SA Skye Enthusiast

Nov/Dec 2011

Volume 1, Issue 1

SA Top Skye Terrier 2010 and 2011

Buckwheater’s Curry Favour

World Dog Show Paris 2011

Kennel Olivia Scoops Double Win

Gallery of Group Wins and

BIS & BISS Placings

SA Skye EnthusiastSA Skye Enthusiast


SA Skye Enthusiast is

published bi-annually as a

review of the Skye Terrier breed

in South Africa. No part of this

publication may be reproduced

without the written permission

of the publisher. The opinions

expressed in the articles are

those of the authors and do not

necessarily constitute

endorsement by the Editorial

Staff. The Editor reserves the

right to reasonably edit all copy

submitted.

Show results are summarized

from published results on KUSA

and Showdogs sites, SASE takes

no responsibility for errors

caused by unpublished results.

Editor/Publisher: Lorraine van

Schalkwyk

[email protected]

SA Skye Enthus iast Vo lume 1, I ssue 1

From the Editor 4

Cover Story—BIS BISS Ch Buckwheater’s Curry Favour

at Ailsabute

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Show Results—2010 7

FCI Show Critiques-2011 7

Show Results—2011 9

Feature Story—Olivia Spirit of American Idol WW-11 11

Gallery—Photos from Group Wins and BIS and BISS 12

New Champions 13

Notice of Imports 13

Stud Dog Register 13

Planned Litters 14

Inside this issue:

Cover Photo: Credit. Pat de Coning

Buckwheater’s Curry Favour at Ailsabute photographed at KUSA FCI Africa Show,

in Milnerton, Cape Town on October 20, 2011. B. Curry Favour received CACIB,

graded Excellent and BOB. Critique: "They must be Long, Low and Level as she

is. Beautiful proportions. Wonderful head. Good placed ears. Dark eyes. Very

Good forechest. Very Good front. Good length of rib. Very Good angulations and

back and behind. Wonderful coat. Moves well. Good temperament." Judge Jo

Scheepers, Holland. She went on to finish the day Reserve Best in Group and the

honour of being the dog the judge most wanted to take home. The Yorkshire Ter-

rier won the group.



Best in Show TKC FCI Show, Centurion, 7 October 2011

Proudly owned and handled by: Lorraine van Schalkwyk Kennel Ailsabute Cell: 0836263762

Eeva was awarded a CACIB with an Excellent Grading. She then went on to win the Terrier Group and Best in

Show. Judge Serge Tassan (Aus). BIS Judge Silvana Tassan. Thanks and appreciation to the Tassans for

recognising the quality of this special girl.

Critique: Excellent breed type. Exquisite head and good reach of neck. Well angulated and moved very well.

This was the first ever Skye Terrier BEST IN SHOW WIN at an All Breeds Show in South Africa!

Credit: Tyrone Goode

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From the Editor

This is the inaugural edition

of SA Skye Enthusiast and

this little seedling of an idea

will help to record the his-

tory of the Skye Terrier as

the breed is re-established in

this country. Wherever pos-

sible we will try to bring you

historical information from

pre-1989 which is approxi-

mately when the last litter of

Skye Terriers was whelped in

SA by the McCanns. Of

course this information is

not readily available on the

internet, since the internet

only came much later.

As the Skye population in

South Africa is currently very

small, this publication will

initially be produced bi-

annually. This first edition

includes reviews and infor-

mation from 2010 and 2011.

As a graduate of journalism

and a master of corporate

publishing, I am doing this as

a labour of love so that for

future generations, informa-

tion about the Skye Terrier

in South Africa is readily

available and for those who

become Skye Enthusiasts,

this will provide a wealth of

information and history on

bloodlines and show results.

As a first endeavour of its

kind, I expect this to be filled

with trial and obstacle, but

in my life, I have learnt that

it is these two things which

cause you to grow as an indi-

vidual, whether personally,

or as a breeder and exhibi-

tor. Who knows, perhaps

when we have a breed entry

of 30 Skyes I could make

some money out of this!

