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July 2023 Fabulous start of the month! We have visited Denmark, Germany, Belgium and Austria for some shows in the last few months. It was about time to go a bit more West so we decided to go to the UK for a showtrip. We picked one of those magical Champ Shows with a great venue: Windsor Champshow at Windsor Castle. Mr.JR.Sauge from Norway judged 160 entries for Labradors. We were thrilled that our Multi.Ch.Lab'SPb Gazprom was placed 1st in a strong Open Class and went on to the win the CC and BOB!!! Huge thanks to the judge and to the friendly English people for the ringsupport. We hope to be back soon. June 2023 Only one show this month, but a great show: our Dutch Labrador Clubshow. 3 judges judging 130 Labs. Blue went Best Dog, CAC, BOB, Clubwinner '23 and finished his Dutch Championship as well! Huge thanks to the dog judge Mr.Gruber and Mrs.Dantinnes for the agreement of BOB.
May 2023 Another BOB and Group Win for Blue in Gorinchem! And our old boy Mattie went Best Veteran in Breed!
European Dogshow 2023 in Denmark. We had a blast! Sooo many quality Labradors and a big entry. If your dogs win at shows like this, it's like dreams coming true! EUROPEAN WINNER 2023 for Blue! BOB Puppy & FUTURE HOPE OF EUROPE 2023 for Stil Lab Sodalite! And then Soda finishes the day by going BIS puppy! Dreams do come true! It was the first show for her! Big congrats to my Swedish friends Ellinor and Felix for the spectacular results of "our" Soda. Our girl has a bright future ahead of her :) Thanks to the judges Mr.Espeland and Mrs.Nielsen for appreciating our dogs and these lovely results at the EDS!
April 2023 Fitch finished his American Championship! Multi.Ch.Woefdram's Abercrombie (Fitch) wins Open Yellow and goes RWD at Potomac 2023!!! Potomac USA is a Labrador show like no other: 1125 entries, 4 days of judging, great atmosphere and stunning dogs. Thank you Fabian and Mia for having Fitch for a while and show him at Potomac. We're thrilled a dog of our breeding has been presented there and did so well!
With Fitch being in the spotlight, I almost forgot to mention our other yellow star Lab Spb Gazprom (Blue) is on a roll too. Picking up his 4th BOB in 4 different countries in 1 month of showing! BOB & BIG2 in Antwerp. Judged by Mr.Heinesche & Mrs.Taulos BOB in Salzburg. Judged by Mrs.Bartosova BOB & BIG2 in Hazerswoude. Judged by Mrs.Swysen & Mr.Zeppi BOB & BIG1 in Offenburg. Judged by Mrs.Berchtold & Mr.Machetanz
Big thanks to all the judges for appreciating our dogs!
18 March Another great showday for our team! Chuck won 1st in Open + Res.CACIB Blue won 1st in Champion + CAC/CACIB + BOB Chuck's offspring went Best Minor Puppy and Best Puppy in Breed! Labs were judged by Mrs.Swysen from Belgium. Blue was placed 2nd in Group from over 300 entered Gundogs, judged by Mr.Zeppi from Italy
11 March Fab start of the showseason for our super star Blue! 1st in Championclass + VDH CAC + CAC/CACIB + BOB + BIG1! in Offenburg!
3/4 September Just after a great weekend in Denmark, we headed to the double German Lab Specialties. Allison Rogers (Devonshire Labs) and Susan Huntzinger (Riverlane Labs) judging a fabulous, old fashioned, big entry this weekend.
We had entered our tricolore team: Blue, Chuck and Josh. Day 1, Allison judging males: Blue (Lab Spb Malibu) 1st in Junior + Junior CAC Chuck (Cedarwood Choc 'n Chuckle) 2nd in Open + Res. VDH CAC Josh (Am.Ch.Gallivant Broken Vow) 1st in Intermediate + VDH CAC + LCD CAC + Best Male + BOB!!! Day 2, Susan judging males: Blue 2nd in Junior + Res.LCD Jr.CAC Chuck 3rd in Open Josh (Am.Ch.Gallivant Broken Vow) 1st in Intermediate + VDH CAC + LCD CAC + Best Male + BOB!!!
Big thanks to the judges for making Josh BISS twice this weekend!
28 August Back home from the LabEvent '22 in Denmark, also known as the "Potomac of Europe". A great yearly event with breed specialists, entries from all over Europe and a fabulous atmosphere. Making a total entry of 384 this weekend. 2 breed specialists from America (Vonnie Russell & Judy Chambers) judging on saturday and 2 from Ireland (Alexander & Tracey Douglas) judging on sunday. Josh made his debut and did a great job! Finishing his Danish Championship! Quite a start in Europe!
