Labrador News
KSSLRC Show 5th February
The poor weather has caused the Officers and Committee of KSSLRC to call off the Open Show tomorrow and abandon the AGM which was due to follow it.
Any of our members that may have entered please do not travel down!
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AGM 2012
The AGM will be held on Sunday 22 April 2012 starting at 11.00am. It will be held at St Joseph's Parish Centre, Harpers Lane, Chorley. Please note the change of day and date. Lunch can be ordered, if required please contact Maureen (07973164498) or Dawn (07835482678)for details. Please remember only fully paid up members can attend the AGM
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LIMIT SHOW 2012
REMINDER
Entries for our Limit Show on 12 February close on Friday 13 January. Don't delay send your entries to the Show Secretary NOW.
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SUBS 2012
Membership subs for 2012 are due 1st January and should be sent to the Treasurer - £10 single & £12 joint. If you require a standing order form please contact the Treasurer. If you already pay by standing order then please check that it is upto date for the above amounts.
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NWLRC LIMIT SHOW
Our Limit Show will be held on Sunday 12th February 2012 at Rixton With Glazebrook Community Hall. As this is a Limit Show only club members can enter and we do not allow dogs holding Challenge Certificates to take part.
Our judge for the day is Mrs. Patricia Mott (Meaculpa Labradors). Schedules have already been sent out to paid up members. If you haven't received one then please contact our Treasurer.
For further details please contact our Show Secretary who will be only too glad to help
Limit Shows are an excellent starting place for people new to showing to 'have a go'. Entries close Friday 13th January.
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THE SHEILA SAUNT MEMORIAL TROPHY 2011
Following the Club's recent Championship Show, our final show of the year, the results of the annual points trophy have now been worked out, and the winner established.
The winner of the Sheila Saunt Memorial Trophy this year is Jenny Dobson's Lakemeadow Living The Dream.
The full list of the results of the top ten winners, including joint placings, is attached (click on "Read More" for the details).
Many congratulations to all those on the list.
Remember that this award is run annually, with the points accumulated from each of our 3 shows, and the more classes you enter at NWLRC shows, the better your chances of winning.
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Education and Training Seminars
Education and Training Seminars
Amnada Grieve - Specialist - Kennel Club's Education and Training invites you to consider the following events.
There are a few spaces left on two forthcoming seminars being held at Fourways Inn, Delamere, Cheshire (application forms downloadable on the next page).
We would be very grateful if you could circulate this information to your members as they may find them interesting, so please read on for further info.
Refresher Course on Requirements of a Dog Show Judge on Sunday 20 November 2011 - The aim of the seminar is to provide an opportunity for Judges who are already approved by the Kennel Club to award CC’s and would like to ‘brush-up’ their knowledge of Show Regulations and Judging Procedures.
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Kennel Club ABS
Attention all Members of NWLRC.
The Kennel Club has issued some guidelines on the Assured Breeders Scheme (formally the Accredited Breeders Scheme) a summary is below but read on for the full text.
"The Kennel Club's Assured Breeder Scheme (formally the Accredited Breeder Scheme) is now well established and has in excess of 7,500 members. To encourage further uptake of that scheme, and thus ensure good breeding practice, the Kennel Club recommends that breed club Code of Ethics should include a recommendation that the club members should join the Assured Breeder Scheme. Ideally, a clause as follows should be included:
"Members will, when breeding dogs, adopt as a minimum standard the principles, requirements and recommendations as embodied in the Kennel Club's Assured Breeder Scheme. It is strongly recommended that members breed should apply to join the Scheme"
We would also suggest that an article about the ABS is included in a club newsletter, or Year Book and the additional clause is included as a proposal at the club's next AGM, for the members approval."
This will be added to the AGM for consideration by Members next year.
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NWLRC Rescue
The North West Labrador Retriever Club operates a Labrador rescue section.
If you feel you could give a rescued Labrador a new home, do give
one of the Coordinators a ring for more information or if you need
Rescue to help you to re home your Labrador.
Please contact one of the Coordinators:
- Miss N. Bilsland - 01407 831837
- Mrs B Brougham - 01942 723847
- Mrs M D'Arcy - 01254 264177
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NWLRC Championship Show 2011
The North West Labrador Retriever Club is pleased to announce that entries are now being taken for the Single Breed Championship Show on Sunday 9th October.
The event is being kindly sponsored by Royal Canin who are providing bags of food for all class winners.
