News 2008

Latest eye testing results: Ch Minivale Mr Eklu eye tested clear Dec 12 th Maximin Northern Light eye tested clear  Nov 29th

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Norw. KC int show in Hamar: Maximin Blue Moon, 4 in intermediate competition.

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Östergötlands KC:s Open Show Nov.16th Judge: Patrik Cederlöf

Maximin River Dance made his show debute in the puppy class 4 months old. BOB p/s puppy and Group-5. Congratulations to his owner Gunn Jacobsson, Örebro

GÄSTRIKLANDS KC Int Ch Show Högbo Bruk Sept 7th.

Judge: Dodo Sandahl, Sweden. 20 p/s enterd.

Maximin Mr Minivale cc and BOS. BOB Hazlenut de Trufas Negras, owner Olga Oscarsson.

 

Jämtlands KC Aug. 2nd Judge Per Harald Nymark, Noway	Maximin Northern Light 2nd place in Junior
Örebro KC Aug. 9th Judge Eva Borg, Sweden	Maximin Blue Moon 2nd place in Junior

	Ransäter July 26th 35 p/s entered under Rumanian judge Christian Vantu.
We say congratulations to Tailors litter brother winning 1st in Junior, cc quality and ending up 4th Best Male. Owned and handled by Catharina Lindholm.

Västmanlands KC Int Ch Show in Köping July 19th	31 pepper & salts entered under judge Britta Roos-Börjesson, Sweden.
Maximin Mr Minivale "Tailor" made his first show appearance after his return to Sweden and went all way from winning the Junior class to beat the grown ups and ending up  BOB and also got his first cc. His litter sister Maximin Northern Light got 1st in Intermidiate bitch with an Honour price.   Tailor wating for BOB competition. More photos to come soon.
Junior Dogs
BOB & BOS

World Dog Show in Stockholm 2008 and the Schnauzer/Pinscher Speciality day before. The main event of the year in Swedish dogdom took place in Stockholm first week en July when the World Dog Show and a lot of specialitys was held. I had the honour of judging three days and go over so many top quality dogs from many parts of the world and due to this I of course could not show myself. Maximin was represented at both shows by the bitch Maximin Northern Light, owne by Lejonklippans kennels of Leonbergers. The result was "Excellent" on the Speciality under well known English judge Frank Kane. Not placed but there were 17 junior bitches in the class. Day after she was graded "Good" under English judge Knut-Sigurd Wilberg.

Maximin Northern Light few days before the show. She is litter sister to Maximin Mr Minivale and Maximin Blue Moon.

Swedish Schnauzer/Pinscher Club in Borås June 28th Judge: Giovanni Pentenero, Italy,  41 P/S entered Ch Minivale Mr Eklu 3rd in chkl, res-Best Dog
Judging Saturday	Championklass s/p dogs Saturday
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Södra Älvsborgs KC Borås June 29th Judge: Robert Black, USA, 37 s/p entered Ch Minivale Mr Eklu 1 chkk, Best male and BOS
BOB competition Sunday	BOS and BOB Sunday

Maximin Mr Minivale in England:

Bath Ch Show May 26th in i Puppy Class, 4 entries.Judge Anne Mc Dermott. Tailor made his debute in a rather new stripped coat and was res in the class. Border Union Ch Show June 14th in  Puppy Class 6 entries under judge Duncan Niven. He was 2nd and also qualified for Cruft´s -09, maybe we will be there! Congratulations Carol and Terry for getting Minivale Inspector Klu-So's 3rd cc at Border Union which made him up. Tailor will leave England end of June and be back with us at Maximinin Sweden. We look forward to his future showing over here and maybe we will be back in the English show rings with him some day as he has now got a double "citizenship."

The Miniature Schnauzer Club show 2008. The Swedish Miniature Schnauzer Club held their annual show on May 10th. This is a type of an Open show, so no cc´s has ever been available but it has been ever so prestigious since the start in 1986, where actually Pamela Morrison Bell of Eastwight fame was our first ever judge. This year Vera Hûbental from Sweden did the judging of well over 100 adult Minis while Marita Östlund did the puppies. As usual the wather was with us, splendid sunshine, nice showground, excellent company as always and a friendly atmosphere which is the custom at this popular show. In the BIS-final there is a tremendous line up as all class winners from all colours given an "price of honour (HP)" by the judge compete for the final 10 best. An impressive sight of 37 dogs at the end of a long day was hard work for the judge. This year the BIS winner was Ch Fixus Hasta La Vista, the Fixus kennels actually had 6 dogs placed in the final line up and representing all three coulours black, b/s and s/p. Well done and congratulations. We were pleased with our own results, showing two dogs, both a bit out of coat after the spring season. Maximin Mr Minivale made his last show appearance in Sweden before joining his real owners Carol and Terry Parnell and the Minivale kennels in England. He was 1st in a strong junior class with an HP while his sire Ch Minivale Mr Eklu was 2nd in a strong class of top winning champions, also with HP. Meckie was short listed in the final line up but not placed among the 10 best. We already look forward to next years show and thank´s to all friends for a nice day as usual.
Judge at work	Tailor in the junior class.
1st in Junior	Champion class line up.
Meckie and Keep On Running in the final round	Second in the class but happy anyway!

