A great start for Noodle

Erica and Dougs Noodle had her first appearance in the show ring at Kirkintilloch & Lenzie Open show in Wishaw on Sunday 24th October. She took the beagle classes by storm when she won her Junior class and then Best of Breed! Heres hoping its the start of a very successful show career.

Well done Noodle, Erica and Doug!

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Dundee Canine Club

Camperdown Country Park, Dundee is where Dundee CC hold their annual Open show. Its a lovely setting, with many lovely mature trees dotted about, as you can see from the above photo. Conditions were ideal on June 12th with frequent sunny spells - enough to make for a few red faces the next day! Ground conditions were not quite so ideal due to the number of rabbit droppings that were scattered over all the rings! Not so easy keeping dogs heads up with such tempting scents about - especially for those breeds closer to the ground!

Junes Benson was on top form again, he took Best Of Breed, then the group and finished it off with yet another Best In Show! Congratulations!

The show is big and there was a lot happening at once so Im not too sure about how everyone did. Please let me know if you did well.


Toy - Jills Tiger and Chico were both 1st in their respective classes and Tiger took BOB. Rias Jasper also won his class, BOB and then G4. Elizabeth and Georges Lola was BOB. Sues Elwood was 2nd in a large breed Puppy class but went one better by winning the AV Minor Puppy Stakes class plus £10 to boot! (It all helps towards those fuel costs!)

Pastoral - Morag handled Jennys Sadie to win her class, BOB and then to win a very large group! Katrinas Leo won his Limit class and then BOB.

Terrier - Daveenas Inka was Best AVNSC and Caitlins Solo was BOB and 2nd in Puppy.

Gundog - Katies Lara won her Post Grad class. Lynnes Phoebe was 4th in a large Junior Bitch class.

Junior Handling - Glenn was Best Junior Handler and this qualifies him for SKC finals, Crufts 2011 and Richmond.

Well done to everyone!

There could well be more news but youll need to let me know. Not many photos either, Im afraid. Thanks to Karen for sending some in.

Jasper - 1st Limit, BOB & G4

Sadie - BOB & G1

Lola, Tiger and Jasper during group judging

Inka - Best AVNSC

Solo - BOB

Glenn - Best Junior Handler

BIS line up, part 1

BIS line up, part 2

BIS & RBIS

Bensons lap of honour

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Lourin Fair

A companion show was held at a very windy Lourin Fair last Saturday. Once again a Carvaha beagle took the top spot, hot on the heels of her Keith win, Charlotte collected another Best In Show award.

Reserve Best In Show also went to a Spey Valley member - Niamhs Mia.

Congratulations Erica, Charlotte, Niamh and Mia!

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The Papillon Club of Scotland

Sue had a successful trip down to the Papillon Club of Scotlands Champ show at Lanark on May 22nd, three of her four dogs won their classes - Desmond was the only one to miss out but he did have a class of almost 16 and he found it a bit of a bore!

Elwood was at his first proper show and he won the Minor Puppy Dog class, Rosa was 1st in Post Grad Bitch and her mother Gypsy won the Veteran Bitch class.

Elwood - 1st MPD

Rosa - 1st PGB

Gypsy - 1st VB

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Whippet Club of Scotland Champ Show

Niamh, John, Liz and Heather were all at the Whippet Club of Scotlands recent championship show and there were good results for all.

Niamhs Mia was 4th in Puppy Bitch and Keano 5th in Open Dog. Keanos brother Jake, belonging to Niamhs dad John, gained his stud book number when he was placed 3rd in Limit Dog. Both brothers now have their stud book numbers - quite an achievement when whippets have such large classes.

Lizs Maisie was 5th in Minor Puppy Bitch and Poppy was 3rd in Limit Bitch.

Heathers Mica (hope thats spelt right Heather!) won the veteran class and Best Veteran In Show!

Congratulations!

Thanks for the photos Niamh.

Liz and Maisie

Niamh and Mia

Liz and Poppy

Niamh and Keano

John and Jake

Heathers Mica

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Weimaraner Club of Scotland Open Obedience Show

The Cochrane Hall, Alva, hosts a number of shows and last Sunday it was the turn of the Weimaraner Club of Scotlands Open Obedience show.




The hall sits in a park with the Ochil hills as a stunning backdrop. Youd never guess from the photo above just what a mudbath dogs and handlers had to contend with in the rings! Many dogs found the conditions hard to cope with, especially when it came to having to sit or lie down in puddles!

Jennys Brint took the wet in his stride and took 2nd place in Beginners, just a quarter of a point behind the winner...so close yet again to winning out of Beginners. Margaret and Ellie were at their first open show and they also coped with all the mud and were placed a worthy 5th in Pre-Beginners. Well done to you both!

Thanks for the photos Margaret.

Pre-Beginners line-up
(Click on the photos to see just how muddy it was!)

Beginners line-up

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Caithness Canine Club Open Show

Its a very long way up to Wick but the friendly atmosphere at this show and lovely home baking made the journey worthwhile. The weather was beautiful on Saturday 10th which made for a very scenic drive. There werent very many club members at the show but I do have a few results of note.

Niamhs Mia was Best Hound Puppy.

Caitlins Solo was BOB and G1. Caitlin was also Best JH.

Lindas Esmee was Best Toy NSC and G4.

Joannes Manfred won the Junior Stakes class.

