Last week-end in August I went to Uddevalla to judge Golden retrievers at the Sw Spaniel and Retriever Club Ch show. It brought back special memories as it was at this particular show my first labrador Minnows Leonora was being shown for the first time by her novice owner 35 years ago - me.

As Uddevalla is just north of Gothenburg I decided to drive around a bit in my old home town on my way to the show and realised just how much it had changed. Walking up and down Linnégatan I could hardly believe I had actually lived there, the whole neighbourhood had become so continental in a very pleasant sort of way and the weather was the best possible which of course meant that even more people were out walking than what had been the case had it been raining.

The following day I had a good entry of Golden Retrievers. The winner of best puppy was a very nice puppy called Cheers Silver Spoon and she made it all the way to first place in the final under breeder-judge Kjell Svensson.

Another nice puppy called Poetry's Anabelle from the older puppy class too had a good day and finished as runner up BPIS under British gentleman Reg Bunting.

I didn't find anything to award the Dog CAC to but a fine veteran called S U(u) Ch Festivals Rough'N Tough won best dog.

In bitches the quality was better but I did feel my CAC, best bitch and eventually BOB winner stood out right from the start and her name is Officer's Lady Poetry. She came from intermediate and I shall follow her career with interest. In the best in show final she finished 4th under Danish breeder-judge Erling Kjaer-Pedersen.

I judged two finals myself, best progeny group which was won by the flatcoated retriever group from kennel Miss Mallory's and best field trial which was headed by an English springer by the name Nord Ch Astrospring's  Ikonos.

Overall it was a very pleasant show and Börje and Therese Johansson are the perfect host and hostess! They have run this show for 10 years and have made it a very popular event. Long may it continue.

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