Estjak Estrela and Tornjak Mountain Dogs

16/06/2026

Tax and Rosa relaxing on the field

15/06/2026

Over the weekend we got confirmation we are having puppies early July.

We have once again worked with Isabel to find a suitable male for Fire. We fell in love with Serra as did Fire. His temperament is just as beautiful as he is and we are very excited to see what Fire/Serra pups will be like. Not too long to wait.

14/06/2026

Sorry for this EPIC post but i have waited to post this so i can put all our details in one place. Over the last 2 weeks team Estjak has managed to represent our breeds at 7 Different shows across various different Countries. Alot of this is due to our fabulous friends who have handled, driven and looked after the dogs left behind but this has meant we have some amazing results to Share with you, starting with

Southern Counties
Breed Judge Jacky Cutler

Estjak Valley Teixera (Tax)
1st Post Grad Dog
Best Dog
BEST OF BREED

Estak Valley Ferre (Belle)
1st Post grad Bitch
Res. Best Bitch

Kayarrach Wish Upon a Star (Alva)
1st Open Bitch
Best Bitch
Best Opposite S*x

Then off to Italy:

Club Show
Estrelas judged by Rony Doedijns

Estjak Valley Teixera (Tax)
Graded Excellent
Awarded CAC
BEST OF BREED

Kayarrach Wish Upon a Star (Alva)
Graded Excellent
Awarded CAC
Best Opposite S*x

Tornjaks judged by Manola Poggesi

Via Dalmatinski Vrisak (Via)
Graded Excellent
Awarded CAC

The ENCI Winner Show
Estrela judged by Amedeo Bottero

Estjak Valley Teixera (Tax)
Graded Excellent
Awarded CAC/CACIB
Best Opposite S*x

Kayarrach Wish Upon a Star (Alva)
Graded Excellent
Awarded CAC/CACIB
BEST OF BREED
Latin Winner

Tornjaks
Judged by Petru Muntean

Via Dalmatinski Vrisak (Via)
Graded Excellent
Awarded CAC/CACIB

These results made all 3 of the dogs shown ITALIAN CHAMPIONS

Meanwhile On the same day back in the UK there was another champ show where Karl and Tracy kindly took Belle:

3 Counties
Estrela Judge Lois Wilson

Estjak Valley Zezere (Belle)
1st in her class
Best Bitch
BEST OF BREED

Then Day 2 of our Italian Shows:

Club Show
CED Judge: Vija Klucniece

Carlotta Di Savoia (Ebony)
1st Open Bitch
Excellent Grading
CAC
Best Opposite S*x

The ENCI Winner Show
CED Judge: Jorgen Nallem
1st Open Bitch
Excellent Grading
CAC/CACIB

Making our little Italian Girl now an Italian Champion to add to her Irish Champion and her jnr Swiss and Danish Champion titles

WORLD DOG SHOW
Estrela Judge: Enrico Drudo

Estjak Valley Teixera (Tax)
Excellent Grading
CAC/R.CACIB

Kayarrach Wish Upon a Star (Alva)
Excellent Grading
CAC/CACIB
BEST OF BREED
WORLD WINNER 2026

Nothing in the group but Alva moved lovely and stood rock solid we couldn't be prouder.

Tornjak Judge: Antonino La Barbera
Via Dalmatinski Vrisak (Via)
Excellent Grading
CAC

We arrived home on Thursday 11th June then on Friday 12th June Alva and I went on another Road Trip with Sarah and Tara, this time was 2 shows in one day.

Banbridge All Breed National Champ Show – Morning Show
Estrela Breed Judge: Erikas Piskunovas

Kayarrach Wish Upon a Star (Alva)
Excellent Grading
Green Star Bitch
BEST OF BREED

Nothing in the group but as always Alva showed her paws off

Banbridge All Breed National Champ Show – Afternoon Show
Estrela Breed Judge: Manola Poggesi

Excellent Grading
Green Star Bitch
BEST OF BREED

Just to end our fantastic 2 weeks of shows Alva then got a shortlist to the last 6 in the FCI Group 2 under Erikas Piskunovas.

I can't really be sorry when we have results like this but we do need to thank all the judges for thinking so highly of our team, all our handlers for showing the dogs at their best, all the drivers for getting the dogs to their venues and of course huge thanx to those who looked after the others at home to make these adventures possible.

We really can never ask more of our dogs they do us proud everyday and when judges are able to appreciate their breed qualities too it really does make the hard work worthwhile.

teamestjak working with and feeding Yorkshires Finest Pet Foods

10/06/2026

Our drive home hasn't been quite as much fun as the one coming but we managed some nice walks and a wolf park visit (unfortunately the dogs weren't allowed in). Always a nice woodland in Germany.

07/06/2026

Team Estjak have been on a road trip and we have travelled to Bologna Italy for the World Dog show. We have 4 dogs with us. Before I post results I thought I would share some photos of the dogs having some beautiful walks on the way here.

31/05/2026

SO yesterday was a hot day at Southern Counties. As Karl was able to kindly sort the dogs left at home we went down the night before, so glad we did when we then noticed Estrelas were first in the ring.

The team did us proud especially given how warm it was.

Estjak Valley Teixera (Tax)
1st Post Grad Dog
Best Dog
BEST OF BREED

Estak Valley Ferre (Belle)
1st Post grad Bitch
Res. Best Bitch

Kayarrach Wish Upon a Star (Alva)
1st Open Bitch
Best Bitch
Best Opposite S*x

Thank you to our breed judge Jacky Cutler for thinking highly of our dogs and giving Tax the honour of representing the breed in the group.

Thank you to Ant and Mark for showing the dogs to their best, Karl Cronin for doing the dogs at home and Tara Fisher for taking Belle home and now doing the dogs at home while we go to the World Dog Show in Italy.

27/05/2026

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26/05/2026

A little delayed post as we have been a bit busy with WDS prep but on Sunday we made the long drive to Bath Champion show in Batheaston. Only our 3 estrelas entered. For a hot day they did exceptionally well.

Estjak Valley Teixera (TAX)
2nd in Open (mixed class)
Best Opposite S*x
Handled by Anthony Johnson

Estjak Valley Zezere (BELLE)
1st Post Grad
Reserve Best Bitch
Handle by Ant (in Class) and Lyndsey (in challenge)

Kayarrach Wish Upon a Star (ALVA)
1st Open
Best Bitch
Best of Breed

Breed Judge was Darren Clarke thank you to Darren for the lovely comments about Tax.

Alva got nothing in the group but she didn't put a paw wrong.

They stayed cool on their cool mats with lots of Frozen water.

19/05/2026

Ebony got the zoomies....

19/05/2026

Dogs have been enjoying our nice weather.