NORWEGIAN BUHUNDS The weekend the 23rd/24th November was such a busy one for Buhunds and their owners that I could not fit in all their activities in my notes last week, so I continue here. The same day as the Nordic, Jacque Cobb who lives in Someset got up at 5am and drove 90miles through […]
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Breed Notes 29th November 2024
NORWEGIAN BUHUNDS In every walk of life there are those special days that are remembered for some time, even for years. The breed may be numerically small in numbers, but it certainly made its presence felt on Saturday 23rd November at The Nordic Open Show, held where it has been for many years at The […]
Breed Notes 22nd November 2024 Margaret Deuchar
NORWEGIAN BUHUNDS A couple of weeks ago I wrote about the memorabilia that we had from Shirley Dobson, this included several critiques, below is the one from the club’s first open show held on 6th October 1974, the judge was Ken Bounden who was well known and who was still judging the breed when I […]
Breed Notes 15th November 2024 Margaret Deuchar
NORWEGIAN BUHUNDS Those interested in showing may hope that their puppy will gain a ‘Junior Warrant’, not easy with a numerically small breed with 25points needed from Championship and Open Show before the dog is 18 months. Following on from this is ‘The Show Certificate of Excellence’ which can be gained after the dog has […]
Breed Notes 7th November 2024 Margaret Deuchar
NORWEGIAN BUHUNDS Sadly, earlier this year our Patron and a founder member of the club Shirley Dobson died, she left all her Buhund memorabilia which she and her husband Alf had collected over the years, to the club. Anne Smith who was our chairman when Shirley was Patron and who had been a friend of […]
Breed Notes 1st November 2024 Margaret Deuchar
NORWEGIAN BUHUNDS I start with an apology to Lillian Rumsey and Sarah Stonton, as I left out the winner of the Progeny Class in my results of the Club Ch show in last week’s notes. The winner was Lillian’s Kata Syndattir Av Fjeldvidda At Wheatshade ( Imp Nld)(Darcy),helping her win the class were Sue & […]
Breed Notes 25th October 2024 Margaret Deuchar
NORWEGIAN BUHUNDS The club held its second Ch show of the year on 19th October at Bearley Village Hall Strafford upon Avon. This was a standalone event and a new venue for the club show, as it is more central for most exhibitors than the previous venue, with exhibitors spread all over the country. It […]
Breed Notes 18th October 2024 Margaret Deuchar
NORWEGIAN BUHUNDS Pastoral Day at the 86th South Wales Kennel Association Ch show was Friday 11th October. When I first came into the breed some 30 plus years ago, the show was held at the David Broome Event Centre Chepstow in July,then when the centre was upgraded the show could no longer be held there […]
Breed Notes 11th October 2024 Margaret Deuchar
Norwegian Buhunds In the late 1980’s Wally Conron of the Royal Guide Association of Australia mated a Labrador with a Standard Poodle, to help a blind woman whose husband had allergies to dog hair. The dog Sutan was a very good guide dog with the working attributes of the Labrador and the intelligence, agility and […]
Breed Notes 4th October 2024 Margaret Deuchar
NORWEGIAN BUHUNDS I am very pleased to say that this year the club is producing a calendar with photos that members sent into the forum, these were then voted on and the top photos will appear in the calendar. I appreciate that not everyone is on Facebook, so if you want a calendar, please contact […]
Breed Notes 27th September 2024 Margaret Deuchar
NORWEGIAN BUHUNDS The year marches on it will soon be Christmas! No Ch show with classes for the breed until South Wales which again sadly is a Friday, hopefully this means that there will be more Pastoral days on a Saturday next year. Wealdstone & Northolt Canine Society’s Top Event was held in the late […]
Breed Notes 20th September 2024 Margaret Deuchar
NORWEGIAN BUHUNDS The Pastoral, Terrier and Working Groups were on Friday 13th September which was the first day of Darlington 3-day Ch show held on Ripon racecourse. After the awful winds of Driffield and the torrential rain of Richmond the weather had calmed down, and had made way for a much colder but drier conditions […]
Breed Notes 13th September 2024 Margaret Deuchar
NORWEGIAN BUHUNDS Sunday 1st September saw Marie Corin and Adam Camm make an early start to head off to the Forest Edge Arena in Norfolk, for the Sheringham & District Premier Open show .Sarah Bothwell was the Buhund judge and she awarded BOB to Marie and Adam’s homebred Mazads Nom de Plume(Dexter), Marie said he […]
Breed Notes 6th Septemeber 2024 Margaret Deuchar
NORWEGIAN BUHUNDS Bank Holiday weekend was a very busy one for several Buhunds and their owners. On a rather wet Saturday morning August 24th ,it was North Devon Canine Association Premier Open Show held at The Matford Centre in Exeter, luckily the Buhunds were scheduled to be inside, the judge was Diane Stewart-Ritchie who gives […]
Breed Notes 30th August 2024 Margaret Deuchar
NORWEGIAN BUHUNDS For some time, the KC has offered breed celebration lunches, those interested in a breed attend a lunch which includes a tour of the Photo and Book Library and the Gallery, during which they try to show those attending anything they have on your breed. We had been planning to do this just […]
Breed Notes 23rd August 2024 Margaret Deuchar
NORWEGIAN BUHUNDS Terrier Working & Pastoral Day at Bournemouth Ch show was Monday 12th August which turned out to be the hottest days of the year so far, with temperatures in that part of the country well over 30degreess. I think it is the only Ch show now to have a Monday as a show […]
Breed Notes 16th August 2024 Margaret Deuchar
Cancer as we know is the biggest killers of dogs worldwide, it does not matter if they are pedigree or cross bred. There are so many types of cancer affecting dogs, some can be treated, and the dog will continue to lead a happy life for some time after treatment, others are more difficult to […]
Breed Notes 9th August 2024 Margaret Deuchar
NORWEGIAN BUHUNDS When I first came into the breed Leeds Ch show had Buhund classes, but over the years with falling entries especially when Pastoral day was on a Monday the breed was taken off. South Wales Ch show then lost its usual venue and moved to Builth Wells in October, leaving a gap in […]
Breed Notes 2nd August 2024 Margaret Deuchar
NORWEGIAN BUHUNDS As I sit here writing these notes, I can’t believe we are almost into August, where is the year going. Now the better weather has arrived, just hope we do not have the intense heat some of the countries in Europe are having. Seems to be either wet and cold or hot, Time […]
Breed Notes 26th July 2024 Margaret Deuchar
NORWEGIAN BUHUNDS Evesham & District Canine Society Premier Open show was held on 14th July the day after Working and Pastoral Breeds Ch show and on the same venue, the Three Counties Showground. Thoughts of an open show in the area were first suggested in 1974 but the idea was not popular with everyone, so […]