Västmanlands KC Ch show April 20th in Västerås. We had an excellent day under the English judge Jackie Perry. 43 pepper and salt Miniatures entered.
Maximin Mr Minivale Maximin Blue Moon (owner Catharina Lindholm) Maximin Northern Light (owners Petra Högberg and Rickard Färlén) Ch Maximin Moon Song These 4 was in our breeders group which was BOB group and shortlisted in the BIS-finals.	2nd in junior and 4th best male 3rd in junior 1st in junior, 3rd best bitch 1st in chkl and 2nd best bitch
Ch Minivale Mr Eklu	Best champion, and BOB and shortlisted in a very strong group later on.
BOB "Meckie" och BOS Ch Fixus Pep Talk	Moon Song,  Mr Minivale, Northern Light and Blue Moon.

Stockholm KC Int Easter Ch Show. I was judging other breeds myself at the show but M. Blue Moon and M. Northern Light were shown by their owners in the breed puppy classes. Right: Blue Moon, 2nd in his class and below Northern Light, 3rd in the puppy bitch class. Thanks to Nora and Markku, Cheantake kennels in Finland, for the photos.

Int Ch Show March 15th Judge: Denis Kuzelj, Slovenia BOB Meckie and BOS DKCH Sourcils My Precious Photo: Barbro Coldenberg
Minivale Mr Eklu, cc, CACIB,BOB and got his Swedish champion title	Maximin Mr Minivale BOB in the puppy class
Minivale Mr Eklu competed in the Open Class for the first - and only- time getting 1st and later on the dog cc that qualified him to the Swedish Ch title. He ended his day going BOB. I bet his breeders Carol and Terry Parnell, Minivale kennels in England are as proud as we are. His son, Maximin Mr Minivale got BOB pup again.

The litter mates Maximin Mr Minivale "*Tailor" to the left and Maximin Norhern Light to the right, owned by Kennel Lejonklippan, Sweden. Pictured at 6,5 months old. Tailor will be moving to the Minivale kennels in England during the spring 2008.

The litter brothers had a good week end!

Örebro Läns Kennelklubbs big puppy and open show Jan 27th Maximin Mr Minivale "Tailor" BOB p/s puppy under breed specialist Nina Karlsdotter and group 2:nd under Jonny Nilsson (Diplomatic Great Danes) Pictures will come later in the week --------

Sweidsh Boxer Clubs puppy show in Sthlm Jan 26th Maximin Blue Moon BOS owner Catarina Lindholm, Sthlm. The Swedish Newfoundland Clubs big annual puppy show for all breeds Jan. 12th 460 pups of 116 breeds entered. Maximin Mr Minivale (Tailor) won the breed under judge Cindy Pettersson, the FCI gruoup 2 under Lisbeth Liljeqvist and ended up BIS-2nd under judge Hans Rosenberg! What a great debute for us and his co-owners at the Minivale kennels in England. His litter brother Maximin Blue Moon was second to him, perfectly groomed by Jannica Wallin, Fixus kennels and very well presented by his owner Catharina Lindholm. We look forward to his future in the show ring! Tailor ending up going BIS-2nd and a long and tiring day is over for the two 6 months old litter brothers. Västra Kennelklubbens Int show in Gothenburg  4th & 5th January. Friday Jan 4th 42 entries Minivale Mr Eklu S N Ch Maximin Moon Song Maximin Moon Star To Barcols Judge: Göran Bodegård, Sweden 2nd in  intermidiate class, ck 2nd in champion class, ck 3rd in open class, ck Sat Jan 5th 56 56 entries Minivale Mr Eklu S N Ch Maximin Moon Song Maximin Moon Star To Barcols Judge: Liz Cartledge, England 2 nd in intermidiate and ck res champion class res in open Meckie being judged by Mr Bodegård, result 2nd in his class beaten by his uncle pictured to the right. Kent and Arbeybuffels is now Greypix who beat Meckie in their class both days.