NORWEGIAN BUHUNDS What a difference a week makes, one Saturday it is so wet that many outdoor activities are cancelled, the following Saturday there is wall to wall sunshine over most of the UK, no clouds in the sky and record breaking temperatures for the early May Bank holiday. No Champ shows to report but […]
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Breed Notes 4th May 2018 Margaret Deuchar
NORWEGIAN BUHUNDS Pastoral Day at WELKS was Friday 27th, the week before the temperature had been in the twenties, but that had all changed, it was in single figures with heavy rain for most of the day. Many of you will know the Three Counties showground set in the Malvern Hills; it is a lovely […]
Breed Notes 27th April 2018 Margaret Deuchar
NORWEGIAN BUHUNDS Last weekend was a very busy one for Buhunds and their owners, Saturday was Working & Pastoral Breeds of Wales Ch show at Builth Wells, with no CCs there was a small but quality entry. The judge was Mrs E P Hollings who gives CCs in 17gundog breeds 10 Terrier 5 Utility 2 […]
Breed Notes 20th April 2018 Margaret Deuchar
NORWEGIAN BUHUNDS When I wrote about our open show held on the March 24th, I said that our show secretary Jacqui Walmsley had arrived early having left home at silly o’clock, to get everything in order as she was expecting, a visit from the KC Field Officer as it was her first time as being […]
Breed Notes 13th April 2018 Margaret Deuchar
NORWEGIAN BUHUNDS I hope you have seen the lovely advert in the ‘Our Dogs Crufts 2018 UK and International Winners supplement’ published with this week’s ‘Our Dogs’, as well as great photos of the Crufts winners it is also a great advert for the breed. The weather has improved over the last few days although […]
Breed Notes 6th April 2018 Margaret Deuchar
NORWEGIAN BUHUNDS EASTER was early this year and depending where you live, it either rained or snowed. This of course did not put Buhund owners off flying the flag. On Saturday Jacqui Walmsley took her Blakk Extacy Van Koekie’s Ranch (Imp Ned) Moley to his friends,to Bristol and District Dog Club show held at Hutton […]
Breed Notes 30th March 2018 Margaret Deuchar
NORWEGIAN BUHUND Saturday March 24th saw Buhund owners and their friends make their way to Shirland Village Hall Alfreton for the club open show and AGM. The journey proved rather taxing for some members including our chairman Anne & Jenny Shorer –Wheeler, who found the M1 shut southbound where they needed to exit, with a […]
Breed Notes 23rd March 2018 Margaret Deuchar
NORWEGIAN BUHUNDS I always like to write about the different things that owners do with their Buhunds, I don’t think though I have ever written about a food trail before. Some weeks ago, a vet friend of mine sent me details of a food trial; it was near Peterborough, so I messaged Lisa who lives […]
Breed Notes 16th March 2018 Margaret Deuchar
NORWEGIAN BUHUNDS Apologies for no breed notes last week. Many of you know that I judged the breed at Crufts on the Thursday, so I travelled up on the Wednesday afternoon to attend a judges’ briefing in the early evening. I could have attended one on Thursday morning but wanted to watch Debbie and Fizz […]
Breed Notes 2nd March 2018 Margaret Deuchar
NORWEGIAN BUHUNDS Well, what can I say about this past week, I know the dogs have enjoyed playing in the snow but not so easy for those trying to get to work and stay warm. Spare a thought also for those with larger animals, Debbie Penniston- Fleming who has a small farm in the hills […]
Breed Notes 23rd February 2018 Margaret Deuchar
NORWEGIAN BUHUNDS Saturday February 17th saw a number of Buhund owners and their dogs head for Ryton on Dunsmore and National Working And Pastoral Breeds Society Open show. Numbers were probably slightly increased as we also had a room booked for a committee meeting, to start after judging had finished. This worked very well as […]
Breed Notes 16th February 2018 Margaret Deuchar
NORWEGIAN BUHUNDS There are results of several open shows this week. On Saturday February 10th At the Plymouth & District Canine Society show at the Matford Centre Exeter, Yvonne King’s Trelowen Heligan (Sami) was BOB under Tim Ball and shortlisted in the P Group under Hazel Fitzgibbon, with the RBOB going to Jacqui Walmsley’s Blakk […]
Breed Notes 9th February 2018 Margaret Deuchar
NORWEGIAN BUHUNDS Saturday 3rd February was Norwegian Buhund day at the Animal Health Trust Newmarket. To start I am going to give you some history of how a numerically small breed like ours, had a day at the AHT. In the late 80’s Hereditary Cataract was found in the breed in a routine test given […]
Breed Notes 2nd February 2017 Margaret Deuchar
NORWEGIAN BUHUNDS Last weekend Brenda and Tony Bethell went to Cardiff Canine Society open show, their first show of the year, it was held at the Cwmbran Stadium Henllys Way. The judge was Mr Atkinson who awarded BOB to their Zodiac’s Featuring Fredrik At Taevas Of Minforst(Imp US.) This week I am going to talk […]
Breed Notes 26th January 2018 Margaret Deuchar
NORWEGIAN BUHUNDS The last time we had classes with CCs at Manchester was in 2003 that year Kristy Irvine’s Tapui Tane was BOB. In those days the show was at the G Mex in the centre of Manchester and there was no room for breeds without CCs. When the show moved to Stafford it had […]
Breed Notes 19th January 2017 Margaret Deuchar
NORWEGIAN BUHUNDS Buhund owners have as usual been out and about doing things with their dogs. I received the following a few days ago from Lisa Strong who with her Loki Snowflake are in our Obreedience team but as you see have other talents. “Loki and I belong to the Rosie Green Agility Club which […]
Breed Notes 12th January 2018 Margaret Deuchar
NORWEGIAN BUHUNDS Norwegian Buhund Day will be held on Saturday 3rd February 2018 at the AHT Newmarket CB8 7UU. It will start at 10.30am and there will be talks on Ataxia & Hereditary Cataract. It is free and for anyone interested in Buhunds but you will need to book a place by e-mailing ‘breedhealthday@aht.org.uk.’ A […]
Breed Notes 5th January 2017 Margaret Deuchar
NORWEGIAN BUHUNDS WELL IT IS HERE 2018 and I hope you all have a Happy Healthy year with fewer troubles and more blessings. It is also the Chinese Year of the Dog which only happens once every 12 yrs, the Dog is the eleventh animal in the Chinese Zodiac and is a symbol of loyalty […]
Breed Notes 29th December 2017 Margaret Deuchar
NORWEGIAN BUHUNDS A Happy & Healthy New Year to you all, I hope you all had an enjoyable Christmas, here in London it was damp and very windy but I gather some actually had a White Christmas, and a few days later the snow was more widespread. In my notes last week I should have […]
Breed Notes 22nd December 2017 Margaret Deuchar
NORWEGIAN BUHUNDS I start by wishing you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy & Healthy New Year. It looks as if the weather will be much milder compared with the past couple of weeks. The very popular song says ‘Dreaming of a White Christmas,’ we have only had two in the last hundred years […]