Bay Area Cavalier King Charles Spaniel Club

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Bay Area Cavalier King Charles Spaniel Club The BACKCSC is a specialty breed club serving Northern California.

What a wonderful weekend at our 24th & 25th BACKCSC Specialties and the Harvest Moon Classic Dog Show! We had a fantasti...
10/21/2026

What a wonderful weekend at our 24th & 25th BACKCSC Specialties and the Harvest Moon Classic Dog Show!

We had a fantastic time celebrating our breed, enjoying beautiful dogs, and spending time with such a wonderful group of exhibitors. We are incredibly grateful to everyone who helped make these shows so special!

A heartfelt thank you to our wonderful judges, Jean Tremblay, George Milutinovich, Burk Crancer-Hughes, and Kellene Ruffoni, for sharing their time and expertise with us, and to all of our exhibitors for bringing such lovely entries. We truly appreciate your support!

We also want to recognize some very special people who helped to make our shows memorable:

⭐️ Our ribbon vendor, Neslo Farms (Kathleen Maris and Wendy Stang). Thank you for creating our beautiful rosettes and for your generous donation of the Best of Breed ribbons! We are so proud to showcase your beautiful work at our specialties.

⭐️ Our trophy vendors, Stephanie Deaver and Julie Ellingson. Thank you, Stephanie, for the custom embroidered towels, and Julie, for the stunning handmade ceramics! We lost count of how many exhibitors from other breeds stopped to comment on the beauty and quality of our ribbons and trophies!

⭐️ Our generous donors and amazing volunteers. We could not do this without you! Hosting two specialties in one day is a tremendous undertaking, and we are so thankful for every donation, every helping hand, and every bit of support. Your generosity, time, and dedication are what make these shows possible, and we are so fortunate to have such a wonderful community behind us.

We're already looking forward to next year and hope you'll plan to join us again! Until then, please enjoy a few photos from the weekend.

Thank you again for being part of our shows and for helping us make them such a success.

Our Annual Meeting will be held on November 1st at Pet Food Express in Danville. After the meeting, Julie Bond will pres...
10/16/2026

Our Annual Meeting will be held on November 1st at Pet Food Express in Danville. After the meeting, Julie Bond will present on Canine Body Language. Please join us!

Our judge for the designated specialty, Jean Tremblay.
10/12/2026

Our judge for the designated specialty, Jean Tremblay.

Meet the Judge Monday: Jean Tremblay

I started my own obsessive journey in dogs in 1976 at a local show when our family Dane won a massive 4 point win. I had worked all summer conditioning and grooming and I was hooked. It was 10 years later as a second generation dog breeder and fifth generation stock person that my journey started in cavaliers the breed I am best know for . The Halfmoon prefix became permanent in 1994 and best in show winners bred and owned by us followed in the decades that follow in three colours as well as 91 champions in Canada and 18 AKC champions first with my late partner L.Garrett Lambert and now with my current partner Don aka The Tall one. Through a very limited breeding program we continue to work on that elusive best in show black and tan despite having won the AKC National with a veteran of that colour in 2022. I have also bred and owned champions in Great Danes, havanese,mini long hair dachshunds and smooth fox terriers.

As a handler i handled to championships and beyond, dogs from 89 different breeds and from all 7 groups. I have lost of that count of champions after a flood destroyed boxes of results and records. . I proudly trimmed, stripped, conditioned, scissored all my charges doing my best to present them as closely to what the standards required. Would I do it again ..absolutely. From starry eyed youngster, to breeder , to handler, to mentor, my journey continues as a judge with my hand still firmly involved in breeding on a smaller scale. I hope that my experience and the knowledge shared with me guides my eye and my hands in the ring.

I am now licensed for all Hounds, Toys, Non-sporting , and sporting and BIS I have had the honour of judging specialities for All hounds, Toys, Yorkies , Cavaliers, Norwegian Elkhounds and Clumbers, Toy and Standard Manchesters and Papillon,as well as Non Sporting and at All breed events in 7 provinces, the USA ,Australia and New Zealand.

The judging programs for our shows are now available! Please see below for ring times and schedules. We look forward to ...
10/09/2026

The judging programs for our shows are now available! Please see below for ring times and schedules. We look forward to seeing everyone there!

⭐️ BACKCSC Judging Program:https://pdf.infodog.com/jps/016/jpg016.pdf

⭐️ Harvest Moon Judging Program:https://pdf.infodog.com/jps/697/jpg697.pdf

We would also like to note that there is a judge change. The BACKCSC concurrent specialty will now be judged by Mr. George Milutinovich.

Please plan to join us for a no-host dinner on Saturday, October 17th after the Specialties.RSVP to Susan Gonyo by Octob...
09/23/2026

Please plan to join us for a no-host dinner on Saturday, October 17th after the Specialties.

RSVP to Susan Gonyo by October 15th!

Thank you to our incredible donors for the generous contributions to our specialties! There are a couple of trophies and...
09/17/2026

Thank you to our incredible donors for the generous contributions to our specialties!

There are a couple of trophies and plenty of classes still available for sponsorship: www.backcsc.org/category/all-products

And a reminder that entries close Wednesday, 9/30!

Thank you for supporting our shows!

Our next general membership meeting will be held on September 27th at Pet Food Express in Danville. This is also the onl...
09/11/2026

Our next general membership meeting will be held on September 27th at Pet Food Express in Danville. This is also the only meeting where nominations for the 2026-2027 BOD can be made from the floor.

Join us for our next meeting on Sunday, August 2, 2026 via Zoom, which will be followed with a presentation by veterinar...
07/14/2026

Join us for our next meeting on Sunday, August 2, 2026 via Zoom, which will be followed with a presentation by veterinary ophthalmologist Dr. Victoria Lyons.

Members will receive a Zoom link in advance of the meeting. Guests are welcome, as always, and can contact Allyson Gonyo at [email protected] for the link if they would like to attend.

Please join us for our Annual Fun Day on Sunday, June 14th!To register, visit: www.backcsc.org/category/fun-day➡️ If you...
05/16/2026

Please join us for our Annual Fun Day on Sunday, June 14th!

To register, visit: www.backcsc.org/category/fun-day

➡️ If you are ordering lunch, registrations must be received by June 10th.

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609 San Ramon Valley Blvd
Danville, CA
94526

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