{"id":12097,"date":"2026-03-08T15:25:34","date_gmt":"2026-03-08T14:25:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cunninghams.de\/portfolio-items\/06-03-2026-crufts-2026\/"},"modified":"2026-03-08T16:53:53","modified_gmt":"2026-03-08T15:53:53","slug":"06-03-2026-crufts-2026","status":"publish","type":"avada_portfolio","link":"https:\/\/cunninghams.de\/en\/portfolio-items\/06-03-2026-crufts-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"06.03.2026 &#8211; Crufts 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-margin-top:50px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1248px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_2 1_2 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:50%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:3.84%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:3.84%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-image-element \" style=\"--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-1 hover-type-none\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cunninghams.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Crufts-Antonov-1.jpg\" class=\"fusion-lightbox\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[716a7078da6f9991a4f]\" data-title=\"Crufts-Antonov-1\" title=\"Crufts-Antonov-1\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1300\" height=\"975\" alt=\"Crufts 2026 Cunninghams Antonov BOB\" src=\"https:\/\/cunninghams.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Crufts-Antonov-1.jpg\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/cunninghams.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Crufts-Antonov-1.jpg\" class=\"lazyload img-responsive wp-image-12093\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271300%27%20height%3D%27975%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%201300%20975%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%271300%27%20height%3D%27975%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/cunninghams.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Crufts-Antonov-1-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/cunninghams.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Crufts-Antonov-1-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/cunninghams.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Crufts-Antonov-1-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/cunninghams.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Crufts-Antonov-1-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/cunninghams.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Crufts-Antonov-1-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/cunninghams.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Crufts-Antonov-1.jpg 1300w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p>Cunninghams Antonov, Judge: Mr. M. James<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:20px;margin-bottom:20px;width:100%;\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-image-element \" style=\"--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-2 hover-type-none\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cunninghams.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Crufts-Antonov-2.jpg\" class=\"fusion-lightbox\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[73943144d130cb1b88f]\" data-title=\"Crufts-Antonov-2\" title=\"Crufts-Antonov-2\"><img 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https:\/\/cunninghams.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Crufts-Antonov-2.jpg 1300w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:20px;margin-bottom:20px;width:100%;\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-image-element \" style=\"--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-3 hover-type-none\"><a 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data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/cunninghams.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Crufts-Antonov-4.jpg\" class=\"lazyload img-responsive wp-image-12096\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271454%27%20height%3D%271454%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%201454%201454%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%271454%27%20height%3D%271454%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/cunninghams.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Crufts-Antonov-4-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/cunninghams.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Crufts-Antonov-4-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/cunninghams.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Crufts-Antonov-4-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/cunninghams.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Crufts-Antonov-4-800x800.jpg 800w, https:\/\/cunninghams.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Crufts-Antonov-4-1200x1200.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/cunninghams.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Crufts-Antonov-4.jpg 1454w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:20px;margin-bottom:20px;width:100%;\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-video fusion-youtube\" style=\"--awb-max-width:600px;--awb-max-height:360px;\"><div class=\"video-shortcode\"><div class=\"fluid-width-video-wrapper\" style=\"padding-top:60%;\" ><iframe class=\"lazyload\" title=\"YouTube video player 1\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27600%27%20height%3D%27360%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20600%20360%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27600%27%20height%3D%27360%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cnVZ7UkJMjY?wmode=transparent&autoplay=0\" width=\"600\" height=\"360\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture;\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_1_2 1_2 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:50%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:3.84%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:3.84%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-1 fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-two\" style=\"--awb-text-color:var(--awb-custom_color_1);--awb-margin-top-small:0px;--awb-margin-right-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:20px;--awb-margin-left-small:0px;\"><div class=\"title-sep-container title-sep-container-left fusion-no-large-visibility fusion-no-medium-visibility fusion-no-small-visibility\"><div class=\"title-sep sep- sep-solid\" style=\"border-color:#e0dede;\"><\/div><\/div><span class=\"awb-title-spacer fusion-no-large-visibility fusion-no-medium-visibility fusion-no-small-visibility\"><\/span><h2 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"margin:0;--fontSize:35;line-height:1.3;\"><h2>CRUFTS 2026 &#8211;<br \/>\nWhat a day!