National Specialty, Trois Rivieres, Quebec

For the first time ever, the Pointer Club of Canada held its National Specialty in the Province of Quebec.  Merci Jean Filion for all your hard work putting this show together and for hosting a fabulous BBQ the night before the show.  We had pointers from as far away as British Columbia, as well as visitors from a number of US states. 

Sweepstakes Judge: Murray Spearin

Best In Juvenile Sweepstakes - Seasyde Classical Royal Flush

Best In Veteran Sweepstakes - Ch Coquetel Just In Time

Specialty Judge: Charlotte McGowan

Best Of Breed - Ch Lamont Coquetel Erskine

Best Of Opposite Sex - Ch Seasyde Sheer Pure Elegance

Best Of Winners - Seasyde Classical Royal Flush

Best Puppy - Seasyde Classical Royal Flush

Winners Male - Racecity Sound Of The Serengetti At Penzance

Reserve Winners Male - Dawsik's Midnight Shadow

Winners Female - Seasyde Classical Royal Flush

Reserve Winners Female - Chesterhope My Boys Girl

Veteran Female - Ch Coquetel Just In Time

Best Canadian Bred - Ch Lamont Coquetel Erskine

Best Field Dog - Ch Perryglen’s Roger Dodger FDJ

Award of Merit - Ch Imladris Ionn Pada Lagor

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Pointer Picnic, August 15, 2009

This year we had the first official Pointer Club of Canada Ontario Picnic!  Deanna Ross and Murray Spearin of Perryglen Kennels were kind enough to host at their house just outside Little Britain. Deanna has written up a report on the event:

Pointer picnic report

I would like to thank all the people that helped in making this a fun day.  We had a lot of fun and so did the dogs.  Starting out, the weather was very hot and humid. The dogs started by play time in the pond.  Owners are now wearing shirts with many foot prints from the dogs . Then we had a bit of a break with a cold drink and fruit trays . Then the games began. All dogs competed in all competitions

Thanks to Darcy McGee who was our judge this year for the ears and tail competition. Yes, he did use a tape measure :)

Adult dogs:

Longest tail: Cooper with Mike

                     Mark  with Shelley

                     Oakley with Jacqui

Shortest tail: Ben with Maria & Bob

Longest ears: Cooper with Mike

Shortest ears: Penny Lane with Deanna

                        Oakley with Jacqui

Puppy class:

Longest tail: Stu with Courtney & Graeme

Shortest tail: Dolly with Alexandra

                     Daisy with Alexandra' s friend

Longest ears: Dolly

                       Daisy

Shortest ears: Stu

Best head competition was judged by a CKC conformation Judge Joy Huntley

The top 4 in no order are:

Sam with Andrew

Mark with Shelley

Toby with Donna

Penny Lane with Deanna

Games:

We played a game similar to “musical chairs”:  hula hoops were set on the ground; when the music stops, you and your dog must get to a hoop and the dog has to sit (in the hoop).  The last one to sit is out. The winner of this game was Riley with Caroline and Norm.

Toss the dog cookie game:  10 cookies each the one to land the closest to the dog dish wins. You had to have your dog beside you (and sometimes the dog tried to eat the cookies before we could toss them!)  After 2 rounds, the winners were: Cooper and Mike, Daisy and Alexandra's friend.

Puppy push ups game:  The one to do the most sits and downs in a set time. I think the paper work for that blew away or was eaten by a dog (“my dog ate it”)  A couple of the dogs got to the down and stayed there had a nap, rolled on their backs ..... it was tough to judge a winner here.

The last game for the dogs was bobbing for hot dogs in a dish of water. As we know some pointers are not food crazy. We thought that with hot dogs in water, the owners might have done the job faster!  It did help the dogs to cool off in the summer heat!

Dinner was great the big surprise was a cake made with 2 pointer heads . The cake was made by Dr Stacey Wiltshire from Lindsay. Not only is she a great vet, but a great baker too. Thank you Dr. Stacey.

Our total number of dogs playing the games came to 14.  Our total number of people that came to play, judge, help and just watch the fun was 30. Thank you all for coming. We are already planning next years Pointer Picnic.  If you have any new game ideas let us know.  We will probably aim for the second or third weekend in August 2010.  Hope to see you all next year!

Treasurer’s Addendum:  We had a great raffle table that raised $280 for the Pointer Club of Canada!  Thank you everyone for supporting your club by donating prizes and purchasing tickets!

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