FIND THE SHOWS....by Grahame Ford
 



 DOG SHOW IN ICELAND 

Mitzi Morrison (Lewisisle Cavaliers) lives in Worthing and travelled to the Land of Fire and Ice a few weeks ago to judge at the Rexhundar Show. She writes...."I have attached a couple of photographs taken at the Rexhundar Show held on the 5th and 6th September 2015 in Reykjavik, Iceland where I was judging. There were 112 exhibits entered over the 2 days and the entries were mainly Toy breeds with a mixture of breeds from the other Groups. Winning BIS was the the Japanese Chin, Perlukots Fluga who won the Toy Group with Reserve Best in Show going to the Group 6 winner, the Pomeranian INTUCH Skelja Flirter. In the top photo is the Japanese Chin winning the Toy Group seen with the Reserve in Group... the Cavalier Dalsmynnis Bangsi.

Ken Town (Barsac),after a number of years living in Scotland, moved on 24 September 2015 to North West England. He is now residing at 2 Oakleigh. Crawford Village. West Lancashire. WN8 9QU.

Tatiana Sukachevlives in Moscow...what a great shot of her Cavalier "Brightlights of Moscow Believe Your Heart" doing Agility.

 

 There was a good turn out at the NEW ZEALAND CAVALIER CHAT FACEBOOK GROUP EXPO event held on 19th September where there was a great First Aid talk given by a Vet followed by free heart checks and dental advice. Doggy items were for sale, plenty of grooming tips and photo shoots, as well as an agility tunnel for anyone who cared to try their hand. And of course, lots of food at a shared buffet lunch. Thanks to Jan Eatock (Darilance Cavaliers) in the North Island for this report and photos.

 
PIPER and his Heart Certificate

 

 

 
TIME TO PUT YOUR FEET UP!

CAVALIERS AT WORK

Claire Price lets us know how the Cavalier Obreedience teamis getting on in their qualification process for the finals at Crufts 2016.

 PET ME

When Joanna Matson and her even-keeled Cavalier, Melinda arrived at the Sacramento International Airport on Friday, the first thing she did was look at the digital displays for delayed flights.“Okay, gates 19 and 20 have been waiting for more than an hour. Well here come the relaxation corps."

Sacramento International is the newest of about 30 airports across the country partnering with volunteer therapy dogs and their handlers in an effort to improve travelers’ experience. Airport officials expect the animals that make up the Boarding Area Relaxation Corps – which yields the adorable acronym BARC – will help relax passengers and make wait times go by faster.

"I’ve never seen anything like it before,”said passenger Kate Carney, while she waited for her flight home to Portland. “People have a certain amount of anxiety about flying and dogs are kind of natural therapists so I think it’s great.”

Research has shown that interaction with therapy animals can reduce stress and lower blood pressure. Even if travelers didn’t pet the dogs, passengers’ faces generally lit up when they saw the animals. There are now 21 airport-approved BARC teams. The organization is trying to have teams at the airport two or three times per week at each of the terminals and more often as it recruits more volunteers.

 Sara Nordin ‘Cavamirs’ headed down under to judge in Australia and New Zealand, leaving her homeland Sweden far behind. Her are some photos of her judging at the Cavalier Club of New South Walescourtesy of Barbara Killworth.

                                Dog CC/Best In Show..... Grand Champion Lookingglass Quartermaster

Bitch CC/Runner-up Best In Show..... Ch Matmor Secret
Society

Reserve Dog CC....Ch Matmor Thriller

Reserve Bitch CC...Ch Elvenhome My Funny Valentine

BEST BABY IN SHOW...MATMOR RHYTHM IS MY BUSINESS

BEST OPPOSITE... ELVENHOMEA FINE ROMANCE

 from the Cavalier Club Magazine 20 years ago...

THINGS YOU ALWAYS WANTED TO KNOW BUT DIDNT DARE ASK!featuring KEVAN BERRY (RICKSBURY)

The Humberside Cavalier Club held anOpen show atBircotes near Doncaster on 6th September with Bridgette Evans (Svena) judging the main classes and Alison Walker (Kayceekay) doing the 3 Special Award Classes which gives the opportunity for B and C list judges to progress and include these numbers on their CV. Here are some pictures from the day.

                      Gordon and Lisa Murray Banthorpe

Maureen Scott

Mags Reeson and Marisa Colavecchia

Gail Hall, Roxanne Hobbs, Becky Wileman

Maxine Fox Shone and Sue Brooks

Sue Mangham, Norma and Maxine

 

Alison Walker

Mary Drewett and Sylvia Lymer

Marilyn Claydon and Anne Bayliss

 
Ted Rogerson

BEST PUPPY DOG/BPIS, BEST DOG, RESERVE BEST DOG/BEST VETERAN


RESERVE BEST BITCH, BEST BITCH/BIS, BEST PUPPY BITCH

Carolus Felicitation at Beaconsflyde.....BB/BIS

Beaconsflyde Fade to Black...BD/BOS/RBIS

Honeybet My Way....RBD/BVIS

Bonitos Companeros Crystal at Craigowl JW..RBB

Castlewytch Perfection for Charnavale...BPIS

Granasil Golden Mitzy at Rootessma...BPB

 BRIDGETTE'S CRITIQUE......I was delighted to be invited to judge this show and offer my grateful thanks to the committee and my stewards, Maxine Fox- Shone & Cherrill Deans for keeping proceedings running smoothly. I'd also like to thank the exhibitors for bringing their dogs under me for assessment, a good entry numerically, however, marred by a number of absentees.
Temperaments on all exhibits without exception were excellent, I only had one bad bite and all eyes appeared dark.
Now in the spirit of maintaining our lovely breed, and leaving a legacy for those who come after us,  I do have a couple of concerns, although I appreciate this is a members show and not all exhibits are destined for breeding programs, I did find it very difficult to produce a consistant line up, size and type varied.
Trimming ! there is a fine line between, tidying the underneath and hacking all the hair off the feet, this line has clearly been crossed in some instances.

 29TH SEPTEMBER 2015