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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 right), 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. Best Puppy in Show was the Harts' smoothcoat bitch Taradona Just A Dream to Aldersbrook while the Best Puppy in Longcoat went to Fairbairn & Robson's Secret Mission to Tidos. For full results click here

2009 Open Show The British Chihuahua Club Open Show was held on Sunday, 3rd May, at Knowl Hill Village Hall near Maiden­head.  There were 48 Smooth­coats, judged by Louise Hempstead, who gave Best of Breed to the Harts' Aldersbrook Ivory Vibes (right) and Best Puppy to Mrs L Adams' Afterglow Parasol of Hollyels. Mrs Adams also took Longcoat BoB, in an entry of 74 under Christine Fairburn, with Hollyel's Diamond Geeza (pictured below taking 4th in Show at UK Toydog), who was then awarded Best in Show by Mrs Margaret Bunce.

Reserve was last year's Best Puppy, Towlers' longcoat Coriam Red Pepper, and Best Puppy this year was Jacks' Amarose DKNY

No August show
This was our only Open Show this year.  We will no longer be holding a Summer Show in August, due to falling attendances and increasing costs.  However of course we shall be holding our Championship show in November of this, our Diamond Jubilee Year.

2009 AGM
The British Chihuahua Club's Annual General Meeting was held on Sunday 15th March 2009 at Knowl Hill Village Hall.

KC approves our new Code of Ethics
The rules of The British Chihuahua Club stipulate that membership of the Club shall imply acceptance of the Club's Code of Ethics.  These were originally drawn up by the Club and embodied in our Rules, but have since been revised at the direction of The Kennel Club who require that all Breed Clubs must adopt The Kennel Club's own Code of Ethics, with such variations as are approved by them.

The Committee immediately took action to bring the Club's Rules into conformance with this requirement by adopting The Kennel Club's Code of Ethics, but requested approval to in­corp­orate additional clauses from our original Code, relating to breeding.  The Kennel Club has now agreed to this and with immediate effect, all our members will be required to abide by the revised British Chihuahua Club's Code of Ethics.  The full text can be viewed on our Code of Ethics page.

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