Goldmali


NEWS 2024


22nd of September: Heather Weideman and Lupa (Goldmali Little Cloud) passed the KC Good Citizen Gold test!

August/September: Bianca Schofield and Fire (Goldmali Noyau's Fire at Toverheks) have been busy!
3rd August Fire went to a level 1 scentwork trial with Competition Scent Dogs and Fire won!  She also got a clean sweep (found all the hides).
11th Sept Fire went to a club a mock frisbee championship. Fire and Bianca won their handler division and then went on to win the whole competition!
On Friday 13th Sept Fire went to Darlington Champ show where Fire was Best Veteran.
And finally Saturday 14th Sept was the UK leg of the K9 Frisbee Toss and Fetch World Championships where they got to compete against other qualifying frisbee dogs across the world.
Fire came out top in the handle division in the UK!  They ended up 107th out of 466 handles worldwide.

23rd of August: Sue Ingram with Storm (Goldmali Up And Up), at only his second Obedience show, won Pre-Beginners and Beginners at Cheltenham. Sky placed 5th in Beginners.

19th of August: Sarah Fenby and Seven (Goldmali Somebody To Love) had a busy month of Agility & hoopers competitions and did not leave any show empty handed.
Seven has now won up to Grade 4 (agility) with a win, then added another for good measure.

18th of August: Another win in UK Dog Sport for Sue Ingram and Sky (Goldmali So What), at Carmarthen.

3rd of August: BSDA Championship show. Mats took the RDCC aged 11 years. His granddaughter Goldmali Unbreak My Heart "Lexi" owned by
Sonja Cafferata took Best Puppy at her first show.

28th of July: Leeds Championship show and Northern BSD Club Open show. Ezrin Ashenden's Goldmali Unbelievable (Havana) took Best Puppy in both shows.
They then passed the KC Good Citizen Bronze test.

Bianca Schofield's Fire (G. Noyau's Fire at Toverheks) took 2nd in veteran at Leeds, then at NBSDC she took Best Veteran, Reserve Best Bitch and Reserve Best of Breed.

27th of July: Sarah Fenby's Seven (Goldmali Somebody To Love) did well at the recent UK Hoopers finals. Seven won the ABC league and also came 2nd in the Hookedonhoopers.com Speedstakes Final.

26th of July: Sue Ingram and Storm (Goldmali Up And Up) passed the KC Good Citizen Silver test.

20th of July: Bianca Schofield and Fire (Goldmali Noyau's Fire at Toverheks) passed the Chief Inspector assessment from The College Of Scent Dogs Ltd.
 
19-28th of July: Nute did it again! (Goldmali Turn To Me owned by PJ Horton). At Agility 4 All Nationals Championships round 3 Agility, Nute took FIRST! 19 months old.

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.

16th of March: Ezrin Ashenden took Havana (Goldmali Unbelievable) to her first show Exeter & CCS, where she won AV Pastoral puppy.

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.)