Nikolaev - the beautiful, cosy city located on a place of merge of two rivers of Southern Bug and Ingul.
Is the center of shipbuilding and navigation. But since May, 2004 became also the center of carrying out of 1 national club specialized dogshow of breeds CASD and CSD.
After long road we have arrived to tourist base " Southern Bug ". Also have been struck with a hospitable meeting. Gate have swung open as if by magic, and towards to us two charming girls in national Ukrainian suits with bread and salt, with a greeting and a wish of goods, success, health and happiness have left. And so each participant of a dogshow has been met. It was the first pleasant unexpectedness. But all waited for surprise of us ahead.
To us have offered the big cultural - entertaining program: excursion on city, travel by the white steam-ship across Southern Bug with incendiary songs of gipsy ensemble. In the evening of us have invited to a buffet table where memorable souvenirs about fine, hospitable city - Nikolaev have been handed everyone.
With the interesting report Cand.Biol.Sci. Mr.Gorlov has acted. He has lived 20 years in Central Asia and studied native Central Asian sheep-dogs in the nature. Then have acted M. Ovsyannikova (expert of FCI), Moscow and I.Malaydah (national expert of UKU), Kiev. Then interesting discussion about breeds CASD and CSD began.
On May, 16 - day of dogshow.
Stadium " Youth ". Opening was accompanied by an orchestra, national caucasian dances. The best have been submitted in breed the Caucasian sheep-dog - the Anaconda from Otchiy Dom(ow. Т.Shatalova, Donetsk).
In breed CASD - Luther Saksonija (ow. Andrushko, Krivoi Rog). Then above stadium the set of the Nikolaev pigeons has flied up.
Exprtise in rings began.
To our affliction Nuchar Daue Don in the morning strongly injured a hinder leg and could not win first place, but thus he has received R.CAC. But for us all has developed not too badly, our dogs have received estimations:
Kennel "DAUR DON":
BAHA DAUR DON - 2-е отлично в классе юниоров;
ANAKONDA FROM OTCHIY DOM- САС, CCC(Candidate for Champions of Club)
BASHA DAUR DON ( ow. V.Bondarenko, Nikopol) - the best Caucasian Shepherd Dogs of Dogshow.
Kennel "BAJAZET ALLU":
VARUH SENG - Big perspective-2, Class Beby ( in rings - 5 dogs)
JADAR BAJAZET ALLU - Big perspective-2, Class Beby(in rings - 10 dogs)
BARI SAKSONIYA - excellent, Class of Winners.
But the most important that has struck all - rewarding of prize-winners of an dogshow. After the ending of expertise in rings, all dogs who have received prize-winning places in classes have been solemnly awarded..
Especially it would be desirable to thank remarkable people - Irina and Sergey Guvgin - owners of kennel "Barbarians of Skify" - sponsors and organizers of the given dogshow for magnificent reception, kindliness, the kind relation to all without exception to participants.
We, owners of kennels "DAUR DON" and "BAJAZET ALLU" necessarily shall arrive the next year to Nikolaev.

Authors of article:
Tatyana Shatalova
Andrey Masyuk
Alena Lukacheva