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Kennel Club seeks your views
The Kennel Club has launched an online questionnaire to gather the views of dog owners, breeders, exhibitors and other canine competitors on what they want and expect from the Kennel Club registration system...
Scottish Kennel Club - August 2012
Best in Show was at last weekend's SKC was the Basset Griffon Vendeen (Petit) Ch Soletrader Peek A Boo...
Irish Kennel Club and Kennel Club to accept registration of crossbred Irish Red and White Setters
The Irish Kennel Club has accepted that crossbreeding Irish Red and White Setters with Irish Setters may become necessary in the future to preserve the genetic health of the breed...
'Fur kid' phenomenon - Brits choose dogs over sprogs
Two in five say owning a dog is a happy alternative to having children. A quarter prefer going out with their dog to their children. Eight in ten say their dog is loving and attentive when out and about. Just over 50% say this is true of their partner...
Kennel Club Question Time sessions 2012
The new series will kick off on Thursday 6th September 2012, at the Forest of Arden Marriott Hotel, Maxstoke Lane, Meriden, Birmingham CV7 7HR...
A step in the right direction, says KC
The Kennel Club has welcomed new guidelines which come into effect today on sentencing for dangerous dog offences but remains concerned that recent government proposals to update flawed dangerous dog legislation fail to include genuinely preventative measures...
Possible microchip problems, reports Virbac
Petlog is the UK's largest lost and found pet database, and it works with eleven leading microchip suppliers, all of which only use ISO 9001 compliant microchips...
Ch. Mabrooka Joshua 21.12.99 - 22.8.12
When we walked into the puppy room one day early in 2000 I could never have imagined that the baby Saluki chosen from this last litter of Mabrooka puppies would quite literally change my life, writes Vicky-Ann Tompkins ...
Richmond BIS goes to Europe with Eurotunnel
Richmond Show 2012 has again been lucky enough to work alongside Eurotunnel to offer an additional prize for the BIS winner, in the shape of a Short Stay Saver Return for one car plus passengers, including free travel for one dog on their Eurotunnel service...
Dogs' Home over maximum capacity
BIRMINGHAM Dogs' Home is officially full, as record numbers of dogs are being abandoned by their owners...
Obituary - Noel Hunton-Morgans (Dalati Welsh Springers) 1928 - 2012
The Welsh Kennel Club show will never be the same again was my first thought when I learned of the death of Noel Hunton-Morgans who passed away in his sleep on 22nd August, writes Christine McDonald ...
Obituary - Margery Dean
I am sorry to record the sad passing of Mrs Margery Dean on 7th August 2012 at the grand old age of 96, after a short spell in hospital. The funeral took place at St. John's Church, Mosley Common followed by a committal at Tyldesley cemetery, writes Brian Townsend ...
International Agility Festival winners announced
The Kennel Club held its hugely successful International Agility Festival at the weekend, with plenty of dogs and their owners taking to the podium to collect their trophies....
The City top 10,000 entries
The City of Birmingham Championship Show has received an entry of 9282 dogs making 10927 entries for this years show, a welcome increase on last year's figures. Congratulations to the City for bucking the downward trend. ...
The 'Pawfect' Training
On Friday 17th August, Team GB Paralympic swimmer Emma Hollis took a break from her training for the games to visit the Wymeswold-based rehoming centre. Whilst there she met dogs of all shapes and sizes including Bess the seven year-old Lurcher who she took a particular shine toon...
Buckham Fair Rescue Dog Champ Show
The winner of the first Buckham Fair Rescue Dog Championship show, sponsored by Kitson & Trotman & Girling & Bowditch, was English Springer Spaniel Henry...
This weekend at City of Birmingham Show
The Samoyed Breed Council, representing the four U.K.Samoyed Breed Clubs, are hosting the World Samoyed Meeting at Stoneleigh Park, alongside the City of Birmingham Show on 30 August - 2nd September 2012. The first World Samoyed Meeting was held in Italy in 2000, in conjuction with the World Dog show. In 2009 the Samoyed Club of Slovakia held the 2nd meeting and now in this special year for the U.K. we are holding the 3rd event of this kind...
Bonkers about Bolonkas!
It was love at first sight for Elizabeth Lovie of the Blootoon Bolognese when she came across the Bolonka Tsvetnaya on the internet, a Russian breed whose name loosely translated means 'coloured Bolognese'. Further research convinced Elizabeth that this was a breed she would love to introduce to the UK but it took a great deal of persistence to track down a suitable puppy to import...
