Companion show in aid of Hearing Dogs for Deaf People

Dont forget our show this coming Sunday at Roseisle Village Hall.  Entries will be taken from 11am and judging starts at noon in three rings.  £2.50 for first entry per dog and 50p for subsequent entires with the same dog.

There are lots of classes on offer - something for everyone!

Pedigree Classes                    Judge:  Pamela Hughes

1.             AV Puppy (6-12 months)

2.             AV Junior (12 – 18 months)

3.             AV Hound

4.             AV Terrier

5.             AV Gundog

6.             AV Working

7.             AV Pastoral

8.             AV Toy

9.             AV Utility

10.          AV Open

Novelty Classes          Judge:  Susan Stott

11.          A V Golden Oldie (any dog over 7 years)

12.          AV Special Beginners (first time at a show for dog & handler)

13.          AV Crossbreed

14.          Dog in best condition

15.          Junior handling

16.          Handsomest dog

17.          Prettiest bitch

18.          Dog with the waggiest tail

19.          Dog with the most appealing eyes

20.          Dog most like its owner

21.          Dog the judge would most like to take home

22.          The Odd Couple (any combination of two dogs)

 Triers,  Highers and Fliers obedience classes will be judged by Steve Hirst.

The kitchen will be open for the usual refreshments and we will be holding a raffle.  Any donations for the raffle will be most appreciated.

Everyone is welcome so come along for a great day out with your dog in a lovely setting.

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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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Back to classes and a catch up

Classes start again tonight, looking forward to seeing everybody.

This blog has been a bit behind with news so heres a catch up of some events over the past few months.

Back in February we held an inter-club match. Iain Forbes kindly judged and gave BIM to Rias Jasper and RBIM to Morags Logie. BP was Jennifer Anguss Harvey, BV Isobel Morrisons Vince and Best Of The Rest Jenny Taylors yorkie.

Baby puppy

Puppy


Veteran


The final four

BIM and RBIM

BV and BP

Best of the rest

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At Crufts in March both Elaine and June were to be seen on the famous green carpet of the main arena. Junes Benson had won through to the final of the Kennel Gazette Junior Warrant winners of the year and Elaines Zeta was present in the working group after shed won Best of Breed.

June and Benson in the big ring

On the big screen


In the line-up. He didnt win but how exciting to be there!

Elaine and Zeta

On the big screen

Part of the working group

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Seeing as many of the bronze class were doing well, we held an extra test night in May.

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We also held a Companion show in May in aid of Willows Animal Sanctuary.

Triers obedience

Flyers obedience

Highers obedience

BIS line-up, part 1

BIS line-up, part 2

Judge Linda Offen with BIS Tracey Macdonalds Indie
and RBIS Mr and Mrs Paskinss dachshund

Best Veteran and judge Gladys

Not only BIS but also BPIS


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A test night was held for all levels in July

Bronze

Silver

Gold

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We also held an end of session match for club members. Helen Paterson judged and BIM was Erica and Dougs Charlotte, RBIM was Sues Pansy, BP was Jennys Maverick. Apologies but the photos have gone missing!

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More from Working and Pastoral Breeds

More results from last weekend. Katrina was another who went to Working and Pastoral Breeds of Scotland, Marty won his Special Yearling class and Leo was 2nd in Limit. The following day they were at the Scottish Border Collie clubs champ show and both dogs won their respective classes.

Well done Katrina, Leo and Marty on a very successful weekend!

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Match and test nights

Its almost time for the summer holidays and to end the session we will be holding a show match for club members on 28th June. It will start at 7pm and the judge will be Helen Paterson.

The following week, 5th July, we will be holding Bronze, Silver and Gold Good Citizen tests. 7pm start, dont forget your name tags, brushes and poop scoops.

Classes will start again on August 28th.

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Show match

Slightly short notice, Im afraid, but dont forget our show match which is being held this Saturday (27th) in the hall. A good opportunity to get a bit of practice in before Crufts!

Entries will be taken from 10am with judging starting at 11am. Our judge is Jackie Fraser (Wyvisview).

There will be a break for refreshments and also a raffle. Everyone is welcome!

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Good Citizen test night and a match

Last night was the last training night before the summer break, normal classes will resume on August 10th.

Our session hasnt quite finished yet though, there are two more weeks to look forward to.

Next Tuesday will be the Good Citizen test night, 7pm start for Bronze and Silver and around 8.30pm for Gold. If you arrive early for the Gold, you are welcome to come in but please leave your dog in the car until the test is due to start.

Finally, on Tuesday 29th June, we will end with a match (show not obedience) for club members. It starts at 7pm and our judge will be Pearl Crawford (Louiston).

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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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Bronze test night

The Bronze class will be taking a test tonight so there will be no top class.  Ringcraft and puppies will go ahead as normal.

8pm start for the test, dont forget your brushes, poo bags, collars and id tags!

