NORWEGIAN BUHUNDS The weekend 5th/6th November was a very busy one for Buhunds and their owners all over the country. On the Saturday, Working & Pastoral Breeds of Scotland Ch show was held in the Lowland Hall on the Royal Highland Showground, Ingliston, Edinburgh. When I first came into the breed the show had CCs […]
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Breed Notes 11th November 2022 Margaret Deuchar
NORWEGIAN BUHUNDS Those of you who have read my breed notes over the last two weeks may have noticed that when I was writing about the club show, there was (Imp)and (ai) after several of the dog’s names. I have been in the breed 30yrs this year, when I came in there was no pet […]
Breed Notes 4th November 2022 Margaret Deuchar
NORWEGIAN BUHUNDS Here we are in November with only one more Ch show with CCs before the end of the year, LKA on 10th December which will be exciting, especially for Jenny Shore-Wheeler with Ch Maidodcopper For Koromandel JW (Imp Fin) (Piika) and Sarah Stonton with Ch Arnscroft In Di Ana Jack RL1ex L3ex, as […]
Breed Notes 28th October 2022 Margaret Deuchar
NORWEGIAN BUHUNDS I start with a message from Roger Thomas. “I would very much like to thank the Club and everyone who sent lovely cards and messages of support to me after Maddy’s passing. It was very much appreciated by my family and myself. Many cards were sent by the dog community generally, including the […]
Breed Notes 21st October 2022 Margaret Deuchar
NORWEGIAN BUHUNDS If you are arranging a large event over a weekend in London, there are probably only 2 big enough venues, the O2 and the Excel. You would look for carparking and close public transport for those that do not drive, so you choose the Excel as you have had the event there before, […]
Breed Notes 14th October 2022 Margaret Deuchar
NORWEGIAN BUHUNDS As you know the very popular Bu Bumbles are held all around the country, these are where Buhund owners and their friends can meet up and walk their dogs together. Below Lisa writes about the most recent one she organised. ‘It had been quite a few months since there had been a Cambridgeshire […]
Breed Notes 7th October 2022 Margaret Deuchar
NORWEGIAN BUHUNDS I start with many apologies to Roger Thomas, as when I was talking about the very sad passing of Madeleine, I said I had not seen them since they moved to the Isle of Man, but of course we welcomed them both our 50th Anniversary weekend in July 2017, where Roger was our […]
Breed Notes 30th September 2022 Margaret Deuchar
NORWEGIAN BUHUNDS When at the end of August I wrote, ‘I cannot believe that when you read these notes it will be September’ none of us could have imagined what a sad and historic month September would be, with a day that will go down in the history books and will be in the memory […]
Breed Notes 23rd September 2022 Margaret Deuchar
NORWEGIAN BUHUNDS I start with the sad news that Madeleine Thomas passed away on 9th September, the day after the Queen. She had been ill for several weeks and died peacefully in hospital. Many of you who are new to the breed will not have met Madeleine and husband Roger, but you may have a […]
Breed Notes 16th September 2022 Margaret Deuchar
NORWEGIAN BUHUNDS So much has changed since I last wrote these notes. We have lost our beloved Queen Elisabeth, so many things have been written and said about her and her service to this country, and of course her love of dogs and horses, that I could not add anything, other than to say ‘Thank […]
Breed Notes 9th September 2022 Margaret Deuchar
NORWEGIAN BUHUNDS What an amazing Bank Holiday weekend it was for the breed. It started on the Saturday with Kirsty Irvine taking Blaze aka Tapui Let’s Blaze to his first Level Two scent trial in Lydiate Liverpool, where Kirsty said they qualified gaining a clean sweep with 100 points, meaning he found all 8 scent […]
Breed Notes 2nd September 2022 Margaret Deuchar
NORWEGIAN BUHUNDS I cannot believe that when you read these notes it will be September, and we will have had out last Bank Holiday before Christmas. Here in the South-East, we finally had several hours of rain, and everything is already looking so much greener. I know several you will have taken part in various […]
Breed Notes 26th August 2022 Margaret Deuchar
NORWEGIAN BUHUNDS Friday was Pastoral day at the Welsh Kennel Club Ch show which is one of the All-Breeds Ch shows, and is held on the Royal Welsh showground at Builth Wells. It is also one of the shows that has Agility and Obedience competitions including Championship Agility and Championship Obedience classes. This was the […]
Breed Notes 19th August 2022 Margaret Deuchar
NORWEGIAN BUHUNDS Many of you know that we live 10miles from Hyde Park corner, and down south the heat is back, with my temperature gauge again saying too hot turn the hearting down and save money! Hopefully by the time you read this the temperatures will have dropped down to near normal for the time […]
Breed Notes 12th August 2022 Margaret Deuchar
NORWEGIAN BUHUNDS Paignton & District Fanciers Association’s Championship Dog Show turned out to be a great show for the breed and one that will certainly be remembered for some time. The show goes back to 1909 when the late W Nichols judged the dog section of Paignton Fanciers Assoc in the basement of the Public […]
Breed Notes 5th July 2022 Margaret Deuchar
NORWEGIAN BUHUNDS From 1st January 2021 the Kennel Club requires all Breed Clubs to hold a Breed Appreciation Day every two years, known in short as a ‘BAD’. The idea is to educate anyone interested in the breed, whether they be pet owners, exhibitors or those wanting to judge. With the permission of the KC […]
Breed Notes 29th July 2022 Margaret Deuchar
NORWEGIAN BUHUNDS Pastoral Day at Leeds Ch show which is held in the grounds of Harewood House was the Friday, this year we were also holding our Open show in conjunction with Leeds. Earlier in the week we had the two days of extreme heat, but such is the summer in England that by the […]
Breed Notes 22nd July 2022 Margaret Deuchar
NORWEGIAN BUHUNDS Every group has its own Ch show, the Working and Pastoral Group show was held on Saturday 16th July on the Three Counties Showground Malvern, it is a very attractive showground with the Malvern Hills as a back drop .The showground covers 90acres and is owned by the Three Counties Agricultural Society, the […]
Breed Notes 15th July 2022 Margaret Deuchar
NORWEGIAN BUHUNDS Pastoral Day at the East of England Ch Dog which is held on the East of England Agricultural showground Peterborough was the Friday. The Agricultural Society goes back to 1797 with the focus then on rural life in the East of England. It now caters for the rural and urban populations, the Ch […]
Breed Notes 8th July 2022 Margaret Deuchar
NORWEGIAN BUHUNDS Windsor Ch show is my local show, and I love the location just below Windsor Castle. I showed horses at Windsor Horse Show for many years before I showed dogs. I was very upset when I did start showing dogs that there were no Buhund classes there, but there were CC classes for […]