Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!

09-12-2024: Yesterday we attended the Gorinchem Christmas show. Dax became best male with CAC and CACIB. Jady was allowed to participate again in the baby class and received a Very Promising with a super judging report and became BOB-BABY. This time she was allowed to participate in the mainring for best baby and to my surprise we were selected among the best 6 babies of the show!! Only 3 babies were placed. But Jady did so well!! Not at all impressed by the crowds or all the dogs and people around her. We are very curious what the future will bring for her in the field of dog shows.....

02-12-2024: The Dutch Winner Weekend! A weekend with 3 shows in 3 days. Gijs and Dax participated all three days. I was only at the Winner Show where Jady had her debut in the baby class.
On Friday during the "Fryslancup" Dax became best male with CAC and CACIB. On Saturday during the "Tulipcup" the judge was clearly not charmed by Dax. He had to leave the ring with a VG. Almost nothing was good about him according to the judge! On Sunday during the "Winnershow" Dax received EXC.3 from the Finnish judge!.
Jady competed in the baby class on Sunday and therefore had her debut in the show ring with a Finnish judge (how appropriate). At 4.5 months old she walked in the ring as if she had always done this and received a Very Promising with a great judging report and became BOB-Baby. Unfortunately there was no judging for the babies at this show.

03-11-2024: Woow!! What an incredible achievement!!
Dax just won the breed group!! And then 3rd BEST IN SHOW at the Bleiswijk dog show!!
What a great result! It is so rare in the Netherlands and actually also in the surrounding countries that a Miniature Pinscher manages to win the breed group that it is almost impossible to believe that it could ever be possible. And then there is Dax who managed to convince the judge in the ring of honor that a Miniature Pinscher can also be beautiful enough to to stand on the highest podium.
Thank you Gijs for showing off our young boy like this. What a great team you are!!

01-11-2024: Almost 19 years ago we brought home a b/t female from Finland. Little did we know what impact she would make on our lives! Whisper (𝑨​𝒖​𝒓​𝒓​𝒂​ ​𝑺​𝒊​𝒏​𝒈​ ​𝑾​𝒉​𝒊​𝒔​𝒑​𝒆​𝒓​𝒊​𝒏​𝒈​ ​𝑾​𝒊​𝒏​𝒈​𝒔) to us was the best pet we could ever have. She had the best character; fierce when needed, open, friendly and very balanced. Besides her main role as pet she surpriced us more than once by winning so many showtitles in several European countries. With no intention what so ever to start a kennel she made us do exactly this, and so our kennelname was born with her nickname as inspiration.
Now, almost 19 years later we again brought home a b/t female from the same kennel. A special girl with beautiful bloodlines, even with our Whis, Wes, Viva and Misha far related.
Woow! What a girl she is! At "home" since one day but boy do we love her already so much! She is so much more then we could have ever hoped for. Friendly, very open, happy, settled in right away. accepted us as her owners straight away, charmed our other members of our pack without problems. Besides that she has a lot of quality to improve the breed. What more can we want.......
Her name: Aurra Sing Spirit of Angels Whisper. We call her "Jady"
We cannot thank Marika enough for allowing us to let us have another Finnish princess again. In the 19 years of overseas friendship we have shared knowledge, experiences, opinions, winnings and loosings. Due to this friendship we had the oportunity to import Whisper,Dax and now Jady. We are grateful for this unique friendship and hope it will last for many more years to come.

15-10-2024: Last weekend it was time for the Champion Club show of the Dutch Miniature Pinscher Club (VFLD). No fewer than 35 miniature pinschers were registered! From our kennel participated: Dax, Beer, Barry and Veera.
Beer (Rostelley's Angels Driven by Love) became 1st with Excellent in the open class. Veera became 3rd with Excellent in the veteran class.
I showed Barry (Rostelley's Angels Home Improvement) and he became 1st with Excellent in the junio class. With this result he is now DUTCH JUNIOR CHAMPION!!.
And then Dax: he managed to become BEST of BREED for the 2nd consecutive year and received the title CLUBWINNER 2024!!. And so he agai is invited next year to participate in the "Dog of the Year" competition! Not expected, but hoped :o)
Thank you Irma and Gideon for letting me present Barry. Thank you Gijs for the perfect handling of Dax. You are a great team!!

29-09-2024: Today Gijs and Dax went to the Maastricht dog show (NL). And here too Dax managed to convince the judge: he became best male with CAC and CACIB and became Best of Breed! With this result, Dax is now an INTERNATIONAL CHAMPION!! So proud of this super team!!

16-09-2024: Yesterday Gijs and Dax were at the show of Outdoor Zwolle (NL). And again it was a succesfull day. Dax became best male with CAC and Best of Breed. On top of that he was placed as 4th in FCI group 2.

31-08-2024: Today the Rotterdam Outdoor show was organized. An exciting day for Dax because this was the first opportunity to finalize his Dutch champion title. In addition to Dax, Beer (Rostelley's Angels Driven by Love) and Barry (Rostelley's Angels Home Improvement) were registered. It soon turned out that the Norwegian judge was very strictl but fair in his judging. Where we are almost used to certain "mistakes" having no consequences, this judge had a completely different opinion about this. And perhaps rightly so! In recent years we have seen that excellent is given "too easely".
Barry achieved a 1 Very Good in the junior class with a very nice judge report. Beer achieved a 1 Very Good in the open class with a very nice judge report. And then Dax came. He achieved in the champion class a 1 Excellent - CAC and became best male and BEST of BREED!!. He is now a DUTCH CHAMPION!! Afterwards it turned out that he was the only registered Miniature Pinscher who received an Excellent from this judge!

