Wendina is a Champion!

I received great news today: Wendina at Brentwood Hotel (Emporio Armani at Brentwood Hotel - Wendina vom Hohen Stein) finished her Polish Champion title at the show in Warsaw yesterday!

Many thanks to her owner Dorota for promoting her so professionally!!!

Wendina was a nice baby, but...



...look at her, how she looks nowadays:

A Pleasant Surprize!

I noticed a special magazine a few days ago. It is about nature, animals and pets, written for children. Its last issue is about CAVIES! This is the cover:



It was nice to see an article about "Hamlet", a Bretwood Hotel cavy sold as a pet to a little girl more than 4 years ago. Dorina Ruff wrote about Hamlet's life and habits, and also sent some photos to the editors:

I found some baby photos of Hamlet:

Litter "H" in 2005: Hamlet, Hampton and Handyman at Brentwood Hotel (Cézanne von Uplengener Stubsnasen - Impala Young Spirit):

Lejonhjarta's Danny

I have never thought that I would place Peruvian portraits on my blog, but here is one I just have to... I think it explains why I have Peruvians again. :o)
He is Danny, a Swedish import residing at "Impala" (Ioana Cráciun), the father of my "Kiss" (Impala Kiss for a Friend).

Nice Day, Nice Girls...

The sun was shining today, so I took pictures of some of the young girls.

Javanese Poem at Brentwood Hotel "Java"
Tortie-white texel baby, just a few weeks old in the photo..
Her parents: Orestes vom Gotenholz - Perfect Poem at Brentwood Hotel

Lunabakelo Halloween "Hello"

black/tan-red-white sheltie

Breeder: Erika Juhász

Impala Kiss for a Friend "Kiss"

black-cream-white peruvian
Breeder: Ioana Cráciun

Cavy Show in Lodz (Poland)

I spent the last weekend in Lodz. Invited by the Polish Cavy Club, I judged about 120 cavies. The show was organized under the event "Pet Fair", a big trade fair for the pet business. Several clubs were invited to have their shows there: birds, nice and rats were exhibited.

Again, my Polish friends were very friendly, exhibitors very enthusiastic.
I was fascinated by the high quality of the longhair breeds - as usual in Poland, but I could see some very nice shorthairs this time, too.

Congratulations to the organizers, the winners, and a big thanks to the club for this invitation and the hospitality!


The entrance of the show:

A look down from the first floor where the animal shows took place. You can see the great number of commercial stands:

The cavy show. Lots of interested people came up to chat with the exhibitors:

Just some impressions on the quality of the exhibits (more details will follow on my site soon):

I had a whole day after the show in Warsaw to look around. This beautiful city has lots of different faces, some old, some futuristic. A few views for you:

Oldies in the Park

Our walks with the "old gang" are getting a bit shorter: Otto is 12, Dice is 9, especially Otto is getting a bit slower with age. Anyway, I still try to take them out as many times as I can, and they enjoy the trips a lot.

Here they are sitting in the grass, after a bath in river Danube.
(Grooming: Katalin Márkus, photo: Ildikó Harangozó, thanks for their work!)

Sad Day: Kismet Dies...

Kismet was operated on a week ago: a tumour was removed from her left ear. She looked to have taken all the stress very well, she has been active and eating well in the past days. Her wound was healing nicely. We all thought everything went well. But this morning, I found her dead. Just a day after her 5th birthday, she just gave up...

R.I.P. dear Kismet!

Kismet at Brentwood Hotel (Don Altobellos Dreamer zur Teutoburger Senne - Pleasing Colours at Brentwood Hotel)
2004. 04. 15 - 2009. 04. 16.

Boston Junior's Portrait

No words needed...

Recent Babies

Just a few photos of the babies here at the moment.

Two Boys

It seems that Peruvians just "come" here - without any long planning... :o)

I got my sow "Kiss" from an exceptional litter, just because I liked her so much from her first day, and now...

But this is not a really happy story. Sabine and Peer Mannheim, my German friends stopped breeding unfortunately. It is their private decision, but a real loss to the cavy world at the same time. I saw and judged their "Wuschelland" Peruvians and Alpacas many times, and it was a pleasure every time. So, I decided that I have to have something of their lines.

Finally, two Peruvian boys arrived this week:

Don Peppino vom Wuschelland "Boston Junior"
silveragouti-white
(Ignaz vom Hohen Stein - Bella vom Wuschelland)

Mr. Mannheim vom Wuschelland "Peer"
tortoiseshell-white
(Dk.Ch. Fingertips So Ashamed - Bella vom Wuschelland)

Many thanks for all who made this possible:
Irina Biletskaya - who gave "Peer" to me, and who organized the whole trip,
Irene von Werne - who helped us so much with the trip and took the photos below,
Peer Mannheim - who let me have some of the last Wuschelland babies.


Don Peppino vom Wuschelland (a baby photo first, then some recent ones at 5 months):

Mr. Mannheim vom Wuschelland (just a few weeks old in the photos):