Held in conjunction with the City of Birmingham Championship Show at Stoneleigh Park near Coventry, The Spanish Water Dog Club Open Show took place on Sunday 1st September 2019. Sponsored by Royal Canin, a total of 45 dogs made up the 50 entries within the main show. Additional classes were also held for Junior Handling, whereby the entrants were judged not on the dog, but on the capabilites of the handler in presenting the dog in the ring.
The open show also incorporated three extra Special Award Classes. These classes are specifically put on by the club, with the permission of the Kennel Club, in an endeavour to assist prospective judges to progress up the Judges List. It allows judges, newly qualified or seeking additional experience, the opportunity to examine and judge the Spanish Water Dog breed by gaining a captive audience of owners of the breed who are present at the show.
Best in Show was won by the Best Bitch and winner of the Post Graduate Bitch class, Sierrasalva's Regalo
Reserve Best in Show and best dog was won by Sh Ch Casper De Agua Salada
Best Puppy in show was taken by the Puppy Bitch winner Oh You Are Magic vom Hause Kristo of Goldfly (Imp)
Best Vetran in Show was awarded to Valentismo's Olli Dante from the Vetran Dog Class
Scroll down for details of the results from all the classes and the show photo gallery.
Held in conjunction with the City of Birmingham Championship Show at Stoneleigh Park near Coventry, The Spanish Water Dog Club Open Show took place on Sunday 1st September 2019. Sponsored by Royal Canin, a total of 45 dogs made up the 50 entries within the main show. Additional classes were also held for Junior Handling, whereby the entrants were judged not on the dog, but on the capabilites of the handler in presenting the dog in the ring.
The open show also incorporated three extra Special Award Classes. These classes are specifically put on by the club, with the permission of the Kennel Club, in an endeavour to assist prospective judges to progress up the Judges List. It allows judges, newly qualified or seeking additional experience, the opportunity to examine and judge the Spanish Water Dog breed by gaining a captive audience of owners of the breed who are present at the show.
Best in Show was won by the Best Bitch and winner of the Post Graduate Bitch class, Sierrasalva's Regalo
Reserve Best in Show and best dog was won by Sh Ch Casper De Agua Salada
Best Puppy in show was taken by the Puppy Bitch winner Oh You Are Magic vom Hause Kristo of Goldfly (Imp)
Best Vetran in Show was awarded to Valentismo's Olli Dante from the Vetran Dog Class
Scroll down for details of the results from all the classes and the show photo gallery.
30th Celebration Event
30th Year Celebration
16th - 17th July 2022
We had a fabulous time with our 4 and 2 legged friends celebrating 30 years of Spanish Water Dogs in the UK, at Edingale Village Hall near Tamworth.
We welcomed many dogs and their 'staff' from across the UK and we were honored to have our Patron, Antonio Garcia Perez and his wife Paqui attending from Spain.
The hall was set up with posters and photos from the rich history of the past 30 years and we were delighted to have ongoing support and attendance from SWD Rescue.
The field was set up for a variety of games and activities including a scurry and a scent work game and we had plenty of pop-up shelters and paddling pools for the dogs to keep cool.
Antonio gave a lovely presentation about the working ability of our breed and shared some TCAN information and video clips on the big screen. We had health information available
We held a fun dog show judged by our Chair, Adrian and did some basic water work in the pools with Antonio.
Our auction was great fun, with some major bidding wars and we raised around £750 for the Club. This will be used to print new wall hangings for use at Discover Dogs, Game Fairs and promotions, costs for running 2 Championship Shows in 2022 and contribute towards printing a 30th Celebration/2023 Yearbook.
A full report and more photos will be shared in the next Newsplash and the Yearbook, but for the interim, here are a few photos taken over the weekend by our club member, Robert Pike.
Thank you to all who attended and those who weren't able, who still supported by way of monetary gifting, donating auction items and auction bids.
SWD Club Committee
