NORWEGIAN BUHUNDS I start by wishing you all and all those at ‘Our Dogs’ a Happy New Year, with the hope that things will start to improve again soon. In December 2020 I bought an Our Dogs Diary for 2021, at the time I said I hoped I was not being too optimistic, and of […]
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Breed Notes 24th December 2021 Margaret Deuchar
NORWEGIAN BUHUNDS I start by wishing you all a Very Happy and Safe Christmas wherever you are.Pastoral day at LKA (Ladies Kennel Association) was Sunday 12th December. This is one of the 10 all-breed Championship shows, meaning that all the breeds that have CCs have them at these shows. It was a lovely day, more […]
Breed Notes 17th December 2021 Margaret Deuchar
NORWEGIAN BUHUNDS Those of you who read these notes regularly will know that I love to hear from owners who go out and about doing things with their Buhunds whatever it may be, because as a breed they love to do various activities from walks to competing in the many canine activities that are now […]
Breed Notes 10th December 2021 Margaret Deuchar
NORWEGIAN BUHUNDS We would like to thank Anne Smith so much for representing the Breed at Michael Quinney’s funeral. Below she tells how she first became interested in Buhunds and how she first met Michael, and as so often happens at funerals Anne learnt more about Michael’s life. ‘I was first introduced to Michael Quinney […]
Breed Notes 3rd December 2021 Margaret Deuchar
NORWEGIAN BUHUNDS You will know that Discover Dogs took place at the Excel on the weekend 20th -21st November. Lisa Strong looks after the breed booth photos, sets up the booth and runs it, below is her account of the weekend. ‘Soo 19th December 2021 saw the eve of Discover dogs 2021 and an exciting […]
Breed Notes 26th November 2021 Margaret Deuchar
NORWEGIAN BUHUNDS Over the past few years ‘Buhund Bumbles’ as they have been called have become very poplar. A ‘Bumble’ is when members living relatively locally to each meet up and socialise, with their dogs also enjoying exercising and playing with others of the same breed. They have also become a great way for people […]
Breed Notes 19th November 2021 Margaret Deuchar
NORWEGIAN BUHUNDS Apart from going to a few exemption and obedience shows in my teenage years with my first dog an Airedale, I had concentrated on showing horses after I left college until I had my first Buhund, Okie aka Ch /Ir Ch Wolfen Just In Time. Many of you know the story of Debbie […]
Breed Notes 12th November 2021 Margaret Deuchar
NORWEGIAN BUHUNDS Most of you will know that very sadly Michael Quinney (Adoram) has passed away he was in his 80s.The breed owes so much to him, and his contribution will never be forgotten. He had been ill for some time and had fought his illness as others have said with courage and fortitude. There […]
Breed Notes 5th November 2021 Margaret Deuchar
NORWEGIAN BUHUNDS I do hope that all your dogs are coping with the Firework season, around here they have been going off for several weeks. These notes will either come out on 5th November which of course is Bonfire Night, or the day before which is in the middle of Diwali (the festival of light) […]
Breed Notes 29th October 2021 Margaret Deuchar
NORWEGIAN BUHUNDS The club held its first Ch show for 2 yrs on Saturday 23rd October at Shirland Village Hall in Derbyshire. The KC had told clubs that could not have a Ch show in 2020 due to the pandemic that they could have two Ch shows this year, but one would have to be […]
Breed Notes 22nd October 2021 Margaret Deuchar
NORWEGIAN BUHUNDS I start with the sad news that Jean and Charlie Platt have died. Those of you that have only recently joined the breed may not have known them, but Jean (sometimes accompanied by Charlie) was regularly seen around the shows a few years ago with her Ch Ailort Just In Time (Bula), who […]
Breed Notes 15th October 2021 Margaret Deuchar
NORWEGIAN BUHUNDS No Ch show with Breed classes to report on this week. Border Union Ch show took place over two days on the 4th /5th Oct straight after SKC.I have never known breed classes there in the 30yrs I have been in the breed, and I am not sure if the show has ever […]
Breed Notes 8th October 2021 Margaret Deuchar
NORWEGIAN BUHUNDS The Scottish Kennel Club normally runs two Ch shows held in the Exhibition Centre on the Royal Highland Showground in Ingliston Edinburgh, one in May which is an All-Breed show so has CCs for Buhunds the other held in the beginning of October does not have classes for the breed. This year the […]
Breed Notes 1st October 2021 Margaret Deuchar
NORWEGIAN BUHUNDS Birmingham National was the first indoor Ch show since Crufts 2020, the show was held over 4 days, all the halls were used including the Margaret Everton Building and there was also a large marquee with 8 rings outside, near the pavilion with an area behind the rings for exhibitors should it be […]
Breed Notes 24th September 2021 Margaret Deuchar
NORWEGIAN BUHUNDS Pastoral day at Darlington Ch show was the Friday, a few days earlier watching the weather forecast it looked as if it was going to be a very wet day, happily as the week progressed the forecast improved and in the end the weather was almost perfect, a little chilly to start but […]
Breed Notes 17th September 2021 Margaret Deuchar
NORWEGIAN BUHUNDS Pastoral day at Richmond Ch show was the Friday, not the best day for travelling especially if you have to negotiate the M25, but we were third in the ring after GSD and Pulis, so there was a little leeway time wise, but most chose to arrive early at the start of the […]
Breed Notes 10th September 2021 Margaret Deuchar
NORWEGIAN BUHUNDS Driffield Ch show held on Wetherby Racecourse no longer schedules classes for the breed. The show itself was held at Doncaster racecourse for 30 yrs. moving in 2006 to Wetherby due to building works being carried out at Doncaster. The committee chose Wetherby as they felt there was easy access to venue, and […]
Breed Notes 3rd September 2021 Margaret Deuchar
NORWEGIAN BUHUND Shaftesbury and Gillingham Agricultural Show was held on the 18th and 19th August on its own Turnpike showground in North Dorset, it is the biggest Agricultural show in the south, this year it was restricted to 2 days due covid planning/restrictions. It always starts on the third Wednesday in August, and often has […]
Breed Notes 27th August 2021 Margaret Deuchar
NORWEGIAN BUHUNDS Bournemouth Ch show ran on its original dates but the group days were changed, so Pastoral day was Monday August 16th.I am always very interested in how shows start in some cases they increase in size and become very popular open shows, a few become Ch shows others for one reason or another […]
Breed Notes 20th August 2021 Margaret Deuchar
NORWEGIAN BUHUNDS Paignton and District Ch show had its beginnings back in 1909 when the late WJ Nichols judged the dog section of the Paignton Fanciers Association in the basement of the Public Halls in Paignton, which housed the various livestock sections of the Society. In 1923 their first open dog show was held, increasing […]