Club Limit Shows 2014 Feature Henry Hope Crealock Health Updates and Heart Testing in Dogs New Champions 2014
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The Deerhound Club NEWSLETTER Winter 2014 Club Limit Shows 2014 feature Henry Hope Crealock Health Updates and Heart Testing in Dogs New Champions 2014 1 In this issue Cover photo ‘Deerhound in the Mist’ Lynn Hindsley C 2 President’s News 3 Committee Matters 4 Regional News - Scottish Notes 5 Health Group Projects Update 7 The White Cockade 8 Deerhound Collectables Voted BEST BREED CLUB 9 Education and Judging CompetenceAssessment Days MAGAZINE by 10 “Dog World” newspaper Regional News - Irish Eyes and Midland Counties 12 New Champions 2014 Canine Society 16 Henry Hope Crealock from the editor 18 Regional News - Events East The two successful Club Limit Shows are have entertained readers. George has 19 Berkeley Castle Lure Coursing featured in this edition and now the show been involved with the Newsletter over event season has almost wound down for many years. 21 Frampton Country Fair another year. As Christmas approaches, may I wish 23 Heart Testing in Dogs - Emily Also featured in the magazine are the readers, their hounds and all contributors Dutton new champions - many congratulations to to the Newsletter - 25 Regional News - Welsh News & them and their owners!! A PEACEFUL CHRISTMAS AND Views HEALTH AND HAPPINESS IN 2015. 26 Emily Dutton, cardiology vet, publishes MAY IT BE A GOOD YEAR FOR Smallest member of the Mary Rose crew? her initial findings for the recent DEERHOUNDS! deerhound heart survey. 27 Limit Shows 2014 feature 36 Two stalwarts, who regulary write for the Spanish News Newsletter, are retiring. Lesley Smith - 38 Regional News - Southern Fenton has decided to give up the Snippets Northern Crack Regional News, she is so good at painting a picture of life in the 41 Regional News - Midland Matters wilds of Cumbria and has a wealth of 44 Obituaries knowledge of dog breeds in general. Is there anyone in the north of England 46 Caption Competition willing to write the news and views for 47 Best Puppy 2014 feature the magazine? 51 Show results George MacDonald-Hedger, our Spanish 53 correspondent is also retiring (for the Regional News - Thames Valley Voice present). Sue Ward has offered to write the column with additional material by 54 A deerhound makes a great PAT Suzanne Marwood, so I look forward to The Granary, Huntworth Park Farm dog the Spanish news continuing. Huntworth, Nr Bridgwater 56 Insight Somerset TA7 0AH Thank you, Lesley and George, for your Tel: 01278 662815 commitment in writing your articles that email: [email protected] The Deerhound Club is not responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, for ANY damage or loss whatsoever resulting from the use/misuse of information contained or implied by this Newsletter and does not guarantee its accuracy. Any opinions, suggestions or recommendations expressed in the Newsletter should not be interpreted as the opinions, suggestions or recommendations of the Deerhound Club. The Deerhound Club strongly advises all owners of pets with health problems to consult their veterinary surgeon. No responsibility or liability can be accepted for any advice given through these pages. The Deerhound Club is not responsible or liable directly, or indirectly, for ANY form of damage or loss resulting from the use/misuse of any product suggested or recommended through these pages. 1 T h e president’s news D E E R H O U N D C LU B I suddenly decided I must visit the some of them - PRA, Ciliary dyskinesia, PATRON Tower of London to view the ceramic Valgus deformity and Osteo and Heart Kenneth Cassels poppies that have featured so problems, far exceeding that which we prominently in the news and experience in our breed. I always look PRESIDENT & Judges List Co-ordinator commemorate 100 years since the at the IW breed notes in Our Dogs, and Mary Girling WW1. As a picture they were goodness we are lucky - recently, a wonderful. When I actually got to view reminder to help with a Nottingham COMMITTEE them, as poppies on stalks, all I could University FCE survey, later explained Julian Faircloth ‘see’ were dead soldiers. I wondered as puppy paralysis. We know how on earth those families and Deerhounds have their Sarah Helps - Vice President & Deerhound communities had survived such own health Health Group Co-ordinator tragedy. My grandfather (d.1918) is problems, but it Vanessa Lucas - Hon Secretary on the Merchant Seaman Memorial, won’t just be a so I paid him a visit. change of Kim Owen - Rehoming & colour that is Puppy Enquiry Co-ordinator The last few months have seen the inherited. Rachel Quinn deerhound world lose some of their best friends. Memories of Mrs ‘B’ Photographs