News: Stoneleigh opens its doors

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THE KENNEL Club’s £1.25 million purpose dog centre at Stoneleigh was officially opened last Friday and several breed clubs have already made bookings for their 2009 shows at the new venue.

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Features: We must publicise all the good being done. By Sheila Atter

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WELL, WHAT a week that was – it seems that everyone who has ever had any contact with a pedigree dog, not merely just owners, but even those whose neighbours have a pet dog, or are second cousin to someone who once had a dog, are suddenly experts on all the terrible things that we, as breeders and exhibitors, carry out in the name of pedigree dog breeding.

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Thursday 4 September 2008

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DOG WORLD's dedicated team of breed note writers provide a detailed weekly snapshot of individual breeds but often their contributions deserve a wider audience. Here we feature an extract from Liz Thornton's Irish Wolfhound breed notes:

The question “What do I need to look for when picking a puppy to show?” has come up. There are several people in the breed who have a great eye for a puppy no matter what family line it comes from. The best advice would be to nab one or more of them to help you and if you are a novice breeder get hold of the stud dog owner and the breeder of your bitch.

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More than just a dog show

WELKS and the August Scottish Kennel Club last year, Border Union, Windsor, Welsh KC and now City of Birmingham 2008, these are the UK BIS wins for Jason Lynn’s Standard Poodle, Ch/Am Ch Afterglow The Big Tease. Frank Kane was the judge at the City. On this occasion Jason was handling ‘Donny’ as he also did at SKC last year; breeder Mike Gadsby has shown him to his other BIS wins.
photo Denman

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