Without doubt being given the honour and privilege to judge the Hound group at Crufts will remain with me for the rest of my life and I loved every minute of the whole day. Standing in the centre of the famous green carpeted ring watching a beautiful collection of this years BOB winners enter individually I knew I was going to have fun selecting the top 4.
The BOB PBGV (Petit Basset Griffon Vendรฉen) did a lovely lap of honour for his proud owner as I was the breeder but then I had a full compliment of hounds to assess.
My shortlist was the very nicely made, compact beagle, the std wire dach (standard wire dachshund) with a super outline and type all through, a stunning Ibizan with such presence and dignity โCh Kalo Skilo’s Bow Bells Guns N Rosesโ, owned by Mrs M L Knudsen), the commanding powerful Irish Wolfhound (โCh Sade Parisโ, owned by Chris Amoo) and very balanced Rhodesian Ridgeback.
My group 4 winner was a 4yr old GBGV (Grand Basset Griffon Vendรฉen), Ch FORGET ME NOT V TUM TUMS VRIENJES with the correct proportions and substance the breed calls for. A noble head with strength, nicely chiselled under the eye, ears well folded with good length, his body is deep and firm with a lovely level topline, his coat is harsh. On the move he holds his shape and his tail carriage is exactly how it should be in a sabre like fashion. A very nice example of the breed.
Group 3, (Pharaoh Hound) Swe Ch/Ch VASKURS MONI MAKER QIWIDOTTER, this bitch really caught my eye as she entered the ring and on closer examination she is very typical all through, her skull is long and lean with high set ears which she uses at all times. Her front is nicely under her body with such a lovely lean arched neck, moderate and balanced front and back with straight topline she holds at all times, in tip top condition, free flowing on the move. She paints a super picture on the stack.
Group 2, (Whippet) CRรME ANGLAISEโS IRISH CREAM, just 2 years old with the most beautiful clean graceful outline, feminine all through, she stands over good ground without any exaggeration, her head has good length with a flat skull and rose like ears set well back, straight forelegs and oval feet, deep chest with ribs extending well back. She has a neat waist and defined tuck up. I loved her long easy stride where she holds her outline. Full of breed type in fantastic condition, she has a real connection with her handler which is evident and she wants to give her all.
๐๐ง๐ ๐ฆ๐ฒ ๐ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฉ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ง๐ง๐๐ซ ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ฅ๐ ๐ฆ๐ฒ ๐ก๐๐๐ซ๐ญ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ ๐๐ฏ๐ ๐ฆ๐ ๐ ๐จ๐จ๐ฌ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฌ, (๐๐ซ๐๐ฒ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐) ๐๐ก/๐๐๐/๐๐/๐๐/๐๐ ๐๐ก. ๐๐๐โ๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐. ๐ ๐ซ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ซ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ ๐ก๐๐ซ, ๐ฌ๐ก๐ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐จ ๐ฌ๐ฒ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐๐๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐๐ง๐ฒ ๐๐ฑ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ซ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง. ๐๐๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ก๐๐ซ ๐ก๐๐๐ ๐ฉ๐ข๐๐๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ ๐ฌ๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ฉ, ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐๐ซ๐ฌ ๐๐ง๐ ๐จ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ช๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐๐ฒ๐๐ฌ. ๐ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐๐ซ๐๐ก๐๐ ๐ง๐๐๐ค ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐๐ซ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ง๐ญ, ๐ฌ๐ก๐ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฏ๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐๐จ๐ง๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ก๐๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐๐ซ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐๐ซ ๐๐จ๐ง๐๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก. ๐๐จ๐ฐ๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ฆ๐ ๐ฌ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ฆ๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ฏ๐ ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฏ๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ก๐๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐๐ซ ๐ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ซ๐๐ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐๐. ๐๐ก๐๐ซ๐ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ซ๐๐๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฐ๐๐ซ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ ๐๐จ๐จ๐ญ ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐๐๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ. ๐๐ก๐ ๐ ๐๐ฏ๐ ๐ก๐๐ซ ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ข๐ ๐ ๐๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ ๐ ๐ฐ๐ ๐ก๐๐ฏ๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐จ๐ ๐๐จ๐ฆ ๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ ๐ ๐๐ฌ๐ค๐๐ ๐ก๐๐ซ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ ๐จ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ง๐จ ๐ฐ๐๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐ฌ๐ก๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ง๐ข๐๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ญ๐จ๐ฉ ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐จ๐ญ.
๐ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ญ ๐ข๐ง๐๐ซ๐๐๐ข๐๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฐ๐๐ญ๐๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ก๐๐ซ ๐๐ฅ๐จ๐๐ญ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐ง๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ฅ๐๐ญ๐๐ซ.
๐๐ถ๐ฃ๐ญ๐ช๐ด๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐๐ข๐ต๐ฆ: 15/03/2022
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โ ๐ฌ๐ค๐ซ๐ถ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฆ๐ด๐ค๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฆ๐ด.๐ฐ๐ณ๐จ.๐ถ๐ฌ โ
๐๐ฐ๐ต๐ช๐ค๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ฐ๐ฑ๐บ๐ณ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต / ๐๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ถ๐ข๐ญ ๐๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ต๐บ ๐ณ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต๐ด: ๐ ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฑ๐บ ๐ฆ๐น๐ค๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฑ๐ต๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ ๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ณ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ท๐ช๐ฆ๐ธ, ๐ฅ๐ช๐ด๐ค๐ถ๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ, ๐ข๐ค๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ช๐ค ๐ด๐ต๐ถ๐ฅ๐บ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐จ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ณ๐ด๐ถ๐ช๐ต๐ด. ๐ ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฅ๐ฐ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฌ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ช๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ด๐ถ๐ค๐ฉ ๐ง๐ข๐ช๐ณ ๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ, ๐ข๐ญ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ค๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ค๐ฆ.
๐๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ค๐ฆ: ๐ฌ๐ค๐ซ๐ถ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฆ๐ด๐ค๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฆ๐ด.๐ฐ๐ณ๐จ.๐ถ๐ฌ