Bloglife at Greypix

World dogshow in Paris 2011

2011-07-10T22:03:00.008+02:00

I had hoped for a weekend in Paris with all that french people can offer... BUT NO!!
This trip is one of the worst ever.... The Comfort inn Hotel in Gousanville has the worst kind of service to their guest and was rude and not helpful at all. This hotel should never had guests...

The taxi's in Paris area tried to rip severeal of our friends off when they should pay for the trips.. And they did not know it was dogs with us when we stood in line at the WDS showground....

The showground was good... BUT - I have never seen so much left behind from the dogs at a showground. There was NO information in English at all and the French KC stand had NO ONE that spoke English....

BUT we also had a wonderful day in Paris and got to see the attractions that Paris can provide.

After we had our win at the French Championship-show we went downtown and had wonderful wine and fish. And walked trought Champ De Elysees, the Effeil tower and we did some shopping too.

PARIS IS BEAUTIFUL - the French people outside Central Paris is NOT!!

What we do for our beloved breed..

2011-05-01T20:30:00.007+02:00

In december 2 years ago, I jumped on a flight from Oslo at 0610 in the morning, via Frankfurt and ended up in San Fransisco at 2 PM local time ( 2100 Norw. time) Onward from S.Fransisco to Tracy - 2 hours drive - and could walk into our hotel-room at 5 PM. Together with me was our wonderful "Loppa" Int.CH Greypix's Mysterious Narrative and our jurneys final destionation was Bev Verna - Regency's Kennel. And our plan was to mate her with a male I had'nt seen live, but loved the pictures of him. US CH. Regency's Good to go.

A wonderful meeting with Bev and her companion Jerry and all their dogs. And as planned we had a perfect weekend both for me and "Loppa" And Sunday morning we started our trip home. Another 16 hours on flights and airports took us home again.

In februar the year after - the puppy was born... 1 bitch came out of this trip..... And we looked at this puppy and just laughted. I knew she was special... SO named her ELSKLING - or "Darling" in English.

Watching her grow up was a pleasing time for us and at age 6 months her shape started to come together - but she was a spolied little brat - and among other things she started to chew beards of the other dogs here..
Her first show was in Febr.10 and she went to 2'nd best bitch - and during the summer she picked up several CAC's and CACIB's. She also qualified for Crufts during the year.

This weekend - her first weekend out in the ring after she was 2 years old - she gained her Norwegian title with her 6'th CAC.

We at Greypix's will be forever grateful that Bev invited me home to her place with my sweet "Loppa" so we could introduce the Regency's to Norway.

Despite it only came on girl from this trip, we feel that this girl will give us a wonderful future at Greypix and the time and price.. Well she is all worth it!!!
Again Bev and Jerry - Thank you for our sweet darling!!

FINN.NO

2011-04-05T13:52:00.004+02:00

Det finnes mange forskjellige måter og selge hunder og det er mange som fremstår som seriøse i annonsene som ligger ute på nettet. MEN det stemmer ikke alltid. Dere som ønsker å kjøpe hund - kontakt enten raseklubben ( http://www.nsbk.org/) eller Norsk kennel klubb ( http://www.nkk.no/) Selv om det ligger at hunden er vaksinert / følger helsebok osv.. er det MYE annet som man som oppdretter har ansvar for. OG hunder som ikke registreres i NKK er ofte ett utgangspunkt for å være mistenksom/skeptisk.

Dette bildet er hentet fra FINN.NO idag og skal være en "mini" dvergschnauzer s/s. Men når jeg går inn på nettsidene til selger finnes det mange blandings-varianter som fremstår som "ekte raser" NOE DET IKKE ER!!! Dvergschnauzeren på bildet over selges uten stamtavle og dermed å anse som en blandingshund. Og det finnes ikke dvergschnauzers i mini-utgave.

Hvis dere kjenner noen eller skal selv ha dere en dvergschnauzer ( eller annen rase for den saks skyld ) IKKE BRUK FINN.NO som utgangspunkt for kjøp av hund. Det finnes seriøse oppdrettere som selger hunder der også, disse vil i tillegg også benytte raseklubber som referanse når de selger valper.

