Photo by John D Jackson

At the Houndshow last weekend, Michael Quinney awarded the Dog CC and BOB to Les and Joan Bateman and Lucy Gratton’s Finnish Spitz, Ch Toveri Nero JW, thus breaking the CC breed record. This was Nero’s forty first CC under thirty eight different judges. His first ticket was at Houndshow 1994 and he also has 14 res CCs. Bred by Angela and David Cavill, he was born in July 1992. The previous breed record holder was Dolores Gatti’s Ch Toveri Panu, also bred by Angela and David.