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The latest Kennel Club question time differed slightly from the others that I have been to in that not only was there an opportunity for members of the audience to ask questions of the KC panel...
The Kennel Club AGM has now come and gone; I’m sure there will be many thousands of words in print as everyone discusses the finer detail.
People who are new to trials or are considering it as a hobby often ask if this or that breed is suitable for the sport, and inevitably the conversation turns to the Border Collie and their seeming ability to shine in any discipline.
The only championship show on the weekend of May 11-12 was the Wirral Alsatian Training Society, along with the society’s open show.
When we get to the start of May it signals to me the start of the outside display season. For a number of years now I have been performing my K9 Freestyle display at various events around the country.
You may have seen advertisements, in local ‘freebie’ papers in particular, advertising dogs of varying crossbreeds describing them as being ‘Kennel Club registered’ and wondered whether your eyes might be deceiving you?
Today I’m going to talk testicles, no change there then I hear the retort! In 2005 the Ig Nobel prize for medicine went to Gregg A Miller of Oak Grove, Missouri for his artificial replacement testicles for dogs – aka Neuticles...
One disease that crops up from time to time but rarely retains the limelight is demodicosis (ie demodectic mange). This is surprising as this is a parasitic infection responsible for a significant number of skin problems in dogs.
This very standard looking portrait of a Finnish Spitz by one of the least well-known dog artists working mainly in the years between the two Great Wars, Dorothy S Hallett, is for the breed in Britain a very historical picture and could even be...
The Spring bank holiday saw a complete turn around of our weather, going from the long winter cold winds to bright sunshine and souring temperatures.
While my original plan was to spend Saturday at the Royal Court Hotel in Keresley, Coventry, for the 75th anniversary show of the Welsh Corgi League, a last minute change of plan saw me checking in on the Friday by which time the hotel was already...
I’m doing an Andrew Brace this week as I am writing my column in an hotel room in Southern Bohemia. I spent the weekend at a breed club specialty that attracted exhibitors from the UK, Ireland and the US as well as Russia and many other parts of...