I hope you enjoy this first

edition.

Lorraine


Kennel Ailsabute

Lorraine van Schalkwyk [email protected]

Breeders of Skye Terriers and English Springer Spaniels

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Cover Story

BISS and BPISS which were achieved on the same day, at

just eight months of age, under Desi Murphy - a Terrier

Specialist who was familiar with Walter Goodman's top

winning Skyes in the USA.

I believe this girl will go from strength to strength; her

grandmother Dixy is still winning BIS from the veterans

class at 11,5 years young! We look forward to welcoming

Eeva's beau, bred from top American and German lines,

this year, and next year, the first SA-bred Skye litter in 22

years. This all-cream litter will carry some of the top-

winning lines from around the world.

With only limited showing in her first year, this has been

her first full year of showing. As the first Skye Terrier in

SA in many years, I was under no disillusion that it was

going to be a long haul with a lot of hard work to put the

breed on the map, but the sublime and supremely elegant

Eeva makes it all worthwhile. Thank you to all the judges,

both local and international, who have noted and recog-

nised the exquisite quality of this girl. And to all the exhibi-

tors and fans around the ring, thank you for the support

and positive encouragement you've offered along the way.

I can think of many who deserve a special personal thank-

you but that would take up too much space!

Thus far, Eeva has earned 36 x CCs and 2 x CACIBs Exc,

32 x BOB, 8 x RBOB. 21 x Group places or wins, 10 x

Best Puppy, 1 x BPISS, 1 x BJIG and 1 x RBJIS, 1 x

RBISS, 1 x BISS and 1 x BIS, with the majority of these

wins in 2011.

CH Buckwheater’s Curry Favour at Ailsabute

EEVA Currently the No 1 Skye Terrier in SA—All Sys-

tems.

This girl is Skye royalty, coming from the best of Olivia

lines and a good strong bitch line of correct fronts and

heads of perfection. Her grandfathers have done well also,

with Simo being one of the most outstanding Skyes in re-

cent history. MBIS MBISS C.I.B Multi Ch Olivia Spirit of

American Idol “Simo” - is world renowned in the Skye

world (and # 4 All-breeds in Finland in 2011) with three

world winner titles and numerous Nordic and Finnish win-

ners titles. His son Aidan, Eeva's father takes strongly after

Simo; and Aidan was Junior World Winner in 2009.

There is no fuss involved in setting this girl up, she is the

easiest - straight and correct in front, with an elegant neck

and beautiful angulation in the rear. And that level top line

and fluid movement draws more than its fair share of posi-

tive comments. Coming from one of the best performing

Skye litters in Europe currently, with all littermates having

CAC or CACIB, she is the first Buckwheaters-bred BIS

winner. Finishing # 1 Skye Terrier two years in a row

(AnimalTalk 100, 2010/2011, with eight group scores still

to be added) and #1 on Showdogs BOB Breed Leader-

board, she is a dream come true.

Thank you to those breeders who came before me, whose

work I salute and admire in bringing this rare and wonder-

ful breed to new strengths in the European and US show

rings. I aim to do the same down in the far reaches of Af-

rica. Eeva is the first Skye Terrier in South Africa to win an

all breeds Best in Show (TKC FCI), and adds to this a


BEST IN SHOW / MULTIPLE GROUP / SPECIALTY AND RESERVE SPECIALTY

Credit: Debbie Lurie


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The Skye Terrier performed well at Group Level during 2010, despite being the only

representative of the breed. With limited showing, B Curry Favour at Ailsabute placed

in 7 groups out of 11 shows and took the Best in Show and Best Puppy in Show titles

at SA Short Legged Terrier Club under Mr Desi Murphy of New York.

