The Kennel Club has approved the following changes to the regulations for obedience.
The following regulation has been amended to reduce the difficulties faced by clubs when conducting draws for smaller open shows.
Continue reading CHANGES TO OBEDIENCE REGULATIONSAlthough events in 2021 continue to be subject to change, in order to assist societies with planning, updated versions of the specimen schedules for breed shows, agility, obedience, working trials, bloodhound trials, heelwork to music and rally can now be downloaded from The Kennel Club website.
Continue reading THE KENNEL CLUB SPECIMEN SCHEDULES REVISED FOR 2021The Kennel Club has welcomed the news that tighter regulations on the sale of fireworks and when they can be set off will be recommended to Scottish Parliament in the New Year, leading to a less stressful 2021 for thousands of dogs, following the organisation’s campaigning, lobbying events, consultation responses and MSP engagement on firework restrictions.
Continue reading 2021 COULD GO OUT WITH LESS OF A BANG IN SCOTLANDIn a move designed to combat inherited disease in the Border Collie, The Kennel Club has approved a new official DNA test reporting scheme for Dental hypomineralisation / Raine’s syndrome in the breed, following consultation with the breed health co-ordinator.
Continue reading NEW DNA TEST REPORTING SCHEME TO COMBAT INHERITED DISEASE IN THE BORDER COLLIEIt can be found (with all the Annex documents) here under the section on Agendas:
The Kennel Club has been accredited by City & Guilds as meeting its quality assurance criteria and granted Accredited Programme status for the Kennel Club Accredited Instructors (KCAI) Scheme for the fourth year.
Continue reading KENNEL CLUB ACCREDITED INSTRUCTORS SCHEME RECOGNISED AS A CITY & GUILDS ACCREDITED PROGRAMME FOR ANOTHER YEARFollowing the announcement that Crufts 2021 will take place next year on the new dates of 15 – 18 July 2021 at the NEC Birmingham, The Kennel Club has now published some further details on some of the competitions and qualifications for next year’s show.
Continue reading CRUFTS CHANGESFrom the Crufts FB page:
The Kennel Club can confirm that the Inter Regional Rally Competition is expected to go ahead on Thursday 15 July at Crufts 2021 and the Inter Regional Obedience Competition is expected to go ahead on Friday 16 July.
Unfortunately, as there has been no qualifiers the Obedience Championship will not take place at Crufts 2021. Similarly as there has only been one qualifier the Obreedience finals will also not take place at Crufts 2021. Those teams who competed at an obreedience heat in 2020, and gained points will have their points carried over for Crufts 2022.
The Kennel Club has announced today that Crufts 2021 will take place next year on the new dates of 15 -18 July at the NEC Birmingham.
Crufts, which will be celebrating its 130th anniversary in 2021, was due to take place on 11 – 14 March 2021, but with much of the UK in a second lockdown and events and exhibitions still not being able to be held it was looking very unlikely that Crufts in March was a foreseeable option.
Continue reading CRUFTS TO GO AHEAD, NEW DATE ANNOUNCEDDue to the ongoing adverse impact of Public Spaces Protection Orders (PSPOs) for dogs and owners, The Kennel Club is supporting a call to review and reform the system which restricts and controls public spaces.
The organisation is backing a petition which highlights the often inadequate public consultations held by local authorities, the limited opportunity that local residents have to challenge any Orders and the corresponding negative impact of PSPOs on dogs and their owners – and ultimately is seeking a government review and reform of the process.
Continue reading KENNEL CLUB BACKS CALLS FOR REVIEW AND REFORM OF ‘UNFAIR’ PUBLIC SPACES PROTECTION ORDERS SYSTEM