NORWEGIAN BUHUNDS
It is the first of May (May Day), how did that happen, although I am sure every year we say the same, ‘how the year is flying by’, now shows will come thick and fast. West of England Ladies Kennel Society show (WELKS) was held on the four days 23rd /26th April with Pastoral and Working Day being the Sunday 26th.It was held as usual on the Three Counties Showground in the Malvern Hills a lovely setting in good weather. The show is unbenched and only has a limited number of chairs which does not make things easy, especially if you have more than one dog and are perhaps not as young as you used to be! There is one good thing though that in the case of wet weather the cattle sheds can be used for the wet weather rings .A few years ago they were very necessary as the end of April very stormy and everything was flying about the showground, and the one marquee that was being used was held down by ropes from a tractor, and of course you can guess where our ring and benches were! After a while it was considered too unsafe and we were moved indoors.
We used to have CCs there, the last being in 2018 when Jacque Cobb judged making Anne Smith’s Ch Arrnscroft Never Say Di BOB, after that the set went to Bath which became an All Breed Ch show, but happily the society has continued to give us classes and this year we had a good entry . We were in Ring 16, and it was not an early start as we were 4th in the ring after 56 GSDs 3 Hungarian Puli’s 18 Lancashire Heeler’s, in the end the breed did not go in until 2pm ,but happily Lisa told me it was a lovely warm day with all the exhibitors and their dogs sitting under the trees enjoying each other’s company . Our judge was Brigette Bodle who gives CCs in 36 breeds across the groups and is a Level 2 Buhund judge. She found her BD & BOB in Jenny Shorer-Wheeler’s Ch Koromandel Tusen Takk JW ShCEx OSW (ai) (Muchly ) who was later short listed in the Group under Jill Peak .RBD & BV Jacque& Michael Cobb & Nancy Kent’s Ch Koromandel Best Served Cold At Knytshall (Jamie). BPD & BP Mary & David Dosson’s Kimura’s Ola Normann (Ola) (Imp Nor).BB Anne -Marie Taylor & Mary and David Taylor’s Ir Ch Frostisen Blakk Zitter CW26. She was also VHC under Tom Johnston in the Plush Puppy Champion Stakes. (Working/Pastoral). RBB Ollie Wheeler’s Ch Knytshall Thistle Ink It Up Koromandel. BPB Cheryl Denham-Horton’s Riverhund Kyon Where Shall I Wonder To Jjavacobe (Goose)(Imp Can.) BVB Lisa & Alex Strong’s Ch Leggatts Dancing Queen At Draccus (Eris).
I finish with news that our Secretary Jenny Shorer-Wheeler left home at 6am on Sunday 19th April to travel down the A1/A14 /M11 to judge her first BPIS BVIS and BIS appointment at Hitchin and District Canine Society Open Dog show, held at The Brook Farm Horse Training Centre in Staple Abbotts Essex. Many congratulations Jenny I am sure it is the first of many such appointments.
Margaret Deuchar margaretdeuchar@gmail.com
Any views expressed in Margaret’s Breed Notes are hers and hers alone and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Norwegian Buhund Club of the UK
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