New KC Chairman Greeted with Hopes for ‘Fresh Wind of Change’ and ‘Positive...
DOG WORLD asked members, championship show secretaries, commentators and columnists for their views on the departure of Kennel Club chairman Steve Dean and election of Simon Luxmoore to the post. Mr...
View ArticleChina Row Rumbles On, Finland and Canada add Voices to Protest
NORWAY’s Kennel Club says its call for a boycott of the 2019 World Dog Show in China is a response to a ‘serious and general lack of respect and welfare for dogs in China,’ rather than an attack on...
View ArticleAn Opportunity for Crufts to Upscale
Considering how badly it started, with the tragic deaths of the Russian handlers and their dogs, the escaped Sheltie at Calais, and the road accident involving the young German Shorthaired Pointer, the...
View ArticleTaking a Big Cat to a Dog Show
Tuesday 21st, July And so to ay four, the final sprint down to Split, well not actually to Split but to the village of Omis about 20kms south of Split where the Villa Dvor will be home for the next...
View ArticleChina Kennel Union Responds to World Show Criticism
THE CHINA Kennel Union (CKU) has issued a statement on the work it has done to try to improve canine welfare in its country. The statement, which is on the Fédération Cynologique Internationale’s (FCI)...
View ArticleWorld Show 2019: FCI’s Behaviour ‘Deplorable’, Says Finnish Kennel Club
THE FINNISH Kennel Club (FKK) has lent its voice to the ongoing clamour caused by the staging of the 2019 World Show in China. It believes the Fédération Cynologique Internationale’s reputation has...
View ArticleFashion in Dogs
An expectant team. Property of Mr Sidney Woodwis. Photo T Fall The selection of photographs of Dachshund Champions throughout the blog are all from the early 1900s. A NUMBER of magazines have recently...
View ArticleOne Size Fits All ABS Not Working
Simon Parsons wrote last week about the new American Kennel Club initiative, ‘Bred With H.E.A.R.T.’ and it is a scheme that is well worth a second look. I think it is probable that our KC was first off...
View ArticleThe Elkhound
In 1897 Mr Leonard Beddome, of Bromley, imported Elkhound ‘Ingerid’ from Holland, exhibiting her at various dog shows. I ABSOLUTELY loved the fascinating breed feature in DOG WORLD the other week...
View ArticleTop Dog 2015 – Three Quarter Leaders
HERE IS the three-quarter stage update for the leaders in the Dog World/Arden Grange Top Dog competition 2015, taking into account results up to and including Belfast weekend. Current leader is the...
View ArticleSix Kennel Clubs Join Together with Proposals to Reform FCI
SIX KENNEL clubs have joined forces to demand changes from the FCI. The Finnish, French, German, Italian, Norwegian and Swedish clubs want to see reform and have come up with a list of propositions...
View ArticleKC Considering ‘Unique’ Register for Crossbreeds
IF THE Government and the public are to find the Kennel Club credible it must consider the increase in the popularity of crossbred dogs. The issue can no longer be ignored, members were told at the...
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