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OUR DOGS, as the international media partner, has just received the following important statement from the organizers of the EUROPEAN DOG SHOW in Slovenia 2020
A sudden phone call at 3am, “Sanja, you heard the lockdown is lifted starting tomorrow? Your show was never cancelled, you have a week to organise, can you make it?”
The American Kennel Club has entered the debate on Brachycephalic breeds that has raged since the Dutch Government announcement in the Netherlands a few weeks ago.
There are problems in dog breeding. Breeders might say that the Club should solve the problems. The Club might say that the national umbrella organization should do so.
Ahead of the controversial Yulin Festival China has confirmed that dogs are now to be seen as companion animals and not food.
The Kennel Club is delighted that the FCI supports the Kennel Club/University of Cambridge Respiratory Function Grading Scheme and, following discussions between...
Statement from the Belfast Dog Show Society: It is with regret that the officers and committee of Belfast Dog Show Society announces that its 2020 Championship Show is cancelled.
So-called ‘greeders’ have been taking advantage of the lockdown and selling puppies at inflated prices to families desperate to own a dog. Social media posts started to circulate a few weeks ago detailing shocking stories of puppy prices suddenly rocketing as lockdown families seem to have decided that now is a good time to take on a new puppy.
The Akita Club of America (ACA) has voted to split the breed in the USA. In a vote of members they decided by 210 votes to 58 to allow the Japanese Akita Club of America (JACA) to apply to the American Kennel Club (AKC) to recognise the breed.
Following the commotion concerning the decision of the Minister regarding the brachycephalic breeds, lots of messages have been circling on social media.
OUR DOGS has now received a copy of the response from the board of the Raad van Beheer to the open letter from the President of the FCI, also shown here. This follows the developments in the Netherlands regarding the brachycephalic breeds as reported in OUR DOGS May 15th and 22nd.
List of the breeds concerned: Affenpinscher, Boston Terrier, English Bulldog, French Bulldog, Griffon Belge, Griffon Bruxellois, Petit Brabancon, Japenese Chin, King Charles Spaniel, Pug, Pekingese, Shih Tzu.
Abridged meeting to be held on 30th June - The originally arranged date for the Kennel Club AGM was May 12th but, after the Government’s Coronavirus lockdown was announced, the KC advised Members in April that it had decided to postpone the meeting to 30th June – the latest possible date according to the KC’s Articles of Association.
On a recent social media post, Edwin stated, “The decision of the Dutch Kennel Club, not to issue pedigrees from May 18th 2020.
Based on the latest unfortunate news from the Netherlands I can confirm that animal welfare has been an issue of great concern also in Finland. There is a high demand for healthier dogs and especially those from brachycephalic breeds.
Animal rights group ‘Animal and Law (Dier en Recht) in Holland posted the following statement on its web site on May 13, 2020
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