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14/10/26

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South Wales took place last week and Mandy Dance was giving CC’s for the first time. Her DCC and BOB went to Phil & Dianne Reid’s Ch Maudaxi Billy Bookcase (Ch Vilauddens Magnificent Mile x Petronille Des Terres Du Templier At Maudaxi), who then took Group 2 under judge Bill Browne-Cole. The RDCC to him went to Ch Erylan Poseidon De La Mer JW ShCEx OSW (Erylan Zeus Roi Des Dieux x Erylan Fantastique Freya), owned by Tim & Debs Bartley. Gail & Raymond Foote and Erin McAulay’s Erylan Phoebe Petit Bijou (Erylan Zeus Roi Des Dieux x Erylan Fantastique Freya) took the BCC, her first, with the RCC going to Lizzie Cadmore’s Soletrader Sybil Fawlty (Ch Soletrader Happy As Larry x Ch Soletrader Cotton Candy) who also gained the last few points for her JW. Maisie & Heidi Allenby’s Rangali Columbia (Ch Soletrader Happy As Larry x Ch Soletrader Fun Times for Rangali) was BP, and Erylan Loki Maitre Du Mal (Multi Ch Taglines Double The Fun with Soletrader (Imp Nor) x Ir Ch Clonallan Just Beginning Avec Erylan), owned by Tim & Debs. The breed also had a good day in the Stakes classes under Russell Mosedale who is judging PBGV’s at Midland Counties soon. In the Junior Stakes, Emma Moore’s Tangaer Jump For Joy (Ch Vencharno Stuck On You x Tangaer Heather) was third, and also fourth in the Yearling Stakes, which was won by Soletrader Golly Miss Molly (GCh/Ir/Aust/UK Ch Soletrader Buddy Holly x Ch Soletrader Missy Elliot), owned by Claire Cooper & Lizzie Cadmore.

At Portsmouth & Southsea KA Open Show, Kim Holt’s Cynetkoy River Phoenix (Ch Soletrader Happy As Larry x Cynetkoy Pick Pocket) was BOB and then won the Hound Group. Kathryn Moulding’s Nykarth Touch Of Class (Nykarth O’Be Serious x Nykarth Quite The Surprise) was RBOB and Christine Neal’s Erylan Vesta (Multi Ch Dance Monkey v Tum-Tums Vriendjes x Int/UK/Ir Ch Erylan Hera La Reine) was BP.

In Greece at the Athens International Dog Show, Marianna Litou’s Rose Des Terres Des Dieux Joan Jett (Gre Ch Soletrader Apollo x Gre Ch Rose Des Terres Des Dieux Gin Fizz) was Minor Puppy BIS2 & BIS3. In Denmark at the Basset Club CAC show, DKJUCH & DK Ch After Me Joker at Petit Heroes (Multi Ch After Me Certainly Worth It x Chasing Highs After Me), owned by Jette Vind Ramvad and Kristina Bergstrom, was BOB & BIS3.

At the TKC KC in South Africa, Michelle Jackson & Louis Kruger’s Brejen Yoshimura (White Squall Hey Cheesecake x ZA Ch BallyAsketill Gabriella for Brejen) was third in the group. At the FCI show, MBISS Int Ch ZA Gr Ch ZA Ch BallyAsketill Remy Martin (ZA GCh Black Majesty Go Looney Tunes of BallyAsketill x ZA Ch Cynetkoy Blackmajesty of BallyAsketill), owned by Andria & Sue Haskins, won the group, whilst their 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), was second in the Junior group. The following day Remy Martin was fourth in the group and Frankie Goes To Paris took second in the Junior group again.

