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NEWSLETTERThe Deerhound Club

Summer 2014

Breed Show 2014 feature

Health Reports

Deer-stalking in Scotland - Recollections of Christopher North

Hound Show 2014

This edition features the Club’s BreedShow in Telford, Shropshire, which isalways an enjoyable event. Pictures,critiques and a write up are included.

Also featured in the magazine is theHound Show, our Club Championshipshow, which is held in Stafford,unusually it rained this year, so judgingwas held in the indoor rings. Like theBreed Show, a lot of deerhoundexhibitors try to attend this event whichalways has a good atmosphere, whereyou catch up with friends and theirnews, plus, there is prize money!!

There is a report on deerhound healthresearch - interesting to note that thereare now bodies initiating research intodeerhound health and that can only bea good thing for the breed.

I have decided to step down as editorof the Newsletter, after the Spring 2015edition, by then, I will have done thejob for over ten years. I plan to tick offon my list some of things I’ve alwaysplanned to do, but did not have thetime.

If any member is interested in takingon the role of editor, there is furtherinformation in this magazine, orcontact me or the Hon Sec. VanessaLucas for more information.

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In this issue

2 President’s News

3 Committee Matters

4 Introducing New Committee Members

6 Regional News - Events East

8 Deerstalking in Scotland Sixty Years Ago

10 Correspondence

11 Regional News - Thames ValleyVoice

12 Health Group Projects Update

14 Breed Show Feature

22 Regional News - Scottish Notes

24 Traquair Lure Coursing

26 Paintings, puppies, bats & rats

27 Regional News - Irish Eyes

29 Spanish News

31 Regional News - SouthernSnippets

32 Club Fun Day in Essex

33 Show News from Abroad

34 Regional News - Midland Matters

35 Deerhound Fun Day in Surrey

36 Addendum to Members List

37 Deerhound Collectables

38 Regional News - Northern Crack

39 Caption Competition

40 Hound Show 2014

42 Case Study

43 Regional News - Welsh News &Views

44 Show Results

48 Insight

Cover photo ‘Lord of all I survey’Sue Phillips

LILLICHIP PHOTOGRAPHY C

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president’s newsCongratulations and many thanks toeveryone who helped make the BreedShow such a lovely occasion. I alwayslove the show and the fact that it movesaround the country means more work forthe organisers - the hotel venue is rarelyone recognised by the Kennel Club, thusensuring a visit from a field officer. Theofficer is there to make sure the relevantrules & regulations are observed and keepseveryone on their toes, but it does add tothe pressures if you are one of the‘responsible’ Club members. The hotel andtheir staff were terrific, but how were they(or the organisers) to know that some cleverclogs would pass the rubber wrist band IDto someone else, so a freeSaturdaylunch couldbe sneaked.It’s akin toshoplifting,someone has topay and it justmakesorganisingthings thatmuch harder.

However, it wasa great social event

and hopefully some fine photographs willfeature in the Newsletter. Other socialactivities this year have included two FunDays and the lure chasing in Peebleshire atTraquair House - a magical setting whichsadly didn’t seem to attract much support.The Championship and Open show scene isin full swing, and I do hope people withyoung hounds will support these events.Members are very good at taking theirhounds to special occasions such as theGame Fair, the Festival of Hunting, andother public events and fairs: thank you allvery much. Usually, the day is good funand you meet lots of different people. It isimportant to keep the breed in the publiceye, as even after all these years, thedeerhound is not always instantlyrecognised by everyone.

We know when the show entry begins tofall we get a change in the Kennel ClubStud Book Band, and that makes it muchharder to qualify your hound for a StudBook number. So even if you don’t winevery class you enter, do keep supportingevents and enjoy the company of otherdeerhound owners - someone has to be aloveable loser! The change in the Band hasalso meant changes to the numbers of dogsjudged for aspiring judges, which may helpsome of you.

Earl II is a lovely oil painting by theEnglish artist, Arthur Wardle, (1860-1949).Wardle was obviously a success story,exhibiting at the Royal Academy by thetime he was sixteen, and becoming awidely known and sought after dog painter.Earl II was born in 1889, and was ownedby Sir Walter Evans. He sired RuffordBend D’Or in 1896. This is where I get abit carried away with my research: HughRichard Arthur Grosvenor, 2nd Duke ofWestminster (familiarly known as‘Bendor’) was born in 1879 - is it possiblethe deerhound was named after him?‘Bendor’ had a fling with Coco Chanel -amongst many others!

I don’t know how the Miss Loughrey’sacquired Earl II, but Miss Noble rushed andrescued the painting, from NorthernIreland, when all the Loughreys’ deerhoundrecords etc. were to be burnt. Earl II wentand safely languished in the attics atArdkinglas for many years. On MissNoble’s death the committee had to decidehow to display the painting. The KennelClub already had the Cecil Aldin pastel of‘Brutus’, and the SKC had the charmingWilliam Wall’s painting of a bitch andher whelps. Once the picture had been

cleaned and restored, the British SportingArt Trust at Newmarket kindly offered asafe haven, open to the public and this iswhere the Deerhound Club’s Earl II nowhangs.

Mary Churchill tells me the BSAT isclosely linked to the National Horse RacingMuseum (just off Newmarket High Street),and that major plans to create The NationalHeritage Centre, for both horseracing andsporting art, are to be combined, oncePalace House has been restored andupgraded. For more information phone01638 667333 - they are looking forhelpers to pack and move the collections,hopefully for a new look in early 2016.

There will be an opportunity for you toadvertise your veteran hound in the comingeditions of the Newsletter. I feel there havebeen some very beautiful veteran hounds(over 7 years of age), and hope this ideawill prove a success.

Recent research claims having dogs isgood for you, it makes you exercise and goout on a dull and dreary day, gets you up inthe morning. Well, we know that already -just keep taking the exercise, and all will bewell.

MARY GIRLING

August 2014

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PRESIDENT & Judges List Co-ordinatorMary Girling

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Duncan Robertson - Members Secretary

Robin Spencer

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Committee MattersWe have had two meetings since I last wrote,and the new committee members have takenon various roles. Mr Spring Arnold and MrsRachel Quinn have joined Mr JulianFaircloth as the web team; Back copies of theNewsletter will be located in the members’area; hopefully these will be of interest tonewer members. The web team wouldwelcome your favourite photographs tocontinue the rolling front page. Mary Girlinghas resumed her role as Judges Coordinator,with Robin Spencer joining the Judges SubCommittee, whilst Duncan Robertson is nowthe Members’ Secretary.

It is now 10 years since the hunting ban, andwe thought it would be a good idea to displayour collection of coursing trophies at nextyear’s Breed Show in Scotland, manymembers will never have seen them, so itseemed an ideal opportunity. We should alsolike to display any photographs membershave from these bygone days. On the subjectof our next Breed Show, it will be at the Q Hotel, The Westerwood, booking early isadvised as the rooms will only be kept for usuntil 20th March; details are in thisNewsletter and on the Club web site. RachelQuinn has agreed to be the Show Secretary,and Duncan Robertson will be the ShowManager.

The event at Traquair and the fun days inEssex and Surrey have been well attended,

and, hopefully, next year we shall have a dayat Berkeley Castle, Gloucestershire, along thelines of Lodge Park. The Club is purchasing alure machine for these events.

I hope you will all enjoy having two LimitedShows this year; it is an ideal place to startshowing your hound, and always a goodsocial occasion. The Health Group havearranged for Emily Dutton to do heart testingat both these venues, please contact SarahHelps if you are interested in having yourdog tested.

Various members have contacted thecommittee concerned that some deerhoundsmay not be as their pedigree states. I havecontacted the Kennel Club to see if theyknow of an accurate test, in this country, todetermine the origins of dogs. ParentageDNA testing is used quite routinely thesedays, but it is a complicated matter todetermine if a dog is a cross breed. It ispossible that if such allegations hold weight,the cross breeding may have been doneofficially and ‘above board’ in line with KCruling.

I am waiting to hear if we have beensuccessful in increasing the bench sizes atChampionship shows. Our letter, photos andpetition went before the Benching Council atthe KC on 16th July, let us hope they find inour hounds favour.

Mary Girlingand the judgessubcommitteewill beorganising ateach in, toinspire allthose with aninterest in ourbreed to consider thinking about judging,(page 7). As our Stud Book Band hasdropped, due to lower entries atChampionship shows, the numbers of dogsjudged required to move up the lists havenow been lowered.

Kim Owen has worked hard with his team ofhelpers and successfully re -homed dogs inWales and Northern Ireland, thank you to allthe members that home checked andtransported these hounds.

Congratulations to Glenis and Mick Peach,who have fulfilled all the KC requirements tobe acknowledged with ‘the Accolade ofExcellence’ on the KC Breeders scheme.

NEXT COMMITTEE MEETING

WILL BE HELD ON THE

6 SEPTEMBER 2014

VANESSA LUCAS

HON SECRETARY, AUGUST 2014

U S E F U L C O N T A C T S

HON TREASURER

HAZEL WILLIAMSManor Farm Cottage

Astwith, PilsleyCHESTERFIELD Derbys S45 8AN

Tel: 01246 850585Email: [email protected]

PUPPY LIST AND RE-HOMINGCO-ORDINATOR

KIM OWENBryn Ffynnon

Wolfscastle, Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, SA62 9BW

Tel: 01437 741780Advisable to ring mobile during the day

Mob: 07974 284325Email: [email protected]

MEMBERS SECRETARY

DUNCAN ROBERTSONHazelrigg, Duns Road

Greenlaw, Berwickshire TD10 6XJTel: 01361 810664

Email: [email protected]

Have you changed your address, phonenumber or email address or not received your

Newsletter? Please contact Duncan.

A warm welcome to New Club Members

Mr Christopher & Mrs DianneWhalley

Sunderland Bridge, Durham

Mr Neil & Mrs Diane WilsonMelling, Lancs

Mr Antony & Mrs Jacqueline WyattBrentwood, Essex

(Genevez, Switzerland)

Mr Viv AylwardSompting, West Sussex

Mr Hamish BoyleFairlie, North Ayrshire

Mrs Caroline CroweWhitby, North Yorkshire

Dr David GrayJedburgh, Roxburghshire

Mrs Sylvia MorriceLeiston, Suffolk

Mr Richard & Mrs Lizzie OsmondDonnington on Bain, Lincs

Mrs Jaquie Wilce QuintonGarthmyl, Montgomery, Powys

Mr William SavageKnightswood, Glasgow

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Introducingnew Committee

Members

RACHEL QUINN

I met my first deerhounds on a walkingholiday in North Yorkshire in 1992 - twoenormous boys that stretched themselvesout on the patio of a hillside pub on asunny day - I was in love!

My first hound, Kilbourne Fire Crest(Leah), didn't arrive until over a decadelater, joining our parson russell terrierswith whom we’d founded our affix -ARACETA (an acronym of our family’sfirst names).

We had much success with Leah, in theshow ring, and had I known just howgood a hound she was, we may have hadmuch more. Leah was joined in 2010 byHoddingrey Terrona (Rona) and I havelearnt a great deal from having two verydifferent lines.

Adam and I currently have 6 hounds athome; two from other kennels and fourhome bred. They are kept in check byour ageing terrier, Ruby, and our rescuemini cross breed - Bo.

We rear pigs, poultry and the Europeanblack bee and are both highlyexperienced divers and British Sub AquaClub instructors.

I have joined the Club Web SubCommittee and will also be Breed ShowSecretary next year.

ROBIN SPENCER

I have been showing and breeding dogssince 1981, under the Talgavar affix. Myfirst breed being Borzoi, in which I haveshown and bred several champions. Myfirst Deerhound purchased me, in 1996,the dog had the most wonderfulcharacter and, since then, I have beenowned by quite a few! I also have givenhomes to unwanted strays includinggreyhounds and a working spaniel whois now 15 years old, totally deaf,partially blind and does not know thedifference between a plastic bottle and apheasant. This breed has the twindistinctions of being a wonderful breedto live with, and one in which the peopleinvolved make everyone welcome to thebreed.

I award CCs in Borzoi and Deerhoundsand I’m on the judging lists of four otherbreeds. I’ve judged in the USA, Europe,including Ireland, and recently had thehonour of judging the Royal SalukiShow in the kingdom of Bahrain, plusthe Bahrain Agricultural Show, allbreeds, over 4 days.

I have served on committees of bothbreed and open show societies in thecapacity of secretary, show manager,treasurer and chairman. In addition, Ihave been working chairman of a breedrescue service.

I hope that I can give useful service andexperience as a committee member ofthis prestigious club. I am now on theClub Judges Sub Committee.

SPRING-ARNOLD

I have had dogs for as long as I canremember, usually of the Heinz 57 variety.My interest in deerhounds started almost 20years ago when my wife and I rescued alurcher from the local RSPCA. Ben was avery tall, leggy dog with a shaggy coat. Wefound out he was deerhound/greyhoundcross. Never having heard of deerhounds,we investigated the breed and even went toCrufts.

We promised ourselves that one day wewould have one. A child and careerchange later, we are in 2006 and ready fora deerhound. We visited the Breed Showin Maidstone and met lots of greatcharacters, one being Sid Taylor. We gottalking and she told us she had a litter. Thefollowing week we were up in Scotlandchoosing our first deerhound, Lyart Yester,or Callie, as she came to be known. Theone thing I vividly remember Sid tellingus was - "One is never enough!"

We do a bit of showing, really just to meetup and chat, and I am now on the judgeslist. I much prefer running my dogs andbeing involved with the BSFA and SussexLongdogs. I have also run dogs at LodgePark, the recent event at Traquair House,in Scotland, and the Deerhound Club funday. I was honoured to be voted onto theclub committee and am part of the WebSub Committee and also Crufts/DiscoverDogs sub committee.

Outside dogs I have an interest in militaryaviation and aviation art, having been anofficer in the RAF VR(T) for 25 years. Ialso have a very keen interest in classiccars, our stable consists of a 1956 LandRover, 1967 MG Midget and a 1970Sunbeam Imp Sport.

As we have hunting/running dogs, Ibelieve we, as a breed, must in thesedifficult times, keep the Deerhound 'Fit forFunction.'

Breed Show 2015

JUDGES:Mr M Peach (Dogs)

Mrs N Bailey (Bitches)Referee and Sunday Special ClassesMr J Robertson

SHOW SECRETARYRachel Quinn

Tel: 01159 373900Email: [email protected]

SHOW MANAGERDuncan RobertsonTel: 01361 810664


CENTRAL RESERVATIONS - Tel: 0845 0345777Please quote ‘Deerhound Club Breed Show 17 - 19 April 2015’when booking

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A few weeks ago I took my youngpuppy to a Dog Day Out which washeld at the Suffolk showground. Ithought it was a good opportunity tointroduce him to other dogs and peopleas it is quite isolated where we live. Hefreaked out when he saw the bigtrampolines and childrenzooming on huge swings,but he soon settled andjust loved meeting all thedifferent dogs, childrenand adults. There weredisplays given by differentbreeds and loads ofCompanion dog shows.Everyone was interested inhis breeding as a lot ofpeople hadn’t heard of adeerhound. There were lotsof stands selling a variety oftoys, dog food, collars, leadsand dog clothing. But the stand which Iwas very interested in was all aboutresearch into gastric torsion. I knowthere are a lot of opinions aboutwhether to put feed bowls on the flooror to raise them. I have read that fedfrom the floor makes the dog take in airand can cause torsion, but I have alsoread that this has been disproved. Also,not to exercise before and after feeding.I don’t think anyone really knows fordefinite, but the thing that interested mein the findings was in the survey. Therewas a good percentage, withphotographic evidence, that torsiondoes not just occur in deep chesteddogs. So that was another theorydisproved. We once had a Germanshepherd we lost to torsion. When theyoperated on him they found a hugetumour, the weight of which had turnedhis stomach. The reason for his torsionwas immediately clear. In most cases itis not. I once spoke to a woman whosedachshund had torsion after it slippedoff the edge of the pavement. Let’shope that as the research continues acure will be found, as it is anhorrendous thing for any dog to have.My young bitch, Riot, had a torsion themorning after coursing at a DeerhoundClub meeting. We got her to the vetsearly and she made an excellentrecovery. She went on to have a litterof 14 puppies and live to a good oldage.

Mary Girling had a Fun Day atBrightlingsea in May. It was a gloriousday, with high temperatures and alovely breeze coming off the water.There was lure coursing which went off

very well, and a few minutes was spenton informing any interested peoplewhat show judges look for when going

over the dogs. Pam Liptongave a talk on the way toapproach a dog to bejudged. There was somevery good food and Maryhad provided punch,which went down verywell. It was nice to meeta lot of pet owners.There was a second handbook stall, which isalways a favourite ofmine. Lots of lovelyraffle prizes too. So allin all, an excellent time

was had by everyone.

The Regalflight hounds have had a fewgood show days so far this year.Susanne Bauman from Germany cameover to the UK for a few weeks tocampaign her Regalflight deerhoundwho has done very well in Europe. Shewas very pleased to see him gain hisUK crown. I was thrilled for her,especially with all the effort ofattending shows all over the UK.

My two puppies have had a good timetoo. We all met up at the East ofEngland Show. It wasn’t the best showfor the Regalflights and connections,but we ended up having a fantastictime. Chris and Joy Wilkinson hadtheir two Regalflight related hounds,Charm and Chase, standing next to mypuppy Racer. We were approached by acouple who were accompanying theirson. Not unusual you maythink, but we discoveredthat their middle aged son,Graham, was blind anddeaf. The onlycommunication betweenthem was made by tappingout brail onto Graham’shand. Graham asked if hecould touch Chase, who isa big strong hound, and thepleasure on Graham’s facewas very humbling. Bythis time, Racer waspulling and jumping to joinin. I warned the parentsthat she was a veryboisterous puppy, but theysaid that was no problem.She rushed up wanting to

play & being quite rough. Graham putout his hands onto her head and strokedher neck. She immediately quieteneddown and slowly lowered herself to thefloor and Graham slowly sank with herand they relaxed together on the floor.Amazing the change that came overRacer, it was so profound. Chris & Ilooked at each other and both saidtogether - “This is the best part of theshow”.

We went on to find out that Grahamowns a rescue greyhound. His parentswanted to know all about the hounds.Then on Monday, out of the blue, I hada message from Graham on my websiteasking if he could visit me. He and hishelper came on Tuesday. It was alovely day (and his birthday) and we sathim in a comfortable chair in the gardenand, one by one, all the hounds cameout to meet him. He loved having themclimbing on his knee and licking andfussing him. He also met the terrierswho scooted on to his knee two at atime. He stayed two hours and enjoyedevery minute and he hopes to come toanother show. His helper, Linda, toldme he runs his own business and is verysuccessful. What a man and what aprivilege to meet him, his parents andhelper. It makes me feel very humble.I am crying as I write this.

I have just received an email from himsaying the afternoon spent with thehounds made it a very special day forhim. Hopefully it won’t be too longbefore we meet up again.

JOYCE BOND

TEL: 01284 729142

[email protected]

Regional News

Events East

Graham and Racer

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8 - 9 November 2014To be held for the final time at

Earls Court OneWarwick Road, London SW5 9TA

10.00 am - 5 pm

Most of the popular attractions from past showswill be included. We will again be having breedsarranged in alphabetical order by name, ratherthan in groups.

14/06/2005 - 27/05/2014

Winner of 25 Green Stars & 12 BoBsAnnual Champion (Ireland) 2008 & Celtic Winner 2009

Coursing Winner (Ireland) 2009 & 2010

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Ir. Ch. Anmialchu Beinn An Cabar

And, far beyond the pleasure of any ring successes, the most wonderfulcompanion and friend we could ever have found in a Deerhound.

We miss her.

The cause of death was torsion, 48 hours after she had enjoyed running in the lurecoursing at the Medieval Fayre at Traquair House in the Scottish Borders. A real hunting Deerhound throughout her life, who could do what it says in the name.

iain & Chris Gow Anmialchu deerhounds

Elizabeth Barrett Browning could have

written in Sonnet 43 .............

How do I love thee dear dog? Let me count the ways -

I love thee absolutely - even though you try and hog thesofa.

I love thee truly - despite the "doggie landmines" hidden inthe grass.

I love thee steadfastly - enough to devote time raising youinto a strong, healthy and often over exuberant hound.

I love thee devotedly - you mean more to me than cleancarpets, clothing, furniture, floors or walls.

I love thee well - despite the amazing smells yousometimes produce.

I love thee totally - more than free time, excess cash or apredictable life.

I love thee constantly - despite your ‘bladder curfew’ Ihave lived by for some time.

I love thee gratefully - because of the wonderfulcompanionship you give me.

JUDGING COMPETENCEASSESSMENT

Sunday 26 October 2014To be held at Kirtlington Village Hall

1 South Green, KirtlingtonKidlington, Oxfordshire OX5 3HJ

Aspiring judges will be invited to attendthis assessment.

CONTACT: M J GIRLING

To be held at Kirtlington Village Hall1 South Green, Kirtlington

Kidlington, Oxfordshire OX5 3HJ

More details of the day in the coming weeks.Information will be posted on the Club web site.

CONTACT: M J GIRLING

EDUCATION DAYSunday 5 October 2014

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From Chambers Journal August 19, 1905

Deer-stalking in Scotland sixty years agoRecollections of Christopher North

By Miss J P WilsonWhile looking over some old papers

recently I found the following letter

dated 1844, an extract from which

may be of interest:

“On Friday the 8th August, at threeo’clock afternoon, I left Edinburgh forGreenock by the railway, accompaniedby Mr Archibald McNeill, Mr LudovicColquhoun, a servant and eight deer-dogs. The Lord Advocate McNeill (LordColonsay) being engaged in a cause ofimportance, could not start with us, butagreed to follow us to Greenock thatnight by special train.

We arrived at Glasgow about five, andfound, to our no small consternation, thattwo of the dogs had disappeared. Theywere brothers, twenty three months old,of whom great deeds were expected, andfor one of which the Lord Advocate hadrefused an enormous sum of eightyguineas a few days before. The railwaypeople maintained that six dogs only hadbeen put into the train; but as we hadpaid for eight, and had seen the wholeeight locked up in what seemed to besafe places, it was certain that two hadjumped out or been stolen. It wasresolved that Mr Colquhoun and I shouldremain in Glasgow with the six dogs andthat Mr A McNeill should return toEdinburgh by the six o’clock train insearch of the other two.

At eight o’clock the two dogs arrived inGlasgow by the Edinburgh train. Theyhad jumped out, near the village ofCorstorphine, and the other near Gogar,and falling into friendly hands, they werebundled after us by the first conveyance,so that Mr Archibald McNeill and theycrossed each other on the road.