<\/h2><\/h2><span class=\"awb-title-spacer\"><\/span><div class=\"title-sep-container title-sep-container-right\"><div class=\"title-sep sep- sep-solid\" style=\"border-color:#e0dede;\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2\" style=\"--awb-margin-top:0px;\"><p>One thing was absolutely clear to us beforehand: Crufts means &#8220;being there is everything&#8221;, getting to know people and dogs or seeing them again, and simply experiencing a lot.<br \/>\nBut we hadn&#8217;t expected a day like this.<\/p>\n<p>Three dogs from our kennel were registered at Crufts. The results:<\/p>\n<p>Cunninghams Buena Vista at Pokitaru &#8211; Puppy-class: 1. Prize, best Puppy bitch<\/p>\n<p>Cunninghams Aveline for Trailtracker &#8211; Limit-Class: 1. Prize, Res. Best Bitch<\/p>\n<p>Cunninghams Antonov &#8211; Open Class: 1. Prize, Best Dog, Best of Breed<\/p>\n<p>We were also delighted to receive the following titles and awards for our kennel.<\/p>\n<p>Top Puppy in Breed 2025 for Cunningham&#8217;s Aveline (Antonio Skaboullos) and Cunningham&#8217;s Buena Vista (Jessica Whitlam &amp; Karl Barber)<\/p>\n<p>Top Dog in Breed 2025 for Cunningham&#8217;s Aveline (Antonio Skaboullos)<\/p>\n<p>Top Breeder in Breed Coonhound 2025 (for the Cunninghams kennel)<\/p>\n<p>Top Brood Bitch in Breed 2025 for our Halloween, the mum of Aveline and Antonov<\/p>\n<p>Our Toni (Antonov) won first prize in the Open Dogs group, in which 10 dogs were entered. Afterwards, all the first-placed males from the other classes entered the ring, and Toni took first place here too, becoming &#8220;Best Dog&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>In the female category, Buena Vista and Aveline also took first place in their classes, and Aveline became Reserve Best Bitch.<br \/>\nFinally, Antonov and Hibeck Ginny avec Jayanel, a Griffon Fauve De Bretagne bitch, competed for BOB, or in other words, for the winner of the &#8220;Any Variety Imported Breed Register (Hound)&#8221; group, in which various breeds compete together in the rings in Great Britain and not just Coonhounds, for example. A total of 50 dogs were registered, 46 of which competed. When Toni won here too and was awarded BOB, our joy was naturally immense.<\/p>\n<p>According to our information, Toni was the second Coonhound to make it into the Crufts ring of honour.<br \/>\nAfter the long journey and especially after this long day, Toni was now visibly tired. Despite the spectacle and the many dogs and people around him, he preferred to lie down on his side in the ring of honour, sleep soundly and even dream. Jolted awake, he ended up running quite well after all.<\/p>\n<p>We would like to express our heartfelt thanks to Antonio (and Eric, who unfortunately could not be here), for their hospitality, and especially to Antonio for his tireless help and support at Crufts.<br \/>\nA big thank you also goes to Nadine as co-pilot and supporter during the long journey.<br \/>\nMany thanks, of course, to the judge, Mr M James!<\/p>\n<p>Then, many thanks to Priscilla van Oosten and Sylvia Altrogge for their support and lots of good advice.<\/p>\n<p>It was great to finally meet so many people in person whom I had previously only known through Facebook.<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;and, of course, none of this would have been possible without the three main players:<br \/>\nRocky (Chuck Blossoming Meadow) as the father of Antonov, Aveline and Vista<br \/>\nOween (Halloween from Charming Shadow) as the mother of Antonov and Aveline<br \/>\nIxi (Xtreme Kindness v.d. Mergelhoeve) as dam of Buena Vista<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:20px;margin-bottom:20px;width:100%;\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12093,"menu_order":5,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"portfolio_category":[28],"portfolio_skills":[],"portfolio_tags":[],"class_list":["post-12097","avada_portfolio","type-avada_portfolio","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","portfolio_category-news-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cunninghams.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/avada_portfolio\/12097","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cunninghams.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/avada_portfolio"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cunninghams.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/avada_portfolio"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cunninghams.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cunninghams.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12097"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/cunninghams.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/avada_portfolio\/12097\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12112,"href":"https:\/\/cunninghams.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/avada_portfolio\/12097\/revisions\/12112"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cunninghams.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12093"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cunninghams.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12097"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"portfolio_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cunninghams.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio_category?post=12097"},{"taxonomy":"portfolio_skills","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cunninghams.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio_skills?post=12097"},{"taxonomy":"portfolio_tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cunninghams.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio_tags?post=12097"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}