Entries by post has now passed but you can still enter online at Fosse Data. Get in quick!!
The Judges are:
DOGS: Mr Eric Parr (Stoneavon)
BITCHES: Mrs Lorraine Tooth (Ludalor)
Referee: Mrs Sue Hartley (Suley)
Low priced entry - check it out
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NWLRC 2011 Eye Clinic
NWLRC Eye Clinic
The NWLRC is please to announce that we have arranged for another
Eye Clinic to be held in 2011 following the high
demand and success of last years clinic.
It is to be held at
St. Joseph's Parish Centre, Harpers Lane, Chorley with afternoon bookings available between 12pm and 5pm on Thursday 4th August 2011. (All appointments
must
be booked in advance to ensure everyone is seen).
ALSO remember
that you now need to prove that the dogs identity, the breeders
registration certificate alone is NOT sufficient if it does not show the
Microchip reference, so pleases bring both the registration certificate
and the Microchip/Tattoo Identity Certificate.
All dogs should
be checked annually, and whilst optional genetic testing can be carried
out, this is not a replacement for this important annual check, so
please make sure your dogs are checked!
For further details and bookings to be made to Ginette Oulton on 01524 310320.
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Race for Life
Jenny Dobson, long-standing member and committee member of the NWLRC will be taking part in the 2011 Cancer Research UK Race For Life, in memory of Sheila Saunt, and of all those absent friends from the world of showing and breeding labradors, including Val, June and Janice, who have lost their lives to cancer.
RACED FOR LIFE.......
Done it.....ran the Race for Life and finished in about 36 minutes.....not exactly record breaking, but not bad for a first attempt.
Rain held off till after the race was run, and there was a great atmosphere.
Many thanks to everyone who donated, and helped me raise over £100 for Cancer Research.
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NWLRC Working Test Results: Open
Following on from the first Test, Sunday dawned with heavy cloud and
rain with a unpromising forecast. The land at Pinewood being used with
kind permission of United Utilities and sponsored by Skinners.
Although
a full card of 24, only 18 arrived to face the Judges of Heather
Bradley, Jayne Coley, Alan Schofield and Mark Demaine and was run on
Field Trials lines with eliminating faults standing.
Results follow..
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NWLRC Working Test Results: Puppy & Novice
The North West Labrador Retriever Club held the first day of the two
days of Working Tests on Saturday 14th May 2011 at Pinewood near
Clitheroe, Lancs with the kind permission of United Utilities and
sponsored by Skinners.
On a mainly cold but dry day, although the clouds attempted a
few light showers, and the wind caused some difficulties at times, the
four Judges; Mr J Drury (A), Mrs J H Dunckley (B), Mrs M Crawford (NP)
and Mrs V Stanley (NP) had the task of separating some fine young dogs
over four tests completed in safari fashion.
All tests were reasonably stiff with 4 zeros being recorded from 13
dogs. at the end of the day 6 dogs ended the day in the 90's and 4 were
taken through for a run off.
Results follow....
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Dog Health Group's First Annual Report
The Kennel Club’s Dog Health Group has published its first annual report which details the continuing progress that is being made towards improving pedigree dog health.
The Dog Health Group has been tasked with ensuring that dogs are bred to enjoy healthy, happy lives. Its work includes continually updating the Kennel Club Accredited Breeder Scheme so that dogs are bred responsibly and well, and researching and monitoring the health of dogs so that the relevant tests and tools can be developed to help combat certain conditions. It also involves ensuring that dog showing and judging is a positive force for change.
Caroline Kisko, Kennel Club Secretary, said: “The Dog Health Group plays a seminal role in influencing Kennel Club policy and guiding the health projects with which it gets involved, so that it can ensure the best outcome for dogs. The Group is made up of – and works closely with – breeders, human and dog geneticists and veterinary surgeons.
“Over the last year our priorities have been to make changes to ensure that our Accredited Breeder Scheme is more robust than ever, so that puppy buyers have confidence about who to buy from and that dog shows only reward healthy dogs in the show ring. We have also continued to invest in the life-saving work and research that is being carried out at the Kennel Club’s Canine Genetics Centre at the Animal Health Trust and developed new strategies to continually improve genetic diversity."