On arriving in Edinburgh, Mr McNeilllearned that they had been found; and heand his brother joined us in Glasgow alittle after twelve, where we had a gooddinner,supper or breakfast, I know notwhich, and retired to bed for a few hours.

At five in the morning we embarked onboard a steamer bound for Lochgilphead,hired a carriage and a cart there, anddrove to that part of the mainland ofArgyllshire which is immediatelyopposite to the island of Jura (a drive ofabout 15 miles from Lochgilphead),found a boat of the McNeill’s waiting for

us, and by eight o’clock that night wewere comfortably seated at dinner inJura. In travelling from Edinburgh toJura we took twenty nine hours, nearlyone half of which we spent in Glasgow.My first voyage to the Hebrides in theyear 1811 occupied me nearly ten days.

On Sunday we remained in the housereading, the church being in point of timeas far from us as Penny Bridge; and onMonday we exercised the dogs bypitching them into the sea andencouraging them to chase each other.They were all in fine condition. Here letme hand down to posterity the names ofthose most famous dogs: - Torm, Ossian,Oran, Runa, brothers and sister, twentythree months old; Borb, four years; OldBusker, six; Bran, two; Young Busker,sixteen months; Garig and Farig,brothers, fifteen months. The last weresent to us from Colonsay.

Runa being of great value as the onlyfemale of the race, except her two pups,we resolved not to hazard her life bytaking her to the field, but to slip onegrown-up dog and two young ones at thedeer, and to keep another old dog andtwo young ones in reserve, in case itshould be necessary.

Tuesday was wet and misty but the LordAdvocate, his brother and I went out.About twelve the rain had ceased and themist-wreaths having betaken themselvesto the mountain-tops, we discovered astag by means of our telescopes rathermore than a mile off. I knew him at onceas an old friend, and as such, it is myduty to give you some account of him,though in doing so I must go back a littlein the order of time. In the month ofAugust 1842 this stag was chased by twovery fine dogs of three and four years ofage. The first of these dogs immediatelycame up with him, but he was soseverely handled that he is lame anduseless to this day. The second, a dog ofthe name Oscar, then attacked him withstill worse fortune. The stag killed himstone dead at the first thrust, one of theprongs of his horns having passedthrough his heart. He was buried wherehe fell.

Next August (1843) the same stag wasagain chased, but the dogs never got nearhim, as he took his way through strong

ferns and ledges of rock favourable forhim and very unfavourable for the dogs.Ten days afterwards I went out with agun, being anxious to avenge poorOscar’s fall. After stalking him thewhole day, I got as close as I wished andmissed him with both barrels! I wasobliged to leave the island the nextmorning.

You may easily believe that when Isighted him once more on the 13thAugust 1844, I felt much inclined tosettle accounts with him. We divided ourforces into two. Archy McNeill, withBorb, two young dogs and two men,crept towards the stag; while the LordAdvocate and I, with Old Busker (fullbrother to the deceased Oscar) and twoyoung dogs concealed ourselves halfwaybetween the stag and the river whichruns through the glen. Archy made hisapproach with great skill, and slipped hisdogs at a distance of 200 yards; but assoon as he let them go, ten or twelveother stags got up from a patch of tallferns where they had been reposingunseen and distracted the attention of theyoung dogs. The stag went uphill,followed by Borb alone, who soonovertook and seized him, but the deershook him off and changed course, goingdownhill. Even downhill however, (anda deer runs fastest downhill) the dogcame up with him. The stag then stoodat bay, and the dog could not get underhis horns so as to seize him. Thiscontinued till Mr A McNeill approachedwithin fifty yards, when the buckplunged down a steep ravine followed bythe dog. By this time the Lord Advocateand I had slipped our dogs and we hadscarcely done so when we saw the deerand dog emerging from the ravine, wherethey had evidently had a struggle, andcoming towards us. Busker and one ofthe young dogs went right and joinedBorb, but the other did not. They camedownhill this way - the stag with Borbquite up with him, but about two lengthsto the left; on the left of Borb the youngdog Garig, quite up too, but runningwithout knowing what he was runningfor; and fifty yards behind Old Busker,doing his best, but unsuccessfully tocome up, time and hard work havinggiven him a pretty considerable kick inhis gallop. They passed between theAdvocate and me so close that I couldhave broken the stag’s forelegs with a

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heavy pole which I had in my hand. Thedeer was a little fatigued, the dogs fresh,much faster than the deer, and evidentlywaiting for a good opportunity to rush in.

This occurred just as the stag wasspringing into the river, when the dogadvanced with wonderful rapidity, seizedhim by the hock, and both went headover heels into the stream, the buckundermost. A struggle took place, thedog was kicked off, the deer returned toland and ran down the stream on thesame side for thirty yards, when the dogagain closed with him, and they wereboth again precipitated into the river at aplace where the water wasinconveniently deep for the dog, whowas now getting the worst of it, thoughfighting with great courage. At thiscritical moment Old Busker came up, fellto work in right earnest, and the stagsoon ceased to exist. On inspecting him,it was found that one of my balls hadgone through his ear, and that anotherhad broken three ribs; so I had notentirely missed him after all.

This chasse having been brought to afavourable termination, we discoveredthat the young dog, Torm, (the one forwhich eighty guineas had been refused)was not to be found, so we proceeded inquest of him, and in no long time wediscovered him lying on the banks of thestream a good deal hurt, and a buck lyingdead beside him. He had killed itwithout assistance from dog or man. TheAdvocate, who is not given to longspeeches out of court, merely remarkedto me, “If that dog was worth eightyguineas last week, what is he worthnow?” So ended our first day’s sport andas the dogs were tired, and some of themhurt and requiring rest.

We left Jura on Thursday the 15th ofAugust, the McNeills going to Colonsayto visit their father, and I to Castleton,near Lochgilp, to see Sir John McNeill,who had been prevented from joining us,leaving Mr Colquhoun to benefit thefresh air of Jura. Sir John and I had afew forenoons quiet grouse shootingtogether, and (though I would despise tosay it myself) I find that I can still shootjust as well as other people.

After rambling over some parts ofArgyllshire and spending three days withMr Malcolm McNeill (the laird’sbrother) in the island of Islay, we all re-assembled in Jura, Sir J McNeill being ofthe party this time. On Tuesday the 27thAugust we had our second chasse, found

two stags, got a fair start atthem, and killed themboth. They took differentways. One was killed byYoung Busker and Bran;but I did not see that run. Ifollowed the other whichwas killed by Borb andTorm.

12 October 1844. To beginagain where I left offyesterday. On Wednesdaythe 28th August a stagwhich had once been tame,but had become wild andmischievous, attacked thegamekeeper’s wife, and a few hoursafterwards the piper of the family, aninsult not to be submitted to, so wedetermined to catch him, and to saw offhis horns. Next day, accordingly, wemuzzled some dogs and chased him; butthe dogs could not come up with him, astheir muzzles prevented them frombreathing freely. Nothing remained butto shoot him, and I desired to be hisexecutioner. After searching for sometime, I saw him coming towards me,quite ready for battle. I allowed him tocome within a hundred yards and fired atthe centre of his neck. He fell where hestood, apparently dead, and I handed myrifle to a man who had followed me withthree young dogs, and turned my stepshomewards. The man went up to thestag with the dogs, to accustom them tothe sight of a deer, and encouraged themto bite the dead animal. When they hadexercised themselves in this way untilthey were tired, the stag bellowed onceor twice, rose, kicked off the dogs,plunged into the sea, and made for theopposite coast, about eight miles off.Two boats were immediately launchedafter him, came up with him when hecould scarcely be seen from the shorewith the naked eye, put ropes around hishorns and towed him ashore. He was inno respect fatigued, and looked as wellas if never been fired at. I was sorry forthe poor beast, but he was so savage thatit was absolutely necessary to destroyhim. The ball, which was flattened bythe blow, had struck the bone of the neckon the left side, crossed over the upperpart of the bone down the right side ofthe neck, and stuck in the skin on theright side of the body about ten inchesbehind the right shoulder blade. It wasaltogether a very singular affair.

On Friday the 30th, we had our thirdchasse. It was late before we saw anything - six o’clock in the evening

perhaps. We then found a very fine stagbut he was so near the crest of the hillthat, on starting him, he gained the topand ran down towards the oppositevalley before any of the men or any ofthe dogs, except Borb, could reach theridge. We saw little of this chase; but itappeared from the blood and thefootmarks that Borb had come up withhis prey in the rocky bed of a mountaintorrent, down which, over as rough aground as I ever saw, they had struggledfor a quarter of a mile. Two young dogsseemed to have then joined him, and tohave assisted in killing the deer. Thedogs were much bruised, and thus weterminated our hunting. Next day we allwent to Castleton, remained there untilSunday, and on Monday steamed hometo Edinburgh.

Deer-stalking, conducted in the way Ihave mentioned, is the best sport I thinkthis country affords, and the fairest forthe game; for although we killed everystag that we stalked, avoiding hinds andfawns, it is unlikely that such good luckwill happen again. A stag has a fairchance against four dogs, where no gunis used, being well provided withoffensive and defensive weapons, andbeing equal to four dogs in point ofweight. The Jura stags are larger thanthe Atholl stags, though not so large assome that are found in Ross-shire; butstill their weight is considerable - twentytwo stone as they stand. Borb andseveral other dogs weighed seventy threepounds, or five stone, three pounds each.The largest, Torm, weighed eighty onepounds, or five stone eleven pounds, sothat the four heaviest dogs weighedtwenty one stone six pounds, being eightpounds less than the stag, and we neverstarted more than these. Compare thiswith the difference that exists betweentwo greyhounds and a hare or a pack offoxhounds and a fox. CN

“The Highland Deerhound Chase” illustration published inThe Penny Magazine, 1840

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The Deerhound Club

SOUTHERNLIMITED SHOW 2014

Saturday 27 September

Kirtlington Village Hall1 South Green, Kirtlington

Kidlington, Oxfordshire OX5 3HJ

(6 miles north of Oxford and 6 miles west of Bicester)

Judges: Mrs P Buswell - DogsProf Elise Cartmell - Bitches

Referee: Miss J Startup

Show Secretary: Lynette Seymour-JacksonShow Manager: Julian Faircloth

The Deerhound Club

Saturday 20 September

Grangemouth Stags Rugby ClubGlensburgh Road

Grangemouth, Stirlingshire FK3 8XL

Judge: Miss W Blatchford

Show Secretary: Elise Cartmell

Show Manager: Gordon Crossan & Alison Foote

NORTHERNLIMITED SHOW 2014

Correspondence

Thank you so very much to everyonein the Club who signed the lovelycard for David. He was so surprisedand pleased to have it, it brought atear to his eye. What wonderfulthoughtful friends we have in theDeerhound Club!

Jean & David Gilhooly

Just a quick note to thank you for theclub magazine which contained thearticle on wolves and deerhounds.The presentation and layout wasexcellent. We have received manyenquiries in relation to this, resultingin five new members of ‘Wolf WatchUK’ to date. I hope you will find timeto visit us one day.

Tony Haighway

Update on Chris Gow who was

taken ill at the Breed Show

She is now almost fully recoveredand back to exercising the houndsover their regular distances. She wasvery touched by the manyexpressions of concern frommembers of the Club - particularly bythe immediacy of the wonderful cardsigned by so many at the Breed Showdinner, which she was very sad tomiss! The care and concern of theClub members has meant a great dealto us both.

Iain Gow (& Chris)

DEERHOUND CLUB JUDGES LIST FOR 2015A request for new applications

To enable the Deerhound Club JudgesSub Committee to consider yourname for inclusion on the Club’s Band C Judging Lists for 2015, youneed to complete and sign anapplication form and return it by 15 October 2014 to the Judges ListCo-ordinator.

The form can be downloaded fromthe Club web sitewww.deerhound.co.uk - go to theJudges tab, and find the JudgesUpdate Form. You can then print it offyourself. Alternatively, let me knowand I can send you the form.

If you are already on the Club B or CJudges List, I will contact you duringthe summer to find out what youhave accomplished since last year!

Judges List Co-ordinator: MISS M J GIRLING

Lodge Farm, Brightlingsea Essex CO7 OQJ

Telephone 01206 [email protected]

[email protected]

MEMBERS PLEASE

NOTE

DEERHOUND CLUB

SUBSCRIPTIONS

RE-JOINING FEE

The Committee has decided to

abolish the £10.00 fee when

re-joining the Club. This took

effect from 13 May 2014.

JUDGES LIST CRITERIAAMENDMENT

Because of the KC Stud Book Bandchanges, we needed to review the

numbers of dogs judged for the A3 & BList judges and, at the recent committeemeeting, agreed the following changes:-

BREED SPECIALISTS

For A3 list, was 110 dogs - NOW 100

For B List, was 30 - NOW 20

NON SPECIALISTS

For A3, was 110 - NOW 100

For B List, was 30 - NOW 20

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My legs arebrown and Ihave a tan!!Well, I alwaysseem to start mynews with theweather, so whychange now?Floods in mylast report tosun, sun, sun,in this one. Assomebody

who works outdoors every day, theweather is as important to me as breathing.The sheer joy of putting on shorts to walkthe dogs, in the cooler air, slightly marred bythe fact of getting up earlier than I wouldlike, but still, I think we have been lucky thisyear so far, the dogs are certainly cleanerthan normal.

Crufts, this year, was not very enjoyable forme. I did go, but Natasha was at theemergency vets the night before, we hadbeen up all night with her and Julian, ofcourse, stayed at home with her instead ofcoming with me. I was really tired &worried & possibly not in the best frame ofmind, which is a shame because I normallydo enjoy it. So I was very much lookingforward to the Breed Show.

The Breed Show in April was great fun - wehad the most fabulous room and stayed onSunday night, which made a massivedifference by removing the stress of packingup the room and showing in time on Sundaymorning - I thoroughly recommend it. Wealso had more time to spend with the Clubsoverseas visitors who come to the BreedShow more religiously than some of our UKmembers. Mainly, Jan Scheer & JokeGroeneveld, Lennart Stregard, Anna- LiseVatne and Monica, to name but a few. It waslovely to spend time eating, drinking &talking deerhounds with them. Many havebeen in the breed a very long time & arefascinating to talk to.

It wouldn’t be fair to mention the BreedShow without mentioning Mr Ripley and hisbehaviour. Pretty good, would be how Iwould describe it, although not without itsmoments! The standing joke at the end ofthe weekend was “What was the mostoverused word all weekend?” -“RIPLEYYYY!” Still work in progress Ithink.

April also took us from trotting & trying tolook beautiful in the ring, to running like thewind. Ripley’s debut at BSFA (British SightHound Field Association) meet at Highclere,Newbury. We took Posy and Ripley, SpringArnold had his three hounds, our ClubSecretary, Vanessa Lucas with three & SarahHelps also with three. Vanessa’s camping

stove, bacon, eggs, cake and our gazebo wasa recipe for success! In the morning, thehounds all ran really well and we all sataround in comfort under cover whilst itdrizzled. Sadly, in the afternoon, the weatherturned and we were beaten into retreat by theheavy rain and had to pack up, which was ashame as we were having a thoroughly goodtime. Sarah Helps’ Quinlan, was BOB withthe others scoring very closely, so a gooddays running. If you have never been itreally is worth the trip, the hounds love itand the food is great!

The month of May saw us packing our lureequipment and heading to Brightlingsea toMary Girlings for her informal fun day/lureracing to raise funds towards DeerhoundHealth. Unfortunately, we got caught, as didquite a few people, in the aftermath of anaccident on the A14, this delayed our arrival.It took a while to set up the lure buteventually we got going with runs - seereport on page 32.

It was great to see everybody and well doneMary for hosting the day. We got stuck againon the way home, ending in a big detour &although the our dogs at home had visitsfrom our fantastic lady, Maria, we were stillworried about leaving them for the extratime. Well, we arrived home to them all fastasleep, not bothered. I love Deerhounds -lazy to perfection!

May also brought us Cricket, adeerhound/greyhound lurcher fromArundawn Dog Rescue. Elaine Barterphoned to see if we could foster her and sheduly arrived, eight years old and the mostperfect girl to live with. The other hounds,including Ripley, were quickly put in theirplace and she was a terrible thief! All sorts

of things would be scattered around thehouse when we went out, from packets oftomatoes (unopened) to loaves and punnetsof fruit (very much opened and empty) andany other packaging she could find.

As tempting as it was to keep her, (if youkeep your fosters you can’t foster anythingelse) so luckily we had a lovely month of hercompany before she found the most fantastichome, we said goodbye to her in July. I lovefostering, but sometimes it is very hard tosay goodbye, she was a sweetie.

At the end of May, we were invited away byfriends to a magnificent estate. Red deer inthe grounds really set the scene andwatching the herds and their sheer size andpower had us trying to imagine, back intime, when our breed worked for a living.There was also a lovely statue of a stag, partof the estates heritage. All very interesting.

June had us packing the cars once again andheading to Reigate. This time, with VanessaLucas and Cliff Dargonne, we were runningthe annual Deerhound Fun Day which hasits own own report on page 35.

It’s been a very busy year so far. I made thedecision not to show Ripley a great deal andlet him mature. But I did have my armtwisted a few times and he’s been to a fewshows & been so well behaved that on oneoccasion, Chris & Joy Wilkinson remarked Imust have drugged him or shown a ringer -the cheek - not that I hadn’t already thoughtof both of those options! He is really goodat the stables now and is the most reliable ofour hounds for respecting the horses and hasremarkable recall, even when he can seeother dogs. I don’t suppose any of you whohave met him could have ever imagined hecould be like that!

Enjoy the summer and send me any news!LIzA FAIRCLOTH

[email protected]

Regional News

T hames ValleyVoice

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The Deerhound Club Health Group subcommittee would firstly like to thank andacknowledge all the help and support weare receiving from Club members.Progress made so far would not havebeen possible without your input. Thankyou.

HEART STUDY

The Heart Study, which has been fundedby a donation from Bev Doyle andmatched by the Deerhound Club, is nowpicking up momentum and we have beenable to organise free heart testing fordogs over four years old, at both theNorth and South Limited Shows. If youare interested in having your dog tested,please get in touch with Sarah Helps(South Limited Show [email protected]) orElise Cartmell (North Limited Show [email protected]) to book yourplace.

The aim of this study is to determineaccurate heart measurements for thebreed. Linked to this study, we have juststarted a heart study with the ScottishDeerhound Club of America (SDCA) toidentify any genetic basis for DilatedCardiomyopathy (DCM). If you have adog affected by a heart condition, theHealth Group can supply free BuccalDNA swabs kits for sample collection,which need to be sent to Kate Meurs inthe US. Please contact Elise Cartmell forfurther information and for your free kits.

GENETIC STUDY

The Genetic Study with NottinghamUniversity is well underway and they arecollecting DNA from Deerhounds to helpidentify disease causing genes for anumber of clinically importantconditions (e.g. osteosarcoma) inDeerhounds. The Nottingham veterinaryteam attended the Breed Show, in April,and 110 dogs had their DNA collected onthe day with several people taking swabsaway to test dogs that were at home.

Club members made the team feel verywelcome and they really enjoyed seeingthe Deerhounds, commenting that “theyproved most cooperative and gentlenatured”. The team are still happy toreceive further samples, so please [email protected] if you have any more dogs thatcan be involved with the testing, or ifyou find other people who wish to havetheir Deerhounds included. This is a longterm study and the Nottingham teamwould also like an update formcompleted if your dog(s) tested at theBreed Show develop any healthproblems.

The team are now extracting the DNAcollected at the Breed Show and the aimwill be to disseminate anonymous resultsfor publication in scientific journals andfor the Club newsletter. Again, a hugethank you to everyone who supportedthis testing at the Breed Show. It’s muchappreciated and we hope will helpowners, breeders and clinicians maintainanimal health in the long term.

CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY

PORTO-SYSTEMIC SHUNTS (PSS)

SURVEY

The Cambridge University Porto-Systemic Shunts (PSS) Survey, withLydia Kerridge and Penny Watson, hasnow been completed. The aim of thesurvey work was to determine theincidence of PSS in deerhounds using aquestionnaire completed by deerhoundowners in UK and internationally. Asummary of the results are provided hereand the full article written by LydiaKerridge (with references) is available onthe Deerhound Club’s Health Mattersarea of the web site.

INTRODUCTION

A portosystemic shunt is an abnormalvascular connection which diverts bloodfrom the portal vasculature to the

systemic circulation, bypassing the liver.This can be a congenital abnormality, acongenital portosystemic shunt (cPSS),or shunts can be acquired. Acquiredshunts are associated with severe chronichepatic disease such as cirrhosis andthere are often multiple, small shuntspresent. This study focussed on cPSS inDeerhound puppies.

Portosystemic shunts can have severeclinical effects. In normal dogs, bloodfrom the gastrointestinal tract passesthrough the liver where microorganisms,toxins and other substances are removedor neutralised, preventing them reachingthe brain and other parts of the body. Thepresence of a shunt means that theseharmful substances are circulatedsystemically leading to clinical signs,particularly neurological signs due toeffects on the brain. In addition, puppiesoften have stunted growth although thisis not always the case. Other clinicalsigns can include polyuria/polydipsia,apparent blindness, diarrhoea andvomiting.

The cause of cPSS is not known. It islikely to be multifactorial, influenced byenvironmental (including in utero) andgenetic factors. A genetic influence canbe suspected when the prevalence ofcPSS is higher in a defined groupcompared to the general population. Theprevalence of cPSS is higher in pure-breed dogs, particularly in certain breeds,compared to mixed-breed dogs (Tobiasand Rohrbach 2003) and cPSS isconsidered hereditary in YorkshireTerriers which have been found to be35.9 times more likely to get a cPSS thanall other breeds combined (Tobias 2003). Certain genes have been shown to beassociated with cPSS in mice (vanSteenbeek et al 2012), supporting thetheory of a genetic influence. It ispossible that these genes play a role incanine cPSS although further work is

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required to investigate this. Assessing thegenetic contribution to the developmentof cPSS is important for theunderstanding of the disease. If geneticfactors are involved then selectivebreeding can be used in an attempt toreduce the prevalence of cPSS. TheInherited Diseases in Dogs database(http://idid.vet.cam.ac.uk/detail.php?record=1210) describes Scottish Deerhoundsas having an increased risk ofportosystemic shunts, based on apedigree analysis. A retrospective study(Tobias and Rohrbach 2003) of 2400dogs with cPSS, over a 22 year period,found that Scottish Deerhounds were oneof the 15 breeds with the greatestproportion of diagnoses of cPSS.However, the risk of cPSS in ScottishDeerhounds was not significantly higherthan the reference population. Furtherstudies into Deerhounds wererecommended since the sample size ofDeerhounds, in this study, was too smallto be able to detect a significant finding.

