The Finnish Spitz Society held their AGM this weekend and a number of new committee members and officers were elected. With the illness of Tony Brown, Rob Thompson was elected on as Treasurer, Clare Masters who had previously been co-opted … Continue reading
In my last notes I was able to reveal the small entry of Finnish Spitz at Crufts of just 20 dogs. On the day just 18 were present to be judged by Mr C K Thornton, and none of the … Continue reading
Apologies for the lack of breed notes but news has been very thin on the ground and what there has been has all been of a somewhat depressing nature including the news that the Crufts entry was the lowest on … Continue reading
The entry details for Crufts have now been published and do not make good reading. While overall entries are down on last year the drop is small, although entries from overseas are showing an increase from last year. Unfortunately this … Continue reading
Members of the Finnish Spitz Society and the Club will no doubt recall that the Joint Judges Sub-Committee instituted a health survey last summer. The response from members has not been what was expected or needed to give a reasonable … Continue reading
Steve Piearce has sent the following for inclusion: “Nearly six months has now passed since the return date for the Finnish Spitz Health Survey, and unfortunately only around 28% of the questionnaires sent out have been completed and returned. However, … Continue reading
At Manchester our few FS exhibitors, relying on the order of judging slip sent with passes and probably knowing the numbers of dogs entered, arrived by 10 am expecting that it would be our turn in the ring between 10.30 … Continue reading
The breed’s first championship show of the season has now been and gone and one can only surmise that the first time it has had the single CC would be the reason for the tiny entry. Unfortunately there had been … Continue reading
At LKA the entry for Averil Cawthera-Purdy was probably the fourth best of the year behind only Crufts and the two breed shows. Of the 20 dogs entered just three were absent. DCC, his second, and BOB was Clare and … Continue reading
This is a bit later than it should be to report on the FS classes at the Nordic show, where the judge for our breed was Hazel Fitzgibbon. Our entry was just 14 dogs (one more than was shown in … Continue reading