Dax Nederlands kampioen

14-07-2024: Yesterday I was asked to show Barry (Rostelley's Angels Home Improvement) at the "Brabants purebred dog festival" of KC Waalwijk. We stepped into the ring together, it's like we've been doing this together for years. He received EXC1 JCAC in the junior class and became reserve best male with res.CAC. This res.CAC will become a CAC because the best male is already Dutch champion. What a wonderful, free and enthusiastic little man this is.
Thank you Irma and Gideaon for letting me show with Barry

07-07-2024: Today Gijs and Dax were participating at the national dogshow of KC Hoogeveen (NL). Here Dax became best male with CAC and Best of Breed.

30-06-2024: Today the show of Utrecht (NL) was held and Barry (Rostelley's Angels Home Improvement) participated in the junior class. He got 1Ex - JCAC - JCACIB and became BOB Junior with a nice judging report from the respected judge Rob Douma! Thank you Irma and Gideon for releasing Barry. On to the next show ;o)

24-06-2024: Last weekend Gijs and Dax were present in Aarau Switzerland for 3 shows in 2 days. And what an impressive performance our young male has delivered again; at show 1 he won EXC1 - CAC - CACIB, on show 2 he won EXC1 - CAC and on show 3 he won EXC1 - CAC - CACIB and became SWISS CHAMPION!! In addition, he also became BEST of BREED and as if that wasn't already enough, he also became BEST in GROUP 3!! Wow.....what a great achievement. Thank you Gijs for showing Dax so wonderfully; you are a great team :o)

08-06-2024: Today Gijs and Dax competed at the outdoor show of Eindhoven (NL) and again they were succesful: Dax became best male with CAC and Best of Breed!!

26-05-2024: Yesterday Dax and Gijs were at the show in Wieze (B). The same competitors and judge as a month ago in Antwerp and almost the same results: EXC.1, best red male with CAC, best male with the title Hopkoning 2024, but this time Best of Breed with the corresponding daily title Hopkeizer 2024.

23-05-2024: Today Dax was tested for the second time for hereditary eye defects (ECVO) and once again everything was fine.

21-05-2024: Yesterday was the Pinkstershow show in Gorinchem (NL) and there Barry (Rostelley's Angels Home Improvement) had his debut in the juniorclass. With little training he went with his owner Gideon in the ring, but he did so well! He became 2nd with Excellent (out of 3 dogs). The judge had to watch a long time to see who he would let win the class, but in the end it was the lack of experience that made it happen he got 2nd place. The judge also had doubts again when choosing the reserve best male. What a great start for this young male. Now he will do some ring training and who knows what he will achieve in the future :o)

Barry debut in juniorclass

13-05-2024: On Saturday Gijs and Dax participated in the show in Gent (B). And here too Dax managed to impress the judge; She especially loved his head and the transition between the neck and back. He became best red male with CAC and best male with CACIB and also Best of Breed!

22-04-2024: Yesterday Gijs and Dax traveled to the show in Antwerp (B). And here too they were successful again; Dax got EXC.1 and became best red male with CAC and best male with CACIB. With this result he has received his first point for the Belgian championship and only needs 1 more point from abroad for the international championship.

14-04-2024: Yesterday Dax participated at the dogshow of K.C. Rijnland in Hazerswoude-Dorp. And once again he walked away with all the prizes: Exc 1, CAC/CACIB and Best of Breed. And because he won his class, he received the daily title "Rijnland Star Winner 2024".

08-04-2024: Last weekend Dax and Gijs were in Luxembourg for the so-called "Spring show" of Luxembourg. Dax won the open class on Saturday with Exc 1 - CACL and res.CACIB and became reserve best male. On Sunday he became 2nd in the open class with res.CACL.

03-03-2024: Yesterday the 1st show of the new year was held in Groningen (NL), and Gijs and Dax were also present again. And they did so well again. Dax became best male with CAC/CACIB and received also the daily title "Holland Cup Winner 2024". Afterwards he also became BEST of BREED. What a great start to the new show season!

25-02-2024: Yesterday the "Dog of the Year 2023" show was held in Schiedam (NL). A show in which only qualified dogs are allowed to participate. A dog can qualify by either winning 1st, 2nd or 3rd place in the breed group or becoming Club Winner at the breed's Championship Club Match.
Dax had qualified by becoming Best of Breed at the championship club match. He was the only representative of the Miniature Pinscher. There were 16 dogs in breed group 2. He and Gijs presented himself very well, but unfortunately the judge had a different taste.
But we are very proud that he was allowed to participate in this special show

Dax together with Gijs and myself

08-02-2024: it is official; Dax has been chosen as "Best Miniature Pinscher of the Netherlands 2023" by the Dutch Kennelclub, the so-called WoW competition (Winner of Winners). What a great start our boy made last year. And all thanks to the enthusiasm of co-owner Gijs. What a great team together! Thank you so much for all you are doing for him, I'm proud of you both!

01-01-2024: A happy and healthy 2024 from all of us at Rostelley's Angels Kennel!