09 Oct 2008 08:11
In several articles in DOG WORLD and elsewhere I have alluded to the underlying animal rights movement that lies behind much of the recent hysteria created by the BBC programme and the anti-Kennel Club stance taken by some of the major animal charities.
09 Oct 2008 08:10
Remember the old days – a few weeks or so ago – when all we had to worry about was who was winning the next show?
09 Oct 2008 08:09
This morning I went onto my computer and discovered that the internet was down.
09 Oct 2008 08:07
Referring to my question about how many of you know of brother to sister matings taking place in the last ten years or so, Lucy writes that she has a dog from a half brother to half sister mating.
09 Oct 2008 08:05
Birmingham & District GSD Association championship show on Saturday September 20 and open show Sunday September 21, there’s no question that Kathy Hood and her helpers did a tremendous job getting this weekend show up and running after the disaster that befell Coventry the previous weekend.
09 Oct 2008 08:04
Just as the nights start to pull in and the weather takes a down turn those of us competing at the Kennel Club championships begin to struggle to fit in sufficient training.
09 Oct 2008 08:03
Just to prove the point that the art of letter writing is still very much alive and well, two most interesting letters have just arrived about designer dogs.
The first from Marina Noel in St Brelade, Jersey, who says that she could not believe it when she saw my column of September 5 about designer dogs as only that week she had been having exactly the same sort of conversation with a friend of hers.
09 Oct 2008 08:02
WHAT do you want from an estate? Are you happy with a square tank-like vehicle which will get you and the dogs to and from the shows and don’t give a brass farthing for what it looks like?
09 Oct 2008 08:01
John Trickett was born in Sheffield but grew up in the fishing port of Grimsby. He trained as an accountant but abandoned that while on holiday and signed up for Torquay United reserves.
09 Oct 2008 08:00
AVV has provided comment on nearly every part of a dog’s visible conformation over recent weeks but the judge has to put it all together as a whole picture when examining an exhibit.