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Dear  Agnija,  thank  you  for  taking  the  time  to   a mother and a daughter, and then last summer,
            provide us with an interview and answering our     the first for our family and an insanely sweet boy
            questions.  A short time ago you just finished your   from the Czech Republic from the Fallcat kennel
            junior handling career. You were very successful   joined us.
            in your country and also all over Europe. I must
            mention  you  won  3rd  place  at  the  World  dog   How  did  you  become  interested  in  showing
            show  Madrid  2022  in  the  final  with  sweet    dogs and when?
            Aussie  Gummy.  Also,  you  two  won  supreme      I  started  attending  shows  around  the  age  of  6
            BIS winner at the famous Split 4 Summer Night      with my parents, but I think my real interest in this
            shows – you have been presenting our beloved       huge and interesting show world only came when
            breed very well.                                   I started attending junior handler school and my
                                                               teachers got me interested in it.
            Please tell us more about yourself – your begin-
            nings in show ring and in junior handling.
            My family has had dogs since my early childhood.
            When I was 4 years old, my parents bought the
            first show dog, it was a Dogue de Bordeaux and
            since that time we have only dealt with this breed.
            I was not a fan of dog shows and rarely went to
            them, I devoted my life entirely to cycling sports
            and thought that I would always do this. But at
            the age of 12, I made a very difficult decision for
            myself, which changed everything in my life and I
            decided that I wanted to try myself as a handler.
            Probably the main motivation for this was the idea
            that I want to find my place in the world. Then a
            new breed for all of us, the Australian Shepherd,
            appeared in our house. It was my first dog and she
            is from the Seventy Seven kennel in which I put
            my whole soul. From her appearance in the family,
            I started going to the junior handlers' school and
            a year later I successfully passed the exam and
            graduated  from  school  with  the  second-highest   Which breeds have you shown/handled, and do
       Text written & photographs provided by: Agnija Morozova
            result. My first junior handler competition wasn't   you have a favourite dog or breed that you prefer
            very successful, but I also started showing my dog     working with? I hope it’s Australian shepherd,
            in the breed ring at the same time and together    isn’t it?
            we learned to rejoice in victories, accept judges'   At the beginning of my career, I seem to have been
            criticism and not be upset about losses.           most associated with the FCI group 2, I had the
                                                               opportunity to show many Dogue de Bordeaux,
            Please tell us about your past and present dogs.   Leonberger's, as well as breeds such as the Dogo
            Do you have any own dog?                           Argentino and Dobermans. But as strange as it
            As  I  already  mentioned,  my  family  has  always   may sound, now I'm mostly working and showing
            owned Dogue de Bordeaux and this breed that        the FCI group 8, and I want to say that I really love
            my whole family fell in love with. At the moment,   the character of the dogs representing this group,
            two girls of this breed from the Eminent kennels,   and also love the style of exhibiting this group. At
            Evaland and La Luna Polaris; live in our house. But   the  moment,  I  actively  show  Golden  retrievers,
            I must say that my heart has been forever stolen by   Nova  Scotia  Duck  Tolling  retrievers,  Lagotto
            the Aussies. At the moment, I already have three   romangolo, Labradors, Flat-coated Retrievers and
            representatives of this beautiful breed, two girls;   English cocker spaniels.



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