When visitors comes around..

2011-02-26T00:55:00.004+01:00

Every now and then people that want to be more familiar with the miniatureschnauzers drops by our place to meet the dogs and see what they are like. This week 2 pictures was attached to the mail and I wanted to share them. Maren and Edvard are not used to dogs, and this is how our mini's convinced them that miniatureschnauzers just love people :o)

Inherited cateract

2011-02-16T01:40:00.004+01:00

Our Axcium Casanova "Cosmo" has been at stud here in Norway since age 1. Out of his 46 offsprings in 11 litters Norway, plus 13 offsprings in 3 litters in Sweden and 9 pups in 1 in Denmark he has proven to be a good studdog and given breeders really nice dogs to continue breeding on.
But I would like to ask you who has offsprings out of him to be careful when choosing breeding-mates to your dogs out of Cosmo. 2 offsprings has been confirmed with inherited cateract and another offspring is diagonsed with PTHVL.
We do NOT know if he is proven carrier as he never has been test-bred but we choose to inform about this as we know it.
If you want more information, you are welcome to contact me.

Kent

Our males...

2011-01-06T01:48:00.006+01:00

We haven't shown our boys much during 2010, but hope that our males can be seen this year in the ring. Greypix's Dark Dante, Greypix From US by Axcium and Greypix Innocent will be in the ring again if everything goes as planned here. Look to our webpage - our dogs - to read more about them.

Ch. Greypix's Dark Dante

and his son Nord JW-10 Greypix's Innocent

Nordic Winnershow 2010- Best in Show Breeder

2010-12-02T22:40:00.004+01:00

It is amazing how pleased we sometime can be.

Among more than 40 groups in the final at the Nordic Winner show 2010 and with the biggest entry ever at a dogshow in Norway our 4 dogs - Timtim, Camilla, Moa and Elskling went to Best in Show under judge Svend Lövenkjaer from Denmark.

These 4 dogs are all related to eachother and goes back to our fundationbitch Arbeybuffel's Missed me bye - Kate.

Timtim is great-grandson of Kate, and grandson to Camilla. He is also son of Moa's brother. Camilla is out of Kate. Moa breeding is straight down from Kate's father. And Elskling is out of Camilla's sister - also daughter to Kate.

These 4 miniatures are aged from 8 yrs down to 1. And we at Greypix are just proud!!!

It's Saturday

2010-08-07T23:16:00.004+02:00

And the Norw. judge ass. arranged a dogshow today. The judges only had 20 - 30 dogs
( most of them ) and used the time well on the dogs they had in the ring.

Only Norwegian judges - and the show was arranged by them as well.... Not something we who shows see often. FUN

BTW we did well also with our "Elskling" ( In English : Darling ) - look to our website for updates... Snapshot from the ring above taken by Eli Nesset ( Kennel Black-Emac )

How is it to breed a dog??

2010-08-01T00:03:00.004+02:00

I just want to share a story that really set me out a while ago.

As a breeder we're all responsible for the pups we sell, and when selling a 8 weeks old puppy we inform about the "flaws" and sickness/illness in the breed and what to look out for. And as difficult it is to see what this cutie will grow into, we sell all our 8 week's puppies with written information about it's well-beeing and that it is NOT sold as a rising star, or if it is a dog to be bred to.
However - If a puppy grows into this "star" and owner chooses to breed on the dog, it is then our responisibility to tell what to breed to and what to look out for?

I was contacted by the proud owner, when they decided to breed the bitch, and I ask what they looked for in the breed. They told me about a mini that they had seen and loved, and I said that I do not have dogs looking like her, but I have a male that is half-brother that could suit the bitch well. And he could fill out the bitch's details. Then they could have a start on the way to "the look" they wanted.