Show Results 2010


FCI Show Critiques—2011

Abbreviations:

Quality Prizes:

Exc Excellent

VG Very Good

G Good

S Sufficient

E Excused

D Disqualified

Classes:

P Puppy

J Junior

G Graduate

O Open

SAB SA Bred

Ch Champions

B Bitch

D Dog

Buckwheater’s Curry Favour at Ailsabute—Minor Puppy and Puppy Bitch 28-Feb-10 Goldfields Kennel Club (Non-Ch)-10 BOB, BPIB, Terrier Puppy-4

26-Mar-10 Pretoria Kennel Club-10 Thora Brown BOB, Terrier Puppy-3

27-Mar-10 Transvaal Midlands-10 Dr E Mincey BOB, Terrier Puppy-1

28-Mar-10 Witwatersrand Kennel Club-10 Ms B Watt BOB, Terrier Puppy-3

18-Apr-10 Vereeniging and Districts Kennel Club-10 Jenny Hubbard BOB, BPIG-4

24-Apr-10 Eastern Districts Kennel Club-10 Dr D Harris BOB

09-May-10 SA Short Legged Terrier Club-10 Mr D Murphy BOB, BPIS, BIS

15-May-10 Northern Tshwane Kennel Club-10 Mr J Peden BOB

16-May-10 Western Gauteng Kennel Club-10 Mr G Robinson BOB

29-May-10 Kusa Champ Show-10 Ekarat Sangkunakup BOB

10-Jul-10 Junior Kennel Club-10 Mrs P de Coning BOB, Terrier Puppy-3

Awards:

BOB Best of Breed

RBOB Reserve Best of Breed

CACIB International Championship Cer-

tificate

RCACIB Reserve International Champi-

onship Certificate

BP Best Puppy

BJ Best Junior

Gr+ Group Placement

Titles Awarded:

BIS Best in Show

RBIS Reserve Best in Show

BPIS Best Puppy in Show

RBPIS Reserve Best Puppy in Show

BJIS Best Junior in Show

RBJIS Reserve Best Junior in Show

BVIS Best Veteran in Show

RBVIS Reserve Best Veteran in Show

07-10-2011 Pretoria. TKC FCI Interna-

tional. Serge Tassan (Aus). (0+0+1)

Buckwheater’s Curry Favour at

Ailsabute. Excellent breed type. Exqui-

site head. Good reach of neck. Well

Angulated. Moved very well.

Exc, OB1, BOB, CACIB, Gr1, BIS

18-10– 2011 Cape Town. FCI Africa In-

ternational. Jo Scheepers (Holland).

(0+0+1)


Ailsabute. Two years. They must be

long low and level as she is. Beautiful

proportion. Wonderful head. Good

placed ears. Dark eyes. Very good ex-

pression. Good forechest. Very good

front. Good length of rib. Very good

angulations and back and behind. Won-

derful coat. Moves well. Good tempera-

ment.

Exc, OB1, BOB, CACIB, Gr2

How to read show results:

Date, Place, Name of Show, Judge’s Name and Country, Entry

(puppies+dogs+bitches)


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Show Results 2011 With two Skye Terriers in the ring during 2011, group performance of the breed continued with a positive trend, with only 12 shows,

where a Skye was entered, not featuring the breed in the final Group Placings. There were some shows where no Skye was entered.


Buckwheater’s Curry Favour at Ailsabute—Junior and Open Bitch 23-Jan-11 Transvaal Benevolent-11 Mrs Joy McFarlane BOB, Best Junior 1, RBJIS

19-Mar-11 Vereeniging and Districts Kennel Club-11 Mr Percy Green BOB

26-Mar-11 Transvaal Midlands-11 Mr T Pickering (Aus) BOB

07-May-11 Transvaal Terrier Club-11 Ms M Jones (Can) BOB

15-May-11 Western Gauteng Kennel Club-11 Mr T Hiscock BOB, Group 3

13-Aug-11 Celtic Breeds Club of Western Tvl-11 Mr Sean Delmar (Ire) BOB

21-Aug-11 Roodepoort and Districts Kennel Club-11 Mrs Avril Ventress BOB, Group 4

