NORWEGIAN BUHUNDS I hope that you are all coping with the various restrictions on your life brought about by this deadly global pandemic wherever you live. I know we were all told about light at the end of the tunnel, with the announcement that a vaccine has been developed, which will hopefully mean that eventually, […]
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Breed Notes Margaret Deuchar 13th November 2020
NORWEGIAN BUHUNDS On Thursday morning 5th Nov many in the Dog World were shocked and saddened to hear of the passing of Robert Greaves after a short illness, from which it was originally thought he would make a full recovery, sadly that was not to be. Some of you will have counted Robert among your […]
Breed Notes 6th November 2020 Margaret Deuchar
NORWEGIAN BUHUNDS DNA is a fantastic tool in testing for the likelihood that an animal might suffer from a certain disease in the future. It does of course have many other uses, one of which is dating things. I was recently reading a paper on dog DNA. It says that the domestication of the dog […]
Breed Notes 30th October 2020 Margaret Deuchar
NORWEGIAN BUHUNDS I cannot believe that we are at the end of another month. Despite it being such a difficult year the months seem galloping by, probably in some way just as well as hopefully it means that we are nearer having a treatment or vaccine for Covid. Last weekend should have been our Ch […]
Breed Notes 23rd October 2020 Margaret Deuchar
NORWEGIAN BUHUNDS A few weeks ago I had a lovely e-mail from Maureen Lake who has Fern (Knytshall Cora Sun Drop of Maubrea). She wrote:-‘I went for a lovely long walk across the fields the other day and coming back met a couple with two bouncy young Springer Spaniels with a ball. Now Fern loves […]
Breed Notes 16th October 2020 Margaret Deuchar
NORWEGIAN BUHUNDS Over the past couple of weeks I have talked about Buhunds taking part in Scent Trials, these trials and the training is all based on the training given to the dogs that are used to detect diseases, bombs, drugs and the cadaver dogs that search for bodies. Humans have 6 million scent receptors […]
Breed Notes 9th October 2020 Margaret Deuchar
NORWEGIAN BUHUNDS Well, October and Autumn have certainly come in with a vengeance with storm Alex arriving from Italy and France. One minute we were watering some grass seed we had put down on some bare patches which were due to all the dry weather, the next minute the lawn is virtually all under water, […]
Breed Notes 3rd October 2020 Margaret Deuchar
NORWEGIAN BUHUNDS I start with a warning about acorns, this year there are a lot of berries on the bushes, and fruit on trees, this also applies to Oak trees which are laden with acorns .The only large animal that seems to able to eat acorns safely are pigs, and while dogs on the whole […]
Breed Notes 25th September 2020 Margaret Deuchar
NORWEGIAN BUHUNDS We humans have been very lucky over the past 6 plus months, in being able to take part in online dog shows and other online canine activities, but our four legged friends have not been so lucky, therefore I was very pleased when I received an article from Jacqui Walmsley about classes she […]
Breed Notes 18th September 2020 Margaret Deuchar
NORWEGIAN BUHUNDS Results from another one line show, Neil Hood’s Ch Arnscroft Di Nah Saw Us Rex (Dino)by Ch/Ir Ch Arnscroft Kimura x Ch/Ir Ch Arnscroft Di-Nahs-Mite was Pastoral G1 and BV in the Pastoral Group in the Paignton and District Ch show, which was run at the same time Paignton would have taken place, […]
Breed Notes 11th September 2020 Margaret Deuchar
NORWEGIAN BUHUNDS In this week notes I have three competitions to tell you about, all from different canine disciplines. ‘Our Dogs’ have been running another on line show.BOB in Buhunds was Jenny Shorer Wheeler’s Ch MaidofCopper for Kormandel(Imp Fin) by Nor Ch Gnipagrottensqu x Swe/Fin Ch Cipacan Mila Magia. BP was my and daughter Debbie’s […]
Breed Notes 4th September 2020 Margaret Deuchar
NORWEGIAN BUHUNDS Crufts was the last live show that I wrote about this year, 14 days later we went into lockdown, I wondered how I was going to keep these notes going. I put out a plea to Buhund owners, asking them to write about how they chose to have the breed and their affix […]
Breed Notes 28th August 2020 Margaret Deuchar
NORWEGIAN BUHUNDS Most of you will know that the KC staff are working from home and have been since just before we went into lockdown, which of course was just after Crufts. The only problem is that the staff cannot print from home, so people were waiting for awards won at Crufts and just before. […]
Breed Notes 21st August 2020 Margaret Deuchar
NORWEGIAN BUHUNDS The KC has published on its website operational plans for the resumption of licensed canine activities, and how they may be able to start again. The plans are very detailed and have been very carefully thought through, but as we have seen with holidays abroad things can change more or less overnight, all […]
Breed Notes 14th August 2020 Margaret Deuchar
NORWEGIAN BUHUNDS I am sure all of you know by now that LKA has been cancelled. The CEO of the NEC recently announced that no events would held there until 2021, as he did not feel any event would be financially viable with many people still feeling happy to go out and restrictions on numbers […]
Breed Notes 7th August 2020 Margaret Deuchar
NORWEGIAN BUHUNDS In the US Faye Adcox took Ghost (GCHB Ch Fabrajs Protector of the Realm), to the Mountain Cluster dogs shows held on the Fairgrounds in Bloomsburg Pennsylvania. She said she was very impressed with how the shows were run. There was social distancing everyone wore masks had their temperatures taken when they arrived, […]
Breed Notes 31st July 2020 Mqargaret Deuchar
NORWEGIAN BUHUNDS The continuing easing of lockdown saw another socially distanced Buhund Bumble take place in the fields at Alwalton, Peterborough on Sunday 19th September. Apparently the hay fields had been cut giving even more running space for the dogs; again there was plenty of water for those dogs that like to swim. Sarah Stonton […]
Breed Notes 24th July 2020 Margaret Deuchar
NORWEGIAN BUHUNDS Not unexpectedly the KC has announced that Discover Dogs that should have been held at the Excel in October, has been cancelled. The Excel was the first Nightingale Hospital to be built and has been used, although never to full capacity thank goodness, and is now moth balled. The Government have also now […]
Breed Notes 17th July 2020 Margaret Deuchar
NORWEGIAN BUHUNDS I am sure most of you will have seen that Bournemouth & Blackpool Ch shows are planning at this moment in time to go ahead. Pastoral Day at Bournemouth will be Sunday 4th October; the Buhund judge is Gary Clarke. There are 5 mixed classes which include Special Beginners and Veteran plus OD […]
Breed Notes 10th July 2020 Margaret Deuchar
NORWEGIAN BUHUNDS With the easing of lockdown the first socially distanced Buhund Bumble has taken place, with three owners and five Buhunds. It took place in a lovely walking area in Alwalton, Peterborough, with plenty of water for those Buhunds that enjoy swimming. Lillian Rumsey was accompanied by Anja, Loxy and Jack looked after Sarah […]