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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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