Duncan Robertson - Members Secretary Cassels, the Revd. Graeme exist of these Robin Spencer Longmuir and Mrs Anne Davey so-called appear elsewhere in the Newsletter. ‘deerhound’ Duane Spring-Arnold As always, I regret the finality of puppies. They do Hazel Williams - Hon Treasurer death - how you wish you had asked not look like the questions, remembered events better, puppies we expect to see when viewing Joan Wragg - Newsletter Editor/Designer kept in touch, been a kinder friend. ‘B’ a litter of deerhounds. At that age, it and Chairman of Committee always wrote the Christmas card, would be hard to tell if they had the Graeme had very distinctive italic charming deerhound temperament and, Nell Mac Bean - Cup Steward (black ink) handwriting, and Anne of course, it isn’t until something is lost always sent a newsy and personal card that you realise how valuable it was. from her and Norman. So please don’t cut out old friends from your Christmas As Miss Noble was fond of saying “A card list, keep them in your life once a pedigree is only worth the paper it is SUBSCRIPTIONS year at least. written on”. Alas, I fear this may be truer today than it has ever been. So Subscriptions should be paid directly to Browsing through a journal the other please, be aware when you think about the Hon Treasurer, Hazel Williams, day, I saw a heading ‘Wanted’ Spaniel getting a new puppy: check it out, ask Manor Farm Cottage, Astwith, Pilsley, Terrier Beagle cross: from working around, please don’t encourage Chesterfield, Derbys, S45 8AN. parents. Dog preferred. Good working unregulated out-crossing. There is a email: [email protected] home awaits.’ My instant thought was market for lurchers, and there is a Subs are due on the 1 January and must be ‘WHY’? Why would anyone want to market for the pure-bred deerhound. paid by the 14 February otherwise you will mix such a varied set of genes together The Kennel Club is prepared to sanction be liable to a £10.00 rejoining fee. – what purpose could such a mixed the introduction of new blood provided product possibly serve? What was the appropriate paper work etc. is provided. Unfortunately, due to high bank charges ‘work’ to be? we cannot accept euro cheques. We can, Other people have reported on the two however, accept travellers’ cheques. I feel equally puzzled by the alleged Limit Shows (north, and south), the Overseas members can pay by PAYPAL breeding of modern ‘Wheaten Education Day, the Judges Assessment Please add £2.00 extra to your Deerhounds’. I agree with one email Day - in addition to all the Show news. subscription to cover PAYPAL admin sender, that these are lurchers, not Without the support of members and charges. deerhounds. “The geneticist Joedicke’s your committee these events would not http://www.paypal.co.uk/uk gene analysis conclusively proved those happen, so thank you all very much for Account: [email protected] colour genes no longer exist in purebred your help in keeping the show on the Deerhounds so any red, wheaten etc. road. MEMBERSHIP FEES cannot be a purebred Deerhound.” And UK SINGLE - £15.00 please don’t be misled by the apparent LOTS OF GOOD WISHES FOR A ‘red’ in an older dog’s coat - that is just HAPPY CHRISTMAS, AND A VERY UK JOINT - £20.00 dead hair! HEALTHY AND SUCCESSFUL 2015. Overseas - £20.00 + postage Postage charges per annum: - The colour is said to come from MARY GIRLING European members - £12.00 breeding Irish Wolfhounds to November 2014 Rest of the world - £15.00 Deerhounds (to produce lurchers). LIFE MEMBERS - Postage is There are a host of health issues which, payable for life members. as far as I know, do not at present affect Joining fee £10.00 deerhounds, but do afflict IW: Here are 2 Committee Matters Many thanks go to Sally, Lady Guise, Assessments. Feedback from the you have not already registered in the who has liaised with Berkeley Castle, candidates was very positive and I am ‘Members Area’ please do so, this who have agreed to become our new pleased to report that five people allows the Club to contact you with venue for lure coursing, along the same passed the Judges Assessment, events and updates. The Web Sub lines as at Lodge Park. Please mark allowing them to move up the judging Committee propose a simple online May 24th 2015 on your calendars and list. survey, which will allow the get out your sewing membership to be involved with what machines to make a Plans for next year’s Breed is on the Club website. period costume! We will Show, at the Westerwood be running in Hotel are coming along, We are still looking for a Newsletter conjunction with the hopefully there will be a Editor, this job could be shared by Festival of History. Ceilidh, on Friday evening. various people that have the skills Mick Peach will be necessary.