Page 60 - Chow Life - Winter 2017

United Kingdom

Diana Phillips, Correspondent

This quarter has produced an his- and she never misbehaves. She
toric award in chows …….. we now is always by my side wherever I
have a new Champion smooth chow. move in the house. Her only vice
As anyone who shows a smooth chow is when I go out the cheeky girl
knows, it is a very hard road indeed to jumps onto the chair and sits at
win with a smooth against the roughs. the window watching & waiting
Previously, in the UK, we have only till I get home …. Oh and she is
ever had one smooth achieve a cham- a very good flycatcher and she
pionship title …….. Mrs. Margaret eats them !! YAK!! “.
Vickery’s home-bred red bitch Ch. Another new champion is the
Brosscroft Spun Silk in 1991. Now black rough-coated male Ch. Bo-
we have a new smooth champion … jinghai Fire And Ice, owned bred &
another red bitch …… Ch. Igrivaya shown by Mrs. Vickie Ellis. Known
Shalinja of Russkogo Couturier at at home by his call name, Dexter,
Wengeordy owned by Mrs. Wendy he was one of a litter of 4, having a
Absalom. Her name will give you red brother & two red sisters. Vickie Ch. Bojinghai Fire And Ice
the clue that she was imported from decided that she didn’t want to keep
Russia but she has an ancestor much another black & so she agreed to sell
nearer to the States as her sire is Rus. him to a person who already shows.
Ch. Mi-Pao’s Canadian Surprise. Her However the weeks went by and
pet (call) name is Vatrushka. She is he was ready to leave but the family
also Wendy’s first champion. were getting more & more attached
to Dexter, so, in the end it was decid-
Wendy has written the following
piece about Vatrushka :- ed that he should stay. Vickie was so
pleased that he stayed as he became
“I first noticed a picture on Top Chow Puppy in 2015 & he is
Facebook with a litter of smooth now the second Bojinghai cham-
puppies. I fell in love and knew pion. Dexter does not believe that
I would have to have one. I con- chows should be aloof. He greets
tacted the breeder and was over everyone with a full on cuddle &
the moon she agreed I could licks them from head to toe. If he is
have one come to England to be left at home he is manic when Vickie
part of my family. She arrived comes home, won’t leave her side and Ch. Igrivaya Shalinja of Russkogo Couturier at Wengeordy
in England at approximately sits in the middle of her sofa between
16 weeks of age. At the age of Vickie & her husband. Dexter loves
6 months she began attending the show ring & Vickie says that she
shows. It is difficult in Eng- wouldn’t be without Dexter now ……
land as not many people show her “black friendly cuddly boy”.
smooths and many prefer the
rough coated chows. I was very The Kennel Club is hoping to bring
pleased with the reaction many in a new training scheme for judges
people had when they met her, (probably in 2020) & this is currently
lots of compliments. Vatrushka causing much discussion & several
is always happy to attend shows meetings. A few breeds (not chows)
and always shows her socks off have been asked to trial it. As with
for me. I am always very proud anything new it will probably have
of her. Since attending shows she some revisions before it becomes
has won 3 CC’s and 10 Reserve totally active. Currently it is left to the
CC’s, which makes Vatrushka various breed clubs as to the manner
only the second smooth to of training and/or assessing judges but
become a UK Champion. this is to change to a common method
I love her with all my heart for all breeds.
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