27-Aug-11 Kusa Champ Show-11 Marina Ostrovskaya (Rus) BOB, Group 4

27-Aug-11 Free State Terrier Club-11 Joe Field BOB, BIS-3

11-Sep-11 Centenary Terrier Club-11 Alison van Zyl BOB, RBIS

24-Sep-11 Hibiscus Kennel Club-11 Rod Jarman BOB

25-Sep-11 Margate Kennel Club-11 Greg Eva BOB, Group 4

01-Oct-11 Sasolburg Kennel Club-11 Mr Adrian Sheasby BOB, Group 4

07-Oct-11 TKC FCI-11 Serge Tassan (Aus) Cacib Exc, BOB, Group-1, BIS

08-Oct-11 TKC and Supreme-11 Ms J O Connor (Ireland) BOB, Group 4

09-Oct-11 SA Ladies Kennel Club-11 Ms K Harvey (Aus) BOB, Group 3

15-Oct-11 Breede Rivier Vallei KC-11 Ms K McIntyre (NZ) BOB, Group 1

16-Oct-11 Cape Town KC-11 Mr R Paquette (Can) BOB

20-Oct-11 KUSA FCI-11 Jo Scheepers (Holl) Cacib Exc. RBIG

21-Oct-11 Cape Terrier Club-11 Dave Thompson BOB, BIS-4

22-Oct-11 Hottentots Holland KC-11 Mrs L Perez (Arg) BOB

23-Oct-11 Western Province KC-11 Sue Impey BOB, Group 4

30-Oct-11 Junior Kennel Club Open-11 Nico Meyer BOB and Group 3

06-Nov-11 Western Gauteng Kennel Club Open-11 Louis Coetsee BOB and Group 3

Linum Precious Ringo of Nonsuch—Puppy and Junior Dog

25-Mar-11 Pretoria Kennel Club-11 Michael Shoreman (Can) BOB, Terrier Puppy-1, Group 3, RBPIS

27-Mar-11 Witwatersrand Kennel Club-11 Ms C Davis (Aus) BOB, Terrier Puppy-3

30-Apr-11 Highway Kennel Club-11 Mr R Doedijns (Nld) BOB, Terrier Puppy-3

01-May-11 Natal Coast Kennel Club-11 Mr M Dos Santos (Brz) BOB, Terrier Puppy-2, Group 3

14-May-11 Northern Tshwane Kennel Club-11 Mr Dave Harrison (UK) BOB, Terrier Puppy-1

25 -Jun-11 Junior KC-11 Mr Richard Stoate (UK) BOB, Terrier Puppy-2

1-Jul-11 Natal Terrier Club-11 Mr David Lowe BOB

2-Jul-11 Durban and Districts KC-11 Ms L Liversedge BOB, Terrier Puppy-1

3-Jul-11 Pietermaritzburg KC-11 Mrs N Robertson BOB, Terrier Puppy-1, Group 4

20-Aug-11 Goldfields Kennel Club-11 Mr Colin Bohler BOB

25-Aug-11 Northern Free State KC-11 Mrs Shirley Bloomfield BOB

26-Aug-11 Bloemfontein KC-11 Oleg Yanchev (Rus) BOB

28-Aug-11 Kimberley KC-11 Max Winch (Aus) BOB


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Feature Story

been BOB at this show four

times 06-08-09-10. No other

Skye has ever won BIS in the

Winner Show and he is the only

Skye that has placed twice in

the Winner Show BIS. In addi-

tion he has finished on in the

top five of Finland’s Show Dog

of the Year for All Breeds. He

finished # 2 in 2009, # 4 in

2010 and this year he finished #

4.

Says Hanna: “He is the only

Skye in this country ever to

make it into the Top Five All

Breeds, and he's been there

three years in a row! In the

rankings in 2009 he was also #

1 Terrier, in 2010 # 2 Terrier

and I think he will be # 1 Ter-

rier also in 2011 when the final

results are announced!”

Simo has been BOB 78 times.

In addition, he has won the

Terrier Group 23 times.

