We had a fantastic day at CRUFTS yesterday with our Menna.  She not only won her class, but also took Best Bitch and BEST OF BREED!!  This was a very unexpected result, but a thrilling one!

Thanks to the judge (Mrs Sue Garner) for awarding Menna Best of Breed.

It was wonderful to see her on the television, I hope she did the breed proud!

We are very proud to annouce that Menna (Int/Bel/DK Ch. Karabas Likande Lamenna Letta at Sturtmoor (IMP NL) Sh.C.M. WW'10 W'08, W'09) is the leader in the UK's Top Dog competition!

The winners of Best of Breed and Best Opposite Sex are awarded points at all Championship shows in the UK that have breed classes.  Top Dog is a very coveted award that most breeders will strive to achieve, but few will actually gain.

Menna has had a phenomenal career so far, winning some Top Awards previoiusly never won by an Estrela outside of Portugal!!  In this particular competition, Menna was Top Dog in 2007 and 2008 but was them absent from the show ring for the majority of 2009 and 2010 due to maternal duties.  Now - back in the ring after her two year absence, she came back with style!!

We are so proud of our baby, and cannot thank Sietske Christan-Luchsinger enough for allowing her to join us!!

If you wish to see a full list of the leaders in the Top dog Competition (all breeds) please follow this link:  http://www.dogworld.co.uk/product.php/140

We are proud to announce another fantastic Sturtmoor day at the National Working & Pastoral Breeds Championship Show held near Malvern on 16 July 2011.

Our Menna (Int/Bel/DK Ch. Karabas Likande Lamenna Letta at Sturtmoor IMP NL) took her 6th Best of Breed for the year under judge Meg Purnell-Carpenter!  She then went on to win BEST RARE BREED IN SHOW under Judge Jack Bispham!!!!

Also her son - STURTMOOR OMARI, at 11.5 months old and at his 3rd ever show, took his 2nd Best Puppy in Breed award and also Reserve Best Dog!!  Congratulations to Kathleen Garey for doing such a fantsatic job with Rouge!!

Following her son's success at WELKS on Sunday 1st May, Menna (INT/BEL/DK CH. Karabas Likande Lamenna Letta at Sturtmoor (IMP NL) Sh.C.M) took her second BEST OF BREED of the year!  

A fantastic start to the 2011 season for Sturtmoor!!

Only one Sturtmoor Dog was present at WELKS championship show on 1st May 2011 - and what a day he had!!

Rouge (Sturtmoor Omari) who is out of Menna x Jaydee was attending his first show ever with his owner Kathleen Garey, what a start to his career!

Kath took Rouge into his first Junior Class, aged just 9 months, where he was against 3 other puppies that were a little older than him.  He was placed FIRST!!!  Millie (Camille Pentland - co-breeder of Rouge) then offered to take over the handling where Rouge went on to win not only Best Male but also BEST OF BREED!!  There was a total entry of 21 Estrela's, with only 4 being absent.  This was all under judge Robin Newhouse.

Rouge didn't stop there!  Millie then took him into the Group, where judge Zena Thorn-Andrews decided to shortlist our baby boy to the LAST SIX!  The Pastoral group had a total of 1124 entries, and Rouge was one best six in that group!! 

Well done to Kath on doing such a fantastic job with Rouge, and getting him so well socialised.  We hope to see him at more shows in the future!