METHOD

A retrospective, questionnaire-basedapproach was used. The questionnaireaimed to find out the prevalence ofportosystemic shunts in Deerhoundpuppies and to gather more informationabout testing for shunts. The study wasconducted with the support andassistance of the breed Health Co-ordinators in the UK and USA. Thequestionnaire could be completedanonymously and was designed so thatone questionnaire would be filled in foreach breeding bitch owned at that time.

RESULTS

Overall, usable responses were providedfrom 112 bitches. The number of bitchesper country were: USA 49, UK 53, TheNetherlands 4, Australia 3, Canada 1,Italy 1 and New Zealand 1. Theproportion of puppies with cPSSworldwide, in the UK and in the USAcan be seen in Table 1.

Shunts were reported in 6 puppies in theUK, 2 puppies in the USA and 1 puppyin The Netherlands. All the shunt puppieswere from different litters, no litter wasreported to have had more than onepuppy with a confirmed cPSS.Worldwide, the percentage of puppieswith shunts was 0.8% (Table 1 below). In terms of testing for cPSS 71% ofbreeders worldwide were found toroutinely test for cPSS in their litters(Figure 1).

FIGURE 1. ROUTINE TESTING

FOR cPSS

85% of these breeders test between theages of 8-12 weeks. The youngest age oftesting reported was at 4 weeks withultrasound in the UK. 40% of those thatroutinely test their puppies use the bileacid stimulation test (BAST). A higherpercentage of breeders routinely test forcPSS in the UK compared to the USA(96% and 48% respectively).

CONCLUSIONS

Worldwide the prevalence of shunts (inDeerhounds) was found to be 0.8% whilethe prevalence in the UK and the USAwas found to be 1.1% and 0.4%respectively. 71% of breeders worldwidewere found to test routinely for cPSS intheir puppies while the proportion in theUK and the USA was 96% and 48%respectively. In conclusion, theprevalence of cPSS in Deerhounds foundin this study, is higher than has beenfound for mixed-breed dogs, both in theUK and the USA. This suggests a geneticcomponent of the disease in Deerhounds.

From the Health Group’s point of view,this Cambridge University study hasbeen really useful in terms of keeping theClub informed concerning the currentincidence of PSS. It has also confirmedthe need to maintain research in this area.

The Health Group are continuing thesubsidised testing work with BrynTennant at Capital Diagnostics whichwill allow the Club to determine theincidence rates of PSS into the future andwill help determine if the currentmethods of screening can be improved.Provisional data from the tests completedby Capital Diagnostics, reported in thelast Newsletter, indicated that 2% ofpuppies from four out of 32 litters testedmay have PSS. Therefore, it is importantthat members continue to test for PSS intheir litters and if members could keepsupporting the Capital Diagnosticstesting programme it would really beappreciated.

Figure 1. Routine testing for cPSS

Test ing for Por tosystemic Shunt in Deerhound PuppiesThe Deerhound Club is continuing toinvestigate the incidence of congenitalportosystemic shunt (PSS) within thebreed, in collaboration with Dr BrynTennant BVSc PhD MRCVS at CapitalDiagnostics (SAC Veterinary Services),a companion animal clinical pathologyservice based in Edinburgh.

Each breeder wishing to be involvedhas been instructed to apply for a pack

which includes submission forms,sample tubes and a freepost envelope.If these are not provided by the breeder,the pack can be requested from:

CAPITAL DIAGNOSTICS

SAC Veterinary Services Allan Watt Building, Bush Estate,Penicuik, Midlothian, EH26 0QE.

Phone: 01315 353145e-mail: [email protected]

We would like to thank you for yourassistance in this project which shouldprovide valuable information on thisdisease in Deerhounds.

BRYN TENNANT BVSc PhD MRCVSManager Capital Diagnostics.

Table1. Proportion of puppies with cPSS (using average litter size where data was

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The Deerhound Club Breed Show was heldin the Midlands at the Telford Hotel & GolfResort, Telford, Shropshire on Saturday 5th& Sunday 6th April.

FRIDAY EVENINGFor Friday evening the fancy dress themewas ‘Any period of your choice’, perhapsthe theme too broad, or maybe there arefewer members willing to make a fools ofthemselves, but whatever the reason, sadly,few members participated. The parade wasjudged by Klaus Kruger from Germanywho chose as a very worthy winner, MrsLynnette Seymour-Jackson, who is seen in amagnificent costume which she had madeherself, (centre of the photo below.) Welldone, Lynnette!

SATURDAY JUDGINGJudge, Mr Bjorn Fritz (Fritzens), fromGermany, had over 180 Deerhounds to goover and started promptly at 9.00am. Theweather was overcast but dry, and we hopedthat it would remain so. The ring wasoverlooked by the old home of AbrahamDarby, who played an important role in theindustrial revoltion. During lunch, showeryrain swept in, so it was decided to continuewith judging in the very large indoor ring.Mr Fritz’s BIS winner was Ch CotherstoneShot And Steel, bred by Ali Morton andowned by her & Johnny Morgan. RBISwas Glen and Nicola Bailey’s bitch -Greyflax Just Peachy. BPIS was awardedto Mick & Glenis Peach’s bitch puppy -Ehlaradawn Tilia at Kilbourne.

SUNDAY JUDGINGJudge for the Special Classes was Mrs BritSchone Brodwall (Artdoc) from Norway.The weather was once again uncertain, itwas decided to continue using the indoorwet weather ring. Mrs Carole van Zanten-Boomgaard’s - Nimloth Brandir won thePentland coursing trophy. The Rotherwood

Stakes and the Betsinda glass goblet went toClaire & Elise Cartmell's home bred -Cusidh Homecoming. The DeerhoundClub Trophy for the winner of the Braceclass went to Sam Taylor. The Tressady ofMelchoir Cup for best Team was won byMick & Glenis Peach who also won theBreeders Group. Photos and critiques onthe following pages.

THANK YOUI’m sure everyone who attended the showwould like to join us in thanking thepreviously mentioned judges, the showsecretary, Mary Ann Stuart and assistant,Kim Holt, show managers, Joss Duddell &Sue Reynolds, fire & safety officer, JulianFaircloth, chief steward, Clare Churchilland assistant stewards. Not forgetting ChrisArthur whose organisation of the collectingring helped things run so smoothly and JanScheer for taking a lot of the photographs.Thank you to everyone else whocontributed to making the show a success.Last, but not least, to the helpful hotel stafffor another great Breed Show weekend.

Drama unexpected & unwanted occurredduring Saturday morning - Mrs Chris Gow(Anmialchu) had a suspected heart attackand was quickly taken to Telford Hospital,then transferred to the University Hospitalof North Staffordshire at Stoke-on-Trent(our old alma mater) Coronary Care Unitwhere she was treated. Christine respondedwell and was discharged. Husband, Iain,wanted to know if it would be OK tocontinue with their intended trip to France,the clinician was initially reluctant to permitthis until he realised that France was closerto Stoke-on-Trent than Christine & Iain’shome in Ayrshire! Our sincere best wishesto Chris for a swift and full recovery.

TOM AND JEAN RHODES

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VACANCYNEWSLETTER EDITOR

The Deerhound Club are seeking tofill the role of Newsletter as theposition will become vacant in

April 2015.

If you think you have good literacyand organisational abilities and

inter-personal skills, please contactthe Hon Sec. who will send you a full

job description.

The job could be split into variousroles with the editor being

responsible overall. If you think youcould help with organising: - SpecialFeatures, Regional News, Shows andPhotography, Advertising, Design &

Artwork or Printing

ContactVanessa Lucas

Tel: 01273 517314email: [email protected]

0r the present editor, Joan Wragg, who willgive you an insight into what is involved

in producing the magazine.

Tel: 01278 662815

[email protected]

to our PatronKENNETH CASSELSon his 95th Birthday

Very Happy BirthdayWISHING YOU A

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JUDGE: MR BJÖRN FRITZ (Germany)

BREED SHOW2014

TELFORD Shropshire

PUPPY DOG 5 (2)1. Foy’s - DORRATOR FRANKLINLight coloured dog of good size, moderateangulations. Nice head and expression. A bit flat on

topline at the moment, good feet. Sound mover.

JUNIOR DOG. 6 (2)1. Taylor’s - KILBOURNE BOOGALOO TOORMANSTARLovely shaped hound with low hocks. Nice headbut with ears on the larger size. Excellent forechestwith lovely angulations, super topline, lovely feetand good quality coat. Sound, free movement.

YEARLING DOG 11 (1)1. Lewis’s - LUCKHURST NAIRNLovely, balanced and shapely hound. Typicalmasculine head, lovely topline, very good feet,excellent muscle condition, super coat. Moved wellwith lots of drive from behind.

SPECIAL BEGINNERS OPEN DOG 7 (1)1. Wilkinson's - SIREADH CHASEVery balanced hound. Lovely head and expression.Nice body. Very good feet. Moves with ease andvery sound.

UNDERGRADUATE DOG 8 (1)1. Constantine’s - GENTIEHUN AYERS ROCK OFKALEGINYLovely, shapely hound - very balanced and wellangulated. Typical, attractive head. Moves verywell with ease and drive.

SPECIAL BEGINNERS NOVICE DOG 4 (1)1. Greenhalgh’s - REGALFLIGHT POACHER OFLEKSMOORMedium sized, well balanced hound. Very goodtopline with typical angulations. Very good coat.Moved well, but with little enthusiasm.

What a lovely Breed Show I have been invitedto judge. Thank you so much for theinvitation, and thank you for entering andbringing your beloved hounds. The daystarted perfectly, no rain and not too cold.Well, after the lunch break, judging continuedinside due to not so pleasant weatherconditions. Having judged the Sunday classesat the Breed Show nine years ago, and thebreed at the Hound Association Ch Show, Ithought that the majority of the exhibits werepresented in very good condition, wellmuscled and on the whole very good coats.Since the Standard no longer refers to earsfolded back like the Greyhound, I think weshould not ignore that they should be ‘foldedback’. I was very pleased to see such strongjaws. Soundness does not have a matchingtranslation in my language, but many knowwhat it means - several exhibits were verynarrow behind, some even cow hocked, butmost of them had good width between the hipbones, fronts were good on the whole, butweak pasterns spoiled some front movement.So I saw many very nice side movements, butcoming and going several were anything butsound, which is a shame. Typical, kind andfriendly deerhound temperament - just the oddslightly shy individual due to the fact that itwas their first dog show. So the atmosphere inand around the ring was quiet and relaxed asusual. Thank you to my efficient Stewardswho helped make my day very enjoyable. BF

Photographs: Jan Scheer

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LIMIT DOG 9 (3)1. Cartmell’s - CUSIDH HOMECOMINGVery balanced hound, lovely shape all over.Masculine head with lovely high-set ears. Excellentcoat. Moves with ease and drive.

OPEN DOG 7 (0)Morton & Morgan’s - COTHERSTONE SHOTAND STEELA very balanced male of good size without anyexaggeration. Masculine head with dark eyes andvery soft expression. Ears could be better folded.Very nice hound to go over. Excellent frontassembly with matching rear. Super coat, presentedin very good condition. Easy, effortless movement.Overall a very pleasing hound and I had nohesitation in making him my Best Dog. I wasdelighted he turned out to be my Best in Showwinner.

VETERAN DOG 8 (5)1. Girling’s - CH PYEFLEET ROLLO7½ year old with super body all over. Excellenttopline, super angulations. Masculine head andexpression. Excellent coat. Moves with ease anddrive.

Best Dog: Ms A Morton and Mr J Morgan’s - Ch Cotherstone Shot and Steel. Judge Mr B Fritz with ReserveBest Dog - Mr D and Mrs S Hawkins - Kwaricott Corelli.

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POSTGRADUATE DOG 4 (1) 1. Taylor’s - KILBOURNE USHER TO ORMANSTARVery shapely hound without any exaggerations.Lovely topline, pleasing head but ears not hisfortune. Excellent coat, moves with ease and lots ofdrive.

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PUPPY BITCH 5 (3)1. Peach’s - EHLARADAWN TILIA ATKILBOURNEVery shapely and sound youngster. Lovely head andexpression with super ears. Excellent topline, lovelyrear-end and well let down hocks. Moved very well.

Best Puppy in Show

JUNIOR BITCH 16 (9)1. Peach’s - KILBOURNE LIBERTYVery shapely bitch. Very nice head, dark eyes, superangulations and topline. Neat feet, very good coat.

Moves very well from all angles.

YEARLING BITCH 12 (0) & SPECIAL BEGINNERSNOVICE BITCH 8 (0)1. Aston’s - ARDLANCIEN EIRYN TO BALGALEDLovely, shapely bitch with a pretty head and a darkeye. Lovely front and rear. Excellent coat. Movedvery well from all angles.

SPECIAL BEGINNERS OPEN BITCH 6 (1) 1. Davis’s - KILBOURNE NIMBLE AT MARIVONLovely, shapely bitch with a feminine head. Goodneck and topline. All curves. Very good coat.Moves soundly but rather lazy - perhaps because

judging was now on a carpet inside.

UNDERGRADUATE BITCH 15 (3)1. Grimshaw’s - LODHAIN BENNBEHEULA TOJAMALISONVery balanced bitch. Very sound coming andgoing. Lovely head and expression with good ears,and excellent coat. Could do with move drive onthe move.

POST GRADUATE BITCH 8 (3)1. Constantine’s - GENTIEHUN ADELAINE OFKALEGINYVery curvy bitch, with a lovely body and goodangulations. Low hocks. Head a bit broad in skull.Very good coat. On the move, ever so sound. Iliked her very much.


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LIMIT BITCH 10 (3)1. Bailey’s - GREYFLAX JUST PEACHYLovely and shapely bitch all over. Feminine headwith typical, soft and mild expression, nicefurnishings. Long neck, super topline and wellangulated. Easy movement with good front reachand drive from behind. Just 3 years old and so wellpresented. I was pleased to award her Best Bitch,and Reserve Best in Show.

OPEN BITCH 14 (4)1. Morton & Morgan’s - CH COTHELSTONEDUCHENNELovely, very shapely bitch all over. Excellenttopline and lovely body. Feminine head andexpression. Ears could be better folded. Excellentcoat presented in very good condition. Moves verywell from all angles. I was happy to award herReserve Best Bitch.

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VETERAN BITCH 11 (4)1. Barret’s - STRANWITH MORAGEver so well presented veteran, with a sweet faceand small ears. Lovely curves all over. Moves verywell, and presented in excellent condition.

BREED SHOW 2014Special Classes

Best Bitch: Mr G and Mrs N Bailey’s - GREYFLAX JUST PEACHY, judge Mr Bjorn Fritz with Reserve BestBitch, Ms A Morton & Mr J Morgan’s - CH COTHERSTONE DUCHENNE

JUDGE: MRS BRIT SCHÖNE BRODWALL (Norway)

MAIDEN DOG OR BITCH 71. Taylor’s - KILBOURNE PANDORA TOTAYLORPECHEStrong, well matured bitch of excellent type. Nicehead but could have a little darker eyes. Wellangulated front and hindquarters. Moves withelegance and cover lots of ground. Nice coat and

temperament.

SPECIAL COURSING/LURECHASING DOG ORBITCH 11 (4)1. Van Zanten- Boomgaard & Hansen’s -NIMLOTH BRANDIRAlmost two year old dog of very good type. Nicehead and expression. Well angulated in both frontand rear. Effective mover. Nice coat and

temperament .

Photographs: Joan Wragg

BRACE 141. Miss S TaylorAn excellent couple with very similar shape. Both

excellent movers who covered lots of ground.

TEAM1. Mr M and Mrs G PeachA team of excellent types. All move very elegantly

and effectively.

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SPECIAL BREEDERS GROUP 31. Mr M and Mrs G PeachA breeder group of five excellent hounds. Outstanding movements. All honour to the breeders.

SPECIAL BRED BY EXHIBITOR 141. Morton & Morgan’s - CH COTHERSTONEDUCHENNEAn elegant bitch of excellent type. Nice topline andproportions. Noble head with nice expression. Wellangulated. Moves with grace and elegance. Nice

coat and temperament.

SPECIAL ROTHERWOOD STAKES - DOG OR BITCH 11 (0)1. Cartmell’s - CUSIDH HOMECOMINGQuality dog of excellent type. Noble head with beautiful darkeyes. Lovely topline. Very well angulated. Dark coat of excellentquality. Moves elegantly and effectively.

Nice temperament.

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SPECIAL NOT BRED BY 23 (10)1. Constantine’s - GENTIEHUN AYERS ROCK OFKALEGINYA very promising young dog of excellent type. Nicehead and expression. Well angulated front andhindquarters. Lovely topline. Moves well from all

sides. Nice coat and temperament.

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THE SHOW SCENEHEADLINE NEWS - SCOTTISH BREEDS

CHAMPIONSHIP SHOW MAKESA PROFIT!!

“So what?” I hear you say. “They didn’thave benching & charged the same forentries. Of course they made a profit”. So -wait for it - the first profit in several yearswas about £180, mainly contributed from theraffle!

2014 has seen a few changes. Both ScottishBreeds & Hound Association of Scotlandhave staged Championship shows withoutbenching. Scottish Breeds on the lastSaturday in March was , as usual, heldindoors at Ingliston. Instead of benching,there were taped off areas for dogs and theirparaphernalia, including, I presume, owners.Only a few deerhound owners bring cagesfor their dogs, while shetland sheepdogowners have cages, grooming tables & pensfor their dogs. Their resulting spread into theneighbouring deerhound area caused someacrimony. In fact, deerhounds were not wellserved, if their owners sat with them in theenclosed area they had a poor view of thering and the attending KC Field Officer didnot think the dogs should be in their usualposition at the ring side. So nobody washappy. Be careful what you wish for!

Hound Association Scotland ChampionshipShow has been held outdoors for severalyears in the spacious ground at Kelso. Thisyear, there were the same marqueesdesignated for the different breeds butwithout benching. A welcome innovationwas the siting of the car parking just besidethe show area, so there was only a short walkinvolved. On a windy but dry day, thedeerhounds were to be found round the ringwith their owners and not in the ‘parkingtents’. I’m afraid the Field Officer was againunhappy!

The Scottish Kennel Club Show, in May, wastotally indoors at Ingliston, using the twolarge halls for rings and benching, with tradestands in the smaller Central Hall. Whilstprotection from the weather is guaranteed,the halls are bleak and noisy, in spite of theimpressive floral decorations around themain ring. However, I believe that this is theplan for future shows.

Our other Scottish Championship show,Border Union, at Kelso, was held in cool butdry weather which was ideal for the dogs. Asuccessful deerhound picnic was organised,

which was something we used to have atSKC.

Two Scottish clubs - Falkirk and LadiesKennel Association of Scotland held a jointshow. Scheduling was agreed so that groupswould not clash. It was thus possible to showin breed classes at both shows at the sameplace on the same day! The joint show waswell attended and while the timing didn’tquite work, I suspect that thisventure will be repeated. Theorganisers are to be congratulated,as they arrived in the morning todiscover that their booked hall wasbeing used for storage and theyhad to set up in another hall.

The Hound Association ofScotland’s Limited show has fourdeerhound classes. They werewell filled this year with twenty-five entries, though someabsentees. The Gillie family hada good day. Dorrator Garveywon BOB from Junior, beatingher mother, D Song for Drella, winner ofOpen. Garvey then went on to win RBIS.We had a good day too. Bourach won threefirsts in Variety classes and I won three raffleprizes!

LURE COURSING AT TRAQUAIRGreat to have an organised event in Scotlandin such a perfect setting. I suspect that therequirement for running dogs to wearmuzzles put off some potential competitors.However, this was a public event to whichdogs were admitted and it would have beenunfortunate if a chihuahua had been mistakenfor a rabbit. Bourach was totally bemused bythe idea of chasing a plastic bag, but I hopewe get the chance to try again.

SKC HEALTH SEMINARThe SKC, once again, organised a healthseminar, which by an oversight two yearspreviously, fell on Easter Sunday. Theattendance suffered as a result, which was apity as it proved an interesting day (with avery good lunch). Subjects covered wereHomeopathy, Orthopaedics, Tellington TTouch and Assistance Dogs. The talk onhomeopathy was given by a vet who works

in a busy conventional general practice in theoutskirts of Glasgow, an area wherehomeopathy seems to be popular.Homeopathy is said to give good results inanimals & children & she gave someexamples of its success where conventionaltreatment had failed.

The talk on orthopaedic problems wasoutstanding. Hip dysplasia, patellar luxation& cruciate ligament rupture were discussed,with analysis of the factors in developmentwhich were involved in their causation.Methods of treatment were then describedwith clear explanation of how these weredesigned to correct the problems.

Assistance Dogs arewonderful and so aretheir trainers. TheTellington T Touchtechniques were new tome. Gentle circular orvertical movements of theskin, lighter than massage,are used to relax andreassure the animal. Ibelieve that there are goodsources of information onthe internet.

This was an interesting day,combining conventional and

alternative therapeutic approaches. I lookforward to the next SKC Health Seminar.

MULTIPLE MATINGSI had an interesting phone call from JimGrogan (Albaeirn). He has registered a litterwith two sires under the new regulation.DNA identification is required and the pupshave to be micro-chipped before testing.They can then be registered with the provensire. Jim said he had correctly guessed thesire but had got two wrong. Has anyone elsein deerhounds experience of this? I knowMiss Noble had at least one litter with twopossible sires, but in pre-DNA days, both hadto be named in the pedigree. Given thatdeerhounds tend to have large litters, but arelatively small gene-pool, the possibility ofhaving two litters in one is worth a thought.There is also the chance to use a proven dogas well as say, an unproven youngster.

RULES AND REGULATIONSOn entering a show, we agree to abide bysaid rules. I got my copy of the Kennel ClubYear Book this morning. It weighs just over700gm. A large chunk of it contains the rulesfor shows which, I suspect, most of us havenever read. I know that most ScottishLimited Shows have the wrong definition forclasses such as Post Graduate as they fail tomention that wins at OPEN Shows as well asChampionship Shows count for class entry.Meantime we are looking forward to theLimited Show in Scotland in September.

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Hero was everything a Deerhoundshould be - tall, great-hearted, braveand strong, he could definitely havedone the work he was bred for, but hewas always gentle and thoughtful tome. His show record tells it all, hewas nearly always placed, and, inlater years, achieved three RCCs, ofwhich I am very proud, though I thinkhe was not too bothered, he did itbecause I asked him to. He enjoyedbeing run by a number of my friendsbut always looked to me so I had toturn my back!

At home, he was loyal andthoughtful, but was also ready to outthink me if he thought he could getaway with it! When I fell, or wasunhappy, Hero was always therebeside me. Never mind I knew whathe was thinking, he knew what I wasthinking!

Hero was diagnosed withcardiomyopathy aged two, this is whyhe was never used at stud. He wason a maintenance dose of Vetmedinand did not display symptoms untiljust after Easter this year.

