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East of England Championship show suffered from some very unsettled weather this year. Getting into the show was a very slow affair for some exhibitors. Our breed was in the main hall next to the Best In Show ring. We had all the facilities close by and with some lovely stalls to look at without…
Best In Show Blackpool 2016 Ch Rozamie Dream Lover, our second Papillon this year to take a BEST IN SHOW!!! What a fabulous 2016 Ch Rozamie Dream Lover is having after his year off. Jacob as he is known at home, took a rest in 2015 after achieving Top Papillon for 2013 and 2014. His…
Border Union Champ Show at Keslo is always a long journey for most exhibitors and indeed many take their caravans and motor homes for a week’s holiday. The weather was a mixed bag but this we have come to accept here in the UK, after all, many of us are wondering if summertime exists any…
We start this week’s Breed notes with the news that Elaine Harts Fathinghall Lucy Lockett passed her KC Bronze Good Citizens test at Bath Champ Show, well done to Elaine and Lucy. I was unable to go to Border Union Champ Show as I had a few days in Spain then back to judge at…
Malvern called and right on song so did the weather for Three Counties for Toy Day. Torrential downpours, thunder it threw the lot at us, but we exhibitors braved the storm and carried on regardless. For Malvern, this seems to be a regular experience so we all have come accustomed to just getting on with…
WET WET WET WELKS! Oh I did feel so sorry for the committee at WELKS championship show this year. We arrived on the last day (Sunday) and the car park was awash with mud and huge puddles. It was quite a challenge to get from the car to the entrance, but once inside , the…
Southern Counties at Newbury Showground surprised us all this year. The Southern end of the UK is generally known for warmer weather compared to us unfortunate souls in the North, so how typical is that all us Northern lot end up freezing in Newbury for Toy day whilst certainly in Cheshire they are basking in…
This week I would like to remind everyone of the Papillon Butterfly Clubs Open Show and KC limited Agility Show, being held on the same day at Upper Brailes Village Hall, Castle Hill Lane, Upper Brailes, Warwickshire OX15 5AS. This will take place on the 17th July and is aptly named Papfest 2016. The Club’s…
Bath Championship Show well what can I say; the committee excelled themselves once again. Each year they reach heights of excellence that one thinks cannot be surpassed but yet again this year they did it once more. Every details of the show is immaculately presented, the bowling green rings are beyond our wildest dreams, all…
A full weekend was on task, especially for the Scottish exhibitors. There was not only SKC All Breeds Championship show but The Butterfly Dog Club of Scotland had their championship which was held at the Lanark Auction Market. We participated at SKC and as I tried to ignore the 1.30am get up and go,…
Its was the turn of Scotland to host two major Championship Shows this weekend. And traveling north from Cambs, the 6/7 hour journey makes you appreciate the commitment our Scottish Papillon owners make to showing our wonderful breed. The Scottish Papillon Club held their Championship Show at Lanark. We stayed in a super B &…
I must admit sometimes it does make me smile, to see what one person’s terminology of a tit-bit bag has in common with another. Mine is the smallest tit-bit bag imaginable in a jacket pocket and yet others resemble a frenzied scramble at the pick and mix bar from Sainsbury’s. Full to the brim with…