31 December

What a year it was!! Samba got a top placement again and our dogs gathered 8 championtitles during the year!!

Mellanmöllan Honey Pie was Top-2 Dalmatian in Sweden 2015. She was 2 x BOB at Swedish Specialties this summer and she gained her Swedish, Danish, Norwegian and Nordic championtitles.

Ch Dalspots Coach Master became a Norwegian and Nordic champion at EDS-2015 in Oslo, Norway.

Dalspots Da Vinci became Swedish and Danish champion. He also sired his first litter.

LP1 Dalspots Colorado River became No. 1 Obedience Dalmatian in Sweden 2015, for the second year in a row!!

3-4 October - kennel Orion's Belt, Germany

After the dog show in Rostock, I drove to Joanna Schulz to see her litter of puppies sired by Ch Dalspots Coach Master, at kennel Orion's Belt. A really lovely litter with outgoing and happy puppies, nice markings and constructions. I fell in love with them all!!! A proud "grand mother"! Here are pictures of some of them at 5 weeks.

3 October - Rostock International dog show

Ch Dalspots Coach Master was 2nd in champion class with res-CAC VDH and Club. Since the winner of the champion class already is both a VDH and Club champion, the CAC's will be moved to Rocco. Ch Mellanmöllan Honey Pie won the champion class with VDH and Club CAC. Later she was 3rd best bitch. Judge was Charlotte Jenvall. Photo Florence.

13 September - Swedish Club show in Helsingborg

Dalnews Hatos Hector was 2nd best male puppy with HP and his sister Dalnews Hatos Holly was BOS-puppy. Their half-brother Spotdogs Freaky Friday was BOB-puppy.

Ch Dalspots Coach Master was 3rd best male while Ch Dalspots Da Vinci was 2nd in champion class with CK.

Dalspots Excellent Choice was 4th in junior with CK and her sister Dalspots Extra Vaganza was 1st in intermediate with CK and made the cuts in best bitch, but was unplaced in the end.

Ch Mellanmöllan Honey Pie was BOB!!!!  BOS was Kernerhuset's Bacardi.

We had our first Breeders group, with 4 dogs all with CK. The group got HP. Very happy with that!!

Judge was breed specialist Aase Jacobsen.

3-5 September - Dalmatian Delights at Ullershov and EDS-2015 at Lilleström, Norway

Dalmatian Delights Day 1:

Judge males - Jurgen Rotsch, judge bitches - Petra Rotsch. Over 70 Dalmatians entered.

- Atlas's son Spotdogs Freaky Friday was BOS-puppy.

- Ch Dalspots Coach Master was 2nd in champion class but not placed in best male.

- Ch Mellanmöllan Honey Pie won the Open class and was 2nd best bitch with the CAC. That made her a Norwegian and Nordic champion!!! Her aunt Ch Mellanmöllan Hope Solo was 3rd best bitch with the res-CAC.

Dalmatian Delights Day 2:

Judge males - Petra Rotsch, judge bitches - Jurgen Rotsch. Over 70 Dalmatians entered.

- Today I lost my car keys after I had put Rocco in the car due to the drizzle... we finally found them again but by then the male judging was finished.

- Ch Mellanmöllan Honey Pie placed 2nd in champion class after her aunt  Ch Mellanmöllan Hope Solo, and ended up as 3rd best bitch. Her aunt Solo was 2nd best bitc with the res-CAC again. These 2 bitches had gathered the most points of all dogs these 2 shows, so they had to compete for Supreme BIS, and Solo won. Congratulations to Annika Nilsson who bred both bitches!!

EDS-2015:

Judge was Mr Frank Kane. 101 Dalmatians entered, and 8 puppies.

- Ch Dalspots Coach Master won the champion class and ended up as 2nd best male with the CAC and the res-CACIB. This made him a Norwegian and Nordic champion!!!

- Ch Mellanmöllan Honey Pie won the open class and was beaten for the res-CACIB by the 2nd champion bitch.

15-16 August

At Bornholm International dog show Day 1, our boy Dalspots Da Vinci placed 2nd best male with the CACIB. Our Ch Mellanmöllan Honey Pie won the champion class first time out as a champion, and ended as 2nd best bitch with r-CACIB. Atlas's son Spotdog's Freaky Friday was BOB-baby puppy. Judge was Andreas Schemel from Austria.

At Bornholm International dog show Day 2, our Dalspots Da Vinci was BOS with CAC and CACIB. This made him a Swedish and Danish champion!!!! BOB was Odgårdens Bonnie Tyler. Atlas's daughter Spotdog's Fifty Fifty was BOB-baby puppy. Judge was Dimitrios Antonopoulos from Sweden. Photo Bjarne Christensen.

8 August

Today at the International dog show in Ronneby our Samba (Mellanmöllan Honey Pie) was BOS with CAC and CACIB. This made her a Swedish and Danish champion at 2 years and 1 week of age. BOB with CAC and CACIB was Dalspots Da Vinci, and his half-brother Ch Dalspots Coach Master was 2nd best male. Judge was breed specialist Mile Aleksoski from Makedonia. photos Marina Nilsson who also helped me to show my boys today.

2 August

Today the Atlas daughters Samba (Mellanmöllan Honey Pie) and Holly (Dalnews Hatos Holly) did well at the Swedish club show at Tånga Hed-day 2.

Holly was BOB-puppy and Samba was BOB with CAC on her 2nd birthday!! But it was 1 day too early for her to gain her champion title...Our boy Rocco (Ch Dalspots Coach Master) placed 3rd in championclass. Judge was Irina Petrakova from Russia.

27 July

Athos (Dalspots Da Vinci) has mated the lovely Spotdogs Delicate Design, and we hope for puppies at the very end of September at kennel Delicate Design in Sweden.

5 July

Today Hector and Holly attended their very first dog show, an open puppy show in Tollarp. They are 5 months old now.

Dalnews Hatos Hector was BOB-puppy of 5 puppies and his half-sister Flisan (Spotdogs Fifty Fifty) was BOS. Among the males, Spotdogs Freaky Friday placed 2nd with HP and Spotdogs Fussy Fellow placed 3rd with HP. Dalnews Hatos Holly was 2nd with HP after Flisan. All 5 puppies got HP, and they were all sired by our Atlas!!

Judge was breed specialist Bengt-Åke Bogren.

1 July

Rocco (Ch Dalspots Coach Master) has mated the lovely Ch Somora´s Eternal Tango, and we hope for puppies at the very end of August at kennel Orion´s Belt in Germany.

21 June

Atlas daughter Spotdogs Fifty Fifty was BIS baby puppy at Vejen International dog show Day 2 in Denmark. Yesterday her brother Spotdogs Freaky Friday was BOB baby puppy.

26 April

Today Mellanmöllan Honey Pie was 3rd best bitch with another CAC at Roskilde International show Day 2. Judge was John Finnich Pedersen.