ЧЕМПИОНЫ АВСТРАЛИИ И НЕ ТОЛЬКО АВСТРАЛИИ

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This annual show
brings together the
best Dogues the
world has to offer..I certainly hope this magazine is international, because
I am a New Zealander, living in Australia, writing for an
American publication about a French dog show!
I don’t think it will get much more diverse than that.
Held this year on September 12 and 13, the French
Clubmatch is hosted by the Societe des Amateurs de
Dogues de Bordeaux (SADB). The location varies each
year, but always remains in the breed’s homeland of
France.
You are probably asking yourself why people would
endure some 24 hours of flights and additional road
travel just to watch a dog show. With between 200 and
300 entries and a panel of breed-specialist judges,
this is the pinnacle of the show calendar for the breed.
It is the largest gathering of Dogues de Bordeaux in
the world, attracting enthusiasts from almost every
continent. Placement in the Ring D’Honneur is a great
achievement, but winning Best in Show is the crowning
glory.
Access to top-quality bloodlines was limited for many
years due to the remoteness of Australia, hindered by
quarantine rules that make it a lengthy process to import
from many European countries and the U.S. Luckily for
Australia, there have been kennels that have persevered,
but to ensure the quality of imported dogs, you really
need to travel overseas and view many examples of the
breed in the flesh.
The kennels of Moloscyg and Ataraxia have been regular
attendees at the French Clubmatch over many years,
but 2007 saw the biggest Australian contingent yet with
Amedange, Bellarouge (myself) and Bronzantiq joining
the journey Since then, I have
attended each year.
So I now have three
French Clubmatches
under my belt
and such a better
understanding of the
breed.
The 2009 French
Clubmatch was
held in the town of
Rambervilliers. An
additional attraction
this year was the all-breed show a few hours away at
Metz, incorporating a Dogue de Bordeaux specialty
judged by fellow Australians Dr. Chris and Yvette Girling
of Moloscyg Kennels. Two shows for the price of one.
Sixty-nine Dogues were entered at Metz, the largest breed
entry by far, and just
over 250 entered at
the French Clubmatch
(from 20 different
countries, including
three from the U.S.). A
Dogue lover’s dream.
Not to mention the
honor of meeting Prof.
Raymond Triquet,
long referred to as the
“father of the breed.”
The format for the
Clubmatch starts with
Saturday being registration and the preliminary judging
of the puppy and junior classes. These young classes are
judged and a short list of deserving dogues is selected to
return to the Ring D’Honneur for final placings on Sunday.
TAN temperament testing also commences on Saturday
and runs through Sunday. (On the show grounds away
from the conformation rings, an area is set up containing
a number of obstacles and tasks to test the dogs’
reactions to unfamiliar objects and certain circumstances.
A pass in TAN testing is one of the prerequisites for the
title of French Champion.)
Sunday is the big day. What I find most difficult is
alternating between all the classes, as five rings are
judged simultaneously. You have the best intentions
to spend equal time at every ring, not an easy task.
I personally use the catalogue and gravitate toward
those Dogues related to my own bloodlines, to better
understand the pedigrees I have. I also peruse the
Debutant, Junior and Intermediate classes for upcoming
quality. Luckily, the best of every class enters the Ring
D’Honneur near the end of the day for final placements.
Surveying all the Dogues in the rings, some of their
heritages were clear to see. There was no mistaking a son
of Brandoux Toezz (long considered to have one of the
most correct head types for the breed) in the Open Dog
ring, or the type for which De Legeane Kennel is known
for.
This year I noticed a few differences from the previous
year, but still many of the usual weaknesses remained –
out in elbow, lack of real chin, concave chests.
There were fewer of the very bulk, massive-boned, more
Mastino type of Dogue. However there remained some
overly large males and females in the Open Classes with
too much mass and bulk, along with youngsters who
looked far beyond their real ages. Raymond Triquet had
earlier issued a directive regarding the breed standard,
stressing that the Dogue is a mid-sized mastiff variety, still
maintaining athleticism, and to avoid breeding for excess.
