Going back to the Nationale:
For me it is catching up with the breeders and old plus new friends: Trying to find future stud dogs and stock. Discussing blood lines. and...eating well Maryse Baudet did a brilliant job of organising this year's Nationale and at the end of the week end, her eyes were red and tired. She ran round like a headless chicken
All the meals were beautifully presented and it put many to shame. Hors d'oeuvre in shape of ladybird and butterfly, bins full of oysters, sea snails, prawns, you name it...we had it. Plus White, Red and Rose wines. from of course, the Bordeaux area.
The dog judging : Indeed some surprises in some of the critiques and odd measuring too! Poor Chase was overwrought by the manner of having a hefty and heavy measure over his back and lenght of body too He freaked out, especially done by the assessor, President of the French Spaniel club . The difference between the UK and FCI countries: We don't measure and I am sure we have dogs who wouldn't make the grade over there. Sadly the tolerance in size was debatable but another measure made him just over a cm smaller The manner in which it was conducted was not too polite compared to what an English judge may do.
I was disappointed by the state of many bitches who either just had puppies or had their teats trailing with no hair underneath!!! And here was me worrying about Baileys' lack of hair
I liked the Orange and White male class and Beau, Andy's dog made the last cut judged by Pierre Gaudin.
Barbara stimulated a fair amount of interest with her tailled bitch and many stared...
I also saw the strange Brittany whom I thought was a Setter and was corrected by Margaret stating it was a Finnish Britany...of well...
A few nice other colours, many in the working class. I could not help feel sory for the lady with a Haille au Loup male who was not given the Hip scoring papers for her dog. She was told she had One hour to get them Or she would not get her placing. I don't think it happened.
Anyway, this was my impression generally. The Nationale finished with an excellent dinner and so much laughing that I was "hoarse" the next day. It was all Barbara's fault with her love of the Italian dog or ????? Ask her next time!!!
I also saw the strange Brittany whom I thought was a Setter and was corrected by Margaret stating it was a Finnish Britany...of well...
Was that the same dog as I saw, Patricia? I asked them (in French) and it was a cross between an English Setter and an Epagneul Breton and was 13 years old. It was very grey round the muzzle but was still pulling like a train - or should I say a Brittany? lol _________________ Annie
Handle every situation like a dog, if you can't eat it or play with it, just pee on it and walk away
For those who don't want to trawl through 500 photos( though well worth it )
Barbara p 21( all second link), Guy P 162, Andy, P 319, Jan P 354, Sue P 361, the Italian job 379, and...P182, Reserve best bitch in Orange, surprised by her teats!
I enjoyed these, they are very good and shows you some good and some not so good!
Gill, glad you enjoyed them...Look on the first link photo 236, 238 onwards for quite a few shots of Cachou de St Tudec. He was my pick as Mieur Desprats ( des Sources Claires) took me -before the challenge- to see Michel Le'floch's dogs in his van :ie the famous Boy des Sources Claires & Rocky de St Tudec. Those being dogs who have achieved highly in the field. I was happy to go and see Cachou as I had spotted him on the pics of the St Brieuc show on the French Forum. I simply loved him...
Cachou was BIS, Mieur Pottier's black bitch, the reserve. I also like Mieur Desprez's tri male and a grand son of Lurky des Sources Claires.
It was difficult to watch all judgings but I managed to see all males as the rings were beside each other...
Pleased to see that Andy did very well with his dog and made the last cut in a class of 40.
I had been told the bitch judge in Orange may not be everybody's cup of tea!
I like the look of Cachou, looks from the pictures as if he's in good working shape _________________ My goal in life is to be as good a person as my dog already thinks I am.
Interestingly, Cachou is line bred to varim des Sources Claires and Faust de Keranlouan.
I keep up with the field trial results on the French Forum and Mieur le 'Floch's dogs are "up there", Boy being in the awards very young-himnself a son of Rocky.
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Maryse Baudet did a brilliant job of organising this year's Nationale and at the end of the week end, her eyes were red and tired. She ran round like a headless chicken 
He freaked out, especially done by the assessor, President of the French Spaniel club 
. The difference between the UK and FCI countries: We don't measure and I am sure we have dogs who wouldn't make the grade over there. Sadly the tolerance in size was debatable but another measure made him just over a cm smaller 
The manner in which it was conducted was not too polite compared to what an English judge may do.
And here was me worrying about Baileys' lack of hair 
