AWARD of MERIT
0699 CH Foxglens Special Forces, Breeder Scott and Betsy Deans, Myer Bishop, Owners Scott and Betsy Deans

AWARD of MERIT
0425 CH Smylieridges Fairy Bells Lilly, Breeder/Owner Janet Smylie



BEST CANADIAN BRED
0160 Hullabaloo’s Chasing Pavements

BEST VETERAN in SPECIALTY
0048 Wilburdans Atticus, Breeder Rose Dancocks, Owner Anna Phillips



OLDEST BASSET HOUND
0480 CH Sondtracks Cracklin’Rose, Breeder/Owner Miriam Dalfen

SEXUALLY ALTERED
BOB/WD 0085 Howlhavens Scootin SCoobie, Breeders Carol and Bob Bedell, Owners Dave and Vivian Wales



BRACE CLASS
337/339 Lowryders Toast to Destiney and Lowryders McIntosh Toffee, Breeders/Owners Joe and Elaine McKinnon



BROOD BITCH
1st- 0334 G CH Hullabaloo’s Breath offspring CGN, Breeder/Owner Debra Hull



2nd- 0481 CH Soundtrack Spice Up Your Life, Breeder/Owner Miriam Dalfen


JUDGES CRITIQUE

I would like to thank the club for inviting me to judge your dogs.
I apologize for not being able to give you as specific a critique as I would have liked. I was recording my comments on my recorder which, for some reason did not record my comments on the dog classes.
My Winners Dog was a good representative of the breed, being very typey and correct overall. He had a beautiful head and expression, good bone front and rear, good topline and adequate ribbing.
The bitch classes exhibited excellent shoulder placements, nice smooth shoulders, proper neck length, smooth and long rib cages, and adequate bone, both front and rear.
My Winners Bitch was exceptional in all the areas listed above.
Her topline was level in stack and movement and she used herself well on the go-around. She was an outstanding example of bitch type.
My Reserve Bitch was also of very high quality and gave the Winners Bitch a run for the title of Winners. She was very correct and had a good topline, lovely ribcage, excellent front assembly and moved correctly and purposefully on the go-around. She had lovely bone.
In terms of the overall entry I was impressed with the length and smoothness of ribcages, lovely headpieces, adequate bone front and rear, lovely long and draped ears and dark eyes throughout. All the bites were correct! The dogs were clean and well groomed. Temperaments were all great.
One area needed for improvement in many of the dogs and bitches were “feet”. I saw way too many flat and/or splayed feet. As a working hound, it is vital to have strong feet.
It was a tough job judging Best of Breed with so many lovely examples of correct Basset type and movement. My final considerations came down to correct shoulder placements and assemblies, good prosternums, level toplines, large, correct feet, and the ability to use themselves both front and rear on the go-around. I truly loved my Best of Breed and Best Opposite. Both exceeded my expectations. The only difference was that the topline on the Best of Breed dog was stronger than on the bitch. I later learned why that was true. I had no idea I gave the son and mother the top 2 awards. It was a hard decision to choose only two Awards of Merit. The breeders should be very proud of the quality they are breeding. I was impressed.
Thank you again for the opportunity to judge such a lovely entry of Canadian Basset Hounds.

Diane Malenfant