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 […]
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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 […]
Breed Notes 1st March 2019 Margaret Deuchar
NORWEGIAN BUHUNDS Last week saw several Buhunds out and about. I am sure most of you will have heard of the JCF (Judge’s Competency Framework) the new way judges will be trained in the future. On Tuesday and Wednesday the KC ran four ‘Eye for a Dog’ seminars, which is an assessment component of the […]
Breed Notes 22nd February 2019 Margaret Deuchar
NORWEGIAN BUHUNDS I was told that I forgot to tell you details of where the Buhund Bumbles will be advertised. They will be on the forum and in the newsletter that is being sent out monthly by Anne our Chairman. So if you are planning one please let her know and put it on the […]
Breed Notes 15th February 2019 Matgaret Deuchar
NORWEGIAN BUHUNDS Sarah Stonton has been in touch to tell us of her activities in another canine discipline, with her two Buhunds Loxy(Trelowen Andrea) & Jack(Ch Arnscroft In Di Ana Jack),she writes. “With Loxy being part of the Quatre Bu Obreedience team we were sometimes at Obreedience qualifiers were a Rally competitions were also taking […]
Breed Notes 8th February 2019 Margaret Deuchar
NORWEGIAN BUHUNDS Many of you will know that there were 3 litters born quite close together in the second half of last year. The first puppy to make an appearance in the ring last weekend at Isle of Ely Canine Society Premier Show, at just 6 months was Lisa Strong’s Leggatts Dancing Queen or Eris […]
Breed Notes 1st February 2019 Margaret Deuchar
NORWEGIAN BUHUNDS I always love receiving news from Buhund owners, so I was thrilled this week to receive the following from Sarah Stonton, who as well as owning Trelowen Andrea and Ch Arnscroft In Di Ana Jack is also a Veterinary Surgeon. “Everybody knows how lovely it is to receive appreciation in whatever form it […]
Breed Notes 25th January 2019 Margaret Deuchar
NORWEGIAN BUHUNDS I do not have any shows to report on but a few weeks ago I heard form Gail Hussey, that Amber one of the last dogs bred by the late and much missed Elizabeth Coleopy had gone over the Rainbow Bridge. She was a good age being born on 30th September 2004, she […]
Breed Notes 18th January 2019 Margaret Deuchar
NORWEGIAN BUHUNDS Manchester this year is the first of the new all breeds Ch shows giving CCs to all breeds that have them, for a 3 yr trial period. We last had classes there with CCs in 2003, in those days the show was at the GMex in the centre of Manchester and there was […]
Breed Notes 11th January 2019 Margaret Deuchar
NORWEGIAN BUHUNDS BOSTON & District Canine Society held its first limited show in 1949 followed in 1952 with an open show, however it was not until 1989 that a second one was held .Then twelve years ago the KC awarded the Society Championship status, and a Ch show was held at Newark & Notts show […]
Breed Notes 4th January 2019 Margaret Deuchar
NORWEGIAN BUHUNDS Those of you who went to LKA will have realised that Jacqui Walmsley was not with you, she wrote ‘that while all the lovely Buhund People were representing our wonderful breed at LKA, I was heading to Amsterdam. You have probably heard me whinging that Our Dogs MD goes jetting off all over […]
Breed Notes 21st December 2018 Margaret Deuchar
NORWEGIAN BUHUNDS I start by wishing you all a Very Happy Christmas; it looks as if it very unlikely that there will be any snow and there will be a relatively calm period of weather, so there should not be any travel problems. I would also like to wish you a Happy and Healthy 2019 […]
Breed Notes 14th December 2018 Margaret Deuchar
NORWEGIAN BUHUNDS Last weekend Debbie and I with Fizz, Asti (Debs Pyrenean Sheepdog) and puppy ‘Time’ headed off to Royston, for a Rally try out for the South East & East Anglia Rally Team for Crufts. I knew the post code but what neither Debbie or I had realised it was it was in a […]
Breed Notes 7th December 2018 Margaret Deuchar
NORWEGIAN BUHUNDS Those of you who are club members will have received your autumn Bu news, in it I wrote an article about living with a blind dog which you may have read. My Kiki went blind last year when he was only 6 yrs old due to an eye infection called Chorioretinitis, it is […]
Breed Notes 30th Novemebr 2018 Margaret Deuchar
NORWEGIAN BUHUNDS Last weekend a number of Buhund owners and were out and about attending shows both here and in Eire. In most countries, certainly those that are FCI which now includes Eire, there is a Spitz group (5). In the UK the Spitz breeds are split over 5 of the 7 groups the exceptions […]
Breed Notes 23rd November 2018 Margaret Deuchar
NORWEGIAN BUHUNDS In the summer months when there are shows most weekends the Blog is usually full of the results, which is great but now there are not so many shows it is lovely to celebrate other things that Buhunds do with their owners. I noticed on the Buhund forum a posting from Louise Badcock […]
Breed Notes 16th November 2018 Margaret Deuchar
NORWEGIAN BUHUNDS The club held its’ first Breed Appreciation Day (called BAD for short) on November 10th in Coventry. Most of you know I am sure that the KC has revamped their judging system. It will not take over from the present system till 2022, until then it will run alongside the present system. The […]