Breed notes - compiled by Lizzie Cadmore
5/5/26

The World Dog Show this year is to be held in Bologna, Italy from the 3rd to the 7th June and the entry figures have been released. GBGV’s have 8 entries and will be judged by Sandra Piscedda, and PBGV’s have 30 for judge Massimo Favo. There is also a club show that runs alongside the main event and Grands have 5 entries and Petits 15 to be judged by Luisa Salinas. At the Winners Show Grands have 8 for judge Amedeo Bottero, and Petits have 16 entered for judge Alberto Cuccillato. Good luck to all on Friday at the National Dog Show. The SKC double shows have announced their entries and at the CC show, Grands have 13 for their judge Claire Cooper, and Petits also 13 for Charlotte Dalgarno. At the non CC show, Grands stay with 13 for judge Mrs L Wilson, and Petits have 18 for Donna Kirkwood-Emery. 
PBGV 
Something new to start the Petit notes this week. It seems more owners are now starting to take up disciplines that are using our breeds amazing nose, and a few dogs competed this weekend. Megan Allen’s Soletrader Elegant Eevee (Ch/Dk/Ir Ch Soletrader Pat On The Back x Ch Soletrader Vocal In Venice) was awarded her Rural Level 10 Mini League 1 rosette meaning she had to follow a 200m trail with two junctions and only 15 minutes. Anita Granum’s Soletrader Prue Leith (Bientot v Tum-Tums Vriendjes x Ch Soletrader Tangomango) competed in the National Nosework Association trial in Wiltshire and placed third, as well as moving from Foundation Level to Pre-Entry. A handful of open show results this weekend. At Okehampton & District, Jayne Fordham’s Soletrader Field Marshal (Ch Overbecks Finn Shelby x Ch Soletrader Flora Good Time) was Best of Breed, Best Puppy, shortlisted in the adult group, and then won the Puppy Group. At the Hound Club of East Anglia, Maisie & Heidi Allenby’s Rangali Franknfurter (Ch Soletrader Happy As Larry x Ch Soletrader Fun Times for Rangali) was Best of Breed, Best Puppy, and Best Puppy in Show, with Reserve Best of Breed going to Lisa Guernari & Paul Dane’s Cynetkoy’s Tinker Tailor (Ch & Ir Ch Soletrader Pat On The Back x Cynetkoy Pick Pocket). At Gravesend & Medway Towns Canine Society, Best of Breed went to Beaujons Vagabond of Monkhams (Petit Heroes Canned Heat x Beaujons Tickled Pink), owned by Linda Skerritt & Jenna Betts, with Best Puppy and Reserve Best of Breed going to Lynn Wood’s Beaujons Susannah (Beaujons Vagabond of Monkhams VW ShCEx x Beaujons Leading Lady JW). At Marlborough & District, Lizzie Cadmore’s Soletrader Sybil Fawlty (Ch Soletrader Happy As Larry x Ch Soletrader Cotton Candy) was Best of Breed and Group 4, and Franknfurter took Best Puppy. At Drongan show, Vysaris Baccus Dieu Du Vin (Erylan Poseidon De La Mer x Ch & Ir Ch Erylan Hebe La Fille Jeune), owned by Craig, Linda and Stefanie Brown, was BOB. Over on the Emerald Isle, Gene Boyd & Cathy Neill’s Ir Ch Soletrader Finger Flick (Ch Soletrader Super Mario x Ch Soletrader Ivy League) won the group at Fermoy Canine International Show. In Croatia at the Zadar CACIB II show, 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, was second in the group, and the following day at the third CACIB show she won the group and Best in Show and ultimately Supreme Best in Show. At the Wieze - 46e KVN CAC Dogshow in Belgium, Anouk Huikeshoven’s Jour Apres Jour Etincelle Magique (Koala v Tum-Tums Vriendjes x Jour Apres Jour Princess Jasmine) was third in the group, and Renate