Tracy Priestly from Lincoln has been helped through her battle with fibromyalgia thanks to her beloved Australian Kelpie, Jammy, and their love of dog agility. Tracy, aged 41, has had fibromyalgia since she was 16 years old but was only diagnosed six years ago. She started competing in agility 12 years ago in order to […]
The Kennel Club has released a new set of annual breed averages for the coefficient of inbreeding (COIs) in each pedigree breed on its free online health resource, Mate Select. Mate Select provides breeders with inbreeding coefficient calculators for all dogs found on the Kennel Club’s Breed Register. These calculators use all pedigree records stored […]
The Breed Standards Committee has given approval to publish for comment proposed amendments to: Leonberger Airedale Terrier To review the amendment details and provide us with your comments, simply login with your membership number and go to Membership Services/Publish for Comment. The proposed amendments can also be mailed to you. Please call 1-800-250-8040 toll-free to […]
The World Dog Show 2014 in Helsinki, Finland drew an entry of 21,247 from 360 breeds. Check out a complete listing of entries for each breed here.
The FCI World Dog Show, which will be held at Messukeskus, Expo and Convention Centre Helsinki on 8-10 August, is going to be the biggest canine event held anywhere in the world in 2014. This international happening is being organised by the Finnish Kennel Club and it will showcase more than 21,200 dogs from 60 […]
The Kennel Club Art Gallery has announced the opening of its latest exhibition, which features two of the UK’s most popular and well-loved breeds: the Cavalier King Charles Spaniel and King Charles Spaniel. Visitors will be able to view over 180 items representing these breeds through paintings, engravings, sculptures, photographs and ephemera. Important historical items […]
The Kennel Club would like to address increasing concerns about the occurrence of undesirable colours in some breeds of pedigree dog. The Kennel Club breed standard for each pedigree breed states the desired colours for that breed, but this is disregarded by some breeders who sell puppies of non-standard colours at an inflated cost by […]
As we reported last week, the Eukanuba World Challenge will move to Amsterdam for 2014. This move might have been unexpected by those in the fancy, but Jason Taylor, Asst. Show Chairman of the AKC/Eukanuba National Championship and Sr. Communications Manager for Iams, Eukanuba and Natura Pet Foods says the move is positive for the World […]
For several years tail docking, ear cropping and declaw removal has been a topic at the forefront of purebred dog discussions The declarations by various provincial veterinary regulators that practitioners within their jurisdiction can no longer provide these services has sparked some angst for many active CKC members. At the same time, legislative and societal […]
The Eukanuba World Challenge is excited to announce that the 2014 Eukanuba World Challenge Finals will be held at the Amsterdam Winner Show, December 13-14, 2014, in the Netherlands. The Eukanuba World Challenge Finals were typically held in conjunction with the AKC/Eukanuba National Championship in Long Beach, California and Orlando, Florida. Jose Luis Ibanez, Commerical […]
