Swartswood Lake, October 2008
October Country, my very favorite time of year, especially when one’s life is seemingly controlled by one’s Borzoi! After spending the summer struggling to keep the kennel occupants cool, Borzoi weather has finally arrived. The photo was taken early October, while looking out the front door facing the exercise field overlooking Swartswood Lake, an ever-changing view I never tire of. Three of the house dogs who have just enjoyed dinner, are relaxing in the cool before the sun goes down.
With brisk nights this week and temperatures reaching the freezing mark, the leaves are beginning to show vivid color, it looks to be a promising display this year.
Show season on the East Coast is in full swing, Majenkir dogs have continued the year with a good showing. Jennifer’s Cameo, exclusively shown by Jen, keeps racking up the BOB’s. These wins, coupled with her two impressive specialty wins, BCGNY and BCDV this spring, have kept Cameo in the # 1 Borzoi bitch position.
Elizabeth Szymanski showed her lovely Dora in the bred by class at Valley Forge and won WB BW and BOB, then Bred By Group 1st and on to Hound Group 1st. Wow! What a way to; as the horse people used to say, “Break your Maiden!” Congratulations Elizabeth groups are hard to come by! A special mention of the judge, Karen Ashe, who had the courage to place an unknown, (no insult meant Elizabeth!) over top handlers!
I am proud of the dogs and their owners, both are co-owned with Majenkir, Cameo bred here, while Dora was Elizabeth’s first co-breeding with Majenkir. Hopefully for both Jen and Elizabeth, this will continue a lifetime of consistant breeding of quality hounds and many many successes!
Personally, I am thrilled to be back running in the ring myself, recently with Majenkir Meteor, who now needs a single point to finish. Also Colt, (Cameo and Filly’s silver spotted brother) who belongs to Molly Webster, is staying here to see if we can put that one point on him to finish his championship.
Meteor’s brother, our Majenkir Regal By Design, finished from the Bred By class at BCGNY, all Specialty wins and one Hound club win. Since I held him back to show at Specialties only, I was teased by Lynne Bennett along the way. Lynne who is showing Regal’s kids was joking that one of the pups would finish before his dad!
The Regal kids from Milovna are going off to their new homes, some traveling quite a distance from their country home in New Jersey.
