EVENTS

The Portuguese Podengo Club of Great Britain held an Educational Day & Match on November 26th 2006. We had a new venue at Daventry, as some of the Members had asked if the events could be held centrally. It was a lovely day and was enjoyed by all, including several new Members and enthusiasts.
We were very honoured to have top all-rounder Terry Thorn judging our Match. It was a shame that we could not have had more of our Podengo’s there for him to see, but several had been shown abroad and had won either their Championship or points towards a Champion Title and as such,were not allowed to be shown at the Match. However, there were some lovely specimens there and all the dogs went home with plenty of goodies.
The day started off by Heather Ridley giving a very informative talk about the pitfalls of Whelping and how to cope with problems with your newborn puppies.
She covered everything that you will ever need to know about and did so in easy laymans terms. I know that many members enjoyed this immensely, even though they had had many years experience for breeding, they told me that they had learnt so much from this talk.

We then had the Puppy Walk which included 10 youngsters. The class was won by Ham, owned by Ginger Bowles. His brother Bounce was 2nd and Meira was third whose owner is Sue Dunning. 4th & 5th were Ant & Fly both owned by Betty Judge.

We then had lunch, followed by the Match itself. Here are all the results:
Puppy - 10 Entries
1st -Betty Judge’s Plushcourt Purpurina, a wire bitch
2nd - Eileen Segui’s Arranbourne Amoroso, a wire dog
3rd - Mandy Deans Plushcourt Pluma, a wire bitch
4th - Nigel & Jennifer Folds Plushcourt Moda at Jaflings, a wire bitch
5th Geoff Lowe’s Plushcourt Mola at Readwald, a wire bitch
Best Smooth was Betty Judges Plushcourt Duquesa

Junior - 6 Entries
1st -Betty Judges Plushcourt Chinelo, a wire bitch
2nd - Anne Mackenzies Wakelyns Minimo, a wire dog
3rd - Susan Brundles Plushcourt Tactica at Brundledean, a wire bitch
4th - Betty Judges Docas De Vedras De Plushcourt, a smooth bitch
5th - Pat & Graham Johnsons Capps Tuco Tuco, a wire bitch

Open Dog - 5 Entries
1st Penny Wills Plushcourt Esplendor at Dallyvista, a wire
2nd Lesley Tomlinsons Plushcourt Mago at Coalacre, a wire
3rd John & Janet Tiranti’s Plushcourt Dom of Garthfield, a wire
4th - Betty Judges Plushcourt Caloura, a wire
5th - Jessica Gruningers Darkle The Domino Effect, a wire
Open Bitch - 8 Entries
1st Eileen Seguis Plushcourt Menina at Arranbourne, a wire
2nd Pat & Graham Johnsons Plushcourt Seda, a wire
3rd Betty Judges Plushcourt Camellia, a smooth
4th Lesley Tomlinsons Plushcourt Bailarino at Coalacre, a wire
5th Betty Judges Lete De Plushcourt, a smooth

BEST IN MATCH - Plushcourt Esplendor at Dallyvista
RESERVE BIM - Plushcourt Menina at Arranbourne
BEST JUNIOR - Plushcourt Chinelo
BEST PUPPY - Plushcourt Purpurina
BEST SMOOTH IN MATCH - Plushcourt Camellia

On May 21st 2006, the Club held its 3rd Companion show at Bradfield Village Hall, Nr Reading. Judge for the day was Mrs Chris McLeod, who had a full range of different breeds to choose from!
Unfortunately, the weather was awful (it had been raining non stop all week) and this put a lot of people off coming, but we had a very enjoyable day, although we had to be inside for the duration of the show.

BIS Line-up - 21st May 2006
RBIS - Brundles PBGV Vanity, BIS - Crouchs Whippet Macy & BPIS - Cooks Portuguese Podengo Lottie

THE PODENGO BOOTH AT ALL ABOUT DOGS - My grateful thanks to my good friend Jill for helping me to set up and decorate the booth and her help all weekend, also my thanks to Pat Johnson with her 2 Pods for their help on Saturday & Paul Day's help with his Pod all day Sunday, as he came all the way from Cirencester, I very much appreciated it. thank you all - Nina & her 2 offspring did their best all weekend too, bringing in many visitors to the booth.

All About Dogs has now been a regular 2 day open air show in May at the Brentwood Centre in Essex for about 10 years, they have the Discover Dogs type Booths (called Meet the Breeds) that has become very popular. This show is the biggest open air Dog Show in Europe where everything to do with dogs is featured at the show, this incorporates a companion dog show on both days, various Agility competition classes & demos. Heelwork to Music competition. Dog racing, Sledge Dogs Talks, Stands, Micro chipping,and many many more, too numerous to mention. It is a very enjoyable day out for all the family, including the dog! Hopefully We will have the Booth again next year, I look forward to meeting more Podengo friends & enthusiasts again next year.

Paul Day & Eileen Segui with Podengo's at All About Dogs

On 27th November the Club held the first ever Podengo Match in the UK. It was a wonderful day with many enthusiasts coming to see 65 dogs, the biggest gathering of Podengos outside Portugal. 59 of these were wire haired, 5 smooth haired & there was 1 smooth Medio.

