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Chihuahua Club Garden Party
The Chairman Mr Graham Foote again kindly hosted a Chihuahua Club Garden Party at his home in Pease Pottage, Sussex on Sunday, 4th July, for "Chihuahuas and well-behaved others (people and small dogs)".

A good time was had by all, with excellent donated food and drink and many fun competions for the dogs and their owners.  The theme for the Fancy Dress class was American Independence Day.  All proceeds for the day went to Chihuahua Welfare.

2010 Open Show
The British Chihuahua Club 2010 Open Show was held on Sunday, 2rd May, at Knowl Hill Village Hall near Maiden­head.  Best in Show judged by Mrs L Hempstead went to Mrs Diane Lunney's longcoat Diella Macaroon

Diane also got BPIS with her smoothcoat puppy Diella Last Tango. Reserve BIS went to the Bungards' longcoat Ballybroke Teal (pictured right) and Best Veteran was also a longcoat, Mrs Aubertin's Remmitt Rainbow.

2010 AGM
The British Chihuahua Club's 2010 Annual General Meeting was held at St. Joseph's Parish Centre, Maidenhead on Sunday, 28th March. Mrs Angela Harris stood down from the Committee and as Mrs Rita Hart was the only nominated candidate for the vacancy, she was appointed without the need for an election to take place.

DFS Crufts 2010
Smoothcoats at this years Crufts championship show were judged by Mr George Farmer. Bitch CC and BoB went to Carole Davies' Dachidas Colour Me Blue (pictured right), with Mrs Requena's Gibeltarik Moses getting the dog CC. Best Puppy was Cleopy Velvet Dawn.

Mrs Sylvia Brady judged Longcoats, giv­ing dog CC and BoB to Diane Lun­ney's Ch Diella Buccaneer (left), bitch CC to Graham Foote's Ballybroke Mandy and Best Puppy to Yorone Delicate Lace.

Full results on the Fosse Data website at crufts.fossedata.co.uk - l/c results here, and s/c here. Toy Group judge Mrs Ann Horan pulled out Buccaneer in her first cut, but neither dog was placed in the Group, which went to the Maltese, Ch Benatone Gold Ring.

2009 Diamond Anniversary Championship Show
The British Chihuahua Club was sixty years old in 2009, and we held a special Diamond Anniversary Championship Show at Langley Community Hall near Slough on Sunday, 8th November. There was a large entry of 146 Smoothcoats for Mrs Janet Fraser to judge, and over 200 Longcoats for Mr Albert Wight. The Smoothcoat BoB, selected as Best in Show by Mrs Olga Frei-Denver, was Carole Davies' 18-month-old smoothcoat bitch Dachida's Paintbox (pictured left), still on a run of wins after taking Best Puppy at Crufts earlier in the year.

Longcoat BoB was Hollyel's Topaz Angel, a two-year-old bitch owned by Mrs L Adams. BPIS was the Harts' smoothcoat bitch Taradona Just A Dream to Aldersbrook while Best Puppy in Longcoat went to Fairbairn & Robson's Secret Mission to Tidos. For full results click here

Don't be tricked out of your money
With the current popularity of Chihuahuas, people desperate to obtain a puppy are sending off large amounts of money to people they've never met for dogs they've never seen.  Sadly many of them never receive the puppy they were promised, or ever see their money again.  Read our page Buying A Chihuahua to see how the Club can put you in touch with Club members who may have puppies for sale.  Our members are obliged to abide by our code of ethics