Canigou Cambrai
{{Short description|English Cocker Spaniel}}
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| name = Ch. Canigou Cambrai
| image = Canigou Cambrai 1996.gif
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| caption = Canigou Cambrai with the best in show trophy at Crufts.
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| othername = Albert
| species = Canis lupus familiaris
| breed = English Cocker Spaniel
| gender = Male
| birth_date = 13 September 1992
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| death_date = June 2008 (Aged 15 years and nine months){{cite web|url=http://www.dogworld.co.uk/News/25-albert|title=Crufts BIS winner Sh Ch Canigou Cambrai dies|date=19 June 2008|publisher=Dog World.co.uk|accessdate=10 March 2010|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111005120032/http://www.dogworld.co.uk/News/25-albert|archivedate=5 October 2011}}
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| occupation = Show dog
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| awards = 28 CCs, 20 BOBs, 12 RCCs, three gundog groups, and Best in Show in both Crufts and the West of England Ladies Kennel Association in 1996.
| title = Best In Show at Crufts
| term = 1996–1997
| predecessor = Ch. Starchelle Chicago Bear (Irish Setter)
| successor = Ch. Ozmilion Mystification (Yorkshire Terrier)
| owner = Tricia Bentley
| parents = Ch. Cleavehill Pot of Gold (sire)
Crankwood Miss Happy (dam)
| children = Ch. Cornbow International
Ch. Quettadene Personality
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Ch. Canigou Cambrai, also known as Albert (1992–2008), an English Cocker Spaniel, is the most recent of his breed to win Best in Show at Crufts in 1996, the seventh occasion it was awarded to a Cocker Spaniel and the first time for forty six years. For a while he was the most successful black male Cocker Spaniel of all time in the UK, and his descendants continue to be multi-show winning champions around the world.
Show history
In November 1995, Albert won best in show and the dog challenge certificate (CC) at the Championship Show of the Devon and Cornwall Cocker Spaniel Club, beating Sh. Ch. Shenmore Seeing Stars into reserve.{{cite web|url=http://www.devonandcornwallcockerclub.co.uk/showrecord.htm|title=OPEN AND CHAMPIONSHIP SHOW RECORDS SINCE 1982|publisher=Devon and Cornwall Cocker Spaniel Club|accessdate=10 March 2010}} He became Cocker Spaniel of the Year for 1995, again beating Shenmore Seeing Starts into second place.{{cite web|url=http://www.cockernational.com/2006/html/about_the_judge.html|title=About the Judge: Andrew Jones - Shenmore|publisher=CockerNational.com|accessdate=10 March 2010}}
In 1996 he was entered in Crufts once again, where he won best of breed under the eyes of judges Ken McFarlane and Jack Clarke.{{cite web|url=http://www.westofenglandcockerclub.co.uk/ken.htm|title=Ken McFarlane|publisher=West of England Cocker Spaniel Club|accessdate=10 March 2010}} He went on to win best in show, becoming the first Cocker Spaniel since 1950 to do so, and the only cocker to do so that wasn't bred in the Ware kennel of H.S. Lloyd.{{cite web |url=http://www.hvuttar.net/?h=17160&g=307 |title=Besti hundur sýningar á Crufts, frá árunum 1928-2002 |author= |date= |language=Icelandic |publisher=Hvuttar.net |accessdate=11 March 2010 |archive-date=4 March 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120304064953/http://www.hvuttar.net/?h=17160&g=307 |url-status=usurped }}
At the centenary championship show in 2002 of The Cocker Spaniel Club UK, he won best veteran in show.{{cite web|url=http://www.thecockerspanielclub.co.uk/chsh_results02.htm|title=CENTENARY CHAMPIONSHIP SHOW 2002|publisher=The Cocker Spaniel Club|accessdate=10 March 2010}}
Cambrai was the most successful black male Cocker Spaniel of all time in the UK until 10 April 2004, when Sh. Ch. Charbonnel Warlord overtook his record with a 29th CC and best in show at the Cocker Spaniel Club of Scotland.{{cite web|url=http://www.charbonnelcockers.co.uk/my_dogs_at_home/warlord.htm|title=Show Champion Charbonnel Warlord JW|publisher=Charbonnell Cockers|accessdate=10 March 2010}}
=Offspring=
Albert sired several show quality dogs,{{cite web |url=http://www.cocker.no/registry/1252/Canigou+Cambrai+.html |title=1992 - 2008 GBSHCH Canigou Cambrai "Albert" |publisher=English Cocker Spaniel Information Site and Pedigree Database |accessdate=10 March 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081011230843/http://www.cocker.no/registry/1252/Canigou%2BCambrai%2B.html |archivedate=October 11, 2008 }} including multiple best in show winner in France and Belgium, Ch. Cornbow International "Ruben",{{cite web |url=http://www.cocker.no/registry/11800/Cornbow+International.html |title=FRCH LUXCHINTCH (FCI)CHCHMACHMCCHPLCH Cornbow International "Ruben" |publisher=English Cocker Spaniel Information Site and Pedigree Database |accessdate=10 March 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080403063647/http://www.cocker.no/registry/11800/Cornbow%2BInternational.html |archivedate=April 3, 2008 }} and Ch. Quettadene Personality who was the top winning female in Finland in 2001.{{cite web|url=http://www.cocker.no/registry/8563/Quettadene+Personality.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303193702/http://www.cocker.no/registry/8563/Quettadene%2BPersonality.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=3 March 2016|title=LW-01 Quettadene Personality|publisher=English Cocker Spaniel Information Site and Pedigree Database|accessdate=10 March 2010}} Albert's descendants continue to be show champions with Ch. Valotsara Unchain My Heart winning both the Czech Republic Junior title and the Luxembourg adult title,{{cite web|url=http://www.goldenjanyt.com/inzerat/stenataA.htm|title=Ch. Valotsara Unchain My Heart x Champ. King Ensign Golden Janyt|publisher=Golden Janyt|language=Czech|accessdate=10 March 2010}} and one of her puppies, Ch. Adam Golden Janyt, was imported into America where he won Winners Male at the English Cocker Club of America National Speciality in April 2008.{{cite web|url=http://www.nonniescockers.ca/engdesi.html |title=Ch. Adam Golden Janyt - "Desi" |publisher=Nonnies |accessdate=10 March 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081205040910/http://www.nonniescockers.ca/engdesi.html |archivedate=December 5, 2008 }}
Other descendants of Albert include Swedish Champion and runner-up junior at the World Dog Show in Milan in 2000, SwShCh Quettadene Lancelot,{{cite web|url=http://www.manacas.se/earnie.htm|title=SwShCh Quettadene Lancelot|publisher=Manacas.se|accessdate=10 March 2010}} Australian champion Manunga Musketeer,{{cite web|url=http://www.dogzonline.com.au/breeds/profile.asp?dog=26765|title=BISS/RUBIS Aust Ch Manunga Musketeer|publisher=Dogzonline.com.au|accessdate=10 March 2010}} and two time Polish champion Rain Or Shine Wrzeciono Czasu.{{cite web|url=http://www.rainorshine.ovh.org/rain.html|title=RAIN OR SHINE Wrzeciono Czasu|publisher=Rainorshine.ovh.org|language=Polish|accessdate=10 March 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110727160606/http://www.rainorshine.ovh.org/rain.html|archive-date=2011-07-27|url-status=dead}}