A dog breeder from Cambridgeshire who owns 2013 and 2014’s top winning Whippet, has won the grand final of the last ever Kennel Club Breeders’ Competition at Crufts, the world’s largest dog event. Jane Wilton-Clark, who grew up with Whippets and has bred some of the top-winning dogs in the breed, won the ultimate breeder’s [...]
Beating thousands of other dogs, Dublin (Ch Castlerock Simply Magic), a Flat Coated Retriever from Bergshamra, Sweden, won Best in Group for Gundogs today and qualified for the final of Crufts. Dublin, aged five, will now compete for the prestigious title of Best in Show on Sunday against just six other dogs at the world’s [...]
The Kennel Club is alerting anyone travelling to Crufts of road closures in the West Midlands area which may affect journeys to and from the NEC in Birmingham. The Highways Agency has released the following details: M42 Junction 6 (NEC Junction), West Midlands. Carriageway works. The Southbound Exit Slip will be closed from 2 March [...]
The portrait of last year’s Best in Show winner Ch/AM Ch Afterglow Maverick Sabre (Ricky) will be unveiled at Crufts 2015 by the artist who created the portrait. The portrait of Ricky will be presented by artist Paul Doyle to the Chairman of the Kennel Club Arts Foundation, Tom Mather on the Sunday evening of the show in [...]
A dog that has spent her entire life living in a dementia care home changing the lives of its elderly residents and a dog who miraculously survived a journey that was due to end in him being slaughtered for meat, but who now has a special bond with a six year old boy with cerebral [...]
The Kennel Club has reviewed the entries for Crufts 2015 and has announced those breeds that will start early and late, in order to assist exhibitors. Gerald King, Crufts Chairman, said: “There are almost 21,500 dogs competing in the breed showing, obedience, agility and gamekeepers classes, so we have staggered the start and finish times [...]
One of the Queen’s favourite breeds of dog, the Pembroke Welsh Corgi, is at risk of disappearing from our streets and parks after being listed as a vulnerable dog breed by the Kennel Club for the first time in the breed’s history. In 2014 the Pembroke Welsh Corgi numbered just 274 registrations with the Kennel [...]
Almost 21,500 dogs will be heading to the NEC in Birmingham from 5th-8th March, to compete in some of the world’s most prestigious canine competitions at Crufts 2015. Kennel Club entry figures show that 21,427 dogs will be taking part in breed judging, Gamekeepers’ classes and the Obedience and Agility Championships, which matches 2014’s figures within [...]
Mrs Valerie Foss has reluctantly withdrawn from her judging appointment for Bracco Italianos at Crufts 2015, on medical advice. Bracco Italianos will now be judged by Mr P Iverson.
The Kennel Club would like to remind exhibitors of dogs qualified for Crufts 2015 that the deadline for online entries is midnight on Monday, 19th January 2015. Crufts take place from 5-8 March 2015 at the NEC, Birmingham. The breed competitions are scheduled to take place on the following days: Thursday, 5th March 2015 – [...]