All dogs are special, but Hero wassomething else to me. He was my lasthome-bred puppy, I was his midwife,he became my main man, best friendand, my Hero, in actual fact.

He left this life on a good note,winning Veteran at Crufts and goingBest of Breed at South West Houndshow on Easter Monday, this year.To me, he will always be special. Welove all our dogs, but Hero wassomething more than that to me. Iknow we will be together againbecause how can you have heaven ifyour dogs aren't there?

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Traquair is in a stunning location andsteeped in history. The Avenue, fromthe house to the Bear Gates, couldnot have been better designed for astraight line lure course. The Avenueis 500m long, the grass clipped to anideal height, with a slight uphillincline, of maybe 30o, to add a littleextra challenge for the hounds.

Combined with the Medieval Fayre,the lure coursing was a fantasticsight which many of the visitors wereenthralled by. Although we only hadten hounds entered, a few extrahounds brought their owners alongto give some support to those whoran. Everyone enjoyed the day andthere was some terrific sport. It wasalso great fun to mingle with thepublic and wander round some ofthe other stalls, entertainers andperformers, many of whom showedinterest in the hounds who seemedto accept the heady medievalatmosphere as just another day.

In spite of the dreadful weather wemanaged to run out two eight dogstakes, some dogs running in bothcompetitions, to make the numbersup. To begin with, it looked as

though we would have to abandonthe day as the rain was so heavy.Luckily, about midday there was abreak in the weather, the sun cameout and we managed to run bothstakes before the next downpour putpaid to the coursing. This was a pitybecause it would have been nice torun out the two winners (ChuilinnCamellia and Gentiehun AliceSprings), although no onecomplained. Perhaps next year wewill be luckier with the weather!

Our host for the day, Lady MaxwellStuart, who grew up with anArdkinglas hound, showed a keeninterest in the competition and wasvery pleased with the coursing.Thanks, too, should also go to thosewho turned up and willingly helpedout to make the day a success.

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We have had an interesting, althoughlong, wet and miserable winter, withpaintings, puppies, bats, rats, a new carand the loss of an eye!

Some time ago, I wrote about mysurprise when I came across a birthdaycard in Ludlow which featured one ofour lurchers, painted by Claire Eastgate.Claire had been to our house tophotograph our hounds as she waspreparing to do a series of portraits ofBritish dog breeds. She is now doing a‘Celticmoon’ series and we weredelighted when she sent us the second, ina limited edition run of 50, of a stunningpicture of our Tudor (CelticmoonShadowmancer), shown above with twoof our miniature poodles, Dizzy andCarys. It’s really weird seeing a paintingof our sofa, our dresser and our livingroom door, but Claire has got theexpression and personality of the threegirls beautifully. I still don’t know whythe poodles featured in a painting whichis supposed to be of British breeds - butanyone who knows anything aboutpoodles knows that you can’t keep themout of the picture - literally!

Claire is a renowned artist and wasrecently commissioned by the KennelClub to do a portrait of the Queen - Iwonder if the KC will buy the original ofTudor, Dizzy and Carys?

Still on the subject of Claire’s work, Ihad to replace my lovely, characterful, 20year old truck with a rather boringpeople carrier just before Christmas - soto liven it up, I decided to pimp my ride!Featuring on the sides and back is‘Bronwen Sees’ a painting

of Bronwen (Celticmoon Dark Shadow)peering over our kitchen door.

Our next piece of art was purchased froma Church Stretton antique shop - andwhat a bargain! It is a large, original,Victorian print in an oak frame calledDeer Stalking, and features a ghillie withtwo deerhounds, together with a herd ofred deer in the distance - all for £20However, the only bit of wall space leftin my house was in the guest bedroomwhich was painted in delicate shades ofpale blue and cream, not at all suitablefor a deerhound print. So I had toredecorate the bedroom, source newbedding featuring stag heads and tartan,buy floor length tartan curtains, hangdeer antlers on the wall and buy a newrug. Not such a bargain after all!However, I have been told by guests whohave stayed in the room that they love it,and my good friend, Mervi, is comingover soon from Sweden and has asked ifI can stash a real life Scotsman under herbed!

We had a glorious litter of deerhoundsback in October and Bran (CelticmoonShadow Huntress) is the girl we arekeeping. She is such a well behavedyoung lady, unlike her big brother,Tamar, who regularly takes a miniaturepoodle off to do some bunny hunting.Little Bran is looking forward to herfuture show career and is being taught bythe other hounds how NOT to behave inthe show ring, so I am expecting moreembarrassment very soon.

We then had the sweetest litter of slateblue and white, rough coated whippet xbearded collie lurchers at Christmas.Their mum, Inca, is a very attentivemother but when the puppies were 13

days old another unrelated whippet,Seren, decided that Inca needed help andjoined her in the whelping box. Incawould feed the puppies and Seren wouldclean and cuddle them. She would alsosuckle them although she never producedmilk, and I would invariably have to liftthe puppies off of her and back ontoInca. Long after Inca had finishedrearing the puppies, Seren would still‘dry’ feed them, right up until they lefthome at 10 weeks old. During thisperiod, poor Seren had a horribleaccident after catching her eye on athorn. She unfortunately had to lose theeye, and was amazingly bravethroughout her ordeal, never once crying.It looks a bit gruesome as the socket hascompletely sunk, but she is unaware ofwhat she looks like (we will never let herlook in a mirror ever again) so is not atall self conscious! She had so manywords of encouragement on ourCelticmoon hounds Facebook page - sothank you to everyone who sent theirregards.

Oh, what a rotten winter to have twolitters of puppies! Our hounds andpuppies all live in the house - we don'thave kennels - and of course the puppieswould be out in the yard half a dozentimes a day, then back into the livingroom for a romp and a play. I don't thinkmy floor was dry all winter, with muddypaw prints, puppy pees, constantmopping and occasional hystericalweeping from me!

Now the bats and rats. Last summer, wehad a bat flying round the living room(not one sighthound spotted it!), andalthough we tried for two days to catchit, it finally disappeared. I recentlymoved some furniture and came across

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the mummified little body which wasperfect in every way. The little Pipistrellemeasured just two inches from pointysnout to stubby tail and everything on itwas just so TINY. I like sharing my homewith bats - I’m sure it adds to theinsulation in the loft.

I must say I also like and admire rats. Myson had two pet rats when he was a boy,and they were lovely. However, we had arat infestation in our chickenrun/aviary/guinea-pig house (yes, ourhens, budgies, parakeets and g-pigs all livetogether in an old stable and purpose builtrun) and it got to the stage where I wouldgo and feed the birds and g-pigs and therats would come right up to me to seewhat was on offer. The final straw camewhen they discovered they could catchroosting budgies and parakeets and wouldjust leave me the wings to find in themorning - although they never botheredthe hens or guinea-pigs

So, the birds came into the house for thewinter, the piggies went into the garage,and I went about eradicating the rats. Ihated using poison, but needs must. I thenhad to get a builder to vermin proof(again) the whole structure using acres ofchicken wire. The birds and piggies arenow back home - and fingers crossed, nota rat in sight!

Bran and I are looking forward to thecoming season - please come and say helloto her as she does love everybody, and sayhello to her lurcher friend, Grace, who iscoming along to Bran’s first show to givemoral support!

ELAINE DAY

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Sometimes there is aspark, a collision andfusion, in the ether ofemotions that inexplicably bonds the yinand yang of personality. A relationship isborn, an understanding and comfort in thecompany of another. Relationships maydevelop slowly, demanding growingconfidence and trust, or sometimes thedovetailing is instant. Experiences sharedstrengthen and broaden these bonds,failures test the depth of sincerity andbelief, achievements elate and satisfy: butamidst all these trials true friendshipsendure, where secure candid exchangesare not compromised by betrayal ormisuse. Whilst relationships withhumans seldom fail to ultimatelydisappoint, dogs give their trustand loyalty unconditionally, andnone more so than the deerhound.Certainly not all deerhounds fallinto this category, for some canbe right royal pains in the neck,but the special ones are a joy.

Relationships with our hounds isparamount, as it goes to theheart of ownership and isusually predicated upon thatmost essential of things -temperament. Without this there is littlepleasure in the relationship, but it shouldbe understood that temperament andattitude are a reciprocation of sharedaspirations, all of which can beencouraged or destroyed by the inability,or limited capability, of an owner tounderstand the ‘material’ they are workingwith.

I watched on TV, the intrepid Ben Fogleand friend, attempt a crossing of thedesert using old trails and camels in theBedouin tradition. They failed miserablyto control the camels, just stopping shortof inflicting physical injury on theunfortunate creatures, in their frustration.The camels bore the brunt of theadventurers inability to relate to them.Similarly, I have seen outstanding

working dogs changehands only to be scornedas hopeless in the hands

of their new owners.

Of course, the pleasure in breeding is totry to understand the various ‘traits’ of aparticular line and breed to establish theworthwhile aspects of temperament asmuch as possible. Even as breeders thereare no guarantees that your own stock will‘gel’ equally with us, nor should they asthey are individual. I admit to having myfavourites, over the years, the ones wherethe chemistry seemed to work and weseemed to understand each other. These

were not necessarily the best houndsfrom a showingaspect, but certainlythe most entertainingand enjoyable to bewith, and always theones that struck up arapport in ‘the field’.

One such deerhound forme is our bitch, Pledge,now approaching sixyears old. When shewas about nine weeksold, I knew we would be

friends, as even at that tender age therewere aspects of her character that struck achord, as if the tenuous fragile thread offate had given her to me from the cradleof her past, and so it has proved to bethrough thick and thin. The difficulty istheir time with us is so brief and the gapthey leave so great, but our lives areenriched by their company, by ourrelationship with them. Our dog game isa diverse mix of people, not alwayssinging from the same page, but in allthis, let the care of the breed be thedriving force and the individualrelationships with our hounds thecherished prize.

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(Brigid)The Goddess, not the Saint

Bulka Heilan

Tartraven - Dorrator

10½ years of joyous love

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Brodie (Sorisdale Macmuldrock) attended a medieval banquet inEast Sussex to celebrate the Pangdean Shoot game keeper’s 60thbirthday. There were plenty of sausages and venison to snackon. Brodie is owned by Club member, Owen Davies fromPolegate.

CUSIDH CANTRIPSADVANCE NOTICE

Great opportunity to acquire a good selection of old D/H

pictures/prints/limited editions and books of historical

interest owned by some D/H members in Scotland. Don't

expect expensive oil paintings in the collection, but rather a

range of the kind of interesting art D/H people have loved

to collect over the years.

We would like to offer them to other D/H members initially &

details will be available soon.

We would hope to be able to bring some items, especially the

pictures, to shows, if possible, for viewing/collection.

Further information will be available in the Xmas Newsletter

and on cusidh.co.uk later in the autumn.

I can be contacted on my Cusidh website address for

initial enquiries.

CLAIRE CARTMELL

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Spanish NewsI finishedmy last‘SpanishNews’sayingthat,

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it isn’t. My whole world fell apart on the9th April when my dear wife, Delia,died. The shock was awful, but inretrospect I think that the writing hadbeen on the wall for quite a while and Ishould have seen it coming. I suppose Istuck my head in the sand and refused toaccept it - the old ‘if you don’t thinkabout it, it won’t happen’ syndrome.

I am still devastated, so I thank God forall the wonderful friends who picked meup and carried me through the initialblack despair and helped me come toterms with my grief. The old saying that“grief is the price you pay for love” iscertainly very true. She stoically boreher constant pain for so long. Life stillseems very strange at the moment.

April went from bad to worse - I lostdear, elegant hound, Drummond, a weeklater, from colonic cancer - at least Deliawas spared that, it would have brokenher heart. Now, after two such horribleevents I was more prepared for the third,(they usually come in three’s I’vefound), so when a camion (lorry) shovedme into the barrier on the motorway Iwasn’t really surprised!!

What I did think was a bit unfair was thefourth blow, when I tripped and fell (Iwas sober!) and broke two teeth,punctured my lip and nose, my face tooka good beating too. The doctor inUrgencias (A&E) thought I’d beenbrawling as I certainly looked like it, butat 80 and a bit doddery, I had to tell himthe true story. Pity really, “brawling in abar,” on his report would have lookedquite macho!

They patched me up pretty well so Idon’t look too bad, now a couple ofweeks on. I never was handsomeanyway!! I am just hoping that’s the endof it and my luck might improve fromnow on. Maybe I will win theEuromillions, “Ojala” as they say here -“I wish!”

A piece of better news is that we’ve hada couple of days decent rain at last. Toolate for most things, but maybe it willhelp the agriculture. I doubt we will see

any more until September! Myneighbour was telling me recently, that45 years ago, there was a 6 year droughtin this region, and it almost turned thearea into a desert, I hope that doesn’thappen again!!

Some really good news is that John andJane Powell came to visit me after theMadrid show, it was really great to seethem again. They brought their newaddition, Murphy, the border terrier withthem, instead of the usual deerhound orhounds. It was really funny to see such alittle chap emerge from the car instead ofa lofty hound. He is a super little fellowand seemed quite at ease with my biglads, but then having been raised withdeerhounds I suppose that’s to beexpected. Barron was a bit jealous of allthe attention he was getting, but therewas no nastiness and Lucinda even gavehim a big play bow and a little dance,which, for her, is quite something.

I say ‘little fellow’, but in fact, he lostout to his brother at the show for being abit too big for his age (7 months), Jane ishoping he won’t get any bigger and willthen be okay for his next show.

My new addition, Bryn, the St Bernard,seems to have finally stopped growing at14 months old, thank goodness!Surprisingly, he has grown a little tallerthan Barron, around 31 inches but,unsurprisingly, he is much heavier at 82kilos which the vet said is about par forthe breed. That makes him about 2 kilosheavier than me but about twice asstrong - it’s a bit like having a playfulShetland pony around the house.Fortunately, he is very amiable andbiddable which is good because trying toshift him if he doesn’t wish to move canbe quite a struggle!! I think I am goingto have to admit that I may have bittenoff a bit more than I can chew, He iswonderfully kissy and cuddly though,despite his awful drooling, and a verylovable, gentle giant. I just wish I hadhim 50 years ago when I was young andfit. He is not such a thief as the houndswere when young, mainly I thinkbecause he can’t get his enormous headinto the kitchen bin and hasn’t learnt totip it over yet! He did manage to steal astick of Spanish bread from the shoppingbag and wolfed it down before I noticed.He has also had a pair of slippers and theedges of the Axminster carpet, but apartfrom that he has been pretty good.

I’m so glad to see that your economy ison the up, although house prices seemridiculous. Our economy, unfortunately,

is no better. Maybe king Juan Carlosabdicating in favour of his son may help,but I have my doubts.

I’m off for the evening walk now whichI find somehow very comforting, I mustconfess I chat to the dogs all the way.Much later than usual today as thetemperature has been in the mid 30srange all day, so I have waited until9.00pm before venturing out, (it’s still28 degrees even now). Unfortunately,there are still lots of rabbits about, theyfeed all day because of the drought andare even eating aloe vera and tree bark tosurvive. Most of them still escape thedogs attention as I have left them lots ofescape holes under the fence. Bryn is avery enthusiastic chaser, but of course,can’t catch them, whilst Barron, whocould get them, really can’t be bothered.It’s only Lucinda, who, despite heradvancing years, can still catch the oddone or two. I wish she wouldn’t as theyare all skin and bone and just not worthfeeding to them.

My comments about getting some betterluck seem to have struck a chordsomewhere - I have just won 163 eurosin the lottery here! Who knows, maybelife is going to improve? On that upbeatnote I will say -

HASTRA OTRA VEZ

GEORGE MACDONALD-HEDGER

I’m sure readers will join me in sendingGeorge condolences after the very sadloss of his wife, Delia and wish himwell in the future. Delia was aDeerhound Club member, along withGeorge, and loved their hounds.

PS George phoned me on the 22 July tosay he had been over here to Englandfor two weeks. On his first day, hereceived a phone call from his dogminder to say she had discovered hisdeerhound, Barron, dead in the house.He was buried in the lemon grove in hisfavourite blanket. ED.

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Summer is in full swing down here, buttemperatures are not excessive and sothe deerhounds are comfortable andthey actually want to run and playwhich certainly does help to keep themreasonably fit. It seems to be aparticularly good year for the rabbitpopulation and my observation is thatnumbers are greater than for severalyears, which also is a great help inkeeping the deerhoundsbusy out on their walks.

The Breed Show was thegreatest fun, as always!Elaine Barter was thebreeder of the BestPuppy in Show and Chrisand Joy Wilkinson hadthe Best SpecialBeginners Dog, so someof the Club’s lovelysilverware now sits onSouth Eastern sideboards.

Kerry Tresh is enjoying a wonderfulPurple Patch with her two bitches,Glamis and Ethel Grey, so by now theremust be enough rosettes, at her home inMargate, to turn into a goodly string ofbunting. Ethel Grey is from Kerry’sfirst homebred litter, which makes thewhole thing just so very special.

An interesting little “snippet” fromChris Wilson telling how she came tochoose her prefix. Chris writes - “Forany new members, I choose my kennelname/prefix ‘Hamiltonhill’ from mylate husband’s name. In Scotland,children are given surnames for theirmiddle names and he was NormanHamilton Hill Wilson - hence‘Hamiltonhill’. The names Fred DMercury and One Vision came fromQueen, my husband’s favourite group.”Thank you Chris!I would love to hear from anyone elsehow they choose their own prefix.

Val and Gordon Meer’s little bitch,Aunty Hetty, is growing apace, doingher share of winning in the show ringand displaying all the poise that onlycomes with early training! I do lovethe fact that so many deerhounds areshown in a slightly ‘freshly caughtfrom the field’ style because it displaysthe fact that we remain a less cut-throat/win at all costs group of peoplethan some. However, I can and I doadmire a nicely schooled youngster,too. Well done Val!

David Gilhooly has been enjoying

visits from deerhounds, Freyja andGeorge, who are made very welcomeby the nursing home in Petworth where

he is being so well and kindlylooked after. Amazingly, thedeerhounds are even allowedto climb up onto David’s bedto have a snooze duringvisiting times!

Penny Redmond has movedfrom Rosemary Cottage,scene of many Deerhoundget-togethers andgreyhound fund raisers inthe past. Penny now livesat:

18 Rother ViewBurwash, East Sussex, TN19 7BN.

Phone: 01435 883150.She has, apparently, spent many anhour wielding a paintbrush sincemoving in, putting her own mark on theplace.

An early ‘heads up’ about ourdeerhound Christmas Party to be heldat Cafe Baskerville in Crowborough on23rd November. In October, I willmake contact with all members wholive in the south east giving full detailsand absolutely everyone is invited.

“Heads up” too, about the picnic atSouth Eastern Hound Club’s OpenShow on 31st August. I will becontacting you all nearer the time aboutthe food and drinks for this allimportant feast because it is, of course,

the main reason we all turn out. In fact,it’s quite an inconvenience to have totake a deerhound at all!

On the 5th May 2014, Sue Spring -Arnold, made her judging debut. Bestof Breed was Susie Piggott’s -Kilbourne Willow for Greyzicon andRes BOB - Vanessa Lucas and CliffDargonne’s - Glenmorlich None soPretty for Packway, (see picture below.)

Susie Piggott has retired from theDeerhound Club Committee “to spendmore time with her family”, whichknowing Susie, probably meansspending more time doing babysittingduties up in Yorkshire, than putting herfeet up at home down here in EastSussex! There is also a possibility thatshe will be taking time to use hershopping trolley more frequently and toget to the odd lurcher show, too. Susiehas been a standing dish on thecommittee for many, many years andhas given the most sterling of service toour breed during those years, as well asto the members of course, beingunfailingly kind, smiling and helpful asshe rushed around on all our behalves.Susie - THANK YOU!

PIP BUSWELLTEL: 01737 762282

[email protected]

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Club Fun Day in EssexSunday 18th May dawned bright and sunny ascars of Deerhounders headed to Mary Girling’sLodge Farm, Brightlingsea, on the Essex coast,for a Fun Day and get-together to raise funds forDeerhound Health. Lodge Farm is just theperfect venue, Lisa and Julian Faircloth set upthe lure on a shorter course than planned - butjust right, as the day became incredibly warm.

There were some experienced and keen houndswho knew the ropes and a few reluctant runnersbut the star of the show was Scruffy, Mick andLulu Waters lurcher, who really showed theDeerhounds how to do it.

Helen Arthur and Pam Lipton offered teas andcoffees on arrival. A vast array of bring andshare picnic and cakes had been set up in thebarn and then, to make the day just perfect, outcame Pimms during the afternoon.

Lisa and Julian worked tirelessly at running thelure, aided by Charles Miller, who ensured allthe dogs had a fair share of runs.

During the afternoon, Joyce Bond and PamLipton showed their approach to judgingDeerhounds. So many people helped to make ita wonderful day and huge thanks to Mary G forhosting the event - and for the Pimms!

From Eyke Shannon

Perfect weather, a wonderful location, goodfriends and a happy atmosphere plus all theexcitement of trying our dogs at lure chasing.Thank you, Mary G, for offering your home forthis event to raise funds for deerhound healthresearch. Then the fun began, some dogs ran,experienced or not. Others played…I wish that Ihad re-read the article by Ness Lucas on trainingyour dog for lure coursing. It was all exciting towatch. The star of the day was Mick Waterslurcher. What a dog!! It was lovely to sit andchat with friends, old and new - Mary and TonyChurchill, Sue Piggott, Julie Williams, theWagers, Helga and her mum, who cradledSylvia Morrice’s Bedlington on her lap, JudithGrayley, with her whippets, Carol Taylor andCaroline Woolf, and Charles Miller, being verypatient making the racing lists. Finally, theSpring Arnolds arrived, after traffic delays, andtook over the afternoon racing organisation. Itwas a very happy day, we even had Pimms onthe lawn with wonderful views over the estuary.Mary made£230 for deerhound research. Congratulations!!

From Julie Williams - Fun Day chez Mary GFabulous venue, glorious weather and a lovelyrelaxed atmosphere. It was great chatting toeveryone and meeting some new dogs andpeople of course! Neither of my dogs hadchased a lure before so the short run was ideal togive them an idea, let's hope they perform betternext time! I found the judging tips and hands onthe dogs very useful and interesting so thanks toPam and Joyce for sharing their knowledge. tothe next one!

From Andy and Carole Taylor

The weather was kind to us, plenty of cakes tea& coffee and a most welcome ice cold Pimms.All enjoyed the lure, some dogs ran, somechased each other into the field, but what I willremember most is the best contestant - EykeShannon running down the lure course, trying toencourage one of her dogs to chase the lure.Well done Eyke, I don't know what your timewas but I wish I could run as fast as you!

