NORWEGIAN BUHUNDS The Welsh Kennel Club was originally formed in 1896 with the then Prince of Wales as President. The club faded out during the first world war and was not revied until the November of 1967 by a few KC members who lived in Wales, and who at an informal meeting formed a committee […]
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Breed Notes 18th August 2023 Margaret Deuchar
NORWEGIAN BUHUNDS Pastoral Day along with the Working and Terrier Day at Bournemouth Canine Association Ch was the second day of the show, Sunday the 13th of August. The show is one of the few that still includes a Monday in its 3 days, presumably with the view that it is the holiday season so […]
Breed Notes 11th August 2023 Margaret Deuchar
NORWEGIAN BUHUNDS Paignton & District Fanciers’ Association General Championship Dog Show is held at Westpoint Clyst St Mary, Exeter. The show has had several homes since it started in 1909, when there was a dog section of the Fanciers Association, which was judged in the basement of the Public Halls at Paignton which also housed […]
Breed Notes 4th August 2023 Margaret Deuchar
NORWEGIAN BUHUNDS The first Leeds City & District Canine Association show was held in 1951 in Roundhay Park in the Shadwell district of Leeds. In the early 1970s it moved to Temple Newsam in Leeds where it stayed until in 1982, when it moved to its current home in the grounds of the beautiful Harewood […]
Breed Notes 28th July 2023 Margaret Deuchar
NORWEGIAN BUHUNDS Last week I wrote about the main winners at the Club Open show which was held in conjunction with NW&PBS Ch show in Malvern on 15th July. This was the second time we had partnered with the show, the first time being in 2019 when the weather was very hot, not this time […]
Breed Notes 21st July 2023 MArgaret Deuchar
NORWEGIAN BUHUNDS Every Group has its own Open and Ch show, although the Working Group & Pastoral Group combine to have an Open show in February at Ryton on Dunsmore in Warwickshire, and their Ch show in July on the Three Counties showground Malvern, this year it was on Saturday July 15th.Both have their own […]
Breed Notes 14th July 2023 Margaret Deuchar
NORWEGIAN BUHUNDS Hinchingbrooke Country Park in Huntingdon Cambridgeshire was I think the first place to host a Bu Bumble, it covers 150acres of grassland, woodland, and lakes, and since 2018 has held the Green Flag Award, which recognises and rewards the best parks and green spaces internationally. There is a mix of hard-surfaced and muddy […]
Breed Notes 7th July 2023 Margaret Deuchar
NORWEGIAN BUHUNDS I usually write about the various activities you do with your dogs or about Open or Championship shows, but this week I start with something different, a doggy holiday that Sarah and Jack have been on. “Ch Arnscroft In Di Ana Jack or just Jack to his friends and I have just returned […]
Breed Notes 30th June 2023 Margaret Deuchar
NORWEGIAN BUHUNDS Last year in April, Mary Dosson had a very nasty accident falling down part of her stairs at home, dislocating her ankle and breaking her Tibia and Fibula which of course put her out of taking part in any canine activities with Teddy aka Kligenthal Bran Mak Morn, for the rest of year. […]
Breed Notes 23rd June 2023 Margaret Deuchar
NORWEGIAN BUHUNDS I write these notes, but they are all about you and what you do with your dogs. I can find out about most shows fairly easily, but it is all those other activities you do that I need to know about, so this week I am very pleased to have heard from three […]
Breed Notes 16th June 2023 Margaret Deuchar
NORWEGIAN BUHUNDS I was really pleased to hear from Addrienne Frost Treadwell (Frostisen), who has been in touch to tell me how things are working out for Buhunds on the show scene in Eire. She said they have now reached the second quarter for the year. Top Dog and Top male is the newly crowned […]
Breeed Notes 9th June 2023 Margaret Deuchar
NORWEGIAN BUHUNDS Bath Ch show is held on its own ground, Three Shires Field in the hills just above Bath. Over the years it has had its fair share of bad weather when Bath was the most appropriate name. This year however the ground was in perfect condition and apart from it being rather cold […]
Breed Notes 2nd June 2023 Margaret Deuchar
NORWEGIAN BUHUNDS Some of the Championship dog shows started in conjunction with Agricultural shows but over the years went their own way. Two I remember when I came into showing were Three Counties and East of England, you could walk through from the dog show to the main show, and they would let you in […]
Breed Notes 26th May 2023 Margaret Deuchar
NORWEGIAN BUHUNDS The Norwegian Buhund was first imported into the US in the 1980s and was recognised by the United Kennel Club in 1996, when it was classified as a Northern breed. Then in 2009 the American Kennel Club officially recognised the breed, so that they could compete at the highest levels in AKC sanctioned […]
Breed Notes 19th May 2023 Margaret Deuchar
NORWEGIAN BUHUNDS Ch show dates are planned several years advance and unless something happens suddenly to warrant a change, they stay the same. I understand that when the date of the Coronation was announced Birmingham National decided to stay with the same dates but would have a television in the main hall so that anyone […]
Breed Notes 12th May 2023 Margaret Deuchar
NORWEGIAN BUHUNDS Bank Holidays mean my notes have to be in early, so I am a little behind in reporting on some shows. Pastoral Day at Welks (West of England Ladies Kennel Society) was Saturday 29th April. The show is held on the Three Counties Showground set just below the Malvern Hills. I was told […]
Breed Notes 5th May 2023 Margaret Deuchar
NORWEGIAN BUHUNDS In last week’s notes I wrote in detail about KC Rally and how it works and that one of its successful competitors is Jacque Cobb, competing with Bear and Eloise. The weekend April 22/23 Ilminster Lions held a Rally competition at Seavington Millennium Hall, Ilminster, Somerset and Jacque tells us about it. “On […]
Breed Notes 28th April 2023 Margaret Deuchar
NORWEGIAN BUHUNDS Last Friday morning I was shocked and saddened to see a message from “Our Dogs” saying that Meg Purnell Carpenter had passed away. Meg was a popular Judge, Exhibitor and was regularly seen at shows with her trade stand, she was also a Member of the KC. She did not give CCs in […]
Breed Notes 21st April 2023 Margaret Deuchar
NORWEGIAN BUHUNDS Our dogs are never with us for long enough and when they pass over the Bridge, they always leave a massive hole in our hearts, and although we can no longer see them, we have our lasting memories of them. All are very special, and some have also made breed history. I always […]
Breed Notes 14th April 2023 Margaret Deuchar
NORWEGIAN BUHUNDS I am sure you all know that to celebrate its 150th Birthday 1873 -2023 the Chairman of the Kennel Club ,Tony Allcock OBE announced that “We are honoured that as of the 4th April The Kennel Club has been granted a Royal Prefix, so will now be called The Royal Kennel Club.” I […]