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                               Diana Phillips, Correspondent


            At last we are back to dog shows. The first       would have been Holly & Ivy & the boy Ollie.
            new Champion since the pandemic is Mrs.           Sadly a little girl was “born sleeping”, so the 2
            Vickie Elliot’s Ch. Bojinghai Songbird (also      were Ollie & Ivy.
            known as “Millie”).  Millie was one of 7 pups     Ivy travelled from Northern Ireland to Paign-
            & was born soon after Vickie moved house.         ton Championship Show when she was only
            At that time Vickie was temporarily staying       7 months old to try to qualify for Crufts. She
            at her father’s house so there was not a lot of   won her class.  At 8 months she won Best
            room for the litter. Vickie bought a caravan &    Puppy in Show at the Chow Chow Club of
            Vickie, Velvet & the pups lived in the cara-      Scotland & Best Junior Bitch at Crufts 2020.
            van, during a very hot summer with an air-        Luckily she is a great traveller, sleeping on
            cooling fan. Millie was originally the  “plain    her back with her legs in the air whilst in the
            Jane” of the family. All the others developed     car. Ivy loves her cuddles & she rolls on to
            their characters. One day Millie looked at        her back all the time for a tummy rub.
            Vickie, tilted her head & “gave her the look”.
            Vickie was hooked.  Millie still “gives her the   With no shows in Ireland in 2020 & 2021,
            look” & she has developed into the stunning       she travelled to England to the North Eastern
            girl she is now.                                  Chow Club back to back shows in August.
                                                              Ivy hadn’t been shown for over 17 months
                                                              but she took it all in her stride, winning both
                                                              Bitch CCs. A week later, she returned to Eng-
                                                              land for the Northern Counties Chow Club
                                                              show where she won her 3rd. CC and so her
                                                              championship.



















                     Ch. Bojinghai Song Bird

             Our second champion this year is Mrs.
            Olive Taylor’s Ch. Taylorian Star Attraction.
            Known as “Ivy”, she is the daughter of Ch./ Ir.
            Ch. Taylorian Starlight who was Top Chow in
            GB in 2019.  As Ivy was born near Christmas,
            Olive wanted to give festive names  …. 2 girls
                                                                        Ch. Taylorian Star Attraction
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