From Pam Lipton

What a fabulous Day, including the weather,everyone had at Lodge Farm. The hounds had agreat time chasing the lure and the humans had achoice of homemade cakes and pies kindlymade by many present. Same time, same placenext year? Please!

From Lulu Graham and Mick Waters

We thought it was a terrific day. The weatherwas fabulous and the setting couldn't have beenbetter. Many thanks to Mary G for providing thevenue, and to all those who helped to make itsuch a spiffing day.

From Carolyn Woolf’s - Daisy the deerhound

YAWN - STRETCH - BACK TO SLEEP.I don't feel like going to the woods just yet, justanother little wakey up snooze is in order I think.Oh, posh collar today, we must be going outsomewhere, hopefully not a show. I don't mindbeing fussed and meeting friends but oh my -standing about - waiting - trotting round incircles - standing "properly" for what seems likeforever, being poked about. I think I'll checkMums bag - no show collar, lots of water, treats,paper with directions to somewhere, I wonderwhere we are going? Fold up chair, so I knowthere will be some sitting around, good. Mum’shad breakfast, none for me!! Off to the car wego. I like car rides, so many smells and differentthings to see. Oops, bumpety bump. We aregoing down a dirt track, I'm up and watching

now, excited for where we may be! Mumsparked up and getting out, I have to wait untilI'm told I can exit the car, she says it's what Ihave to do.

Here we are, what a beautiful place. STRETCH- DRINK - WALK - PEE. ALL IS GOODNOW.There are fields here and afar and I can see boatson water, a way off, and an enormous tree withlots of lovely shade. I think we will be needingthat today. What a great house stood thereproudly, all on its own in such a wonderfulsetting. Best of all I can see several otherDeerhounds with their owners. We are ratherspecial you know and do tend to be treated likeroyalty but we do appreciate it.Mum has a cup of tea now, I am sure she isenjoying that after the awful traffic on thejourney here. OK, this is fun, being able toleisurely walk around sniffing and meeting newfriends. HOLD UP, something's going on overthere. Look, they are going to do some racing,wow, had a go last year, was quite fun. Oh, inpairs are we, OK. My turn, “What's your name?Rigsby”, big fella, good name. We have to runafter the plastic bag - it is fun, I love to chase.Off we go, no let's play. Oh, Rigsby, I don't thinkthey're too happy! Raffle tickets, chatting andcatching up, sandwiches, picnics and oh, thelucky things, absolutely scrummy cakeseverybody is eating and more cups of tea.

I am laying here in the shade of the lovely treewith my best friend, Lily. Here we go - anotherrun, with Lily this time, Lily loves it, I enjoy it,but bit warm today and I'm not so enthusiastic asI can be - we run all the way down though, Lilywon. What a good lady Mary is to let us join herhere today. I do so hope we can do it all againsometime.Old faces, new faces, and what a goodexperience for the rescue Borzoi (sorry, I haveforgotten your name). We all treated her withrespect and kindness and I hope it is a steptowards her gaining her confidence for thefuture.

Thanks to everybody who worked so hardsetting up the racing and baking cakes and ofcourse for just turning up.Thanks Mum for taking me, was such great fun.DAISY

Photos: Sue Spring-Arnold

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NETHERLANDS BREED SHOW 2014

Judge, Mr H Heathcote (UK)Photo below: BOB: - FRITZENS DUTCH DIVA WITH ASENSE OF BEAUTY (Neroche Indigo x Killoeter Morven)Breeder: Bjorn Fritz & Klaus KrugerOwner: Mrs Ineke de Vos-BrumanBOB LANDLORD VON DER OELMüHLE (Cypress von derOelmühle x Kilbourne Odette von der Oelmühle)Breeder: Jürgen Papenfuss & Jürgen Rösner. Owner: Jürgen Papenfuss, Jürgen Rösner & Florent Friedrich.

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Chelsea is the daughter of ourWestminster BIS winner - GCH. CH.Foxcliffe Hickory Wind, who also wonthe SDCA Nationals in 2009 & 2010 andthe great granddaughter of Am. Ch.Beardswood Freya.

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Owner: Jürgen Papenfuss, Jürgen Rösner & Florent FriedrichBOS GOSHENITE OF BESTMARA (Earl Grey von der

Oelmühle x Diva of Bestmara)Breeder: Marius & Isabelle Keller, Owner: Florent Friedrich.

BREED SHOW SWEDEN 2014

Judge: Ms Kay Barret (UK)Photo above: BIS FRITZENS CELESTE (Stranwith Symphony xFritzens una Viareggiana) Right in photo.Breeder: Björn Fritz & Klaus Krüger. Owner Randi KontniBIS - 4 (Best male) XANDOR XANTOS XILOS OF DIRTY MIND(Pitlochry's Dirty Mind Hyves x Tobia Tina Turner of Dirty Mind)Breeder: Koert Hesseling. Owner: Kirsten Walhoved & NenneRunsten.

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DEERHOUND CLUB BREED SHOW 2014We all enjoy meeting old friends and thisyear was special for us as Harry & TrudyGrijsen made the journey from Germany,bringing with them Int Ch. Gentom SwanSong, aka “DJ”. We had not seen him sincehe left us as a puppy in 2010, and seeinghim re-united with his litter brother, GentomSemper Fi, at this show, was wonderful.

Nottingham Veterinary School Studentswere in attendance and took many DNAmouth swabs for health research. Thestudents expressed their grateful thanks toall exhibitors who allowed samples to betaken from their Deerhounds to assist theirresearch.

This photo is one of our 2014 Breed Showfavourites! It shows Jamie Grant, aged 7,who was a delight to chat to, with his familyand his own exhibit, “Doodles aged five anda half,” who was enjoying watching hiselders making fools of themselves!

GENTOM GOSSIPWe have only been able to get to a few dogshows. Tom and our daughter, Jane, havehowever taken Tom's new toy – his birthdaypresent, a fully restored “new in box”, 1967Morris Minor Traveller to a couple ofClassic Car Rallies. We have not completelycut ourselves off from the Deerhoundworld! Here are a few items which mayinterest.

In March, Rosshalde & Mistlemoor unite -Susan Johnson married Ian Kirsopp! Susan

wrote to us including the following photo - “This is one you can put in the Clubmagazine... ” We of course asked for moredetails! Susan went on to say, “We weremarried at Trinity Church, Ashington, onMarch 22nd. It was a lovely serviceattended by 150 guests. The weather waskind and the sun shone. It has only taken Ian10 years to decide to ask me to marry him,which he did on my 60th last October. Wewere on holiday in the Borders to celebrateand, just to keep us grounded, we ended upin a vets practice in Castle Douglas with myold Shiba Inu. Dogs - who would havethem?PS Ian says you can’t rush into things, hewas waiting until I reached veteran”. SUE KIRSOPP

We are sure that you will join us in wishingSusan & Ian all the very best.

A week after the Breed Show, ClareChurchill married Wayne Drew at OldColehurst Manor, near Market Drayton.Clare wrote saying:“Wayne and I first met in 1986 at theDeerhound Club Centenary Show. He had ayoung dog, Fingon Nairn, from MargoryMcKinnon who was campaignedsuccessfully, winning BOB at Crufts (1988

under Cathy Osborne - Tom). He left thebreed for quite a while and we lost touch.He then reappeared at Crufts in 1999 and Ispoke to him again (I think there had beenan 11 year gap from last seeing him) Hethen bought Anmialchu Attow and Aighernfrom the Gow’s and started showing, so Isaw more of him. We eventually started tosee each other later that year, and I movedup to North Shropshire in July 2000. We gotengaged in 2003 and eventually got marriedthis year”. CLARE DREW (NEE CHURCHILL)

Many congratulations Clare and Wayne, wewish you every happiness. We wonder howmany partnerships have been initiated by

these large, longlegged greybeasties?

MIDLANDSHOWS

The Potteries &Dist. C.S. OpenShow on the15th of Marchwhere Mick &Glenis Peach’s- Kilbourne Unityhad a great day, winning BPIB & BOBunder breed judge, Mr Kim Owen,(Wolfscastle), BPIG & BIG under Groupjudge, Mrs Linda Aldous, (Panjsher) andunder BIS judge, Mr Dave Killilea,(Redwitch,) Liberty won RBPIS. Thephotograph below shows Kim, a delightedMick, with Liberty, and Linda. Well done!

The National Dog Show at StaffordShowground on 9 May, also starred ClareDrew, as a judge. She had an entry of 48hounds from which she selected Ali Morton& Johnny Morgan’s - Ch Cotherstone Shotand Steel as her dog CC winner and BOB.This dog has had a great showing career &went on to win Group 4 under judge, Mr PerIversen. The bitch ticket winner was JoyceBond’s - Regalflight Civet (her 1st) whowas handled by Kim Holt as Joyce hadinjured her ankle. Joyce had a good day, herbitch puppy, Regalflight Racer, won BPIBfrom Minor Puppy Bitch. The RCC’s wentto Sam Taylor & Glenis Peach’s, Earl Greyvon der Oelmuhle and Sam Taylor’s, ChKilbourne Baccarat to Ormanstar.

Our grateful thanks to Glenis for allowingus to use her photographs. There are manymore photographs & results to be found onthe Deerhound Club site.http://www.deerhound.co.uk/

JEAN & TOM RHODES

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The Deerhound Fun Day, June 2014 was thebrain child of Vanessa Lucas, who thought itwould be nice for the non- showing folk tobe able to enjoy each other’s company in thesame way show people do. This is not aDeerhound Club organised event.

It has been running for six years. Great ideasare not always easy to carry out and findinga venue can be tricky. Obviously, you needsome facilities - water, ideally electricity,preferably toilets on site as they can becostly to hire. Providing any food dependson what and where you are, plus the fieldneeds to be secure, must have easy access,parking and, of course, it needs to beavailable on a day that helpers can attendAND not prohibitively expensive. Doddle!

This years venue was just outside Reigate,in Surrey. The pony club event field, wellknown to John and Pip Buswell, was theperfect place in many respects. John andPip kindly covered the cost of the field, soall the proceeds could go to the two chosencharities this year - the Deerhound HealthFund and Greyhound Gap Rescue. Vanessa,her partner, Cliff, and my better half, Julianand I, ran the event together, very ablyassisted by Sue and Spring Arnold, this yearthe chief and very effective raffle ticketsellers. We had help from Miles - retrievingthe lure, among other things, and ChrisArthur came by bus and train and got ropedinto taking photographs. The girls fromGreyhound Gap had a stand and our ‘bringand buy’ cake stall was amazingly wellsupported. Thank you everybody! Thecooks slaving over a hot stove were Julianand Cliff.

We kicked off with the long jump. JohnMiles provided the lure and ran it under thejump, which confused some dogs, butinspired others! Lots of the deerhoundsjumped well and we had some other breedsjump quite a distance too. The overallwinner was John’s blue lurcher who jumped15ft clear. Deerhound jumping scores wereall very close with Spring Arnold’s -‘Sheila’, Sarah Helps’ - Rhymi and ourRipley at the top.

Next were the games, always a source ofgreat hilarity. The bone and spoon race,split, as were all races, into two categories -deerhound and non-deerhound. Wecontinued with the 11 legged race - twohumans and two hounds. Don’t worry, onlythe humans had their legs tied!!

Lastly, was the messy water race. Holdingthe lead with dog, and a cupful of water inthe same hand, you must race to the finish -most water left in the cup is the winner. Ithink we may have to alter the rules nexttime as we had a lot of very slowcompetitors with very full cups!

Ness then took over and ran the fastestrecall, contained in a very small area, it wasvery close and exciting as the dogs werecoming home in 3 or 4 seconds, so placingswere right down to the wire.

Phew! Getting a little tired, we went ontothe lure racing for the Nobys Quaich, kindlydonated around five years ago, by Jean andDavid Gilhooly and awarded to the fastestdeerhound

Straight runs sort the men from the boys.Our Ripley ran well, I was very pleasedwith him, although I was holding him andstarting the runs off, so it cost quite a bit toget my back sorted out post event!!The Spring Arnold’s dogs were all very fitas a result of them cycling with them - allthree made the final! After a good race thatwas very close, Sarah Helps’ - Quinlantriumphed, with Alice, Sheila and Fergalrespectively, taking the other placings.Some of the other breeds had called it a dayby then, although the ones left gave a goodaccount, including a three legged lurcherwho beat a deerhound whilst running a bye.She was seriously fast!

After the presentations, packing everythingaway and tidying up, we hit the M25,luckily an easy run home. We had a fantastictime and I hope everybody else did too.

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Deerhound CollectablesSCOTTISH KENNEL CLUB MEDAL

Never underestimate thepower of a Deerhound carsticker! Some years ago, Iparked my car in front of ashop in Hawick, in the ScottishBorders. When I went back tothe car, the shop owner cameout and asked me if I might beinterested in a very specialDeerhound item. Of course, Iwas intrigued - and yes, Ibought it (for quite a lot ofmoney!)

Front of the medal (lowerimage) shows a deerhoundshead and is inscribed:

“Scottish Kennel ClubInstituted 1812”.

The reverse (upper image)states:

“ Awarded to...........FOR BEST in class

Owned by a member of theClub

Exhibited at ............”

Waltraud Hess

What accolades haven't been used in

praise of Scottish Deerhounds over thecenturies? They are beautiful, graceful,strong, fearless, good hunters, true,kind, loving, fun, adaptable, funny,clever, wise. The list goes on and onand all true of the seven Deerhoundswho have lived with me, over the years,since 1993. As someone from Californiajust wrote to me: "We are so fortunateto live with these wonderful houndsand the loss is made bearable by thewonderful moments and memories wehave and who we become by living withthem."

Hobby-Poppy had and was a "SweetHeart" in the truest sense and a mostwonderful example of all the traits anddemeanor I had hoped to find in yetanother Deerhound. She loved hercompanions - "Monty" and "SirBoris Bouncealot", the Jack Russellterrier, who repaid her kindnesses withtotal devotion to the very end.

In November 2012, Hobby-Poppy wasdiagnosed with

'Haemangiopericytoma' on her leftfront leg. On 20 May 2013, I had tomake an immediate decision to eitherlet her bleed out, put her to sleep, orhave her leg amputated. Withhindsight, and the overwhelmingsupport from her breeder, and morethan a 150 Deerhound ownersworldwide, I made the right decisionand let her live.

And didn’t Hobby-Poppy enjoy her lifeto the full for another whole year! Tragically, her life was cut short byanother large and solid tumour in herchest. She was put to sleep in myarms, dying peacefully within threeminutes, and getting a last kiss on thenose from "Boris". She will be buriedwith all honours beside my otherDeerhounds.

Please raise a glass in celebrationof Hobby-Poppy's life!

WALTRAUD HESS

G h i l t a n H o b b y

"Hobby-Poppy"17 November 2004 - 18 June 2014

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Apathy rules, OK!! Over the many years Ihave been involved in the intricacies of whathas always been called ‘The Dog Game’, Ihave been on various committees in variouscapacities, from secretary to washer up - itwas good to be part of something and to putsomething back into ‘The Game’, and I alsocontributed newsletters and magazines.

Having come to the present day,contributions from others has become lessand less. Everyone wants a show or anorganised ‘Doggy Day’, but many do notwant to contribute. Eventually, I foundmyself writing articles for the publicationsusing various pseudonyms, being verycareful to alter my writing style so that itwould not be noticed! The lack ofcontributions sent to me, for this Newsletter,could be called abysmal! Please feel free tosend your stories and escapades to me. Youdo not have to write it word perfect, just giveme the gist and I will do the rest. Surelyyour hounds make you smile, so feel free toshare it with Newsletter readers.

Speaking of apathy, Harry and I have alwaysbeen critical of local farmers who put an oldbedstead of a gate into the space left by apiece of dry stone wall - well, we now havebecome two of those people! As our landhas dried out, the walls are slumping invarious places and small stretches are fallingdown. We now have (yes, you haveguessed), two old gates filling gaps, until wefind time to rebuild. Of course, if we werenot trotting off to game fairs, country fairsand hunt shows we would have more time.However, we have decided we are not goingto live long enough to finish all the workhere, so we work on the theory of workhard/play hard.

It is nice to come across the various workingand crossbreed dogs at the shows. Theredoes seem to be a fair amount of what Iwould call ‘soft coated’ deerhounds. Is thiscoat the equivalent of being midwaybetween a normal coat and a woolly? WhenI had german shepherds there were ‘normal’(double) coats, ‘smooth’ (incorrect) coatsand ‘long coats’, which at that time wereincorrect, but are now recognised and can beshown, but they must have an undercoat.The coats I have seen on the aforementioneddeerhounds is an ‘open’ soft coat. I expectthere could be contributory factors such asdiet involved in this, but it is an interestingpoint. Any comments anyone?

Another interesting point came to myattention when I was judging lurchers. Achap showed what he said was a first crosswhippet/deerhound - he regaled me with thepracticalities of using the whippet male on

his deerhound bitch and his descriptionwould have made another edition of ‘Fifty

Shades of Grey’. Anyhow, this bitch wasabout 24 inches tall, had a nice harsh 3 inchlong coat and was very shapely, but beforeyou think it was a miniature deerhound,think again, she had very fine bone andsmall, thin open feet. Definitely not a goodworking prospect, despite what the ownersaid. Interestingly enough, he said that twofrom the litter (now 3 years old) had died ofbone cancer - somuch for‘hybridisation’bringing health.

Whilst mentioningworking dogs, wewent to a friendsfarm to help himdeal with a ratproblem which,sadly perhaps,we both (as wellas the dogs)thoroughly enjoydealing with. We took two jack russells, thetrusty whippet and a deerhound dog, whoshall remain nameless for the sake ofdiscretion! We had managed to despatch afair number of rats from the outbuildingwhere their presence had caused lots ofdamage, including electrical wires, when a‘pet’ lamb wandered into sight. Thenameless deerhound threw up his head,scented it, and then whipped around to leerat where it was standing. We both shouted“LEAVE”, but with that ‘switched off’ lookthey can so quickly acquire, he reared ontohis hind legs and thrust himself forward torun at the woolly beast. Harry (he of themilitary training and ideas) picked up astone and threw it at the hound’s feet, hopingto distract him, but of course, being adeerhound, he was not just distracted heover reacted and jumped about ten feetsideways straight into a smouldering heap ofstraw and rubbish. He then raced off intothe twilight, all we could see was a faint redglow from his tail as he disappeared downthe field. Fortunately, deerhounds must beself extinguishing as when we caught upwith him a few minutes later, the only signof his experience was a nasty smell ofsingeing. Needless to say, as we sat in thekitchen satiating our appetites and thirst,there was much hilarity, and the stories ofwhat the potential outcome could have beengot sillier and sillier. Does anyone rememberManuel in Fawlty Towers setting fire to thekitchen??

As those who know me are aware, I am notan internet fan, finding it too timeconsuming, but I do go on e-Bay & recentlysaw a very nice strong and new puppy penadvertised. We may breed a litter from oneof our Jack Russells so I found it necessaryto bid and subsequently bought the item. Aswe drove the 80 miles to collect it, we cameto a roundabout and poor Harry who wasdriving, suddenly uttered some expletivesabout the police and I stopped mydaydreaming to see a police patrol car rightacross our path. Harry’s only option was toproceed up the motorway in a direction wedid not want go. Now, as we are classed ashill billies living where we do, a bit of action

like this is abnormally exciting to us.As we trundled up the motorwaywaiting for the sat nav to recover itswits, another eight police cars racedpast, then another came screaming upthe hard shoulder. Such glee at thisspectacle we were still talking aboutwhat was going on as the sat navmanaged to get us to the house we weregoing to. We got out, knocked on thedoor & the chap came out with our pen.As we were paying. a police car screamedinto the cul-de-sac, followed by a lowloader. Oh, oh! We commented on this to

the chap as we paid. “Oh, yes“, he said“there was a murder committed hereyesterday & the van you are parked besidehad been used to carry the grisly cargo” Atthat, the police approached us to check whatwe were doing - our reason of collecting adog pen 80 miles away did not seem toconvince him. It probably did not help that Ihave a habit of looking very guilty when inthe company of police. They did their quickcar check on us and we loaded our pen andleft, as they were loading the van onto thelow loader. Suddenly, it did not seemexciting anymore & we were pleased to getback to our sanctuary of wide open spaces!

It is good to live a life of escapism fromreality! But I wonder if I should ceasebidding for items on e-Bay. Last time, Ibought a very large bird cage to house some‘rescued’ budgies. Harry sat in the carwhilst I went to the house to collect mycage, only to see me disappear inside and re-appear, a few minutes later, with a Dogue deBordeaux on a lead, & the chap carrying thebird cage! He has now banned me frommentioning to total strangers that we areinvolved in dog rescue!I LOOK FORWARD TO RECEIVINGALL YOUR NORTHERN NEWS &VIEWS.

LESLEY SMITH-FENTON

Tel: 01388 537718

[email protected]

Regional News

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BRITISH SIGHTHOUNDFIELD ASSOCIATION

Last lure coursing meetings of 2014

MEETINGS ARE HELD ON A SUNDAY

R e s u l t s C a p t i o n C om p e t i t i o n 36

C a p t i o n C om p e t i t i o n 37Think of a humorous caption for thephoto from our archives and win anillustrated pedigree of your choice.

Send your entries to: TOM & JEAN RHODESSomerville, Lightwood Road, RoughClose, Stoke-on-TrentST3 7PW or [email protected]

Many really great entries for thiscompetition including: -

“Oh NO! I am being weighed for afavourite recipe in the new DeerhoundCookbook.”

“The bigger dogs said I had to go in here.”

“Are we charging by the ounce nowDAD!!!!!!”

“Recipe for a balanced life:- Severalpounds of deerhound essential, otheringredients optional.”

“There is that mouse dad, there !!!!”

“Does my bum look big in this?”

“This diet is not working.”

“Pound for pound Deerhounds are worththeir weight in Gold!!”

“I would not have joined Weight Watchersif I had known I had to do this!”

“Are we cheaper by the pound, or by thedozen?”

“I bet you they will not get me to sit herenext week!”

“How long do I have to sit here holding thisshelf up?”

“When my owner put me in here, I'm surehe said 'Wait'!”

“'Dogs life is in the Balance'”

“Looks Fishy - A Dog with Scales!!”

“Need to take a weight off my mind.”

“Wow when you trump in here it echoes.”

“I've seen them put food in here before.

“If I wait quietly and don't make eye contactit's mine. They will never notice me!”

“In for a puppy in for a lb.”

* You need to be an oldie to appreciatethese!

“My great grandfather, Nipper, advertised‘His Masters Voice’ Phonographs”.

“I'm in an advert for Weights cigarettes!”

