Otto Waalkes at Brentwood hotel

Otto (chocolate-gold-white) is growing well. I received his first junior photos from her owner Dorota Gebska.
His parents: Daniell at Brentwood Hotel - Impala Keesha.

Tamara at Brentwood Hotel

Tamara lives in Czechia with Veronika Heinzova. She is a red-white sow from Daniell at Brentwood Hotel and Mona von Werne.

Thank you, Veronika, for the first photos of Tamara!

Karmen CaviaDoro

Great news from the chocolate-gold-white daughter of Wendina at Brentwood Hotel: she won Baby Best in Show in Poznan (judge: Christian Koch, Germany). Many thanks for the great work to her breeder (owner of Wendina): Dorota Gebska!!!

New blog online!!!

I have made a very special blog for the ex-caviary Wuschelland (Sabine and Peer Mannhein, Germany).
I am sure their work will not just pass away with time, but will live further in excellent cavies in several countries.

With the help of my friends, the blog has started:

www.tributetowuschelland.blogspot.com

(It is just the beginning, so any further contributions are welcome!)

Please take a look if you are interested in Peruvians/Alpacas!

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:

Some new babies

Litter "A":
It is a very interesting litter, I was waiting for it very long. I used Hundertwasser Design at Brentwood Hotel (a tortie-white texel boar, who is on his way to Turkey now) to Lunabakelo Halloween, a tan-tri sheltie sow.
This litter included my first ever tan-tri baby, Alles Klar at Brentwood Hotel (sheltie boar, black/tan-red-white), and Art Nouveau at Brentwood Hotel, a very nice tortie-white sheltie sow.
Both these babies are offered for sale now.

Litter "B":

They are from Hundertwasser Design at Brentwood Hotel, too.

Their mother is Blue Sky Christina. "Christina" is 75% Hölkenbusch, with names on her pedigree as Octavia, Oklahoma and Opal vom Hölkenbusch, Consulea, Cruz and Ofra vom Dreiländereck and Red Rock Ionikos.

The texel boy is Barney Stinson at Brentwood Hotel, the sheltie girl is Big Girls Don't Cry at Brentwood Hotel. They definitely will stay at the Hotel. :o)

Well, Neshvill at Brentwood Hotel is not a real baby anymore, being 5 months old. But it was the first time I could take his photos today, so here he is! He is from Zero Gravity at Brentwood Hotel and Time to Remember at Brentwood Hotel.

New Arrivals 2.

Something very special arrived today: this is Pl.Ch. Xantane Sabine Dior, a peruvian sow.
I saw her a few times in Poland, and I was really happy as she was offered for sale. Her parents are Hubert Dior (from Fort York Albion) and S.Ch. Eternity's Sota, both great representatives of their breed.

I would like to thank her breeder Daniel Banasiak and previous owner Monika Szpychala for this lady.

And also here, I thank all my friends: Ioana, Sabine, Peer, Monika, Daniel, who all helped me with great animals to get a wonderful start in my "new" breed: THE PERUVIAN.
I really appreciate this, guys!!!! :o))))

New Arrivals

Two beautiful shelties arrived not long ago to strengthen my lines.

The goldagouti-white boar Roverstads Choctaw "Chokki" was born in Denmark, and he is in fact 100% Red Rock (his mother is Red Rock Attica, and his father Christmas Joy von Nitouche is from Red Rock Johnny Canuck and Red Rock Ionia).

His daughter Westendorp's Miss Saigon has very interesting animals on her mother's side. Her mother Westendorp's Miss Macclesfield is from MaJa's One in a Million (father: Red Rock Topas) and Lette vom Hölkenbusch (father: Tacoma vom Dreiländereck !!!)

Many thanks to Joyce Ruesink ("Westendorp") for these wonderful cavies, and to my Polish friends, Aldona and Katarina, for their help in shipping them from Holland to Hungary!

(Special thanks to Ilona Glökler, who called my attention to Chokki and Miss Saigon.)



Roverstads Choktaw:

These are the first baby photos of Chokki's daughter (about 1 month old). I couldn't say no... :o)

This is Miss Saigon at 3 months old. She is developing very nicely. Sorry for the coat (she is sitting in a girls' group), and the bad quality photos. Next time, they will be better, I promise.

The first Wendina-babies have arrived!

I received great news from Dorota (CaviaDoro caviary, Poland). Int.Ch, PlCh. Wendina at Brentwood Hotel has had her first litter: two chocolate-tri merino girls from Stach vom Schönen Tal.

Congratulations to the nice litter, and thanks for the photos, Dorota!

Vamp at Brentwood Hotel 06. 12. 2003. - 23. 09. 2009.

Vamp was a nice baby, and looked to be just the right one to continue my line of dilutes back in 2003. Her parents were Werner von Werne and Tróna Gyöngye Hanka (Hanka came form Brentwood Hotel lines). She had an interesting tri colour: beige-gold-argente/gold/white.

She had a few litters as a youngster, then she lived the quiet life of the oldies for her further years here at the Hotel.

R.I.P. Vamp!

Lots of babies for sale!

If you are interested in a Brentwood Hotel baby, just visit my other blog:

www.forsaleatbrentwoodhotel.blogspot.com

There are some pet quality babies and some with breeding prospect.


But this is a baby definitely not for sale: Vivienne Westwood at Brentwood Hotel (Mr. Mannheim vom Wuschelland - Unusual Story at Brentwood Hotel).
Hopefully, she will be the first Peruvian sow which I keep for myself! :o)

A great surprize - sad news

This is Johnny as we knew him, or Csoki, as his owners knew him.
He was born here 12 years ago, his mother was my Frida. He was a "recicled" dog, as his owners decided not to keep him any longer, when he was a few month old. So, he came back to me. But he was lucky, as he soon found a nice family who kept him well during all his life. He was 12 years old, when he had to put to sleep due to his liver cancer not long ago.
I haven't heard about him for many years, so I was very pleased to receive these photos.

Many thanks for the photos - and for Csoki's nice life - to the Szemenyei family!

Trip to Salzburg (Austria)

It was time again to make a trip to Austria this August. The "usual" group of cavy breeders ("El Cobaya", "Lunabakelo" + myself) visited a caviary with wonderful Shorthairs. To make the trip even more enjoyable, we spent the day looking around in Salzburg. It is a beautiful old town with an amazing historical city, wonderful parks, and a unique atmosphere. Lots of old trees and various flowers all around.
In the afternoon, we visited the zoo. Maybe, it is not the biggest zoo in the world, but definitely worth visiting. I think it is the most humane zoo in the world. All animals have huge runs (I would rather say: landscapes) with lots of plants, ponds, brooks. No bars at all! The whole area is very well cared for. Fresh water and food for the animals everywhere. Everyhting is clean and tidy. Well done, dear zookeepers!

Yes, it's me: a typical tourist: wants to be in the photo everywhere!:


Just one of the several fountains in the parks:

Great look everywhere: big mountains around Salzburg:

A special shop for Sacher cake (Sacher-Torte)!:

Modern art is represented, too: a cyclist in the street:

The house where Mozart was born:

Very nice, narrow streets in the city:

My favourite animal in the zoo:

Alpacas in all possible colours:

CAVIES!!! They also had a huge run with lots of hiding places and food:

Capibaras: relatives of cavies. The babies were really cute running around and jumping on the adults:

This is where zebres, antelopes and rhinos live. A huge field with high trees:

Mr. Rhino: