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Hans E. Grüttner - Träger der Baron von Gingins-Gedächtnismedaille!

Die Baron von Gingins-Gedächtnismedaille ist die höchste kynologische Auszeichnung des Verbandes für das Deutsche Hundewesen. Die Ehrung der Preisträger findet am 13. Oktober 2007 anlässlich des Festabends der Bundessieger Zuchtschau in Dortmund statt.

Baron von Gingins Gedächtnismedaille
 
Diese wird vergeben für herausragende Leistungen zur Förderung der Zucht.
 
Anlässlich des 100jährigen Jubiläums hat der Vorstand des Verbandes für das Deutsche Hundewesen (VDH) Ende letzten Jahres beschlossen, die Baron von Gingins Gedächtnismedaille wieder neu ins Leben zu rufen. Der VDH Vorstand möchte mit der hochwertig gestalteten Gingins Medaille ausschließlich kynologische Leistungen ehren.
Die Medaille wird an Persönlichkeiten verliehen, die sich durch herausragende Leistungen zur Förderung der deutschen Hundezucht im In und/oder Ausland verdient gemacht haben. Die Verleihung findet jährlich statt. 30 Medaillen sind derzeit pro Jahr vorgesehen.
Anforderungen: Verleihung an herausragende Kynologen (Züchter oder Richter) aus dem In und/oder Ausland.

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A dream comes true!

CH Bonaparte von der Emsmuehle Crufts-Winner 2001
by H. E. Gruettner

All the following started in 1973. Earls Court or Victoria Hall - I do not know for sure after that time - were the first aims of my trips to Crufts in London, I always had longed to go. And later on, when Crufts moved to Birmingham, farther to the north of England. But every time it was the very specific atmosphere of this greatest dog show of the world attracting me to that place again and again, I suppose it might be for the twentieth time by now.

The year 2001 was to become quite a special year for all "Overseas". Pet Scheme Travel rendered it feasible - for the first time to go directly to Crufts with one's own dog.

The nearer the day came the more the pleasure of anticipation was mixed with nervousness and strain. Have all the formalities been done correctly? The own dog simply had to be in top condition and that meant to spend hours and hours - and that for weeks - in the trimming room and finally when the day of confirmation advanced the decision that there was no need to be ashamed of the result of all that lot of work..

But then the big disappointment - two days before our departure Crufts was cancelled because of the MFD. A new date was announced, but what horror, it was the Friday before the General Meeting of the Klub für Terrier, Mrs Kirch being the treasuress had to take part in any case.

What had to be done? In such a case only "Terrier temperament" will be of help. And we agreed that all would possible if we only would really want it. Departure on Thursday at 7:00 hours and arrival in Birmingham at 20:30 hours - all proceeded as we had planned it and thus no problems occured. Checking-in in Calais at the ferries, arrival in Dover - easy.

A short and restless night in the usual hotel. An early start to get to the show and then - the Irish were the last to be judged - that meant to wait, and wait, and wait! Then at 14:00 hours the "Puppy Class" was the first to be called up. In such a straining situation minutes easily seem to become hours, but finally "Open Dogs" were invited in the ring.

Bonaparte did his best, he seemed to feel that this was a very special day. In a situation like this it is quite good knowing that on the other side of the lead there is a dog you may rely on at every time. He really knew what he wanted, presented himself in a mixture of nobility and temperament and last but not least leaving no doubt that he wanted to be winner.

And then there was the moment when the judge, Mr K. Anderson - a successful Irish breeder himself - shook my hand and presented the CC-card to me. Such a moment you cannot expressed in words. A dream wanted for a long time had become reality!

Within the next few seconds I once more remembered all the 30 years of breeding and living with my Irish terriers and I experienced a deep gratitude for those wonderful years. And I thought of that moment in 1987 when Ch. Maghill of Ben´s Heir, already in my ownership at that time, became Crufts Winner with G. Clark as handler, and of that of 1998 when Ch. Brazan Riesling,this time handled my myself, repeated that success.

But to stand here with a dog of my own breeding and to win, this moment surpassed all those experienced up to now - even the triumphs of the last two years Bonaparte had achieved in international shows, his successes as Best in Show and last but not least his numerous titles as winner of the day. "Bonaparte von der Emsmühle" had become Crufts Winner 2001 and thus writing history even in Great Britain.