de Geit’s Cache Royale All I Want For Xmas Is You (L’ange Barbu C’anglais La Vie Boheme x Cache Royale Sweet Sweet Querida) was placed third in the Minor Puppy group. At the Timisoara Traditional Trophy shows in Romania, Black Majesty Picture This (Black Majesty U Got The Look x Cro Ch Black Majesty New York) owned by Krystsina Yanchy & Iva Raic, was second in the group at the CAC show on Saturday, and third in the group at the CACIB II show on Sunday. In Finland at the Kouvola FCI5, 6, 7 & 8 show, Kristina Bergstrom & Emma Holopainen’s After Me Fly High (Multi Ch Taglines Double The Fun with Soletrader x After Me All Rights Reseved) was second in the group. Staying in Finland but to the Pedersöre 5, 6 1, 4 & 8 show, Kristina Bergstrom & Ida Jokela’s After Me Challenge Accepted (Felix Dit Finistere Du Chemin Des Bruleurs x Multi Ch Soletrader Just Jazz) was third in the group. In Sweden at the Skara Nordic show, Ebouriffe Whipping Floyd (Swe & Nor Ch Veni Des Ajoncs De L’aulne x Swe & Nor Ch Ebouriffe Bright Serendipity), owned by Therese Corneliusson, was third in the group. Denmark hosted a three day show and on the first day at the Nordic show, Ch/Dk/Ir Ch Soletrader Pat On The Back (Ch Soletrader Magic Mike x Ch Around Zlightly Different with Soletrader (Imp Swe)), owned by Anders Tunold-Hanssen & Sara Robertson, won the group and Best in Show 4, and at the International shows on the weekend, he was second in the group both days. In South Africa at the Eastern Districts KC, Michelle Jackson & Louis Kruger’s Brejen Against All Odds (White Squall Flying Dutchman x ZA GCh BallyAssketill Gabriella for Brejen), was fourth in the Puppy Group. At the Transvaal Midlands KC, Sue & Andria Haskin’s BallyAsketill Frankie Goes To Paris (MBISS Int Ch ZA Gr Ch ZA Ch BallyAsketill Remy Martin x ZA Ch After Me High On Life for BallyAsketill), won the Junior Group. At the Witwatersrand KC, Paula Jarvis' Brejen Bring It On (White Squall Flying Dutchman x ZA Ch BallyAsketill Gabriella for Brejen), was fourth in the puppy group. Brazil saw the KC ABC hold three shows. At the 66th Pan American show, Leandro Mosmann & Cristina Trein’s Black Majesty Pandora’s Box (Am GCh/Aust/Ir/UK Ch Soletrader Buddy Holly x Black Majesty Some Say I’m Superstitious) was second in the group and second in the Junior Group. At the 67th show she was second in the Junior Group and third in the main group, and at the 68th show she won the Junior Group and took home another second in the main group. Aust Sup Ch & A2O Gr Ch Tumtums Macchiato (Sup Ch Dance Monkey v Tum-Tums Vriendjes x Violet Crumble v Tum-Tums Vriendjes), owned by James Bennett, Kirri Jacobson, Gwen Huikeshoven & Shellie Marshall, had a great few days in Victoria, Australia. At the Bulla Amenities Show Committee on Friday he was Best in Group and Runner Up in Show, as well as Open in Group. The following day he won the group and Open in Group, and then Best in Show and Open in Show at the AM Show, and at the A2O show in the afternoon he won the group again and Open in Group again. At the same shows Gwen & Shellie’s ‘home team’ had a great set of results. Their new kid on the block, Tumtums Penelope Pussycat (Aust Ch Tumtums Piccolo x Tumtums Matilda) was Minor Puppy in Group and Minor Puppy in Show at the AM Show on Saturday, and at the A2O show the same day their Tumtums Crunchy Crumble (A20 Ch & Aust Sup Ch Rokeena Richie Rich x Violet Crumble v Tum-Tums Vriendjes) was Intermediate