Down to Australia where Tumtums Napoleon (Aust Ch Tumtums Piccolo x Tumtums Matilda), owned by Daniel & Maree Aitchison and Shellie Marshall & Gwen Huikeshoven, won the group and Junior in Group at the Sarina KC (Show 1). He also won the group at the second show later in the day, and on Sunday he was Junior in Group again. In Tasmania at the Tasmanian KC, Aust Ch Tumtums Piccolo (Sup Ch Dance Monkey v Tum-Tums Vriendjes x Violet Crumble v Tum-Tums Vriendjes), owned by Daniel, Maree, Shellie & Gwen, also won the group and Intermediate in Group at both shows on Saturday, converting one to Intermediate in Show. On Sunday in WA at the Fremantle Dog Club (Show 2), Tumtums Peanut Brittle (Aust Sup Ch & A20 Ch Rokeena Richie Rich x Violet Crumble v Tum-Tums Vriendjes), owned by Ali Daniel, won the group and Puppy in Group. Tumtums had a successful weekend across the country with their wins, and not stopping there, Gwen & Shellie’s Tumtums Chupa Chups (Am GChB/Ir/UK Ch M&M’s Stellar Mayhem and Madness x Tumtums Mocha) was Baby Puppy in Group and Baby Puppy in Show.

In New Mexico, USA, at the Rio Pecos KC, Atlandia’s Jamm’n To The Music (GCh Atlandia’s Cosmic Wonder x Atlandia’s I’ve Got Rhythm), owned by Jordan Woods, Alex Harbuck & Gloria Swaine, was fourth in the group. In Illinois at the Prairie River Cluster shows, Ch Blue Moon One In A Melon (GChG Pink Panther v Tum-Tums Vriendjes x GChB Rosewood’s Citrus Got Real), owned by Marina Rose, Kellie Williams & Julie and Charles Wangelin, was fourth in the group on Saturday at the AM Show.

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No CC’s on offer for the breed at South Wales for judge Helen Mansfield. Her BB & BOB was the newly crowned Ch Wilmit Mirabelle for Boneveon (Stinton Solitaire Avec Braillement x Ch Wilmit Jugeote), owned by Robert Bailey & Andrew Yates, with RBB going 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)). BD & BV was Robert & Andrew’s Ch & Ir Ch Tarmachan Ice Cool VW (Ch & Multi Ch Frosty Snowman x Ch Tarmachan Florentine) who was also shortlisted in the Veteran Group later in the day. RBD was Sue’s Soufriere Paserelle Bateau (Ch Claela You And I Are A Team x Silvamoon Saffron at Soufriere VW).

In Sweden at the Sundsvall International Int Ch Minskuhoff’s You Only Live Twice (Int Ch Bolero v Tum-Tums Vriendjes x Int & Multi Ch Minskuhoff’s Grand Notre-Dame), owned by Maria Aaltovirta, was BIS-Veteran 3, and also placed third in the group. In Poland last week at the Wroclaw International, Kasia & Janusz Zacharewicz’s Int/Multi Ch Cartier D’amour Succession of Baron (Ch/Du & Int Ch Tarmachan Cartier x Harmony Succession of Baron) was third in the group.

In Victoria, Australia, at the Romsey KC (AM Show), Gwen Huikeshoven & Shellie Marshall’s Tumtums Magical Presto Cadabra (AI) (Aust & UK Ch Wilmit Braconnier de Debucher (Imp UK) x Aust Ch Sunflower v Tum-Tums Vriendjes), was Puppy in Group and Puppy in Show. At the PM Show he was Runner Up in Group and Puppy in Group.

In Ohio at the St Clairsville Ohio KC, GChB Sidekick's Courage Of The North At Crossroad (Help Des Hautes Clauzes x Ch Sidekick’s Life Of The Party at Talus), owned by Laurie Green, was second in the group on Saturday and third on Sunday.

30/9/26

We have just a few Championship Shows left for 2026 and South Wales is the next on the list next week. Petits have Mandy Dance judging the breed and she’s drawn a decent entry, bringing in 31, and Grands have 10 with no CC’s for Helen Mansfield. Midland Counties at the end of October is the penultimate All Breed show and no CC’s for either breed, both being judged by Russell Mosedale.

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At Okehampton Open Show, Jayne Fordham’s Soletrader Field Marshal (Ch Overbecks Finn Shelby x Ch Soletrader Flora Good Time) was BOB, BP, topped the Puppy Group and 1st in AV Hound Puppy. At Great Yarmouth Gorleston & DCS, Monkhams Memphis Belle (Beaujons Vagabond of Monkhams x Monkhams Luna Luvgood), owned by Linda Skerritt & Jenna Betts was Best Hound Veteran.

