NORWEGIAN BUHUNDS Due to the holiday period these are the first notes that I have written since before Christmas. It has been a difficult time for many with the loss of close family members and friends, and in some cases much loved canine companions. The sad news came on December 21st of the passing of […]
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Breed Notes 5th January 2024 Margaret Deuchar
NORWEGIAN BUHUNDS A Happy New Year to you all, I often joke that I am still waiting for the Millenium, if you remember all the hype we had about it, now here we are in 2024. I hope that those of you who have dogs who hate fireworks did not suffer too much with the […]
Breed Notes 29th December 2023 Margaret Deuchar
NORWEGIAN BUHUNDS I do hope you all had an enjoyable Christmas, wherever you were and whatever you were doing. There was talk in the run up to Christmas of the possibility of a White one, while the song ‘Dreaming of a White Christmas’ is very popular and it would be very pretty, in practical terms […]
Breed Notes 22nd December 2023 Margaret Deuchar
NORWEGIAN BUHUNDS I start by wishing all my readers a Very Happy Christmas wherever you are, and whatever you are doing. Sarah Stonton decided to rest Ch Arnscroft In Di An Jack aka Jack from showing earlier this year having won 13CCs and 10RCCs, but he has certainly not been taking a rest from other […]
Breed Notes 15th December 2023 Margaret Deuchar
NORWEGIAN BUHUNDS The weather over the weekend 2nd /3rd December was very mixed with those living in the north having really heavy snow in some places, but in the south and west it was very cold but not much snow, which enabled Mary Dosson with her and husband David’s Kligenthal Bran Mak Mourn (Teddy) to […]
Breed Notes 8th December 2023 Margaret Deuchar
NORWEGIAN BUHUNDS In last week’s notes when I talked about the Nordic show, I said sometimes it is affected by snow but not this year, if it had been a week later though it would have been a different story with freezing temperatures and snow in many places. Alabama Rot, probably not something that will […]
Breed Notes 1st December 2023 Margaret Deuchar
NORWEGIAN BUHUNDS You will I am sure know by now that I am very interested in various dog disciplines. Before the Pandemic there were several Buhunds competing in Rally mine included, but recently it has been more or less left to Jacqui Cobb with Eloise and Bear to keep the Buhund flag flying in this […]
Breed Notes 24th Novemebr 2023 Margaret Deuchar
NORWEGIAN BUHUNDS The Pandemic was a very difficult experience for nearly everyone, the only good thing to come out of it possibly was a wider use of the Internet, for things that in the past had always taken place face to face. Sadly, this year David and I have attended the funerals of 3 close […]
Breed Notes 17th November 2023 Margaret Deuchar
NORWEGIAN BUHUNDS Lisa Strong’s puppy is just 6months, I am sure we can all remember taking our puppy to their first show, so I asked Lisa if she would tell us how it all went. ‘The 28th of October was Pastoral day at Midland Counties and was the first show that our Raven (Draccus I […]
Breed Notes 10th November 2023 Margaret Deuchar
NORWEGIAN BUHUNDS Many in the breed will either know Roger Thomas personally or know his name, he is a past President of the club and together with his wife Madeleine, they successfully bred and showed Buhunds along with Norwich and Norfolk Terriers and both sizes of German Spitz with the Squirreldene affix. They moved to […]
Breed Notes 3rd Novemebr 2023 Margaret Deuchar
NORWEGIAN BUHUNDS In last week’s notes I talked about the CC winners and BIS at the Breed Club Ch show held on 22nd October at Shirland Village Hall Alfreton in Derbyshire, with our judge coming all the way from Northern Ireland, Sue Sercombe with daughter Jacqui who did an excellent job stewarding. We were lucky […]
Breed Notes 27th October 2023 Margaret Deuchar
NORWEGIAN BUHUNDS I have always been fascinated how dogs and various farm animals have been bred down from the original wild animal. Not quite bred down from wild horses but one of the favourite quiz questions when I was in the Riding Club, was which 3 horses are behind the modern-day Thoroughbred. With dogs we […]
Breed Notes 20th October 2023 Margaret Deuchar
NORWEGIAN BUHUNDS The weekend the 7th /8th October saw several Buhunds take their owners to shows. The youngest of these was Andy Platts Mazads Joie De Vivre or Luna to her friends, she was born on 27th May and is by Kligenthal Almuric (Bergen) x Gladidegelli Arvejente for Rikarlo AI (Lucy).Having been going to ring […]
Breed Notes 13th October 2023 Margaret Deuchar
NORWEGIAN BUHUNDS Addrienne Frost- Treadwell has been in touch from Eire, with news of the recent successes of the Frostisen Kennel of Kerry and Fritz Frost, Addrienne and Jacqui Walmsley. The first of the successes was at Belfast Ch show held on held on 23rd /24th September with Pastoral day being the Sunday, it is […]
Breed Notes 6th October 2023 Margaret Deuchar
NORWEGIAN BUHUNDS On the 20th of September 2023 a paper was published on, ‘The effect of harness design on the biomechanics of domestic dogs.’ It is written by Ellen Williams of the Dept of Animal Health, Behaviour & Welfare, Harper Adams University, Newport, UK and Violet Hunter, Jacqueline Boyd and Anne Cater. It is a […]
Breed Notes 29th September 2023 MArgaret Deuchar
NORWEGIAN BUHUNDS In my notes of 15th September, I said that Sarah Stonton had competed in her first NNA trial, and here she tells of the new journey she has started. ‘Having competed at scent work for over 2yrs now, doing SWUK competitions with Jack (Ch Arnscroft In Di Ana Jack), it was time to […]
Breed Notes 22nd Spetember 2023 Margaret Deuchar
NORWEGIAN BUHUNDS Many many thanks go to Lillian Rumsey and husband Mike for attending the Dog Lovers Show in Glasgow on behalf of the Buhund Club. The show was advertised ‘as the ultimate destination for all dog enthusiast, whether a seasoned pet owner or just starting out, the show has something for everyone. Our meet […]
Breed Notes 15th September 2023 Margaret Deuchar
NORWEGIAN BUHUNDS As I start writing these notes much of the country is covered by an amber heat alert, as summer has decided to return, with temperature of 30 plus across most of the country. So now it is walking dogs early or late with some of the more energetic of the dog activates either […]
Breed Notes 8th September 2023 Margaret Deuchar
NORWEGIAN BUHUNDS The last weekend in August which proved to be a very successful and busy one for several Buhunds and their owners. On the Saturday in Eire, it was the last show in the Munster show Circuit of 4 Ch shows which I talked about in last week’s notes. This was at Tralee which […]
Breed Notes 1st September 2023 Margaret Deuchar
NORWEGIAN BUHUNDS The 1st of September already, during the pandemic when most of us were at home, time seemed to go so slowly but now this year with things almost back to normal the year seems to be flying by. Sadly, during the past months, we have lost several Buhunds, some owners have sent me […]