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Breed Notes 1st December 2023 Margaret Deuchar

Posted on: December 1st, 2023

NORWEGIAN BUHUNDS You will I am sure know by now that I am very interested in various dog disciplines. Before the Pandemic there were several Buhunds competing in Rally mine included, but recently it has been more or less left to Jacqui Cobb with Eloise and Bear to keep the Buhund flag flying in this […]

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Breed Notes 24th Novemebr 2023 Margaret Deuchar

Posted on: November 28th, 2023

NORWEGIAN BUHUNDS The Pandemic was a very difficult experience for nearly everyone, the only good thing to come out of it possibly  was a wider use of the Internet, for things that in the past had always taken place face to face. Sadly, this year David and I have attended the funerals of 3 close […]

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Breed Notes 17th November 2023 Margaret Deuchar

Posted on: November 17th, 2023

NORWEGIAN BUHUNDS Lisa Strong’s puppy is just 6months, I am sure we can all remember taking our puppy to their first show, so I asked Lisa if she would tell us how it all went. ‘The 28th of October was Pastoral day at Midland Counties and was the first show that our Raven (Draccus I […]

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Breed Notes 10th November 2023 Margaret Deuchar

Posted on: November 10th, 2023

NORWEGIAN BUHUNDS Many in the breed will either know Roger Thomas personally or know his name, he is a past President of the club and together with his wife Madeleine, they successfully bred and showed Buhunds along with Norwich and Norfolk Terriers and both sizes of German Spitz with the Squirreldene affix. They moved to […]

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Breed Notes 3rd Novemebr 2023 Margaret Deuchar

Posted on: November 3rd, 2023

NORWEGIAN BUHUNDS In last week’s notes I talked about the CC winners and BIS at the Breed Club Ch show held on 22nd October at Shirland Village Hall Alfreton in Derbyshire, with our judge coming all the way from Northern Ireland, Sue Sercombe with  daughter Jacqui who did  an excellent job stewarding. We were lucky […]

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Breed Notes 27th October 2023 Margaret Deuchar

Posted on: October 27th, 2023

NORWEGIAN BUHUNDS I have always been fascinated how dogs and various farm animals have been bred down from the original wild animal. Not quite bred down from wild horses  but one of the favourite quiz questions when I was in the Riding Club, was which 3 horses are behind the modern-day Thoroughbred. With dogs we […]

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Breed Notes 20th October 2023 Margaret Deuchar

Posted on: October 20th, 2023

NORWEGIAN BUHUNDS The weekend the 7th /8th October saw several Buhunds take their owners to shows. The youngest of these was Andy Platts Mazads Joie De Vivre or Luna to her friends, she was born on 27th May and is by Kligenthal Almuric (Bergen) x Gladidegelli Arvejente for Rikarlo AI (Lucy).Having been going to ring […]

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Breed Notes 13th October 2023 Margaret Deuchar

Posted on: October 16th, 2023

NORWEGIAN BUHUNDS Addrienne Frost- Treadwell has been in touch from Eire, with news of the recent successes of the Frostisen Kennel of Kerry and Fritz Frost, Addrienne and Jacqui Walmsley. The first of the successes was at Belfast Ch show held on held on 23rd /24th September with Pastoral day being the Sunday, it is […]

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Breed Notes 6th October 2023 Margaret Deuchar

Posted on: October 6th, 2023

NORWEGIAN BUHUNDS On the 20th of September 2023 a paper was published on, ‘The effect of harness design on the biomechanics of domestic dogs.’ It is written by Ellen Williams of the Dept of Animal Health, Behaviour & Welfare, Harper Adams University, Newport, UK and Violet Hunter, Jacqueline Boyd and Anne Cater. It is a […]

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Breed Notes 29th September 2023 MArgaret Deuchar

Posted on: September 29th, 2023

NORWEGIAN BUHUNDS In my notes of 15th September, I said that Sarah Stonton had competed in her first NNA trial, and here she tells of the new journey she has started. ‘Having competed at scent work for over 2yrs now, doing SWUK competitions with Jack (Ch Arnscroft In Di Ana Jack), it was time to […]