in Group. On the Sunday Gwen & Shellie’s Tumtums Pepele Pew (Aust Ch Tumtums Piccolo x Tumtums Matilda), was Best in Group and Puppy in Group. In Tasmania at the Working Dog Club of Tasmania All Breed AM Show, 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 Best in Group and Intermediate in Group, and Shellie & Gwen’s Tumtums Napoleon (Aust Ch Tumtums Piccolo x Tumtums Matilda) was Minor Puppy in Group and in Show. At the PM Groups Show Piccolo was Runner Up in Group and Intermediate in Group. Sticking with Australia but some tracking results where Aust Sup Ch Mistypoint Sharp Dressed Man (Am GCh/Aust/Ir/UK Ch Soletrader Buddy Holly x Aust Gr Ch Mistypoint Glitz N Glamour), owned by Tracie Edwards, picked up his first qualification and a Very Good grading at the Tracking Dog Club of SA’s ‘Track and Search trial’ in Adelaide where he had to track a known person which was Tracie herself, so he was handled by friend Brigetta Palmer. In the USA at the Yosemite KC in California, GCh/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, won the group and Reserve Best in Show on Friday, another group win on Saturday, and a third group win and Reserve Best in Show on Sunday. On Thursday at the Utah Valley KC, GCH Black Majesty It’s Majik, Ya Know TKN PCJH (GCh M&M Stellar Spotify x Ch Black Majesty Unlok The Majik), owned by Susan & Mike Morgan and Britt & Rylie Johnson, was Owner-Handler Group 2, and on Friday the Morgan and Johnson’s Black Majesty Donut Even Dare (GCh Black Majesty Name The Game x Ch Black Majesty Foodilicious), was Owner Handler Group 3 and on Saturday OH Group 2. Also on the Saturday 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 Group 2 at the Intermountain KC. On Sunday Majik was OH Group 2 and Bridgerton took home another Group 2.

GBGV
At Perthshire Canine Club, Tarmachan Mac Talla (Ch Macaroni v Tum-Tums Vriendjes of Tarmachan (Imp Nld) x Ch Tarmachan Miss Impatiens), owned by Fiona Buchanan and Michael MacLaren, was Best of Breed and second in the group, whilst their Ch/Nld/Int Ch Tarmachan Ice Diamond (Ch & Multi Ch Frosty Snowman x Ch Tarmachan Florentine) was Best Special Hound Veteran. At the Hound Club of East Anglia, Best of Breed went to Wilmit Mirabelle for Boneveon (Stinton Solitaire Avec Braillement x Ch Wilmit Jugeote), owned by Robert Bailey & Andrew Yates, and Reserve Best of Breed went to Sue Marshall’s Claela Laughter Is Timeless with Soufriere (Ch Claela You And I Are A Team x Dit Donc Du Greffier Du Roi Mit Claela (Imp Nld)). Sue’ Soufriere One Vision JW (Multi Ch Gairside Good Lord x Silvamoon Saffron at Soufriere VW) was also Best Veteran. At Drongan Steph Brown’s  Ir Ch Claela Sweet Dreams GBGV was Best AVNSC and won Hound Group 4 . At the Wieze - 46e KVN CAC Dogshow in Belgium, Anouk & Gwen Huikeshoven’s Aust Ch Tumtums Baba Ghanoush (Multi Ch Frosty Snowman x Daisy Duck v Tum-Tums Vriendjes) won the group. In Finland at the Lahti FCI 5, 6, 8 & 9 show, Minskuhoff's Sparkling Dream (Int Ch Minskuhoff's Grand X-presso x Int Ch Minskuhoff's Frozen Heart), owned by Mia Aaltovirta, was second in the group, and at the Kouvola FCI5, 6, 7 & 8 show, she won the group and Best in Show 2. At the Mäntsälä show for groups 5, 6 & 7, she was fourth in the group. At the International Dog Show in Babimost, Poland, Kasia Zacharewicz’s Pl Ch Cartier D’amour Succession of Baron (Ch/Du & Int Ch Tarmachan Cartier x Harmony Succession of Baron) was third in the group.