We felt the best caption was “I am worthmy weight in gold” sent in by WaltraudHess. Well done! Let us know which dog’sillustrated pedigree you would like.

JEAN & TOM.

� 14 September

� 12 October

All lure coursing events will take place ona field at Park House Stables, Kingsclere,

Newbury, Berks RG20 5PY.

Contact: The Secretary, Julia Cloke, BagstoneCottage, Wotton Rd, Bagstone

Wotton-under-Edge, Glos. GL12 8BD

Golden OldiesA quarter page B/W advert with photograph and some

information about your houndcosts just £10.00

Please send details toThe Editor


Would you like to shareyour ‘Golden Oldie’ specialdeerhound with Newsletterreaders. Your hound needsto be over seven years old

to qualify.

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The Deerhound Club’s Championship Show at Stafford

JUDGE: MRS E H HAMILTON

1. PUPPY DOG 4 (0) Parsons & McKinnon’s -FINDLAS AT CLAONAIGLEN11months old. What a lovely well grown puppy thisis. Good forehand and hind construction with gooddepth of chest. Loved his head and expression. Well

muscled and moved soundly. BP

1. JUNIOR DOG 3 (1) Girlings’ - PYEFLEET TARKALiked the topline of this dog. Good hind angulationbut lacked a little in forechest.

1. YEARLING DOG 8 (1) PHARCOURSE NOAH ATSTRANWITH1st and 2nd close up, just thought winner had longerbody. Both had good fronts good feet and were well

muscled.

1. POST GRADUATE DOG 10 (2) Owen & Brodie’s -LUCKHURST NEBO TO WOLFSCASTLEReally liked this dog. Lovely head and expression.Good forehand construction and lovely toplinefalling away to good quarters. Good feet. Movedwell. Res CC

1. SPECIAL COURSING DOG 3 (1) Helps’-BEARDSWOOD QUINIONShorter hock and better body than 2nd.

1. SPECIAL BEGINNERS DOG 4 (1) Merrick’s -PEDLARSPATH SECRET STARReminded me of Ardkinglas type. Lovely smallears. Good depth of chest, though would like aslightly more slope to the pastern. Good back end,went well.

1. OPEN DOG 7 (0) Hawkins’ - CH KWARICOTTCORELLI Both excellent animals in their own way.When they came into the ring I thought it could beeither or between them. Just felt the length of Corelliwas more correct, better bend of stifle than ChCotherstone Shot and Steel. Preferred his head butoverall, length of body and forehand constructionwon the day. DCC BOS

1. LIMIT DOG 6 (2) Peach’s - GREYFLAX TAYLORMADE FOR KILBOURNE Handled by J EllseBetter constructed than 2nd with greater bend ofstifle.

DOGS

I was delighted with my winners, but wouldmake the following comments. So many ofthe exhibits lacked a good forehand. Thebreed doesn’t want a keel like a dachshund butshould have a reasonable forechest, lack ofwhich results in poor front movement. Therewere some lovely small ears but also somerather large, thick and low set. Light eyeswere a problem. Generally tails were good andwell set. Most hounds were put down in greatorder, though some really could have donewith better attention before going into the ring.

EH

Hound Show 2014

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1. OPEN BITCH 6 (2) Barret’s - STRANWITH ARIADNE1st and 2nd different types, both sound, both goodforehand. Preferred the substance of my winner,stronger loin, better depth and better feet, and Ithought 2nd a bit long cast. Preferred head of 2nd.

1. SPECIAL BEGINNERS 6 (2) Keeling’s -CLAONAIGLEN EHERVIENot happy in the environment buteventually moved quite well. Better bendof stifle and depth of chest than 2nd.

1. YEARLING BITCH 10 (3) Constantine’s -COTHERSTONE ISLAY MIST OF KALEGINY Handledby A MortonWhat a really nice class this was. 1st and 2nd couldhave changed places any time. I liked them both.Well grown, good depth, flat bone, lovely ears, goodlength of neck and good back-end. Preferred thewidth of thigh of winner.

1. POST GRADUATE BITCH 8 (3) & SPECIAL LURECOURSING BITCH Helps’ - BEARDSWOOD RONANice hound. Liked her head and expression.Reasonable depth.

1. LIMIT BITCH 18 (9) Redmond & Friend’s -SHAGIEAD LADY SEA WITH GREYBROWS Handledby L Spence1st and 2nd close up. Just preferred the width ofthigh on winner. Super topline with lovely lengthand rise over loin. sound as a bell, and kind eye. CC

& BOB

1. PUPPY BITCH 9 (2)Peach’s - KILBOURNE ZOEHandled by J Ellse.Strong class, something to like about them all.Bitches had far better depth than the dogs. Wellgrown 9 month old. Good depth, lovely short hock,would like a darker eye but lovely feminine head.

Good topline. Moved well.

1. JUNIOR BITCH 9 (5) Owen & Brodie’s -WOLFSCASTLE GREYCEAt last some dark eyes. Lovely overall appearance.Correct proportions throughout and moved like adream.

BITCHES

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Photographs: JOAN WRAGG

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Judge, Mrs E Hamilton with BOB, Mrs P Redmond & Mr J Friend’s - SHAGIEADLADY SEA WITH GREYBROWS (handled by L Spence) and BOS, Mr D & Mrs SHawkins’- Ch KWARICOTT CORELLI.

RESERVE CC WINNERS: Mr K Owen & Miss Z Brodie’s - LUCKHURST NEBO TOWOLFSCASTLE and Ms M A Stuart and Ms K Holt’s - PYEFLEET SKATHA OFOLLANDSHEART

STAGE 1

BACKGROUND: Our Deerhound,Fantoosh, is now almost 2 years old, ofgood pedigree and with a perfectlybalanced, very gentle and agreeable, nature;in short, an ideal pet. But, at 9 months shebegan to rub her muzzle and bite at herforelegs and was clearly feeling more andmore uncomfortable. We took her to ourlocal veterinary practice and over an almost12 week period she underwent a series oftests, first to eliminate possible skininfections with antibiotics and then parasiteswith skin scrapes and, eventually, bloodtests which finally identified the problem asan allergy to dust and storage mites. Perhapsof significance, no food allergy wasidentified from those ‘bloods’.

This diagnosis we, and fortunately theinsurance company too, accepted togetherwith the recommended treatment of a courseof vaccinations to desensitize her to theseallergens. Additionally, a generalrecommendation was made from thepractice, to buy only small bags of qualitydry food, preferably dust free and to treat thehouse and dog bed to reduce the incidenceof dust mite. The small bag, dust free,buying was already in use; the second wascarried out even though the ground floorwas laminated throughout and Fantoosh didnot have free access to the upper floors.

TREATMENT: The vaccinations everytwo weeks unfortunately did not trigger the‘hoped for’ desensitization and because ofher reaction to them they had to be reducedto half the dose. However, this too continuedto be too heavy, or rather just as irritating,and after about 70% of the course had beencompleted, we stopped the injections and

were left with using PIRITON 4MG tabletsto ‘damp down’ the reaction from theproduction of histamine. This wholeexercise occupied almost exactly one yearand close to £1,400 in fees; fortunatelycovered by insurance.

STAGE 2

LITERATURE REVIEW: A literaturereview of papers readily available for publicaccess was carried out so that we could feelbetter informed on the general subject ofallergy in dogs; diagnostics, symptoms,causes, treatments, foods and diets. Fromthose readings, a number of quite distinctobservations began to grow with whatseemed of particular relevance to Fantoosh’sproblem, but nothing immediatelyidentifiable regarding the problems arisingfrom the ingestion of mites.

The vast majority of observations ofparticular interest to us were included in arecent excellent paper ‘Food Allergy in

Dogs and Cats: Current Dermatological

Perspectives’ by Didier-Noel Carlotti, Dip

ECVD where 82 papers from 1967 t0 2011were reviewed. Observations of directinterest to us are listed below:-

• In a study of atopic dogs, sensitized toenvironmental allergens, 23% also turnedout to suffer from food allergy.

• In another, 25% of food-allergic dogs alsopresented with atopic dermatitis.

• With foods, rice and fish are rarelyimplicated in allergic reactions.

• In some studies, dogs under one year werecommonly affected with food allergy onset.

• In comparison, the onset of atopicdermatitis rarely occurred below one year.

• It has been reported for some time thatfood-allergic dogs can present with signstypical of atopic dermatitis.

• There appears to be a clinical overlap, inthat food allergy can mimic Canine AtopicDermatitis (CAD) or that food allergy canbe a cause of CAD.

• Theoretically, controlling food allergiescan reduce the significance of otherallergens e.g. aero allergens, by allowingdogs to go below a pruritus ‘threshold’; theanimal is then considered as presenting,only with a food allergy.

• A varied, well-tolerated home-prepareddiet, balanced with vitamin, mineral andfatty acid, supplements, can be usedsuccessfully.

• The effect of anti-histamines is not clearlyunderstood in the case of food allergy indogs and cats.

• To repeat our earlier comment, miteallergen contamination of dry dog food didnot appear to be highlighted in the literatureas a possible food allergy problem asopposed to one causing CAD.

STAGE 3

SOLUTION: Fantoosh has been on a stricthome-prepared diet of chicken, fish, rice andpotato, supplemented with a vitamin,mineral, fish oil additive, for a period of fourmonths. We estimate that she has improvedin all aspects of her irritation by about 95%and so feel that a food allergy to the miteallergen in dry dog food and biscuits couldwell have been the culprit, rather than aeroallergens from the same mites; storage ordust .......... still alive and kicking!

LINDA HINDMARCH

CASE STUDY Storage mite allergen in dry dog food; a consideration

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After missing Crufts & the Breed Showthis year, it was nice to get back out &mingle with exhibitors again. We had themost amazing day, inour showcareer to date,at Bath, takinghome 2 RCC’sin two breeds,on the sameday, at the sameshow, inDeerhounds &Whippets, (seeimages below).For once, I wastotally speechless- it took sometime for it to sink!

Our wee whippet, Hope, sired by our studdog, is only 8 months old & was still inMPB, so it was a super win under a judgeI have always admired & the stock shehas produced. We got through to the finalcut for BPIS, so we were delighted shewas still showing herself after such a longday for a youngster. It was lovely tocelebrate with our friends & thanks tothose who stayed on to support us, andSally Parsons & Alan Mckinnon, whoalso won BPIB with their lad, Finlas AtClanoaiglen. Congratulations Gaynor &Alan Carr on the RBCC with KanbaTamsin. Many thanks to ours judges MrPeter Pask & Mrs C Rishworth(whippets) we really kept the Welsh flagflying!

What a fabulous few weeks of sunnyweather we have had of late and doesn’tit make a difference? Although we arenever quite sure what to pack, or wear,for shows and there is never enoughshade to go round or all the best spotshave been taken. There was a fantasticturn out of Deerhounds at the smallholders show in Builth Wells, the RoyalWelsh Spring Festival & the entries werethe highest to date, eight in the class &our breed was well represented.

Luckhurst Nebo to Wolfscastle wentBOB & Wolfscastle Greyce, ResBOB & Finlas at Claonaiglen, BPIB.We managed to find a lovely spotunder the shade of a tree thatoverlooked the whole show &outside rings. A great day out, withlots to see & do, apart from dogshowing - however, we never seemto get that far & explore the rest ofthe show.

I would like to remind you allexhibiting at the Welsh KC, in August,that you are again invited to join theWelsh witches for an after show/judginggathering and picnic this year, so bringyourselves, friends & hounds along. Anydonations of food will be gratefullyreceived, (cakes, sarnies & savouries). Iwill be making Pimms again plus a non-alcoholic version for the unfortunate folkhaving to driving home! It was lovely torelax & meet up last year, after judgingwas over, so hopefully we will make thisan annual event? (Maybe NOT so manywasps this year)!

I am really not looking forward to thenext few months as we prepare for Ebonyto fly the nest & leave home for UNI,fingers crossed she gets the results she

needs? Here’s hoping! Where have thoseyears gone? It sure has flown by! I’mlooking forward to having a tidy houseagain though. Can’t live with or withoutthem!

Keri Llewellyn has been trying to find thewords & time to express her gratitude tothose who have sent messages & offers ofhelp during her last few months ofturmoil with her beloved hounds. Indie isnow an amputee & finding having threelegs no problem at all - in fact, her lifehas not changed at all. After the shock &then Indie’s recuperation going well, Kerihad just started to feel she had made theright decision and life was returning tosome normality. Then her otherDeerhound, Reef, was struck down with amystery illness. After weeks ofuncertainty, he has also made slow butgood progress and, hopefully, Keri canchill out for a while. She works & playshard & I know she is looking forward to abreak in Spain for a few days rest &recuperation. We wish them all well!

We have recently been constructing a newwebsite & now have a new web domain -see below.

zOE BRODIE

Tel: 01437 741780

email: www.wolfscastlehounds.com

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CHAMPIONSHIP SHOWSSCOTTISH BREEDS C.C. (29.03.14)Judge: Mrs A Randall (Hammonds)

VETERAN DOG1. Kwaricott Abdiel (Freeman)PUPPY DOG1. Dorrator Franklin (Foy) BPIB2. Finlas At Claonaiglen (Parsons & McKinnon)JUNIOR DOG1. Killoeter Ruaig (Macbean) RCC2. Cusidh Ring Around The Sun (Cartmell)GRADUATE DOG1. Gentiehun Ayres Rock of Kaleginy(Constantine)2. Pharcourse Noah at Stranwith (Barret)POST GRADUATE DOG1. Gentiehun Desert Orchid (Anderson)2. Rosslyn Qonnor (Sharp)3. Killoeter Quern at Cuillinmor (Davis &MacIntyre)LIMIT DOG – NONE PLACEDOPEN DOG1. Kwaricott Corelli (Hawkins) DCC VETERAN BITCH1. Stranwith Morag (Barret) RCC2. Tartraven Rosaidh (Robertson)JUNIOR BITCH1. Killoeter Ralia (MacBean)2. Cusidh Dreaming Spirit (Cartmell)3. Killoeter Reay (AP4) (Jackson)GRADUATE BITCH1. Beardswood Rona (Helps & Kermack)2. Chuilinn Windflower (Robertson)3. Fintralgor Red Red Rose (Foote & Crossan)POST GRADUATE BITCH1. Kessoch Marsco of Greystiel (Smart)2. Chuilinn Whisper (Robertson)3. Shagiead Lady Sea with Greybrows(Redmond & Friend)LIMIT BITCH1. Brylach Nandina (Spence)2. Stranwith Skirza (Foy)OPEN BITCH1. Claonaiglen Fionnelighe (Parsons &McKinnon) BCC & BOB2. Brylach Nandina (Spence)3. Gentiehun Hollyhock (Gray)

TROPHIES AWARDED AT SCOTTISH BREEDSRoss - For type: Claonaiglen FionneligheBlythblue - Bred by: Claonaiglen FionneligheFlute - Not bred by: Kessoch Marsco of Greystiel Geltsdale – Best R.C.C.: Stranwith MoragBarmaud – Puppy: Dorrator Franklin Beardswood - Under 18 months: Killoeter RuaigMhor - Under 2 years: Killoeter RuaigFawcett - Under 3 years: Killoeter RuaigEvita - Over 5 years: Stranwith MoragRob Roy - Owner never won a C.C.: GentiehunDesert OrchidMelchior - Head & expression: ClaonaiglenFionneligheBalgrogan – Brace: Robertson

HOUND ASSOC. OF SCOTLAND (12.04.14)Judge: Mrs S Rawlings

PUPPY DOG1. Dorrator Franklin (Foy) BPIBJUNIOR DOG1. Kilbourne Boogaloo to Ormanstar (Taylor)2. Moireach Osprey of Fingon (McKinnon)3. Teviotdale Banner Blue (Cunningham)POST GRADUATE DOG1. Killoeter Ruaig (MacBean) CC2. Rosslyn Qonnor (Sharp)3. Gentiehun Ayers Rock of Kaleginy(Constantine)LIMIT DOG1. Islay's Iarla to Leoch (Deu Imp) (Milne &Andrews)2. Breesfalt Jasper (Hogan)OPEN DOG1. Kilbourne Nico (Peach) RCC2. Kwaricott Corelli (Hawkins)3. Earl Grey von der Oelmuhle (Taylor & Peach)PUPPY BITCH1. Celticmoon Shadow Magic (Lindsay)

JUNIOR BITCH - NO ENTRIESPOST GRADUATE BITCH1. Kilbourne Unity (Ellse)2. Killoeter Ralia (MacBean)3. Fintralgor Red Red Rose (Foote & Crossan)LIMIT BITCH1. Gentiehun Adelaide of Kaleginy (Constantine)2. Kessoch Marsco of Greystiel (Smart)3. Stranwith Skirza (Foy)OPEN BITCH1. Ch. Cotherstone Duchenne (Morton &Morgan) CC & BOB2. Ch. Kilbourne Baccarat to Ormanstar (Taylor)RCC3. Dorrator Song For Drella (Gillie)

TROPHIES AWARDED AT HOUND ASSOC. OFSCOTLANDRoss - For type: Ch. Cotherstone Duchenne.Blythblue - Bred by: Ch. Cotherstone Duchenne.Flute - Not bred by: Ch. Kilbourne Baccarat toOrmanstarGeltsdale – Best R.C.C.: Kilbourne Nico.Barmaud - Puppy: Dorrator Franklin.Beardswood - Under 18 months: DorratorFranklin.Mhor - Under 2 years: Killoeter Ruaig.Fawcett - Under 3 years: Killoeter Ruaig.Evita - Over 5 years: Dorrator Song For Drella.Rob Roy - Owner never won a C.C.: GentiehunAdelaide to Kaleginy.Melchior - Head & expression: Ch. CotherstoneDuchenne.Balgrogan – Brace: Swanson

W.E.L.K.S. (25.04.13)Judge: Mrs G Peach

MINOR PUPPY DOG1. Finlas At Claonaiglen (Parsons & McKinnon)BPIB2. Regalflight Rueben (Bond)PUPPY DOG1. Luckhurst Orminscraig (Bye)JUNIOR DOG1. Fritzens Drum to Neroche (Deu Imp] (Wragg)POST GRADUATE DOG1. Regalflight Poacher at Leksmoor (Greenhalgh)2. Luckhurst Nebo to Wolfscastle (Owen &Brodie)3. Hyndsight Tempest (Harrington & S.Finnett)LIMIT DOG1. Hamiltonhill Fred D Mercury (Wilson handledby Francis) CCOPEN DOG1. Ch. Cotherstone Shot And Steel (Morton &Morgan) RCC2. Laird Of Summerisle (Stabb & Taylor)MINOR PUPPY BITCH1. Celticmoon Shadow Huntress (Day & O'Brien)PUPPY BITCH1. Charbonnel Greta at Ladygrove (Phillips)2. Hyndsight Reason To Believe (S. Finnett & N Heathcote)3. Hyndsight Magic In The Night (S. Finnett & N. Heathcote)JUNIOR BITCH1. Wolfscastle Greyce (Brodie & Cody)2. Charbonnel Gobi to Ladygrove (Phillips)3. Greyflax Mustang Sally of Brackenland(Edwards)POST GRADUATE BITCH1. Shagiead Lady Sea with Greybrows (Redmond& Friend) CC & BOB2. Lodhainn Bennbeheula to Jamalison(Grimshaw)3. Ardlancien Eiryn to Balgaled (Aston)LIMIT BITCH1. Greyflax Just Peachy (Bailey) RCC2. Gentiehun Adelaide of Kaleginy (Constantine)3. Cotherstone Take Silk (McGill)OPEN BITCH1. Ch. Cotherstone Duchenne (J. Morton &Morgan)2. Ch. Ladygrove Calamity Jane at Amiro (A.Morgan)3. Claonaiglen Fionnelighe (Parsons &McKinnon)

TROPHIES AWARDED AT W.E.L.K.S.Ross - For type: Hamiltonhill Fred D Mercury.Blythblue - Bred by: Hamiltonhill Fred D Mercury.Flute - Not bred by: Shagiead Lady Sea atGreybrows.Geltsdale – Best R.C.C.: Greyflax Just Peachy.Barmaud - Puppy: Finlas At Claonaiglen.

Beardswood - Under 18 months: WolfscastleGreyce.Mhor - Under 2 years: Shagiead Lady Sea atGreybrows.Fawcett - Under 3 years: Shagiead Lady Sea atGreybrows.Evita - Over 5 years: Hamiltonhill Fred D Mercury.Rob Roy - Owner never won a C.C.: RegalflightPoacher at Leksmoor.Melchior - Head & expression: Charbonnel Gobito Ladygrove.Balgrogan – Brace: Phillips

THE NATIONAL DOG SHOW (B'HAM)(09.05.14)

Breed Judge: Miss C ChurchillGroup Judge: Mr P Iversen

MINOR PUPPY DOG – NO ENTRIESPUPPY DOG – NO ENTRIESJUNIOR DOG1. Pyefleet Timothy (Girling)2. Kilbourne Boogaloo to Ormanstar (Taylor)3. Pyefleet Tarka (Girling, handled by Francis)POST GRADUATE DOG1. Luckhurst Nebo to Wolfscastle (Owen &Brodie)2. Kilbourne Poacher (Jenkins)3. Regalflight Poacher at Leksmoor(Greenhalgh)LIMIT DOG1. Hamiltonhill Fred D Mercury (Wilson, handledby Francis)2. Beardswood Quinlan (Helps)3. Nimloth Bilbo for Kilbourne (Peach)OPEN DOG1. Ch. Cotherstone Shot And Steel (Morton &Morgan) CC, BOB & G4 2. Earl Grey von der Oelmuhle (Taylor & Peach)RCCVETERAN DOG – NO ENTRIESMINOR PUPPY BITCH1. Regalflight Racer (Bond) BPIB2. Celticmoon Shadow Huntress (Day & O'Brien)3. Shagiead Aunty Hetty for Lordswell (Meer)PUPPY BITCH1. Charbonnel Grizel (Platt)JUNIOR BITCH1. Wolfscastle Greyce (Brodie & Owen)2. Kilbourne Liberty (Peach)3. Lairigefyne Garron at Ollandsheart (Stuart &Holt)POST GRADUATE BITCH1. Kilbourne Pandora to Talorpeche (Taylor)2. Beardswood Quintessence (Helps)3. Kilbourne Unity (Ellse)LIMIT BITCH1. Regalflight Civet (Bond, handled by Holt) CC2. Stranwith Ariadne (Barret)3. Greyflax Just Peachy (Bailey)OPEN BITCH1. Ch. Kilbourne Baccarat to Ormanstar (Taylor)RCC2. Kilbourne Wendela (Peach)3. Ch. Cotherstone Duchenne (Morton &Morgan)

TROPHIES AWARDED AT THE NATIONALRoss - For type: Regalflight CivetBlythblue - Bred by: Ch. Cotherstone Shot AndSteel.Flute - Not bred by: Ch. Kilbourne Baccarat toOrmanstar.Geltsdale – Best R.C.C.: Ch. Kilbourne Baccaratto Ormanstar.Barmaud - Puppy: Regalflight Racer.Beardswood - Under 18 months: WolfscastleGreyce.Mhor - Under 2 years: Kilbourne Pandora toTalorpeche.Fawcett - Under 3 years: Kilbourne Pandora toTalorpeche.Evita - Over 5 years: Earl Grey von der Oelmuhle.Rob Roy - Owner never won a C.C.: KilbourneUnity.Melchior - Head & expression: WolfscastleGreyce.Balgrogan – Brace: Morton & Morgan.

