18 June 2006 - Hovawart Club of Great Britain Show

The Hovawart Club of Great Britain Show was taking place on 1st October at Oswestry showground.

Although the weather was rather wet, the day went very well with hovawarts competing in the breed classes and in obedience. Our judge was breed specialist Jan de Gids from the Netherlands.

The winner of the day was Pines Mercedes, a black and gold bitch winner of the open class, owned by Elaine Betts and John Sharpe. She was handled in the open class by Nikki Douglas. But Elaine had to show her when competing for best in show as Nikki was busy with her own dog, the gorgeous Biko v d Bremmerstee, a black dog from the Netherlands who had won the open dog class, best dog and was then awarded Reseve Best of Breed. I think Nikki did not regret travelling to the UK for the show.

Jan de Gids is consistent with his judging as he had judged Mercedes in the past at the World Dog Show in Amsterdam in 2002 where she was awarded best hovawart bitch with an excellent and a CACIB.

Reserve best dog went to Vindael Devlin, the winner of the veteran dog class, owned by Mr & Mrs Crick. He may be getting older, having just celebrated its 10th birthday, but he still shines in the show ring.
Reserve best bitch was Kynyaf Tiy of Pines, owned also by Elaine Betts and John Sharpe.
Best puppy was Pines Marionberry of Myrtillas owned by Eleanor Andersons.
Pines did very well by also winning the progeny and the breeder class. With their black and gold outfit, we though the ring was turning into a cabaret, but despite encouragements from the crowd, John did not sing. It was suggested that the defeated Scottish team should be wearing kilts next year. I think the breeder class is becoming one of the highlight of the Annual Hovawart Club Show.

On a more personal note, we had the pleasure of seeing our young import Oxane-Diable Animagus avec Spicemill gaining a lot of confidence. She can be a bit ring shy but showed beautifully on the day and won best junior and best yearling.

At the end of the day, each judge received a gift from the club to thank them for their wonderful work and the show was ended with Pines Saxophone “DJ”, owned by Mr & Mrs Spencer, awarded the Hovis trophy for his success in the show ring this year.

The detailed results of the breed and obedience class will be made available shortly from the Hovawart Club of Great Britain website.

If anybody has any nice pictures taken at the show, please send them to us so we can include some with our next breed notes.