters later.
She had a great character: always calm and nice to other cavies.
Thanks to her, I will always love Peruvians, and it is a pleasure to me to see the quality present here nowadays.

R.I.P. dear Reddie

Photo session: the new babies growing...

In such a nice weather, I thought I would make a photo update on my young hopefuls. These are the babies I kept from the latest litters. Let's see how they develop...

We start with the girls:

Shake the Disease at Brentwood Hotel "Shake":


The following three girls, "Time", "Nice" and "Dress" all are from Cavatina's Stacy:

Time To Remember at Brentwood Hotel:


Twice As Nice at Brentwood Hotel:


Versace Dress at Brentwood Hotel:

Wannabe at Brentwood Hotel:

And this is the latest baby boy. A "whiteface" again, which I like so much. :o)

No approppriate name yet, but it will start with "Z":