Belfast Championship has been and gone and Jane Paradise had four entered where she gave BB & BOB to Gail & Raymond Foote and Erin McAulay’s Erylan Phoebe Petit Bijou (Erylan Zeus Roi Des Dieux x Erylan Fantastique Freya) and RBB & BV to her grandmother Ch/Ir Ch/Int Ch Erylan Hebe La Fille Jeune (Ch Soletrader Tom Thumb x Ch & Ir Ch Erylan Aphrodite La Belle) who took Veteran Group 2 under Hans Almgren from Sweden. Erylan Terra Mater (Multi Ch Dance Monkey v Tum-Tums Vriendjes x Int/Ir/UK Ch Erylan Hera La Reine), also owned by the three of them, took BP.

In Finland at the Åland Dog Show, Eetu Volk & Pekka Keränen’s Soletrader Let’s Dance (Am GChB/Ir/UK Ch M&M’s Stellar Mayhem and Madness x Ch Soletrader Judigarland) was fourth in the group. At the Jakabszállás CACIB show in Hungary, Iva Raic & Dea Kurjak’s Int Ch Black Majesty Perfectly Imperfect (Black Majesty U Got The Look x Cro Ch Black Majesty New York) won the group and BIS, and their Black Majesty Sublime (Soletrader Goosebumps x Black Majesty Scandal) took Junior Best in Show 2 & 3, and a Best in Group 1 on her first weekend out. In Iceland at a CACIB show, Made U Look Big Apple Bonanza (Ice Ch Soletrader Times Square x Black Majesty New York), owned by Karen Ösp Guðbjartsdóttir, was second in the group and Karen’s breeder team took Best Breeder of the day on Sunday. At the 55th International Dog Show Maastricht in the Netherlands, Jour Après Jour Confetti Ribbons (Jour Après Jour Sky Rocket x Jour Après Jour Sparkling Apple Punch), owned by Anouk Huikeshoven, won the group and RBIS and half sister Jour Après Jour Time For Bubbles (Jour Après Jour Sky Rocket x Tumtums Fifi La Fume) was Best Puppy in Show 2. The following day at the 56th International show, Jour Après Jour Too Much Monkey Business (Dance Monkey v Tum-Tums Vriendjes x Jour Après Jour Cherry Bomb) was Best in Show Minor Puppy 3.

In South Africa at the Sasolburg 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 and Best Junior in Show, whilst his sire MBISS Int Ch ZA Gr Ch ZA Ch BallyAsketill Remy Martin (ZA GCh Black Majesty Go Looney Tunes of BallyAsketill x ZA Ch Cynetkoy Blackmajesty of BallyAsketill) was second in the Veteran Group.

It’s currently the Melbourne Royal in Australia and Petits were judged on the weekend, with the group being held on Saturday of this week. Best of Breed went to 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, and Shellie & Gwen’s Tumtums Crunchy Crumble (A20 Ch & Aust Sup Ch Rokeena Richie Rich x Violet Crumble v Tum-Tums Vriendjes) was Runner Up BOB, as well as kennelmate Tumtums Chupa Chups (Am GChB/Ir/UK Ch M&M’s Stellar Mayhem and Madness x Tumtums Mocha) taking Best Baby Puppy in Breed and Baby of the Day. In Tasmania at the Canine Conformation Training Club of Tasmania (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 repeated the results at the group shows later in the day. Up in Queensland at the Dogs Queensland Zone 3 DOTY Support Shows, Tumtums Napoleon (Aust Ch Tumtums Piccolo x Tumtums Matilda), owned by Daniel, Maree, Gwen & Shellie, was third in group, and the following day he was Junior in Group.

In California, USA, at the Santa Ana Valley KC, 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, won the group and BIS on Saturday, and won the group again on Sunday.

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At the Melbourne Royal, Gwen Huikeshoven & Shellie Marshall’s Tumtums Magical Presto Cadabra (AI) (Aust & UK Ch Wilmit Braconnier de Debucher (Imp UK) x Aust Ch Sunflower v Tum-Tums Vriendjes) took BOB & BP, and RUBOB went to his littermate Tumtums Mister Mistoffelees (AI).

In the Netherlands at the 56th International Dog show Maastricht, Anouk & Gwen Huikeshoven’s Aust Ch Tumtums Baba Ghanoush (Multi Ch Frosty Snowman x Daisy Duck v Tum-Tums Vriendjes) won the group.

How is it October tomorrow?!