“We always have all Terrier

breeds represented in the

Group finals. Simo has also

won the Terrier Specialty in a

field of 800 Terriers, finishing

Best in Show-1 in 2008 & BIS-

2 in 2010.”

Simo also has 25 other Group

placements (II-IV), five Best in

Shows, nine BIS-2, three BIS-3,

four BIS-4 and 46 CACIBs. He

also has two RCCs from Crufts

09-11.

“It took Olga 60 years to breed

a dog like Simo, he is almost

unreal,” says Hanna.

So what will Simo do when his

day for retirement come

around?

“I am sure Simo will really ap-

preciate it, because he does not

like car rides, aeroplanes or dog

shows. He loves his toys and

his armchair!”

We can imagine the just reward

for this amazing dog, curled up

in his chair everyday with his

toys… It will certainly be well

deserved!

Olivia Spirit of American Idol WW-11 Paris, France— In July 2011

Lorraine van Schalkwyk trav-

elled to Paris to attend the

World Dog Show. On Friday,

July 8, was the World Winners

Show, at which Simo—Olivia

Spirit of American Idol—was

for the third time overall World

Winner in the Skye Terrier

breed. Previously he won the

title in 2008 and 2009.

Says Hanna Granlund, co-

owner and devoted mum to

Simo: “Simo does not really

need to win anything more. He

has broken every record for a

Skye in Finland, and I firmly

believe that when he was born

the mould was broken, there

will never be another Skye that

can do what he has done.”

Finland’s premier show is Fin-

nish Winner Show held annu-

ally in Helsinki. It is the high-

light of the show calendar for

many Scandavian exhibitors.

Simo won BIS in the Winner

Show 2008, out of a staggering

8500 entries and was BIS-4 in

Winner Show 2010. He has

“He has broken every

record for a Skye in

Finland, and I firmly

believe that when he

was born the mould

was broken, there will

never be another Skye

that can do what he’s

done.”


World Winners 2011— Above -

(from left) Olivia Spirit of American

Idol, overall World Winner in the

Skye Terrier Breed and Best Oppo-

site, Winners Bitch Olivia Victory

to Flanagan*.

Below—Simo, Olivia Spirit of

American Idol in the Group ring, he

made the cut, but didn’t place over-

all.

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C.I.B NORD CH FI & SE & SK & NO & LT & HU CH WW-08-09-11 EUJW-06 EUW-08 NordicW-07-09-10 FIW-06-08-09-10

*Interesting to note that Olivia Victory to Flanagan is Simo's granddaughter out of Finnsky Joy to Olivia (Olivia Spirit of American Idol x Finnsky Fas-cination)

SA Skye Terrier Group wins and Specialty BIS Placings in 2011

The Bookshelf and later breed personalities

like the flamboyant Mrs

Marion Crooks.

The book includes all you

need to know about the care

and training of Skye Terriers

and for aspirant judges of the

breed, there is a reasonable

discussion of the breed stan-

dard with illustrations of the

common faults such as a dip

Skye Terrier by Muriel P.

Lee is a superb basic intro-

duction to the breed and

should be on every Skye Ter-

rier pet owner’s bookshelf.

It has an adequate amount of

history, starting as early as the

19th century and including

passages on such luminaries

of the breed as Mrs WJ

Hughes, Lady Marcia Miles

behind the shoulders, soft

topline and rear high.

For serious and knowl-

edgeable fanciers the title is

a bit light on illustrations

of some of the top winners

in history.

Nevertheless a bookshelf

staple.


Linum Precious Ringo at Nonsuch.

Puppy Group-1. Judge Dave Harri-

son (UK). Northern Tshwane KC,

Pretoria 14.05.2011

Credit: Pat de Coning


Ailsabute RBIS. Judge Alison

van Zyl. (SA) Centenary Ter-

rier , Sasolburg 11.09.2011

Credit: Frank Schoeman

Buckwheater’s Curry Favour at Ail-

sabute Group 1. Judge Karin McIntyre

(NZ) Breede Vallei KC, CT

15.10.2011


Buckwheater’s Curry Favour at Ail-

sabute Group 1 and BIS. Judge Serge

Tassan BIS Silvana Tassan (Aus).

