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Championship Show 2011
22 October 2011

Our Championship Show this year was Judged by Sandra Thexton of the famous Barrenger kennels and was held at the Barony College near Dumfries.   Out of a quality entry of 67 dogs making 73 entries she found her Best in Show and Bitch CC in Brunskill and Freer’s Kinleebrae Guinevere with the Dog CC and ResBiS going to Allen’s Ch. Fivevalleys Forester.   The Reserve Bitch CC was Allen’s Fivevalleys Pollyanna JW, and the Reserve Dog CC went to O’Neill and Stack’s Ir. Ch. Knockogue Arthur’s Legacy.    Best Puppy was Freer’s Switherland Dream Edition and the Best Veteran was Mitchell’s Rakefoot Milky Way.   The Judge presented Scottish themed gifts to the major prize winners.

The Judges critique appears under the Show Reports menu on the left.
The Officers and Committee wish to thank the following for Rosette Donations.
 
Mr D B & Mrs M Foss, Mr C S Y Gillanders, Mr D & Mrs M Ledward, Mrs L & Mr T McCash,
Mr P & Mrs A McGarry-Arthurs, Dr P A, Mrs J T & Miss E McEvedy, Mr D T C & Mrs A M Sharpe.
 
Also thanks to Mr T & Mrs S Johnston for their donation of many items for selling to benefit the Club's Health Fund.
 
Annual Fun Day 2011
18 September 2011

The BHC of Scotland held their Fun Day on Sunday 18th September 2011 and had a really good turnout.  Lots of new faces, which was very nice to see, and a few oldies as well.  A number of prospective owners were taking in all the pros and cons of owning a basset - mainly pros, not so many cons, in their opinion.   

As usual, the Bassets all seemed to be on their best behaviour - and we all know what that means!  Margaret Gillespie was our Judge for the day.  Margaret has bred and shown gundogs in the past, has had some lovely show bassets that won many top awards, and now has two pet pugs.  
 
It was lovely to see Hannah Johnman still going strong and in good voice at 14+.  She told the youngsters off a few times if they got a bit too cheeky.  What was disappointing was the lack of children taking an interest.  Usually we have so many children taking part that we run out of rosettes.  Last year we had six, this year only four turned up.   One of them, only seven months old, still managed to win a special rosette with his toy Basset called Walker.   
 
Plenty of food for afternoon tea and a good old chat.  The best supported class of all, the sausage catching competition ended up with two hounds being first equal.  The Bassets had obviously been in training all year for this and were so "fit for sausage catching purposes" that we ran out of sausages!   One hound, Captain Bertie, has his own Facebook page with a huge worldwide following.   
 
We had Microchipping for anyone who wanted to take advantage of a special reduction in price on the day, a number of people filled in Health Surveys and we managed to raise some funds for Basset Hound Health. 
 
On the whole, it was a very successful event and everyone went home with a rosette and a smile - which is what it is all about.
 

 

Open Show 2011
27 March 2011

The BHCS held its AGM on the morning of 27th March 2011 followed by their Open Show.   This year there was a change of venue to Blackford in Perthshire as the Victoria Halls in Selkirk have priced themselves out of our affordability for our Open Show.   We did lose some entries from the south because of the change, but gained a few from further north.   There was an entry of 43 for Tom H Johnston (Feldkirk).   Unfortunately, we suffered many absentee bitches, all of whom had come in season.   We are assuming that the awful winter weather has had an influence on bitches coming in season out of kilter, and it was rather a pity that it had to happen just when the Show came along.   A short break was taken for a lovely afternoon tea and as it was a beautiful day some of the exhibitors made the most of a stunning walk around the adjacent highland games park, overlooked by the snow covered Ochil and Perthshire hills.

Our steward for the day, Sheana Martin of the very famous Shered Schnauzers joined the walkers with her Champion dog – 15 years young and fit as a fiddle.   Even with the reduced entry, Tom enjoyed his day and found his Best in Show and Best Bitch Resident in Scotland in Pat Feetham’s Kimbleholme Just a Dream out of Open Bitch.   Reserve Best in Show out of Limit Bitch was Billy and Louise Cairns’ Murrinstaad April Sunshine.

Best Dog Resident in Scotland was Mr & Mrs McKenzie’s Andershill Nemesis and Best Puppy was Jim Wilson’s Limgoning Kerry.   The Best Veteran was Anne McIntosh’s bitch Faburn Lomond at Kelansue ShCM

The Judges critique appears under Show Reports in the Index on the left.
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