To be sure, you will not have much time for joy in a such a situation, for reality will catch up with you pretty soon. Judging is going on and once more full concentration and . . . . ."Best of Breed"! At the same time the order of an official: "You are in hurry, you have to go to the main ring". And that meant there is no time to enjoy that success with our friends but to quickly get all things together and to hurry to the group judge. However, when I arrived there the time schedule had been delayed due a threat of bomb - good luck for us.

Henceforth Mrs Kirch took charge of the handling of Bonaparte, and for me it was a splendid moment to drink a fine and well-deserved English beer completely relaxed and to observe all that followed.

At 21:00 hours the show ended and we were tired and exhausted, but happy. Now it was time to immediately get into the car and return to Germany to the General Meeting in Kelsterbach. Arrival after a trip of 950 kms; it is Saturday 7:00 hours - three hours of time for a little bit of sleep and then to the Bürgerhaus (Citizen Hall) in Kelsterbach. On Sunday the General Meeting ended at 20:00 hours and we could return for home. And even these last 200 kms we still were driving "on cloud no. 7".

Entnommen aus Dog World, 03. August 2001:

Show Report Irish Terriers:
from the judge Kevin Anderson

It was a great honour to judge at Crufts an I thank exhibitors for their entries, however, I was very disappointed in the number of dogs that had contracted skulls and I would implore people intending to breed, to study pedigrees as this is one of the faults which is extremlely hereditary.

Kirch & Grüttners Int. Ch Bonaparte von der Emsmühle
lovely true Irishman, beautiful expression, true Irish head, good dark eye, being neither to strong nor too weak, good punishing jaw as an Irish should have, one of the reasons why he wen 1st. Beautiful neck and schoulders, lovely front, moved true, certainly the best mover here, great coat and condition, beautiful presented, demanded the CC and BOB who was I to deny him? Hope he comes back to England to get his other CC´s, he certainly deserves them.

Baker´s Cocksure Calypso
nice racy lined bitch, good length of head, nice ear carriage, good dark eye, loveley head, neck and shoulders, good coat, nice size, lovely tailset, good mover . CC and BOS

For us an unforgetable event and our greatest wish comes true.
Thank you very much for all the congratulations we got.

Successful breeding is not a matter of luck!

Best wishes all over the world to all our friends and enthusiasts of this fantastic breed,

Karina Kirch and Hans Gruettner

published May 26th, 2000

May in Germany means the three-day Europasieger show, held in Dortmund, in ist spacious Westfalenhallen, which now consist of eight halls.
This truly international event, with entries from 30 countries and jugdes from ten, was held during the first weekend in May. In total there were 5.744 dogs representing 251 breeds.

The two Dortmund shows (the second yearly event there, the Bundessieger, is always held in October) have for years set an example of showing the general public the positive sides of the dog game. The organisers, the German Kennel Club (VDH), have had to take such an active attitude as German is perhaps the worst country on the Continent as far as the anti-do witch hunt is concerned. With more than 40.000 visitors to every Sieger, the VDH sees an enormous opportunity to change doggy matters for the better.

Talking about PR, one of the halls, the one where the main rin is situated, was again the place to get information obourt the vorious breeds, a sort of Discover Dogs avant la lettre Together with the numerous trade stands, this part of the show loks very familar to Crufts visitors.
On the first day, FCI groups 1, 6, 7 and 9 werde judged. The Saturday was reserved for grups 3, 5, 8 and 10 while 2 and 4 werde judged on Sunday.

At the recent three-day German Kennel Club Europasieger show, Best in Show was the American Cocker "CH Kimbar´s Caught Red-Handed owned by Herbert Klemann and Wiebke Laudi.

Reserve was the Irish Terrier "CH Bonaparte von der Emsmühle" owned and bred by Karina Kirch and Hans Grüttner; third the Doberman "CH Wanja Wandor v. Stevinhage) owned by Detlef Köhler. The final was judged by Hassi Assenbacher-Feyel (D).