We were honoured to have Dr Vitor Veiga - President of the Portuguese Podengo Club of Portugal - give a very informative talk about the Podengo, giving an insight into the Standard and the
Hunting techniques. Dr Veiga was also the Judge for the day.

The first event of the day was a talk given by Nick Thompson, a vet from Bath who gave a very interesting talk on Homeopathy treatment for dogs. He used a series of photographs from case histories and it was fascinating to see the difference from before to after.
If you missed the talk, you can go to www.holisticvet.co.uk or for a referral - 08700 111 340.

Then came the Puppy Walk (4 - 6 months) and there were 14 in this class, two of which were smooth haired. Best Dog & Best Baby Puppy went to Sophie Bailey with Lead the Way (Pepper) and Best Bitch was Linda Cook’s Leading Lady (Lottie). They were littermates from Javardo de Viamonte de Plushcourt x Mana de Lapa do Lobo de Plushcourt. Bred by Philip Judge.
All the pups then came back into the ring and were put into litter groups, where ages and breeding were given. This was very informative as to breed type and growth patterns.

We then had a Parade of the Portuguese Champions that were bred in the UK - Plushcourt Amigo, Plushcourt Maquete & Plushcourt Borboleta.

The next event was the Fancy Dress which was judged by Gabriela Veiga. There were 4 entries and was won by Billy, owned by Penny Wills. Billy was ‘Peter Pan’ for the day.

After lunch we held the Puppy Match with 15 entries, all wire haired. The winner and Best Puppy in Match was Plushcourt Petala (Javardo de Viamonte de Plushcourt x Port Ch Plushcourt Maquete) owned by Miss Pierce. Best Dog & Reserve Puppy was Darkle The Domino Effect (Port Ch Plushcourt Amigo x Plushcourt Espargal) owned and bred by Jessica Gruninger.

The Adult match followed with 21 entered, 1 of which was a smooth. Best Bitch & Best in Match went to Plushcourt Condessa (Javardo x Fr Ch Constancia de Plushcourt), Reserve Bitch & Reserve in Match was Plushcourt Musica (Javardo x Plushcourt Margarida) both owned and bred by Betty Judge. Best Dog was Plushcourt Mago at Coalacre (Fiambre de Viamonte de Plushcourt x Mana da Lapa do Lobo de Plushcourt) owned by Lesley Tomlinson & Reserve Dog was Plushcourt Quintero (Berlinde da Terre de Montoito de Plushcourt ) owned by Virginia Henshaw.
Best Junior was Jessica Gruningers Plushcourt Seda (Javardo) & Reserve was Betty Judges Plushcourt Marisposa (Berlinde)

The Second Companion Dog Show held by the Club was a huge success. 109 Dogs entered for the Show.
Our thanks to the Judges Mr.Peter Baker and Mrs Chris McLeod for their time.

There were a considerable number of Podengos present, making it a super day.

PAST EVENTS

The Club's second Event in 2004 was an Educational Seminar held on the 28th November 2004 at Holyport, near Maidenhead.

We were extremely lucky to have Jose Romao and Miguel Rebelo come all the way from Portugal to talk about the Podengo, which included the history of the breed, the progress of the breed in recent years and finally describe the finer points of the small Podengo, by giving us a verbal critique on a variety of Podengos present.

Steve Dean (A vets View) came and spoke about health issues including Worming and Vaccinations, Steve is a highly sought after speaker and we were very lucky to get him to come to our Seminar, his talk was very informative, and greatly appreciated.

Our third Speaker was Olga Gibbs from Royal Canin, who spoke about feeding the dog assisted by a slide show, I am sure everyone present learnt a great deal about feeding their dogs.

The day went very well, with nearly 90 Podengo enthusiasts and owners present, coming from wide and far. There were 16 Podengos on show being of various ages, and everyone at the end of the day was able to get their "Hands On" a Podengo.

All the Podengos present displayed their super temperaments, behaving beautifully throughout the day.

The day went very well with a lovely atmosphere. We had a huge Raffle, Silent Auction and we also auctioned a Christmas Cake, the proceeds of which have been put into Club funds.

Jose Romao, Miguel Rebelo and Betty Judge, with two of the Podengos used in describing the finer points of the Small Podengo.

Steve Dean keeps the audience captivated with his Veterinary talk.

Olga Gibbs from Royal Canin giving her talk on Feeding the Dog.

Some of the Audience that came to Learn more about the Portuguese Podengo

The Club held their first ever event on Sunday 27th June 2004 - a Companion Dog Show.

The Judge was our President - Mrs Peggy Grayson

It was well attended and the prizes for the raffle and tombola stretched the length of the hall!!

We had a sunny start, but eventually the rain came down and towards the end of the end, we had to move indoors.

The Breed Stand was making it's debut and the sales went extremely well, being the first time that anyone could buy PP merchandise in the UK!

The Club sent a substantial cheque to the Kennel Club Charitable Trust from proceeds on the day.

Our President Mrs Peggy Grayson judging one of the classes at the Companion Show