SCOTTISH KENNEL CLUB (16.05.14)Judge: Mrs G Smith

PUPPY DOG1. Dorrator Franklin (Foy)JUNIOR DOG1. Kilbourne Boogaloo to Ormanstar (Taylor)

2. Moireach Osprey of Fingon (McKinnon)YEARLING DOG1. Killoeter Ruaig (Macbean)2. Pitlochry's Lanselot (De Courcy)3. Moireach Osprey of Fingon (McKinnon)POST GRADUATE DOG1. Gentiehun Ayers Rock of Kaleginy(Constantine)2. Rosslyn Qonnor (Sharp)3. Gentiehun Parsley (de Courcy)LIMIT DOG1. Gentiehun Desert Orchid (Anderson)2. Islay's Iarla to Leoch [Imp Deu] (Milne &Andrews)3. Cassacre Aethelgild (Samways)OPEN DOG1. Ch. Kwaricott Corelli (Hawkins) CC2. Ch. Cotherstone Shot And Steel (Morton &Morgan) RCC3. Kilbourne Nico (Peach)VETERAN DOG1. Menteith Declan (Swanson)PUPPY BITCH1. Celticmoon Shadow Magic (Lindsay) BPIBJUNIOR BITCH1. Kilbourne Liberty (Peach)YEARLING BITCH1. Kilbourne Pandora to Talorpeche (Taylor)2. Cotherstone Brogue (Swanson)3. Killoeter Ralia (Macbean)POST GRADUATE BITCH1. Fintralgor Red Red Rose (Foote & Crossan)2. Kessoch Black Sam Bellamy (Lyon)3. Leoch Isla (Milne & Andrews)LIMIT BITCH1. Greyflax Just Peachy (Bailey) RCC2. Gentiehun Adelaide of Kaleginy (Constantine)3. Kessoch Marsco of Greystiel (Smart)OPEN BITCH1. Ch. Cotherstone Duchenne (Morton &Morgan) CC & BOB2. Kilbourne Wendela (Peach)3. Guinevere Starshire from Kilbourne (Taylor)VETERAN BITCH1. Canishurn Zena (Cunningham)

TROPHIES AWARDED AT SCOTTISH KENNELCLUBRoss - For type: Greyflax Just Peachy.Blythblue - Bred by: Ch. Cotherstone Duchenne.Flute - Not bred by: Gentiehun Desert Orchid.Geltsdale – Best R.C.C.: Greyflax Just Peachy.Barmaud - Puppy: Celticmoon Shadow Magic.Beardswood - Under 18 months: KilbourneLiberty.Mhor - Under 2 years: Killoeter RuaigFawcett - Under 3 years: Gentiehun Ayers Rockof Kaleginy.Evita - Over 5 years: Canishurn Zena.Rob Roy - Owner never won a C.C.: GentiehunDesert Orchid.Melchior - Head & expression: GlenfoybleFilliberry.Balgrogan – Brace: Morton & Morgan

BATH C.S. (26.05.14)Judge: Mr P Pask

MINOR PUPPY DOG1. Finlas At Claonaiglen (Parsons & McKinnon)BPIBPUPPY DOG1. Luckhurst Orminscraig (Bye)JUNIOR DOG1. Kilbourne Twist (Johnson)2. Kilbourne Boogaloo to Ormanstar (Taylor)3. Ehlaradawn Rune (Barter & Christian)NOVICE DOG1. Luckhurst Nairn (Lewis)2. Harropine Celtic Warrior for Sorimsway(Steele)3. Harropine Mamkinga (Nunn & Kenyon)POST GRADUATE DOG1. Luckhurst Nebo to Wolfscastle (Owen &Brodie) RCC2. Beardswood Quiver (Schaanning Ling)3. Kilbourne Poacher (Jenkins)LIMIT DOG1. Hamiltonhill Fred D Mercury (Wilson)2. Hyndsight Tempest (Finnett & Harrington)OPEN DOG1. Lux Ch. Regalflight Tarloch (Baumann) CC &BOB2. Earl Grey von der Oelmuhle (Taylor & Peach)3. Kilbourne Nico (Peach)

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MINOR PUPPY BITCH1. Shagiead Aunty Hetty for Lordswell (Meer)2. Celticmoon Shadow Huntress (Bay & O'Brien)3. Pantawick Brea (Bunce)PUPPY BITCH NONE PRESENTJUNIOR BITCH1. Greyflax Summer Breeze (Bailey)2. Wolfscastle Greyce (Owen & Brodie)3. Ehlaradawn Tilia at Kilbourne (Peach)NOVICE BITCH1. Kilbourne Pandora to Talorpeche2. Cotherstone Heartbreaker with Sorimsway(Steele)3. Ardlancien Eriskay (Roberts)POST GRADUATE BITCH1. Kanba Tamsin (Carr) RCC2. Claonaiglen Buie (Parsons & McKinnon)3. Pantawick Aethelwyne (Bunce)LIMIT BITCH1. Kilbourne Penelope at Maelstrom (Kilgar)2. Shagiead Lady Sea with Greybrows (Redmond& Friend)3. Hyndsight Wind Dancer of Ehlaradawn (Barter& Christian)OPEN BITCH1. Greyflax Just Peachy (Bailey) CC2. Kilbourne Wendela (Peach)3. Greyhawks Romanie Rakli to Luckhurst (Lewis)

TROPHIES AWARDED AT BATHRoss - For type: Non MemberBlythblue - Bred by: Greyflax Just Peachy.Flute - Not bred by: Non MemberGeltsdale – Best R.C.C.: Luckhurst Nebo toWolfscastleBarmaud - Puppy: Finlas Nebo to Wolfscastle.Beardswood - Under 18 months: GreyflaxSummer BreezeMhor - Under 2 years: Luckhurst Nebo toWolfscastle.Fawcett - Under 3 years: Luckhurst Nebo toWolfscastle.Evita - Over 5 years: Hamiltonhill Fred D Mercury.Rob Roy - Owner never won a C.C.: Kanba Tamsin.Melchior - Head & expression:Hyndsight TempestBalgrogan – Brace: Parsons & McKinnon

SOUTHERN COUNTIES C.A. (31.05.14)Judge: Dr P Dondina (Italy)

PUPPY DOG1. Regalflight Rueben (Bond)2. Luckhurst Orminscraig (Bye)JUNIOR DOG1. Pyefleet Tarka (Girling)2. Ehlaradawn Rune (Barter & Christian)3. Kilbourne Boogaloo to Ormanstar (Taylor)POST GRADUATE DOG1. Beardswood Ripley for Calbraidh (Faircloth)2. Pedlarspath Shaman (Merrick & Keeling)3. Kilbourne Poacher (Jenkins)LIMIT DOG1. Beardswood Quinlan (Helps) RCC2. Hamiltonhill Fred D Mercury (Wilson)3. Nimloth Bilbo for Kilbourne (Peach)OPEN DOG1. Lux/MC/NL Ch. Regalflight Tarloch (Baumann)CC & BOB2. Laird Of Summerisle (Stabb & Taylor)3. Ch. Hyndsight Riddick (Spence & Heathcote)VETERAN1. Kilbourne Levanto with Hyndsight (Harrington& Finnett)2. Jamalison Anthem (Bye)PUPPY BITCH1. Shagiead Aunty Hetty for Lordswell (Meer)BPIB2. Pantawick Bliss (Bunce)3. Pantawick Brea (Bunce)JUNIOR BITCH1. Kilbourne Liberty (Peach)POST GRADUATE BITCH1. Shagiead Lady Sea with Greybrows (Redmond& Friend)2. Kilbourne Pandora to Talorpeche (Taylor)3. Beardswood Quintessence (Helps)LIMIT BITCH1. Pyefleet Sabine (Girling (Girling) CC2. Hyndsight Ripely into Shagiead (Spence) RCC3. Brackenland Waltz for Kilbourne (Johnson)

OPEN BITCH1. Kilbourne Wendela (Peach)2. Greyflax Just Peachy (Bailey)

TROPHIES AWARDED AT SOUTHERN COUNTIESRoss - For type: Non Member Blythblue - Bred by: Pyefleet SabineFlute - Not bred by: Non MemberGeltsdale – Best R.C.C.: Beardswood Quinlan.Barmaud – Puppy: Shagiead Aunty Hettie atLordswell. Beardswood - Under 18 months: Shagiead AuntyHettie at Lordswell. Mhor - Under 2 years: Shagiead Lady Sea withGreybrows. Fawcett - Under 3 years: Shagiead Lady Sea withGreybrows.Evita - Over 5 years: Kilbourne Levanto withHyndsight.Rob Roy - Owner never won a C.C.: BeardswoodRipley for Calbraith.Melchior - Head & expression: Pyefleet Tarka.Balgrogan – Brace: Girling

THREE COUNTIES (06.06.14)Judge: Mrs J Wragg

PUPPY DOG1. Finlas At Claonaiglen (Parsons & McKinnon) BPIB2. Luckhurst Orminscraig (Bye)JUNIOR DOG1. Kilbourne Boogaloo to Ormanstar (Taylor)POST GRADUATE DOG1. Luckhurst Nebo to Wolfscastle (Owen &Brodie)2. Kanba The Time Lord for Gentom (Spencer,Rhodes & Morton)3. Beardswood Quiver (Schaanning Ling)LIMIT DOG1. Beardswood Quinlan (Helps)2. Hamiltonhill Fred D Mercury (Wilson)OPEN DOG1. Ch. Cotherstone Shot And Steel (Morton &Morgan) CC2. Earl Grey von der Oelmuhle (Taylor & Peach)RCC3. Lux Ch. Regalflight Tarloch (Baumann)PUPPY BITCH1. Kilbourne Zoe (Peach)2. Pantawick Brea (Bunce)3. Pantawick Bliss (Bunce)JUNIOR BITCH1. Ehlaradawn Tilia at Kilbourne (Peach)2. Greyflax Summer Breeze (Bailey)3. Wolfscastle Greyce (Owen & Brodie)POST GRADUATE BITCH1. Beardswood Quintessence (Helps)2. Ardlancien Eiryn to Balgaled (Aston)3. Kilbourne Pandora to Talorpeche (Taylor)LIMIT BITCH1. Shagiead Lady Sea with Greybrows (Redmond& Friend) CC & BOB2. Greyflax Just Peachy (Bailey)3. Claonaiglen Buie (Parsons & McKinnon)OPEN BITCH1. Kilbourne Wendela (Peach) RCC2. Ch. Cotherstone Duchenne (Morton & Morgan)3. Stranwith Aria at Roguesmoor ShCM(Pursglove)

TROPHIES AWARDED AT THREE COUNTIESRoss - For type: Shagiead Lady Sea withGreybrowsBlythblue - Bred by: Ch Cotherstone Shot & SteelFlute - Not bred by: Shagiead Lady Sea withGreybrowsGeltsdale – Best R.C.C.: Kilbourne Wendela.Barmaud – Puppy: Finlas At Claonaiglen. Beardswood - Under 18 months: EhlaradawnTilia at Kilbourne.Mhor - Under 2 years: Luckhurst Nebo toWolfscastle.Fawcett - Under 3 years: Shagiead Lady Sea withGreybrowsEvita - Over 5 years: Earl Grey von der Oelmuhle.Rob Roy - Owner never won a C.C.: ArdlancienEiryn to Balgaled.Melchior - Head & expression: Shagiead LadySea with GreybrowsBalgrogan – Brace: Helps

BORDER UNION AGRI. SOC. (15.06.14)Judge: Mrs S Platt

PUPPY DOG1. Finlas At Claonaiglen (Parsons & T.A.McKinnon) BPIB & RCC

2. Dorrator Franklin (Foy)JUNIOR DOG1. Pyefleet Timothy (Girling)2. Kilbourne Boogaloo to Ormanstar (Taylor)NOVICE DOG1. Pyefleet Tarka (Girling)2. Fintralgor Fickle Fortune (Addy)POST GRADUATE DOG1. Rosslyn Qonnor (Sharp)2. Moireach Osprey of Fingon (M.McKinnon)3. Gentiehun Ayers Rock of Kaleginy(Constantine)LIMIT DOG1. Killoeter Ruaig (MacBean)2. Pharcourse Noah at Stranwith (Barret)3. Gentiehun Desert Orchid (Anderson)OPEN DOG1. Ch. Cotherstone Shot And Steel (Morton &Morgan) CC2. Kilbourne Nico (Peach)3. Earl Grey von der Oelmuhle (Taylor & Peach)PUPPY BITCH1. Dorrator Garvey (Gillie)2. Celticmoon Shadow Magic (Lindsay)3. Rathcreevagh First Experience [Eire Imp](Milne & Andrews)JUNIOR BITCH1. Kilbourne Liberty (Peach)2. Greyflax Summer Breeze (Bailey)NOVICE BITCH1. Kilbourne Pandora to Talorpeche (Taylor)2. Araceta Daydream Believer (O'Brien & Quinn)POST GRADUATE BITCH1. Killoeter Ralia (MacBean) CC & BOB2. Ehlaradawn Tilia (Peach)3. Araceta Cordelia (O'Brien & Quinn)LIMIT BITCH1. Gentiehun Adelaide of Kaleginy (Constantine)2. Stranwith Ariadne (Barret)3. Kessoch Marsco of Greystiel (Smart)OPEN BITCH1. Kilbourne Wendela (Peach) RCC2. Claonaiglen Fionnelighe (Parsons &McKinnon)3. Dorrator Song for Drella (Gillie)

TROPHIES AWARDED AT BORDER UNIONRoss - For type: Killoeter Ralia.Blythblue - Bred by: Killoeter Ralia.Flute - Not bred by: Finlas At ClaonaiglenGeltsdale – Best R.C.C.: Finlas At ClaonaiglenBarmaud - Puppy: Finlas At ClaonaiglenBeardswood - Under 18 months: Finlas AtClaonaiglenMhor - Under 2 years: Killoeter Ralia.Fawcett - Under 3 years: Killoeter Ralia.Evita - Over 5 years: Glenfoyble FilliberryRob Roy - Owner never won a C.C.: GentiehunAdelaide at KaleginyMelchior - Head & expression: Ehlaradawn TiliaBalgrogan – Brace: MacBean

BLACKPOOL & DIST. C.S. (21.06.14)Judge: Mr A Brace

VETERAN – NONE PRESENTMINOR PUPPY DOG – NONE ENTEREDPUPPY DOG1. Finlas At Claonaiglen (Parsons & McKinnon)JUNIOR DOG1. Almondbank Lead On McDuff (McIntyre)GRADUATE DOG – NONE PRESENTPOST GRADUATE DOG1. Araceta Dreamflight (Wallace) 2. Gentiehun Ayers Rock of Kaleginy(Constantine)3. Erewhon Celestial Fire (Shannon)LIMIT DOG1. Greyflax Taylor Made for Kilbourne (Peach) CC2. Killoeter Ruaig (MacBean)3. Gentiehun Desert Orchid (Anderson)OPEN DOG1. Ch Cotherstone Shot And Steel (Morton &Morgan) RCC2. Ch Kwaricott Corelli (Hawkins)3. Cusidh Homecoming (Cartmell)MINOR PUPPY BITCH1. Kilbourne Zoe (Peach) BPIBPUPPY BITCH – NONE ENTERED

JUNIOR BITCH1. Ehlaradawn Tilia (Peach) RCC2. Hillmorton Hazel (McIntyre)GRADUATE BITCH1. Killoeter Ralia (MacBean)2. Kilbourne Nimble at Marivon (Davis)

POST GRADUATE BITCH1. Lairigefyne Eider (Carlin)2. Brylach Over The Broomstick with Cusidh(Cartmell)3. Erewhon Wanton Flame (Shannon)LIMIT BITCH1. Gentiehun Adelaide of Kaleginy (Constantine)2. Fintralgor Red Red Rose (Foote & Crossan)3. Kilbourne Penelope at Maelstrom (Kilgar)OPEN BITCH1. Ch. Cotherstone Duchenne (Morton &Morgan) CC & BOB2. Claonaiglen Fionnelighe (Parsons &McKinnon)3. Kilbourne Wendela (Peach)

TROPHIES AWARDED AT BLACKPOOLRoss - For type: Greyflax Taylor Made forKilbourne.Blythblue - Bred by: Ch Cotherstone Duchenne.Flute - Not bred by: Greyflax Taylor Made forKilbourne.Geltsdale – Best R.C.C.: Ch Cotherstone ShotAnd Steel.Barmaud - Puppy: Kilbourne Zoe.Beardswood - Under 18 months: EhlaradawnTilia.Mhor - Under 2 years: Ehlaradawn Tilia.Fawcett - Under 3 years: Ehlaradawn Tilia.Evita - Over 5 years: Claonaiglen Moonlighter.Rob Roy - Owner never won a C.C.: GentiehunAdelaide at KaleginyMelchior - Head & expression: Ch. CotherstoneDuchenneBalgrogan – Brace: Not judged

WINDSOR DOG SHOW (26.06.14)Judge: Mrs D Kenis Pordham

VETERAN D/B – NONE PRESENTPUPPY DOG1. Regalflight Rueben (Bond) BPIBJUNIOR DOG1. Pyefleet Timothy (Girling)YEARLING DOG1. Hyndsight Run To You (Finnett & Heathcote)2. Pyefleet Tarka (Girling)3. Kilbourne Poacher (Jenkins)POST GRADUATE DOG1. Luckhurst Nebo to Wolfscastle (Owen &Brodie)2. Kilbourne Usher to Ormanstar (Taylor)3. Beardswood Quiver (Schaanning Ling)LIMIT DOG1. Beardswood Quinlan (Helps)2. Fred D Mercury (Wilson)3. Hyndsight Tempest (Finnett & Harrington)OPEN DOG1. Lux Ch. Regalflight Tarloch (Baumann)2. Earl Grey von der Oelmuhle (Taylor & Peach)3. Ch. Hyndsight Riddick (Spence & N.Heathcote)GOOD CITIZEN DOG OR BITCH – NO ENTRIESPUPPY BITCH1. Kilbourne Zoe (Peach)2. Shagiead Aunty Hetty for Lordswell (Meer)3. Regalflight Racer (Bond)JUNIOR BITCH1. Ehlaradawn Tilia at Kilbourne (Peach)2. Greyflax Summer Breeze (Bailey)3. Wolfscastle Greyce (Owen, Brodie & Cody)YEARLING BITCH1. Kilbourne Pandora to Talorpeche (Taylor) RCC2. Hyndsight Runin Down A Dream (Finnett & H.Heathcote) 3. Hyndsight Book Of Dreams (Finnett & H.Heathcote)POST GRADUATE BITCH1. Beardswood Rhymi (Helps)2. Lyndorthwin Ethel Grey(Tresh)3. Pantawick Aethelwyne (Bunce)LIMIT BITCH1. Shagiead Lady Sea with Greybrows (Redmond& Friend)2. Cotherstone Take Silk (McGill)3. Beardswood Quintessence (Helps)OPEN BITCH1. Trentdale Glamis of Lyndorthwin (Tresh) CC2. Kilbourne Wendela (Peach)3. Greyflax Just Peachy (Bailey)

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TROPHIES AWARDED AT WINDSORRoss - For type: Trentdale Glamis to Lyndorthwin.Blythblue - Bred by: Beardswood Quinlan.Flute - Not bred by: Non MemberGeltsdale – Best R.C.C.: Kilbourne Pandora toTalorpeche.Barmaud - Puppy: Regalflight Rueben.Beardswood - Under 18 months: Ehlaradawn Tiliaat Kilbourne.Mhor - Under 2 years: Kilbourne Pandora toTalorpeche.Fawcett - Under 3 years: Kilbourne Pandora toTalorpeche.Evita - Over 5 years: Trentdale Glamis toLyndorthwin.Rob Roy - Owner never won a C.C.: TrentdaleGlamis to Lyndorthwin.Melchior - Head & expression: BeardswoodRhymi.Balgrogan – Brace: Helps

EAST OF ENGLAND (06.07.14)Judge: Mrs L Spence

PUPPY DOG1. Wolfscastle Caradog (Hall)JUNIOR DOG1. Pyefleet Tarka (Girling)2. Greyhawks Romanie Drom (Pink)GRADUATE DOG1. Cusidh Drawing Down The Sun (Cartmell)2. Greyflax Pie In The Sky (Williams)POST GRADUATE DOG1. Kilbourne Usher to Ormanstar (Taylor) RCC2. Erewhon Celestial Fire (Shannon)3. Regalflight Poacher at Leksmoor (Greenhalgh)LIMIT DOG1. Greyflax Taylor Made for Kilbourne (Peach)2. Hamiltonhill Fred D Mercury (Wilson)3. Beardswood Quinlan (Helps)OPEN DOG1. Ch Cotherstone Shot And Steel (Morton &Morgan) CC2. Earl Grey von der Oelmuhle (Taylor & Peach)3. Ch. Kwaricott Corelli (Hawkins)PUPPY BITCH1. Kilbourne Zoe (Peach) BPIB2. Charbonnel Greta at Ladygrove (Phillips)3. Regalflight Racer (Bond)JUNIOR BITCH1. Kilbourne Liberty (Peach)2. Greyflax Summer Breeze (Bailey)3. Charbonnel Gobi to Ladygrove (Phillips)GRADUATE BITCH1. Ehlaradawn Tilia (Peach)2. Kilbourne Pandora to Talorpeche (Taylor)3. Araceta Daydream Believer (O’Brien & Quinn)POST GRADUATE BITCH1. Lyndorthwin Ethel Grey (Tresh) RCC2. Erewhon Wanton Flame (Shannon)3. Brylach Over The Broomstick with Cusidh(Cartmell)LIMIT BITCH1. Stranwith Ariadne (Barret) CC & BOB2. Pyefleet Skatha at Ollandsheart (Stuart &Holt)3. Beardswood Quintessence (Helps)OPEN BITCH1. Kilbourne Wendela (Peach)2. Ch Cotherstone Duchenne (Morton & J Morgan)3. Ch Ladygrove Calamity Jane at Amiro (A Morgan)

TROPHIES AWARDED AT EAST OF ENGLANDRoss - For type: Stranwith Ariadne.Blythblue - Bred by: Stranwith Ariadne.Flute - Not bred by: Kilbourne Usher to Ormanstar.Geltsdale - Best R.C.C.: Lyndorthwin Ethel Grey.Barmaud - Puppy: Kilbourne Zoe.Beardswood - Under 18 months: KilbourneLiberty.Mhor - Under 2 years: Ehlaradawn Tilia atKilbourne.Fawcett - Under 3 years: Lyndorthwin Ethel Grey.Evita - Over 5 years: Ch Calamity Jane at Amiro.Rob Roy - Owner never won a C.C.: SireadhChase.Melchior - Head & expression: StranwithAriadne.Brace: Helps.

