Shows

Margaret on March 14th, 2010

Today is the finals for Crufts, the agility, obedience, junior handling and the other events, including the Best in Show. And several people in Barbados would be watching it live on their computer as in other parts of the world. At Waterford this morning there were quite a few people at handling classes getting ready […]

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Margaret on March 8th, 2010

Liz Cartledge (of Ryslip) will be in Barbados after Crufts for the Barbados Kennel Club’s first 2010 All Breeds Championship Dog Show. At Crufts she will be judging the best of breed dogs in the Hound Group. This judge has judged dogs in Barbados on several occasions and would have friends on the island. The […]

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via CBC News – World – Ont. Bouvier aims to be Westminster’s top dog. Those of us who follow dog shows will be looking forward to The Westminster Dog Show. It is a show where only champions can compete and will be held on February 15th and 16th in New York, at Madison Square Gardens. […]

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Margaret on December 15th, 2009

These pix. came to me with a permission to cross post. There are so many cameras around, it is better to dress sensibly in a public place like a show ring. One of my male friends told me that if he were a judge and was in the ring with someone in the above outfit, […]

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Margaret on December 7th, 2009

B’dos. Kennel Club’s final All Breeds Championship Show for the year, 2009, gave Jeff Luscott only 54 dogs to go over. This is the poorest entry I have ever seen in Barbados and it has nothing to do with Jeff Luscott, the judge. I don’t have pix. of all the group and reserve group winners. […]

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Margaret on December 3rd, 2009

On Tuesday, December 2, Jeff Luscott, the judge of The Barbados Kennel Club’s All Breed Championship Dog Show met with exhibitors at the show ground and gave a talk on judging dogs and what a judge looks for and then a talk on show handling. As this judge had been very friendly towards all exhibitors […]

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Margaret on December 1st, 2009

Rhapsody, Rita and Savoy enjoyed themselves at the B’dos. Kennel Club’s All Breeds Championship Dog show which was held on November 29th with UK judge Jeff Luscott. The show was sponsored by Hanschell, Inniss Ltd. who are the local agents for Pedigree. I visited the Pedigree booth and Wayne, Selwyn and Richard were introduced to […]

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Margaret on November 22nd, 2009

I believe the number of dogs Jeff Luscott will have to judge in Barbados at the next Barbados Kennel Club’s All Breeds Championship Dog Show will be in the fifties. And in the UK where he resides, that could just be one breed on his judging schedule. Some years ago, an All Breed Championship Dog […]

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Margaret on November 17th, 2009

Top show dog in Wales, 2009, is Ch. Benclutha’s Fortune Angel, known as “Arran”, and owned by my friends Steve Dallow and his wife Helen. Lots of countries all over the world run an annual competition and have an award for the Top Dogs of the Year. In the UK, as there are still Championship […]

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Margaret on October 16th, 2009

Here is Steve Hall’s critique of the BKC’s All Breeds Dog show held on October 11, 2009. Steve Hall has judged both the Working Group and the Pastoral Groups at Crufts. He is one of the UK judges approved by the FCI to judge every breed approved by The Kennel Club, UK. He is also […]

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