Copyright: Kennel Club
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Kennel Club - Changes to Code of Ethics
The Kennel Club has released a new code of ethics that all breed
clubs are required to adopt without delay. As this is a Kennel Club
directive, the NWLRC does not need to call an EGM or AGM in order to
agree and adopt this new code. It is a requirement that this is adopted
immediately and as such it will become a requirement of all club
members to be bound by this mandate.
Note on 15 February 2011,
the Kennel Club General Committee reviewed the Code Of Ethics and made
the change to Clause 2 as underlined below.
This takes immediate effect on all members.
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NWLRC Working Tests
Full details of the North West Labrador Retriever Club's two Working Tests are available under the Working Test Tab.
and is reproduced on the read more link below.
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The Dogslife Project
Dogslife…..the exciting new research looking at the health of Labrador Retriever puppies across the UK.
If you own a Kennel Club registered Labrador Retriever born after 1 January 2010, you can join Dogslife for FREE. Spend just 5-10 minutes of your time each month to complete a few questions about your puppy’s health and you will help us to find out what keeps Labrador Retrievers healthy.
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The Sheila Saunt Memorial Trophy 2010 "Top Ten"
Following the three shows held by the Club this year, and the final adding up of points, it has emerged that there are joint winners of this trophy.
These are Noelene Dodd's Brockburrow Breaking Dawn and Gail Dodd's Llanstinan Welshman at Carriegame.
Many Congratulations to them both, and to all of those who made the "Top Ten".
To see the list, click below.
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Shows & Judges 2011
I am able to list the shows and the Judges at which CC's are on offer for 2011.
The judges are listed against the relevant sex, and where appropriate the referee.
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Sheila Saunt Memorial Trophy 2011
This is the NWLRC's annual points challenge. Open to all members.
(1 point is awarded to every exhibit for each class entered (and present), and 5 for each class winner down to 1 for VHC place).
The Limit show is where you can maximise your points by entering many classes, as the CC holders cannot enter!
Points can be won at the Open and Championship Shows later this year when it is a broader competition and hence more difficult to gain as many points, so if you want to get a head start the Limit show is the one to get stuck into!!
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NWLRC Kennel Review
The Kennel Review pages are for members only and included within their membership fee. They can be viewed by anyone visiting the site.
The General Committee have decided that to add value to your membership of the NWLRC to allow all paid members free entries on the
Kennel
Review page subject to a few rules.
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NWLRC Labrador Puppies
The North West Labrador Retriever Club keeps a puppy register for all
those interested in either selling a labrador puppy or buying a
labrador puppy. The details of currently available
puppies can be found on the NWLRC website in the Puppy section.
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Breed Standard Changes
The Kennel Club has announced a change to the Breed Standard as reported in the October edition of the Kennel Gazette on page 63 following a meeting if the General Committee of the Kennel Club held on 1 September 2009.
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Fit for Function - Fit for Life
The NWLRC wishes to bring to your attention a notice affecting all future Championship Judges who are not yet approved by the Kennel Club.
The Kennel Club requires that the process of qualification shall include attendance at a Field Trial at Open Stake level or above or a Gundog Working Test at Open level or above for the relevant sub group they wish to be considered to award KC CC's for the first time.
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Labrador Breed Standard
The Kennel Club revised the Breed Standard in January this year and has asked for consultation from Breed Clubs, Breed Council, Breeders and Owners. It is now up to you, as members of the club, as owners of Labradors, you need to consider the changes that have been drafted.
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Kennel Club Rule Changes
The Kennel Club changed the Canine Health and Welfare Regulations following the monitoring of the judging of breeds considered to affected by potentially significant health issues. The rules affected are F(1) 16, F(1) 15 and F(1) 21n.
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REQUIREMENTS OF A DOG SHOW JUDGE
(PREVIOUSLY KNOWN AS K.C. RULES &
REGULATIONS)
To continue
our policy of offering members development opportunities N/W Lab is running a
Requirements of a Dog Show Judge Seminar on Sunday 9th June 2008. The
course leader is a Mrs. Yvonne Billow who is an Accredited Trainer for the
Kennel Club.
To book your
place contact myself or Mrs. P Mott contact numbers on the committee members
page.
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NWLRC Working Tests
The North West Labrador Retriever Club has arranged two Working Tests.
Full details can be found in the working test section.
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Summary of Labrador Judges for 2008
Why not make a date in your diary from our list below as we are pleased to be able to publish a list of the Judges for 2008....
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Field Trials Report for 2007
The North
West Labrador Retriever Club has held three Field Trials in 2007.
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