A delighted Sue Merrill of the Gostwyck Labradors has contacted us to let us know that their young bitch Brockburrow Dream Maker For Gostwyck won the RCC from the Junior bitch class on the first day (Gundogs) at Windosor Championship show. Valerie Foss judged the breed with an entry of 180.

Check back for more news of Irish winners as we recieve it.

For All Owners of Irish Red Setters

Demonstration of Irish Red Setters

Working, Training, Show Demonstration and Fun Day.

Venue: Birr Castle, Co. Offaly on Sunday, July 19th. at 10 a.m.

(by kind permission of Lord and Lady Rosse)

Refreshments available at Castle coffee shop.

Admission: Standard fee to Castle also entitles access to formal gardens, the telescope and Science Museum

For more details contact Brian Grace email: brian.bdg@eircom.net or tel: 087 2440849

The second part of a double header weekend saw the Irish show scene move towards the South East of the country as the Deise Canine Club held their annual Championship show at the now regular venue for them of the Waterford  and Tramore Racecourse in Tramore which is one of the most popular seaside resorts towns in the country. As a holiday destination for many Irish people, there was plenty of anticipation of some good sunny weather for the exhibitors and the show organisers given the previous days superb day in Kilkenny. However, it was not to be and the event was subject to a rather bad day with persistent rain which spoilt what would surely have been a holiday feeling at the show on the racecourse which had attracted an entry of 950 dogs for the panel of judge from round the world. It was Marion Finney of the Gulliagh Irish Wolfhounds, Dachshunds and Yorkshire Terriers who was the Best in Show judge for the event and if the weather had been a bit nicer with some sun then we could have ended the day with a Beach Party as it was none other than Monica and Margaret Boardman’s top winning American Cocker Spaniel SH CH / GB SH CH/ AM CH San Jo’s Born To Party who topped the entry on the day. He had earlier been Jim Byrnes’ Group 8 winner when he collected his fourth group of the 2009 campaign. This is his second BIS for the year so far and it was at South Tipperary in May when he took his first under Donal Neally. It was another of the year’s top winning dogs who took the RBIS spot as at Deise as Marion Finney selected Philip and Eddie O’Brien and Jarka Poulova’s Kerry Blue Terrier CH/GB CH Edbrios Amadeus for her runner up. ‘Frankie’ now also has two BIS wins and a RBIS award to his credit this year.

There was a great win in the Puppy Stakes for Ann Moore’s Dobermann Pinscher Spetori Dream Edition who topped an entry of 46 puppies to claim the ticket to the Combined Canine Club Pup of the Year Final next Easter. She was handled again today by her breeder Stevie Richardson. Helen Hegarty made the decisions in the Champion Stakes and it was a win for Josie Foley’s Siberian Husky CH Suraliam Gandalf The Grey who was Best Veteran in Show at Swords last week and who was handled by Anita Foley Duggan. The show was generously sponsored by Royal Canin who were represented by Margaret O’Gorman who did Trojan work politely posing for each group photo in the rain even though some of the showers were quite heavy. The day ended with Best in Show being  judged in the winner’s enclosure at the racecourse and suffering a little rain at that stage too but well done to Anna Butler and her team for getting the event through an awkward  day weatherwise.

Click here to view full Group results with photos

By Paul Scanlon (Show Dogs Ireland Editor)

Josie Foley and her hard working Kilkenny and District Canine Club team must have had the contact name for those responsible for the FCI Euro Show weekend weather because it was a case of more of the same at the Kilkenny event held at the superb venue which so many exhibitors were looking forward to returning to. The Hub at Cillin Hill just outside Kilkenny City is a welcome venue for those in the sport and it was reflected in a great entry of 1,236 exhibits for the club and their 35th annual show. What better place for Yvonne Cannon of the Cloughlea Shih Tzu’s to don her Best in Show judges cap and make the main decisions of the day inside in the main hall which was very bright an airy and which gave exhibitors some respite from the sunny hot conditions outside. Yvonne’s choice for her Best in Show winner was the Group 4 winner, Gerry McFaul’s Standard Long Haired Dachshund CH/GB CH Dachville Perfect Blend who was previously BIS at Killarney in 2006 under Dave Lawlor. ‘Cher’ was taking her twenty fourth group win today between the two systems, old and new and it was her fifth Dachshund group win this year. It was Des Manton who sent ‘Cher’ through to the BIS challenge when he awarded her the Dachshund group and it was another award for the Dachville team to add to an earlier win during the day when Yvonne chose the team’s veteran male CH/GB CH/ INT CH Darsom Zwagerson as her Veteran Stakes winner.

Reserve Best in Show went to James Newman and Sean Carroll’s Papillon CH Denemore Iconsruben who had earlier won the Group 9 competition under Stephen Minogue of the Rokemin Show team. Yvonne’s Puppy Stakes winner was Fiona Clarke’s Samoyed Icemist Troika Tryst who topped an entry of 72. In the Champion Stakes it was Richie Dalton’s Irish Soft Coated Wheaten Terrier  male CH Feanaro Niallan Naomhan who topped the entry and goes forward to the Champion Stakes final in November of this year. The show was generously sponsored by Arden Grange who were represented on the day in the presentations by Declan Brady.

It was an excellent show which set the exhibitors up for a good weekend in the ‘sunny south east’.

Click here to view full Group results with photos

By Paul Scanlon (Show Dogs Ireland Editor)

Can you help?

In the early hours of Saturday 27 June a Chihuahua bitch, her 4 seven week old puppies, and a black male pug were stolen from the home of Margaret Aikens. One puppy was recovered a short distance from their home in the Ballymoney area 24 hours later, possibly dropped by the thieves.

The family are obviously devastated and seeking help to find their pets.

If anyone has any information would they please contact Margaret on 028 295 71116 or

the police vi a the website www.psni.police.uk or telephone 028 7034 4122.

The Kennel Club has announced the 2010 Crufts qualification details

As well as the usual qualification from wins at GB shows relevant to Ireland is the following and refers to Kennel Club fully recognised breeds only.

Any Champion from a country with which the Kennel Club has a reciprocal agreement qualifies automatically if it is domiciled in the UK and is on the Kennel Club Breed Register.

Any FCI International Beauty Champion.

Winners of Junior Dog and Junior Bitch classes, plus the Best Dog and the Best Bitch at specified Shows in each of the European countries entitled to take part in the UK PETS TRAVEL SCHEME. One show only nominated by the Kennel Club in the country concerned – except in the case of Ireland were Winners of Junior Dog and Junior Bitch plus Best Adult Dog and Best Adult Bitch from the seven Irish Kennel Club Group Championship Shows qualify.

Winners of Junior Dog and Junior Bitch classes, plus CACIB Dog and CACIB Bitch at FCI World Winners Show 2009. Winners of Junior Dog, Junior Bitch, Veteran Dog, Veteran Bitch plus CACIB Dog and CACIB Bitch at European Winners Show in 2009. This applies to dogs resident in countries entitled to take part in the UK PETS TRAVEL SCHEME.

Click here to view the full qualification details on the Crufts website at www.crufts.org.uk