(For complere results of judging of the Irish Terriers please compare "Exhibitions 2000")

Irish Breed Heritage Show

As already pre-announced in this place, on September 11th and 12th, 1999 the enthusiasts of all Irish breeds met in Dublin. The organisation had been performed by the representatives of the nine native races of Ireland in co-operation with the Irish Kennel Club. Cathy and Shaun Delmar apparently had done the leading work. The "Canine Heritage Programme" run as follows: On Saturday starting at 10.00 a.m. the different breeds were judged on the Showgrounds Cloghran, Dublin, a ground owned by the Irish Kennel Club. A total of 235 dogs had been entered allotted as follows:

Hound Group
Irish Wolfhound (36), Kerry Beagle (5)
Gundog Group
Irish Setter (36), Irish Red and White Setter (11), Irish Water Spaniel (30)
Terrier Group
Irish Glen Of Imaal Terrier (17), Irish Soft Coated Wheaten Terrier (48), Kerry Blue Terrier (33), Irish Terrier (19)

Our breed was judged by Mrs Dr Alex Noonan in ring no. 5, directly after the Irish Glenn of Imaal Terriers. The started with weather typical for Ireland, but when the Irish Terriers were to be judged we really were lucky as the weather noticeably turned better. The judging proceeded uninterruptedly and the judge elected for Best of Breed the Crufts-Winner '98 and GB and Irish Champion "Brazan Riesling", bred by Mrs Lovelace. Best Bitch turned out to be "Kerrykeel Chantalles Scarlet O'Hara", bred by Mrs Anderson.

Later on, when judging the groups "Riesling" was a worthy representative of our breed, too. He won the Terrier Group and finally became "BEST IN SHOW" of all Irish breeds. Once again a great success and quite a good Advertisement for our race.

Therefore, the evening passed by in a very good mood. For about 7.30 p.m. a dinner had been organised for everyone present at the "Forrest Little Golf Club, Swords". This evening lasted a bit longer than others did - and it was a very fine evening together with the Irish breeders and the Deegan family. On Sunday special trainings were offered to the breeders of the different races. The training for the Irish Terrier breeders was held by Tracy Deegan-Foyle and Jimmy Sweeney. Both of them did quite a good job. The essential points of the Standards had been explained, yet the schedule of time was that close-fitted that there was only little space for all further discussions. But "don't worry", the enthusiasts of the Irish Terriers did make up for it "quite long" in the Coachman Pub. All in all it had been a very nice weekend, because Ireland always is good for a visit!

H.E. Gruettner

Jamaika von der Emsmühle

auf dem Front-cover des Dog World Annuals

Jedes Jahr bringt die Zeitung Dog World ein Annual heraus. Im Jahr 1995 hatten wir die große Ehre, dass ein Foto von Jamaika aus vielen ausgewählt wurde.

Unser spezieller Dank geht vor allem an unseren guten Freund David Dalton, der mit seinen schönen Aufnahmen und durch sein Engagemant, dies für uns ermöglicht hat.

The Irish who stole the Picture by Lotte Berg, published in Terrier World 11/1990

At the two shows in Koge (DTK) and Copenhagen (DKK) this September the German breeder of Irish Terriers, Hans Gruettner, came to Denmark with his import GH Maghill of Ben´s Heir - and that was some Irish Terrier!!

He won the breed both days, but not only that - he also won Best In Show and Best Terrier at the Kennel Club Show.

Yes, as a Dane I do think it was a little bit sad that the top honour at those two very big shows had to go to a dog from another country - but when it went to Germany with Hans Gruettner and Maghill I can only say one thing and congratulate them: The best dog wins!!

Maghill caught your eye the minute you looked down the line of competitors - he was so self-confident, showing like a bomb and calmly waiting to be pointed to the winner´s podium. What a pleasure it was to see him win both days.

I spoke to Hans Gruettner after the shows and he told that the world-famous all-rounder judge Mr. Joe Braddon once said to him: "In a life of a man there comes one dog and to this dog he will say Mr. Dog" - for Hans Gruettner "Mr. Dog" is Maghill. He bought him from Mr. H. Davies at the age of 8 months and left him in England for what was to become a very succsessful show carrier. The English Championship was won under wordfamous Irish Terrier breeders such as Miss Norah Woodifield and Mrs. E. Howard-Jones, the last named also giving him BOB at Crufts in ´87.

After this Hans Gruettner took Maghill to Germany and he continued his success on the Continent! Maghill is unbeaten in the breed but for one exception and today he has 7 Best in Shows. He has further placements in the Terrier Group at the big important Kennel Club shows in Amsterdam and the Bundessieger show in Dortmund and is now - obviously - also an International Champion. That he is also a success at stud is proven plenty by his winning off-spring.