THE BASSE​T GRIFFON VENDÉEN CLUB

BGV Club Breed Notes 10/10/25
It’s important to start this weeks notes with the sad news of the loss of a founding member of the BGV Club, Mrs Nickie Hunt.

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A weekend off from the Championship shows and I’m unsure of any Open show results so we’ll go straight into the overseas events.
In Ireland at the Irish Kennel Club International Autumn Show, Gene Boyd & Cathy Neill’s Ir Ch Soletrader Finger Flick (Ch Soletrader Super Mario x Ch Soletrader Ivy League), won the group.
Iceland hosted its Hundaræktarfélag Íslands shows and on Friday at the Puppy Show, Ingibjörg Aradóttir’s Made U Look My Way (Ice Ch Soletrader Times Square x Ice Ch Black Majesty Shake It Off) was Best of Breed and Best in Show 3. On Sunday at the regular show, Made U Look Big Apple Bonanza (Ice Ch Soletrader Times Square x Black Majesty New York), owned by Karen Ösp Guðbjartsdóttir, was Best of Breed and then won the group and Junior group, and ended the day as Best in Show Junior and Best in Show. Karen’s Made U Look team was also Best in Show Breeders 3.
The PBGVCA held a specialty with the Morris & Essex show on Wednesday and results are as follows under judge Denise Flaim:
Best of Breed - Am 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
Best of Winners - Centerstage Smudgeling (Centerstage Only Red x Ch Centerstage She's Something Else At Talus) - owned by Patricia Whitlock
Best Opposite - GCh Storm'N Hounds Centerstage Fancy Debut (GCh Centerstage Hot Ticket x GChB Brownstone I Am The Storm At Goose Creek) - owned by Donna Pangburn
Select Dog & Best Veteran - GChS Tetu’s Mister Homer (Ch Mirepoix's Cartoon Comedy x Ch Dehra Amazona Elegante Bordeaux) - owned by Shelley Barclay
Select B*tch - Ch Stellar With Love, From California (Ch Mirepoix's Eton Mess Pudding x Ch M&M Stellar You're So Vain) - owned by Anna Gracie & Janice Hayes
Award of Merit - Ch CJ’s What’s The Buzz All About On Five Mile River (GCh Ch Black Majesty Satisfaction x GChG Ch CJ's Oh Happy Day On Five Mile) - owned by Jeanne Hurty & Lynne Florian & Mark Florian & Charles Hurty
Award of Merit - Ch CJ’s Paws For Liberty On Five Mile River (Ch Jaren's Here For The Party x GCh Ch Cj's It's Not Easy Being Queen On Five Mile River) - owned by Jeanne Hurty & Lynne Florian & Mark Florian & Charles Hurty
Hatboro Dog Club took place in Pennsylvania on Thursday and Friday and Mayhem And Madness was Group 3 the first day and Group 1 on the second. Elsewhere in America, at the Snake River Canyon KC of Idaho, GCh Trio's Bridgerton at Rosewood (GChS Soletrader Dean Martin x GChS Mirepoix’s Dubble Bubble), owned by Tiffany Cannon, Marina Rose & Clint and Karen Livingston, was Group 2 on Friday and Saturday, and Group 4 on Sunday.
The Melbourne Royal in Australia finished last week and Best of Breed went to Aust Ch Rokeena Richie Rich (Aust Sup Ch Dance Monkey v Tum-Tums Vriendjes x Aust Ch Rokeena Im A Party Girl), owned by Robyn Wallis, Shellie Marshall & Gwen Huikeshoven, who then took Runner Up Best in Group. In South Australia at the Adelaide Hills KC, Alex Heitmann’s Taraikha Jack O Lantern (Aust & A2O Ch Tumtums Paddington x Taraikha Dolce And Banana) was Junior in Group on Saturday and the following day at the PM show, he was Best in Group and Puppy in Group. On Monday he was Junior in Group.

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In Queensland at the Beaudesert KC FCI Show, Jacky Harnett, Gwen Huikeshoven & Shellie Marshall’s Aust Sup Ch Tumtums Chocolat Ganache (Aust Sup Ch/Int & UK Ch Frosty Snowman x Nut Cracker v Tum-Tums Vriendjes), was fourth in the group on Sunday and on Monday he was Australian Bred in Group.
We see South Wales this week so full report next week as usual.

Lizzie Cadmore