NORWEGIAN BUHUNDS On Sunday 9th February Sarah Stonton took her puppy Pixie aka Wheatshade Snow Dreamer to a Level 1 scent trial in Peterborough where she was 4th, this with her previous placings means that she is only a few points off her Level 1 Excellent, which is fantastic as Pixie is not yet a […]
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Breed Notes 14th February 2025 Margaret Deuchar
NORWEGIAN BUHUNDS Many of you will know the story of the Buhund that I am going to write about, it is an amazing story of survival, and I do wonder how dogs from other breeds would have survived what this dog went though, he shows the breed still has the Viking spirit. The story started […]
Breed Notes 7th February 2025 Margaret Deuchar
NORWEGIAN BUHUNDS It is a long time since I wrote about Rally in these notes, so I was very pleased receive a piece from Bethany Guillod Rees telling me that she and Ruby aka Draccus Obsidian had taken part in Talking Dogs Rally (TDR).Launched in 2010 TDR is the only rally organisation in the UK […]
Breed Notes 31st January 2025 Margaret Deuchar
NORWEGIAN BUHUNDS I do hope that those of you who live in the path of storm Eowyn did not suffer too much damage, here in the south we were lucky only having some very gusty winds and heavy rain, which passed relatively quickly. I write about the many various activities Buhunds do, but the main […]
Breed Notes 24th January 2025 Margaret Deuchar
NORWEGIAN BUHUNDS Now that Boston Ch show has moved to the summer, Manchester Ch show is the first Ch show of the year, and being one of the KC All Breed Ch Shows it has CCs for all CC breeds and is the last show that dogs can qualify for Crufts 2025. The show began […]
Breed Notes 17th January 2025 Margaret Deuchar
NORWEGIAN BUHUNDS Last week the notes were nearly all about shows, but this week they are more about Buhunds doing activities. Lillian has sent me details of Darcy aka Kata Syndattir Av Fjeldvidda At Wheatshade (Imp NL) mantrialing. “Five teams (dog & handler) gathered on a cold wet day just before Christmas at the outdoor […]
Breed Notes 10th January 2025 Margaret Deuchar
NORWEGIAN BUHUNDS December 22nd was a very busy day country wide for Buhunds and their owners. Penrith & District Canine Society held a Limited show in the Lower Hesket Village Hall, Carlisle where under Julia da Silva,Lillian Rumsey’s Wheatshade Iridium Sky(Hallie) was Best AVNSC Pastoral Puppy. A little further south Darwen Canine Society held its […]
Breed Notes 3rd January 2025 Margaret Deuchar
NORWEGIAN BUHUNDS I hope you had a good New Year and that the fireworks weren’t too bad for those dogs that hate them. Only one Buhund gained their Champion title in 2024. Marie Corin and Adam Camm’s s Ch Kligenthal Almuric (Bergen) ShCEx. He is by Ch Arnscroft Di Na Mo Farah of Koromandel JW […]
Breed Notes 27th December 2024 Margaret Deuchar
NORWEGIAN BUHUNDS I hope you all had a fabulous Christmas and that everything worked out for you whether you stayed at home, travelled to family or friends or went on longer travels .Now I wish you all a Very Happy New Year, and with the shortest day behind us, perhaps we can start to think […]
Breed Notes 20th December 2024 Margaret Deuchar
NORWEGIAN BUHUNDS I wish you all a Very Happy Christmas, I hope you and your canine companions have a wonderful time whatever you have planned. I will not be writing about LKA until the notes that will come out on 27th December. So I thought I might not have any activities to write about, particularly […]
Breed Notes 13th December 2024 Margaret Deuchar
NORWEGIAN BUHUNDS I do hope that you did not suffer from storm Darragh, here in London it was very wild and noisy but I know it was much worse in other areas. Those of you who read these notes regularly will know how I love to write about the activities Buhunds take part in as […]
Breed Notes 6th December 2024 Margaret Deuchar
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 […]
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 […]