by Katariina Valonen
by Katariina Valonen
| It’s been a long time
since I have last written to Dane World, so I thought it
was time to bring everyone up to date. Mr. Robert Heal judged our
Specialty this year and I know he has written an article
about his assignment that appears in this issue as well.
He wrote about our rules and how they differ from your
show rules. He also wrote some nice words about our Danes
and we thank him. You can read Mr. Heal's article at http://www.daneworld.com/crufts98.htm #1 - BIS, BISS Int
& Nord Ch. Del Lago Secret Hope, fawn bitch |
|
| The Top Winning Dane is a fawn bitch that is
a USA Import from Marilyn P. Draper of Del Lago Kennel.
Hope was born December of 1991. She was also the #1 Dane
in Finland in 1996, #3 in Finland in 1995, #1 Bitch in
Sweden in 1995, #4 in Finland both in 1994 & 1993.
She was also Champion Pointed in the USA in 1993, always
owner handled. She also has won Best In Specialty Shows
and many All Breed Best In Show wins and she was #7 in
Finish All Breed List. The #2 Dane on the list was the same fawn dog who was also #2 in 1996. He has some group placements (but not wins). His sire comes from Norway and his dam was bred in Finland but her lines go to the United States. |
 Top Dane in Finland ~ 1996 & 1997 BIS, BISS, Int & Fin & S & DK Ch. Del Lago Secret Hope |
 Top Veteran ~ 1996 & 1997 Fin Ch. Mountdania's Wanda |
The #3 Dane on the list is a Swedish Import
who also has some group placements. His sire is the #1
Dane in Sweden for 1994, 1995 and 1996. The Dane Puppy of The Year for 1997 was Helisain Playboy, a fawn dog. Faxidan Fanny To Global, a fawn bitch, was Best Puppy Bitch. The Dane Veteran of
The Year was the same veteran as the year before. Fin Ch.
Mountdania’s Wanda, born in 1998 out of Misty
Valley’s Greystoke and Del Lago Annabelle of
Mountdania. She was bred by Anna Mary Kauffman of the
United States. The Best Dog Veteran of The Year was the
black USA Import Fin & Est Ch. Sajc’s Captain
Black Jack, born in 1987. Additionally, Wanda has won
many Best Veteran of Show (All Breed) Awards and she was
also the first Dane to win the very highly respected
Veteran of Veterans Competition. |
| The
First in Stud Dog Class shown below was USA Import Ch.
Quaker Hill’s Get Serious. He also was First in Stud
Dog Class in 1996. The First in Brood Bitch Class was Fin & Est Ch. Walanos Luna At Helisain. Breeder of The Year was Kennel Helisain and second was Kennel Dogiwogin, who was #1 in 1996. |
 Top Stud Dog ~ 1996 & 1997 Fin Ch. Quaker Hill's Get Serious |
 Top Dane in Finland ~ 1994 & 1995 BIS, BISS, Int & Fin & Nord Ch. Trojan's Tiffanys Buster |
Another Dane that I want to mention and that
is BIS, BISS Am, Int & Nord Ch. Trojan’s
Tiffanys Buster, USA Import. He is out of Ch. West Wind
That’s All Lathom and Trojan’s Happy Lady
Tiffany. Buster was Dane Of The Year in 1994 and 1995 and
even though we lost him in the middle of 1996, he was #3
in 1996. Finally, the #1 Dane so far for 1998 is Fin Ch. C’Mon A Girl Made In USA out of Am Ch. Del Lago’s Beach Boy and Top Winning 1996, 1997 Multi Ch. Del Lago Secret Hope. |
| That’s
about it for this time. Next time I will tell you about
upcoming puppies, Junior & Veteran Show for Danes and
of course the 1998 World Dog Show. This is the first time
that it will be in Finland and there is nearly 16,000
dogs entered. It’s the biggest World Show for all
time and there is 270 Danes entered and we have 4 judges
which are Rainer Vuorinen from Finland, Birgitha
Runmarker from Sweden, Terry Thorn from Great Britain and
Marisa Brivio-Chellini from Italy. Until next time . . . yours, |
 #1 Dane in Finland ~ Current 1998 Fin Ch. C'Mon A Girl Made In USA. Sire: Am Ch. Del Lago's Beach Boy Dam: Multi Ch. Del Lago Secret Hope |
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