Tyne Wear & Tees Hound Association

TYNE WEAR & TEES HOUND ASSOCIATION 

June 8th 2025

Basset Fauve de Bretagne & Best in Show

Basset Fauve de Bretagne 

Post Graduate D/B ( 1,0)

1st Revens & Hyde's Wratthembray Nurse Gladys Via Beabass

Seven months old female. Balanced, feminine head with correct length of ear. Lovely eye. Excellent dentition. Well angulated in forequarters with good return of upper arm. Good length of neck. Firm in front pastern. Level topline. Excellent tailset. Well angulated through stifle. Hocks well let down. Good underline with sufficient length and depth to the ribbing. Well textured coat. Moved out soundly.

Open D/B (3,0) 

1st Revens & Hyde's Beabass Usha

Balanced, feminine head with lovely dark eye and good pigmentation. Stands true front and back. Good bone. Firm topline and well made through the ribcage with correct tailset and carriage. Well constructed in rear. Strong in loin. Moved out with drive.

2nd Pocklington-Hall's Merlin Do Casal Dos Choupos Shcex (Imp) VW

Eight and a half years old and full of quality. Pleasing head with super dark eye. Excellent bone and good degree of angulation through the upper arm. Not as firm in topline as one. Correct in hindquarters with plenty width across thighs. Hocks well let down. Excellent tailset and carriage. Super dense coat of good texture. Sound mover.

3rd Ashton's Blevwil House Of Mirrors Avec Kitesprite

Best in Show  

BIS Deerhound Robertson's Chuilinn Eshana

Beautiful Deerhound with a most pleasing soft expression and excellent pigmentation. Her head is well furnished, of typical shape with correct degree of taper, flat skull and no stop. Well set ears of neat size and correct texture. Balanced in outline with decent reach of neck and clean through the shoulder. Good top and underline. Deep and narrow through the chest with strength through the topline and croup. Plenty width to first and second thigh with good angulation to her hindquarters. To go over she has such strength coupled with agility that was evident on the move. Her movement clinched her win, so effortless, typically long striding and true in footfall. 

RBIS Hamiltonstovare Stuart's Dream Maker From Sufayre

Feminine in head and frame though with plenty strength to her build. Lovely, typical expression from her well pigmented eyes. Typical shape and outline with clean lines through the neck and shoulder. Correctly angulated front and rear with an excellent topline and underline. Well coloured in her gleaming jacket. Moved out well and beautifully presented by her young handler.

BIS3 Basenji Jardine's Ch Tadrose North Star

Typical in outline and stride with pleasing head shape, decent amount of wrinkle and correct ears of good size and shape. Good length through the neck with a decent lay of shoulder into a firm topline, short backed with a well set tail. Good shelf behind the tail. Stands true front and back. Certainly plenty of virtues here and well deserving of her place in this lovely lineup.

BIS4 Clark's Magida Sabiih Al Sahra At Thiefside Shcex (Imp) Deu

Seven years old Sloughi with the most beautiful eyes, perfectly obliquely set with lovely dark pigmentation. Excellent head that is well proportioned with well ears correctly set slightly above the eye and slightly offset to the skull. Stands true in front and nicely built through the chest with visible prosternum. Well made through upper arm and shoulder. Strong yet elegant in neck as she is all over. Fabulous feet, well padded of slightly elongated shape and with well arched toes. Square in appearance. In superb muscular condition all through with pin bones comfortably visible. Her hindquarters are well angulated, moderate with the desirable length through the second thigh. Effortless, tidy mover. A pleasure to judge a hound of such obvious quality.

I had a super shortlist which outside of my winners included the Whippet Brooks’ Collooney For Your Eyes Only JW, Afghan Hound Virgo & Hicks’ Am Ch Suni Sky Full O Stars By Sumahari, Griffon Fauve De Bretagne Wyer, Marshall-Wyer & Shannon's Valabaude Soldat, Dover's Borzoi Palamedees Arian Khrysos At Keanver JW, Miniature Long Haired Dachshund Mason's Ch Crownlake’s Queen Bee JW, Basset Hound Pearson's Amazing White A Story With A Tail At Armardio (Imp Nld) 

Best Puppy in Show 

Whippet Schofield’s Bowdonia No Way Jose At Runforest

An absolute Cracker. Brindle and white trim boy of obvious quality presented in super condition. Head of correct shape with the loveliest expression from correctly shaped eyes. Well set and sized ears. Good reach of neck with clean shoulders. Typical in top and underline. Shapely hindquarters with hocks well let down. Moved with typical, ground covering, action. One to watch for the future!

RBPIS Miniature Long Haired Dachshund Bell's Indiko A Touch Of Cream

Another absolute gem who was a very close runner up. Most beautiful Black and Cream of excellent proportions all through. Particularly good ground clearance. Head of typical shape with lovely shaping to the skull, correctly shaped eyes of good colour and well set ears. Well made in forequarters with excellent return of upper arm equally balanced to her well laid shoulders lending to excellent fill in forechest and developing keel. Straight forelegs well boned with tight elbows and excellent feet. Typical topline with well set tail. Ribs extend well back with strength through the loin. Hindquarters are sound and well constructed with firm, short hocks. Excellent mover, true stride on the out and back. Presented in first class coat condition with feathering developing nicely. Must have a very bright future.

BPIS3 Basset Hound Pearson's Amazing White A Story With A Tail At Armardio (Imp Nld) 

Full of quality; so well constructed and typical in outline. Red and White girl who has a beautiful expression from lovely dark eyes. Head is very well balanced with good shaping to the skull and prominent occiput. Ears are of good length and correctly set. Neck is well arched and of good length. Excellent bone and correctly made feet. Plentiful forechest with correct front angulation. Well ribbed back through the body and deep all through. Hindquarters well constructed with ample width to the thighs. Moved out with drive and excellent tail carriage in action.

BPIS4 Aynsley's Afghan Hound Cloudside Ice Angel

Such an appealing baby. Beautiful head of balanced proportions with the darkest eyes and complimentary pigmentation. Well made in forequarters with good length and angulation to the upper arm and a well laid shoulder. Nicely made in body for her age with good depth and proportionately good length in leg with sound hindquarters. Loved her characteristic movement with excellent tail carriage from ger correctly ringed tail. Coat presentation first class and sympathetically handled.

Judge: Nicola Spencer (Bannonbrig)