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Obedience Match

We will be holding an Obedience match on Sunday 21st March in the hall, which will be open to anyone who would like to come along.

There will be four classes in all, the first two (under 16 years and over 16 years) are part of the Scottish Kennel Clubs Obedience Beginners competition and are open to anyone who has not taken part in an Open Obedience show. The first four in each of these classes will have the opportunity to compete at the finals, which will be held at the Royal Highland Showground, Ingliston, later in the year. The exercises arent too difficult so come and have a go!

For those that have previously competed, there will be two classes. The first is restricted to dogs which havent been entered at Open level and the second is open to all.

There will be some lovely rosettes on offer and we will be having a break for refreshments. Further details regarding judge and time will follow.

Fingers crossed we wont be hit by any more snow!

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Match night for Banff Moray Nairn CC

This Monday, 15th, there will be a match for all BMNCC members at Spynie Hall, 7.15pm for 7.30pm start.

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Companion show at Roseisle

We will be holding a Companion Show in aid of Willows Animal Sanctuary at Roseisle Hall on Sunday 15th May.

Entries will be taken from 11am and judging will start at midday. There will be pedigree, novelty and obedience classes with judging taking place in three rings. Linda Offen will judge the pedigree, Gladys McCulloch the novelty and Ian Dormund the obedience.

Refreshments will be available, with the usual pies, rolls and baking.

Everyone welcome, the more the merrier!

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AGM and show match

This Tuesday our AGM will be held in the hall at 9pm, all paid up members are welcome to attend. There will be no top class that night but all other classes are as normal.

Dont forget our interclub match on Saturday 26th February. Entries will be taken from 11am with judging starting at noon. Classes for puppy, veteran and junior handling as well as the main match. Come along and get some practice in before Crufts!

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Some wins for the Chins

A slightly late result for the North of Scotland Toydog show at Arbroath a couple of weeks ago. Jills Tiger and Chico both won their respective classes with Tiger taking BOB and also G3.

Cracker is over in Ireland and took his first Green Star and BOB at Cloghran All Breeds Champ show on 13 November.

Congratulations!

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Match cancellation

Unfortunately, due to the very bad weather conditions which look set to last a few days, Saturdays match has been cancelled.

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Catrine CC and LKA of Scotland

Catrine Canine Club Open show was held at Lanark on Saturday 20 November. The Agricultural Centre is a good venue with heaps of parking but space was scarce beside the three rings in the hall. At least all the bodies made the temperature rise as it was a pretty cold day!

Only a few club members made the journey there, Dundee Limited show was on the same day, so not many results. Sues Elwood won his graduate class and Ria won her JH class, which came with £5 prize money and a selection box - well worth it!

The following day, LKA of Scotland Open show was held in the Central Hall, Ingliston. This venue certainly doesnt lack space but it does lack heating! Space heaters were used but a lot of the heat must have escaped through the gaps in the walls . . . make sure you wear your thermals if youre attending a winter show there!

Again, not many club members present but a few wins to report. Katies Lara won her post grad class and then went on to take BOB. Sues Jana also won her class and BOB and Desmond won his graduate class. Erica and Niamh were over at the hound ring, which must have been the coldest part of the hall and whippets certainly needed their jackets! No wins for them but Niamhs Mia did take 3rd in a very large junior class.

Well done to everyone, hope youve all thawed out .

Lara wins her class . . .

. . . then takes on the open class winner for BOB

Ria handling Jana in the group

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Brint almost gets his second

Jenny competed with Brint at the first Scottish open obedience show of the year, which was held at Arbroath on Saturday 20th March.

For those who are not familiar with obedience competitions, moving up the levels involves winning out of the lower classes. Jenny and Brint already have one win in Beginners (no mean feat as competition is fierce) and one more will mean they are permanently out of that class and working in Novice and above. They very nearly achieved that goal at Arbroath but instead had to settle for yet another 2nd place. So near and yet so far!

Well done on getting placed and fingers crossed for next time Jenny.

Brint lets off some steam

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New match date

Sorry for the short notice but our end of session match has been rearranged for 12th July. This means that the last training night will now be the 28th June. The Good Citizen test night will go ahead on the 5th July, as planned.

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Inter club match

Thanks to everyone who attended our match today and to all those who worked hard to make it an enjoyable day.

Particular thanks to our judge, Helen Moir, for coming all the way from Inverness and doing a sterling job.  Helens choice for Best In Match was Morags Stanley and Reserve Best in Match was Ritas Magic.  Best Puppy was Linda and Rons Eva (?), Best Veteran Jenny Taylors Kelsey, Best of the Rest Caitlins Solo and Best Junior Handler Jodi Buchanan.

Well done to everyone!

 BIM, judge Helen Moir, RBIM

BV & BP

 

 Best of the Rest

Best JH

 Stanley

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