Well of all the deadlines for me to make, it’s an early one for the Bank Holiday. Possibly as I’m being spoilt in the French countryside, with warm winds, daily temperatures of 34 and plenty of opportunities to catch up with overdue breed notes. Our good friend Laurence Aries of the Solemel Kennels has been…
Greetings to all readers, when I go to my hard drive and select the last notes to carry on and write the next instalment, sometimes I am shocked at how long it is since I last put ‘pen to paper’ – apologies as it is one of those times. I guess I should start with…
Greetings to all and I must start with a correction, Mrs E Minto emailed to say that I had accidentally swapped her dogs around in the final results, that I listed for Crufts this year. Instead of Best Bitch and Best Puppy being Anacan We Got The Power it should have been Anacan Rock My…
Ahhh and that’s that for another year. Crufts, the biggest dog show of the UK calendar has been and gone. We build ourselves up to it, we prepare our dogs, ourselves and chose the outfit with excitement. We book a hotel, drives for hours, get to the NEC, load the trolley, lug all the equipment…
Good morning, another Champ show has been and gone. It really is beginning to feel as if our hobby is getting back on its feet. What I think is almost unanimous from those exhibiting in the sunshine is, they like the more relaxed party feel without the benching. Only time will tell if we in…
Social media is abuzz with chatter about Southern Counties Champ Show. Some saying no distancing and masks, judges looking at teeth etc and others saying get over it. Something we all seem to be in agreement with is…. Hurrah we are back at a dog show. Whatever your view about the pros and cons, most…
Happy 2021 – sadly we started by, somehow, contracting Covid 19. It went through the household and our ‘bubble’ in a few days. Thankfully we have all started to come through this awful time. Us oldies have been unwell for a few weeks and the youngsters in our household have been less affected. God must…
So firstly, once again I have totally misread the closing dates for the breed notes and hope that you have all had a wonderful and safe Christmas. Family and friends are very important but this is the first year in a long time that plans may have been trimmed a little to fit the modern…
Well I’m delighted to start with news of one of our ‘puppies’ progress. ‘Kori’ (now 2years) – Nizzana Lady Margolotta owned by Deborah Kirk has gained her Kennel Club Good Citizens Gold Award and now also has one assessment to complete in January and she will be registered Assistance Dog. At this time I don’t…
Greetings friends, here we are again in another sort of lockdown, where you can do somethings you couldn’t last time. Sadly, a dog show isn’t one of them. Most of us have been bereft and are missing the social side of competitions. Others are cursing the lack of socialisation for our young puppies and juniors….
I must start these notes with some sad news. Many of us that have been in the breed for some years will know Elisabeth (Liz) de Boisgelin. We were informed she passed away on 12th August 2020 at Saint Barts hospital, London. Liz had supported the Canaan Dog in the UK for many years after…
Hello all – it’s been a while in these Interesting Times. With the continuing trend for indoor dog shows to be cancelled it’s with a heavy heart that I pass on the news from our BUBA representative, Mrs Barbara Gold that the 2020 Championship show due to be held in December at Stafford County Show…