Litter born, and puppies looked good - until suddenly I got a phonecall about the recommandation of this combination.... How I did not mention the 2 dogs related to this combination had the one-eye cateract, and that it was something wrong with a male in the pedigree that had Myotonia.
I tried to explain about the cateract and how we are recommaned to breed on this. And how vet's in Norway and other contries means that cateract is inherited.
And I also explained about the myotonia desease and what we had done with our stock that was related to the carrier.
The owner of the bitch still didn't understand how we saw things and I just ended the phone-call, with telling them that I'm sorry, but if there is so much faults and flaws in this combination I hope you will be so serious about your stock that you choose NOT breed on these pups....

Later on, a couple of the pups has done quite well in shows and now the are proudly announced as stud's.

What is there to say????

We was told that we did not inform enought when selling that bitch / recommanding the breeding and withheld information about our dogs.
What kind of information should be explained in big words and what should be mentioned?

When selling a pup in Scandinavia, we do not use terms as "Pet" and "show" on puppies. We do either sell them spayed, and we have nothing saying on what to do with the dog.

If you as a owner choose to breed to it, is it us as breeder of the dog that should be "aware" or should the owner that owns it, make sure that they have enought knowlegde to be a breeder?
If you breed puppies I asume that breeder is the correct term, or are you still a puppy-buyer?

For us it looks to be a problem in the future with owners that think they know-how just points the finger at the pedigree instead of understanding the pedigree.

Wonder also if the owner of the stud-dog is informed about the faults and flaws in his pedigree, as they are now breeders and responsible for what he is bred to...

© by Eva Groven

2010-07-17T00:16:00.003+02:00

She has taken some pictures of some of our doggies that has to be shared with you.... I will add an own site at http://www.greypix.com/ shortly ::

Myotonia Congenita

2010-07-11T18:03:00.004+02:00

10 Years ago we found out that our male Unique V D Havenstad carried this gene. Today I heard that a puppy in Finland gained this horrible disease. For us that was involved in this 10 years ago, it is unbeliveble that it still is miniatureschnauzer-breeders that are not aware of how easy it is to test dogs... And that they still choose to breed to stock that is common knowlegde as carriers of Myotonia Congenita.
IF a puppy gaines the desease, both parents needs to carry the gene. If only one of the parents is a carrier, there will be no sick puppies. When I looked at the pedigree of the dog that is sick I found a connection to our "Nick's" father that we know carries the gene.

The dog that is found to be sick is out of the litter B from Kennel Zylvan in Finland - and you can look up the pedigee at the Finnish KC's Koiranet :
http://jalostus.kennelliitto.fi/frmKoira.aspx?RekNo=FI51883%2F09&R=183.3

WORLD WINNER 2010

2010-06-29T00:25:00.003+02:00

It's 10 years since our first litter was born here... This weekend we are proud to say that our breeding made breed-history for miniatureschnauzers from Norway. Never before has a Norwegian-bred miniatureschnauzer s/p won the ultimate event among show-dogs. The bitch Greypix's Dirty girl at Virgin, owned by M. Hägglund, kennel Virgin in Sweden, went to Best of breed and World Winner 2010 in Herning, DK under judge:C. Stefanescu from ROM.

Petter - The Kerry

2010-06-06T23:32:00.003+02:00

After he did his win at age 9 today I took a picture of him in our backyard this afternoon.

His name is CH. Valera's On the top o'the world and owned by Oware and Steen. Read more about him on their web-pages : www.artickerryblue.com and www.kennelvalera.com

Its wonderful to breed beauties

2010-06-06T23:26:00.004+02:00

This weekend dogs bred by us won in both Norway and Sweden.

We do not show much these days, but its seems like... WHEN we do we really show-off :D
Two Best of breed in Norway with Greypix's Caramba Clishe and BOS in Sweden with Greypix's Dirty Girl at Virgin. They both gained the CACIB's.