23 April We haven't been to many shows lately. But if we go, we go to a nice and big show like WDS or the European Dogshow in Paris! It was a great "creme de la creme show" with exhibitors from all over Europe, a good entry of 160 Labs and breed specialist judges. We went there with our tricolore American team: Sheldon, Chuck and newby Logan :) It was the first show for our Logan. 1st in Minor Puppy Male. Our Chuck did well too, getting a 4th in Intermediate males. It was a quality class. Chuck was one of the only 2 chocolate males who got a placement at this show. But it was Sheldon who rocked the ring and was star of the day. He won a quality Openclass and went on the win the CAC + CACIB + European Winner '22 + BOB!!! Huge thanks to the judge Mr.Lammens for this honor!
15 & 16 November What to do when your dog is sort of "finished" in Europe? Right! Show him in the States! We loved this whole experience with Fitch. Big Specialties with 180 entered Labs, high quality dogs and SO many people we finally got to meet. Fitch has a huge fanbase over there and they were all rooting for him. We're proud of our boy going RWD!!!
6 & 7 November Another spectacular weekend, including a brand new Dutch Champion: Woefdram's American McDreamy! All the way from Sweden he came for the double show in Bleiswijk. He won 1st in Open + CAC/CACIB which made him a Dutch Champion! In the end, he also won BOB and Group1, judged by Mrs.Adrichem Boogaert-Kwint! Just when you think it can't get any better... Mac won 1st in Open + CAC/CACIB + BOB on Sunday again. Labs were judged by Mrs.Andersson from Sweden. Later on Mac won the Group (judged by Mr.Andersson) and he went all the way to Res.Best in Show (judged by Mr.Doedijns) out of 1500 dogs!!! What a way to finish his Dutch Championship! :)
22/23/24 October Spectacular show weekend! Friday, Bundessieger Show in Gelsenkirchen, Mr.Sauge (N) judging Labs Chuck 3rd in Junior Sheldon 1st in Open + 2 VDH CAC's + LCD CAC + Best Male + CACIB + BOB + Bundessieger 2021 + Crufts Qualification! Saturday, CACIB Show Salburg Day 1, Mrs.Bartosova (Sk) judging Labs Chuck 2nd in Junior Sheldon 2nd in Open + Res.CACIB Fitch 1st in Champion + CAC. Finished his Austrian Championship!!! Sunday, CACIB Alpen Winner Show Salzburg Day 2, Mr.Doval (Es) judging Labs Chuck 1st in Junior + Junior CAC + Alpen Jugendsieger 2021 Sheldon 2nd in Open Fitch 1st in Champion + CAC/CACIB + Alpen Sieger 2021
3 October World Dogshow 2021 in Brno/Czech Republic 1st in Championclass (21 entries) + Vice WW'21 for Fitch!!! Huge thanks to the judge Mr.Berchtold!
29 August Mocnys Knoxville 9 March 2014 - 29 August 21 Very unexpected we had to say goodbye to our "one in a million" dog.
21/22 August 2021 Great showweekend for Sheldon & Fitch! On saturday Sheldon went BOB and German Winner in Gelsenkirchen! Labs were judged by breed specialist Mrs.Andrea Geller. In the last few shows, Sheldon has achieved all his points for the German Championship! Then on saturday it was Fitch' turn. He went BOB at the International Show in Antwerp. Labs were judged by Mrs Viviane Boesmans. Fitch finished his Belgian Championship!
7/8 August 2021 Fabulous weekend for our American boy Sheldon, Hyspire Moon Pie! Back to Back Clubshow in Germany with Tanja Nordhues & Vanessa Malkmus judging Labs. Saturday: 1st in open (12 entries) + VDH CAC + Best Male + Best of Breed!!! Sunday: 1st in Open (13 entries) + VDH CAC + Res.CAC
July 2021 Ch.Woefdram's Abercrombie is on a roll! In one month of showing, Fitch finished his International Show Championship + Danish + Dutch + German VDH + German DRC Championship! It's like ticking all the boxes now. Huge thanks to all the judges! Also, July was a special month for our kennel. 25 years ago, our first litter was born. Although our focus was on having males in the last few years, never say never when it comes to breeding a litter again!
June 2021 Finally, after a long time without shows, our super boy achieved what he deserves at the shows in Vejen/Denmark last weekend. Best Male + CAC/CACIB + BOB and even BEST IN GROUP on saturday! This is Fitch' 9th Group win (in 6 different countries). He finished his International Show Championship! On sunday he won the CAC as well. This was his 3rd in Denmark so he finished his Danish Championship too. Now known as: Int.Sh.Ch.DK.Ch.Woefdram's Abercrombie JW'18 NJK'19 BJK'19 DJK'19 ES'19 BWB'19 BS'19 ... or simply: Fitch :-)
7 May 2021 In the last few days we did some kennelvisits to see Sheldon's offspring. Our American guest produces nicely! Hyspire Moon Pie (Sheldon) offspring @ Flanders Pride @ Roundwoods
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