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
David Rolfe
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
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
Many readers will be able to remember Karl Baron with affection, and will know of his illness over the past four years or so. Sadly I have to report that he died recently. His funeral was held on Friday Nov … Continue reading
The curse of falling entries continued to strike at the FSS’s open show. Not only was the entry much less than that of previous years, but the absentees severely reduced the number present for the judge. Some of the absences were … Continue reading
For the last major show of the summer we had an entry of 11 dogs at Richmond show for Cyril Gilbert. Cyril is better known than other non-specialist judges to some exhibitors in Finnish Spitz, although as far as I know … Continue reading
Just the one show since my last notes – City of Birmingham. After a fairly long wait to follow Salukis we had an entry of seven dogs for Ben Reynolds-Frost, of whom just four male dogs were present. The single … Continue reading
At Bournemouth, I had my first appointment to award CCs. The entry, for me, was disappointingly low, but probably around about the average for all shows except the main ones. Unfortunately only five of the entered nine dogs arrived and … Continue reading
At The Houndshow we had what must have been one of our largest entries this year. This was just 13 dogs for judge Dolores Montgomery. Fortunately the weather was kind and we were able to show outside. Both CC winners … Continue reading