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Pick
of the Litter Competition
Report & Photos by Karl Donvil
At the end of last month the winners of the Vetzyme Pick of
the Litter competition supported by Our Dogs in association
with the Seven Seas company, manufacturers of the Vetzyme range
of dog and cat health products, gathered at the Meridien Hotel
near Coventry for a celebratory lunch accompanied by the presentation
of the awards. Once again, hundreds of puppies were entered
into the competition that has now been running for over fifteen
years. The winners amassed an enormous number of points between
them and the competition must give a massive boost to open show
entries around the country as well as supporting the entries
at championship shows.
The full list of winners was published in a double page spread
in Our Dogs earlier in the year but the excitement remained
as the top ten gathered to hear Tony Day welcome the winners,
introduce his hard working team and explain that, as always,
some minor adjustments were to be made to the points scoring
system for this year. A short summary of the importance of the
competition followed from David Cavill before a series a enjoyable
anecdotes about the competition, the dog game and dogs in general
from Vince Hogan and Peter Purves. Peter also presented the
winners with their rosettes, certificates and trophies.
Caron Bell, with her Keeshond, Allforus Magic n Ice, topped
the lot scoring 414 points - 100 clear of the reserve, Michael
Caple’s Whippet, Falconcrag Next in Line for Morsefield
who was just a few points ahead of Barbara Horsley’s Staffordshire
Bull Terrier, Judael Dream Maker. Also worth mentioning were
the Dickinsons who had two of their Border Terriers in the top
five of the Terrier group and Jane Gostynska who reached the
final ten for the umpteeth time - she cannot remember exactly
how many but she thinks it is five or six!
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