Sues Desmond and Pansy each won their classes, Desmond took BOB and G2. Elwood was Best Toy Puppy and Gypsy Best Toy Veteran.

Well done everyone!

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Irish Collie Club

Linda had a back to back showing weekend recently. She travelled over to Ireland for the Irish Collie Club champ show on Saturday 25th September, followed by Belfast on the Sunday.

It was well worth the trip because at the Irish Collie Clubs show Gino won the LD class and then took the RCC! Congratulations!

Thanks for sending in the photo Linda

Gino - 1st LD & RCC

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Bon Accord Kennel Association Open Show

Seaton Park, Aberdeen was the venue for BAKAs second open show of the year on Saturday, 3rd July. As this is an outdoor show with no wet weather accommodation, everyone was hoping for a dry day and thankfully this was what we got. It was a bit on the breezy side but there was plenty of sunshine too.

Lots of wins to report, let me know of any Ive missed and feel free to send any photos you may have.

Terrier - Caitlin had a great day with Solo, he was BOB then won the group and, at his last show as a puppy, he also won the Puppy Group. Daveenas Inka took Best AVNSC.

Working - I think Donnas River won his class but was beaten to BOB by Joannes Manfred who went on to G2. Elaines Zeta may have taken top honours last week but she had to make way for young Milo who took BOB. Junes Benson was also BOB as was Richards dobe (sorry,not sure of his name).

Pastoral - Lindas Gino won his class, BOB and Group 4. Frans Diva took Best AVNSC.

Gundog - Lesleys Rommie was Best AVNSC and G2.

Utility - Morags Logie won the Import Register class.

Hound - Joans Bo was 1st in his class and BOB. Erica and Dougs Twiglet won her Post Grad class and PG2. Erica also handled Suzanne and Alans Brodie and he won the AV Hound Minor Puppy class.

Toy - Jills Tiger won the AVNSC class. Elizabeth and Georges Lola was BOB. Sues Rosa won her class and Elwood was 1st in the Toy Minor Puppy class. Lynnes Murphy was BOB.

Junior Handling - Ria won the 6-11 year class and went on to win overall Best Junior Handler.

Well done to everyone!

Thanks to Nicky and Lynne for some of the photos.

Above and below - working group judging in progress

Diva - Best Pastoral NSC

Gino on his way to G4

Solo - G1 and PG1

Terrier group 1st - 4th

Murphy - BOB

Toy group judging

Toy group 1st - 4th

Bo - BOB

Brodie on his way to winning Hound Minor Puppy

Ria wins Best Junior Handler

Part of the line up for BIS

Best In Show

Reserve Best In Show

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Border Union Champ Show

Border Union Champ Show was held at Kelso on June 19th and 20th and the two days couldnt have been more different as far as the weather was concerned. Although it stayed dry on Saturday, there was an extremely cold wind blowing which meant all but the very hardy were wrapped up in fleeces and coats! The trade stands were selling fleeces like hot cakes! Sunday still had a bit of a wind blowing but it was altogether much hotter and more like how a summer show should be.

Quite a number of club members attended with a good success rate. The best result has to be Junes Benson winning his Limit Dog class, taking the dog CC (his 2nd), BOB and topping it off with Group 2! Congratulations June, well keep everything crossed for that 3rd.

Getting a group placing at a champ show is a major achievement, we wondered how many other club members may have done it in the past. I do know that Elaine had a G4 at Welsh Kennel Club with one of her mastiffs (remind me of the details Elaine). If you know of anyone else who may have reached such dizzy heights then let me know.

Other results:

Utility - Morags Gigha was 2nd in her JB class, Logie went a bit further with his win in PGD and then taking Best Import Register. Linda and Rons boys have both qualified for Crufts with Hugos 3rd in MPD and Denzils 3rd in PGD.

Pastoral - Katrinas Marty was 3rd in JD and 4th in YD.

Gundog - Ria handled Sues Jana and she won her PGB class. Sues Kupah was 2nd in PD and Jennifers Wallace just missed qualifying with his 4th in PGD.

Terrier - Karens Poppy was 2nd in AVNSC PGB. Glenn was handling her and this is the first time he has handled a dog to a qualifying position.

Toy - Sues Elwood won his MPD class and was also Best Puppy Dog, Desmond qualified with his 2nd in a good sized PGD class. Jills Tiger was 1st in his JD class and Suki (I think) was 3rd in PGB.

Well done to everyone, keep it up!

Thanks to Karen, Ria and June for photos.

Benson on his way to winning BOB and Group 2

Logie - Best Import Register

Desmond - 2nd PGD

Elwood - 1st MPD & BPD

Jana - 1st PGB

Ria and Jana in the line up for Best Bitch

Poppy - 2nd AVNSC PGB

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Club match

There was a good turn out for our club match on June 29th and it was a nice way to end this session of classes.

Thanks to Pearl Crawford for coming along and judging the main match for us. Her Best In Match was Erica and Dougs Charlotte and Reserve Best In Match Frans Diva. Best Veteran was Junes Barney.

Morag judged Best of the rest and chose Frans Diesel. Niamh judged the Junior Handlers and Glenn was the winner there.

Well done all!

The final contenders

Charlotte - BIM and Diva RBIM

Mia - BPIM

Barney - BVIM

Diesel - Best of the rest

Glenn - BJH

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