For me, 2009 demonstrated less of the excessiveness
that I had seen in the previous year, but it was still clearly
evident in some.
I noticed a slight improvement in rear angulation, a
few more young and adolescent Dogues with good
angulation. For those who were also balanced with the
correct front angulation, this carried through to improved
toplines and better movement.
The placement of black masks was evident this year.
Brothers Poseidon and Payk, bred by Kennel Z’Orisku,
achieved first and second places respectively in their
Debutant Male class. Black-masked Andorra Hause dem Ketosch won the
Senior Bitch Class, and
her Kennel Hause dem
Ketosch won the Progeny
Group class, with all the
offspring being out of
Andorra.
The winner of the Puppy
Male class in 2008, DukeUdson De La Demeure
Combreenne, returned this
year to also win the Junior
Male class at 16.5 months
old. On the previous
day, he also won Best Junior at Metz. He received a
glowing critique from judges at both Metz and the French
Clubmatch regarding his correct head shape, good front
and rear angulation, excellent
movement … and the list
continued. I see a good future
for this nicely structured
young male, and I am sure
that his owners at De Mont
Rebellis agree.
It was wonderful to see some
American Dogues also place
well. Mount Sinai Crusader
St Amand placed Second in
the Intermediate Male class.
Northland’s Eowin placed first
in the Puppy Female Class.
Northland’s Finn was also
graded Excellent in the Open
Male Class.
Best Male and Club Champion went to Jacques vom
Butjadinger Land, son of Ginger vom Butjadinger Land
and Signore Kwan de la Seigneurie des Chartons, owned
by Arndt Bressem from Germany.
Early on, I had the pleasure of personally meeting the
female who would go on to win Best in Show. She had
already won Best in Show at the Dutch Clubmatch a
few weeks earlier, and I could see why. She was, of
course, Tyrannus Skyejacked by Emberez (“Skye”),
owned by owned by Becky Swainston and Nik Burnikell
from the UK, and a daughter of Rhodonite Renais at
Tyrannus and Moby de Legeane. Although a substantial
girl for her young age of 19 months, she exhibited ideal
characteristics for a Dogue without being overdone.
I most admired her true “sour mug” expression while
still being feminine. This could mainly be attributed to her strongly visible underjaw, nicely low set eyes and
trapezoid head but no excessiveness. She was well
bodied but still retaining a pleasant underline, of nice
proportions, deep and wide without being too short in
leg, with a correct topline, good rear angulation and nice
movement.
The judge of the female class, Mr. Bas Bosch, had very
few words to say about Skye, but those words said it all:
“Superb bitch. Breathtaking quality. Far too nice to spend
any more words on her.”
Each year, my experience at the French Clubmatch
exceeds the previous year. This year I very much enjoyed
my conversations with Mr. Bas Bosch, a true gentleman
and breed enthusiast, who I had met earlier in 2008 when
he agreed to carry out a Dogue breed lecture while on
a judging appointment in Australia. But the real thrill is
to see the volume of Dogues on show in their homeland
and have the opportunity to speak to their owners and
breeders......Leanne and her husband live
with their Dogues in the Blue
Mountains, outside Sydney,
Australia. They became involved
in the breed about seven years
ago. They have shown a number
of their Dogues to their Australian
Champion title, imported five
Dogues from the UK and Europe,
and are active in breed welfare
and rescue, producing a Dogue
De Bordeaux calendar for the
past five years to raise funds for
Dogues in need.
Tyrannus Skyjacked for Emberez - BOB 2009 French Clubmatch Moby De Legeane Signore Kwan De La Seigneurie Des Chartrons
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DOGUE DE BORDEAUX
А я и не знала, что Moby De Legeane,Signore Kwan De La Seigneurie Des Chartrons и Dillen Van Paterhoek чемпионы Австралии! Ну надо же!