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The Spanish Water Dog Club Open Show
Sunday 6th September 2009
Schedules and entry for our show are available to download from Higham Press at
http://www.highampress.co.uk/SWD-Open.pdf
The Spanish Water Dog Club Open Show
Appeal for Help
The SWD Club Open Show, to be judged by Antonio Garcia Perez, is to be held at the Kennel Club building at Stoneleigh, on the morning of 6th September, back to back with the City of Birmingham Championship Show, where there are also Champ Show classes for Spanish Water Dogs in the afternoon. (The KC has kindly offered use of their facilities to a number of Breed Clubs, and we are one of those that has taken them up on their offer.)
Our Championship classes are to be judged in the afternoon, so anyone attending our show who wishes to compete in them also will be able to do so. We have to have finished our show and cleared the area by 1.30pm - it is going to be a very busy day indeed.
We are allowed to hold a raffle and a tombola to help towards Club funds, provided we don't take either out of the building, and also to have a stand for merchandise. We are also obliged to have another stand, offering information about the breed.
We need help with the following:
1. People to help with setting up the stalls / tables, on the evening of Saturday 5th September, from about 4.30pm. (We will need to get an early start to the judging on Saturday morning, so doing it then isn't really an option)
2. People to help take it all down again on Sunday IMMEDIATELY after the end of the Show.
3. People to man the information stand.
4. Possibly people to help out with selling merchandise.
Anyone who can help out, please could you contact Angi Hodges, swds@blueyonder.co.uk / 0121 788 0752 / 07792 298 090. If you use the e-mail or have to leave a message on one of the phones, your address, as well as e-mail and / or a contact phone number would be very helpful.
Water Sports Weekend
The Club is hosting a Water Training session at Nethermore Lake on Sat 8th August.
Following a stay over at Joan's Farm on the Saturday night attend a training session at Jolene's indoor pool for a chance to teach your dog the basics of the underwater retreive which starts at 11 a.m. on Sunday morning.
Bring a picnic for Sunday lunch and have a great day.
Water Training £5.00 all day
Camping £5.00
Dive Training £8.00 per sesion with multiple dogs at £2.00 extra
Contact Pat by email or on her mobile number for more details if required.
On 9th July, Ian Murray received the following message from Hilary Gould of the Kennel Club:
'At the meeting of the Kennel Club Committee yesterday it was agreed that the Spanish Water Dog should stay in the Gundog Group, but it is still necessary to have this ratified at the next Kennel Club sub committee meeting in the middle of September and also at the Kennel Club General Committee meeting in October.'
Jasper - Our first rehomed dog
We have some news from the Netherlands. Their Club members are interested in our Water Training and wish to do something similar.
01/02/2007
The Spanish Water Dog Club wishes to announce that we have had confirmation
from the Kennel Club to say that Spanish Water Dogs will be transferred
from the 'Imported Breeds Register' to the 'Breed Register' as from
January 2008. This is another major milestone in the history of the
breed in the UK and also means that we will be eligible for a greater
variety of classes at shows and events. I personally, would like to
thank everyone on the Committee and others who helped with the application
to the Kennel Club that led to this successful outcome.
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"simply the best"
9-10-93 to 7-08-06
may he rest in peace & be happy to join the love of his life - Bonita
A small celebration of Azor's life
Please let his legacy be that we keep testing and endeavour to breed no more dogs who go blind because of glaucoma.
Faye