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Breed Notes 22nd Spetember 2023 Margaret Deuchar

Posted on: September 24th, 2023

NORWEGIAN BUHUNDS Many many thanks go to Lillian Rumsey and husband Mike for attending the Dog Lovers Show in Glasgow on behalf of the Buhund Club. The show was advertised ‘as the ultimate destination for all dog enthusiast, whether   a seasoned pet owner or just starting out, the show has something for everyone. Our meet […]

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Breed Notes 15th September 2023 Margaret Deuchar

Posted on: September 15th, 2023

NORWEGIAN BUHUNDS As I start writing these notes much of the country is covered by an amber heat alert, as summer has decided to return, with temperature of 30 plus across most of the country. So now it is walking dogs early or late with some of the more energetic of the dog activates either […]

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Breed Notes 8th September 2023 Margaret Deuchar

Posted on: September 8th, 2023

NORWEGIAN BUHUNDS The last weekend in August which proved to be a very successful and busy one for several Buhunds and their owners. On the Saturday in Eire, it was the last show in the Munster show Circuit of 4 Ch shows which I talked about in last week’s notes. This was at Tralee which […]

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Breed Notes 1st September 2023 Margaret Deuchar

Posted on: September 1st, 2023

NORWEGIAN BUHUNDS The 1st of September already, during the pandemic when most of us were at home, time seemed to go so slowly but now this year with things almost back to normal the year seems to be flying by. Sadly, during the past months, we have lost several Buhunds, some owners have sent me […]

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Breed Notes 25th August 2023 Margaret Deuchar

Posted on: August 26th, 2023

NORWEGIAN BUHUNDS The Welsh Kennel Club was originally formed in 1896 with the then Prince of Wales as President. The club faded out during the first world war and was not revied until the November of 1967 by a few KC members who lived in Wales, and who at an informal meeting formed a committee […]

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Breed Notes 18th August 2023 Margaret Deuchar

Posted on: August 18th, 2023

NORWEGIAN BUHUNDS Pastoral Day along with the Working and Terrier Day at Bournemouth Canine Association Ch was the second day of the show, Sunday the 13th of August. The show is one of the few that still includes a Monday in its 3 days, presumably with the view that it is the holiday season so […]

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Breed Notes 11th August 2023 Margaret Deuchar

Posted on: August 11th, 2023

NORWEGIAN BUHUNDS Paignton & District Fanciers’ Association General Championship Dog Show is held at Westpoint Clyst St Mary, Exeter. The show has had several homes since it started in 1909, when there was a dog section of the Fanciers Association, which was judged in the basement of the Public Halls at Paignton which also housed […]

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Breed Notes 4th August 2023 Margaret Deuchar

Posted on: August 5th, 2023

NORWEGIAN BUHUNDS The first Leeds City & District Canine Association show was held in 1951 in Roundhay Park in the Shadwell district of Leeds. In the early 1970s it moved to Temple Newsam in Leeds where it stayed until in 1982, when it moved to its current home in the grounds of the beautiful Harewood […]

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Breed Notes 28th July 2023 Margaret Deuchar

Posted on: July 28th, 2023

NORWEGIAN BUHUNDS Last week I wrote about the main winners at the Club Open show which was held in conjunction with NW&PBS Ch show in Malvern on 15th July. This was the second time we had partnered with the show, the first time being in 2019 when the weather was very hot, not this time […]

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Breed Notes 21st July 2023 MArgaret Deuchar

Posted on: July 22nd, 2023

NORWEGIAN BUHUNDS Every Group has its own Open and Ch show, although the Working Group & Pastoral Group combine to have an Open show in February at Ryton on Dunsmore in Warwickshire, and their Ch show in July on the Three Counties showground Malvern, this year it was on Saturday July 15th.Both have their own […]

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