NORWEGIAN BUHUNDS
3rd October already – it will soon be Christmas but sadly before that we have to go through the Firework Season, with Diwali in the middle of October and November 5th a couple of weeks later, just wish they would restrict it to specific days, but it just seems to go on for weeks.
The Summer league of steeple chases may be over for Zuki (Leggatt’s Fly Like An Eagle), but at a recent jumping competition at Huish Agility Group although she had 5faults for her weave entry she still came home with a 3rd place, Lucy said it was a huge improvement and so nearly the much sort after clear round.
Across the pond many of you know that Amie McLaughlin has had to retire Buzz her very successful Buhund aka as MBIS MRBIS MNBSS GCHG Cloudpointe Ringside Gossip after an accident, he is a son of GCHB Arnscroft Be A Sailor’s Son Di (Skipper) x Jotunn Bella Binna. He had a fantastic show career with a number of BIS wins and was 3rd in the Herding Group at Westminster, now Nemo aka MBIS RBIS OHRBIS Cloudpointe Keep Your Anenomes Closer who is Buzz’s half-brother x Jotunn Kola Karin Av Cloudpointe is now following in his paw prints and is the 2nd multiple AKC BIS winning male Buhund in breed history and is Amie’s 25th AKC BIS with a Norwegian Buhund .It is interesting as for the first time Amie has mated Buzz to a black bitch Ch Rose Shadow’s Dark Enchantment with 6 puppies resulting, 2 wheaten and 4 blacks with the only two females being black, it will be interesting to see how they do in the breed ring .Faye Adox has also kept a black dog from her latest litter, Fraser aka Fabraj’s Laird of Lallybrock ,they are out of a Faye’s wheaten bitch Ch Fabraj’s Mysteriously Enchanting (Luna ) by the black dog GCGB Jotunn Cheval Bayard (Chewi )who is a National Speciality winner and has Multi Group placements.
Back in the UK Great Yarmouth Gorleston & District Canine Society held an open show at Forest Edge Arena Swaffham in Norfolk on 27th September, the judge was Sophie Wray-Ramsden who gives CCs in 3 Pastoral Breeds. She awarded BOB to Marie Corin and Adam Camm’s homebred Mazads Nom De Plume (Dexter)with his dad Ch Kligenthal Almuric (SHCEX) (Bergen)taking RBOB ,he was making a welcome return to the ring after having most of the summer off due to an emergency operation.
It is interesting that research in now being done into the popularity of the so-called designer dogs and the deliberate crossing of breeds which have become so popular, with pedigree dogs being criticized especially after the showing of ‘Pedigree Dogs Exposed’. More dogs are now sold without pedigrees and often without health testing of the parents. It has been proved that some of these designer/crossbreed dogs do have some very worrying health and behaviour problems, whereas the traits of the pedigree dog in a breed are well known, it is felt that more should be done to promote pedigree dogs and for breeders to make sure that they are healthy and have the correct size and coat and behaviour that is expected in a breed. I think the last statement would be great, but sadly not all dogs as we know are not brought up correctly after they leave the breeder, of course in a numerically small breed such as ours it is much easier to make sure that puppies go to the right home than in a numerically large breed. I know when I used to do Discover Dogs people often do not understand how important it is to know what a breed was bred to do, as this can help with their training, this of course is more difficult with cross breeds, there are some crossbreeds where Working breeds are crossed with Toy breeds not sure what these dogs can think they were bred for !
I finish with three more clear eye tests Mazads Nom De Plume (Dexter) by Ch Kligenthal Almuric (SHCEX)Bergen x Gladidegelli Arvejente For Rikarlo (Lucy). His sire Bergen by Ch Arnscroft Di Na Mo Farah of Koromandel JW ShCM x Ch Koromandel Gild The Lily and Wheatshade Brada Hill (ai) (Arven) by Trollheimens JR Made For Cascilius x Kata Syndattir Av Fjeldvidda At Wheatshade (Darcy).
Margaret Deuchar margaretdeuchar@gmail.com
Any views expressed in Margaret’s Breed Notes are hers and hers alone and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Norwegian Buhund Club of the UK