Photo by Alan V. Walker


Best in show at last weekend’s Ladies Kennel Association championship show was
Mr M Parkinson & Mr B Dillon’s Cocker Spaniel, Sh Ch Dillonpark Ambrogina JW, pictured here with the BIS judge Mr T Nethercott and LKA’s president Peggy Grayson

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Saluki wins Eukabuba World Challenge

Photo by Lisa Croft-Elliott

The Best in Show Eukanuba World Challenge winner 2008 at Long Beach, California was Dagmar Hintzenberg-Freisleben and Karin Völker’s Saluki, Ch Dakira Sawahin,
from Harsewinkel in Germany.

This 3-and-a-half year old bitch’s titles include Top Saluki in Germany, International Champion, DWZRV - Winner for Beauty and Performance, Winner Donaueschingen,
Jahrhundert-Jugendsiegerin, BIS.

Dakira is seen here with handler/breeder/owner, Dagmar.

Also pictured from left to right is judge Hans Muller, President of the FCI; Leif Kopernik,
Secretary of the German KC (VDH), and Rafael de Santiago,
representing the FCI.

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Shame on you BBC!

THE BBC last week confirmed that it will not be broadcasting Crufts in 2009, amidst that the decision was reached following ‘disputes’ with the Kennel Club after the programme makers suggested certain breeds be excluded from the competition. Its contract with the KC to air the programme in March was not set to end until 2010.

The disputed breeds were: Basset hound, Clumber spaniel, Dogue de Bordeaux, Mastiff, Neapolitan Mastiff, Pekingese, Bloodhound, Shar pei, St Bernard, Chow chow, German shepherd, Bulldog, Rhodesian ridgeback and the Cavalier.

Although the announcement of the BBC’s withdrawal from Crufts last week came as no surprise, many people connected to the show or in the world of dogs at large have already started to express their disgust at the hypocritical stance taken by the so called ‘bastion’ of broadcasting. Readers and columnists alike have condemned the high handed attitude of the BBC and yet again the RSPCA’s spokesperson Marks Evans. Phrases like ‘sanctimonious hypocrites’ abound in letters to this paper and also on our web site and many other chat rooms on the internet.

The BBC story on their own web site reads as follows: ‘The BBC has confirmed that it will not broadcast the dog show, Crufts next year. The Kennel Club, which runs Crufts, said the decision followed "disputes" over the inclusion of certain breeds of pedigree dog in the competition. The club complained to Ofcom after a BBC investigation earlier this year found dogs on show suffer from genetic diseases following years of inbreeding. The BBC said it remained "keen" on continuing discussions with the club. The corporation's contract to show the event was supposed to end in 2010. The show is still set to go ahead in March next year but the club said it could not comply with the BBC's request for particular breeds to be excluded from the show.

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