THE BASSE​T GRIFFON VENDÉEN CLUB

14/7/26

We've had a weekend off from Championship Show here in the UK but this weekend we see the Houndshow on Saturday and the BGV Club show on Sunday. Houndshow has drawn a good entry of 41 PBGV’s & 21 GBGV’s for judge Eddie Webster, and Rudy Smits from The Netherlands has 38 PBGV’s and 31 GBGV’s on Sunday. Let’s hope the weather is accommodating! The following weekend we then see Leeds Championship show where Jill Peak has 25 PBGV’s and 20 GBGV’s for Tom Johnston.

The Club hosted a Scottish Fun Day raising money for BGV Health & Welfare. Fun classes were held alongside a well supported raffle, cakes and buffet and the total raised came to £525. The photos and videos on this page showed a good turnout! Thank you to everyone who attended and the organisers Claire Gilluley, Fiona Morris & Fiona Buchanan. Down at the other end of UK, the Club held a Joint Funday with the Basset Hound Club organised by Kim Culyer-Dawson & Kathryn Moulding.

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A few Open Shows this week to report on. At the South Yorkshire Hound Society on Saturday, Erylan Astraeus (Dance Monkey v Tum-Tums Vriendjes x Int/Ir/UK Ch Erylan Hera La Reine), owned by Tim & Debs Bartley, was Reserve Best Puppy in Show. At Durham Premier show, Vysaris Baccus Dieu Du Vin JW (Erylan Poseidon De La Mer x Ch & Ir Ch Erylan Hebe La Fille Jeune), owned by Craig, Linda and Stefanie Brown, was Group 3, and their Ir Ch Erylan Chaud Comme Hades (Ogham Des Terres Du Templier with Soletrader (Imp Fra) x Ir Ch Clonallan Just Beginning avec Erylan) won the Veteran Group. At Evesham & District, Maisie & Heidi Allenby’s Rangali Franknfurter (Ch Soletrader Happy As Larry x Ch Soletrader Fun Times for Rangali) was Puppy Group 4, and then at Totnes & District, Lizzie Cadmore’s Soletrader Sybil Fawlty (Ch Soletrader Happy As Larry x Ch Soletrader Cotton Candy) won the group and Reserve Best in Show, and Sarah Barter’s Soletrader Meles Meles (Ch Overbecks Finn Shelby x Ch Soletrader Flora Good Time) was Puppy Group 2.

To the Emerald Isle now and at the Irish Ladies Kennel Association show, Ir Ch Soletrader Finger Flick (Ch Soletrader Super Mario x Ch Soletrader Ivy League) was Group 2. In Finland at the Mäntsälä National Show, After Me In The Spotlight (Taglines Grab A Summer Classic x Fin Ch After Me Check This Out), owned by Kristina Bergstrom & Oona Sukander, was second in the group and in Sweden at the Piteå Nordic Dog Show, Hanna Leinonen, Jaana Repo & Kristina Bergstrom’s Rosarian Isle of Fight (Taglines Grab A Summer Classic x Int Ch Rosarian Islamorada with MG’s), won the group. In Mostar in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Iva Raic’s Esp Ch Black Majesty Perfectly Imperfect (Black Majesty U Got The Look x Cro Ch Black Majesty New York), co-owned with Dea Kurjak, took BIS and RBIS at the International and National shows, and Iva’s Black Majesty Slay Don’t Play (Soletrader Goosebumps x Black Majesty Scandal) was Junior BIS. At the Brabants Rashondenfestival show in The Netherlands, Jour Après Jour Sky Rocket (M&M’s Stellar Mayhem and Madness x Jour Après Jour Princess Jasmine), owned by Anouk Huikeshoven, won the group, and Anouk's Jour Après Jour Étincelle Magique (Koala v Tum-Tums Vriendjes x x Jour Après Jour Princess Jasmine) was Junior Best in Show 3. 

In Australia at the West Australian Kennel Club Winter Festival (FCI Show), Tumtums Peanut Brittle (Aust Sup Ch & A20 Ch Rokeena Richie Rich x Violet Crumble v Tum-Tums Vriendjes), owned by Ali Daniel, was Best in Group and Puppy in Group. In Tasmania at the Hobart Dog Club (Show 1), Aust Ch Tumtums Piccolo (Sup Ch Dance Monkey v Tum-Tums Vriendjes x Violet Crumble v Tum-Tums Vriendjes), owned by Daniel & Maree Aitchison and Shellie Marshall & Gwen Huikeshoven, was Intermediate in Group and Shellie & Gwen’s Tumtums Napoleon (Aust Ch Tumtums Piccolo x Tumtums Matilda) took Puppy in Group, then Puppy in Show. At the second show Piccolo took Intermediate in Group again and Napoleon Puppy in Group. At the Metropolitan Canine Association, Shellie & Gwen’s Aust Ch Tumtums Crunchy Crumble (Aust Sup Ch & A20 Ch Rokeena Richie Rich x Violet Crumble v Tum-Tums Vriendjes) won the group and Intermediate in Group.

At the Duluth KC in Minnesota, Am Ch Barrique’s Talk Curdy to Me (Banana Chip v Tum-Tums Vriendjes x Penny Lane v Tum-Tums Vriendjes), owned by Brianne Weber, Gwen Huikeshoven & Shellie Marshall, was third in the group on Saturday. In Colorado at the Roaring Fork KC, GCh Trio's Bridgerton at Rosewood (GChS Soletrader Dean Martin x GChS Mirepoix’s Dubble Bubble), owned by Tiffany Cannon, Marina Rose, and Clint & Karen Livingston, was third in group on Friday, fourth on Saturday, and then topped the group on Sunday. In Texas at the Bexar County KC, Am GChB/Ir/UK Ch M&M’s Stellar Mayhem and Madness (GChS Soletrader Dean Martin x GChS M&M’s Calamity Jane), owned by Janice Hayes, Eric Ciceron, Donna Moore & Jamie Souza Bartlett, came home with a Group 3 on Saturday, and then won the group and BIS on Sunday. Up in Alaska at the Kenai KC, Black Majesty Cherry On Top (Am GCh & Cro Ch Black Majesty Name The Game x Am Ch Black Majesty Foodilicious), owned by Terry Dennison, was fourth in the group on Friday and third on Saturday and the first show. In New Jersey at the Twin Brooks KC shows, Donna & Edward Pangburn’s Am GCh Storm’n Hounds Poise’n Ivy (GCh Black Majesty Satisfaction MH x GChB Brownstone I Am The Storm At Goose Creek) was Owner-Handler Group 2 on Sunday, and Owner-Handler Group 1, converting it to Best in Show on Monday.

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At South Yorkshire Hound, Ch & Ir Ch Tarmachan Ice Cool VW (Ch & Multi Ch Frosty Snowman x Ch Tarmachan Florentine), owned by Robert Bailey & Andrew Yates, won the AV Veteran Stakes.

At the Keminmaa Nordic Show, Hanna Leinonen’s Dk/Fin/Nord Ch Mingrand’s Cake My Day (Multi Ch Frosty Snowman x Tinkerbell v Tum-Tums Vriendjes), was third in the group.