We have a World Winner!
Every year there’s a World Dog Show (WDS), where the winning dogs in each breed are named World Winners. In 2021 WDS was held in Brno (Czech Republic), and I had taken a road...
Author: Stine Hjelme
Goodbye Mandela
This is hard to put in writing, because it means that this is not just a bad dream but the reality… My one and only Mandela has left me with a broken heart Our...
Dreams do come true
When Mandela was Dog of The YearR #4 all breeds 2018 I had a dream that he could also be placed top 4 in the veteran competition 2019. Already in May he took the...
LLOYD sponsorship
At the dog shows it is, of course, the dogs that are being judged, but most handlers also dress up in nice clothes. For me, it’s about making a good overall impression. Many hours...
Volunteer club work
Since 2015 I have worked as a webmaster in the Danish Chow Chow Club. The task started with a full “rebuild” of the club’s website, which I now maintain and update along with the...
Pat Hastings seminar
In February I spend a weekend at a two days Pat Hastings seminar. Pat Hastings is an expert in dogs and canine structure. It was a full packed weekend covering, among other things, basic canine...
Chow Chow puppies spring 2019
UPDATE: Unfortunately we will not have puppies this spring. We will try again in the Autumn. We plan for spring puppies. When Maggie comes in heat she will be mated. We expect her to...
Denmarks best Chow Chow 2018
If anyone had asked me in the beginning of 2018 I had never guessed how the year would end. 2018 ended up being an exceptional year for Mandela. In addition, he also turned 8...
New Champions in 2018
2018 offered two new Chow Chow champions. Hjelme Amazing Grace (My) was the first Hjelme breed Chow Chow to be champion. My lives with Arne and Ann Elin in Norway. I’m proud that one...
Update: Chow Chow puppies
Update: Both girls have been scanned and it’s confirmed that both of them are having puppies in the beginning of May :-) Spring time is in the air. Both our girls have been mated...
Chow Chow of the year 2017
HattrickMandela (Piuk Chow Possesses Black Passion) scored a hattrick when he for the third year in a row wonCHOW CHOW OF THE YEAR 2017 (with max point)DANISH KENNEL CLUB BREED WINNER 2017And in a addition...
Chow Chow puppies
Update: Unfortunately did the scanning show no puppies this time. We’ll have to wait until early spring to try again. We are happy to inform that we have mated Nelly with Cosi. This should hopefully...
First half year in 2017
It has been a good start of the year. The Chow Chow’s have all done well at different dog shows and new titles have also been added.MANDELAWith a number of Best Of Breed in...
Best in Show…again!
When Mandela won Best In Show last year I thought it was “once in a lifetime”, as the Chow Chow has no history of these results in Denmark. But little did I know. At DKKs...
Update on 2016
2016 has been a good year. New titles, a new dog and the first litter of Chow Chow puppies in Kennel Hjelme.MANDELAWith two great achievements Mandela did great advertisement for the Chow Chow here...