TKC FCI Int, Pretoria 07.10.2011

Credit: Tyrone Goode

Not all group wins and specialty show placings are pictured as we do not have photographs for all events. Please refer to the full

show results for 2011 for more detail.


Ailsabute BIS-4. Judge Dave

Thompson (SA) Cape Terrier KC,

CT 21.10.2011



Ailsabute Junior 1 and RBJIS.

Judge Joy McFarlane (SA) Trans-

vaal Benevolent Fund 23.01.2011

Credit: Showdogs

Linum Precious Ringo RBPIS. Judge

Ms. M. Jones (Can) Transvaal Terrier

Club, Johannesburg 07-05-2011

Credit: Unknown

Stud Dog Register

Register number Name Colour Born

Show Result Titles

Litters in SA Knees Eyes Sire Dam

FI47948/10

Linum Precious Ringo at Non-such Grey

Jul 2009 CC - 0 - -

Salena Special Agent knees 0/0 eyes clear

C.I.B., Fi, Ee, Lv, Lt, Balt Ch Linum Venus de Milo knees 0/0 eyes clear

FI44302/11

Buckwheater's Sugar and Spies for Ailsabute Cream

Jul 2011 - - 0 - -

D, VDH CH VDH, KFT Jgd-CH Jhd-Jgd-Sg-06 Bd-Jgd-Sg-06 VDH-Eu-Sg-07 Rusty of Bumble-Bee Castle knees 1/1

FI CH Buckwheater's Just Ice knees 0/0 eyes clear

New Champions

Notice of Imports

ZA Ch Buckwheater’s Curry Favour at Ailsabute

DOB: 24.09.2009

Sire: Skyeluck Adalia’s Aidan

Dam: Finnsky Fascination

Breeder: Hanna Granlund

Owner: Lorraine van Schalkwyk

February 2010. Finland.

Buckwheater’s Curry Favour

at Ailsabute. Skyeluck Ada-

lia’s Aidan. Finnsky Fascina-

tion. Hanna Granlund.

Lorraine van Schalkwyk.

December 2010. Finland.

Linum Precious Ringo of

Nonsuch. Salena Special

Agent. Linum Venus de Milo.

Mari Langinkoski. Ronnie

Watt.

December 2011. Finland.

Buckwheater’s Sugar and

Spies for Ailsabute. Rusty

of Bumble-bee Castle.

Buckwheater’s Just Ice.

Hanna Granlund.

Lorraine van Schalkwyk.

How to read import notices:

Date of import, country of

origin, dog’s name, sire,

dam, breeder’s name and

owner’s name.

The following dogs have

been imported to South

Africa:


Date CC Awarded Judge

19-Mar-11 Vereeniging and Districts Mr Percy Green (SA)

25-Mar-11 Pretoria Michael Shoreman (Can)

26-Mar-11 Transvaal Midlands Mr T Pickering (Aus)

27-Mar-11 Witwatersrand Ms C Davis (Aus)

30-Apr-11 Highway Mr R Doedijns (Nld)

Total CCs 36


How to read litter notices: * Quarter expected, year, sire, dam, colours expected.

Kennel Ailsabute * Lorraine van Schalkwyk

Blandford Road

Northriding

RANDBURG

Cell: 27 83 626-3762

[email protected]

www.ailsabute.yolasite.com

* Q4 2012 Buckwheater’s Sugar and Spies x Buckwheater’s

Curry Favour, Cream

Kennel Nonsuch Ronnie Watt

PO Box 800

Bergbron

ROODEPOORT

Cell: 27 11 477-1761

[email protected]

SA Skye Terrier Breeders— *Litters Planned

SA Skye Enthusiast

202 Blandford Road

Northriding

Editor: [email protected]

Worldwide editorial submissions welcome.

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Bred by: Olga Smid

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the Veteran that’s still going strong

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