Best six legs

The winners

Best In Show line up

BIS and RBIS

Triers obedience

R - L

1st - Eleanor Harrison and Misty

2nd - Jean Matherson and Bria

3rd - Jayne Currie and Charley

4th - Katherine McCrae and Teddy

5th - Emma West and Archie

Fliers obedience

R - L

1st - Eleanor Harrison and Dusty

2nd - Eleanor and Misty

3rd - Gail Robertson and Tarn

4th - Jayne Currie and Charley

5th - Bailey

Highers obedience

R - L

1st - Eleanor Harrison and Misty

2nd - Alec Wolstenholme and Jake

3rd - Alison Robertson and Cody

4th - Jenny Wood and Brint

5th - Sue Gray and Teasel

Best Puppy

Maria Hall's Polly

Reserve Best In Show
Mrs Paskin's Standard Wire-haired Dachshund

Best in Show

Sue Gray's Gypsy

If at first you don't succeed

Kyra had a real struggle with the minute stay so well done to Rhonda for not giving up. It may have taken four attempts but all that training paid off and here's Kyra looking very pleased with herself and her hard-won rosette. Watch this space for Silver in July!

Bronze passes

Well done to everyone who passed their Bronze test last Thursday, especially to Rhonda and Kyra. It may have taken a while to crack that stay but perseverence paid off! Congratulations.

James and Murphy, Nicky and Alfie, Irene and Willow, Karen and Bailey

Sue and Ruby, Corri and Barra, Rhonda and Kyra, David and Rufus,

Brenda and Tia, Karen and Roger, Liz and Rio, Robyn and Ruby, Mike and Rudi,

Olivia and Tess, Karen and Baxter, Irene and Holly

Companion Show at Roseisle

There will be a Companion show on Sunday 27th April at Roseisle, near Elgin, in aid of Pets As Therapy and MacMillan.

As well as the usual pedigree and novelty there will be three obedience classes, which are based on the Good Citizen Dog Scheme and therefore will be catering for all capabilities - come and have a go!

Dogs do not need to be Kennel Club registered to enter but puppies must be over 6 months.

There will be refreshments available and a raffle will be held.

Entries taken from 10.30 am and judging will start in all three rings at 12 noon.

Come and support two good causes and have a great day out at the same time.

Ross and Cromarty

The hall at Invergordon is usually extremely busy at Ross and Cromarty Canine Club's open show but it seemed to be a much quieter affair this year. There were a few breed club champ shows the same weekend, as well as other open shows further south, so perhaps this affected the entry. The weekly rise in the cost of fuel is bound to be a consideration too.

Spey Valley members were in short supply but, in general, those that attended were quite successful.

Gundogs - Sue's Finlay was BOB

Pastoral - Morag's Arran was BOB and 2nd in a large veteran class, Roseanne's Toby was best pastoral puppy.

Terriers - Karen's Ceilidh was BOB and G2.

Toys - Sue's Louis was BOB and G3.

Heather's Kayla won the veteran class.

Dougie and Erica were pleased to see that Polly, the puppy bred by them and now owned by Maria Hall, continued her run of success by winning Best Pup in Show.

BIS was a beardie.

Well done to everyone! If I've missed any wins, please let me know.

Toby - Best Pastoral puppy

Finlay - BOB

Louis - BOB & G3

Ceilidh - BOB & G2

Arran - BOB & 2nd in Veteran

Cambuslang Open

Congratulations to Nicky's Alfie who was BOB and G4 at Cambuslang Open on April 13th.

Alfie - BOB & G4

Scottish Great Dane

The Scottish Great Dane Club Championship show was held in Dumfries on 12th April.

Well done to Joanne's Walter who was first in the Open Brindle class and a bigger well done to Annie because she qualified for Crufts with her third place in Post Grad.

Annie rules this time!

It takes all sorts

No matter how big or small, all breeds can be trained!

Jasper's first night at dog club and he's not a bit fazed by Walter.

First CC

Karen had a long trip down to Stafford for the National Terrier Club Champ show last weekend but probably didn't notice the journey home because she was up on cloud nine after Ceilidh took the bitch CC!

Congratulations and hopefully the next two won't be far away.

Bronze test night

The Bronze class is doing very well and many are ready to move on to Silver so a test night will be held on Thursday, 17th April. It will take place in the hall at 7 - 7.30pm. Remember your poo bags, brush and identity tags!

This is purely for Bronze level, a test night for all three levels will be held on Tuesday, 15th July.

Obedience match

Our obedience match was held in the hall last Saturday and, due to such a great entry, it turned into a long but enjoyable day. Thanks to everyone who came and especially to our judge Jim McKay and his steward Louise for doing a great job and happily staying on their feet from 11am until gone 6pm!

Jim said afterwards that it was wonderful to see so many people entering and also how nice it was to see such a variety of breeds competing.

We hope all club members enjoyed taking part and, if you didn't make the line up this year, keep up the training and we'll see you next year!

Well done to all the winners.

Remember you can left click on the photos to see them full size.

Class 1

1st - Diana and Jaime

2nd - Katherine and Teddy

3rd - Liz and Rio

4th - David and Casper

5th - Sally and Bonnie

6th - Joanne and Nana

Class 2

1st - Sue and Teasel

2nd - Eleanor and Misty

3rd - Morag and Arran

4th - Kirsty and Gatsby

5th - Colin and Beauly

6th - Diana and Kizzy

Class 3

Steward Louise and judge Jim

1st - Hilary and Quincy

2nd - Sue and Teasel

3rd - Jenny and Brint

4th - Gladys and Niki

5th - Morag and Oban

6th - Eleanor and Misty

Relaxing between rounds

Jasper - obedience star of the future?

Crufts placings

Well done to the dogs below for getting placed at Crufts.

Buddy - 2nd Undergraduate Dog

Bo - 1st Good Citizen Dog

Ceilidh - 2nd Limit Bitch

Malibu - 5th Yearling Bitch

Pansy - 3rd Good Citizen Bitch

North Kessock Companion Show

Moray Firth Ringcraft Club held a companion show at North Kessock Hall on March 16th. Joanne's Walter had a great day as he went Reserve Best in Show - congratulations!

Walter, RBIS

Gorebridge Working Trial

Hilary's Quincy was one of only two qualifiers out of eighteen in TD Open at Gorebridge recently. He now only needs one more of these in order to enter championship TD.

Well done Quincy!

Obedience match

Don't forget that the club is holding an obedience match this Saturday. It is open to all and there will be three classes to cover all abilities. Don't worry if you're a beginner, the first class will be very simple and it's a fun event. Rosettes will be awarded 1st - 6th in each class and there will be a raffle and refreshments.

Entries are from 10.30am for an 11am start.

Ringcraft class

In an effort to ease some of the congestion that occurs at the change over time between the first two classes, ringcraft will now run between 6.50pm and 7.50pm. The puppies and beginners class will start at 8pm as normal.

Two more for Crufts

Leila

Leo

More qualifiers

Linda and Ron's Leila and Leo also qualified for Crufts. I will post photos but at the moment there is a technical problem, hopefully it will be resolved soon.

Crufts qualifiers

Well done to all club members who have qualifed their dogs for Crufts this year, some photos follow.

Good luck to everyone going - hope you do well.

Linda and Vic's Gino

(Buddy, Candy and TJ also qualified but no photos)

Katrina's Star.....

...Chance

.....Riva

.....and Cosmo

Joan's Bo

Daveena's Inka

Karen's Ceilidh

Sue's Louis, Gypsy, Desmond and Pansy

Joanne's Walter, Annie and Nana

Sue's Lexie...

...and Finlay