Picture shows our G's Caramba Clishê

Kate 12 yrs t'day

2010-05-11T20:34:00.008+02:00

Kate got this cake from her breeders :D

Int.ch Norw.Swe Fin.ch NorwW 00 - 02 AmstW 00
Arbeybuffel's Missed me bye

Today our wonderful Arbeybuffel's Missed me bye - Kate - is 12 years old.. And it has been 12 fantastic years with her...

She came to me as a birthday-present after beeing on the hunt for a fundation-bitch for almost a year. And 20 of Dec. 1998 she arrived by plane together with me after we had to travel Scandinavia up and around due to a mistake at the airline.... However - This has been a story of how a different bitch truly changed how to breed mini's in Norway. Herself has 7 Champion-offsprings and more than 20 champions has Katie behind them in their pedigree.

This is Kate 1 year old - Spring 1999

Kate 2 years old - finishing her Swedish title in 2001

Kate - 8 years old, still playful and beautiful

Her breeders Janet Callow and Betty Fletcher, kennel Arbeybuffel in the UK has been an insperation on how to continue our breeding and we are proud to bring these lines forward into the next decade.

Ticks and fleas

2010-04-30T10:23:00.004+02:00

I thought that we wouldn't have much this year as it has been freezing cold this winter... BUT reading the news is seems that they have been protected by all the snow this winter..

SO - all our dogs are now treated with flea and tick drops and ready for the summer..

This time of the year it's also fleas on alot of dogs - so plz... check your dog for this so we don't spread it more. If you are unsure if your dog have fleas, its better to protect your dog with expot or simular than hope it is nothing.

APRIL 1

2010-04-01T15:33:00.002+02:00

Offcourse you have to fool someone :P We have just sent my parents out for a drive to look for us as we can't find their new home in Sweden.... BTW - we are at home in Norway... You have to love THIS DAY !!

It happens so fast...

2010-03-01T19:47:00.006+01:00

Today we got a really sad message from Mette who has Quattro - Cheantake Axcium Alert - He sneaked out the door and as typical this is - this time he rushed out on the road and despite it is a small road with few cars - this time the car came and the outcome was as that he was hit and died straight away. We can only feel sorry for Mette - this was her first dog and the love of her life.... Read more about Quattro here: http://greypix.com/hunderuk/quattrouk.html

Spiff

2010-02-28T23:31:00.003+01:00

Trought Facebook I found "Spiff" today and stole a picture from the owners. He is still a handsome boy soon to be 9 yrs old

Photo by owners - O & V Fossdal

COSEQUIN

2010-02-24T12:56:00.003+01:00

Our old lady - Kate - has struggled with her back during this cold winter and we was afraid that we had to let her go 2 weeks ago - but together with our vet we decided that we should try a supplement for her joints - Cosequin - and today I must say something is changing. Kate struggled to get her feets under herself and was in a bad condititon 2 week ago. She was playing with our puppies yesterday and she has improved her lifequality again!! THIS IS A HIGHLY RECOMANDED PRODUCT TO TRY OUT FOR THOSE OF YOUR DOGS WITH BACK-PROBLEMS!!

Read more about this product : http://www.vetdepot.com/Cosequin-Joint-Supplement.html

Show-weekend

2010-02-18T17:27:00.002+01:00

I have picked up our bitches around and only grooming left to finish them for this weekend. We have four dogs entered and among them we will introduce our latest - Greypix's Good to be me...

"Hagbart" Greypix's Irresiteble groomed for the first time

2010-02-16T21:15:00.006+01:00

He is out of G's Dark Dante and G's And that is Arja... A before and after picture when I groomed him for the first time :D

Photo by owner: Ronny Raet

2010

2010-02-16T14:18:00.003+01:00

It's been 10 years since our first litter at http://www.greypix.com/ and ever since that day our breeding and dogs has influenced the miniatureschnauzers in Norway... Here is some of the dogs we have showed during the years.....

Greypix's And that is Arja

Greypix's Cuddles at Olinus

Greypix's Dark Dante

The most dedicated dog-people

2009-10-14T20:04:00.003+02:00

I was in Bratislava, Slovakia last week and on one of the days I was ring-side just watching and noticed a breed called SLOVENSKÝ ČUVAČ...

