nyPBGVexperienceisveryspecialtoanyonewho
lovesdogs.Eachindividualisanamiableambassador
forthebreed.Furthermore,thedogshavethegood

sensetopickpeoplewhoarejustlikethem—andequally
fun.ThusIhadlongappreciatedtheinvitationand
anticipatedjoiningtwo-leggedandfour-leggedfriends
attheTucsonDoubletreeforthe2015PBGVCANational
Specialty.CommitteeChairpersonLindleyHensonand
ParentClubPresidentBettyBarthandtheirrespective
teammatesaretobecongratulatedattheirsplendid
well-organizedeventsandtheirattentiontoeverydetail.
Sufficeittosay:Agoodtimewashadbyall!

Fromthetimethefirstpuppy(whoturnedsixmonthsofagethedaythejudging

began!)enteredtheringuntilthelastclass(theThreeGenerationclassthatfeatureda
12-year-oldgrandparentandtheparentoftheadorablefour-montholdgrandbabythat
completedthetrio!)wascompleted,onedelightfulrusticFrenchhoundafteranother
carriedonwiththeconfidentairoftheextrovert.

TheBOBwinnerisamoderatedogwithatextbookhead,eyeandexpression.A

compactindividualwithmuzzle,ears,loinandtailofcorrectandcomplimentarylength,
heexudesthebreedtypeofthetoughlittlehunterdescribedinthebreedstandard.He
wasmovedatexactlytherightspeedbyhiscompetenthandler,andexhibitedcorrect
headcarriageandastrongtoplinealongwithhissoundandfreemovement.Hiscoat
wasproperlypresentedsothatitwasseeminglyungroomedinthelookthestandard
describesas“casuallydisarrayed.”Heisapleasingpackagewithnoexaggerations.

HisfemalecounterpartthatwonBOSwassimilarinvirtuesandgavehimarunforhis

moneybeforebowingout.Afterall,sheis8-and-one-halfyearsofageandwasinseason
—thusmanagingtokeepalltheboysintheringontheircollectivetoes!Herqualityhas
notdiminishedwithage,andshestillhasthestrongleveltoplinesodesiredinthe
breed.Sheisahard-to-resistexampleofthebreed.

AlsocloseinthehuntforthetophonorwastheSelectdog,whofeaturedexcellentleg

lengthandcorrectprofile.BoththeBOBwinnerandtheSelectDogareyoungstersthat
shouldmaketheirmarkinthebreed.TheSelectbitchandtheAOMbitchwereofvery

26

www.pbgv.org

Summer2015

ISaberTails

I2015NationalSpecialty

PhotosbyBobCohen

NationalRegularClasses:ACritique

byPatTrotter