LEEDS (25.07.14)Judge: Mr K Pursglove

PUPPY DOG - NONE PRESENTJUNIOR DOG1. Pyefleet Timothy (Girling)POST GRADUATE DOG1. Erewhon Celestial Fire (Shannon)2. Rosslyn Reiver (Smith-Fenton & Doak)3. Cotherstone's The Barrister at Sorimsway(Steele)LIMIT DOG1. Killoeter Ruaig (Macbean) RCC2. Greyflax Taylor Made for Kilbourne (Peach)3. Gentiehun Ayres Rock of Kaleginy(Constantine)OPEN DOG1. Ch Kwaricott Corelli (Hawkins) CC & BOB2. Ch Cotherstone Shot And Steel (Morton&Morgan)VETERAN DOG - NO ENTRIESPUPPY BITCH1. Kilbourne Zoe (Peach) BPIB2. Regalflight Raffia of Lairigefyne (D Rhodes)JUNIOR BITCH1. Ehlaradawn Tilia at Kilbourne (Peach)2. Greyflax Summer Breeze (Bailey)3. Charbonnel Glenda (Platt)POST GRADUATE BITCH1. Cotherstone Islay Mist of Kaleginy (Constantine)2. Stranwith Dimity (Barret)3. Araceta Daydream Believer (Quinn & O'Brien)LIMIT BITCH1. Shagiead Lady Sea with Greybrows (Redmond& Friend) RCC2. Gentiehun Adelaide of Kaleginy (Constantine)3. Pyefleet Scrumpie (Girling)OPEN BITCH1. Ch Cotherstone Duchenne (Morton & Morgan) CC2. Greyflax Just Peachy (Bailey)VETERAN BITCH1. Witchway to Kilbourne (Williams)2. Killoeter Mingalay of Camuscuin (K Bailey)

TROPHIES AWARDED AT LEEDSRoss - For type: Ch Kwaricott CorelliBlythblue - Bred by: Ch Kwaricott CorelliFlute - Not bred by: Shagiead Lady Sea withGreybrows.Geltsdale - Best R.C.C.: Shagiead Lady Sea withGreybrows.Barmaud - Puppy: Kilbourne Zoe.Beardswood - Under 18 months: Pyefleet Timothy Mhor - Under 2 years: Killoeter Ruaig.Fawcett - Under 3 years: Shagiead Lady Sea withGreybrows.Evita - Over 5 years: Ch. Witch Way to Kilbourne.Rob Roy - Owner never won a C.C.: CotherstoneIslay Mist of Kaleginy.Melchior - Head & expression: Shagiead LadySea with Greybrows Balgrogan - Brace: Morton & Morgan

HOUNDSHOW 2014 (02.08.14)Judge: Mrs E Hamilton

PUPPY DOG1. Finlas At Claonaiglen (Parsons & McKinnon) BPIB2. Regalflight Rueben (Bond)3. Wolfscastle Caradog (Hall)JUNIOR DOG1. Pyefleet Tarka (Girling)2. Hoddingrey Peregrine (Taylor)YEARLING DOG1. Pharcourse Noah at Stranwith (Barret)2. Regalflight Poacher at Leksmoor (Greenhalgh)3. Fritzens Drum to Neroche [Imp Deu] (Wragg)SPECIAL BEGINNERS DOG1. Pedlarspath Secret Star (Merrick)2. Rosslyn Qurgan (Clarke)3. Pedlarspath Shaman (Merrick & Keeling)POST GRADUATE DOG1. Luckhurst Nebo to Wolfscastle (Owen &Brodie) RCC2. Pedlarspath Secret Star (Merrick)3. Luckhurst Nairn (Lewis)LIMIT DOG1. Greyflax Taylor Made for Kilbourne (Peach) 2. Beardswood Quinlan (Helps)3. Gentiehun Ayers Rock (Constantine)OPEN DOG1. Ch Kwaricott Corelli (Hawkins) CC2. Ch Cotherstone Shot And Steel (Morton &Morgan) 3. Ch Hyndsight Riddick (Spence & Heathcote)SPECIAL COURSING DOG1. Beardswood Quinlan (Helps)

2. Packway Comanche Moon (Lucas & Dargonne)VETERAN DOG NONE PRESENTPUPPY BITCH1. Kilbourne Zoe (Peach)2. Foxcliffe Classic Liberty Freedom atBeardswood [Imp USA] (Helps & Dove)3. Pantawick Brea (Bunce)JUNIOR BITCH1. Wolfscastle Greyce (Owen, Brodie & Cody)2. Greyflax Summer Breeze (Bailey)3. Ehlaradawn Tilia at Kilbourne (Peach)YEARLING BITCH1. Cotherstone Islay Mist of Kaleginy (Constantine)2. Lodhainn Bennbeheula to Jamalison (Grimshaw)3. Erewhon Wanton Flame (Shannon)SPECIAL BEGINNERS BITCH1. Claonaiglen Ehervie (Keeling)2. Saint Valentene Lilly (Taylor)3. Ardlancien Elona (Wilbraham)POST GRADUATE BITCH1. Beardswood Rona (Helps & Kermack)2. Brylach Over The Broomstick with Cusidh(Cartmell)3. Lyndorthwin Ethel Grey (Tresh)LIMIT BITCH1. Shagiead Lady Sea with Greybrows (Redmond& Friend) CC & BOB2. Pyefleet Skatha at Ollandsheart (Stuart &Holt) RCC3. Pyefleet Sabine (Girling)OPEN BITCH1. Stranwith Ariadne (Barret)2. Greyflax Just Peachy (Bailey)3. Claonaiglen Fionnelighe (Parsons & McKinnon)SPECIAL COURSING BITCH1. Beardswood Rona (Helps & Kermack)2. Beardswood Quintessence (Helps)3. Glenmorlich None So Pretty for Packway(Lucas & Dargonne)VETERAN BITCH NONE PRESENT

TROPHIES AWARDED AT THE HOUNDSHOWRoss - For type: Shagiead Lady Sea with Greybrows.Blythblue - Bred by: Ch. Kwaricott Corelli.Flute - Not bred by: Shagiead Lady Sea withGreybrows.Geltsdale - Best R.C.C.: Luckhurst Nebo toWolfscastle.Barmaud - Puppy: Finlas At ClaonaiglenBeardswood - Under 18 months: Finlas AtClaonaiglenMhor - Under 2 years: Pharcourse Noah atStranwithFawcett - Under 3 years: Shagiead Lady Sea withGreybrows.Evita - Over 5 years: Claonaiglen Ehervie.Rob Roy - Owner never won a C.C.: ClaonaiglenEhervie.Melchior - Head & expression: Shagiead LadySea with Greybrows.Balgrogan - Brace: Owen & Brodie

PAIGNTON & DIST. [No DH CC's] (03.08.14)Judge: Miss D Spavin

BD & BOB: Fritzens Drum to Neroche [Imp](Wragg)RBD Luckhurst Orminscraig (Bye)BB Jamalison Anthem ShCM (Bye)RBB Ardlancien Erskay (Roberts)

OPEN SHOWSSUFFOLK K. A. (16.02.14)

Breed & Group Judge: Mr C Taggart(Charjaghan)

BOB & G3 Greyflax Brown Eyed Girl (Williams)RBOB Greyflax Pie In The Sky (Williams)

NEWARK & DIST. C.S. (22.02.14)Judge: S Cole

BOB Erewhon Celestial Fire (Shannon)RBOB Erewhon Wanton Flame (Shannon)

POTTERIES & DIST. C.S. [points](15.03.14)

Breed Judge( Mr K Owen (Wolfscastle)Group Judge: Mrs L Aldous (Panjsher)BIS Judge: Mr D Killilea (Redwitch)

BPIB, BOB, BPIG, BIG & RBPIS: KilbourneLiberty (Peach)

HERTS & ESSEX BORDER C.S. (16.03.14)Judge: L Tyler Jackson

BOB Erewhon Wanton Flame (Shannon)

RBOB Erewhon Celestial Fire (Shannon)

LLANDYSUL & DIST C.S. (22.03.14)Judge: F Fricker (Kerman)

Best AVNSC Hound Ardlancien Eiryn to Balgaled(Aston)

BRIDGWATER & DIST. C.S. (23.03.14)Judge: Mr J Chorley (Lochrey)

BPIB, BOB & PG4 Luckhurst Orminscraig (Bye)

HOUNDSHOW [Points Show] (23.03.14)Judge: Mrs Chris Wilson (Hamiltonhill)BOB Kilbourne Usher to Ormanstar (Taylor)BPIB Kilbourne Boogaloo to Ormanstar (Taylor)

DEERHOUND CLUB SHOW (05.04.14)Judge: Mr B Fritz (Germany)

DOGSPUPPY1. Dorrator Franklin (Foy) BPD2. Ehlaradawn Rune (Barter & Christian)3. Finlas at Claonaiglen (McKinnon & Parsons)JUNIOR1. Kilbourne Boogaloo to Ormanstar (Taylor)2. Cusidh Drawing Down The Sun (Cartmell)3. Greyhawks Romanie Drom (Pink)YEARLING 1. Luckhurst Nairn (Lewis)2. Luckhurst Nebo to Wolfscastle (Owen &Brodie)3. Beardswood Ripley for Calbraidh (Faircloth)SPECIAL BEGINNERS NOVICE1. Regalflight Poacher at Leksmoor (Greenhalgh)2. Rosslyn Qurgan (Clarke)3. Lairigefyne Davey (Wilson)SPECIAL BEGINNERS OPEN1. Sireadh Chase (Wilkinson)2. Pedlarspath Shaman (Keeling & Merrick)3. Pedlarspath Secret Star (Merrick)UNDERGRADUATE1. Gentiehun Ayers Rock of Kaleginy(Constantine)2. Pedlarspath Shaman (Keeling & Merrick)3. Pedlarspath Secret Star (Merrick)POST GRADUATE1. Kilbourne Usher to Ormanstar (Taylor)2. Beardswood Quiver (Schanning Ling)3. Clanardwood Snow Hawk (Minton)LIMIT1. Cusidh Homecoming (Cartmell)2. Nimloth Bilbo of Kilbourne (Peach)3. Beardswood Quinlan (Helps)OPEN1. Ch. Cotherstone Shot And Steel ShCM(Morton & Morgan) BD & BIS2. Kwaricott Corelli (Hawkins) RBD3. Lealla Lephin (Churchill)VETERAN1. Ch. Pyefleet Rollo (Girling)2. Ghiltan Hero (Seymour-Jackson)3. Brackenland Ran (Edwards)

BITCHESPUPPY1. Ehlaradawn Tilia at Kilbourne (Peach) BPB &BPIS 2. Charbonnel Gobi to Ladygrove (Phillips)JUNIOR1. Kilbourne Liberty (Peach)2. Kilbourne Pandora to Talorpeche (Taylor)3. Charbonnel Greta at Ladygrove (Phillips)YEARLING1. Ardlancien Eiryn to Balgaled (Aston)2. Ardlancien Elona (Wilbraham)3. Ardlancien Elfreya (Roberts)SPECIAL BEGINNERS NOVICE1. Ardlancien Eiryn to Balgaled (Aston)2. Ardlancien Elona (Wilbraham)3. Ardlancien Elfreya (Roberts)SPECIAL BEGINNERS OPEN1. Kilbourne Nimble at Marivon (Davis)2. Glenmorlich None So Pretty for Packway(Lucas & Dargonne)3. Claonaiglen Shiel of Pedlarspath (Merrick)UNDERGRADUATE1. Lodhainn Bennbeheula to Jamalison(Grimshaw)2. Beardswood Rona (Helps & Kermack)3. Brylach Over The Broomstick with Cusidh(Cartmell)

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POST GRADUATE1. Gentiehun Adelaide of Kaleginy(Constantine)2. Beardswood Quintessence (Helps)3. Kilbourne Unity (Ellse)LIMIT1. Greyflax Just Peachy (Bailey) BB & RBIS2. Stranwith Ariadne (Barret)3. Pyefleet Scrumpie (Girling)OPEN1. Ch. Cotherstone Duchenne (Morton &Morgan) RBB2. Kilbourne Wendela (Peach)3. Claonaiglen Fionnelighe (McKinnon &Parsons)VETERAN1. Stranwith Morag (Barret)2. Ch. Claonaiglen Orrin (Mckinnon &Parsons)3. Ch. Marandike Ebony’s Choice toWolfscastle (Owen & Brodie)

DEERHOUND CLUB SHOW (06.04.14)Judge: Mrs B Schone Brodwall(Norway) Special Classes

MAIDEN1. Kilbourne Pandora to Talorpeche (Taylor)2. Moireach Kestrel (Murray)3. Regalflight Pemba (Wheeler)SPECIAL COURSING/LURE CHASING1. Nimloth Brandir (van Zanten-Boomgaard)2. NL Ch. Jacobite Rosanne to Gentiehun[Imp Aus] (Spring-Arnold)3. Beardswood Quintessence (Helps)BRACE1. Miss S.J. Taylor2. Mr M & Mrs G.M. Peach3. Mrs H.B. & Dr S.A.F. HelpsTEAM - NONE PRESENT.SPECIAL BREEDER'S GROUP1. Mr M & G.M. Peach2. Mrs H.B. & Dr S.A.F. Helps3. Mr & Mrs J BuswellSPECIAL NOT BRED BY EXHIBITOR1. Gentiehun Ayers Rock of Kaleginy(Constantine)2. Cotherstone Islay Mist of Kaleginy(Constantine)3. Ch. Kilbourne Baccarat to Ormanstar(Taylor)SPECIAL BRED BY EXHIBITOR1. Ch. Cotherstone Duchenne (Morton &Morgan)2. Beardswood Quintessence (Helps)3. Regalflight Civet (Bond)SPECIAL ROTHERWOOD STAKES D/B1. Cusidh Homecoming (Cartmell)2. Beardswood Quintessence (Helps)3. Gentiehun Adelaide of Kaleginy(Constantine)

STITHIANS SHOW (14.04.14)Judge: Miss T Hoare (Tormor)

BOB Jamalison Anthem Sh CM (Bye)

TOTNES & DIST. C.S (12.07.14)Breed & Group Judge: Mr A ChappellBOB & G4 Jamalison Anthem ShCM (Bye)

EVESHAM & DIST C.S. (13.07.14)Breed Judge: Mrs J Grimshaw

(Jamalison)Group Judge: Mrs V Phillips

(Debucher)BOB & G4 Luckhurst Nairn (Lewis) RBOB Cloweswood Acer of Peopleton(Francis & Blatchford)

KINGSTON C.S. (20.07.14)Judge: Mr D Spring-Arnold

BOB Glenmorlich Just For Fun (Buswell)RBOB Lord Seafield of Hartvalley(Gilhooly)BPIB Shagiead Aunty Hetty for Lordswell(Meer)

HOUND ASSOC. OF SCOTLAND(0.6.07.14)

Judge: Mr R MorrisonBOB & RBIS Dorrator Garvey (Gillie)

SUFFOLK AGRI. ASSOC. (06.04.14)Judge: Mrs C Buitendach (South

Africa)BOB Saint Valentene Lilly (Taylor)RBOB Greyflax Pie In The Sky (Williams)

CRYSTAL PALACE C.A. (13.04.14)Breed Judge: Mrs V Meer (Lordswell)Group Judge: Mrs S Pirie (Limafalut)

BOB Hamiltonhill Fred D Mercury (Wilson)RBOB Lyndorthwin Ethel Grey (Tresh)BPIB & PG3 Hyndsight Magic In The Night(Finnett & Heathcote)

CHERTSEY & DIST (18.04.14)Breed Judge: Miss N Heathcote

RBOB Glenmorlich None So Pretty forPackway (Lucas & Dargonne)BOB Beardswood Rhymi (Helps)

SOUTH WEST HOUND [Points](21.04.14)

Dog Judge: Ms Sam TaylorBitch Judge: Miss N Heathcote

BOB Ghiltan Hero (Seymour-Jackson)BOS Ardlancien Elfreya (Roberts)

CHELMSFORD & DIST. C.S. (05.05. 14)Judge: Mr M Denny (Janimist)

BOB Lyndorthwin Ethel Grey (Tresh)

ROYAL WELSH AGRI. SOC.[PREMIER] (17.05.14)

Judge : Ms J Gostynska (Bubas)BPIB Finlas At Claonaiglen (Parsons &McKinnon)BOB Luckhurst Nebo to Wolfscastle (Owen &Brodie)

REDDITCH & DIST. (17.05.14)Judge: Miss N Heathcote

BOB Cloweswood Acer of Peopleton(Francis & Blatchford)

STAFFORDSHIRE & BIRMINGHAMAGRI. SOC. [POINTS SHOW]

(28.05.14)Judge: Mrs M O'Gorman (Parkpoint)

BOB Lodhainn Bennbeheula to Jamalison(Grimshaw)

HOUND CLUB OF EAST ANGLIA[POINTS SHOW] (08.06.14)

Breed Judge: Mrs V Meer (Lordswell)BIS Judge: Mr T Goodwin

BPIB Regalflight Rueben (Bond)RBOB & Res Best of BOB in ShowLyndorthwin Ethel Grey (Tresh) BOB Lealla Lephin (Churchill)

NEWMARKET & DIST. C.S. (14.06.14)Judge: Ms D Hardy (Tokaji)

BOB Lyndorthwin Ethel Grey (Tresh)RBOB Erewhon Celestial Fire (Shannon)

CLACTON & DIST. C.S. (21.06.14)Breed & Group Judge: Mr J. Walton-

Haddon (Llsham)BOB & BIG Lyndorthwin Ethel Grey (Tresh)

LIMITED SHOWSSUFFOLK K. A. (16.02.14)

Breed & Group Judge: Mr C Taggart(Charjaghan)

BOB & G3 Greyflax Brown Eyed Girl(Williams) RBOB Greyflax Pie In The Sky (Williams)

Our thanks to all who have taken thetrouble to send show results to us– keepthem coming.

TOM AND JEAN [email protected]

Q Why choose a deerhound?

A I didn't deliberately choose to own adeerhound, but in the late 70s I was lookingafter a bitch, Runa, who belonged to afriend. He was spending more and moretime away on the continent and, inevitably,she became mine. She was my constantcompanion both at work and at home anddespite living in a first floor apartment inLondon, I was only 5 minutes away fromKensington Gardens.

Q How did you get started in the breed?

AWhen Runa died and looking for areplacement, I telephoned the Kennel Cluband discovered there were only two littersavailable; one in Northumberland and onein Essex. This was when I met Mary Girling.I bought a puppy from her (PyefleetInistalpa). Mary's enthusiasm andknowledge of the breed was infectious andencouraged me to start showing, initially atthe Centenary Show in Pitlochry in 1986. Years later, I telephoned Miss Noble, whomI had known since coursing days withsalukis, and she offered me a 7 monthbitch, Ardkinglas Polka, who became ourfirst brood bitch.

Q How did you choose your affix?

A By this time, I had married Alan Cooperand we had moved to a convertedchapel/school with a tower as the frontporch. ‘Chapeltower’ is the English versionof our house name, Twr-y-Capel.

Q How did you become involved withdog showing?

A We showed Polka (known as Zillah) inYork and met Beardswood Eiryn, owned byHeather and Sarah Helps and immediatelyfell in love with him. In 1994, the first Z litterwas born (Zog, Zamara, etc.) followed, thenext year, by a repeat mating whichproduced Zak etc.

When in 1995 the Breed Show was just upthe road from Hay-on-Wye, I entered Zogand Zillah and came away with rosettes, acup, champagne and compliments. I didwell and loved winning the brace awardwith Zog and Zak.

Q Is there one Deerhound highlightyou will always remember?

A Over so many years of showing, it isdifficult to choose one highlight, but myimmediate response to this question waswhen Zak got a First in the Veteran class atthe Hound Show in 2003. He was such ashow off and matured late to win manyVeteran classes. He sired many successfulhounds, including Balzac, our firstInternational Champion.

Q Is there a Deerhound you wouldliked to have owned?

A I loved Ch Rosslyn Carric and I amdelighted that we carried on some of hergenes in our kennel.

Q What are you aiming for whenbreeding?

A I would always look for good bone,health and temperament and would watchhow the young puppies moved from 6weeks onwards to check conformation.

Q What advice would you give tosomeone starting in the breed?

A My advice would always be to talk tothe breeders who have been in the breedfor many years, ask advice, know yourhounds faults and attributes and realisethat a first in the show ring does not meanyou should leap into producing morehounds.

Q Is there any goal you have yet toachieve with your hounds?

A The only goal I have for my hounds isthat they should be happy and healthy.Showing comes second to that.

Q What other breed would you own ifyou did not have Deerhounds?

A I cannot envisage owning any otherbreed. I suppose we become more like thecharacters that we live with and I am too oldto change!

Q What other pastimes or hobbies doyou have?

A I enjoy judging at local hunt and villagedog shows. Over the past seven years,since Cooper died, I have redesigned thehouse and will shortly be ready to startwork in my newly designed and built studio.

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Finding out more aboutJenefer Cooper

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Ch Rosslyn Carric

Photo: D Dalton

PHOTOS: Joan Wragg

PHOTOS: Jan Scheer

DEERHOUND CLUB BREED SHOW 2014BEST IN SHOW: Ms A Morton & Mr J Morgan’s -Ch Cotherstone Shot and Steel (left), judgeMr B Fritz, and RESERVE BEST IN SHOW, Mr G and Mrs N Bailey’s - Greyflax Just Peachy

BEST PUPPY IN SHOWMr M and Mrs G Peach’s - Ehlaradawn Tilia atKilbourne

THE HOUND SHOW 2014Right: BEST OF BREED: Mrs P Redmond and

Mr J Friend’s - Shagiead Lady Sea with Greybrows,(handled by L Spence), judge, Mrs E Hamilton and

BEST OPPOSITE SEX, Mr D and Mrs S Hawkins’ - Ch Kwaricott Corelli

Above: BEST PUPPY IN SHOWMs S Parsons and Mr A McKinnon’s -

Finlas of Claonaiglen

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