NEWS 2024
6th of July: PJ Horton's Nute (Goldmali Turn To Me, Papillon) competed in agility for the very first time. He placed FIRST in Jumping!
6th of July: Joanne Apostolou and Zulte (Goldmali I
Believe I Can Fly AWS) competed in agility at QSAT and gained
two first placings, a second, and then a third in the finals.
30th of June: Sue Ingram and Sky (G. So What) placed first in Novice in UK Dog Sport.
27th of June: Wow! Ezrin's Havana
(G. Unbelievable) at just 9 months of age went to Windsor
Championship show where Havana took the BITCH CC AND BEST OF
BREED,
as well as Best Puppy and Best Special Beginner!!
23rd of June: Margaret Young and Rogue (G. Starman)
competed in obedience class C for the first time and placed
third! This gave Rogue his first
qualifier towards working Championship C!!
15th of June: Sue Ingram competed in Obedience at the
Forest Oak GCS Open obedience show. Sue and Sky (Goldmali So
What) placed FIRST in Pre-Beginners.
She also took FIRST with Storm (G. Up And Up) in the
Introductory class!
9th of June: Margaret Young and Rogue (Goldmali
Starman) competed in obedience class B and placed FIRST. As this
was Rogue's third B win he will
now only compete in C!
8th of June: Ezrin Ashenden's Goldmali Unbelievable ("Havana") took Best Puppy and Reserve Best Bitch at 3 Counties, their first Championship show. (No CCs at this show.)
29th of May: Sue Ingram and Storm (Goldmali Up And Up) passed the KC Good Citizen Bronze test.
21st of May: We said goodbye to our wonderful Peanut
(Goldmali Dreams Come True), our first homebred Papillon aged 14
½.
In an unbelievably sad twist his son Walnut aka Solo died
on the same day.
19th of May: Sarah Fenby's Seven (Goldmali Somebody To Love) placed FIRST in Grade 1-3 Large Agility, an incredible 8.173 seconds faster than the second placed dog!
18th of May: Margaret Young and Rogue (Goldmali
Starman) won class B obedience again!
16th of May: Jennie Foster and Phoenix (Goldmali Unsung
Hero) passed the KC Good Citizen Bronze test.
12th of May: Margaret Young and Rogue (Goldmali Starman) won class B obedience.
21st of April: Ezrin Ashenden's Goldmali Unbelievable
"Havana" went to Plymouth Open show where Havana took Best AVNSC
Pastoral Puppy and Best AVNSC Pastoral.
She then placed 3rd in the Pastoral Puppy group! Not only that
but in the Puppy Stakes she placed 3rd out of 22!
20th and 21st of April: Sue Ingram and Sky (Goldmali So
What) competed in UK Dog Sports. On the Saturday at an event
near
Warwick Sky placed 2nd in Novice with just half a point away
from the winner. She gained 105.5 points out of a possible 110!
On the Sunday in Carmarthen Sky placed 2nd in Novice again!
17th of April: PJ Horton's Nute (Goldmali Turn To Me,
Papillon) entered his first agility competition at 16 months of
age.
In A4A steeplechase Nute smashed it with a clear round and a
second place and trophy!
13th of April: Bianca Schofield's Goldmali Noyau's Fire at Toverheks went to Birtley & DCS Open show where Fire took Best of Breed.
6th of April: Pauline Jackson's Wish (Goldmali Kismet)
and Bianca Schofield's Fire (G. Noyau's Fire at Toverheks)
become the first two Malinois in the UK to
gain new frisbee titles! Wish is a Certified Roller Dog and Fire
is a Certified Frisbee Dog.
28th of March: Lucy Toyne's Walter (G. Opportunity Nox) has been filming for TV again.
24th of March: Bianca Schofield and Fire (G.
Moyau's Fire at Toverheks) went to a Competition Scent Dog trial
where they gained a clean sweep and placed 1st!
17th of March: An unbelievable 10 years since we lost
Ripley, and on the same day Diane Botting had to say goodbye to
her great grandson Boris from the K litter.
We went to Retford CS Open show where Bambi took another BOB.
7th & 9th of March 2024: CRUFTS.
As usual several Goldmalis took part in Discover Dogs, telling people about Malinois.
In the showring, Bambi took the Reserve Bitch CC.
Sarah Fenby's Goldmali Somebody To Love "Seven" won 1st of 3 in Post Graduate Bitch (with Rani as 2nd) and 1st of 2 in Good Citizen bitch!
Gibbs and Jackson both had placings. As always, we had a great time meeting up with so many friends!
Bambi RBCC at Crufts 2024, photo by Yvonne M Davis.
Seven at Crufts 2024 where she won both her classes. Photo by Yvonne M Davis
3 Goldmali assistance dogs at Discover Dogs, Crufts:
Goldmali Phoenix "Castiel" (Kelsey Cashmore), Goldmali Kite "Fen" and Goldmali Power "Jackson" (Mark Salter).
5th of March: Thea had to say goodbye to her so very special Aspen; Goldmali Fire With Fire, aged 13 years and 4 months.
27th of February: Natalie Mitchell and River (G. Paradox) placed 3rd at a hoopers competition in barrellers out of 39 dogs!
25th of February: Welcome to grandchild number 5: SOFIA! A sister for Timmy, Lola and Arlo, another cousin for Dolly.
Lottie visits Sofia
19th of February: Joanne Apostolou and Zulte (G. I Believe I Can Fly AWS) took 2nd place in the Agilitynet senior league 2023 - Gold division.
7th of February: I lost my absolute most special companion Prince, my last Persian cat. 15/7 2006 - 7/2 2024. He was one in a million.
28th of January: Joanne Apostolou's Zulte WON GRADE 7 AGILITY at DBDT. Zulte is Goldmali I Believe I Can Fly and he will turn 10 on the 13th of February!
He also placed 4th in the Steeplechase.
27th of January: Kirsty Thomas and Zeke (Goldmali Quicksilver) passed Level 1 Mantrailing.
At Derbyshire AC Championship Agility Show Sarah Fenby with Seven (G. Somebody To Love) won Grade 1-3 Large jumping, Seven's first win in G3.
21st of January: Lucy Toyne's Walter (Goldmali Opportunity Nox) appeared on TV as an actor, in the ITV crime drama Vera! He played an angry dog, but
his wagging tail rather gave him away -Walter is a very friendly dog, brother of Bambi.
19th of January: Sarah Fenby with Seven (G. Somebody To Love) passed their KC Good Citizen Bronze test.
14th of January: Sarah Fenby with Seven (G. Somebody To Love) competed in UK Hoopers in North Wales and gained 3 First places and two Seconds. Best of all they
were awarded the GOLDEN HOOP with 357.409 points out of 400 possible.
(This is awarded to the highest point scoring -therefore most consistent- dog of the day accumulated from 4 progression runs.)
