The Kennel Club JOURNAL FEBRUARY 2021 THE OFFICIAL KENNEL CLUB PUBLICATION In this issue... Events 6 Field Trials 12 Seminar Diaries 13 News Judges 15 from The Kennel Club KC File For February 19 KCAI 19 Your monthly guide to what The Kennel Club For The Members 19 is doing for you and your dogs straight from KCCT Donations 19 The Kennel Club Press Office... Kennel Names 20 Fees 22 © Adobe stock £5 Making a difference We meet new Kennel Club Board member Jenny Campbell Art treasures Sending applications to The story behind Full story on page 3 Her Majesty The Queen’s first Pembroke, Dookie The Kennel Club during Working together How one small idea from Wales is benefiting club shows around the UK the UK-wide lockdown Royal favourite OFFICIAL PUBLICATION Welsh Corgi (Pembroke) Once a humble farm dog, this friendly, FEBRUARY Please note that due to the current (Smooth Coat), Collie (Smooth) and happy breed can be found gracing the most aristocratic of homes 2021 lockdown restrictions, the processing Collie (Rough) and Dachshunds – in of postal applications will be severely the case of a different breed being impacted due to the closure of produced, i.e. long coat our offices and we would request February that you do not send any postal In addition, following services are applications to us. All services are also not available online: available to apply for online with the • Variation of a Kennel Name (Form 11) Kennel Gazette following exceptions. • Permission to breed from a dam who is over 8 The February issue of the Kennel Litter Registration (Form 1) Gazette welcomes guest author Nick exceptions: All online applications are still be Waters who reveals the historical • Adding puppies to an existing litter being processed as normal within 28 significance of Her Majesty The • Naming a litter using more than one days subject to them not requiring Queen’s first Pembroke Corgi, Dookie Kennel Name further information. in treasures from The Kennel Club Art • Dam is over the age of eight years We will aim to process postal Gallery, read the latest on SteetVet’s old at the date of whelping applications as soon as restrictions • Litter that has multiple sires are lifted. We are sorry for any Continued on page 4 • Belgian Shepherd Dogs, Chihuahuas inconvenience caused. 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The Kennel Club Journal*Some THE health OFFICIAL test packages KENNEL may CLUB include PUBLICATION tests to monitor conditions that are under surveillance by The Kennel Club. FEBRUARY 2021 > 2 These results may not be published on The Kennel Club website. NEWS EVENTS FIELD TRIALS SEMINAR DIARIES JUDGES KC FILE KCAI MEMBERS KCCT KENNEL NAMES FEES News from the Kennel Club MORE NEWS>> Updates to The Kennel Club website The Kennel Club is pleased to advise that, following the receipt of valuable feedback from our customers, the following updates have been made to our website: Viewing pedigrees receiving emails only for the breeds Breeder service, we have When using the Dog Look Up service for which they are listed. Other removed the key word (also known as the Health Test filters allow website users search and provided a Finder), two generations of a dog’s to search for the location The drop-down list of breeds pedigree can now be viewed instead and sex of the puppy. It Kennel Club to ensure breeders are of one. Website users no longer need is also possible to refine is continuing receiving emails only to log in to use this service and an the search to look for for those breeds for enhancement is the addition of dog Assured Breeders as well to listen to which they are listed. It titles such as Ch and JW. as for litters produced by feedback is possible to refine the dogs with health test results search to look for Assured Find a Puppy recorded on The Kennel Club Breeders by location. When using the Find a Puppy service, database. The Kennel Club is continuing to we have removed the key word listen to feedback, and improvements search and provided a drop-down Find an Assured Breeder to the functionality of the website will list of breeds to ensure breeders are When using the Find an Assured continue to take place. Brexit pet travel © Adobe stock rules update New pet travel rules between Great Britain (GB) and Northern Ireland (NI) were introduced on 1 January 2021 alongside new rules for people travelling with their dogs to the European Union (EU) from either GB or NI. We are deeply concerned Further to this, we have and breeders. It is our hope based in NI – to request that about the impact that the new also written to the Chairman that this communication will they also raise their concerns requirements will have on and Members of the increase the existing pressure with Defra and/or the Northern pet owners and have already Environment, Food and Rural on the Government to find Irish Executive on your behalf. heard from many who are Affairs Select Committee to a workable and permanent For more detailed extremely concerned about request an urgent meeting solution and to remove the information and any both the financial burden to discuss these issues and barriers which are currently developments which occur and the inconvenience of to urge them to hold the preventing smooth travel for relating to this situation, complying with these rules. Government to account over pet owners between NI and GB. please see our regularly As such, we have contacted their false assurances. As If you have concerns updated website page: www. Ministers and officials at Defra well as this, we have written regarding this situation thekennelclub.org.uk/brexit to raise our concerns and to Northern Irish Members and how it will impact you we will continue our dialogue of Parliament to highlight the directly, we would strongly • On January 21, EFRA with them to gain more clarity significant difference between advise contacting your local announced that it would hold about what the Government the current and previous rules representative – your Member an inquiry into the new pet is doing to address the new and to outline the impact that of Parliament or Member of the travel rules as well as other difficulties facing pet owners. this will have on pet owners Legislative Assembly if you are related aspects. The Kennel Club Journal THE OFFICIAL KENNEL CLUB PUBLICATION FEBRUARY 2021 > 3 NEWS EVENTS FIELD TRIALS SEMINAR DIARIES JUDGES KC FILE KCAI MEMBERS KCCT KENNEL NAMES FEES News from the Kennel Club MORE NEWS>> Cancellation of licensed events February until at least 28 February 2021 Kennel Gazette t is with regret that due to the whether the licence fee is to be recently introduced UK-wide refunded or deferred to a future Continued from page 1 Ilockdown we recommend the show/trial. A form for this purpose dog-friendly hostel cancellation of licensed events until can be found at thekennelclub.org. accreditation at least 28 February 2021. uk/forms/cancellation-of-shows scheme to help £5 Societies should refer to the and club secretaries also have the Making a difference We meet new Kennel Club homeless dog Board member Jenny Campbell conditions stipulated by the facility to cancel their event via the Art treasures government in their area. Therefore dashboard of their club profile on owners find The story behind Her Majesty The Queen’s first Pembroke, Dookie accommodation those societies whose events have The Kennel Club website. been cancelled should contact This position will be reviewed along with their Working together How one small idea from Wales is benefiting club loyal companion shows around the UK The Kennel Club to confirm the again in line with Government Royal favourite OFFICIAL PUBLICATION cancellation and to let us know guidance at the start of March. Welsh Corgi (Pembroke) Once a humble farm dog, this friendly, FEBRUARY and we hear happy breed can be found gracing the most aristocratic of homes 2021 how one young junior handler has developed her showing career from Kennel Club and Weatherbys being around shows before she was even born. We also continue our series introduce a further 38 CombiBreed™ of Kennel Club Board member profiles introducing readers to Jenny Campbell health test packages and her love and passion for Flat Coated Retrievers.