I would like to thank the club committee for inviting me to judge your show. My name is Viera Stloukalová, I live in Slovakia with my husband, our cavaliers and Bohemian shepherd dog (chodský pes). Last year I celebrated my 40 th anniversary of life with Cavaliers.

My first cavalier was a tricolour boy born in 1985. He was one of very first cavaliers in our country, loved by whole our family. He was so charming and enchanting that this breed captivated my hearth for rest of my life.

The first litter in our kennel (the Lemna Minor kennel) was born in 1998. Among the most successful puppies raised by us were Blenheim twins born in 2000 and from more recent time Tricolour brothers born in 2019 who became multiple champions and International champions. Among the greatest success of our breeding, I consider a long-lived and healthy offsprings, dozen of the Club winner titles as well as the success at the Crufts 2024, where our boy has placed third in the Open Class.

We live with cavaliers of all four colours and our Chodský pes in Scandinavian log house built in a green belt at outskirt of Bratislava City, the capital city of Slovakia, just 300 metres away from border of Austria.

In the Slovak Cavalier and King Charles Spaniel club, I act as the president and the breeding advisor. I am the FCI international dog show judge since 2006. Recently I am the judge for whole FCI Group IX and some breeds from FCI Group VIII (English and American Cocker Spaniel, English and Welsh Springer Spaniel, Labrador retriever, Flat coated retriever, German Spaniel).

Except of dog shows held in Slovakia, I had pleasure to judge International and Club shows in Czech Republic, Denmark, Poland, Finland and UK. I really appreciate the honour to judge the Cavalier club show in Iceland and looking forward to meet you in April.

Viera Stloukalová