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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Test night tonight

Thanks to the thaw, the Good Citizen tests will go ahead this evening.

Bronze will start at 7pm, Silver and Gold are unlikely to be before 8pm.

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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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GCDS test night

Last week we held our end of term test night. It was very successful with only a few not making the grade - keep practising...youll get there in December!

Jasper Pug is quite capable of passing all the Gold elements but decided on the night to give everyone a laugh by acting the clown! Next time Ria.

Thanks once again to Alison, our very competent assessor (firm but fair!), for coming such a long way and giving up an evening.

Well done to everyone who passed, see you back on August 10th.

Bronze passes

Silver passes

Gold passes

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Banff Moray Nairn Open Show May 12

A few photos from BMNCCs open show held at a very sunny Lossiemouth last weekend.

Katies Chewy takes G3

Lynnes Maggie was Best Toy Puppy

Nickys Bonbon was Best Hound Puppy

BIS line-up.  Linda won the Utility group

BIS line-up, part 2.  Rias Jasper won the Toy group

BIS, RBIS & BOS

BPIS & RBPIS

BIS looking very pleased with himself

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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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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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Match classes

We have decided to hold a couple of extra classes at our match on Saturday. Apart from the usual puppy, veteran, main match and junior handling, there will also be a class for 4 - 6 month old pups and one for 12 - 18 months.

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