NORWEGIAN BUHUNDS
Now to catch up with shows that happened previous to the club show. On Easter Sunday 5th April Chippenham and District Canine Society held its Premier Open Show at The Pavilion West Woodlands Showground in Frome Somerset. The Buhund judge was Christina Dalby who gives CCs in Border Collies and is a Level 2 judge for several other Pastoral breeds, she found her BOB in Kerry and Fritz Frost, Addrienne Frost -Treadwell and Jacqui Walmsley’s Trelowen Amelia at Frostisen (Bunny) who was also Reserve in AV Pastoral Veteran. RBOB was Anne-Marie & David & Mary Taylor’s Ir Ch Frostisen Blakk Zitter (Penny).The following day Easter Monday the 6th it was Southampton & District Canine Association Open Show held at Embley School West Wellow Romsey,the Judge was Stuart Band and he found his BOB in Penny with Bunny RBOB who again was 4th AV Pastoral Veteran this time under Kevin Young.
Once Crufts is over the Ch shows come thick and fast, there are breed specific shows, others are General Ch shows some with classes for Buhunds without CCs and then there are the All-Breed Ch shows with CCs for Buhunds. Working & Pastoral Breeds Association of Wales Ch show was held on Saturday 18th April on The Royal Welsh Showground Builth Wells. The Buhund judge was Steve Atkinson who gives CCs in 8 Working Breeds and 14 Pastoral Breeds, he found his BD & BOB in Millie Lambert’s Sturtmoor’s Gon’n Dun It JW (Gunna), he is on a roll have won his first CC at the club Ch the previous weekend. RBD & BV Jacque & Michael Cobb and Nancy Kent’s Ch Koromandel Best Served Cold at Knytshall (Jamie), the same owners Knytshall Ragged Robin (Rowdy) was 3rd in the AV Yearling Pastoral stakes under Sally Duffin.
Most of you know that one of Time’s loves is searching for those elusive hides scented with gun oil, either in scent workshops or trials. Now that we are in Elite, we do not know how many areas we will have to search (so we do not walk the areas first as in the lower trials) or how many hides are hidden, the searches usually last between 10-20 minutes and once you have cleared an area there is no going back. We are lucky to be able to search some fascinating places. The Monday after the club show we headed up the M1 to a Gulliver’s Theme Park, there are 4 across the country the one we went to was in Milton Keynes, each park has own unique attractions, they are designed for children between 2-13 yrs, at the Milton Keynes Park there is a Run A Way Train, Discovery Bay, Jungle River Rides and Dinosaurs all of which can be searched on the days the park is closed to the public. This time it was for an Exterior Focus Trial, which meant there were two outside areas to search, there are also full trials with an Inside and Outside Search and Selection in which there is number of items.to search. On this occasion I was thrilled that Time found all the hides in one area gaining a badge and a much sort after synergy badge from the judge for his excellent searching.
Congratulations to Lisa Strong who did a 5km race on Sunday 19th raising money for Addenbrookes Hospital Cambridge a hospital local to where she lives, she did it in 38 minutes.
I finish with some sad news for those who have been in the breed for some years, you may remember Margaret Hamnett and her partner Anne Spencer, they had Fjord Ponies, Elkhounds, Buhunds and Samoyeds. Anne said that Margaret passed away on Easter Eve, she was the grand age of 95, she had been bedridden for some time but was always happy to tell stories of the dogs she had in the past.
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