The people ringside - the judge and the owners was so interesting too look at... Showing the dogs beautiful was NOT an issue.. The handlers was more or less dressed up in hunting-clothes and the judge was really up to this. He nooded and shaked his head all the time - He discussed with the owners and the people ringside. Everyone was involved

Notice the group of people sitting ringside in the background... They did NOT
move during the entire show.. And the dogs where kept far away from eachother due to

slightly aggresive attitude... BUT this is dedication!!!!

It's so fun!!

2009-10-04T14:59:00.004+02:00

This weekend we were waiting for pups.
When we picked up "Arja" last week I thought it was 3 - 4 pups...
But yesterday ( Saturday) we had to contact the vet as she did'nt "push" as we wanted - and when the vet took a x-ray she saw 7.... A shot in her muscle and first pup was out within 5 minutes... a small boy :-) - 5 boys followed and I was sure that she didn't have any girls... but she came at last... Now we just have too see if everything goes as we want....

Northern Norway in September -09

2009-09-21T23:57:00.008+02:00

Norway is one of the most beautiful contries and together with Siv Oware we took the drive from Tromsø onward upnorth to Burfjord - On this day the weather was outstanding and the pictures shows how fantastic this contry is - It was more than 100 pictures taken so it will take a while before all are online... CLICK ON PICTURE TO SEE THE FULL SIZE

ENJOY!!!

A picture from 1997

2009-09-17T19:37:00.005+02:00

This picture came by e-mail today from an old dog-friend...
It shows me with my three first mini's..

CH. Ing-sta's Bonn (age 11), CH Motown's Up side down (age 3)

and CH. Brittuvan's Hot'n Spicy (age 9)

And dinner tomorrow...

2009-08-14T21:17:00.003+02:00

Bård is at the kitchen and making tomorrows dinner...

Menu is sea-shells, Raindeer-steak and berriers from our garden :-()

Closeups

2009-08-14T20:53:00.003+02:00

SIV OWARE... KENT OLSEN
MARITA ØVERGÅRD

The change of "Millie" - Greypix's Do me again

2009-08-14T20:32:00.006+02:00

Marita and Siv assisted me with "Millie" today and prepared her for this weekend...

The showdog... Wedlock's Black magic woman

2009-08-14T15:55:00.006+02:00

Above.. Me proving that we have something called top-dog!!!

It took us 4 hours....

And pleased with the result :-)

Wedlock's Black magic Woman

2009-08-14T15:44:00.005+02:00

To groom a Giantschnauzer takes some time... This is us while working on her....

Siv and my neck

Stripping forechest
Siv is working

Looks good so far...

Something interesting??

Hold still...

A wet "Frida"

Siv and Marita

Show-grooming today...

2009-08-14T15:32:00.008+02:00

Our mini's looking out the fence..
From right Frøya, Kate, Arja, Loppa, Tuppa and Elskling..
We started at 1000 this morning and groomed the dogs we are showing tomorrow....

Olga

2009-08-11T16:00:00.001+02:00

She has been to the vet's office again.... After 4 times with different thing she decided that this is not how she want's it...
Bård was called up from the Vet about an hour after she was deliverd and ask to pick her up as she was behaving like a spoiled brat... She did not keep her voice down at all and other customers was a little upset on her behalf...

Of course she was pleased to see him and as I'm writing this she is upstairs in MY bed having a nap together with her hero - Bård...

Can't belive that a dog could be sooo spoiled here :-)

Loppa groomed

2009-08-11T15:41:00.000+02:00

Our Multichampion G's Mysterious narrative "Loppa" is now a true PET :-)

The sun shined and some of our dogs struggles in the sun, among them "Loppa"
She has been our leading bitch in the show-ring and we have been unsure if we should hold her coat in condition or not.. Today we decided not too and she loved it :-)

Picture shows her at her last weeekend in the show-ring where she became BOB on the spec.show and BOS on the Int.show in Stavanger...