NORWEGIAN BUHUNDS Groups have their own Ch and Open shows. The Working and Pastoral groups have a combined show every year at the Three Counties show ground in Malvern. The group shows also have their Junior Handler qualifiers for the final at Discover Dog. Isaac Shorer-Wheeler was 3rd handling Anne Smith’s Ch Arnscroft Never Say […]
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Breed Notes 12th July 2019 Margaret Deuchar
NORWEGIAN BUHUNDS Pastoral Day at East of England Ch Dog show at Peterborough was the Friday, not my local show but only an hour an half away, however for Sarah Stonton it was her local show only, 30mins from her shutting her front door to entering the show, don’t think you can get much more […]
Breed Notes 5th July 2019 Margaret Deuchar
NORWEGIAN BUHUNDS Windsor Ch is my local Ch show, in theory it should only take just under an hour door to door, but Pastoral day being a Friday it took a little longer. The day started quite cool but warmed up as the day went on, but luckily not as hot as had been been […]
Breed Notes 28th June 2019 Margaret Deuchar
NORWEGIAN BUHUNDS Blackpool is the only General Ch show left in the North West of England. It goes back to 1921; the first Ch show being held in 1934 in the tram sheds in Hornby Road. In the past the show had a pre-show dinner and dance, which at the time was a highlight in […]
Breed Notes 21st June 2019 Margaret Deuchar
NORWEGIAN BUHUNDS Friday the 21st June the longest day, now the days will start getting shorter and at the moment summer seems to be on hold. This time last year it was very hot but at the moment we will all soon be suffering from rust. I know here in the South East it had […]
Breed Notes 14th June 2019 Margaret Deuchar
NORWEGIAN BUHUNDS Three Counties Dog show is another show that for years has scheduled the breed without CCs. Held on the Three Counties showground in Malvern, it used to be combined with the Royal Three Counties Show. Then one fateful day many years ago on a pouring wet hound day, we queued to get in […]
Breed Notes 7th June 2019 Margaret Deuchar
NORWEGIAN BUHUNDS Those of you who read my notes regularly know that as well as enjoying reporting on shows, I love to hear of other things owners do with their Buhunds. Most of you will know the name Tom Glibbery, he has run the Paris and London marathons this year, in aid of The National […]
Breed Notes 31st May 2019 Margaret Deuchar
NORWEGIAN BUHUNDS Bath Ch show is one of the new all breed shows giving CCs to every breed that has them, this is being trialled for 3 yrs by the KC. It has scheduled the breed for many, many years without CCs, for which we have always been grateful. The all-breed shows now have to […]
Breed Notes 24th May 2019 Margaret Deuchar
NORWEGIAN BUHUNDS Before I finish with Birmingham National, it was one of the shows that had a “Have a go Dog show” seminar for those new to showing. Lisa Strong had booked herself into the seminar on the Sunday and below is an article she has kindly written about her day. “This year the KC […]
Breed Notes 17th May 2019 Margaret Deuchar
NORWEGIAN BUHUNDS The first day of Birmingham National was Thursday which was Pastoral Day; it was their 160th Anniversary show with every exhibitor receiving a very nice pen. The show also schedules every breed with CCs. Rather like Welks Ch show the weather decided to break the night before, with heavy rain and some thunder, […]
Breed Notes 10th May 2019 Margaret Deuchar
NORWEGIAN BUHUNDS As usual Buhunds and their owners were out and about over the Bank holiday weekend. The weather could not have been more different from that over Easter, this time it was cold and windy but that did not stop anyone enjoying the weekend. Lisa Strong has kindly sent me details of a charity […]
Breed Notes 3rd May 2019 Margaret Deuchar
NORWEGIAN BUHUND Pastoral day at WELKS was Saturday 27th, no CCs this year, they have been moved to Bath which is now one of the new all breed shows. Thanks to the WELKS committee for keeping the breed scheduled, as I have said before the show scene would be very sparse without the non CC […]
Breed Notes 26th April 2019 Margaret Deuchar
NORWEGIAN BUHUNDS Working and Pastoral Breeds of Wales was held on Easter Saturday 20th April, for many years we have only had three classes. There was a small but quality entry with all the dogs and bitches in open being Champions. Our judge was Mrs Parry she found her BOB in Nancy Kent’s Ch Koromandel […]
Breed Notes 19th April 2019 Margaret Deuchar
NORWEGIAN BUHUNDS For some time the committee had been very conscious of the fact, that the club did not offer much to those members that do not show. This year we have moved our open show to take place in conjunction with National Working and Pastoral Breeds Ch show on July 13th, it will take […]
Breed Notes 12th April 2019
NORWEGIAN BUHUNDS Saturday 6th April saw 7 club members and their dogs make their way to the large indoor riding school of the Solihull Riding Club at Bentley Heath, for a Rally and Obreedience show run by The Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever Club of UK. Jacqui Cobb took along her husband Michael and Nancy […]
Breed Notes 5th April 2019 Margaret Deuchar
NORWEGIAN BUHUNDS No Ch shows to report on but there are a number of open shows and other activates taking place. Many congratulations to Bev Hall who took her Ailort Just The Ticket (Jay) to the FIT Dog Rally, at Thomson House Equestrian Centre Standish and gained an excellent score of 202, to give Jay […]
Breed Notes 29th March 2019 Margaret Deuchar
NORWEGIAN BUHUNDS We are almost in April when the various canine activities start in earnest. Last Friday Fizz and I did a Scentwork UK Level 1 trial. I started doing scent training with Kiki early last year. He was totally blind (not breed related), it was something he could do and really enjoyed it. We […]
Breed Notes 22nd March 2019 Margaret Deuchar
NORWEGIAN BUHUNDS I cannot believe it is two weeks since Crufts, you wait and plan for something then it comes and goes so quickly! Before we leave Crufts completely, Millie sent me a list of the BOB winners since 2000, noting that they were all dogs. I asked the KC if they could go back […]
Breed Notes 15th March 2019 Margaret Deuchar
NORWEGIAN BUHUNDS CRUFTS started in 1886 as the ‘First Great Terrier Show’ with 57breeds and 600 entries organised by Charles Crufts. The name was changed to Crufts in 1891 when the show was booked into the Royal Agricultural Hall in Islington, with all the breeds of the time being shown giving 2000 entries. Over the […]
Breed Notes 8th March 2019 Margaret Deuchar
NORWEGIAN BUHUNDS Friday was Pastoral day at Crufts, we were second in the ring after 92 Corgis, so the breed did not start until about 2pm.Our judge was Celia Vines who is a long-time club member and exhibitor, her Ch Ailort Highlander at Parvodene ShCM is a past Top Dog in the breed, she last […]