33 & 34 Breed Notes – B’mouth & WKC 2023

Keesies have no CC’s at Bournemouth and we were second in the ring for our Judge Gillian Marley, who was also judging the 80+ Tibetan Terriers before us.

It was showery and windy with a few sunny spells and not enough covered areas to cater for everyone in the poor weather; so it was a long wait as judging didn’t start until about 2.00pm. Gillian had drawn an entry of 13 Keesies with 4 absentees; both the Puppy & Junior Dog were absent and there were no entries in Special Beginners Dog or Bitch, Puppy and Post Graduate Bitch and it was all over and done with by 2.45pm

Best Dog was Sharon and George Rose’s Rossvale Endeavour to Esorkees (Zandvoort Purrsonal Life x Ch Rossvale Hidden Destiny) and Reserve Best Dog was Jane Ring’s Neradmik Shine on Harvey Moon (Imp Can) (Ikon’s Shine In The Spotlight x Neradmik Norma Jean)

Best Bitch with Best of Breed was Mark Redler & David Wheatley’s Ch Keitakees You Are My World (Ch Neradmik Family Affair with Lekkerbek x Byquy Kinky Boots at Keitakees) with Reserve Best Bitch going to Jean Sharp Bale’s Ch Neradmik Pandora’s Box (Neradmik Canache at Bisukees x Ch Neradmik Grace Kelly (Imp Can))

Ann Downs and young Steve aka Liefkees Assisi had a good day that weekend at Lancaster & DCS where they won Best AVNCS and UG1 under Janet Kay and then went on to win Best in Show from judge Janet Heap

The following weekend it was all up to the Welsh Kennel Club, where we had another change of judge. Keesies were scheduled to be first in the ring for judge Karen Gilliland from Northern Ireland who is an FCI Group 5 judge. A last-minute withdrawal meant that we were moved to one of the cattle sheds for our replacement judge Rony Doedijns (who judged us at the Keeshond Club’s Ch show last year)

It was spacious as not all the rings were in use but some people felt that there was not much atmosphere as it was quite a wait. There were 31 Keesies entered with just 3 absentees and no entries in either of the Novice Classes. Judging started around 12.20pm and was over by 2.00pm

The DCC with Best of Breed was Natasha Hickson’s Ch Kichigai’s Only The Lonley (Bert von Ricara (imp Den) x Kichigai Special Edition) from Veteran, with the RDCC going to Jane Ring’s Neradmik Shine on Harvey Moon (Imp Can) (Ikon’s Shine In The Spotlight x Neradmik Norma Jean)

BCC was Mark Redler & David Wheatley’s Ch Keitakees You Are My World (Ch Neradmik Family Affair with Lekkerbek x Byquy Kinky Boots at Keitakees) with the RBCC going to Jean Sharp Bale’s Ch Neradmik Pandora’s Box (Neradmik Canache at Bisukees x Ch Neradmik Grace Kelly (Imp Can))

Best Puppy was the Matthews family & Tracy Lee’s Winklestar Deneb at Valindale (Winklestar Reggie x Winklestar Serendipity) and many thanks to my ‘roving reporter’ Joan Miles for keeping me posted!

Anji Marfleet